Engagement Mini Album

I completed this album using all of the photos that were part of our engagement photo shoot done by my good friend, and professional photographer, Paige Thomson of Paige Thomson Photography. Please check her out for more stunning work! I will have a video up on Youtube shortly exploring more details of this album and the wonderful photography!

On the cover I used two large grungeboard letters for our initials and covered them in pattern paper. The collection I used was "For the Record" by Echo Park along with many other added papers.

I handmade these fimo clay flowers; I just love using them on projects! Check out my video tutorial for that here.

This binding was inspired by a creation that Marion Smith posted on her instagram. It was made using safety pins and the TH hinge die cut with grungeboard.

Thank you for visiting, keep your eyes open on Youtube for the upcoming video! I hope you all have a wonderful May Long Weekend!

Future Sisters Layout

What beautiful weather we are still having here! I hope it sticks around for awhile... Tonight is my first regular season ball game and I am pretty excited to be playing in this lovely weather. I hope you are all enjoying it while you can too!

I recently created this page and posted a video on Youtube about it, which you can see here. The cards in the video will hopefully be appearing here on the blog soon too. I really enjoyed trying a shabby chic and colourful style for a change.

I used paper from several different companies including Basic Grey, Studio Calico, DCWV, Crepe Paper,  and Pink Paisley. the brad seen above is made by Around the Block.

The letter stickers are by American Crafts and October Afternoon. I stitched across the title (my new obsession)

The brad and bling seen above are unknown and quite old but the rub-ons are made by 7 Gypsies.

I love using a bicycle theme because there is so much awesome product out there featuring them and I just love how they look!

I used the TH tiny attacher and some stitching to add interest. I hope you enjoyed this projects, thanks for visiting!

Summer Camping Layout

What a gorgeous weekend we had here in Alberta! I spent Sunday watching Andrew play street hockey in a tournament and was anticipating the worst. I even packed my winter coat, mittens, and toque! It turned out to be about 25 Celsius, so I had to borrow some shorts, but it was well worth it!

I created this page a couple days ago and even have a process video on Youtube, so check that out for more information!

I used photos from a camping trip that Andrew, his siblings, and I went on last summer. We were at Two Jack Lake in Banff National Park.

I used a We R Memory Keepers brad, a Prima flower, handmade clay rose and paper leaves, as well as some bling for this cluster.

I love putting my title on washi tape and stitching across it, probable my new favoutite thing!

I added more handmade paper leaves and a Basic Grey brad to the end of the title. I used American Crafts and October Afternoon letter stickers.
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and have a great week ahead!

Some Cards and a Quick Update

Hello again blog world! I am happy to say that I have successfully finished my first year of Interior Design. I feel like it has helped me to grow as a person and I have learned so much! I am looking forward to a break from school this summer, but I still want to practice everything I have learned.

I created this card for someone special who has been having many different health issues lately. Prayers for a speedy recovery!

I cut the birds out from a DCWV piece of pattern paper. The background that they are on was created with manila card stock, LSG sprays, and some white gesso. Behind that I used a recipe card divider and another piece of coordinating DCWV paper.

The washi tapes were purchased at Michael's and I believe they are Recollections. I used my stampin up spiral notebook punch on one layer.
The cards below were given to my two roommates. Because I am now moved back home, I wanted to give them a little "thank you" for the good semester.

I cut out the viewmaster wheels from a design paper and used some other scraps I had laying around.
I hope you enjoyed these projects! If you would like to see what I have been up to for the last couple days go check out my Quick Scrapbooking Layout Ideas video on Youtube! Hopefully I will have the second part up today or tomorrow sometime!
Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful rest of your week.

The Final Crunch

The final crunch time is upon all of us University students! It is my last week of classes and, being a design student, this means I have all my final projects due within a few days. Today I felt pretty successful so I decided to take the evening off even though I probably shouldn't. Last week I worked for usually 12-14 hours per day in the studio and this week I suspect a few all nighters are ahead of me. Oh the life of a design student! I really do love what I do, but there are many sacrifices (ie: sleep).
Anyway, today I finished off two big projects! Below are some photo collages of them!

The above pictures are of my Design class final project. I was to create and imaginary client and design a condo space based on an exterior shell I was given. This is called a maquette model (plan and elevation are drawn, but nothing is actually 3D). I used a combination of copic markers and water colour paints.

Above are pictures of my Design Communication final project. I was to find a photo of an actual space, recreate its plan and elevation, use these to create a technical perspective, and then render it all using water colour paint. I then had to scan all the images and create an 11"x17" bound booklet.

I wanted to include these last 2 pictures so that you would all know that I do get out every so often. This weekend my church league ball team had their first tournament! It was pretty chilly (note the thick ice on the fence and even the Tim's cup) but we managed to play 3 games on Saturday! I feel like these truly describe a typical Albertan April: still nasty here!

Thanks for taking the time to stop by! I hope it is warmer wherever you are visiting from!