Pat the Bunny

Its the weekend!! Woooohoooo!  We had so much fun this week and did so many cool things.  I took my daughter to get her first ever haircut!! She was sooo good and looked like a little diva princess in the chair.  Only a trim this time but as the warm weather of summer approaches, I think we will opt for a shorter, summer cut - maybe just past her shoulders.

She's also started to ride a 'big girl bike' with training wheels which is totally unreal!! No more tricycle for my baby!!

We also had a chance to return to my favourite park this week - the one with all the bunnies!! The kids were so cute trying to 'sneak up' on them in their quietest, calmest walk.

It was only while we were feeding them our bread (they must have been starving because as soon as we pulled out our bread, which bunnies don't normally like, they literally ran straight towards us!) that my son noticed that one of the bunnies only had one eye!

Poor little thing! And then came the questions....  The endless 'how come he only has one eye', 'but what happened to his eye', 'can he get a new eye', 'does it hurt him', 'how come there's no blood', 'what happens if he loses his other eye' questions...

Nevertheless, we did have a great morning and after assuring the troops that the bunny would be 'fine' we headed home for some much needed rest.  Enjoy the rest of your weekend! Thanks for stopping by today!

Le Romantique Mini Album

Happy Thursday!! SO glad you could join me today as I reveal one of my most favourite mini albums to date!

My parents recently celebrated their 37th Wedding Anniversary and I wanted to create something extra special for them. I dug up these old photos of the two lovebirds on their wedding day and decided to create a mini album using the beautiful papers from Graphic 45's Le Romantique Collection.

 Here is the entire album for you... I'll show each individual page below.

I loved making this so very much.  The photos were such an inspiration to me and the images and the whole feel of the collection from Graphic 45 pulled the project together effortlessly.

Love this shot.  My mom coming out of her house with her dad.  When I gave this to my parents the first thing my mom said was - oh look, 310.... (then she started to cry)

 So young and so very beautiful!

For this page, I created a pocket in which I inserted a handmade envelope.  Within the envelope I inserted my favourite recent photo of my parents with a sweet message on the back.

Here is the front of my envelope.

To create the scallop shape on the back, I simply used a maya road envelope as a stencil.  I then punched out holes around the edges and used the 'Create a Brad' product from Stampin' Up to fasten my envelope together.

So yea. Its pretty thick eh?  HA!!! The album came with those typical mini album rings. Um... not gonna happen...  For the majority of mini album makers, they'd probably be totally fine. I tend to be rather 'layery' and '3D' so instead of the rings, I used fancy ribbon to adhere the album together.

The album, papers and most of the embellishments came from a fantastic Kit Club, Scrap That!, who is featuring a special album kit loaded with papers from Graphic 45's Le Romantique collection as well as some amazing embellishments and more!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!!!

Graphic 45 Supplies:
Le Romantique, 8x8 paper paper pad
Le Romantique, Daydreams
Le Romantique, Tags
Le Romantique, Le Romantique
Le Romantique, My Beloved
Le Romantique, Loves Labyrinth
Le Romantique, Frames

Other Supplies:
Glossy Accents by Ranger
Edge Scraper by Making Memories
Flowers by Prima and ETSY
Distress Ink in Vintage Photo by Ranger
White Pigment Ink by Studio g
Build a Brad by Stampin' Up!
Misc: Burlap, Twine, Crochet Doily, Acrylic Paint

A Summer Card

Yesterday over at the Bo Bunny Blog, the designers were asked to create a card with a focus on flowers. I decided to try my hand at a new flower tutorial by Dana Parlevliet.

Lots of intricate folding involved and after many tries, I finally got my flower to work.

I combined papers from Bo Bunny's Barefoot & Bliss Collection as well as some of their double dot cardstock.

So glad you had a chance to stop by today!!

Question: If I could show you how to create something - what would you like to see or learn? Perhaps a step by step tutorial for a layout, a card, a mini album, a tutorial for a particular technique or handmade item? I'd love to hear from you all. Please submit your ideas in the comments for this post. If I pick your idea, I'll send you off a little RAK as a thank you - plus we'll all get to learn something new!

Thanks for the visit!!

Supplies:
Double Dot Cardstock in Wasabi Journal
Double Dot Cardstock in Ocean Flourish
Double Dot Cardstock in Coffee Dot
Flutter Butter Die Cut in Wish
Barefoot & Bliss Jewels
Barefoot & Bliss Dimensional Stickers
Barefoot & Bliss Chipboard
Swirls & Brackets Chipboard Stickers in Chocolate
Barefoot & Bliss Word Patterned Paper
Barefoot & Bliss Combo Stickers
Double Dot Ribbon in Buttercup