Polar Bear - Harmonie - layout

On the Canadian Scrapbooker website right now they have a sketch challenge to use a Canadian manufacturer on the sketch layout... oh right up my alley! I love a challenge, and I love supporting our Canadian companies too.
I chose to use Harmonie out of Laval Quebec.  I used their winter line called La Banquise, including one of their chipboard cut outs! 

I first glimmer misted it with chalkboard glimmer in "Concord" then added Ice Stickles to it.  I coloured the seam binding bows with the Copic air brush system.

I have no idea why my daughter loves winter so much, she must be CRAZY!

The journaling reads:

"Why on earth would you choose Winter as your favorite season?  It's cold, it's heavy, it's wet, it's time consuming, and it's COLD! You start asking for the snow in September, as soon as the leaves start to turn colour and the air gets crisp.  It must have something to do with you being  born in March - you are a true Winter lover Vanessa, my little Polar Bear! January 29 2011"

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"Building a Birdy House" Birdhouse kit from Ezee Pzee

OK, my disclaimer first - I have a two year old and a three year old, and they are in *love* with Mickey Mouse Clubhouse - and I'm in *love* with the way Goofy sings "I'm building a birdy houusssee" with his warbley voice ... forgive me, it really is funny in my house :o)

Anyway ... I picked up a birdhouse kit from Ezee Pzee, and I believe the only retailer in Ontario currently for Ezee Pzee is still Loonie4Scrapbooking. I Loved this little birdhouse kit from the moment I saw it in, I believe it was Canadian Scrapbooker - Spring 2011issue. 

I used the Bo Bunny Gabrielle collection, papers and trim,  and an assortment of Prima flowers.  The little bird came with the kit too, I added some Paper Clay to him to give him some dimension; thanks for the tip on that Louise Williams.  I coloured the bird with my Copics and added a bling for his eye.

Let me know what you think!

First publication in Canadian Scrapbooker!

This is a re-post of a layout that I did in June of 2010 - it has been published in Canadian Scrapbooker Summer 2011 issue (page 95) My first publication - hopefully of many more to come! Let me know what you think of this layout!





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On June 23rd this year friends and myself went to the local Berry farm to pick strawberries... there was a 5.0 magnitude earthquake that day! Weird, yes, we never have (rarely) earthquakes... but what was weirder was the fact that we didn't even feel it! We were in the middle of the field and I guess because you are 'one with the ground' and not in a building that is 'attached, or embeded' in the ground you don't feel the sway as much. Either way, it was a really great spot for a photo shoot! More to come of the kids picking/eating berries.

I used Basic Grey's Nook & Pantry for this, they have a REALLY great paper called Strawberry Shortcake that has strawberries all over it, and I just love the pink and red combination. I bordered the whole layout with matching green. I used various Prima flowers to layer also mixing in some tulle. I included a little strawberry jam recipe - I thought it was cute. I glued on some lace that I had picked up from a local craft store. The Lined paper is Grandma's Kitchen - Pen Pal, I used a small hole punch and tore through like it was pulled from a spiral bound book. I used my Circut for the titles - fonts were "Cursive 101" for the Avonmore, and "Plantain Schoolbook" for the Berry Farm - I used the shadow feature for both. I used "George & Basic Shapes" for the circles, and a Fiskars punch for the scallop.