Creative Scrappers- 220- I will remember you

Hi everyone,
It's been along time since I participated in a sketch challenge but last week this sketch from Creative scrappers really inspired me.

I loved the simplicity of it and it was perfect for this LO about the magnolia tree I planted in memory of my step dad, Denis. The purple/pink colour of the paper is the colour the blooms of the flowers will be, hopefully next year.

I hope everyone if enjoying their week. It's raining here again, after over a month without rain, so my brother and I are going to spend the afternoon watching Supernatural. Got to get the rest of the season in before he goes back to Uni in Sept.
Peace.

Creative Scrappers - 139- Christmas Elf

Yesterday I played with this sketch from Creative Scrappers.

This picture of my step-niece was taken the weekend before Christmas @ my Dad's house.

The holly leaves were a failed attempt of a snow flake (it was actually too large for the LO). The holly are actually little gold snow flakes that I cut from a Christmas card.

Let's Capture these Sketches - 67 - 4*1 Christmas Party

Hello! I hope everyone is enjoying their snowy Saturday. I would love nothing more than to stay in today but I have a mission, to find sunglasses for my up coming DR vacation. I also have a retirement party to go to this evening.
Anyway here is a Christmas LO. The ball embellishment I cut from a Christmas card I got this year. I like that it isn't your typical red and green combo, I think the purple looks really nice.

I used this sketch from Let's Capture These Sketches.

Whatever you are doing to day, enjoy it!

Pencil Lines 220 - Remember?

Hello all. This week I played along with Pencil Lines again.



Here is my take.

It's a LO about some tree ornaments I have been collecting when ever I travel. It appears I have spelt remember incorrectly....I better go fix it before the glue drys!














In other news my oldest friend Carrie just had her baby boy on Monday. I can't wait to meet him.

Vampires, sunshine, the civil war and Pencil Lines.

What do these have in common, one might ask?
Well that is how I spent my Sunday, in between watching Vampire Diaries and working on a LO based on Pencil Lines 219th sketch I went for a walk. Aside from beaches and sunsets there are fewer things more beautiful than the sparkling snow on a sunshine filled winters day.

There is something you should know about me, before it was cool to be "into" Vamps, I'm talking pre-Twilight - heck pre-Buffy even, I've loved vampire lore. And aside from that and Stefan and Damon of course, the Vampire Diaries has something else I love. The fictional town of Mystic Falls has a rich history surrounding the civil war..something else that I really love. I became interested in the civil war after reading a book in the sixth grade called The Root Cellar by Janet Lunn about two Canadian girls who travel to the US to try to find their friend after the war is over and bring him back to home to Canada. Since then I have always liked reading fiction set in that time period and that has lead me into my interest of slavery. I love that the town I live in was one of the last stops north on the underground railroad. Funnily enough, I'm also reading Roots right now. I love when everything connects!

As for Pencil Lines I created a LO based on this sketch.

It's called "I am what you see, I am not what they say but if I turned out to be, would you love me anyway?" It's a song by Tyler Hilton, who if you didn't know played Chris Kellar on One Tree Hill (some thing else I love). I think everyone feels this way sometimes. I know God sees the real me and I wanted to make a LO for my faithbook to remind me of that when I forget it.

I hope everyone did something they enjoy today....I know I did!

Sketchy Thursdays - 1.6 - Grand Dad's Cookies.

Today I played with this sketch from Sketchy Thursdays.

Here is my take.

The sketch worked perfectly to tell the story of Grand Dad's Cookies. Since it is probably difficult to read here is the journaling in a nutshell. These are Granddad's cookies, they are called that b/c they were my Grandpa's fave. Recently my Grandma told me the story behind Grand Dad's Cookies and why they have no name. When they were courting during WWII my Grandma worked @ a bank. One of her co-workers had a brother overseas. She told Grandma about how she and her mom made these cookies for her brother and sent them to him. He always looked forward to getting them b/c they never arrived stale and they were always intact when they got to him, unlike cookies the other mothers sent their sons. My Grandma told Grandpa about them and he insisted she get the recipe and they have been his fave ever since. My Grandma never learned what they were called and that is why we call them Granddad's cookies.

I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!!

Pencil lines - 218 -Rose

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend! After spending the afternoon @ my Dad's yesterday I whipped up this LO from Pencil Lines, while watching Christmas shows of course!

I love roses, these pictures were taken around August I think.

Sketchy Thursdays - 12.16 - Untitled

Good afternoon everyone!! Here is another great sketch from Sketchy Thursdays.

