New class added!

Kissing Booth card class to be held on Feb 3rd (Friday) at 7pm, and again on Feb 5th(Sunday) at 1pm.

You'll make 12 cards, just in time for Valentine's day!

Sign up here: http://www.thecropstop.org/Crops.php

Advent Calendar

Here is my version of the Kaisercraft 25 Drawer unit with the Christmas papers. I followed most of their instructions and had a bit of help along the way from my good scrapbooking advisor Brigit. I am really please with the result - it looks like so authentic and I hate to put it away now that Christmas is over!
I am definitely thinking of doing something for my daughter's room in the colours that she loves so she can have some drawers to put away her trinkets and jewellery. Kaisercraft - this has been another amazing product and I hope you keep them coming!!

It's Just Paper.: July's Layout of the Month...

I thought I would pass on this post by the wonderfully talented Brigit - makes great use of the Basicgrey's papers - especially for those of us who sometimes struggle to use those papers with large patterns on them. Brigit - I love your layout!

It's Just Paper.: July's Layout of the Month...: "Has been finished for a week and I just haven't been able to get it up on my blog. No logical explanation really, I have just been distracte..."

Cuzins!

It's a little bit blurry, but you get the idea of the layout! This was a double page layout kit from Basicgrey using the 'Hello Luscious' papers and embellishments. I loved the black and white photos because they give this layout an 'old tyme feel. I sanded all the edges of the photos to age them just a little bit further. The second photo from the right is matted and I used dimensional dots to lift it up a little bit.

This is another one of the Page of the Month layouts from Basicgrey. It was using the 'Hello Luscious' papers and embellishments. I struggled for a bit to find the right pictures for this layout, but as soon as we went strawberry picking I thought "what a great colour match with green and pink!" The title was done using their layered journal tags - which I really love. I know some people struggle with how to adhere the clear overlay on top - I usually just place a small dot of glue underneath a flower or coloured portion and it works very well.

It's a Zoo out there!

We went to the zoo, and I was quite happy to be able to use these papers and dimensional stickers from Bo Bunny! It's from their 'Zoology' line. I love that it's a balance between wild and cute. I loved the dimensional stickers - they are really cute!

Graduation 2011

This was a layout that was part of the Basicgrey 2011/12 Page of the Month club, and it was the July layout.

I modified it somewhat from the original - as always I have more pictures to put on my layout than was called for in the instructions!

Using the 'Out of Print' line, I did my daughters Grade 8 grad. I was inspired by the black and white of her dress to match the black and white of the background pictures. I loved the Out of Print stickers - they were all very inspirational and I felt like they perfectly suited the sentiment of the day.