words

wow!

i feeling pretty overwhelmed and loved right now! i was asked to be the guest designer for skissadilla, a norwegian sketch site, this week too...and my apologies to them for my getting my dates mixed up, resulting in my publishing this post late!!!

so i was asked to create a sketch and a LO for them as well!!! and the skissadilla girls did some pretty cool things with the sketch i designed!! so go check it out...there is also a little prize pkg up for grabs for playing along with my sketch courtesy of me for this week!!! so go check it out!!!

and of course...we can't forget about OLW!!! karla's choice in words this round...OPEN. at first i was totally stumped...really?? open?? what kind of word is that?? but you know?? it's an amazing word for of very positive things...and came up with my own little phrase to use on my layout....

quote by me reads: when you open your mind to the possibilities that exist-you are no longer dreaming but living your dreams. and when you live your dreams- you are open to life and all it has to offer you.

figured it was fitting for the accomplishments dakota made while at lethbridge for his bmx finals 2 weeks ago...but it is fitting for so many more things in life too....

what are you open to??

feeling honoured

i am this weeks guest designer over at scrap idees...a french sketch site!!! and i am feeling a bit awed that scrappers over in france love what i do enough to ask me to be a part of what they do :)

so....

merci tres beaucoup!!! je suis honore et suis ravi!!! (mes apologies d'aucun accent ou ils devraient etre :D)

i was asked to design a sketch and create a LO for the scrap idees blog....check it out!!!

but you have to go and check out what the talented designers over there did with the sketch i designed!!! way too cool!!!

celebrating kenner road

so kenner road has turned one!! yup...kerry lynn has been pumping out beautiful and unique kits for an entire year!!! and i have been lucky to be a part of it for 9 months as a designer!!! this month's kits are, once again, fabulous...and no, i do not get paid to say that!!! i truly love each month...i always think, there is no way she can make the next month better then one i currently have in my hands...and each month she does!!!

so happy birthday kenner road!!! and much continued success to kerry lynn!! the reveal for september's kits were last night...have you checked them out??? here is what i designed with the main and the main add on kit....

don't forget to check out the DT gallery....some gorgeous stuff going on!!! kenner road also has a halloween project class starting october 1st...more details on that here 

have a fabulous and creative week!

today i am invincible

in love, in life, in joy....in what i choose...today, no matter what...i choose to be invincible....

 

how are you invincible?? what makes you invinvincible?? go cehck out OLW and share with us your invincible

smile today

just because. today i find myself with a smile playing around my lips....for no reason...or maybe lots of reasons....either way...it's there...full force and lurking....

so smile! why not?

got some kenner road love to share with you.....

 

i just put this up on the kenner road with some dieas on using and creating embellishments.

i also thought i would share some exciting news.....i got my first publication!!! canadian scrapbooker picked up one of my LO's for the current fall issue....

 

super stoked!!! here's the LO close up for you!

 

one of my favourite LO's ever...and made with the november kenner road kit :)

happy friday....have a fabulous weekend!

beauty

in today, in tomorrow, in the past....present and future. beauty in our surroundings...our words...our gestures. our thoughts, dreams....in us. so much beauty out there. just stop...breathe...look, hear....touch...taste....and you will find it surrounds you!!

 

where do you find beauty?? what do you find beauty in?? share with us over at OLW

scrappy bits

thought i would share my kenner road august kit creations...since i left you hanging with some sneakies...and the reveal happened when i was on holidays....

 

 

just a few of my projects for this month...i am in love with the choker i made....the vintage embellishment add on kit is to die for!!!

so don't forget to go check out the gallery for the other Dt creations...and to check out the blog for the gallery challenge...and the other cool projects that are up on the blog...lots of creative goodness there!!!

have a fabulous day!!

o the joy!

i am off tomorrow for a long overdue holiday with my family!!! we are headed to vancouver island for 9 days.

9 days of bliss....9 days of ocean and mountains...9 days to revisit my childhood memories....to compare and see the changes and relate things from child to adult....o i am so excited!!! i haven't been home in 10 years!!!!

but before i go...i wanted to sahre a few sneaks with you......kenner road reveals tomorrow at 10pm MTN time. you are gonna LOVE this month's kit....i promise!!!

 

 

 

tantalizing, huh?? but you can be patient til tomorrow, right??? well, you're gonna have to be...i can't show you anymore til then!!!

so have a fabulous friday!!! don't forget about the kenner road chat tomorrow too...8pm pacific...so make sure you check the kenner road homemapge for the link to the chat!!!!

sweet

word up!!! denise chose a great word....love this word!!! the design team was also sponsored this challenge with some adorable embellishments from evalicious...she is based out of surrey b.c.!!!

so go check it out and let us know what you find sweet!!!

home news...jay got a bonus from work!!!! a BIG bonus!!! and after paying some minor bills....we decided we were deserving and in desperate need of a holiday. we haven't done much more then some day trips in the last couple of years.

sooooooo! we are going to vancouver island for 9 days:) dude! i am so excited!!! i haven't been home in 10 years!!!!so excited to show my kids where i grew up!!! so excited to stick my feet in the ocean again!!! just so excited!!! we are spending some of it in victoria where i grew up and the other half in comox valley where i later moved to and did high school.
so yup! excited!!!

we are off to peace river for the long weekend to check out my parents new property they bought...160 acres!!! gonna spend the time exploring it!!! relaxing and chilling!!! so i gotta get my bottom off the pc and get productive!!!

enjoy the rest of your week!!!

OOOH!! one more thing....i volunteered my services and was given free reign in creating the red deer bmx club's new blog!!! it's live....so go check it out to see what's happening with bmx'ing!!!

art is in the family

 

 yup! one of my favourite memories is from a family vacation. we spent a summer in lake meota saskatchewan. in a quaint little cabin. we spent our days at the lake, watching thunderstorms from a sunporch, and just hanging.what's this got to do with art?? well my auntie val joined us for some of that holiday. one rainy day we all sat around the big dining table with all sorts of crayons and blank paper....drawing. she create a portrait of me out of all colours of crayons....which i still have tucked away. he art pieces and creations have always been a part of my childhood as my mom had a few that were always hanging in whatever home we lived in.

well my aunt in the last several years has really dove into art again!! creating, once again, some amazing collage abstract pieces that just stir the imagination. she and a life long friend have opened a little art gallery in comox valley, south hollow art studio and gallery...and it's just beautiful! if you are local check it out!!! and if you're not local...well you might not get to meet the artists...but you can still check out their work online :) these are some of the photographs my aunt has available in her gallery admist her other mixed media pieces.

so, go get lost in a beautiful world of art and have a fabulous week!