The Greeting Farm.. Summer Vacation

( Creative Prompts 4U post below)

Oh Sweet Summer.. It has been so hot here in Toronto.. in a way a good thing we have the pool set up in the backyard , so everyday we hang out for a couple of hours and it is refreshing and cool.
At the Greeting Farm we are having a Summer of Fun layouts by the Scrapbooking Design Team.. I so love these kits and the images.. if you haven't gotten the new "Sunshine" Kit.. it is a wonderful kit to make your layouts and cards. Perfect for this time of year.

Now the challenge is all about Summer.. I did this layout about our Summer Vacation Weekend at the cottage.


Sweet Summer

Using some October Afternoon papers,stickers and letters from the Fly a Kite line. I just love anything OA.. so many wonderful images. I stamped the flower image from the "Sunshine" kit and cut them in half to make this small border on the top.. had to bling them up a little too.

I also inked up this dragonfly and coloured it in some of the colours in the patterned paper.I just love this image.. I will be using this over and over again this summer.

This is the cottage view.. I love to see the kids and my mother in law having fun in the lake.. It was a chilly experience , but they really seem to enjoy it.. and even though my family thinks that I am crazy for taking so many photo's on this very weekend.. that is okay.. because at least I have captured moments like these simple pleasure ones.. and I love that.

Now time to check out these talented .. ladies.. Creative everyone of them!!

Jessica Diedrich

JoAnn Valderama

Jeannette Siciliani

Jacilynn Cox

Claudette San Pedro

Angela Sowell

Angie Blom

Lynda Nielson

Lysa Rohrer

We will be heading out to this location.. for this is the Summer Cottage Vacation Weekend.. so lots more photo memories to capture.

have a great weekend,

Hugs, Angie

Creative Prompts 4U.. Let's Eat Cake!!

Happy Thursday, It is time for another challenge at Creative Prompts 4U.. and it is all about CAKE!! Oh I love cake.. but vanilla is my favourite!! Just check out the challenge Debbi has for you HERE.

This is the layout I did for this yummy challenge.

Cousins eating some YUMMY CAKE!!

Using one of the photo's in the photo Prompt I made this background template out of creamy white cardstock. Taking my Cuttlebug and some different folders I embossed some of the images in random spots.. I didn't want to cover the whole paper.

I am in love with these branches and flowers and couldn't believe how perfect it was for this layout and prompt.. I used my Home Cricut cartridge and cut out these branches in the 2.5 and 3.5 sizes.. and with some white fabric flowers and some really cool golden dewdrops I added them on for dimension.

I know another photo.. but I just love it that much..hehe. I used some Jenni Bowlin mini brown letters and some white Bella Blvd white and inked to distress it alittle.

Now go to Creative Prompts 4U and check out the wonderful creations from the Creative Crew.

Hugs, Angie

Ippity HOP!!

WOW..It is Ippity Hop time..and I have this cute card that I took the design from another card I saw in an issue of Scrapbook etc.. I just love seeing the patterned paper on the inside.. it really caught my eye so this is my version.. Using some older Cosmo Cricket.. I found this 8x8 paper pad for only $2.00.. I couldn't resist and picked up a couple of packs. I just love the bright colours. Using my Ippity stamps frome the Fall For You set.. I made this cute window card. Hope you like it!!

For You


colouring the birds and the photo corners to match the paper with my copics.

Now it is time to check out the Ippity Hop participants.. just check them all out Here on the Ippity Blog.. and check out what this weeks challenge is.

Hope you are all having a great Monday.. I am scrapping with a friend this morning .. hoping to scrap I should say..hehe.. we end up stalking blogs and chit chatting.

Have a good one,

Hugs, Angie

FWF and Creative Prompts 4U

Greetings to all My Friends with Flair.. Today I have a wonderful layout that I designed for Creative Prompts 4 U.. we have a wonderful challenge posted every Thursday and examples from the Creative Crew.. this week Ally ( Alison Copes)posted the Prompt a wonderful Christmas in July you can see the details HERE... for this layout I decided to ink up these amazing Festive MERRY MERRY MERRY Unity stamps.. I just love these images.

Here is my layout..

Merry and Bright

Some Details..


I coloured the tree in with my copics and added the pearls.. I wanted a more cute and kid like hand written title..so with a Pentel 0.7mm ball black permanent marker.. I wrote out the words and coloured them in.. You will love this marker I got mine at Walmart with the back to school stuff last year and you don't ruin your copics using it.. and if you want to do your own images it is wonderful to use.. writes on anything even photo's. love that.

I did the same for these ornament images.. I just love this set.. and for some height I used a high foam pop dots and then layered it again with some thinner pop dots for some dimension.

Now it is time to check out the Creative Crew at CP4U.. and to also check out the talent on the Unity Blog.. Friends with Flair.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend,

Hugs

Angie

The Greeting Farm... You are my SUMMER!!

I just love my time at The Greeting Farm.. and these kits are just so much FUN to work with.. I did this layout Using some yummy Cosmo Cricket papers and chipboard pieces.. all from the Joy Ride line.. and then using the stamps from the "Spotlight and the Sunshine" Greeting Farm Scrapbooking kits I inked the images in the same colours as the papers. .. Love how that turned out.

