lots of pictures

The last challenge at The Scrapping Turtle was to do a double page layout with loads of pictures on it. I really needed this challenge to get my butt in gear to finish this layout I started about...umm...SIX months ago. It's very minimal but I like that you can really see the photos. I know I did a digi version of this page a while back, but that will never get printed!

More Dt work:

These two layouts are the last of my projects for the May Design Team work at the Scrapping Turtle. I used Fancy Pants products and loved them. They have the most awesome products, especially rub-ons.
The Easter page is a bit small, I can't get it any bigger(click to see it bigger). I had fun making an accordion flower for it.
I've really been slacking off in regards to blogging but I have a tonne of projects to post so stay tuned!

Join us at the Turtle for....

First reveal!

It's reveal day at the Scrapping Turtle, my first reveal on the new DT...whoo hoo! This is one of my projects this month (and it's my favourite!!)
My parents recently moved and I inherited my Gram's sewing machine (a lovely black and gold Singer from the 20s) and her two sewing baskets filled with gorgeous thread spools and buttons.
This Month, I received Fancy Pants paper from the Turtle and it was perfect to show off the buttons and thread in a shadow box.
Thanks for peeking!

My zen man

I made this layout for Shelley's sketch challenge over at the Scrapping Turtle board. I went for a pretty minimal layout (well, for me anyway) to reflect Sean's zen like attitude.
The boy is my rock. I whirl about with all my craziness and he just hugs me.
He knows me, understands me and for some crazy reason still loves me.

Mom's day

Happy late-night Mother's day to all those Moms out there.
The highlight of my weekend was sitting in my brother and sister-in-law's lovely kitchen showing my blog to my Mom. She'd never seen it, and didn't even really know what a blog was. It was wonderful to show her all my work and thoughts. Especially this layout I did for her. I read to her, tried not to cry and then we hugged.
Happy Mother's day Mom!

Baby Ballerina

Sidney went for an audition at the National Ballet School this past weekend. For those who are reading from far off places the school is probably the biggest and most prestigious in Canada. We're not thinking of sending her full time or anything just for a weekly class. Yes, you have to audition for that. She was very excited and not too nervous as we just said it was a practice class to see if she liked it.
The jig was up when we got there as the kids were assigned numbers and she heard the word "audition" spoken a few times. Even so, she did very well, especially for a girl who hasn't had a ballet class in over two years. She had excellent posture, a fabulous point and listened nicely. We find out in four weeks (there was some serious stage-mother competition), but you know, as Sid said " I don't even care if I get in. It was fun to try and I will keep trying until I do."

This week's challenge at the Scrapping Turtle was to use Pinwheels on a card. These are fun and totally addictive to make, here's mine:Also for May's product higlight we got to play with Kiki Art's Fun tape. I picked the zigzag stitches, it a quick way to add a little sewing detail.
LAYOUT REMOVED FOR PUBLICATION...back soon!

And it was a great excuse to finally scrap Sid's school photos! Thanks for peeking!!

Yay!

I'm so very happy to announce I'm once again part of the Design Team at the Scrapping Turtle.
The Turtle Soup has been a wonderful community for me over the last two years and I'm excited to be designing for them again. This month's product was Fancy Pants Papers. I received the Artist's Memo Book. It's chock full of lovely papers, some girly, some neutral, some very graphic and funky. I really love it all, there's not a bad sheet in the mix. I picked up some coordinating embellies at Scrapfest a couple weeks ago and have had a blast playing with it all. Here's my sneak peek layout:
More to come on the 15th, including an altered piece I'm so excited about!
Thanks for sharing my good news!!!