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Halloween!

07 Thursday Nov 2013

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So. Halloween was pretty epic this year.

halloween - my two

We had a fall fairy who morphed into a pirate for the actual door-to-door part of the festivities:

 

halloween - fairy1

and Terry the Fox,who carried an awesome sign with him.

halloween - fox1

There were of course the parties at school, and Sparks, and we naturally had one here!

halloween - snacks

And it was very loud in my little house with all those hyped up kiddies.

halloween - group1

Then the trick or treating began and my two were 100%, wholly into it this year.

halloween - trick or treating

To make it even more fun, their friend J went to a few houses with them and he was so excited that he was literally jumping up and down on the doorsteps!

batman

Isn’t he the cutest?

A few visits to friends, and we ended the (very cold) evening at my Dad’s, as usual, for a late supper. Fun times, a fair amount of sugar, and two very tired little people.

It was awesome.

S.

Paperie Card Kit | November 2013: Part 2

06 Wednesday Nov 2013

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Yesterday I shared some of my work from the Paperie Card Kit and today you get to see the rest!

I did one more LO, as usual:

we wanted a cat

I had fun punching and adding circles:

we wanted a cat - circles

and playing with embellishments:

we wanted a cat - embellies

For once I actually made cards with the Card Kit – go figure! I had run out of cardstock so I cut up a piece of white woodgrain from my stash for the card bases.

smile

They’re super simple but they make use of the fun Lawn Fawn birthday stamp set that’s included. Perfect for kiddies birthdays and we always have lots of those to go to!

cake and enamel dots

I also made one card that will probably go to my dad, who owns his own sailboat:

ahoy

Finally, I made a wreath. This actually caused me some stress because I had planned to make a wreath thinking that the November kit would of course be full of fall-like colours. Ummm, not so much. The pale pinks, blues, and yellows threw for a bit but that wreath was stuck in my head so onward I went:

wreath

Not bad, hey? I used some of the 6×6 patterned papers, as well as one of the kraft and one of the white envelopes included. A bit of distress ink and I think it turned out rather fall-like after all!

wreath - acorn

The wreath base was wrapped with burlap ribbon, then I pinned the leaves in place and the acorns were handcut and glued. Easy but I love how it turned out!

I’ll be back tomorrow with some Halloween pics – I been meaning to post them but time has gotten away from me!

S.

 

Simple Scrapper Show & Tell and Paperie Card Kit : Part 1 | November 2013

05 Tuesday Nov 2013

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I have a double dose for you today – my November Simple Scrapper Sketches and some of my Paperie Card Kit LO’s!

Jennifer’s sketches this month were amazing and I made three LO’s with them, using the Card Kit as my paper base.

First is my Story Starter LO:

there was us

I love, love, love the colours in the kit and I was very excited to discover that the Dear Lizzie fabric frames matched perfectly! I know I normally only use the contents of the kit, but I simply had to add those frames in – I suggest you go buy them if you’re getting the kit!

I did lots of layers and some fussy cutting with this one, plus had some fun with the ribbon:

there was us - ribbon

One of the big bonuses in this month’s kit is the Wink of Stella pen – look at the shimmer!

there was us - wink of stella

My next LO was pretty simple – just a couple of pics from one of our many days on the beach this summer:

sunshine

I kept it fairly monochromatic with some punches of gold as an accent. I did have fun doodling with my Faber-Castell pen and adding little enamel dots:

sunshine - layers

Finally, the kit had some anchor and sailboat paper so I just had to pull out a picture of sailing on my dad’s boat:

at the helm

I added some stash stuff to this LO too, in the form of a Studio Calico wooden boat, an anchor, and some hearts. Plus, I layered lots of fun bits and bobs:

at the helm - embellies

The arrow paperclip and the heart ones from the first LO are also included in the kit – lots of fun goodies this month!

As you can see from above, we’ve changed the Simple Scrapper Blog Hop to a Community Show & Tell! Just click here to go check it out, see the team’s work, and add a link to your own!

If you want to see the rest of the Card Kit reveal, go the The Paperie blog for my work here and Wendy’s take on the kit here. Of course, you can pop in the store to see them all in person as well!

Whew – that was a lot to cover today! Now go grab a coffee and enjoy all the eye candy!

S.

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YLA2013 | September 2013

04 Monday Nov 2013

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A couple of weeks ago we had another Yearlong Album class and made the September LO’s – and had some fun with Ranger Distress paint!

The first LO uses warm colours of paint and Distress Ink that matched perfectly with one of Molly’s dresses:

September - twirl

Layers and layers of colour and different mediums, plus some shimmery wood veneer and stickers for dimension:

September - twirl layers

The second LO has the same techniques, done in a slightly different way, and uses some cooler colours:

September - today

Love the look of water flicked over Distress Ink; it gives such great texture and interest:

September - today ink

And of course, I needed some fun embellies!

September - today layers

Once again, it was incredible to see what the class came up with as they used the techniques and made them fit with their own style. There were some amazing pages being turned out for sure!

Some ideas are starting to come together for next year’s class and I’m getting excited at the new direction. That being said, I’m also excited to bring back some of the older things from past classes that worked as well. The new Yearlong Album is going to be a fun mix!

S.

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Cats. Hmmmm…

01 Friday Nov 2013

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Let me tell you about my late night/early morning. You’re allowed to laugh, I don’t mind. I would do it if this was your story, after all.

So. 2am this morning my phone rang. Never a good thing right? It gets worse.

“Hi. This is Constable So-and-so (it was 2am people, forgive for not getting his name!) from the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary.”

Yes. 2am and a call from the cops. On Halloween. Trust me when I say that woke me up.

“Do you own a cat called Ella?”

Ella

Ella

Seriously. We discovered that nice Mr. Cop was just around the corner so he kindly put her in his car and brought her home. The things Darrell said as went down to the door are not suitable to write here, trust me.

We figure this is just training for a few years time when we have teenagers. If this is any indication, we’re in trouble. Please start praying for us now.

S.