Happy Halloween 🎃

Monster Donuts ready to go... One thing the boys insist on every Halloween.  Both of them took them out with them today... The little dude to school and the big one to a party.  Bring it on!

Today's Layout

Basic Gray Paper and embellishments.... oh how I miss BG!

I was very torn as to if I should send this in for publication or not... It is a great layout - My Dude looks great in the red contrasted against the other colours, but as we all know, BG is no more and I don't think a layout with their paper will be considered... but I love it... I really do.  

I must say, this is one of my favourites!

Today's Layout

Today's layout is a new kit just loaded up at One Crazy Stamper in town... It was a fun one to create because I LOVE those pumpkins... look at those grins! I do love the fun side of Halloween - not the scary side - and this layout does have that "fun" feel to it!  Enjoy.

Bella Blvd Paper, American Crafts Cardstock

Dreaming of summer...

Check out @ohmygardenia's Tweet: https://twitter.com/ohmygardenia/status/919270597280051200?s=09

Today's Learning: When Twitter gives you a hard time, just upload it yourself!

Thinking about colour...

Neenah Cardstock, Memento Ink stamped with my MISTI stamping tool

It is clear I am a HUGE Lawn Fawn fan... there are some Avery Elle, Mama Elephant and Stampendous stamps on these pages too!  I have been trying to learn how to colour... which is marginally entertaining for those watching me.  I usually end up forgetting the shading and just colouring in the image in bright bold colours with my Spectrum Noir markers!  It works, it isn't something to rave about, but you will notice I have been flirting with more than one colour on an image!  Insanity Peppers!

A dip in the lake...

Needless to say the water was cold... But the guys did a great job.

The dock is in!  Nexy year we will do this in September... Promise.

Today's Layout...

Bazzill Basics Cardstock, Bella Blvd Paper and Stickers

This is one of my favourite shots of this dude.  It is an older one now, but it shows his great smile and who can resist that awesome Canadian shirt?

Happy fall...

 I do love this cottage... the lake is a quieter one and, at present, there are no cottages across the lake from us.  It is peaceful and beautiful no matter the season...

Birds in a tree...

This is the quintessential October photograph - taken in colour no less!  A dark sky, massive birds, fantastic silhouettes... all on Ravenscliff Road.  A very fitting location for the whole image... if only they were actually ravens, it would be fantastic... too bad they are turkey vultures!

Today's Layout...

I am still working on mastering pocket scrapbooking with our Florida Trip...  The "front" is fine... The "back" is tricky!

I see why working on a weekly schedule to document a year is so popular for this style of scrapbooking because keeping things in chronological order is tough... Are the photographs the right way?  Do I have the supplementary elements to fit?  It is a little overwhelming. 

My planner brain has decided to throw all caution to the wind!  My album is totally out of order... Totally... Completely... I have a disclaimer at the front on a "schedule" page - a day by day listing of  where we went and what we saw.  I suggested to one gal she do the same thing when faced with the same problem for her mini album about her Disney trip.  For her I suggested she put different coloured stickers on the pages to link back to her schedule page of her mini-album.  She thought this was great and fussy cut the cameras from the Simple Stories Disney Line... Each day a different camera in the corner of the layout or photograph.  I admit I am sticking to the schedule with no stickers... Fussy cutting a million cameras... I shudder... Whatever works... Right?

Echo Park Paper and stickers, Amy Tangerine and Bella Blvd. Paper Die-cuts, American Crafts Thickers, Recollections Glitter Dots 

Today's Layout...

I recently needed to organize five layouts to show my "style" as a scrapbooker... it was a tough job... I have made A LOT of layouts over the last 13 years... and after much deliberation, I did end up with five.  The following layout was the last one to be "cut" from the pile of "layout layouts" over a "pocket layout"... my boys were the ones who made the final cut and I was impressed with their logic.
I still really like this layout... it is simple (too simple the older one said) but I love the title (an old trick the younger one said)... maybe because it was such a great night, maybe because the simplicity makes it great or maybe it is the fact that Hedley is so awesome, it is still one of my favourite layouts!

American Crafts Cardstock, Thickers, Bella Blvd Card, 3M Glitter Tape, MME Tape

Solo Stove Breakfast Part Two: This is the life...

... and breakfast was devoured!  

Solo Stove Breakfast

For reasons, only known to adolescent boys, this dude decided that a fall day needed a warm breakfast prepared outside to start it off right.  Out care the eggs and the butter, "the" chair and the stove.  I had to smile... he even checked to make sure he could cook with the wind levels for our fire permit!  So with his faithful dog trying to catch a bite as well, breakfast was made!