Merry Pinkmas Layout

Here is my last layout of 2017 with pictures from 2016. I really needed to use the Fa La La collection but my picture order wasn't ready so I had to go with last year's pictures.

I played around with this layout for so long but like how it turned out.

I'm joining the Product Spotlight at Paper Issues.

Supplies

Crate Paper - Fa La La and two trees from the Snow and Cocoa Collection

Pink ink (around word)

Gold paper and Pink String from Dollarama

Black Sharpie

Sewing machine with white thread

Silhouette Cameo with ZP Think Pink Bold font from the Silhouette Store

Thanks for stopping by! Happy New Year!

Top Ten Blog Hop 2017 - Prize Time!!!

Hello everyone! Hope you enjoyed a wonderful Christmas! Here are my favorite 10 layouts from the past year. I enjoyed a year on the Paper House Productions design team and layout number 7 was published in Creative Scrapbooker Magazine. I also had fun playing along in many challenges.

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Number 2:

Number 1:

Here is the entire blog hop list. Many people have prizes too!

Christine Meyer

Kathy Skou

Kathleen Graumüller

Teri Anderson

Susie Bentz

Janice Daquila-Pardo

Giorgia Rossini

Laurel Seabrook  

Aimee Kidd

Mary Ann Jenkins

Keren Tamir

Lee-Anne Thornton

Heather Leopard

Tifany DeGough  

Sue Eldred

Melissa Elsner

Laura Whitaker

Anita Mulcahey

Ashley Smith

Simone Schermann

Shelly Kurth

Monique Liedtke
Suzanna Lee

Marcia Dehn-Nix  

Laura Cox

Irit Shalom

Nicole Martel

Carolyn Johnson - you are here!

Tenia Nelson - go here next!

Samantha Taylor  

Rebecca Keppel

Judy Hayes

Isha Gupta

Traci Penrod

Tracy McLennon

Karen Hunter

Lyne Blodgett

Anna Sigga

Lisa Moen
Kat Benjamin
Wendy Antenucci  

PRIZE: I am sponsoring a prize on my Instagram account. A $20 gift card to my favourite store - Paper Issues! Please click here or go to @rambling.winnipeg.mommy in your Instagram app.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful 2018! Thanks Christine Meyer for organizing the blog hop!

Christmas Joy Layout Inspired by Pinterest for P.H.P.

I'm so excited for Christmas but also sad that this is my last post as part of the 2017 Design Team. This has been such an amazing experience for me - thank-you Paper House Productions! Now for my final layout. Our theme this week is to be inspired by a layout from the Paper House Productions Pinterest page. I chose a layout by our fabulous team leader - Christine Meyer.
Here is my layout:

Here is Christine's layout:

Supplies for Christmas Joy Layout: Christmas Stick On Pockets, Christmas Puffy Sticker, Merry & Bright 3D Stickers, Christmas Memories 12" Double Sided Scrapbook Paper, Better When Camping 12" Double Sided Scrapbook Paper, Christmas Joy Tags 12" Double Sided Scrapbook Paper, Christmas Joy 12" Acetate Paper, Christmas Magic Cardstock Multi Pack, Gold Dots 12" Double Sided Scrapbook Paper.

 I thought putting paint behind an acetate paper was a brilliant idea. It was so much fun. I splattered and smooshed it with plastic packaging on a piece of white cardstock. The plaid paper is from the Great Outdoors collection and the remainder is from the Christmas Joy collection.

I cut the stars from the stick on pockets. This was a great way to stretch my supplies. I've made so many layouts and cards with this collection!
Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to stop by the Pinterest page for lots of inspiration for your Paper House goodies! Happy Holidays!

We're Funny Periodically Layout for S.I.T.

There is a nice, simple sketch at Sketches In Thyme this week. It could make a layout full of negative space or open to lots of interpretation. I really wanted to scrap this picture of my colleagues so this sketch was a good start.

Here is the sketch:

I knew there was a good reason to save this periodic table paper! I finally get to use it. I have no idea where it came from but I suppose it is a Halloween collection. This was a great stash buster.

Supplies

DCWV - grey cardstock, Homework Stack, All Dressed Up Stack

Green cardstock

Bella Blvd - Tiny Tots Alphas

Unknown tag and periodic table paper

Black Sharpie

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Christmas Joy Layout for Paper House Productions

Are you getting excited for Christmas?! I sure am! I'm back today with a scrapbook layout using the Christmas Joy collection from Paper House Productions. There are so many fun stickers and pretty papers, this layout was easy to make.

