Lest we forget.

11 Wednesday Nov 2015

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November 11, Remembrance Day

In Flanders Fields

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders fields.

Today, take a few moments to remember, to honor, and to be thankful.

Crazy Birdie Birthday

09 Monday Nov 2015

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Birthday Cards, Crazy Bird Stamps, tags

My kiddos had a birthday party to attend this weekend while I was at The Paperie retreat and since I wasn’t going to be home to get them going on a card, I made one myself (usually they make them).

Our norm around here is not to make cards, but to make long tags that can be used as bookmarks so I followed trend and did the same! We simply write a personal message on the back and it’s good to go!

I actually used leftovers from the Kids Birthday Card Class I taught last week – I had a watercolour crazy bird and alcohol inked Shrink Plastic balloon and both were too cute to toss so I stuck them down, added a Happy Birthday and called it done. Super duper simple but it may be one of my faves!

Look at the shine on that Shrink Plastic! I love the translucent colour:

And see the dimension on the Crazy Bird? The dies for these are worth every penny! You can cut out the bird, the eyes, and the wings for every one. I bent up the tip of the wings and tail feathers a little and it’s so easy to keep the eyes white this way:

That’s it! Do your kids make their own cards or are you the supplier? Or do you support Hallmark? LOL

Cheers!

Simple Scrapper | November 2015

05 Thursday Nov 2015

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The templates for this month are super cool because, although there are five different ones, they’re all based on one original sketch! Here’s my take:

I had fun with Dylusions Ink Sprays here! I masked off outer area with wide washi tape and then used skinny washi to make the squares:

And then I used four shades of spray to ink it all up:

Pull off the washi and done! I went a little crazy with the Freckled Fawn embellishments:

Love that little camera! And the wood veneer words are fabulous:

Plus, I’m all about those teeny, tiny enamel word dots.

The story starters this month were so much fun and gave me the chance to scrapbook this funny picture of Molly:

Lots more Freckled Fawn goodies, including gold arrows:

And I used my typewriter for the journaling:

Make sure you check out the Pinterest page to see all the other LO’s from the Creative Team – they’re all kinds of awesomeness!

Cheers!

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Halloween!

03 Tuesday Nov 2015

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Halloween

We had a fabulous Halloween this year! It all started over a week ago at the church, continued with Trick or Treating with friends, and ended with a sleepover at Poppy’s house. I think it was a success.

Molly decided months ago that she would be Pippi Longstocking, with Mr. Nilsson:

Gabe was a doctor:

And they somewhat cooperated for a joint picture:

Then we headed off and met up with friends:

And then joined more friends:

And had a ball going from house to house with the T-Rex following them all!

Our final stop, as always, was my dad’s house for supper and this year, a sleepover. Dad always dresses to match his pirate friend:

Then I headed home to get ready for my own Halloween party at Emma’s house!

Emma magically changed from a T-Rex to She-Ra and naturally had her sidekick, He-Man along for the ride. We were also joined by BatDad and Jen! And although, according to my brother, I look like a Popple, I am actually the Cheshire Cat. However, the popple idea is good!

So fun times all around – good food, lots of junk, and entertaining costumes – all that Halloween should be!

Cheers!

Halloween! | Kidart

01 Sunday Nov 2015

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Halloween is always my favourite time of the year to make crafts with the kids – there’s so many fun possibilities! This year though, their ideas completely outshone any that I had!

The first thing we made were these fun dimensional pumpkins:

I cut the pieces for the faces and the kids stuck them on themselves. Since I made these with the little ones, ages 1-3, we had some funny positioning!

On the back I got everyone to stamp their handprint:

The next craft was made by Gabe at Michael’s during one of their weekend kids craft times:

Our local farm sells white Ghost Pumpkins and they’re always his favourite so of course that was the colour craft pumpkin he picked to use. I love all the giant eyes and that crazy green mouth! He also made a point of putting purple pom poms over the eyes for eyebrows, lol! And the antennae were his last minute flash of genius.

Finally, I handed out green plates one day so everyone could make witch faces. Gabe and Hannah decided that they just had to have Witch Cats instead:

Gabe is a fan of odd sized googly eyes. I wish I had a picture of Hannah’s – she added a broom for her cat to ride on!

A few days later Heidi asked to make one too, but she wanted a cow witch:

And hers needed teeth. As her mom said, it looks like an Angry Bird!

I have some fun ideas up my sleeve for Christmas, let’s hope we get the time for them to pan out!

Cheers!

Sweet Sunny Smile | My Favourite Things 2015

29 Thursday Oct 2015

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Dylusions Ink Spray, Little B, Mixed Media Layout, October Afternoon

edit: Ack! I forgot to hit post yesterday! Sorry!

You know how you have products you love but sometimes they get laid aside so you kind of forget about them until you’re looking for something new and/or different to use and suddenly hey! there they are and you fall in love all over again?

Yeah. That was me and Dylusions Ink Sprays this month. The colours. Seriously people, the colours. Yum.

Look at that face. First day of school and she (actually they) let me take pictures even though it was cold outside.

