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mama's day

i love this day. the day we celebrate across the world the triumphs, sacrifices, love, mile stones, & bonds of mothers. yours, mine...me, you. and while i am insanely aware every day of the year that i am mom...i love that i can take a day to really remind myself of my greatest accomplishments and that of my mom's. and i love that we are really celebrating the children in our lives...the reasons we are mothers. and that is definitely something worth celebrating. this is my gift each year. it's not material....it's not disposable...it's tangible, real and filled with everyday moments that i cherish.

and on my mama's day...i was awoken with hugs and laughter and a chorus of "happy mother's day mama!!" i was treated to stuffed french toast courtesy of my husband and his apprentices and homemade cards and a lot more hugs! we decided to fill our day with a spontaneous trip to banff...









it was a good day. a really really good day!

lifted

i was approached by claudia a bit ago on behalf of lift this...super flattering!!! they are a digital challenge site that lifts paper scrappers....and they wanted to lift my sisters LO i created for kenner road. so go check it out!!!

my mind's eye sketch challenge

i keep claiming sketches aren't my thing...i have been known to groan over having to do one...yet, every time i do one...i absolutely LOVE what i create from one!!! i was asked to play along with my mind's eye sketch challenge for this month :)

it was a great sketch!!! this is what i created with from it...
so go check out the MME blog for the sketch and the details on the challenge and prize!!!

victorian inspired

a cute little mother's day project...simple & quick & up on the my mind's eye blog, courtesy of moi :) i love victorian inspired paper cones. love.

so get creative & enjoy your day :)

gratitude.

i find peace,joy, light, laughter, and balance in that which i am grateful for...

 
(created using the kenner road kits elementary and clean slate)

my word up...i chose gratitude. i chose to document a personal self growth journey that i am currently on. i chose to find gratitude in as many things as i can in my life. i chose to be grateful.

go check out OLW and see what the other CT created...and share with us what you are grateful for :)

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!