Supplies for Christmas Joy Layout: Christmas Memories 12" Double Sided Scrapbook Paper, Merry and Bright 3D Sticker, Christmas Magic Cardstock Multi Pack, Christmas Flake Stickers, Christmas Puffy Clips, Christmas Stick On Pockets, Peace Joy and Love 12" Double Sided Scrapbook Paper, Christmas Joy Tags 12" Double Sided Foil Scrapbook Paper.

I began with these two pictures of super excited children eagerly awaiting their gifts. I really love the Christmas Memories paper so I used it as my background. I cut out the wreath with my Silhouette Cameo using the Peace Joy Love paper. Next I layered the stripe paper behind my photos. On the other side of the photos, I used the poinsettia stick on pockets. The holly leaf stick on pocket is perfect for holding one of my pictures.

 Can you find the flake stickers on my layout? They blend in so perfectly, it is hard to tell they are not part of the pictures. The star on the tree, the Santa hat, the holly leaves and four of the presents are flake stickers.

To finish the layout I used a 3D title and pulled the puffy clip present off the clip to add dimension. There are also cardstock stickers for some sentiments, the date and star embellishments.
Make sure to stop by the Paper House Shop to pick-up some Christmas goodies! Have a wonderful, scrappy holiday season!

Christmas Joy Cards for Paper House Productions

Hello! I'm here to show you three really fun Christmas cards. I used the Christmas Joy Life Organized collection by Paper House Productions. All three cards required my Silhouette Cameo and corresponding files from their store to cut the images. I just love how they turned out!

Supplies: Christmas Puffy Sticker, Christmas Epoxy Sticker, Christmas Rice Paper Border Sticker, Peace Joy and Love 12" Double Sided Scrapbook Paper, Christmas Memories 12" Double Sided Scrapbook Paper, Christmas Joy Tags 12" Double Sided Foil Scrapbook Paper, Merry and Bright 3D Sticker, Christmas Magic Cardstock Multi Pack.

This snowman card is a piece of 12 x 12 white cardstock folded and then cut in half. I cut a square of the stripped paper and a slightly smaller square of brown paper. The first layer of the snowman is brown, then white, then red. I finished it off with some buttons and google eyes from my stash and Life Organized puffy stickers.

The window card is a layer of red paper, then white, then brown. The reindeer, trees and green strip are from the rice paper border stickers. The stars are a mix of epoxy and puffy stickers and the sentiment is from the cardstock multi pack.

The candy cane card is a layer of brown paper that I back-stitched with embroidery thread before adhering it to the white cardstock. I cut those candy canes a few times before getting the stripes to line up the way I wanted! The center stickers are 3D and the surrounding stars are epoxy stickers.
Thanks so much for stopping by! Now I just need to decide who gets to receive these cards!

Baby You Can Drive My Car Layout

I had some time to scrap but little inspiration so I went over to Paper Issues and found what I needed. Stacie Dietz has a fabulous layout for Scraplift Sunday. I love this rainbow trend. I also got to use a variety of products.

Supplies

White cardstock

American Crafts  - Hello Sunshine Paper Pad

Amy Tangerine thickers, Hustle & Heart ephemera, On A Whim ephemera

Watercolors

Gesso

Black fine tip Sharpie pen

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Bookworms Layout

This is one of my favorite pictures of my daughter as a baby. It shows so much of her personality and how much my dad loved to spend time with her.

I used Paper Issues Take 5 Tuesday challenge as a guide. I used yellow, patterned paper, animal, circle and a title.

Supplies

Shimelle - Little By Little

Thickers

Pink thread

Black fine tip Sharpie pen

Paige Evans - Oh My Heart chipboard

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Marco Polo Layout at S.I.T.

I just bought the Echo Park Under the Sea collection and couldn't wait to use it. These pictures of the kids swimming were just what I needed to get started.

I used this week's sketch at Sketches In Thyme.
Here is the sketch:

Supplies

Echo Park - Under the Sea collection
Bella Blvd - Hello Autumn alphas
Yellow twine
White cardstock
Black fine tip Sharpie pen
DCWV - Brights Stack
Waves cut file from Julian Michaels
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Zoo Day Layout

I'm loving this Little By Little collection by Shimelle. I've made three layouts this week! I used the current sketch at Paper Issues for this one.