At first I wasn't sure how I was going to make this sketch work but I thought about using coloured blocks instead of small photos and I think it worked out okay. Not too many pictures of my garden to scrap. Almost done! I can't wait to show my mom. She and her husband had planned to visit my garden all summer but it was really hot here and they didn't make it..so I'm looking forward to showing her a sneak peak @ what is to come next year. Here's my take. Sorry for the bad picture, my house is lacking in natural light. I really miss that about my apartment, it had a huge bay window and was filled with light all the time. This picture gives the idea though. :)

How is everyone's shopping going?? I'm almost done. Just my grandma left. All she wants is a vinal/flannel table cloth and do you think I can find one? Sure but not in patterns that are really my grandma...she's not a blue palm tree kind of girl. I even braved Walmart today and no luck. I'm thinking Giant Tiger tommorrow...then I can start wrapping. That's one of my favourite parts. :)
Hope everyone is having a great afternoon,
Cheers and thanks for stopping by!

Creative Scrappers - 134- Circle Series

More snow more scrapping. Oh how I would love to stay home tonight and not go to work. Anyway this is LO is brought to you by Creative Scrappers and their 134th sketch.

This LO is for my Faithbook. It's about a set of books I fell in love with last summer, the Circle Series by Ted Dekker. Basically they are about a man who one day falls asleep in our reality and wakes up many, many years in the future. When he falls asleep in the future he wakes back up in the present. Both realities telling him that the other is not real. He soon discovers that what he learns in one can be applied to the other. The books have strong biblical symbolism, Black basically being the fall. They are also a circle, I read them Black, Red, White and Green. Green was just in the process of being written when I started but they can also be read Green, Black, Red and White. I was very excited when I read these books last summer. They changed me.

Let's Capture these Sketches - 65- Tomatoes

Another great one from Let's Capture these Sketches.

Creative Scrappers -133 - Lilies

Last week I played with this sketch from Creative Scrappers.
It really was perfect for my lilies page.

You should see the snow we are getting. I was suppose to go to CPR this afternoon but it's been cancelled. It might be a good day to scrap some more, after I shovel a bit first.

Sketchy Thursdays 12.09 Echinacea

I also played along with Sketchy Thursdays this week. Surprisingly this cold I've got has not interfered with my creations.

That's all for now, GH is coming on and I think it might be time for more meds.

Pencil Lines - 216- Bold

So I used this sketch from Pencil Lines for more garden pics. I'm finding with my book about my garden that sketches are really the way to go, they really help keep each page fresh.

I actually never intended to make this LO last night. I planned an evening in front of the TV after being out Christmas shopping and then choir. It's funny how inspiration just appears.

I should probably explain the fairy. She was made from a kit by KLUTZ that I got for Christmas one year when I was in college. Apparently my mom knew I needed a creative outlet when I was in nursing school. Anyway the kit has been pack in my "craft" box for years until I bought my house and had a shelf to put my craft stuff on. When I saw this sketch, I thought a little fairy might be a great embellishment. I think she adds some whimsy to the page, which is what I feel like sometimes when I'm in my garden.










Thanks for looking!

Sketchy Thursdays 12.02 - Hollyhock

This week I played with this sketch from Sketchy Thursdays. It worked perfectly to showcase the pics I've taken of the hollyhock in my garden.

Thanks for visiting!

Creative Scrappers 130, Pencil Lines 214 and Let's Capture these sketches 63.

This week I worked on the following sketches, all LO's are of my garden. First the 214th sketch from Pencil Lines.

Next the 132th sketch from Creative Scrappers.

And last the 63rd sketch from Let's Captures These Sketches. The challange was to only use patterned paper.

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend!

Let's Capture these Sketches 60 - How Skylar see it.

This LO is based on this sketch from Let's Capture these Sketches. It was a nice and quick LO to complete.

Part of the challenge was to use @ least three items on the LO that began with the letter B. I used blue cardstock, black ink, blue ribbon, blue puffy paint, blue patterned paper and brands.

My friend Brandy's little guy Skylar shot these pictures, he's five.

Inspired Blue Prints 59 - Hunter Hooligans

This LO was bases on this sketch from Inspired Blue Prints.

July 3rd 2010 - The Hunter Kids @ their mom's KaJo's 30th Birthday.

Creative Scrappers 129 - Lake Huron Sunset

This LO is based on another Creative Scrappers sketch, number 129.

These pictures were taken on a family vacation, only about an hour away from home.

Here it goes

Okay so I have never blogged before but I thought I would give it a try. I've become obsessed with scrapbooking and want a place to showcase some of my stuff. My sister P is very creative and also has a blog. This year she has been doing "daily" design challenges and has really inspired me. She isn't into scrapbooking but I think that she would love it. We don't live in the same city and I have so enjoyed her work, that I really wanted to share mine with her. Maybe I can inspire her. :)