Canadian Scrapbooker Sketchy Challenge

Every month there is a new sketch over at Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine.  As you probably already know, I am a sketch fanatic so I thought I would give this sketch a try.  I thought I would challenge myself to take out some mists and masks and maybe try a different medium such as some glass beads to give the layout more texture.

Shannon and Elly

This was a lot of fun to create and it was fun to get inky and messy.  Purple for me is not a colour I find easy to work with but thought I would mix it with some green and blue for a more pastel effect.  My daughter adores her dog and when I was staying with her one weekend I took this photo.  I love candid photos the best.

I hope you enjoyed this and if you like to be challenged or just need a starting point then check out Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine's Sketchy Challenge here.

Have a great Tuesday!

Scrapbook Challenges Sketch #316

Today it is Thanksgiving Day here in Canada.  It is a statutory holiday here so I am busy preparing our traditional turkey dinner with all the trimmings and gathering with my family.  I am so thankful for so many things and I thank God for all the blessings.  One of the things I am truly thankful for is my husband and wanted to scrapbook a layout on him.  This is for today's Sketch #316 at Scrapbook Challenges.

Above All Else Be Original, Be You

I recently purchased this collection by Authentique named Original
and I love it!  It's great for masculine pages.

Here are the sketches that inspired me and I hope they inspire you as well:

Sketch #316 Single

Sketch #316 Double

Have a great day and thanks to all my followers of my blog.

Never Too Old To Learn...

I love learning and know that it doesn't matter how old we are, we can always learn something new.  I have always had such admiration for people who are in their 90's that you hear that have received a degree.  It keeps them young and vibrant and alive!  Our brains need exercise to be healthy.

Art Doodling

Photography

Art Journaling

Mixed Media

Scrapbooking

I believe that I am just starting to really know me and now that I am fifty years of age and have spent twenty seven years of my life taking care of my children, I had somehow forgotten my identity. Raising my family has been my biggest undertaking so far and two of my children are grown up and married and I am finally seeing the fruits of my labour.  I can only hope that my youngest son, who is going to be thirteen years old this month, will be just as fruitful.  The teen years are a challenge and I have to go through that one more time.  Wish me luck!

The last two years have been a real journey for me in finding out who Lee-Anne is.  In my journey, I have taken many classes in the past two years.  I took a six month Anatomy and Physiology class, an art journaling class, some mixed media classes, a class on colour, a photography class, several scrapbooking classes and now I am registered to take Brave Girls Art School. Being a huge fan of Christy Tomlinson's workshops, I am confident that Melody Ross's classes should be very good as well. After all, they are very good friends and are both artistic!  It should be fun and I am looking forward to learning some new art techniques.  This week is the last week to register for this class so I thought I better sign up before the price goes up.  If you would like to check out the details check it out here.

I encourage you to take time for you. We are so busy taking care of everyone else that we can only grow if we discover who we are. Maybe I'll see you in the forum.  Have a great day!

Some Happy Mail!

This week has been full of happy mail.  I feel very honoured that my layout "Thankful" will be published in the upcoming November issue of Scrap N' Art Magazine.

Also, two of my layouts one called "Mom's Diner" and the other called "Baking With Love" are now published online in the October issue of Scrapbooking.com Magazine.

This world of scrapbooking has been very good to me in the last year and I feel very blessed and thankful.  It has also been wonderful to meet so many scrapbooking friends from the design teams that I  participate on.

Have a wonderful day and don't forget to do what you love.

Scrapbook Challenges Sketch #315

One of the best things about every Monday is a new sketch is revealed at Scrapbook Challenges.

Happy

Here is the sketch that inspired me:

Scrapbook Challenges Sketch #315 Single

and if you prefer to do the two page layout, we have that covered too:

Scrapbook Challenges Sketch #315 Double

We would love to see what you create with these sketches.  Come on over to Scrapbook Challenges and become a member and upload your creations in our forum and our gallery.  

Have a good day!