Love Day in Pics

Just wanted to show a few photos from our Valentine's Day on Monday.

Every year I make these shirts with the kids for daddy and he adores them -wears them to the gym, to get groceries, etc. - a very proud Papa. Sooooo this year I hinted (very heavily) that I would LOVE one of these special shirts too! Note how 'still' we're standing... this must have been the 10th photo that my son tried to take - and the only one where our heads aren't cut off....

yea!!
Dressed up all pretty in our Love day outfits.

Eden looking slightly less than pleased to be having her photo taken with the boys. (love the laundry pile in the background - LOL!)

Ahhh yes - a VERY uninvited guest!! There were actually 2 in our backyard and when I went out to shoo them they just STARED at me! NOT loving this at all. Will have to make sure these bad boys are relocated come summer - no way I'm taking a chance wih my babies trying to 'pet' the 'cute little thing'.....

Titles Can be Tricky

I often turn to song titles (& lyrics), poem titles, proverbs or famous quotes for inspiration when choosing a catchy title for my layouts. I prefer using the short and sweet approach - anything further that I want to include I normally do so with a hidden journaling tag.

Today is catchy title Tuesday at the Bo Bunny blog and a few of the design team have come up with some fantastic creations to help you when chosing titles for your layouts.

This photo was taken this past summer and although not the best of shots, it reminded me of how simple life was when I was younger - stress free, no worries, no responsibilities; just live your life to the fullest, have fun and be carefree. I thought the imagery/movement in this photo captured the above description perfectly. I used the beautiful papers from Bo Bunny's Midnight Frost Collection and NEW CHA releases from ZVA Creative!

Supplies Used:
Bo Bunny Midnight Frost, Stripe
Bo Bunny Midnight Frost, Snowfall
ZVA New CHA Self Adhesive Crystals, CRB-04CA-121, CR-04CA-131
ZVA Bulk 3D Roses, FLBK-03CB-122, FLBK-03CB-120, FLBK-03CB-109, FLBK-03CB-141
Edge Scraper, Making Memories
Distress Ink in Black Soot, Tim Holtz
Butterfly Punch, Martha Stewart
Chipboard Alphas, Kaisercraft
Doily

Peek

A favourite pass time of ours is to head to the nearby pond and feed the ducks. The kids ADORE doing this. On this day, the boys were in school so I decided to take Eden, bag of bread in hand, to go and visit our feathered friends. She had such a great time watching them eat 'her' bread and fighting over the little pieces that actually ended up in the water.

Loving the flowers? I'll bet! They're new CHA releases from ZVA Creative and they are gorgeous!! The smaller rose blossoms are also ZVA - originally cream - I simply painted with crackle paint to match my colours a little better.

I love fussy cutting! I use scissors - no exacto knife for me - just really fine scissors and it takes forever - but I love the results!

Webster's Pages Hollywood Vogue collection - delicious! I've seriously fallen completely in love with all of their newest CHA releases and cannot wait to play with all those amazing designs. Have to settle for the 'older' stuff for now - LOL!

Ahhh yes - the beautiful bloomers - Websters as well. Me likey! The chipboard pieces are from Imaginarium Designs and I've painted them with Distress Crackle paint as well.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend lovely readers!!