Happy Place

I have enjoyed my March Hip Kit so much that I couldn't resist creating another layout. I also have to admit, that I HAD to use the "this is my happy place" chipboard accent, this was just screaming at me to use it on a layout about scrapbooking, I just couldn't ignore it. ;)

I used the Jillibean Soup placemat on part of the background, love white on white, I never get tired of doing that. Of course I added stitching, layers and stamping, I can't seem to do a layout without any of these items. 

The June Hip Kit will premier today on the Hip Kit blog, I know Kimberly has rocked it once again!!! I'll post a picture here as soon as I can. 

Project Life Week 10

Good morning friends. I am back today with week 10. This is one of my favorite spreads to date. Love the color combo and all the fun things that happened that week. My good friend Isabelle came to visit with her son, it was way too long since I had last seen her. 

I used a mix of supplies for this spread, some cards from the March SC PL kit, some SC printables, misc. embellishments and stickers.

I also incorporated the packaging to my favorite brand of Tassimo coffee. This is my fuel, what keeps me going through out the day. I didn't use to be a coffee drinker but having 3 kids totally changed that. I did learn a couple of day ago not to have coffee in the evening, I was completely awake, listening to everyone else sleep. Not good. 

Off to drink my coffee...

Worn With Love

Today I'm sharing a layout I created with the February Hip Kit. I've said it many times, I love that kit. I'm hoarding every little piece of scrap paper because I just can't get enough of it. I do think there are a couple left in the Hip Kit store.

The subject of this layout is near and dear to my heart. It's about the onesie. I bought this onesie when I found out I was pregnant with Danika, 9 years ago and gave it to the Mr. as a way to announce that I was expecting. At first, he didn't understand the meaning of the gift, he thought it was for sometime in the future but once I told him I was expecting, he was the happiest man on earth. Ever since, all 3 girls have worn this onesie, I'm sad that it wont' be worn again but also very happy. We are done having babies and I'm FINE with that. LOL!!! I do think the onesie will be preciously kept to pass down to the girls when they have babies, yikes!!!

I love the background paper by Elle's Studio, I flipped the page sideways to have the printed border at the top. I added some Cameo cuts that I had pre cut, I always keep a stash of pre-cut cuts, this way I always have some on hand and can quickly put a layout together. As much as I love my Cameo, I find it time consuming to stop a layout to search for a cut and cut it out. Yeah, I'm lazy that way. I usually have 30 to 45 minutes to create a layout, so I have to be quick quick. 

Happy Monday, hope the sun is shining. 

Project Life - Week 9

If you recall, a while back I posted that I changed the style of my PL from the smaller handbook version to the 12x12 spread, but one page per week only. Well, I've changed things again, I'm doing a double page per week. I have grown to love my PL so much and I want to include as much information as possible. The girls and Dan love seeing the weekly spread and this is why I'm doing a PL, for them to enjoy memories of our family life. So today I'm sharing my first double page PL.

For this spread I used a mix of digital cards from Studio Calico and some cards from the SC March PL kit. I always try to have a coordinate mix of colors, in this case navy blue, coral and green. I find this gives a more cohesive design to the spread. 

As well, I try to have the same elements through out the spread. In this case, hearts and arrows. Again, this contributes to the cohesive look and feel of the spread. As for journaling I have a mix of typewriter and handwritten. I'm not a fan of my handwriting but I think my girls will appreciate this more personal approach to journaling. As well, I mix the language of my spread, including french and english. The items I want the girls to be able to read now are in French and the more personal comments (i.e. me having a bad day) are in English. 

Here's a funny thought, if I had to choose between PL and layouts, I would pick PL!!! I know, I know, what a surprise but I honestly feel this is the best way for me to document our life. I want my girls to look back at our PL and remember all these little random tidbits of information about our family life. I hope you have enjoyed reading about my method of design for my PL. I'll be back with week 10 and 11 very shortly. 

Today On IG

So I'm a huge iPhone and IG junkie!!! I finally got an iPhone last
fall and I really don't know how I would live without it (well
I would but it wouldn't be as fun LOL!). I especially love taking
pictures with my phone, it is very handy especially for my PL.

This layout was created for Hip Kit and features the Feb kit.
Like in my previous post, I can't stop saying how much I love
this kit. You know it's an awesome kit when you complete all
your DT projects and you keep on creating. That's how
I feel about all my Hip Kits, I love them. It's like Kimberly is my
personal shopper and uses everything I love. It makes me happy!

My inspiration for this layout was a layout created by the lovely 

Jen Kinkade, this girl rocks paper, she is so talented and I am so very 

inspired by her work. She created a collage of IG pics, I knew I had 

to recreate it, love how her beautiful work inspired me to create a

layout that I  love. Thanks Jen!!!

Also, as soon as I saw the Elle Studio's snippets, I knew I wanted to use 

a  portion of the sheet on a layout. It was the perfect fit for this layout. I 

added a bit of embellishments, some stamps, love how it turned out.

In case you are still debating what to do with your Google
Reader account (it closes in July) you can follow my blog
on Bloglovin. I just love this site and the APP is fabulous.
The link to follow is to the right. :)

Baby It's Cold

Yep it is!!! I know I'm in Canada and snow if part of our climate

but this winter has been very hard. Again today we are 

expecting another 10 to 15 cm of snow, good for the skiers,

not so good for the SAHMs who are dying to go out for a walk.

With that being said, today I am sharing my first layout for Hip Kits! YAY!

I just love love love the January kit, the papers are some of my favorite

collections, lots of embellishments and 4 sets of alphas!

So much goodness in this awesome kit. 

The snowflakes were cut using my Silhouette Cameo, at first I wanted

to cut them out directly on the patter paper and then back them up with

white cardstock, but I was afraid of not liking the result and wasting

a beautiful piece of paper, so I went for the safer alternative and cut

out the snowflakes using white cardstock.

I've added lots of layers and using the gold polka dot velum paper,

LOVE IT!!!!!!!!

I have lots of more projects with this kit that I will be sharing over

the week including a couple of PL spreads. 

Hope you'll come back to check them out.

Glimpse of Today

Ha! Here I am again with a layout that features a picture from
Instagram! Can you see a trend coming on here?! ;)

I took this picture one October afternoon when we were
walking home from the bus stop. Brianna had no interest in
taking a picture of our feet, I think she thought it was odd,
but my mini photographer in the making, Danika, was all
for it.

The stitching on the layered leaves was totally inspired by
Adrienne, a fellow member at Studio Calico. I love the effect
it gave so I had to borrow her idea and use it on my layout.
I've also incorporate various elements that I created using my
Cameo, some stamping, a couple of doilies and a banner
were thrown in for good measure.

Hope your week is off to a great start!!

Oh My Heart!!

I love how my iphone has enable me to take pictures that I would
not necessarily take, just like this one. I was trying to get Alexia to
nap, which can be challenging, so we layed down in my bed, I
always have my phone in case school calls for the big girls, anyways,
as Alexia was drifting off to sleep, she reached for me, of course
that tiny hand touching my face made my heart melt. I'm so glad
I got to capture that moment, this is priceless. I love my iphone,
I love how it's changing the way I scrapbook!! I just wish I
would have made the switch sooner, now I just need to one for Dan!

There are lots of layers on this layout. I used Studio Calico's November
kit, Sock Hop and add on. I used another one of those polaroid
cut from the Silhouette store, love these. For the very first time in a long
time, I didn't add any stitching to the layout and I'm totally ok with that.