So Kissable

This photo is of my brother Adrian smooching with Abbey.  She was trying to conn him into picking her up.  She was such a lovey dovey girl.

I used some masks and Crafter's templates, MME stamps, gems, white paint, a silver glitter pen and Webster's Story Teller alphas.

thanks for looking.

Here is Where Our Story Begins

Good Morning,
  I finally got a picture of the other 16 x 20 canvas I did for friends.  I've never met these people but feel I know them.  They have one of our puppies and run a kennel with all the dogs living like family and our Willow is very happy there running with the dogs and the children.

I painted the canvas with Ceramcoat Spice Brown and used a Crafter's brick mask and some gesso mixed with a bit of the Spice Brown, used Tim Holtz Flourish mask and a few other masks with Tim Holtz Walnut Distress Ink, Bo Bunny papers and also some Simple Stories papers, distressed the edges and inked with Walnut ink.

Savannah and the puppies - 8 days old

here's my final layout for today of mom and her babies

Enjoy the rest of your day!

Brown Eyed Girl

I'm back again with a layout of our 2 1/2 year old girl Tessa.  She has the most beautiful liquid brown eyes.  It's these eyes that looked at me and we ended up bringing home 2 puppies instead of the 1 we planned on. She knows how to work them too!

Again, just papers from my stash, a Fiskars border punch, glittery chipboard alphas and a Tim Holtz grunge heart that I inked with Tim Holtz distress inks Rusty Hinge and Walnut, some MME border stamps and some ColorBox Chestnut ink.

Since supper is ready to go in the oven, I may just start on another layout.

Lucky Pudge

Just finished another Pudge layout.  This photo was just before bedtime after their feeding and playtime and I had just put him to bed for the night and he looked up begging to be picked up.  Of course, as always, I obliged.  Couldn't say no to that sweet little boy!

I used some old papers from my stash and embellies from the Lucky Me line that I think came from Little Yellow Bicycle a few years ago.

Tweet Willow Grace

Here's a quick layout I just did this morning of sweet little Willow Grace just waking up from a nap.  She was 8 days old in this picture and weighed 1.8 lbs.

I used some old Bo Bunny from my stash. 

Have a great day.

Good morning folks,

It's another cold and dull day here but I'm trying to keep warm indoors.

I decided to do the second page to go with the one I've already done for ColorCombos Challenge 233.  If you look below you can see all the inspiration and photos for the challenge.

Hello,  It's time for another ColorCombos Challenge #233.  Here are this weeks colours and inspiration photos:

Color Combo Challenge #233

• Posted by Color Combos Galore on February 22, 2013 at 5:17pm in The Challenges
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Welome all! If you are new here, these challenges are so fun! Stop by and open a discussion in Getting to Know You, we would love to meet you!!
So here we are at the last week of February. We introduced a new way to play, a more open approach to the challenges. You have more choices now and the possibilites of interpreting endless are easier now. Hope you all get your pages in on time. We will be choosing our Featured Members and Month Long Featured Guest Designers and of course, the February's Winner. So, get scrappin'!!
Play along with this week's challenge and don't forget our other February Challenges that are still open. You can still play with Color Combos #232, #231, and #230 they do not close until the end of the month.

This week’s tag when uploading to the Color Combos Galore Photo Gallery or Splitcoaststampers is CCG233.

Please remember to describe which photo and Focus On Challenge was the basis for your page when you upload your layout. Thank you so much!

This is WEEK FOUR of FEBRUARY.
Deadline is the last day of the month: February 28, 2013

Here is your last set of photos to play with for February. We hope we have inspired you all month long and you will get your projects into the Gallery. This month's winner will be announced first week of March. Good luck and have fun!



(Please take one and pass it along)

Scroll down past our Inspiration Parade for Challenge Details
NEW INSPIRATION BOARD, NEW WAY TO PLAY!!!!

Choose any ONE of the FOUR Inspiration Photos

(that's right, you get FOUR choices now!)

