Happy New Year - Bonne Année...

Well, 2009 has come and gone and 2010 is upon us. May it be a happy new year for all, full of good things and fun challenges, friends and family and love and laughter. May the angels smile upon us and all our prayers be answered...

In the fun department, the new year has brought us pleasure in the form of snow, so we can enjoy snowshoeing and perhaps even coax out our long forgotten cross country skis. There has even been some time for scrapbooking... YAY!!! That has been on hold for a while! Spending more time on scrapbooking, mainly card making and family albums is on my resolution list for 2010, although, we all know how efficient new year's resolutions are... LOL!?

Anyhow, here are a few of my favorite creations from Christmas and three pages I created for the various December challenges over at Scrapbook Québec.

This is a banknote holder I created for my daughter - I had fun with the girly vintage look.

I created this personalized notepad for my son so he can write down his list of things to do (hint, hint...)

This is Alexandra and her irresistible eyes - back sometime in '89-90.

And voilà MOI - way back - I think it was about 1986-87. Guess what the papers are - what else but Graphic 45...




This is a new addition to Tati's album - a double page holding two beautiful pictures taken by Diane. The background is stamped using a big leaf stamp from the dollar store. This layout was really lots of fun to create.

Until next time...

I am back....

It is good to be back. I have been away from my blog and my favorite passtime for way too long. Sometimes things just happen and priorities just fall off track... but that is in the past now, and although I realize that there just are not enough hours in the day to do ALL I would LIKE to do, I will definitely resume my blog posts just because...

Here are two versions of a Thank you card that I made lately. With Xmas around the corner, I have to gear up, roll up my sleeves and get into the holiday mood soon, though. My mind is buzzing with ideas....

I realized the next three layouts during Scrapbook Quebec's Halloween crop. That was some fun! Costumes, music, punch, pizza, fun challenges, great company and numerous prizes. I LOVE their crops.

Here is one more page for Tati's album. She will probably be married by the time I finish it. Oh well... She's the teeney bundle of joy nestled above the flowers.

Pur bonheur - Pure bliss

La semaine dernière j'ai bien aimé le sketch de "52 sketches... 52 weeks". Il m'a inspiré à créer une nouvelle page 8X8 pour l'album de Tati. J'aime tellement cette photo de Tati dans les bras de son papa! Elle reflète tant de tendresse, de sérénité et de promesses futures...


Ceci est le croquis qui m'a servi d'inspiration.

"Qui touchera le coeur d'un homme si l'âme d'un enfant ne la touche pas ?"
- Lacordaire, Henri 1802-1861

Not an album yet... but I will get there!

I have promised my niece Sara that I would create an album of her beautiful daughter Tatiana-Fay. Of course, as any good scrapbooker (ha, ha, ha...) I have been participating in countless challenges and running all over the place, so Tati's album is moving along slower than a snail - she is about to turn 2 soon - how is that for slow?! So let me share with you the second page of their Cuban vacation, that I managed to create last week. You can see the first one a bit further down in an earlier post. You can easily recognize it from the bright (REALLY bright) color scheme!





On a different note... I don't know about you, but I am hooked on quotations. I decided that every decent blog needs a daily quote to perk things up, so here is a first for me, and hopefully I will be able to live up to my own challenge.

This quotation was sent to me by a dear friend and colleague, and means a lot to me.

"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other."
- Mother Teresa

Until next time...

Méga-crop pizza chez Scrapbook Québec

Le 10 Juillet dernier c'est tenu chez Scrapbook Québec le Méga-crop pizza, exceptionnellement un Vendredi de 17:00 à 01:00. Une soirée chargée de plaisir et de défis. De tous les crops que j'ai fréquenté à date, je préfère ceux de Scrapbook Québec à cause des nombreux défis variés préparés par le membres DT et des créations de toutes les participantes qui sont toutes affichées au courant de l'évènement. C'est très inspirant, valorisant et amusant. Ludmilla nous attend toujours avec de délicieuses douceurs maison en plus du repas. Sans oublier biens sûr les cadeaux, tirages et jeux préparés par l'équipe.

Voici donc mes créations. J'ai réalisé 5 pages, ce qui est une primeur pour moi...!

Défi Scraplift:





Défi kit:




Défi Recette: 3 boutons, 1 papillon, fond bazzil, 2 photos

Défi photo ronde

Défi couleur: bleu, jaune, orange, rouge

À bientôt...