New work & a mag

Inventive title non?
Here's a layout I've been working on. I used packaging to create the acrylic background pieces. I cut them with a Spellbinders die, embossed them with a Cuttlebug embossing folder and then coloured them with alcohol ink.Got my copy of Canadian Scrapbooker today and I was so excited to see this layout in it:


And this one was nice to see too. It has a funny story behind it. Can you read it? It's right under the layout (click to see larger).
Thanks for stopping by!

Trees

I like photographing trees. Winter, summer, fall or spring. I love their grace, stability and elegance. Here's a few of my recent favourites:1) October 2009-Davenport Road, Toronto. 2) February 2010-Toronto Harbour. 3&4) December 2009-Farmer's field near Norwich Ontario 5) October 2009-in our neighbourhood.
Click on the photo to see it in more detail. Especially #3, it's my favourite.

V-day and some happy-scrappy news

I love Valentine's Day. Love it. Being married to a chef I don't get to celebrate it much though. Unbelievably, Sean has it off this year. Equally unbelievable is the fact that I'm working. Figures. Oh well, I've been promised a lovely dinner when I get home...yum!
I didn't take any pictures of this years crafty goodness yet since I made them all last minute.
Here's a few projects of years past instead:I received an email last night from Melissa who heads up the All About Me challenge blog asking me to join there design team. Woo hoo! My term starts March 1st. It's a fun scrappy blog, that is very well run and has lots of fun in store, so stay tuned.

Sicky

Yep, that's me. I've been sidelined with the stomach flu, it hit me right in the middle of my work day yesterday. Nothing says embarrassment like puking in front of your boss!
Oh well, I'm a little better today, just very weak. I had planned on visiting my LSS, Bizzy B's Stamp and Scrap for a little window(or possibly actual) shopping but I'm too darn tired. Boo.
Here's a few new pages. First up is my latest entry for A Year in the Life of an Art Journal. The theme this time was hope.The second is a age I did on Sidney loosing her first tooth.
This page I made from another batch of packaging. I adhered some old book pages with gel medium and covered them in gesso. I then sponged on distress ink over a mask. I used the same ink and perfect pearls on the doilies.
I thought it was pretty cool that it came in on Victoria Day and fell out on my birthday day, since my name is Victoria. She ended up wanting to keep it and left a note for tooth fairy. The Tooth fairy was overstocked in teeth last week it turns out and left her a little cash anyway!
Thanks for taking a peek, have a great day.

Scrappy Sunday

It's a bright sunny COLD Sunday here in Toronto. The royal family is about to head out for brunch but I wanted to share a layout and a photo too. Here's a recent layout, made with the backing of my Basic Grey paper pack. There seems to be a city wide shortage of Kraft cardstock around these parts, so I had to improvise. I had a lovely birthday this past Friday after working a killer 55 hour work week. My sister in law Kym and my brother Chuck made a lovely mini Taco Birthday Fiesta for me. It was super fun!
I scored big time in the craft department. Chuck, Kym and Chas bought me The Martha Stewart Encyclopedia of Crafts . Sean treated me to a shopping spree at Micheal's. I was very good though, I really wanted the Slice,but it was way too expensive...sigh.
Thanks for stopping by! Here's a peek at the festivities:

Well...

I'm pleasantly surprised to find out I was asked to be a guest designer on the "All About Me" challenge blog and received an Honourable Mention from Nikki's Sivil's Design Team call. Yeah, I didn't make the team but I didn't really think I would especially since I somehow left out half my application info...duh!
This is the layout I did for the Blog DT call. The picture I took as a joke when Sean was making fun of me, but I kind of like it.