I added rub-ons, iridescent sequins, and those amazing gold feathers from Little B:

For the second LO – hello sweet little face –

I punched it up a notch with overspray, ghosting, and overheated molding paste.

I still added the same embellishments to tie both pages together:

And I love how the titles worked out on both! Those alphas are from October Afternoon’s new holiday line, Under the Tree, and I love how it can be totally Christmassy, or not.

As always, it was fabulous seeing how everyone used the exact techniques and products I did and yet they are all so different. Gorgeous and amazing pages were made, as usual! If you’re a regular who missed the class this month, you really did miss out! #sorrynotsorry Lol!

Cheers!

Trunk or Treat!

27 Tuesday Oct 2015

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Halloween, trick or treat

This past Sunday our church held its annual pumpkin carving night. Yes, our church celebrates the pagan holidays. No, we don’t care, we actually love how spirited they are. Yes, we had an awesome time!

This is always an event the kids look forward to – we bring our pumpkins, the church has templates, snacks, and games available, and we have fun. This year there were tattoos and face painting as well so the kids really had a great time.

Gabe picked out a template and after Darrell gutted both pumpkins, I drew the design on and he carved it out:

Molly, of course, didn’t want a template, she wanted a bunny. Sitting. With kind of floppy ears. Friends, I cannot draw. Not even a little bit. Sigh. This is what I carved out for her – luckily, she was happy enough with it!

After the pumpkin carving all the kiddies (who had been told to dress up), lined up and went to the parking lot for a round of Trunk or Treating!

Have you all heard of this? I hadn’t and it’s the most genius idea ever! All the cars lined up with their trunks (or the boot as my friend Emma and my stepfather would say!) pointing out into the parking lot.

Now, to backtrack a little, before the kids went up the adults were told to go get ready so Darrell went to open the trunk and get the candy ready. Then I got a text:

When we went out, I got it. These people are seriously *into* Halloween.

All the trunks were decorated. There were lights, and decorations, and smoke machines (really) and people pretending to be decorations but would then come to life.

One car had a seemingly benign setup – there were bags of chips so you could just take one from the trunk. And then a hand would grab you and yank you in. Molly and Gabe could not get enough of that one – they thought it was hilarious!

To say they had the best Halloween ever is not an exaggeration. The fact they get to go door to door and do it all again on Saturday? Icing on the cake, my friends, icing on the cake.

Cheers!

12 on Twelve | October 2015

22 Thursday Oct 2015

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12 on Twelve

This week got a little crazy and so I’m late with a post – sorry all!

I haven’t posted on of these in a while but I’m still doing, and loving, the 12 on Twelve pics – here’s the October bunch, taken on Thanksgiving Day.

Loving Mom’s spare bed in Eastport
Molly and Gabe’s favourite place – their “cupboard under the stairs.”
watching movies on the long drive home.
gorgeous weather as we drove through Terra Nova Park
talking to Nana
taking a selfie with Donna
selfie with Mister Gabe
sideways selfie!
Gabe and Sydney picking red currants
Thanksgiving dinner
watching The Voice
bathtime

Cheers!

Roar! Everything is Awesome | Kids Card Class

18 Sunday Oct 2015

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This coming weekend I’m teaching a Birthday Card Class for kids of all ages! We’ll be making ten cards and getting messy in the process – my favourite way to create!

Although I’ll be teaching a bunch of different techniques, all the cards can be decorated in almost any way. I’ll have some stamps available but they can be mixed and matched as people want.

We’ll be playing with Distress Stains, Crazy Birds stamps, Inktense watercolour pencils, embossing powders, alcohol inks, Ranger Shrink plastic, and more!

Plus, we’ll be making fun and crazy monsters:

And a few space alien monsters with crazy eyes!

If you’re in need of some creative time and/or some birthday cards (or just fun How are you? cards) then come and play on Sunday at The Paperie. You can even bring your favourite little or big person to join you!

Cheers!

amazing dear | My Favourite Things 2015

16 Friday Oct 2015

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diecuts, Distress Ink, Simple Stories

I’m super duper late today but it’s still Friday so it counts, right? 🙂

Here’s the latest Fave Things LO’s – some of my personal faves from this year! We did a quick wash of Distress Ink – of course! – and layered. layered, layered!

For the first one, we only used Simple Stories diecuts:

I make the diecuts work by cutting and/or hiding the pieces I don’t want to see, like this banner:

We also used Crate Paper cork stickers from a previous month and added some metallic pink phrase stickers to the mix:

For the second LO we used a lot of Amy Tangerine paper scraps and then added a few diecuts to finish it off:

I love all the levels and depth in the layers!

For both, we added a finishing touch of a few sequins and stars for some shine:

Pretty simple, but so fun to do – I love sitting down and layering up diecuts and paper scraps!

There are extra pictures at Flickr, including pics of the envelopes we matted the photos on – we used them to hold mini albums of extra pictures, a favourite trick of mine, since I’m a one photo per page lover!

Hope you enjoy!

Cheers!