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Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day

It's been a wonderful day at our house so far :))

I spent yesterday making all these treats for the kids and some for Alexander's Grade 1 classroom too.....

Brownies covered in homemade Butter Creme Icing and topped with a chocolate.....

Chocolate heart shaped cookies with pink icing, sprinkles and a jelly in the center.....

.....and vanilla cupcakes with (2) colors of better creme icing, sprinkles and a chocolate on top too !!

This morning I made Emma & Alex heart shaped pancakes.....they loved them !!

I gave Alex the choice of all the different store bought Valentine's.....but nope, he wanted me to make him "Indiana Jones" cards for his class :))  

He's a HUGE Indiana Jones fan and even drew an Indiana Jones picture that he asked me to send to Harrison Ford for Valentine's Day.......Just have to find his address :))

I was a little concerned that this wasn't going to turn out well but together he and I found exactly what we wanted.....a little cardstock, some stamps and a lot of glue and this is what went to school.....

........and this was on the back :))  He was thrilled......

From our family to yours....Have a very happy Valentine's Day.....

Talk soon.

j. xo

"LOVE" Letters

Only ONE more day until VALENTINE'S DAY.....LOVE it !!!

I've got lots to share with you this week......
So let's get started with today :))

I love love love these wooden letters….
They've been sitting on my shelf begging me to cover them.  
I originally bought them to cover like 
Stephanie did with wool 
for Thanksgiving.  
I bought a huge bag of wool and then it never happened…….I was thankful that I waited because they were PERFECT for this project !!!

I chose the word love and it sits in my office because I LOVE to be there scrapbooking and I LOVE that my family supports my addiction to pretty paper and I LOVE them too :))

I traced around the letters, sanded the edges and adhered with quick dry liquid glue then 'scrapbooked' the 'o' with bits from my favorite Bella embellishments :))

Now this word can still sit in my office....but looks much prettier I think !!

Supplies:  Sophisticates Sprinkles & Lace McIntosh and Oreo, Ciao Chip and 'Cute Cuts' 

Make sure to pop over to the Bella Blog and check out all the fun projects the DT has been working on.....

Thanks for stopping by....come again soon and check out more projects and sneak peeks at upcoming workshops too !!

Talk soon.

j. xo

Happy Sunday !!

Well I'll be darned if another week hasn't passed and I've been away from this blog for too many days !!

It has not been because I haven't been thinking about it or not creating anything, but our house has been sick AGAIN.....It's the craziest thing as we are NOT that family....I guess it's our turn, but I truly hope we're over it finally !!!

On to other things......Being at home, I've been making projects every day.....Some you'll have to wait to see but others I am starting to share here NOW !!!

If you're anything like me your fridge is a disaster..…a beautiful disaster of kids' artwork and school notices and shopping lists,  but a disaster nonetheless.....

Clothespins are everywhere these days and I've wanted to make a set for quite some time……
I had fun using Bella Blvd. Sophisticates for this project.....

I used Sophisticates to cover the front of the pins and then added pieces from 
the 'Calendars' page and embellished with 'Miniatures' stickers too !!  

I made some for notes, some for pictures, a few for cards and some for 'just because'……..

Once I had them just how I wanted I added a strip of magnet to the back 

and then cleaned off my fridge :))

.....here are a few close-ups.....

Supplies: Sophisticates Calendars, Sprinkles & Lace Peep, McIntosh, Pickle Juice and Ice, Miniatures Stickers and Quattrofina 'Peep & Saffron' Cardstock Stickers.
Misc: Clothespins, adhesive backed magnet strips

Cards Shown: Spring Flings and Easter Things and American Crafts Cardstock.  

Check back tomorrow for another fun project full of "LOVE"........

Talk soon.

j. xo

"Scrapbook Your Cards" Workshop

At this very moment I am sure that many of you are watching the Super Bowl !!  It is on in my house and I was only able to get Scott away long enough to eat the roast chicken I made....I think it was the homemade gravy that got him :))

I was going to post these a couple of days ago but I am truly still fighting this whole bronchitis thing......almost there tho (thank goodness :))

Here are a few of the (10) card samples from my 

(10) "Scrapbook Your Cards" Workshop I taught in Shawnigan Lake yesterday.......

The ladies loved them and I loved spending my time with them too  !!!

This one was the favorite....I created blue and grey flags using
Bella Blvd. Sophisticates and added (4) stickers from the Miniatures and strung them on a piece of twine wrapped from the inside of the card and tied in a bow......finished it off with a border punch along the bottom of the base !!

This is the perfect card for your leftover bits from layouts !!  I coordinated (3) different Sophisticates patterns, sanded the edges and added some precision cut flowers from my favorite pattern of "Garden Cafe" by American Crafts.  I wrapped twine around the face of the card and added 'congrats' stickers from the Miniatures sticker sheet.

I love this card....I originally created it as part of Stephanie's birthday card blog hop and decided to add it to this workshop and am happy that I did as it was a hit.  The rolled paper wrapped with twine looks like birthday candles and with the 'happy birthday' sticker it was perfect !!

This was a fun technique that I've used on layouts and it really turned out well on this wedding card.  I used a piece of Sophisticates and created an accordian fold, wrapped ribbon tied in a bow, precision cut a coordinating grey flower and leaves and added an adorable 'mr & mrs' sticker from the Miniatures sticker sheet !!

You can check out all the new Bella Blvd. releases HERE.....and then purchase them HERE in March.

If you want to create these and the other (6) from the workshop, it is being taught HERE in April and registration opens ONLINE Feb. 15th.  

You can also purchase a KIT ONLY and create them at home with an included color instruction sheet if you don't love close enough to join me in class !!

Hope you had a wonderful Sunday :))

Talk soon.

j. xo

......super sick and some SAMPLES !!!

WOW......I have to apologize for not being on here in so many days.  I promised samples and sneak peeks and more sneak peeks over this past weekend......and then I got SICK !!!

Now those that know me well know that i almost NEVER get sick....and if I do it is a short little cold but I keep moving like the energizer bunny.....NOT this time :((

This one literally had me in bed for 4 days......I think the antibiotics are kicking in this am tho so I am on my way......which is good 'cause i am TEACHING HERE this weekend and nothing is going to stop me from spending the day with these ladies......so get ready girls, we're gonna have some fun !!!!

......as I said, these past few weeks have been a whirlwind of paper in my office and there is LOTS of share.  Today will be peeks until the class is taught and then I'll post the full shots for you to scraplift for your own albums.....I hope you enjoy :)))

This is a peek at Layout #1 from the (20) Layout Workshop I am teaching HERE and HERE over the next few weeks.....A few seats left in THIS ONE if you want to join us !!!

This is Layout #10.....super cute holiday themed using a favorite Echo Park collection.....

Layout #16 is featuring one of my favorite photos that I've been waiting to scrapbook and this 

Studio Calico was prefect along with a few October Afternoon chipboard bits.....

I loved the picture of Alexander that I used on Layout #2 and had fun with a bit more Echo Park paper and embellishments.....

I have a fantastic (10) Card Workshop featuring Bella Blvd. Sophisticates that I will post tomorrow for you.....I am teaching it HERE this weekend and HERE in April so if you want to join....Register now !!

Thanks for checking back and now that I'm truly on the mend I've got lots to share with you to help get you scrapbooking too :))

Talk soon.

j. xo