Here is the sketch:



Supplies

Shimelle - Little By Little

Bella Blvd - photo corners, stars, bow and title

Scallop scissors

Black fine tip Sharpie pen

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Hearts and Feathers Cards for Paper House Productions

I made 6 cards for Paper House Productions using their hearts and feathers project pads.

 

 

 

Supplies

Paper House Productions
- Hearts Project Pad
- Feathers Project Pad
- Bohemian Friends Stickers
- Color Washed Paper Pad
Brown twine
My Sentiments Exactly - Friendship stamps
Tombow Twintone black marker
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Cheer Layout

Here is my entry for Stuck?! Sketches. I was truly stuck so I'm glad this sketch got me out of a rut. I also got to cut into the Shimelle Little By Little collection which is soooo cute. This was our very rainy soccer wind-up.

Here is the sketch.

Supplies:

Shimelle - Little By Little

Shimelle - Glitter Girl Thickers

Cocoa Vanilla - Wild at Heart Frames

Tombow black marker

White cardstock

Punch

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Skateboard Layout

I joined another challenge in the Paper Issues Fall Crop. The challenge was to use one of their free cut files. I chose to use the brush strokes file.

Supplies

Amy Tangerine: Hustle and Heart

White cardstock

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Snow Day Layout

It's crop weekend at Paper Issues and I joined the Fall Back In Time challenge. The idea is to use an old technique. I used inking paper edges but I think most people would agree that they do this all the time anyway! I spent alllll day working on this layout. I had zero inspiration and finally got the idea to build a snow fort.

Supplies

Simple Stories - Winter Wonderland

Stampin' Up - Grey ink



Martha Stewart snowflake punch
Marvey snowflake punch
Black fine tip Sharpie pen
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Dorothy Layout for S.I.T.

The latest sketch at Sketches In Thyme has lots of possibilities. I used the Wizard of Oz paper pad from Paper House Productions to showcase a picture of my husband with Dorothy at the wax museum. I love how it turned out.

Here is the sketch:

I added a bit more than in the sketch in an attempt to keep the page balanced. How awesome is that brick stamp?

Supplies

Paper House Productions - Wizard of Oz

Yellow embroidery thread

White cardstock

Fine tip black Sharpie pen
Brick stamp
Yellow ink - Close To My Heart

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I'm So Scary It's Cute Layout for P.H.P. and Tombow

We get to show off a bunch of cool products this week on the Paper House Productions blog! There is even a 25% off sale happening, so if you would like some Halloween products just use the code: SPOOKYDT17 valid Oct. 8 - 14, 2017 in the Paper House Store.

 

I used a free spider web cut file from Paper Issues. The title is a cut file from the Silhouette Store. The rest of the products are form the Wicked Good or Life Organized Halloween collection from Paper House Productions. They have the cute pockets (cat and ghosts), puffy stickers, 3D stickers (that skeleton's arm moves!) and cardstock stickers. I just love how this turned out!

Here are the Tombow products I used. The Mono Glue Pen in the picture was fantastic for adhering all those spider webs and the tiny letters in my title. The TwinTone markers were great for journaling.

Thanks for stopping by and have a Happy Halloween!

Autumn Layout

A new favourite layout! I sat down to make something for the Free File Friday challenge at Paper Issues and love what happened. I grabbed an cut file and doubled it erasing the flower that came with it. Then I added this picture from my daughter's nursery school class. I decided to use the Pebbles Woodland Forest collection as I had not cut into it yet (common trend I have going). Backing the cuts took forever but Netflix got me through. The next day I used clear gesso to prime the paper and plastic packaged the yellow paint and splattered some orange.

Supplies

Pebbles: Woodland Forest

Simple Stories: Hello Fall (chipboard)

Bella Blvd: Zoo Crew (tabs)

Tim Holtz: Distress Paint yellow

Heidi Swapp: Color Shine peach

Clear gesso

Black fine tip Sharpie pen

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Happy With You Layout

Made this layout just for fun since I'm trying to use older kits and I just made my last layout with this one. More Fancy Pants Happy Place.

Supplies

Fancy Pants: Happy Place

Black fine tip Sharpie pen

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Happy Swing Layout

I had some time to play with an old (and unopened!) kit this week. I broke out the Fancy Pants Happy Place kit.

I used this sketch from Stuck Sketches?!

I found I didn't have many embellishments in this kit so I grabbed some puffy stickers from the Life Is Beautiful collection.

Supplies

Fancy Pants: Happy Place

Puffy stickers - Fancy Pants: Life Is Beautiful

Yellow twine

Red tag - Fancy Pants: Attwell

Black embroidery thread.

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