Gone Camping {but not really}

One of the new lines from Best Creation is called "Gone Camping" and for a girl like me who doesn't ever see herself camping I was a bit concerned how I was going to use the papers :) Turns out the colours and the designs can work in so many other ways other than 'gone camping'. I just love it when things that seem so set for one thing, can be used in a so many different ways.

Supplies :  Best Creation Gone Camping, Websters Pages, font 1942 report



Supplies : Best Creation Gone Camping
Spellbinders dies

Love all the sparkly word circles




"The question is not what you look at, but what you see."

Henry David Thoreau

Fall in Pixie Hollow

I love fall,  I love the crisp air, the cooler weather which is perfect cuddle in a blanket weather, and the colours of the changing leaves.

Technically since it is still summer here, I don't have too many fall stories to tell yet :)  So for this fall challenge over at Inspired Scrapper, I chose some pics from Pixie Hollow in Disneyland.  Last year, it was transformed into a Fall Revelry to match the theme of the movie Tinkerbell and the Lost Treasure.  We loved to see the coloured leaves, the fall banners, the compass and the fall scepter from the movie.  It was a surprise to also meet Terrence, Tinkerbell's friend.

Supplies

Best Creation pp

Basic Grey pp

Artsylicious chipboard letters

Marth Stewart punches

Originally this layout had a very neutral kraft background with the one square piece of pp and the butterflies as the only pop of colour.  However my attempt to add some sparkle and pixie dust to the layout was not very successful.  So I ended up changing the background totally, and went from a neutral to bright fall colours.  Lesson learned that pixie dust is best left to fairies ;)

I love this celtic styled song from the movie. 



Here are two more projects using the Autumn Splendor line from Best Creations.

I can't believe my baby is three.  She has turned into little miss independent.
She started preschool this week and loves it!  I was a bit worried about how she would react to being left with the teacher, but she was totally fine!  Apparently she also talks up a storm with the teacher, I might have get the teacher some Tylenol to help ease her headaches at the end of the day :) lol

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Jump Start on Fall

I know technically it is still summer, but it certainly feels like fall.  With everyone back in school and the days being crisp and cool, it seems like we've jumped into fall already.  Today while walking to school we saw the leaves changing on the trees, another sign that fall is here.

And since we are practically in fall why not share a Halloween card!

supplies

Best Creation Patterned Paper, AC Thickers

Check out the Cards Blog (Northridge Media) to see more great card creations using accordian flowers.

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Dandelions and falling leaves

What do dandelions and falling leaves have in common? Well not much except that I have two scrappy projects to post and am putting them in one post :)

The stamps are from Our Craft Lounge.  One I added stickles (love some glitter), the other I coloured with chalk and added some gems.  Simple.

This is a favourite picture of mine from 2008.  They were all walking home after school on Halloween Day.  You can see the girls have their costumes on, and Harj must have picked them up straight after work as he has his bag with him.  I love that they have their umbrellas and are walking through the leaves.  Definitely a West Coast Fall.

Supplies : Websters Pages pp, McGill punch, prima stamp and flowers, petaloo flowers,  WAMK Chipboard letters, 7 gypsies tag, ink  I wanted the layout to look like it was continuing from the picture, or that picture spilled onto the layout. 

Just a last thought.....

"There is more to life than increasing its speed. "  Gandhi