* Follow the FOCUS ON Challenge for that photo *

* Use all the Challenge Colors *

Create anything you want.

Play as many times that you want.

Create layouts, cards, tags, minis, altered projects,

traditional, digital or hybrid,

even something from Project Life!!

You don't have to stick to one photo.

Get inspiration from any of the other photos

and add that to your project too!

Are you excited to play?
We were too! Here's what we did.
From the Color Combos Galore Design Team...
Layouts


Cards

HERE'S HOW TO PLAY

4 Inspiration Photos
4 "FOCUS ON" Designer's Challenges
(Choose one)
and 16 More Inspiration Ideas
(Add some more)
Complete the "Focus On" Designer's Challenge assigned to the photo you choose.
About "More Inspiration Ideas"
These are inspirational ideas that can also be read from the photo.
You do not have to do any of these prompts for your project.
(But it would be fun to throw in just a few! ;D )
Here are your details for this week's Color Combo Challenge:
(the following images are for detailed purposes only. Please use our Inspiration Board for sharing)

Color Combo #233
nude - cream - apricot - coral - brown

Inspiration Photo 1: Focus on Accents: CABOCHONS Use cabochons, resin flowers More Inspiration Ideas: metal, pearls, something with scrolls or flourishes, photos or journaling about your jewelry...

Inspiration Photo 2: Focus on Photo: ABOUT OR FOR A FEMALE Make a female your subject or create for a female More Inspiration Ideas: circles, wood, toothpicks, accordion flowers...

Inspiration Photo 3: Focus on Mediums: PASTE OR PAINT Create texture with paste or create a sponged background with paint More Inspiration Ideas: flowers, metal, ribbon, journal about your wedding cake...

Inspiration Photo 4: Focus on Journaling: JOURNAL/SENTIMENT ON TAG Journal on a tag, or add your sentiment on your taag More Inspiration Ideas: natural twine, clothespins, doily, ornate border punch

I hope you will go over to their site and check out what the designer's and members have done with this week's Color Challenge.  http://colorcombosgalore.ning.com/photo


Here is my page for the challenge

I used all 4 inspiration photos on this layout. I love the colour combination selected. I used flourishes from Photo 1, the layout is about a female puppy from Photo 2, I used ribbons and metal brads for Photo 3 and I used a border punch and journalled for Photo 4. My journalling reads "Our puppy Abbey was so little that she had to use her brother Pudge to lean on to feed. Pudge treated her like a Queen"
I used paper from my stash, rubons from Dream Street Papers, and Kimberly Poloson, Tim Holtz walnut distress ink,  pearls, Bo Bunny brads, transparency and embellies from K & Co. I inked the edges on all my embellies and paper and popped up the flowers and crown.

This is one of two 16 x 20 canvases I made for the family who has our first born puppy, Willow.  This photo was taken in December of their children and I found the idea on Erin Blegin's blog and just loved the wording so I've changed the design to suit a single photo and used Bo Bunny paper, distressing with Tim Holtz Walnut Ink, the windows and shutters are popped up with a second layer, the clock is popped up, the hinges are Tim Holtz grundge board, misc brads, and 3 little metal embellies from Tim Holtz.  The canvas was painted with Delta Spice Brown. I used Glossy Accents by Ranger to attach the letters and most of the other items to the canvas but used Mod Podge on the back of the paper.

 

 

James and Willow for Mark's Finest Papers Challenge 3

It's time for Challenge 3 over at Mark's Finest Papers, a Heindrich Co
This week it's a sketch challenge featuring a sketch from Page Maps

Here's the sketch and a link to their website:
http://mfpspeedytv.ning.com/page/scrapbook-challenge-3-02-21-13

and here's my take on the sketch

 

These pictures are of our first born puppy, who we named Willow Grace.  These pictures show her in her new home with James, one of four children she loves.  Her new name is Joanna Chai and in these pictures she is 4 months old. I'm very fortunate to get to share in her new life through pictures and emails.

