Happy Together

This is the fourth layout that I've created with the December Kit from Crazy Daisy Kits. As usual, I'm getting lots of mileage with this kit. I love how there's always lots of paper in their kits.

I added some Distress Stickles (in "Peeled Paint", "Picket Fence", and "Rock Candy") to the Kaisercraft rub-ons. The "Peeled Paint" colour was a perfect green for this kit.


I used more of the white lace from the kit as a border on this layout. It adds a nice texture, and if you fussy cut around the design at the end you get a great shape to your border. I included another stamped image on transparency. I love the little flourish stamp from the We R Memory Keepers set. This is a stamp that I can see me using over and over.



Supplies (from the kit):
PP - Kaisercraft, Making Memories
large letter stickers - Prima Marketing
rub-ons - Kaisercraft
other - lace fabric trim

Other Supplies:
chipboard buttons - Making Memories
small letter stickers - My Little Shoebox
twine - Shabby Green Door
Distress Stickles, ink - Ranger
marker - Staedtler Triplus Fineliner

Baby's 1st Christmas

Here's another layout that I created with the December Kit from Crazy Daisy Kits. Please ignore the date on the journaling - this photo was actually from Christmas 2008, not 2009; I have since corrected the date.

I pleated strips of patterned paper for my circle border. I like the added dimension this gives.


I spritzed the white cardstock with "Marshmallow" glimmer mist, for a little extra shimmer.


I wanted to try something a little different with the embroidered lace trim in the kit, so I fussy cut several of the poinsettia shapes and used them like flower embellishments.


Supplies (from kit):
PP - Making Memories, GCD Studios
other - cardstock, lace fabric trim

Other supplies:
buttons, flower, journaling block - Making Memories
floss - Shabby Green Door
dew drops - Stamping Bella
glimmer mist - Tattered Angels
ink - Ranger

Visit with Santa

Here's another layout that I created with the December Kit from Crazy Daisy Kits. I'm really liking the mix of papers in this kit - the variety of styles allows for creating different seasonal pages, to suit different photos. Which is great, because seriously - do all your Christmas photos look good on the same papers? I know that mine don't! Some of my photos are very traditional, and others are silly or funny.

Stamping on transparencies allows me a little more freedom in how I use stamps, including the option of reversing the image and creating mirrored images, which is what I did with ones of the flourishes in the kit.


One of the ways that I like to attach ribbon is with staples. I like the added texture from the folded ribbon, and it looks a little less formal with the staples.


Supplies (from kit):
PP - Making Memories, GCD Studios
stamp - We R Memory Keepers
letter stickers - Prima Marketing
other - ribbon

Other supplies:
poinsettias - Making Memories
pearls - Prima Marketing
ink - Ranger, StazOn
blank transparency - 3M
marker - Staedtler Triplus Fineliner
other - staples

Caught in the Act

Have you seen the December Kit from Crazy Daisy Kits? It's jam-packed with Christmas goodies - hop on over and check it out. This is my first layout with the December kit. And, um, yeah, I'm finally scrapping pictures from last Christmas. (Long story - really long story - but that's for another day.)

With one of the stamps in the kit, I used StazOn ink and stamped on a blank sheet of transparency. That allowed me to test where I wanted the stamp before using it on my layout. It also allows me to stamp across neighboring surfaces and still get a consistent image.


A close-up of the journaling. My sister will be thrilled to find this picture on my blog. ;)


Supplies (from kit):
PP -GCD Studios, We R Memory Keepers, Crate Paper
letters, flowers - Prima Marketing
buttons - Basic Grey
rub-ons - Crate Paper
stamp - We R Memory Keepers

Other supplies:
small letters - Adornit
ink - Ranger, StazOn
glimmer mist - Tattered Angels
markers - Staedtler Triplus Fineliner, American Crafts Slickwriter
blank transparency - 3M

System Crash

You guessed it - this is another layout that I did with my kit from Scrap Attack Scrapbooking. I got so much mileage from this kit! I love all the flocked papers from this SEI line.

