Happy Love Day!!

Love is in the air today!! Happy Valentine's Day to everyone! Wishing you all a wonderful day filled with love and laughter with hopes that you are surrounded by friends, family and loved ones!

I did up a little Love Day surprise for the kids when they get home from school today.... can't wait to see the look on their faces!

These were just super easy to create.  Large marshmallows dipped in melted chocolate and sprinkes added while still soft.

Hee, hee... I feel sorry for Grammy and Papa tonight as they will be babysitting while hubby and I enjoy a wonderful evening out.  (Don't worry, they won't be consuming ALL those sweets at once - LOL!!)

Under Your (Love) Spell

Over at the Bo Bunny Blog, the designers were asked to take inspiration from Song Lyrics to create their layouts.  This project is going to #1. Age me (big time) and #2. Make it absolutely certain that I was the geekiest lil' Canadian kiddo ever! I have no idea why this particular song (Under Your Spell) got trapped in my mind but as soon as I saw this one piece of Chipboard from Bo Bunny's Smoochable Collection, I couldn't stop singing the chorus - over and over!! I totally forgot who sang it so when I searched on Youtube I discovered it was by "Candi" - A Canadian popstar from the 1990s...

I have to admit I was totally obsessed with this gal - thought she was super chic, cool, pretty, etc and vaguely remember dressing like this and singing to her songs in the mirror.  Egawd!

In any regard, this is the layout that I created - inspired by an old favourite tune.  I have to admit that this little darlin' has got me wrapped around her little finger.

 The beautiful crystal flourishes are from ZVA Creative as are the wonderfully coordinating flowers.

I used Bo Bunny's adorable and feminine Smoochable Collection - I've really been into a soft and romantic mood as of late and the pinks and warm browns seem to fit the bill just perfectly.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  See you again tomorrow with some more scrappy goodies!

Bo Bunny Suplies:
Chipboard: Smoochable
Noteworthy: Smoochable
Patterned Paper: Smoochable, Huggable/Smoochable; Symphony, Et Cetera/Et Cetera
Filgree Die Cut: Et Cetera
Double Dot: Passion Fruit Vintage

ZVA Creative Supplies:
Flower: FL 04CA 128
Flower: FL 04CA 132
Leaves: FL 04CA 111
Leaves: FL 04CA 112
Crystals: CRB 04CB 103
Crystals: CR 04CB 116

Another Day in Paradise... Minus the Paradise

Happy Monday morning to everyone!! Hope you all had a wonderful, restful weekend.  I'm sure some of you enjoyed watching the Superbowl (didn't hurt that Tom Brady was playing right?? LOL). Today I have another Graphic 45 project to share with you using their gorgeous NEW Tropical Travelogue Collection. This layout was showcased at this past winter CHA. I had such a fun time creating this project. I had already done two 'tropical-themed' layouts and wanted to show the versatility of the line by creating an everyday kind of layout.

My two youngest kids doing what kids do best. I actually wanted to capture a shot of them arguing or fighting but of course as soon as I go to take one of 'those' kinds of shots, they act like perfect angels - *sigh*. So.... the photos you see are actually 'staged' as I'm sure you can see the slight smiles on their faces as mommy told them to pretend like they were fighting with one another (LOL).

Here is a close up of the metal roses I created.  I have a tutorial on how to make these HERE should you wish to create some for yourself - they are super easy!

I added quite a few metal embellishments to this project - just can't get enough of Graphic 45's metal hinges!  The weird thing is that, although I am normally a very flowery, romantic, soft and vintage type of gal, I never feel the need to add flowers (aside from the metal ones I've created here) to my layouts created with Graphic 45 papers.  They have so many wonderful elements to fussy cut and the new chipboard pieces and stickers only add to the assortment of embellishments.  The papers are always so dynamic with bold, bright patterns and the imagery is outstanding.  (Of course on my latest Little Darlings projects I've simply covered them with flowers.... but I digress...)

Thanks so very much for your visit today! Enjoy your week and I will post some more scrappy goodness a little later on.  Remember, you still have a little more than a week to enter my February Blog Giveaway (Two Chances)!!