Some new layouts to share

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Some Thrift Shop & Brook

Feeling a bit under the weather but wanted to post a couple of layouts I did lat weekend. Used the delicious Brook Collection from Crate Paper for this one:

This layout is about the amazing weekend we had a few weeks ago - Olivia did her First Communion and Brendan's hockey team won the championship. Definately a fun time!

This layout is about my girl on her special day. I used October Afternoon's Thrift Shop. Seriously amazing paper. I'm in love with that line!

I'm off to veg and watch American Idol. It's almost Friday............. :)

I Think I'm in Love....

....with this piece of paper:

From October Afternoon's "Fly a Kite" Collection - called "Ice Cream". Well, I'm definately willing to scream for it. It might not be healthy but.....what can I say. This piece of gorgeous, colourful paper excites me. Coming to a scrappy layout near you very shortly. :)

Life is busy, hence my lack of posting lately. It's busy time at work, kids are in their activities, etc and I haven't been scrapping much. Going to take some time tonight and really get into a page. Perfect way to de-stress.

Besides the usual kid stuff, we had a pretty exciting weekend around here last weekend. Olivia did her First Communion. She looked beautiful, she was wonderful and we are so proud of her. Pictures to come soon. On the same morning, Brendan and his amazing hockey team won the championship final and took first place in their division. It was beyond amazing. These boys were middle of the pack all year - like in 10th or 12th place. They played their hearts out all playoff long and rewarded with being the champions! The score of the final game was 1-0. I think the parents were more stressed than the kids! The best part - Bman got a breakaway and hit the post but his defence partner picked up the rebound and popped it in! His first goal of the season. The defencemen don't score a lot of goals in this age bracket so it was super cool to see Brendan and Craig get that goal. I love how proud the whole team was of themselves and it was so well deserved. They'll get a banner to hang in their home arena and were awarded medals. Pictures of that to come soon too. :)

Off to find some photos to go with that delicious piece of paper goodness.......

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What the heck.....

I was really inspired by the sketch contest posted over at Jillibean Soup Blog so I thought I'd give it a try. I've always really enjoyed their paper lines. Definately need to get me some Egg Drop Soup from their new release. :)

So here's the sketch and my layout based on it:

Thanks for the great inspiration JBS! :)

I'll be back soon with an update and perhaps some layouts. (I spent last weekend in Montreal to go see Bon Jovi in concert. SOOO amazing! More on that to come)

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Subtle Hints...

You could say that I've been getting a few. Friends telling me that I should post this or that on my blog when I tell them about something. So here's the post my Peeps! Some pictures of Olivia yesterday during an impromptu photo shoot and 3 new layouts. (The Dear Lizzy one is looking a little icky. Will have to take another pic and repost soon.)

Thanks for stopping by. I'm going to post an update on us in point form. I just really want to get it down but not a ton of time to post (kids are outside! so nice to have daylight at 7 pm!!):

- Brendan was in a hockey tournament last weekend. They played hard but didn't advance. However, they did beat the first place team in their league. Bring on the playoffs.

- Hockey playoffs begin!

- Brendan made the U9 Competitive Soccer team!! Go Bman! Go Hornets!

- Olivia is doing her First Communion the weekend after Easter.

- I found a beautiful dress for said Communion at a killer deal that made her eyes almost pop out of her head. I did good. :)

- Olivia is playing U8 soccer this summer. Go Dragons!!

- Me and my best friend are headed to Montreal this weekend for a girl's weekend! This includes seeing Bon Jovi in concert baby!! woot woot!!!

- Work is busy. Note to self: win lottery.

- Joe is gearing up for baseball this summer (he gave up soccer so that he'd have more time to take Bman to his competitive soccer...amazing dad)

- we are good! and healthy! and busy!

- bring on summer and flip flops :)

Thanks for the visit.

Title-less

Not much to say today but wanted to get this recent layout up that I did of my sweet baby girl:

She's out for her first official sleepover tonight with Sydney. "Official" because she's never slept anywhere but here, with my parents or with her godmother. I'm sure she'll have tons of fun. :)

Our weekend is full of hockey, soccer and more hockey......the reward of having a very athletic son. And I do mean "reward" in a positive way. I love going to his games and cheering him and his team on. So much fun!

We'll be cheering on the Olympic Canadian Men's hockey team tomorrow afternoon. Bring home the gold boys!!!!!!!!!!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend......I hope it goes super slow....especially for my peeps who have to get up for icky work Monday morning!

Off to scrap - some new goodies are in the house - MME Lush and AC's Dear Lizzy!! Time to get busy!


thanks for stopping by and reading my rather dull post.................. :)

Winterlude Fun...

I had a lot of fun at Winterlude with Olivia and her friends. The pictures in the above layout were taken there. They sure know how to giggle and have fun! They are fresh and rejuvenating. I really love hanging out with them. Although Livi is only seven, she's got a great little group of friends going. I hope they are friends for many, many years to come. I created the layout with some "old" stash (FP Arctic Chill) after my friend Melanie challenged me to just that. Thanks for the challenge my friend! Just what I needed. The layout is also based on a sketch posted over at Scrapbooking Fanatics for their Friday Night crop. If you haven't been there yet, GO. The ladies are great and so inspirational. And it doesn't hurt that the owner, Jayme, has a great selection of the latest and greatest with fabulous prices and customer service that is second to none.

Did a bunch of cleaning this weekend and Brendan had a hockey game yesterday. My boy played one of his best games yet and he even got an assist! He wants to score so badly and he tries to hard. Soon Bman!! It'll happen if you keep trying. :)

My brother, SIL and nephew Keeghan came for a visit yesterday. Can you say completely adorable? I took many photos of him that will be appearing on layouts very soon. Here is one of my favourite shots:

How adorable is he with those big baby blues and long dark lashes. I love that little boy.

My big boy wanted nothing to do with photos this weekend (and sometimes, you just have to let them be!!) but my girl was up for a little photo shoot. I got a few great shots of her, my fave being the one below. Mel- I believe this is what Dan would call a "money shot"! I'm really happy with it (and so amazed that this beautiful girl is mine....) :

Thanks for the visit! Back soon. :)