Surprise! (and some seriousness)

Happy Saturday everyone!!  Just popping in to share a recent page.

Created with Authentique's Celebrate collection

Today is an important day.  Today is World Cancer Day.  We have all been touched by cancer in some way or another.  Please, today, do something in the fight against it.  Make a donation.  Reach out to someone who is battling.  Send some love to someone who has lost a loved one.  Just reach out and be part of the solution.

This disease SUCKS and has become way too big a part of my life.  While I am very lucky to not have had to battle it myself, I have watched way too many people I love do it.  Some have won but way too many have lost.  It needs to stop.  Cancer CANNOT win!!  I look at those pictures up there on that layout and can't help but think about cancer too.  You see, 3 people in those pictures have had to deal with cancer.  Two of them are with me still thankfully but one isn't and I miss her everyday!  Cancer is inextricably now a part of my life.  And I want to stop that reality from becoming someone else's.

Our Birthday Girl

Just popping in to share a page today.  This one is from my sweet girl's birthday a few years ago!

Created with Authentique's Wishes collection

I used sketch #159 from Sketch Savvy

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Edey Turns Six - Stick it Down

The fourth Tuesday of the month means it is time for another double-page sketch from Stick it Down!!  Love these sketches - they are helping me get some events scrapped!!

This month's sketch from Shelby....

And my take on it.....

Supplies:

Authentique - Wishes

Bazzill cardstock

Lawn Fawn - Sequins (Into the Woods)

Be sure to visit the Stick it Down blog to see what the other ladies have come up with!!

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Together

No free time makes it so hard to get scrappy and keep this blog updated!! 

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Oh well, I do finally have a minute to post a layout today.

I worked with the below sketch from My Scraps & More.

And my take on it....

Supplies:

Carefree collection by Authentique

miscellaneous washi tape

mini brads

Say Cheese!

Just popping in to share a layout of my girl.

I used the Delightful collection from Authentique.

It's Thanksgiving here in Canada.  I hope all of my Canadian friends are having a fabulous day surrounded by friends and/or family.  Be sure to take a little time to count your blessings!!

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Some Authentique scrappiness!!

Just popping in to share a couple of layouts!!

These were both created with the Gathering collection from Authentique.

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Oh, and a brand new stamp company has opened its doors today!

The super amazingly sweet and talented Stephanie Wincott is the force behind Clearly Besotted Stamps.  They are pretty amazing!  You must go check them out!!

Precious Girl

 

I am taking advantage of my last bit of summer holidays and getting some more scrapping done!!

 

I decided to play along in the August sketch challenge from Authentique.  I pulled out the Delightful collection and scrapped an older picture of Maya.

 

Here is the sketch....

 

 

And here is my take on it....

 

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Birhday scrapping with Authentique

 

I love this Celebrate collection from Authentiqe!  It is a birthday theme collection but I have created such a wide variety of layouts with it.  I love when a collection is good for more than its' intended theme.

 

Of course, it is also perfect fro scrapping birthday pictures and here are a couple of layouts of two of my nieces on their birthdays!

 

 

 

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My Canada Day Family

I'm still playing along with the online crop over at Two Scrapbook Friends.  It's given my mojo a good kickstart!!

Here is my layout for Jayne's True Colours challenge.  The idea was to scrap witht eh colours of your country.  I just couldn't seem to find just the right papers for this to keep it all red & white so a few other colours snuck in there too!!

I had a few pictures left so I actually stretched it out and did a second half to this.

Pattern Paper - Celebrate collection from Authentique

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Carefree with Authentique

Just popping in to share another layout.  I created this one for the July Sketch challenge from Authentique.

The beautiful pictures were taken by my sister Amanda a couple of years ago.  I thought they were perfect to use with this collection.

Here is the sketch.....

And here is my take.....

Supplies:

Carefree collection by Authentique

Bazzill cardstock

rose trim from Maya Road

wooden butterfly from Studio Calico

Banner Day Die-Namic from My Favorite Things

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Cousins

Two Scrapbook Friends has an online crop going on right now and I decided to play along a little.  A little inspiration is a good thing!!!

Here is the first challenge.....based on this sketch by Christa.

And my take using the fabulous Celebrate collection from Authentique....

It is a little strange to look at this picture of my nieces and nephews.  Such a small group.  Now there are 14 of them!!

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Together

Just thought I would share another layout I created yesterday.  Playing along with a sketch again.  I found this one on Kristine Davidson's blog.

And my take.....

Supplies:

Carefree collection from Authentique

Bazzill cardstock

Smooch Spritz

Basic Grey buttons

The Twinery twine

Authentique Scrapping

Popping in to share some scrappy goodness.  I am so far behind on sharing my layouts.  Not enough hours in the day!  Oy!

Anyway, here are a couple of projects created recently with the Loyal collection from Authentique.

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We are on Saturday of a long weekend and I looking forward to taking it easy and enjoying time with the family!! 

Authentique projects!

Sharing some more layouts with some new goodies I picked up recently.

This time I was playing with the new Celebrate line from Authentique.

(Get yours today from Scrapping Turtle.)

And one layout with the Loyal collection, also from Authentique....

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