Hang It Up!

In the new issue of Simple there's a few ideas for displaying finished layouts. Among them is the idea of hanging your finished pages from a curtain rod. Well guess who's been ahead of the game for the last six months then?

I manage to get around 12 layouts along this strip and now as I finish another layout then one has to come down and be put into one of my new Library albums.

I love the little shelf too. It's just wide enough to display cards and mini albums. It's like a mini gallery as you take the stairs down to the basemant and walk towards my scrapbook room at the end.

Oh look, there's that mini album I made the other day too. My room always manages to look clean and tidy just before guests come over. Any other time - it's a complete mess!

Play the Day Away

Have More Fun @ Big Picture is definately having an influence on me...I CAN just go and pick out some papers and put the pictures down with the story and BE DONE.

I originally posted these pictures on KAGSLife last summer - not long after we'd moved into our new house.

Having More fun

This mini - album was real quick and easy to make - I'm trying so hard to be all about the mini albums and photo album scrapbooking right now.
Stacy is a big believer in relieving the back log of photos by creating photo album scrapbooks and mini albums.
Did you get your copy of the Simple Scrapbooks Mini Albums in an Evening?

This one may have taken me a little longer than an evening - but not by much and only because I only really get 2 hours max to myself in an evening right now.
I am really pleased with the way it turned out.

What do you think?

I used the S from his name to prompt the tabbed sections. I will journal on the little pull outs about those topics.

Four girls came here Tuesday night and made one each. As always I love watching how each one turns out just a bit different as everyone puts their own twist on the original.

All Summer Long - Fabulous

I seem to be on a girly trip this week. Here's another Miss Daisy layout, again, I pulled photo's from different times & places - from the category drawers I now use thanks to the LOM class.





















I then created this one - in honor of the Daisy's first ever concert.
I'm currently signed up for Have More Fun at Big Picture - and the don't worry about it - just go and do it attitude of having more fun is just where I am right now. that's just what I did with this one - pulled a sheet from that Rock Star paper pack (is it DCWV?) and slapped the pictures down. Really, this only took half an hour - and I am really happy with it.

Call Me Kylie

Miss Nina has always been so proud of her pretty little derriere - and not afraid to shake it in the face of anyone close enough to appreciate it!

I managed to combine her special "talent" with the story of how I wanted to call her Daisy but wasn't allowed!

Crack Me Up

These here are more pictures taken on the same day as THESE .
Since participating in LOM earlier this year I haven't felt such a great need to put all the photo's from one event on the same layout.

In fact, with the pictures that I took that day, I have already created at least 3 layouts focusing on different things.

Anyhow, this layout, like the other one is also inspired by a Vicki Boutin layout that appeared in a spring edition of Scrapbooks etc.

I used three different paper packs from CTMH, loads of liquid glass and sparkley things (including my all time favourite - prisma glitter).

Ready to Use

What do you do with all those thin strips of cardstock?
You wanna know what I do?



Ready made journalling strips of course.
You know I love to use them and I love having them ready to go. White Daisy, Colonial White, Bamboo - I keep them all.

Pool Party Anyone?

How about this for the perfect pool party invitation? I was inspired by these instructions on SplitcoastStampers.

I found that I didn't have too much that would assist me in making pool themed cards - so I came up with making a swim ring out of cardstock - thanks go to my trusty coluzzle circle cutter, cardstock in fresh pool colours and sponge daubers that do such a great job at adding depth to a project.



Following the swim ring idea the kids then got an inflatable each to take home - rather than a candy filled treat bag!

I just posted this picture on my other blog HERE.

I am so happy to have found Tracy Joy and her beautiful camera bags. In fact, I think I could be starting a trend, right here in Saskatoon.
Kari is waiting for hers to arrive. It won't be long before Tami feels the need and then Jenn's got a birthday coming up pretty soon too.
I love messenger bags - can't be doing with anything that has to be constantly hoisted back up the shoulder - and I knew I wanted to be hands free while out and about with a camera and still have room to store a drink and a snack for at least a child!
Here's my Kristine bag today - loaded with a camera, "the big lens" a wallet, keys and my creative planner - oh and I found a Lego Star Wars clone head in there too!

Add this to your list.

One to look at today. I discovered this Saucy while reading over at Leica's blog. Since the very first day I've been hooked. There's always something going on, some fab ideas - all wrapped up with a good sense of humor. You should go there now and enjoy. Really.

Doodle inspiration

Mum sent Georgina this cute little top from Next (still love that store - so wish there was one here). It's so cute.

I couldn't resist taking little detail pictures too














and this one on the side of the hood.








Isn't it just perfect fir little girls? Couldn't you just use that design for a doodle on a girlie scrapbook page?

Randomness

This is what happens when you use several - or maybe a few more than that stamps and some black ink to create a random stamped paper. I love doing this. I always start with the largest stamp and place it a few times (randomly) across the paper, then I go down to a slightly smaller image and give it some more. The most engrossing fun comes with the smallest stamp you can find and trying to find another gap to fit it into. Somewhere in the middle of creating this you come to a point when you think - ugh this is not going to work breathe, relax, keep going - it'll look great - I promise.


With this one there was really no point in creating a pattern because I was about to cut it up!

I used it to create these cards.

The girls arrived for Card Club and loved what they saw - thinking the patterned paper was just that. Ha ha - I can't just make cards - there has to be some sort of hard work involved!

Hey, isn't there some new paper out that you can doodle and colour in? Save the bother and make your own! I think I might just sit down and colour one in with some pencils - just for fun - what do you think?

When your taking pictures with your dSLR do you mess with the focusing- I do - I try & make things look like what I see - withut my contact lenses in - you know - just for fun.



These random stamped papers really mess your eyes up - look! My brain (& I) get all confused and don't know whether or not to focus - and I can't remember if I'm wearing eye wear!

Hello!

Long time, no hear, I know I know. Having no computer for awhile there really put me of my stride - and then I just lost the bloggin' mojo. Espcially for this blog. Have to create something, have to take pictures, load them up - you know how it is. I wouldn't mind, but it's not like I haven't been creating, and I take pictures and upload them almost on a daily basis. Just ....need to ......concentrate!

Here's another quick birthday card I made for a boy. Apparently it went down a storm with the party go-ers - so that's a good sign!

I have loads more to show and share - so I'll be back soon.

Slight Technical Hitch

Our computer died - about two weeks ago - just after the last post. So we've been wandering round in no mans land - with no place to contact the outside world.

Until now. We're back - and services will resume as normal shortly.

With the death of the computer we lost everything - there's a lesson to be learned in saving pictures to disc on a regular basis! We also have no email addresses - so email me - kr8inkaren@hotmail.com to be put back (or added to) my address book.

Our House

well, flat, actually.
It's week 11 over on the Library of Memories class - and this week Stacy has challenged us to produce layouts for the "Places We Go" section of out libraries.

Stacy's request was for one photo and jotting down handwritten memories - still trying to work on getting it done in fifteen minutes though!
I really enjoyed re-capturing the memories of those times. I might even be inspired to make another page about this, our first home.