I love sleeping baby pictures. Especially when my kids have just 'crashed' somewhere, like in this photo. My daughter fell asleep in her high chair in the middle of supper.


The crystals on this Prima flourish actually started out clear, not the colour you see in the photograph. But I wanted a warmer look, so I coloured them with a copic marker - it's a great way to customize crystals and pearls!


Supplies (from kit):
PP, die cuts, boarder sticker - SEI
chipboard letters - Chatterbox
pearl/crystal flourish - Prima Marketing

Other supplies:
ink - Ranger
markers - Staedtler Triplus Fineliner, Copic

Look Who's Walking

Here's another one of the layouts I created for my guest spot with Scrap Attack Scrapbooking. I had a lot of fun with my edge distresser on this page. I guess I was subscribing to the view point that too much is not enough, 'cause I kept going until I tore out parts of the paper, necessitating backing it with another sheet. :)

These Chatterbox chipboard letters were great to work with - lots of stickiness, allowing me to stack the edges on top of each other. This is a technique I do when I'm running out of space for a title, but I like the look, so it works for me. In this shot you can also see the staples I used on the ribbon. I like the scrunched, folded effect I can get with the staples.


The little owls in this paper collection were too cute - I fussy cut one and pop-dotted it near my title.


I wanted a little more oomph in the area where I placed the flowers, so I cut strips of patterned paper and curled them. I think I'm going to try that again - I liked it more than I thought I would!



Supplies (from kit):
PP - Dream Street, SEI
flowers, pearls - Prima Marketing
chipboard letters - Chatterbox
journaling sticker - SEI
other - ribbon

Other Supplies:
ink - Ranger
marker - Staedtler Triplus Fineliner
other - staples

December Sneaks @ Crazy Daisy Kits

Did you see what's coming for December from Crazy Daisy Kits? Yummy! Did you see that album?!

I'll be watching You.

Here's another layout I created with for my guest designer spot at Scrap Attack Scrapbooking. They are offering 3 gorgeous kits this month, and some of them are in limited supply - so get on over to her store and take a look. And while you're at it, there's a sneak for the December kit, and you don't want to miss it!

This layout features mostly Dream Street papers from the "Sam" collection. Beautiful for fall pages. Don't you love it when products from different manufacturers work well together? These die cuts were from the SEI Moravia collection, and fit so well! I inked them and added some pearls for a little more dimension. I also did some stitching with jute twine around the photo. There's something about the rustic look of twine!


I couldn't get enough of the flocked papers from SEI, so I cut out a few shapes to use as embellishments for this page.


I love the new Pink Paisley letter stickers that recently came out - regular size and mini-letters all in one package - great bang for your buck.


Supplies (from kit):
PP - Dream Street, SEI
lace cardstock - KI Memories
flower, pearls - Prima Marketing
die cuts - SEI
letter stickers - Pink Paisley

Other supplies:
jute - 7 gypsies
ink - Ranger
marker - Staedtler Triplus Fineliner

November Mini-Album - Crazy Daisy Kits

The November kit from Crazy Daisy Kits included an accordion mini-album by Bazzill. It turned out to be ideal for a 2009 re-cap album about my son. (Shhhh - this is a Christmas gift).


I inked the album and papers with "Brushed Corduroy" Distress Ink, and used a lot of glimmer mist in "Tattered Leather" and "Coffee Shop" (yup, my two favorite colours of glimmer mist).


And I got re-acquainted with cardstock, since I recently acquired an embossing machine.


A fairly simple album. There are more pages but they are essentially the same - just different pictures. I like to repeat designs throughout my mini-albums.




Thanks for looking! Stay tuned for some sneaks of the December Kit!

1st Pumpkins (version 2)

Yes, you might have seen these photos before. This is another one of those times when I have scrapped the same photos twice. One version of this will be for the proud Grammy! This version was created with the November kit from Crazy Daisy Kits.

No need to clean your monitor - there's no dirt on this layout... I spritzed some of the papers with glimmer mist in "Coffee Shop" and "Tattered Leather". I like the grungy look it adds, as well as a little shimmer.

