Yosemite Mini Album

Ah..... Yosemite....
All i had were my impressions from Geography textbooks which hardly prepared me for what nature had created over millions of years.

Using Tattered Angels gatefold album, i played with distress inks, rub-ons, masking, cut-outs and stickers to create this...

close ups of the cover page...

the embossed tree as a subtle backdrop was just perfect for this album

of cos' I had to add the bling... :)

I wanted the album to also capture the "why(s) and how(s)"  of Yosemite's formation ... 

sneeks of some vistas

Kiddos at play...

But beyond the beauty, it was sharing it with family that counted :)

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Kids Craft Idea

We've been BUSY !!

I got the girls new markers (Le Plume - Marvy Uchida), new stamps and they just can't stop crafting ! So we declared ourselves a holiday from school, and had fun colouring these and getting all our fingers dirty ...

TA-DA !!
 all the individual coloured images,

which i then assembled into a frame.
HERE's the FINISHED PRODUCT ...  that is now hanging atop the girls' craft table.

Super easy to do ! 
So if you have a long afternoon ahead and need to keep the kids occupied, here are some tips if you'd like to give this a go:

• I used white cardstock. Kids chose what they wanted, stamped them using Versafine black ink, and got busy. If you do not have stamps, just print whatever the kids like from the computer or tear pages off colouring books and let them get going.
• I then cut them out, inked the sides using distress inks, assembled them on black cardstock and put them in an Ikea black frame.
• I couldn't resist and had to 'contribute' 1 image - can u guess which ?
• I did the focal title tag, stuck the 'happy' sticker and 3D flowers, girls added the pearls to their animals and flower centers and DONE !!!

HAPPY :)

June Butterfly Crafts Visual challenge

Don't you just love the colours on this ? The roses, the butterflies, the soft whimsical hues of blue (or is it green?) and pink - perfect for a girlie page !  Just upload your entry onto the Butterfly Crafts gallery and you could win 3 digi-stamps from Wink Wink Ink  ! Easy Peasy :)

Here's my take!  Started with a plain white cardstock and had loads of fun using glimmer mists and inks to create the soft hues i wanted. MAMBI's papers went perfectly here layered atop lace and trims, and detailed with stickles :) Oh yes, those butterflies from Websters Pages are still the best ...

Don't forget to check out the rest of the DT's work HERE.

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Cards and such

The girls totally outdid themselves in the Mother's Day concert they put up for me ! Filled with sassy moves from MJ's 'Thriller', Madonna's 'Like a Prayer', Hannah Montana and even the musical Les Miserables.
I was too touched and made this little token for them - enclosed with a Build-a-bear gift card :)

Some close-ups...

And a little personalisation of a maya road tin, as a gift box for a wonderful lady we met last weekend...

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Butterfly Crafts' May Visual Challenge

Isn't this such a wonderful sketch ?  AND you stand to win goodies from Nikki Sivils !!!! ALL you've got to do is to upload your entry into the Butterfly Crafts Gallery HERE

Check out the fantastic work by the DT on the Butterfly Crafts BLOG 

and here's my TAKE. I loved these recent pictures of C and couldn't wait to scrap them :) 

She's really such a light of mine :)

 

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Butterfly Crafts' April Visual Challenge

This challenge was too fun !!! Lifting from an Avril Lavigne ad....

Here's my take of my very own superstar...
She has been hooked on the musical Les Miserables for the past months and has been practicing to rival Susan Boyle's 'I Dreamed a Dream' !  darn cute...

Journaling reads:

"All the dreams I prayed you'd be,

 are ALL the things you ARE.

You were once my little girl,

and now my SHINING STAR."

Butterfly Crafts' March Visual Challenge

Awesome sketch ...

... and an awesome giveaway by Scrapagogo - UK's no. 1 kit club !

So go grab some glue and paper and get going gals !!  Here's my take... a little bright, a little muted. A little wintry yet beckoning the onset of spring. A layout of whimsy contrasts - a result of ecclectic me, mostly !

and you've got to check out the Butterfly Crafts' blog for the amazing job the DT did !