Mojo Scrapbooking!

I can't believe it. 15 months later, I have finally started working on our wedding scrapbook again. Today, it was the Mojo Monday weekly challenge that got me going!! Thank you, Mojo, I so appreciate it!

To the right is the lovely sketch (so lovely, in fact, that I made a card too once I was done this scrapbook page. I'll blog about that soon)


I had the papers and embellishments picked out and slipped into the protective sheet now since the end of June 2010. I had kind of forgotten that I had all this stuff picked out already, so when I opened up the scrapbook and saw it all sitting there I was really excited.

Our Wedding

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*I would like to add a disclaimer to this photo*

It is not actually as uneven/lopsided in person as it may appear here.

I saved a lot of stuff from our wedding for the purpose of scrapbooking - which is why it's surprising that it took me so long to actually do it!

First, and likely the most obvious, is our colour scheme: brown, green, pink and ivory. We got married at a sugar bush, and wanted something very natural. 


The ribbons for the bow were from two separate parts of the wedding.

The brown picot satin ribbon was from our invitations and from the tags we used for our guestbook.


The brown "We tied the knot!" ribbon was what we used to tie the "thank you" notes to our favours (little bottles of maple syrup). Clever, no?

Instead of flowers, we used a lot of feathers. My sister-in-law does bobbin lace (incredibly intricate work), and made me a pink flower to wear in my hair. I added some small white feathers to it, and a circle of beads. Both of those are used (see right).

The brown feather from the image was the basis of the groomsman's boutonnieres. Derek, being the lucky duck that he is, got an ivory feather instead of brown (you can see it in our actual wedding pic).

I loved our wedding. Not trying to toot my horn or anything - but it was such an amazingly special day. We had SO much fun. It was laid back and turned out exactly the way we wanted it to. No stress, no mess :)

I'm glad that I did this today, it made me feel very happy to relive the awesomeness of those moments.

-tb:oxo

Here we go loop-di-loo!

Getting loopy with CAS-ual Friday! This week's challenge was to create a CAS project using a ribbon tab or loop. I chose to do both :)

To My Friend

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No supplies were harmed in the making of this card! 
Cardstock :: Whisper White
Stamp :: "to my friend" from the Longfellows set (SU)
Ink :: Riding Hood Red
Embellishments :: Paper butterflies, pearl dots, ribbon
Tools :: 1 3/4" Circle punc, corner rounder

Aaaaand, because it's World Card Making Day, I thought I'd do one more. This one isn't for any challenge, just because I wanted to use the Timeless Portaits DSP, and the clocks seemed to be perfect for a 'missing you' theme.

Missing You

No supplies were harmed in the making of this card, either! 
Cardstock :: River Rock (SU), Basic Black (SU)

Paper :: "Timeless Portraits" DSP (SU)
Stamp :: "Missing You" from some random set...
Ink :: Black
Embellishments :: Picot-edge ribbon
Tools :: Decorative label punch (SU), Dimensionals (SU), 

Scallop Oval punch (SU), Lace edge punch (Fiskar)

That is all... :)

-tb:oxo

Mojo Monday

The Mojo Monday sketch:

And here is my take on the sketch - which I loved, btw.

Unique

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No supplies were harmed in the making of this card! 

Cardstock :: Very Vanilla (SU), Blushing Bride (SU), Army green

Stamp :: "Have a Seat" (SU)
Ink :: Wild Wasabi (SU|)
Embellishments :: Ribbon
Tools :: Decorative label punch (SU), Dimensionals (SU)

I have another post coming up - so they are both going to be super short! I gotta get some relaxin' in before bedtime ;)

-tb:oxo

CAS for CTD

In other words... a clean and simple card today for the Color Throwdown challenge. The colours are perfect for fall, so that's how I themed my card.

Don't know who I'd give it too, wishing someone a "happy autumn" is not something I normally do - but alas, if the mood strikes, I'm prepared :)

Color Throwdown challenge:

Happy Autumn

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No supplies were harmed in the making of this card! 

Cardstock :: Whisper White (SU)

Paper :: "Pocketful of Posies" DSP (SU)

Stamp :: "Happy" (Hero Arts), letters from some random set I have for my son.
Ink :: All SU: Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Chocolate Chip, Riding Hood Red
Embellishments :: Pearl dots
Tools :: Decorative label punch (SU), Scallop punch (SU), Corner rounder (EK), Dimensionals (SU)

Enjoyed a walk to the coffee shop today with my two boys, it's certainly feeling like fall out there!

Thinking of building a lightbox soon...

-tb:oxo

Enjoy!

As soon as I saw the colours for this week's Play Date Cafe challenge, I immediately thought of the Well Worn DSP from SU. They were perfect! So rich and masculine. Even the way the books are lined up in the colour story, and the 'stripes' of colour samples.

Any excuse to use those papers, and the "Have a Seat" stamp set make me happy :)

This week: Wine...Smudge...Leather...Parchment

 

Isn't it gorgeous?! It reminds me of the library in "Beauty and the Beast"... And makes me long for a wall full of books, with a wicked ladder on wheels :)

Someday, maybe!

Enjoy

 

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No supplies were harmed in the making of this card!

Cardstock :: Very Vanilla (SU)

Paper :: "Well Worn" DSP (SU)

Stamp :: "Have a Seat" (SU)
Ink :: Blue Bayou (SU)
Embellishments :: Satin ribbon, metal letters
Tools :: Decorative label punch (SU), Dimensionals (SU)


The other day I went down to my crafty corner of the basement, and found this little note. I have a shelf where I put the "latest" cards that I have made... I only keep the ones there from the last time I stamped, so sometimes there's just 1 card, sometimes there are a few. When I reached up to the shelf to take down the older cards and put up my new one, this is what I saw:

oxo - I have an awesome husband - oxo

In other news, Hunter and I made the most delicious dessert for tonight's dinner. Which is good, because dinner itself was less than stellar :P I was craving chili, so we made that, but it was incredibly dry and bland. Normally I throw in some beef brother, which I forgot tonight, so maybe that was the problem. Needless to say, the Apple Gingerbread that was had post-"dry chili" was well worth suffering through the main course for.

Off for a second serving... (of the deliciousness, not the dry)

-tb:oxo

A Less is More Christmas

I made this Christmas card for the Less is More challenge this week (sketch). I just love the Dasher stamp so much...

Less is More sketch

Very Merry

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No supplies were harmed in the making of this card!

Cardstock :: Whisper White (SU)

Paper :: Riding Hood Red DSP

Stamp :: Dasher (SU)
Ink :: Riding Hood Red (SU)
Embellishments :: Dazzling Diamonds (SU)
Tools :: Dimensionals (SU),Scallop Oval punch (SU), Circle cutter (EK), 2-way Gluepen


Come on, Christmas...

-tb:oxo

CAS-ual Friday

This week's challenge at CAS-ual Fridays was "Mostly Monochromatic" - using 3 shades of a colour of your choice, plus brown. A little bit of structure, and still the freedom to choose the colour you want!

I chose yellow. Maybe it's the feeling of fall... maybe it's just because I had papers that "called" to me. Whatever the reason, I chose yellow - and I don't even really like yellow :P

Love

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No supplies were harmed in the making of this card!
Cardstock :: Very Vanilla (SU), Yellow

Stamp :: Essence of Love (SU)
Ink :: Chocolate Chip (SU)
Embellishments :: Cappuccino twine (The Twinery)
Tools :: Dimensionals (SU), Scallop edge punch (EK), Circle cutter (EK)

Getting ready for fall...

-tb:oxo