Published In The Summer 2014 Issue Of Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine!

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Happy Saturday friends!  Today I wanted to share some happy news.  I have a layout that is published in Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine's Summer 2014 issue! This issue should be in Canadian news stands June 1.

There is something about being published in a printed magazine that is special.  This magazine always is full of lots of inspiration and it doesn't matter where you live, you can subscribe to it.  Here is the link to subscribe.

I also noticed that many of my scrappy friends are published in this issue too.  I love the online world of scrapbooking!  Although I have not met a lot of my online scrappy friends in person, it's like I already know them as we share our lives and creations on a day to day basis and there is this camaraderie that is special.  Being on several design teams, both on a Canadian level and international level has built many special friendships.  It's an amazing feeling to inspire others and be inspired.

The layout that I have published in this issue is on Page 34 of my Dad, who is a kindhearted, gentle guy and a man of integrity.

I snapped this photo on a whim as my parents do not like getting their photos taken and I love it because it's natural and not posed.  Father's Day is coming up and I was happy that I could honour him by being published.

Thanks Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine and especially Jackie Ludlage.  You rock!

Have a wonderful day everyone! I hope you can do something today that brings you happiness.

Scrapbook Challenges Sketch #349

Hi scrappy friends!  I hope you had a nice weekend.  Today I am sharing Scrapbook Challenges Sketch #349.  There is a single and a double page sketch for this week.

Scrapbook Challenges Sketch #349

Scrapbook Challenges Sketch #349 Double

Since this past weekend was Father's Day here in Canada, I wanted to do a masculine layout of my husband and son.

I loved creating this layout because I used the Farmhouse Paper Company's Market Square "Barbershop Collection" and it is perfect for masculine layouts.  I love all the little embellishments that come with it.

Here are more closeups

To see what the wonderful Sketch Crew created with these sketches check it out here.

Thanks for stopping by my blog and I hope you can carve out some time in your busy day to scrap.  Have a wonderful day!

Twisted Sketches Sketch #155

Today's sketch over at Twisted Sketches is about celebrating Twisted Sketches third year anniversary.

Anam Stubbington has done a great job and I tip my hat to her as she has put so much of herself into her passion and contributed so much to the scrapbooking industry.  She is so talented and I am very flattered that she asked me to design layouts for her Twisted Sketches blog.  This is my second term designing for Twisted Sketches and it was also my first design team that I have had the opportunity to participate on.  I'll always be grateful to her giving me the chance to explore my creativity further and to do what I love to do and that is to inspire and create.  Just because.

On this layout, I chose to do a layout for Father's Day that is coming up this Sunday, June 17.  My husband and youngest son and I were celebrating my husband's birthday last month so I thought it would be great to create a Father's Day layout for my better half.  I like to take a photo of them every year as my son grows and changes so much every year.  This night was such a fun, happy night.  We laughed and laughed until we had stomach aches.

Father and Son

I used the Echo Park "Times and Seasons" collection and the twist was "3"  so I used the 1 2 3 mini banner on my layout.

Thanks for stopping by and check out Anam's awesome sketch.

Have a great day!

Happy Father's Day

 I love my dad

 and I love my husband.

 They deserve a day to be honored.  I had to share this video.
 
http://youtu.be/DOKuSQIJlog

Hope all you dads out there have a wonderful day!