I used misc paper,  the Go Ahead and Howl stamp from the North American Woods stamp set from Mark's Finest Papers,a MS border punch, and snowflakes, snowmen and a rubon from my stash and Dear Lizzy letters from American Crafts that was a gift from Nina Brook Designs with my last order of papers. Check out their site for some great deals - http://ninabrookdesigns.com/

Dress Up Day with Granny,

This layout is with pictures of my friend Cathy and her granddaughter Emma.  Emma loves to play dress up when she visits Granny.

I used MME Lost and Found paper, distressed and inked the edges with ColorBox pink and charcoal inks, used an MS border punch, misc gems, rub ons from my stash, Kissing Booth letters and doilies and I popped up the two smaller photos.

Memories Are The Stars That Brighten Our Dreams

hi there, 

here's a layout I just did this morning of Savannah with Willow in the pink ribbon and little Abbey in the yellow ribbon.  They are 17 days old here and snuggled up to their mom's face.

I used MME Kissing Booth papers, a Martha Stewart Around the Page punch, a white lacy rub-on from my stask, some pieces of doily, ColorBox Chestnut ink, letters from Kissing Booth, a Zva bling swirl, misc flowers and bling and distresses the edges of the back paper with the Zutter Distress it All.

thanks for looking and have a great day

I just finished another entry for the Color Combos Challenge 232.

I've had this picture from a travel magazine for a couple years waiting for a chance to use it and it was the perfect colors for this challenge. After I finished the page I found the multi-green letters in my box as well. These are pictures of my brother with our puppy Abbey who I nicknamed Abbeykins. I popped up the photos over the picture and did a bit of stamping and distressed the edges and inked with ColorBox Evergreen.

 

 

 

why not hop on over to their site and play along and see what the others have created with these great colors.

http://colorcombosgalore.ning.com/photo

Good morning,  It's a very, very cold morning here in southern Ontario.  Hubby said it's the coldest morning yet when he took the dogs to the dog park and of course they like to stay awhile.   Just finished this layout of Savannah and her puppies at 5 weeks old.  It didn't matter how old they got they still wanted mom's milk and it wasn't easy for her once they grew teeth.  She was pretty patient with them - this photo is their bedtime snack.

I used papers from my stash, distressed all the edges with the Zutter Distress It All, inked the edges with Tim Holtz Walnut and Aged Mahogany, used some LOVE tickets I printed, a Nuture definition from an old book from Paper Pizazz definitions and words ephemera, a little clothepin that I coloured with a glitter marker, a Tim Holtz grunge swirl that I inked with Aged Mahogany then used the burundy glitter marker, and a Tim Holtz little heart trinket and some MME stamps.

Hope you all enjoy the rest of your weekend.

I've been having a productive day today - with scrapbooking at least.  Here's a layout I just did this afternoon of hubby with Pudge and Skye when they were 2 weeks old.  They were a handful and quite squirmy but so adorable.

This is the start of a new challenge at Color Combos - challenge 232.
here is the color pallete for this week.

 

I picked a picture of Sklyar, one of our puppies, at 4 months old.  Her new owners brought her to visit just before Christmas and it was so good to see her as we hadn't seen her since the end of September.  In 4 months she has grown bigger than her mom and is a bundle of joy and energy.  She is holding Leo her favourite toy.

here is my take on the challenge.  I used color blocking, some stencilling, inked the edges of everything with Tim Holtz Pine Needles, used a rub-on and clustered my elements with just one big flower. 

so go on over to Color Challenges and check out what the design team has created and give the challenge a try.

http://colorcombosgalore.ning.com/forum/topics/color-combo-challenge-232

Good Morning,  It's a very cold day here in Southern Ontario with a few flakes of snow coming down.  Last nite I finished this layout of our puppy Abbey at bedtime snuggled up to her new giraffe toy.  I guess she used him instead of one of the other pups for a pillow.  The others were still playing but she was zonked for the day.  She is 6 weeks old in this picture.

