Happy Halloween Eve!

Just a quick post tonight as we are scrambling to be ready for everything tomorrow!  My daughter is on the mend so thank you everyone for your well wishes :)  We spent most of the day today making treats to take to school tomorrow.  Check out these cool eyeballs!

 And when I say "day"... I'm not really exaggerating that much because we ended up making 80 of them!

Other than that, I have been brushing out wigs, planning my face painting and .... hoping for a day that isn't too cold!  Stay tuned for the costume pics tomorrow!

And thanks to everyone for the nice comments on the giveaway post!  Thanks to random.org, I have a winner!!

 So Erin - please send me your address to icecheeks@yahoo.com and I will send you your prize!

Wanna Peek?

DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE GIVEAWAY BELOW!!!  Go here and leave me a comment for some goodies!

So if you aren't on Pinterest.... I'm not sure whether I feel sorry for you or happy for you... because I am ADDICTED to the freakin site and it keeps me awake for hours!   A friend had a baby last month and when I found this, I was dying to make one.  So today, I went out and bought all the goodies and made this...

Isn't it CUTE?!!!!
And speaking of cute... check out my class at Creative Scrapbooks on Thursday:

This is a really unique mini album to celebrate the exciting new arrival of a brand new baby!  Whether you are expecting or you want to give it away as a gift, it is perfect for recording all the milestones in a new baby's life!  A few spots are left so call the store if you are interested!

Other than that, I am tending to my daughter who was just diagnosed with pneumonia tonight... so if you have a sec, please send her some good wishes!  Have a great week everyone!

DESIGN TEAM REVEAL AT A PILE OF SCRAP!

We had our design team reveal at A PILE OF SCRAP! on Wednesday and once again, I was blown away by how talented the design team is!

We were all given a different colour of the Lush line by My Mind's Eye - gorgeous paper that comes in both patterned and flocked designs - and asked to create a mixed media mini-album.... and I love all the different ideas each scrappy gal came up with! I decided to do a mini-album called "Miss D. at 3 (and a half)" all about my baby girl. When I was done, I decided I really want to do one for each of my kids every year... so I am now halfway through another one!
I was thrilled to receive the red line and quickly discovered that Red Velvet Glimmer Mist goes with it beautifully - as did denim! Hope you enjoy it :)

THE COVER

I ended up cutting a pair of my son's brand new jeans that were way too short (and I couldn't find the receipt) and had saved them in the scrappy pile as I knew they would come to good use one day!) I made the flower out of tulle and some heat - will post how to make it later this week! And of course, you know I had to finish it off with a little Glimmer Mist!

FIRST PAGE


FIRST PAGE (with acrylic overlay)
We had done this with a Fancy Pants class that I took a while back - painted the outside edge of an acrylic/acetate overlay and put it over a full page photo - and I loved it. I took it a step further and stamped into the wet paint and removed the stamped image. Sorry about the sun shining in it... but it is great to say that the sun is shining here!


FIRST PAGE (just the photo)
Just a little bit of ink around the edges.



SECOND PAGE



SECOND PAGE (left)
This is some of the gorgeous flocked paper that comes with the line. I tried to do the whole album neat and clean but when I was done, just had to add the ink....because that is just me!
The ribbon is also from the line and the gems are from a Prima stamp that is used later in the album. I embossed the "Dream" right on the photo but be very careful if you do this as it is really easy to overheat and ruin your photo!



SECOND PAGE (right)
Done on denim that is over chipboard. I stitched the paper onto the denim before gluing it down to make it easier on my machine. The bling brads are also a part of the line- such amazing embellishments!



THIRD PAGE



THIRD PAGE (left)
My 6 year old son took this pic of my daughter and I, isn't he good with a camera?! The little chipboard piece is from Magenta and glimmer misted with Red Velvet. The brad is part of the line.



THIRD PAGE (right)
Done on an acetate/acrylic piece. The stitching is done by machine.



FOURTH PAGE


FOURTH PAGE (left)
Ugh...sorry the shadows are so bad on this picture. The was done so that you cannot see it from the front side of the acrylic piece. The ribbon is part of the line.



