Home for the Holidays

One of the reasons I love Christmas is because it draws all the friends out of their holes in random places all over the world and back to their home her in Newfoundland.

This year we were fortunate enough to have our friends from Ottawa, Toronto and even Austraila come home for the holidays. And holidays mean parties and hang outs and lunches. And so we took advantage and spent all kinds of time together.

I combined some of those pictures together to create a little grid for this page.



I decided to do a little sewing on this page and sewed around the perimeter of the page for something a little extra. I also wanted to use a little wood veneer house for the 'o' in 'home' but it was just a little too plain. So, I used a little stickles on top to give it a little sparkle.



I can't wait to see them all again. Until the next time friends- I'll just scrapbook the memories.

xoxo
K

Teal + Red- A Holiday Combo

Before I get down to scrappy business I have to give a huge shout out to my Mom today. It's her birthday and she pretty much rocks. She's not big on having a big fuss on her birthday but I thought I would give her a shout out here on the blog anyway. So, Happy Birthday Mom! I hope your day is amazing and this coming year brings you all the goodness the world can provide!


I've decided that in an effort to use some of my Christmas stash, I'll be scrapbooking Christmas photos until the end of January. Then it's all being put away until next year-well, the stuff that doesn't easily fit back into my stash anyway.

And this was the first Christmas picture I printed and scrapbooked.



It's my fav photo from Christmas 2012. It's also one of my new fav color combos. How about that real + red combination. I threw in a little neutral craft and silver for good measure but I love the bright teal and the pop of red.



The red Thickers are from the SC December Daily kit and honestly the font is one of my favourites. The My Mind's Eye enamel dots & the Crate Paper fabric brad are also from the same SC kit.



I added some flags and a few triangle stamps to draw the eye down the page.



And of course there are lots of layers anchoring the page. That teal snowflake brad also happened to fit perfectly! It's from an old set of My Mind's Eye brads.

I'm sure this won't be my last teal + red page. I just love the colors together.

Happy Monday.

xoxo
K

Monday Musings

So it's Monday.

I'll tell you a secret-I actually love Mondays.

No really.

It's a chance to start fresh for the week. It's the day when making new goals are paramount and possibility lies in the rest of the week. Best of all, on Monday's I have nothing planned after school or in the evening so it's a day with my boys. And I love my boys.

Speaking of my boys-this weekend we had a birthday party for Eugene. Yeah, we're those people. I even made him a puppy dog cake. LOL.



I recently started compiling pics to make a little blurb book of-who else- but Eugene and I came across a bunch of photos of a Fall puppy date that we had with our friend N & his puppy Clipper.



They had a great time and so did I taking pics and scrapbooking the photos. I mean how can you not love that action shot? Eugene looks like a crazy beast!



My lovely friend Cathie, who also has a love of puppies, gave me an awesome set of doggie brads that I used on this page. Check out that cute paw print! 



And I finally used one of those basdges I've been hoarding from 'A Life Handmade'. I also used some of that awesome paw print washi tape. Love it.

In the same visit I also happened to get a few close up shots of Eugene lounging on the patio. Look at my baby-



How can you not fall in love?!

This was a great opportunity to use up some scrappy bits. I used papers that were mostly leftovers from Studio Calico kits and Paperie kits. It was easy to tie all the colors together with a little mist and the colorful chevron strip.



I also used an old Ali Edwards stamp that I dug out from ages ago to add to the bottom with a little button and a little gem.



And of course, a little journaling tucked away for safe keeping.

And now, I must be off to plan my week! Enjoy your Monday.

xoxo
K

5 For Friday

1. Well, it's been a day of rest & relaxation-for some of us-around these parts. We were pummeled here in Newfoundland with a snowstorm that left some 70+ cm behind. Mother Nature really gave us a good taste of winter. But, Eugene loved it. We ventured out last night when the storm began & then again this morning for some shoe shoe action. 


*at the park last night...


*this morning's snow shoe adventure. 

2. I'm working on a little video tutorial for my upcoming 'Keeping up with Life' class at The Paperie. I've also got a few freebies that I've made which I'll be putting up on the blog for those of you who are looking for some Project Life pieces to print out.

3. I found a great article for anyone looking to be happier. And really who isn't looking to be happier?! I read The Happiness Project a few years ago and loved it. I also watched the documentry 'Happy' last weekend so when I noticed Ali retweet this article I knew that I had to read it. Take a few minutes and read it.

4. I saw a beautiful blog post today when trolling through my blogs. Design Darling is a blog I visit for style ideas. It inspired me to make flowers more of an everyday things around here. Don't you love the peonies?!

5.Are you enjoying all of the CHA reveals? I certainly am. But, honestly, I'm just excited that the dates for distribution for the pieces I like are are actually sooner than later.

Enjoy your weekend.

xoxo
K

December Daily- You Are Done.

So it turns out having too much Xmas supplies is as bad as not having enough. One of my biggest issues was choosing what to use.

This year I ordered the Studio Calico DD kit & Kelly Purkey's DD kit. And then I couldn't resist a few extras from Basic Grey, October Afternoon, Crate Paper. Not to mention the ton of supplies that I had left over from all the other years of Xmas bits and pieces. So I had so much to choose from when I finally got down to business in making my album.

But it's finally done.



Cover supplies include: Studio Calico DD kit: album,  washi tape, Crate Paper boarder sticker, SC wood veneet, AC gold letters, BG blue letter, sequins. Kelly Purkey kit: 'Joy' card, background paper polka dots. Tree is a Chapters ornament that I stuck on there with a load of glossy accents.

I stuck with 25 days instead of my usual 31 because I was ready to be done-and by the look of the size of the album so was it. I will admit that the 4 by 6 size made it very easy to complete the album in record time seeing as how I didn't prep anything ahead of time. I also stuck to focusing on one event per day rather than trying to cram everything from each day into the album. In the past that's made it very overwhelming.

Even though it took me a little longer to get it all done this year I was pleasantly surprised with the ease with which it all came together.

So here's a bunch of photos of what it all looks like.







































And my very favourite-the last page...



How can you not be in love with that sleepy puppy? Christmas IS exhausting. This was taken using my iphone on the way home from our Christmas day festivities. It was a fluke that it turned out so perfect. Might be framing this one.

A few of the pages I love the most are December 4th-



The stamped sentiment is from an old SC set but it was so perfect for this pattern paper.

Then there's Dec. 9. It was so hard to chose photos from this one because it was such a fun night.



I love this shot. In the car, rear view mirror, using the iphone.



This was one of the few interactive elements I did to include a few more shots. It's a little strip of photos that folds out. It's adhered on top of the page protector.




And that's it. She's just full enough and she is lovely. I am so pleased that it's all done.



xoxo
K