Life is better when you are laughing

I am in full perparation mode for my mom's birthday gift...   In August, I took my mom on a vacation, just the two of us. I asked her what she wanted and she mentionned that she'd love to go back to Vegas. So off we went...   As part of my gift, I am making her a Las Vegas 12 x 12 album of some of my favorite pictures and moments of our trip. For this page, I was inspired by two challenges :   More than Words and Cuts2Luv.  

  Let's start with More than Words : Ombre and Change   For the Ombre part of the challenge, I chose to focus on different hues of green on my page, I love the softness it gave the page. I rarely use black and white pictures, but I truly like how it all came together.   For the change part of the challenge, well there are many for this page. First let's use my mom's birthday... Turning 70 is a big thing for her, and with my dad being gone, she's been feeling a bit alone. This "Just the two of us" trip was a perfect way to make her feel special. My change was taking the time to give my mom some dedicated time, balancing work, family and day to day often does not give me much free time, so it was fun to be just us girls for a few days. It was the first trip that we've ever taken just the two of us, and if I am lucky, I'll get the chance to do this again someday.   Here is the beautiful inspiration board: And the link to the October challenge: Change & Ombre   ***********************************   My second entry is for the October challenge at Cuts2Luv, here is the gorgeous moodboard:   If I had on-hand different shades of purple flowers, I would have used that color scheme, but I just have 1 or 2, so it was just easier to go with the green colors... Maybe next time... (Now I need to order more purple flowers...)  

 

Link to the challenge: October challenge

  For my page I used the sketch and the metalic elements...and of course my badges.   I have two, can you find them?   Thanks to both Design Teams for the Wonderful challenges...    

Cuts2Luv July & Pinkfresh studios blog challenge

Can't sleep, so might as well get crafty. Teenagers hate cameras so I've been looking at old pictures to try and find some new ones that I've not crafted yet and I found this beautiful picture of Gabriel in a pool. He must be about 8 or 9 on this picture and he still has that charming smile.   It was just the perfect picture for this challenge.  

    The beautiful moodboard: I was inspired by the sketch, the color combo &  the anchor

    Cuts2Luve Etsy page: Etsy The badge I used is from this set: Cornet

  and let's not forget the Die-cut kit:Chipboard  

 

If you want to join in on the fun? Here is the blog link: July Cuts2luv challenge

  Thanks Caroline & the team for your wonderful inspiration.     Now I am also entering this page in the Pinkfresh Studios challenge. I love the freshness and joyful look of their products. On my page I used 2 of the stamp kits, printed words and a some wood pieces.   You can find the challenge here: Pinkfresh Studios challenge   Other products used are Wild Orchid Crafts flowers & Kesi'Art stamp and die.   Thanks for stopping by...

I Love You

It's been 3 years since my dad has left us. So I always get a bit sentimental around this time of the year. I miss him so much. Since my teens are becoming cameraphobic, I am looking at alot of our old photos and found this one of my parents wedding.   I was inspired by the March challenge at Prima Marketing for this page: http://prima.typepad.com/prima/2016/03/we-have-new-challenges.html   The inspiration came from the color scheme. My mother had her brides made wear Olive green dresses at her wedding. Green isn't the most frequenlty seen color for bridesmaids, but they looked beautiful. So I thought that the color combo would be great to represent my parents wedding. This is my favorite picture of the lot. They seem so happy.  

 

 

Prima Products used to build this page: Papers, flowers, Crochet Doily Die, Rub-Ons, Finnabair doily stencil, Say it in Crystals and my new favorite paints the ARTalchemy paint Metalique Green Olive.

 

I am loving the new paints from Finnabair. I used it to cover my chipboard title and I also mixed it with Modeling paste to use on my doily stencil. Just magical results. If you've not tried it you are missout out on a great product.

 

Here is the Prima Board for this challenge:

 

 

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I am also entering this page in the Pink Fresh Studio challenge. This month they are requesting 3D on the pages. On my part, I have cut out this stunning piece out of the Prima papers and created a 3D ornement, as well as many layers for my flowers. I added in monochrom one of my favorite die-cuts from Pink Fresh studios the word LOVE. It's one of my favorite dies, the size is perfect and I love that font.

 

 

The Pink Fresh Studio challenge can be found here:http://www.pinkfreshstudio.com/blogs/pinkfresh-studio/126956999-adding-dimension-sequins-tutorial

 

Thanks for the inspiration !

     

Everything I do... I do it for you...

My last page of my Christmas vacation... Work starts tomorrow sniff sniff...   Scrap aux puce had a wonderful music challenge, we needed to include the words of Brian Adams' Robin Hood theme song. Edith used it for making a beautiful page of her recent wedding. On my part, I was inspired to do this family picture we had taken during a photo shoot in Riviera Maya.  

 

I really loved how it turned out. It just looks so classy.

Here is a closer look at my clustering of ornaments. Love the dots from PinkFresh studio, the title die-cut from Dear Lizzy, the new Prima flowers and the most recent Cuts2Luv badge:

 

I am also entering this page for the PinkFresh challenge: I cut out the clock, the words Timeless & Love and last but not least, some pieces of what were ticket stubbs in a Simple Stories Mickey Mouse collection pack.

 

  Sad to see my vacation end, but very pleased with the great crafting time that I was able to have and really pleased with my most recent pages.   See you soon peeps !