my little bumble bee...

Here's how my halloween layout is going so far...

I decided to focus on the costume and not so much on the occasion, I love to journal, so I'll make sure to write about the evening's events and my daughter's reactions.

I raided my stash for black pieces to go with the yellow paper. I found some felt pieces & used the outside of a curved border for my frame. I also used some great black lowercase stickers for the title. I'll be adding the words "my little" in rub-on script along the top of the ric rac. I really enjoyed digging through my boxes to find embellishemtn surprises that are working beautifully on this layout.

I'm printing the photos tomorrow and you'll see the finished project then!

Happy Scrappin'
Cindy

What does your Halloween layout look like?
Post it on your blog and share it with us!

flocked it & loved it!

Hi y'all,

So, I've been planning my new classes for this coming fall & I had to try flocking. I bought some at Michael's in the $1.50 bins (along with some very sparkly stickers) and because they came in a package of 4,  I bought a whole range of colours. (see below)

Yesterday, I had a very creative friend of mine over & we played. :)  Here is my favourite layout of the summer... (yet another fabulous sketch from Miss Higgins!)

{title in portuguese: great-grandparents}

As you can see I tried flocking on the edges of the flower centres, and the little stamped image of the family tree. For both embellishments I used a glue pad for the adhesive.

The edges of the cirlces were slid through the the pad and then throught the flocking. It created a soft edge to the centres that I love.

I then tried to add the same softness to the little tree I had stamped earlier on the page. I used a toothpick and the stamp pad.

As soon as I had finished outlining the image with the adhesive I poured the flock directly on the image & softly spread the flocking around. The flocking stuck to the image & came off the rest of the page easily.

I really love this stuff. I will be using it a lot for the rest of the summer!

Has anyone else used it?   How did it go for you?

Happy scrappin',

Cindy

scrappin' again...yipee!

So today I had a bit of time to scrap & here it is...  {let's play}

Being a busy mom I love sketches for their inspirations, should I have a few moments to play with my supplies, & for their ease should I just want to complete a couple of pages really quickly.  I realy enjoyed reading Becky Higgins' column in Creating Keepsakes and so I invested in her book "Best of Becky Higgins - Sketches for scrapbooking".

I used a sketch using 3 or 4 photos and I had time, so I played with it. What do you think?

{sorry... this keeps uploading incorectly}

I really enjoyed modifying the layout & using the polka dot paper as my colour inspiration. The journalling block was included in the sticker set from Me & My Big Ideas, and fit right in.

To match the feel of the patterend paper, I sanded the photo edges. I also made the focal picture larger to emphasize the joy on my daughter's face as she was about to come down the slide. Overall, I really like this page & so does lulu! :)

Do you use sketches? I'm always on the lookout for different looks and layouts. Talk to you soon!

happy scrappin',

cindy

fabu friday!

Hi there!

Things are on a roll for Scrappin' for MS! on April 18th, 2009. I've spent most of this week picking up prizes, doing some paper work & getting things together for this great cropping event. If you haven's registered yet send me an e-mail and I'll get the registration form to you. If you won't know unitl closer to the date, don't worry about space... we'll be accepting walk in registrations for the event!

I have some fabulous friends who have offered to design and teach a few classes at this year's event, and I know that you're all gonna want to come & try them. As everyone gets 1 free class and there are walk in registrations, the procedure for sign up is as follows:

* Samples & sign-up sheets will be at a table for a first-come-first served basis for a max of 10 per class.

* Once class begins, if there are any open spots and you'd like to do a second class, you can do so for the price of a donation to the MS Society!

* There are 4 classes being offered & as of yesterday there were only 21 registrations (with room for plenty more)

Here are the classes being offered at our event:

{stencil layout - lucky me~ Cindy Cordeiro}

{round card class - you colour my world ~ Kelsey Kolench}

{mini-album - about me ~ Ellen Thompson}

{mini-album - you two ~ Ellen Thompson}

I'm really excited about this event & I can't wait to see how each of you interpret your class creation!

Remember... if you want to come just send me a message & I'll get a registration form to you ASAP!

See you soon,

Cindy

~ fabu friday ~

Yippee, the week-end is here!

I'm so busy with my brother's wedding shower, it's not even funny.

So that's my weekend... the shower is on Sunday and I still have food to make!

Last week-end I spent it being blah, but during the week I've been scrapbooking and creating. I have to say, it's some of my best work. :) Here's what I've been doing...

~ Thank you Tags! ~

~ Invitation {done earlier in the month} ~

~ Story Scrapbook ~

Enjoy your week-end!

Ooooo. I've been featured in the 6th edition of the Canadian Scrapbookers Carnival. Take a visit and let them know I sent you. Have fun visiting others around Canada while you're at it!

Cindy

~ fabu friday ~

I'm gonna have a fabulous week-end... I'm scrapbooking most of it! Yippee!

Tonight... I'm doing the much needed re-organizing of my scrap space & hopefully finishing up a baby eventful frame. {the little guy is so cute ~ I'll post a photo next fri}
Saturday... I'm teaching a teen class in the morning & then creating a scrapbook for my brother & his wife-to-be.
Sunday... I'm getting ready for their wedding shower; I'm creating the thank you tags & love notes for everyone to fill out for the lucky couple. I'll post some photos next friday!

As for last week-end, we had a great time with family & friends. I also started on some gardening, which took me most of the week to complete. It inspired me to create some more... So, I'm gonna build a retaining wall with another flower bed, on the other side of the house. I can't wait!

So, there are no photos of the gatherings because the camera batteries died and then they were charging. I'm sorry about that. :( But you did get to see my garden shots didn't you??? Check out wow wednesday for those photos!

See you tomorrow!
Cindy

~ fabu friday ~

Fridays, in general, are great because they signal the beginning of the best part of the week... the week-end! I am always excited about the week-end; I make plans to meet up with family & freinds, or I plan to go outside to have some fun in the sun {especially now that the sun is out}, or I make plans to dome some of my easier & more entertaining house chores like gardening or dusting {believe me, when I'm in my gardening get up I'm very entertaining!}

Notice how I plan to do so much... yep, you guessed it, it usually doesn't turn out the way I planned. But, this is why I think Fridays are so fabulous. I enjoy making great plans and knowing that although I may or may not do what I had planned I'm still happy it's the weekend and not at work.

So, on Fabu fridays I'll post some photos of my previous week-end & give you my plan for the week-end to come. Hopefully there'll be lots of fun stuff to share & scrapbook about as time goes on!

Here is today's fabu friday plan...
1. do some gardening this week-end & plan my new retaining wall
2. go to a friends for a BBQ saturday evening {this is already planned}
3. go to the park & have a family play date on sunday

I can't wait! It's going to be such a great week-end!
I hope you have one too,
Cindy