Find Your Voice

http://rukristin.blogspot.ca/2013/06/find-your-voice-link-up.html

I'm going to take this FREE online this summer to help improve my writing and hopefully be a better memory keeper. Check it out & sign for yourself

New Creations

My youngest sister & I agreed to make something homemade this year for gifts. Since she's a HUGE Harry Potter fan & all I made her a birdcage with a white dove hanging inside using the Serenade Cricut cartridge. I can't remember what cartridge the dove came from, but I used white flock to make it more interesting. My sister loved it

Seth also has been crafty lately & has made a few designs on mugs using Sharpie markers. He's made them for his grandparents, aunts & uncles. Got the idea from http://www.thesweetestoccasion.com. 
Be careful which colors you use. The lighter colors changed color once the mugs were baked in the oven. Stay away from pastels

A Shower of Blessings

I made these for my cousin to go with the gifts my mom, sister & I gave her for her shower.

I used Damask Cricut cartridge for this design

I used an embossing folder  to make the dress interesting

 

I used Elegant Edges & Wild Card for this design

New Year's Layout

I made this layout using some pictures taken on New Year's Eve. Jim had been working an overnight client & Scotia just started sleeping through the night. So Seth was my date for the night & was such a trooper to stay up with me till midnight.

We had fun playing video games & watching the ball drop in Times Square on TV. I also got a DSLR camera for Christmas & just figured out how to use the timer on it that evening. I used papers from DCWV Snapshot stack along with a few SMASH* items (clock tape & journal spot)

Moon Sand

On a rainy day awhile back, I knew I had to do something with the kids to keep them occupied. I found a recipe on Pinterest for Moon Sand, and with the kids help we made a batch. Just 8 cups flour mixed with 1 cup baby oil in a large bowl until the dough holds together. My kids played with this for at least an hour

Scrap Your Stash Challenge - Masculine theme

With the kit I made in my last post I made a single page layout following a sketch that was posted in the Canadian Scrap N Chat board. I found a meaning of BOY online and ran with the idea for my journalling. The last two definitions in my journalling are nicknames for my son. I do need to add pictures in my layout but that will come later.

Shop your Stash Challenge

Here's my homemade scrapbook kit for this month. It's masculine themed so I have papers that have red, black & tan with stars, stripes & distressed looking. Metal brads & other embellishments along with chipboard arrows and metal rimmed tags.