What's In Store for This Weekend

Stay tuned this weekend for a heap of goodies coming your way ~~

Saturday is Reveal day for Scrap That!'s July Kit - so amazing!! I have some gorgeous projects to show you all.

Scrapbook News and Review Magazine is hosting their 10 Days of Summer Tags. I have some fun and easy summer tags to show off - plus a tutorial so you can make your own!

AND

ZVA Creative is having a blog hop on Monday - I'll have a new layout to share with you plus details on the hop!!

Parenthood

Wow, wasn't expecting to finish this layout so quickly as I just started it last night but when papers and photos and embellies come together for me, its very easy to complete a project. This was just one of those days - lucky for me ;>

The photo was taken about a week ago when my 3 little ones were filling up their water squirters in the bucket of water. One of those 'wow' moments... like, wow, all 3 of those are mine? wow, I have three kids?! wow, I have a pretty good life! I'll be the first to admit that not all days go so swimmingly - far from! But... this was one of those 'good' days and I'm so glad I decided to document it.

The flowers are from the Mulberry Street collection by Petaloo. They were originally bright orange in colour and a little too punchy for the papers so I misted with Tattered Angles glimmer mist in slate and ended up with a perfectly rustic outcome.

I used Graphic 45's Transatlantique papers (with a titch of On the Boardwalk as well) for this layout - just loved the bold bright orange in this one piece of patterned paper and the whole layout really revolved around it.



There are 3 tags on which I journaled - My journey through parenthood started just over five and a half years ago and what a trip its been! I've never been to Paris or Rome - heck, I haven't even been to Disneyland! I am by no means a worldly traveller (continues on the next 2 tags not shown)... but I do know that becoming a parent is by far the most amazing dream vacation I could ever imagine. And like any adventure, there has been (and will be) highs and lows - both necessary to truely appreciate the ultimate destination. Enjoy the journey - I do!

Enjoy the rest of your week - will be back with more goodies to show you all!!

With You

Here is another layout I did of my brother in law and his wife on their wedding day. I think I may be slightly addicted to Graphic 45's Le Romantique line - just PERFECT for this theme!

I fussy cut out some of the roses in the patterned paper and also added some Flora Doodles, Peony Box Blend in white by Petaloo to bring out the white in the photo and doily. Love the softness in this layout.

The pearls are from ZVA Creative and the soft pink hue compliments the project just wonderfully! The butterfly was purchased in a package of 10 at Michaels (they do have SOME good scrappy stuff there) and adds just enough to balance the layout's delicate features.



Hope you are all enjoying this first day of summer!! It is FINALLY sunny and warm here - actually FEELS like summer for once! YEA! I am definitely ready for some Vitamin D.

I'll be back later in the week with a heap of projects to show you!! Stay tuned!