You Are My Sunshine...


This was the sketch for this weeks Challenge.. the wonderful Claudette did this one and I totally loved creating with it.

now check out the details of these stamps.

You are my Summer.. is only one of the many sentiments that I inked in two different inks and because the ink was so light I went over the stamp with my copic markers.. to make it stand out more.. the flower with the camera is also in the Sunshine kit.. love flowers and I coloured it in my copics and added the camera chipboard.

Don't you just love this bubble.. well this comes in the Sunshine kit as well.. I so love it for journaling.. and those wonderful butterflies are in the Spotlight Kit.. I can't get enough of these butterflies.. !!

Now go check out these talented ladies

JoAnn Valderama

Jeannette Siciliani

Jacilynn Cox

Claudette San Pedro

Angela Sowell

Angie Blom (ME)

Lynda Nielson

Lysa Rohrer

Want to play along?

Just upload your creation to the TGF Galleria>SB Kits>Contests/Challenges>Sketch by Claudette

You have until TUESDAY, JULY 20th to upload your creation using TGF Stamps!

A winner will be chosen and announced here next Thursday! Prize is a 4x6 in-stock set of Choice!!!

Have a great Thursday..

Hugs,

Angie

FWF.. Love this day!!

15 years ago.. I fell head over heels for this little boy.. he is my light and source of ultra happiness. A mother's wish.. he is so good to me and everyone around him. I treasure every moment together and would give him the world!! Alexander still full of sunshine..15 years later.. I love this boy..



Now look at him.. not so much a boy but a man is what I see before me. He is still that wonderful loving boy and always will be Mama's baby.. even when he is grown and married.. right!!

Just wanted to wish him a Happy Birthday today.. wow where did the time go... 15 , I waited a long time to have you sweet boy and I am so blessed to have you in my life. Daddy, Sydney and I love you so much.

Now before I babble on forever.. hehe

I just love Thursdays getting a chance to chat with all the hip hoppers.. it really makes my week. Then comes Friday.. and Friends with Flair.. such a wonderful thing to be apart of each week. I love it!! Today I have a card that I did for the Unity Addicts Challenge. I love the inspiration card for this challenge and had to make one. Thanks to Maria for always being such a wonderful host and for the talented guests for posting some inspiration. Here is my card..

All Journeys..

this is the inside of the card.


Now yesterday we were all talking about making things.. and I just had to try this seeing that I had all the supplies and didn't have to go and buy anything.. so here it is my tutorial on making..

Homemade Glimmer Mists.

Supplies:
water, acrylic paint.. any colour, spray bottles, these were recycled ones from some body mists I had finished, some perfect pearls.. these I won years ago and never used them until now.. and that is it..

I first poured some paint in the containers.. you will need to add more just in case you want a stronger colour in the end.

Then I put in a couple of scoops of perfect pearls.. I used a light green and a pink.

then add your water.. not to the top , just in case you want to add more paint.. and then place the top on and shake .. shake .. shake.. until the paint is fully mixed into the water.. then you are ready to spray.. test it out on scraps of white paper to see if you want a deeper colour.. then just add more paint.

these are the colours I made and it only took me 5 minutes.. amazing.. now I need some more misting bottles cause I want every colour.. hehe..

Here are the sprays of glimmering mists.. beautiful and they shimmer too.. love that.. so go and save your money and make your own.. from the frugal scrapper.. hehe
have to save my money so I can buy all the Unity and Ippity stamps right!!

Now if you go and check out all the participants in todays FWF.. is it all on the Unity Blog!!

Creative Prompts.. Inspiration for my Canvas Inspired Album

I love the inspirational piece that Nicole choose over at Creative Prompts 4U this week. Seeing that I am doing my canvas album.. and I wanted to do A Beach Theme for a page this was just perfect to combine the two. challenge #23

Here is the page in my canvas album




here is the inspiration piece.


Nicole who chose this Internet site Maria Filo as the inspiration piece!!



North Beach



Using some acrylic paints I did my background.. taking all the elements of the inspired photo and putting them on the canvas.. a wonderful backdrop for this photo.. of my son Alex and his long time gal pal Becca.. they have know each other from day one of birth... this was them riding the mini bike and running having a race on the beach this past weekend. I wanted to blend the photo into the canvas .. Using this wonderful Unity Stamp quote that I put on a scrap of canvas cloth and then glued it on . Adding some more Polymer clay clouds.. it is a thin and light embellishment to give the page some texture without taking away from the painting.



I truly love this.. and it is one of my favourite place to go.. it inspires the artist in me..I want to one day just take my canvas and sit and paint .. it is so beautiful... I love the beach and could spend hours and hours there just walking, swimming and of course taking photo's.. This was one weekend that I managed to take 720 photo's.. shocked my husband.. but he should know me better.. I thought I was doing good!! hehe



but enough rambling on..hehe.. I know I can talk forever!!

Make sure you check out the Creative Crew and all the wonderful inspiration they got from this piece.

Happy Thursday.

hugs,

Angie