Paper Romanza

I borrowed the title from Amy Leggate's blog : Paper Romance!

It fits these tiny 3x3

cards perfectly.

I used Love's Language acrylic stamp by CTMH for the heart. The paper is all CTMH (vintage More to Adore ) as well as the ribbon (from the chocolate collection) . Julia sent me a bag of chipboard swirls that I inked in chocolate and used to mount some of the hearts on.

I left the fronts blank intentionally, so I can use these for Valentines, thank yous, or tiny love messages.

Designs inspired by the Stamp Goddess (Teresa Black)

The Many Faces of You

Just a quick page from the ongoing 9 year project called the hockey album, on my son Colton James, who is getting very close to 17 years of age.

Since I focus so much scrapbooking on his hockey in uniform, I wanted to include a picture of him in his dress shirt and tie (with lucky Thanksgiving tie clip that I got him for getting a win. I used to get him little presents like mini sticks or pucks or pins for shutouts... now the presents are for wins ! lol.)

At 16 he makes good decisions, works hard at school and sports, and has a bright future ahead of him. He has a great sense of humour and helps me a LOT at our home. He will be missed when he goes to university.

I used CTMH base pages in black and added some background paper and journalling, and a few stickers. Pretty simple.

Hoppy Easter, Happy New Year, HAPPY BLOG ANNIVERSARY to me!

In thanks to my profession, I had time over the Christmas break to catch up on some unfinished layouts from 2009. I had started this layout up north in November at the chalet with Bernie and Peggy. I chose a fresh new palette of citrus leaf, sorbet, taffy, and juniper cardstock as the colours of Spring . I was thinking of mounting the title on little ovals to look like Easter Eggs and had the letters ready to adhere, and the photos were mounted in place. I left a large 7 x 5 space on the left for my main photo. The corner rounder was put to good use and I was pleased with the groupings of baby birds, bunnies, flowers, and children in the photo groupings. We had a simply phenomenal spring last year on Driftwood, as far as nature and baby creatures was concerned. The bunnies were hopping in and out of my front garden for weeks.

I knew the big Easter bunny picture of John and Jacqueline was somewhere in my studio and would turn up with a good look. Last week, dad brought over a huge bags of stamps and papers that my good friend Julia in BC sent along to me via Toronto, and lo and behold, inside that bag of assorted used stamps was an Easter set with 25 different adorable patterned eggs. Instant title! I located the main pic and the layout came together. I was inspired to create the large ribboned egg with ricrac and brads. I cut a white daisy paper flower in half to adorn the ends of the egg.

This decade brings my third year in blogging . I started this blog exactly 2 years ago... and enjoy sharing my thoughts and projects in this way. Thanks for looking!

and...

to all my readers, a very Healthy and Happy New Year!

2010 Brings Felicity!

Close to my Heart has a special kit just for National Papercrafting Month and I LOVE IT.
It’s named the Felicity Collection, and it contains exclusive regular and die-cut B&T Duos®, three amazing color schemes, and a stamp set that includes bitty birds, funky argyle patterns, flirty flourishes, and even an entire alphabet!

It can be yours free with a minimum purchase, or purchased outright from http://stefinitas.cuttingedge.myctmh.com/

Felicity was used to create this adorable birdy card! They used a piece of the diecut circle to create the branch . so sweet!

You can also check out the special Felicity blog:

The blog was created just for the month of January and will feature all sorts of Felicity projects!!

I am so inspired already .

Delights of the Season

My Fiftieth Christmas wish to all my family and friends is for a Peaceful and Loving Holiday.

Let the Light Shine from your Heart and your Eyes!

Hope you like my Grand Finale card for 2009.


all products are Close to my Heart.

see you in 2010!

Holiday Cheer!

For my Fiftieth Christmas Year... I sent Ms. Holiday Cheer!

This card is a spirited and sweet little number, adorned with all the trimmings.

It was a very good Christmas for all at Driftwood Ave. We are thankful for family, friends, and our health.

Peace...

Stephanie

And so this is Christmas ... and what have you done?

Let us pause in our hectic lives and take a moment to remember John Lennon... the modern music world's greatest advocate of peace, tolerance, and love.

I would love to try to paint John.

What a beautiful soul.