FOURTH PAGE (right)
One of my new favourite stamps from Magenta - I always thought of it for card-making but it went perfectly in this album. Of course I had to grunge it up... just a little...



FIFTH PAGE



FIFTH PAGE (left)
I like how this page looks, with the flocked images cut out from the paper but I just feel as though it needs a little something more...but I haven't figured out what just yet. It is hard to tell from the picture but there are splashes of glimmer mist on there too.


FIFTH PAGE (right)
A plain piece of chipboard glimmer misted out and stamped with a Heidi Swapp stamp.



LAST PAGE


LAST PAGE (left)
My favourite photo of my daughter - she was giggling and it just melts my heart this picture.... The background was stamped with a Prima stamp (LOVE it!) and the flower started off white before being met with more of that Red Velvet glimmer mist.
Oh and if you have noticed the Dymo labeller throughout my project, it is a new one called the Dymo Caption Maker that I got last week that I am loving! It has 3 different cartridges so you can do 3 different fonts and even has some doodles on it - hoping they come out with more!


And if you made it all the way to the end, thanks for looking! We will be running a little contest over on the forum all about mini-albums so hope you can come join us! Be sure to check out what Cheryl and Candace did with the green Lush and what Jen and Valerie did with the pink!

FEBRUARY DESIGN TEAM REVEAL AT APOS!

Well nothing like leaving everything to the last minute.... It has been a crazy busy hectic time around here, thank goodness for scrapbooking to take my mind off of things!

This month, the Design Team at A PILE OF SCRAP! all got some different Valentine's lines and decided we wanted to do our reveal a bit early to send out some inspiration for those looking to create a unique gift for the big day. I was thrilled to receive My Mind's Eye's "Irresistable" line - a great mix of classic and funky! I will apologize in advance for some of the pics as my camera batteries were dying and the lighting is not the best in my scrap area - I am hoping to retake some of the pics at some point. I ended up with 2 cards and 4 layouts and still have some paper left to create more if I can squeeze it in.

First up, I decided to play with my new Spellbinder's dies and some glimmer mist/stamps to alter a white flower.
I adore this stamp! And although it looks like holes around the scallop in the picture it is actually black bling. I ended up giving this card away to my son's little friend who is moving next week.


Then I did a little card that was inspired by a layout at LOAD that I absolutely adored. This is a great card for scraps that are left sitting in your scrap area!
This is her layout (her name is Errlee on LOAD but she doesn't have a blog as of yet)


And here is my card:

This layout came together very quickly
BLISS IS FOUND
Oh those Jenny Bowlin bingo cards.... LOVE THEM! And the little Maya Road pins too! I added a wee bit of Basic Grey's Indian Summer line to change it up a little and a little bit of the Kaisercraft tiny alphabets always add a nice touch.

My next layout came together thanks to a LOAD challenge to use our stash.
SURPRISE
these were 2 scraps in to top of the scrap box and I opened an embelly drawer and found a box of old Making Memories flowers...so I used the whole box in one shot!


My next layout took quite a while for me...
LOVE STORY
This is one of the photos that I inherited from my Grandparents and they have sat there for a while as I was feeling quite intimidated by them...but am finally starting to scrap them. I have noticed however that I put the wrong year in the journal tag as it is actually 1940 - this is my Grandma and Grandpa and my Dad the day that my Grandpa left for the war. I have only put the photo down lightly as I want to scan it and save the original. This also has some 7 Gypsies paper and Jenny Bowlin C'oredinations cardstock on it. The flower was originally a newsprint beigey Prima one....a few different shades of Glimmer Mist and some ink to change it up a bit.

YOU MAKE MY HEART SING
And my last layout - Is this not the freakin cutest paper ever?!!!!!!!!
I only got one sheet so I cut out a heart from behind the photo in order to pop it up. I also used some Jenny Bowlin notebook cards and my ever favourite Heidi Swapp alphabets (who says I don't like stickers?!)

Hope you liked my projects - make sure you head on over to see

• Cheryl's stunning "Smiles" layout (along with her other goodies!)
• the gorgeous stuff Candace did with Little Yellow Bicycle!
• Jen's magical memories with Making Memories!
• and Valerie's adorable Bo Bunny creations!
  

