..I have an Arcade in My Basement

I did this LO at a crop a few months ago and

never got around to posting, so I am sharing it today :)

I took these pics for my hubby and then put them away to scrap.

I kept putting the LO off and then found these papers at Winners (DCWV) and

became inspired to scrap them.

The colors went well with some AC Amy Tangerine Sketchbook that I had floating around, so I used some of the smaller patterns.

**Double click image to see both sides.

 

 

 

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..Bunch of Characters

With all the parades we went to this season, I got some great pics to scrap.

These pics were taken at our first Santa Claus parade. We had some great people from a local gaming group called The Fundy Phoenix walk the parade route with is, dressed as some fabulous characters (the Bowser costume was hand made/sewn!!) Of course the boys were ALL OVER that and were more than happy to pose with Bowser, Shrek & Spiderman.

 

**Made with November Hip 2-b Square kit + Add-ons

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Rocking Pink

As part of the Anti-Bullying campaign, LM's school does a 'wear pink' day to raise awareness.

My little guy has NOTHING in the way of pink clothing so I dug out my hat and Hubby's tie and sent him off  (after taking pictures of course!!).

I really like that Hip kits can be used for non-themed LOs too (Kimberly does a great job at balancing themed & non-themed products in her kits)

This LO was done with the November Hip Kit that had a C-mas theme to it.

This LO was our first snow (all 3 mm of it - can't say the same right now, we just got more than a foot dumped on us!!) But they did call it a snow day and cancelled school that day, so I got some pics of these two little monkies before the rain started and washed it all away that day.

 

**Made with November Hip Kit + Add-ons.

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Stay warm & safe today!

Happy New Year!!

12 of 2012

These are 12 of my favorite LOs from the last year.

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&

Have a safe, warm and Happy New Year!!

 

Another do-over LO.

The colors, blocking all fit the photo SO MUCH better.

 

Love this toothless grin and colour combo  :)

 

Love all the old bits of odds & ends that got used up here.

 

Sincerely & truly - I am at my happiest snuggling with these two.

Love how I embraced a bit of my 'messy inner scrapper'.

 

Lots of layers and embellishment. And pink!!

And a picture of me that isn't totally hideous (for a change).

 

Bright & happy colors and sweet pics of my baby at 4.

No further words needed. :)

 

Misting AND flowers??

I loved how this LO of our long ago honeymoon photo turned out.

 

I loved the way this hot air balloon embellie worked  with my title about how much I looked forward to Friday lunch dates with my Little Man at school when I did hot lunch last year. I never got a pic of either of us, so I took a pic of the spot where we both used to perch as we ate.

 

A much needed do-over LO about my life as a SAHM. ALL of the journalling is now contained in a pocket behind the photo (and not messing up my LO like before).

 

Pictures taken by Little Man with his Nintendo DS.

 

I explored the sunburst paper piecing technique on this one and LOVED it!

 

This is my pretty baby sis who turned 18 last year.

I stole this photo form her FB account :)

 

 

 

 

'Tis the Season..

..to be busy.

 

First, please let me apologise for my long absence. I never anticipated becoming a hat maker over the last few months but that is what happened. EEK. AND  I even made a few dollars to boot :)

That left very little time or desire for scrapbooking, however, and then when it came time to prepare my November assignments, I was BLOCKED.

Asthe old addage goes, if you don't use it, you really do LOSE it. I plan on making some scrapping time this holiday, to get myself back n the swing of it.

 

In the meantime, I have a few projects to share with teh November Hip 2-b Square kit + Add-ons.

I love that there were fun little bits of unexpected color in this kit, it was loads of fun to play with.

 

Out of neccesity, I made these tags and grabbed the scraps I had hanging around from this kit.

It was about a 5 minute process, including the cutting!

 

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Have a great Christmas Eve - EVE!! 

Boo!

I have another LO to share from the October Hip Kit.

This one is about trick or treating on H-ween night. We were lucky this year and had another Little Man & his Momma brave the rainy night and keep us company.

The boys got fairly wet but didn't let the rain dampen their spirits at all.

 

All supplies- October Hip 2-b Square kit + Add-ons 

 

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Trunk or Treat

 

I have a confession: I am not a fan of Halloween. I don't hate it.

It's alright but I am pretty indifferent about it most of the time.

Other than the candy, there's not much else about the holiday that excites me.

Christmas, on the other hand, I LOVE.

I have found that most people usually prefer one over the other - it's a rare breed that likes both equally. That being said, I don't much enjoy scrapping about it Hallowe'en either. I find the orange/green/purple colour scheme to be ho-hum.

 

BUT imagine my delight when I spied aqua, orange, grey and brown in this kit!!

Aqua is just one of those colors that seems to look great with any other color and grey is my new go-to neutral. I really loved the little nostalgic bits from the OA Witchhazel line in this kit as well.

SO, if I HAVE to scrap H-ween pages, I love having a pretty kit to do it with :)

And a cute little boy in a Spidey costume helps as well.

These pics are from the Trunk or Treat festivities that were held at my son's school. The 2 boys had a ball checking out their friends' costumes and running from car to car for candy.

 

**please pardon the blurred out face of my little guy's buddy, I don't have permission to post his photo.

October Hip kit + Add-ons

I am in love with the tone on tone trend lately. It is a great way to add visual interest to your page without making it look too cluttered or bulky. I find myself coming back to this technique time and again.

 

I have a few more projects to share in the coming days.

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