I used some cardstock and patterned paper from my stash, a MS around the page border punch, a Fiskars border punch TH vintage photo distress ink, stamped the three tickets and inked with rusty hinge and used an orange glitter marked on the edges, popped up the leaves of the flowers, stamped the clouds and stamped DREAM on them, used some MME stamps and misc gems and pop dots and a Sassfrass corner sticker.

Have a great day!

Mark's Finest Challenge 2 - Dream Weavers

Good morning,  Hope everyone is having a great day!  It's time for the SpeedyTV Scrapbook Challenge and Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co and this week's theme is based on Valentine's and/or Love.  Entries must have stamping on them and you do not have to use Mark's Finest stamps but if you do your chances of winning are doubled.  And they have some great stamps to choose from. Here's their link:   http://mfpspeedytv.ning.com/page/scrapbook-challenge-2-02-14-13


For challenge 2 I chose a photo of our puppies Pudge and Abbey sleeping together with their arms around each other. They were best buds from the time they were born. Pudge loved nothing better than to lay on top of Abbey when he was sleeping and he was so much bigger than she was we had to watch he didn't smother her. Here is my layout called Dream Weavers.

PP - MME Lost and Found
Stamps - Mark's Finest Papers Stamp Sets Christmas in the Country and New Pines.
Stamps - MME stamps
Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Warm Lipstick, Fired Brick and Black Soot
Tattered Angels masks
Zutter Distress All
MS heart punch
Misc Ric Rac
Misc pop dots

Hi folks, 

The first challenge at Mark's Finest Papers is over and I was lucky enough to be chosen the winner for my Pudge Love layouts. I received the Sand Dollar stamp set as a prize. Thanks to Mark's Finest Papers and the scrapbooking challenge for hosting the challenges.  Here's the stamp set I won.

This layout shows Savannah kissing Skye the day after they were born.  She was very proud of her puppies.  The blue ribbon is Sonnet Nite Skye, yellow ribbon is Abbey Rose, pink ribbon is Willow Grace and the one with no ribbon is Red Warrior Clancy's Piper whose name became Pudge within a few days of his birth.  He had a huge appetite and never stopped eating.  We continued to watch daily as he gained so much more than the girls. 

This was a quicky page with elements from DCWV kit.

Here's another layout I completed last week for the Color Combos Challenge 230.  It's of a friend's granddaughter taken at Christmas 2012 in a cute little sweater with Scotty dogs on it.  I used distressing and Tim Holtz inks,  canvas hearts, a rub-on, some doilies and made some Scotty dog embellishments to go with the dogs on her sweater. Here is the color pallete we were given"

 

http://colorcombosgalore.ning.com/photo

 

Here's a couple more layouts I've finished for our Puppy Scrapbook.  The puppies were born last August 4 but I completed a scrapbook for each of the families who bought a puppy so I'm only now getting to our book.

 

The first photo is of our puppy Willow Grace cuddling up to her mom Savannah.

 

The second layout if of my brother Adrian holding all 4 puppies - a real handfull.  There is Willow Grace, AbbeyRose, Skye and Pudge.

Hello,   I am new to the blogging world and this is my first post.  I wanted to enter the Scrapbooking Challenge at Mark's Finest Papers - a Heinrich Co. so guess I need a blog in order to do that.

I also used this photo for Color Combos Challenge 230.  Here is the Color Challenge pallete

 

http://colorcombosgalore.ning.com/photo

 

I used the poodle from the Fabulous Dog Set at Mark's on this double layout.  The pictures are of our only male puppy, Pudge, being cuddled by my brother.  Pudge was 8 weeks old in this picture.  He is one of a litter of 3 girls and 1 boy born to our Standard Red Poodle, Savannah.  He is in his new forever home now with a loving family and already at 6 months is much bigger than his mom.