Graphic 45 Design Team

It has finally happened! After an entire year of waiting, I am so very proud to announce that I have made the Graphic 45 Design Team for 2011!! When they announced their annual Design Team Call I was sooo excited (and nervous). I had applied for the team last year but did not even make the top 25 finalists! I was so disappointed but rather than be discouraged, I persevered and continued to use their products and post in their galleries and became a regular member of their facebook page and blog.

There was no denying my love for their papers and products; beautifully vintage designs with an endless amount of fussy cutting possibilities. Each and every paper collection is so unique - they have most definitely found their niche in this ever expanding scrapbooking market and I am over the moon to be able to work with all their new and exciting products over the next year. Here are the projects I submitted for my final Design Team application. Enjoy!!

This was the layout I created using their Once Upon a Springtime Collection.

Do you see what I mean regarding the amazing fussy cutting options?! The fairy, the flowers, the leaves... the paper BECOMES your embellishment!


I paired the paper flowers with some Rose Blossoms and Rose Leaf Sprays from Petaloo's Canterbury collection.

Originally cream, I transformed the roses into the perfect shade with a little distress crackle paint from Tim Holtz and some acrylic paint.

Here is a Card & Tag set I created with Graphic 45's Steampunk Collection, Staples, Trim and a few of their other collections here and there.


I created a pocket on the inside of the card where you could insert a tag, invitation, etc.

The tag was created by reusing some of their packaging from the trims.

The last item I submitted was my Hallowe'en in Wonderland mini album (which you may have already seen) Here is a quick post of a few of the pages...






Thank you soooo much for the visit today! Back again tomorrow with another project to share...

Until then!

I'm Baaack.... (photo heavy)

WOW! What a wonderful, relaxing time I had with my mom! Just got back last night from a 9 day vacation in Hawaii and was so happy to see my babies and my sweet hubby again! It's going to take me a few days to get back into the swing of things - lots of projects to share, some exciting DT news and more! For now, I'll leave you with some (lots of) photos of my trip - Maui.... sweeeet, sweet Maui... oh how I miss you already! Aloha & Enjoy!

View from our room. 8th floor at the Royal Lahaina Resort - beautiful place and right on Kaanapali Beach - the cleanest, most gorgeous beach I have ever been on. Not a single rock or shell - just beautiful, soft sand and it was surprisingly uncrowded (at least it was where we were...) Some very cool shops and restaurants in the little town of Lahaina. Look at the size of those jaws!! Didn't see any sharks in 'real life' but this vision in the water behind me kept me close to shore! At the luau - super amazing show.

Cute hula boys. SO ADORABLE!!! My heart was in my throat the entire night at the luau. This elderly couple was just so DAMN SWEET!! They wore matching outfits and held hands the whole night. I couldn't resist taking their photo. I soooo hope this is what my husband and I look like 50 years from now. True love - how amazing! My view from the beach.... ahhhh I feel relaxed just looking at this photo.

One of the many amazing sunsets we had. Every. Single. Night.

Seriously, in the 9 days we were there, we had only a half day of 'showers', yet saw rainbows almost on a daily basis. SO gorgeous!

Every night at the hotel restaurant we'd get a beautiful dance and song performance - so amazing. My mom and I. LOVE the vibrantly coloured flowers in Maui - they smell so wonderful! My mom picked these for us from the resort (shhh...)

Self portrait - LOL!

Sperm whale skeleton (told my boys it was from a dinasaur - way cooler...)

This little (not really) fella decided to pull up on the beach one day for a nap! They had to rope the area off so that tourists didn't try to 'pet' him. (um, ya think!?)

Enjoying one last view of paradise!

Thanks for stopping by!! Tomorrow I'll have a heap of scrappy stuff to share with you all! Don't forget to leave a comment on THIS post for my HUGE April Blog Giveaway. You still have time!!

Night!!

Guesting for Webster's Pages!

I AM SOOOOOO excited to finally share this amazing news with you! I was asked a few months back if I would like to be a Guest Designer for Webster's Pages!!

I was so lucky to have met Brandin and her sweet friend and Community Coordinator Dena at the CHA show this past winter and not only did I fall in love with these two gals but each and every single collection released this past season! CRAZY beautiful.

I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to play with two of their amazing collections - Country Estate and Ladies & Gents.

I created this layout with the Ladies & Gents collection. For whatever reason, these papers, with their intricate designs and delicate elements, forced me to change my scrapping style - ever so slightly. I normally like to scrap large, single photos. I found that when I tried this, the amazing details of the papers and embellishments got lost. So, I switched it up and used 2 smaller photos and I think I may be addicted!

Look at the fine details! A little goes a long way and makes a huge impact. The smaller rose blossoms are from ZVA Creative.

Fabric Tag.... in love. 'Nuff said.

Second project using the Ladies & Gents line. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the tones in this!! I tried to do a totally different type of page and after pairing with more distressed, neutral colours, ended up with a more masculine page to compliment the black and white photo of myself and my sweet son.

Okay, seriously!? Crochet HEARTS! LOVE! AND take a peek at that flower! It is SO delicate - see what I mean by falling in love with EVERYTHING!

Layers and layers of paper and beautiful fussy cut elements.


And here is the first layout with Country Estate. This is such a romantic collection - the pinks and whites are just so beautiful to work with - it totally helps to have a little girl to scrap as well!

The beautiful soft pink pearl flourishes are from ZVA Creative (PE02CB142 & PE02CB128).




My last creation using the Country Estate Collection. Again, I tried to use a different palette of colours on this layout from my first - just to show you the versatility of this collection.

Lots of fussy cutting here as well as one of my 'famous' doilies as well as some of the beautiful Websters' transparencies.

Buttons and paper and lace - oh my!! LOL!! Yes, there are coordinating buttons, trims, flowers, tags - everything you would need in a collection of products to compliment one another seamlessly!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!! I hope I've been able to offer some inspiration on how to design with the amazing Webster's Pages! For more inspiration on these and all the other Webster's Pages collections, head on over to the inspireME gallery.

Thank you once again to Brandin for designing such amazing papers and products with which to create - love it all!