Latest Creations and Some Blog Candy!

Well I have been a scrapping machine lately! LOAD definitely helps as did the online crop at A PILE OF SCRAP! - I finally got the chance to take some pics in better lighting so I thought I would share today....and...

I think it's time for a little
Blog Candy!
So here are the details - for your chance to win a $20 gift certificate at the A PILE OF SCRAP! online store and some extra goodies from my stash you can have your name entered by
- Telling me which of these is your favourite and why
- Follow my blog
- Send a friend (make sure they tell me that you sent them!)
Simple as that ! I will leave this contest open until Sunday at Midnight :)
And without further ado, the creations!

We have a cool game on our forum that we play every month called Crop Circle where the winner from the previous month picks 5 elements you must have on a layout - this month we had to use punches, stitching, die cut paper, bling and ink. I am using up old pictures as I seriously need to get some pictures developed and my printer is out of coloured ink...
Next is the online crop stuff - we had an all 80s theme and some pretty cool challenges came out of it.
The Barbie Girl (remember the song by Aqua)- use some plastic on a layout
The white wedding challenge- use white cardstock as your base
The AIDS challenge - use red ribbon on your project
The Dirty Dancing Challenge (nobody puts baby in a corner so no corners on the base cardstock)
And the last challenge that I was able to get done was a Strawberry Shortcake cupcake card - this was a template that I found somewhere and forgot to take note - so if it yours, please let me know and I will make sure to let others know! I seriously need to take another pic of this as the background paper and my "mist box" are a little distracting!!

And this one was one that I played with at the LSS, experimenting with embossing powders and the Clearsnap design adhesives (that is the words under what is supposed to be the photos - I freaking love these!!) Scrapping without pictures is a rarity for me but I like how this one turned out.
And lastly are my LOAD creations - awesome prompts from Lain to use my stash has motivated me, now let's just see if I can make it through a shift at the LSS tonight without buying anything!

LOAD 1 -No Title Needed (all scraps)

LOAD2 - Vintage (me as a baby!) (old photo)
LOAD3 - Two (old stickers that I used as a mask with Glimmer Mist)

LOAD4 - Field Trip
Whew! And that is it! Hope you are having scrappy week too! Don't forget to leave a comment!

Happy Snow Day!

I woke up to a whole lotta snow this morning...was feeling a bit grumpy about the whole thing and decided to sneak away from the kids for a bit and check out my morning reads on the computer... and got an email that made my grumpies go away!
I got a publication call from Canadian Scrapbooker!!! Yippee!!!
Sooooooooo.... now the challenge is on to see if anyone can find the "out for publication" call on my blog! (hint... it's ORANGE!)
And to make it worth the search, how about a little prize?

I will give you all until Sunday evening to email me at icecheeks@yahoo.com with your answer AND something you love about snow! Then, leave me a comment here telling me that you have emailed me! (Please don't leave the answer in your comment and make it too easy for everyone else!!) All the answers will go into a draw for a fabulous prize that will include:
Marshmallow Glimmer Mist!
Flowers to play with the glimmer mist!
A distress ink pad!
And............
something from your wish list!!!
Happy Hunting!

BUSY, BUSY, BUSY!!

Yep. BUSY. No other excuses, no big story, just busy!

Tonight is my Christmas Party with the gals at the LSS - I am really looking forward to a nice night out, some good laughs and some great food! I left everything to the last minute as far as gifts go but I managed to get them done today so at least I won't go empty-handed! I am off this Saturday and am contemplating decorating....will let you know if I actually get it done! While I was avoiding gift-making last night, I did manage to get a Sketch of the Week done so I will share that with you as well as the gifts that I made for tonight - have a great week everyone!

First up, the SOTW:
And then the gifts... For those of you that don't know, I do a little candle and coaster business (check out my website that I finally updated a bit! ) so I decided to make a little penguin candle (I collect penguins so I thought I would share the love!)

I made a little coaster for the candles to sit on with one of my new stamp sets that I love!

And finally, a Hanukkah candle for my boss - I hope she likes it!