TREASURED MEMORIES EMOJI CROP - DAY 1

So crop day is finally here! By the time I took out all my goodies that I had pre-ordered and all the goodies they gave us for the crop, I  started out with a VERY full table! All the more fun things to play with!!!

And of course, Friday is always full of fun antics as that is the day that people tend to dress up - Treasured Memories crops are so fun because they always have a theme.  The theme this time was Emoji and my group of gals did not disappoint!!

I even won a prize - kinda nice since my unicorn costume was so HOT!!

And to boot, I got a bunch of stuff done! I completed 2 two-page layouts, as well as another Doctor Who themed layout. It is so easy to be creative at Treasured Memories when the owner will make you custom paper for your projects!!

I am looking forward to more antics tomorrow! Till then, stay crafty my peeps.

Let the Crafty Adventures Begin!!!

Headed out of town yesterday to go to the city for my crop weekend at Treasured Memories. I only went as far as Grimshaw and hung out with my pal Donna. We had to watch the ladies Olympic hockey game (Canada vs. USA) - too bad our girls didn't win. It was really nice not having to drive as far the first night!

Then I got to spend a whole bunch of time on today with two of my favourite people on the planet - my nieces Madison and Taryn. We went to Galaxyland in WEM, did some shopping and then went for a nice supper at their favourite restaurant. A great way to start my weekend!

Looking forward to getting crafty starting tomorrow. Till then, stay crafty my peeps!

YAY FOR BEING PUBLISHED AGAIN!!!

Well this has been a fun week. I am published yet again!! I got my copy of Creative Scrapbooker magazine and it turns out I am actually in the magazine THREE TIMES. How cool is that. I knew that my Selfie Fail layout would be in the magazine, but our group photo from the Croptacular back in October is in the magazine, as well as a Canadian layout I did while at Carnival. Pretty good for me I have to say.

Cover of the Spring 2018 Issue

My Carnival layout - my pal Cathy has her layout here in the magazine too.

Here is a close up of our Canadian layouts

And here is full view of the Canadian layout they used.

Here is our group photo from from the High Level Library Croptacular back in October

So exciting - my Selfie Fail layout has a quarter of the page!!!

Here is a close up in the magazine

And here is a full shot of the layout.

Have to say, pretty exciting to find myself in another magazine. And not only once but three separate times. This has been a pretty good week that is for sure. So till next time, stay crafty my peeps!

MY 4X4 CANVAS FOR CANVAS CORP

So the first thing Canvas Corp wanted us to do as members of the design team was create on a 4X4 canvas they provided for us an showcase our style. I wanted to do mine in a Steampunk style and I had a lot of fun playing with my new stuff. Here is what I did with it.

These are the paints I ordered and decided to use on this project. 

They are the Tattered Angels High Impact Paints.

The first step was to add texture to the canvas with texture paste through a stencil. And of course I had to use a gear stencil! Steampunk all the way!!

Then since I wasn't sure the exact look I wanted and how the paint would work I did a sample piece first. I will definitely be doing something with this later.

Once I knew what  I wanted to do I did the first layer with the black paint.

The next step was adding the Antique Gold paint.

And then I added the Copper paint.

It needed a bit more colour, so I used the Turquoise spray from the

Turquoise Precious Stone Faux Finish Paint Kit.

Once the background was done, I added all the embellishments and ephemera to it. I had some chipboard tags that I coloured using more of the High Impact Paint (the Antique Gold and the Kraft), as well as the Iron spray from the Granite Precious Stone Faux Finish Paint Kit. I used brown and blue flowers along with 7 Gypsies Flea Market Findings (Charming) and 7 Gypsies Industrial Gears and 7 Gypsies Antique Black Keys.

Here are some close ups of the canvas, as well as a photo of the finished canvas.

I had a lot of fun creating this canvas. I am looking forward to doing more projects with all my Canvas Corp products. I have even ordered more! Till next time, stay crafty my peeps!!

More goodies for me! I got another package today - my crafty pal Wendy at W2Scrapbooking. I am sooooo gonna miss her store when it closes! But in the meantime I am taking advantage of her amazing sales. Check out what I got!!

Got more goodies from my swap partners this week! Really spoiled. My pal Gena made me a fun Valentine theme tag - I am still working on hers but she is pretty patient with me! Knows I am busy at work so is fine with waiting. It is so cute, I love it!!

And then I got my Altoid tin swap items from my fab friend Cindy. They are so cute! I love them - especially the one with my name on it!!

It has been a fun week. And now I am trying to get ready for my trip to Edmonton coming up on the weekend. I should have tons of pictures from that to share! So till next time, stay crafty my peeps!

High Level Library Scrapbook Club Crop

So, we had a small scrapbook crop this weekend. There were only 7 of us but it was still fun. Nice and relaxing, and I actually got A LOT done! It didn't feel like it on Friday, as I mostly was just organizing and going through all my new goodies. But once I got started working on the projects I brought I got on a roll!!

I brought the album from our 2010 vacation with Doug's Mom. We went to Disney and on a 4 day cruise, so I started working on my Disney photos. I had so much fun working on them all! It was also nice to remember how much fun we had on the holiday. Here is what I got done.

It is a pretty good start on the album! I might bring it with me to work on at the crop at Treasured in two weeks. I want to get it done, that is for sure! All in all, a really great weekend with a great group of gals! Till next time, stay crafty my peeps!