Speaking of grunge, I had a lot of fun with the grungeboard in this kit. Did you know that you can emboss this stuff? I wanted to change the texture, so I used an embossing folder and put it through my embossing machine. Worked great - it gave a whole new look to it. And I really love the "Coffee Shop" glimmer mist on the grunge board.


I wanted a more open look to my journaling spot, so I cut it into pieces. There were lots of these journaling spots in the kit - I used a bunch, and I still have some left. I love feeling like I don't have to scrimp on product!


Supplies (from kit):
PP - Flair, Kaisercraft, My Mind's Eye, Basic Grey
journal cards - 7 gypsies (large), Jenni Bowlin (small)
grungeboard - Tim Holtz
brads - Pink Paisley
transparencies - Little Yellow Bicycle

Other Supplies:
letter stickers - Pink Paisley
glimmer mist - Tattered Angels
ink - Ranger
marker - Staedtler Triplus Fineliner

Pumpkin Hunt

Here's another layout that I created with the November kit from from Crazy Daisy Kits. What an awesome kit for all your fall pages!

Who says journaling spots have to be used for just journaling? I used 3 of the Jenni Bowlin ones on this page in the same way that I would use patterned paper, and I love the look! You can also see in this photo that I spritzed them (and the background paper) with glimmer mist in "Tattered Leather". Love that colour for masculine pages!


I pleated one of the ribbons to create this embellishment. At first I was trying to make a flower with it, but it looked a little too girl-y for this page, so I re-shaped it a bit and added the grungeboard, which was also spritzed with the glimmer mist.


I added some of the rub-ons to the journal tags, and dressed up the grungeboard with some brads.


I had also spritzed the My Mind's Eye tag that I used for my journaling.


Supplies (from kit):
PP - K & Company, Kaisercraft, Basic Grey
journal tags - Jenni Bowlin, My Mind's Eye
grungeboard - Tim Holtz
brads - Pink Paisley, Imaginisce
rub-ons - GCD Studios
other - wire-edge ribbon

Other supplies:
letter stickers - Pink Paisley
glimmer mist - Tattered Angels
ink - Ranger
marker - Staedtler Triplus Fineliner

Blog Around the World Blog Hop!

Hi there. If you have found your way here from the Blog Around the World blog hop - Welcome - so nice to see you here!

You most likely were linked from here: Elinjanne's Weblog "New Beginnings"
At the moment, you are here: One Good ThingThis is the next stop on the blog hop: The Linar Studio

If this is the first you're hearing about this blog hop, here's a little background: I've been participating in a bloggers' class at Shimelle.com called "Blogging for Scrapbookers". A group of us students are hosting a blog hop, that will take you all over the planet. We will all be posting a view from our window, and many will be posting a little about our scrappy space. I do hope you will take a little tour and visit some of the participants' blogs.

I'm blogging from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It's autumn here, and most of the leaves are gone from the trees in my yard. This is the view from my front window:


This is the backyard:


Here's a little picture of my scrap space. I scrap on one of the counters in my kitchen. Good thing it's a big kitchen! It's not a lot of space to scrap, and it's kinda messy (OK, a lot messy). But it's out of reach of the toddler and there's enough room for my essentials. I do a lot of work here!


And because I find it so hard to post without posting something scrappy, here's one of my recent projects. I created this layout with my guest DT kit from Scrap Attack Scrapbooking. (Click on images for a larger view).


The papers from the Moravia collection (by SEI) are full of texture. I love papers like this! I inked and pleated strips of paper to form the circle.

This little medallion was fussy-cut from another sheet in the collection. I couldn't let it go to waste!


Supplies (from the kit):
PP, die cuts - SEI "Moravia" collection
chipboard letters - Chatterbox
jewels - Prima Marketing
small letter stickers - Pink Paisley

Other supplies:
ink - Ranger
marker - Staedtler Triplus Fineliner



Thank you for hopping by, and don't forget to visit the next stop on this blog hop: The Linar Studio!