Retirement

Retirement .... that's what we're all working towards - right!? Well I used to be, then one day I realized the closer I got to retirement the older I was getting ... and I don't want that to happen!

A special uncle is retiring this week after many years of working with the Provincial Government, Dept. of Natural Resources (formerly, forestry & wildlife) and he loves the out-of-doors so I think the card I made for him is fitting. Hopefully he will like it.

Happy Father's Day

I'm trying to get my card making in sync with the holidays .... usually after the holiday I'm in the mood for making cards of that theme. Here are a few cards I made over the past few days for Father's Day. I especially like the ones that are meant to look like dad's shirts. Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there, especially my own, and happy scrapping!

Wedding Invitations

I've been very busy lately, doing a lot of scrapbooking, card making and even made 50 wedding invitations. I've also decided to start up a group on Facebook - Kim's Kreations - as a way to sell my cards. Check me out if you're on Facebook.

Other cards I've been working on are for baby showers, ordination and graduation. Here are some samples - let me know what you think and happy scrapping!

National Scrapbooking Day

Unfortunately I didn't do as much scrapbooking today as I would have liked. As per usual I got caught up in house work most of the day.

I did manage to finish a layout I started last weekend. I was inspired by the wedding of Prince William and Catherine (Kate) Middleton (April 29, 2011).

The background which was done with black and white one inch paper strips woven together was my jumping off point ... it was inspired by the floor of Westminster Abbey.

I'm reasonably happy with the end result. I hope you all had a happy National Scrapbooking Day. And to all you moms out there - have a Happy Mother's Day tomorrow (May 8, 2011).

Inspired by the Promise of Spring

Despite the fact that I had a snow day on Friday, March 25th, I was thinking of spring. And in spring the flowers start to bloom and that's a much nicer thought than snow storms isn't it! Made several of each of these cards, my take on creations by other scrappers. I especially like the lilac!

Playing Catch-up

As I may have mentioned before I've been making a lot of cards since November. I was starting to think I might never get back to my favourite pass-time of scrapbooking. So the past two or three weeks I've been trying to fill in some of the gaps in my own scrapbook. Yesterday I finished a really girly layout - Kristie's Graduation. Really pleased with how it turned out. I used half of a die cut from Deja Views, paper from Creative Memories and lots of bling from Dollarama. Now I need a black and white pic of her in her prom dress to complete it.

Back in the Zone

For months all I've done is make cards ... and to think I didn't really enjoy it! Lately I've felt that I needed to catch up and do some layouts in my "Book of Me". We've been having weekly scrapbooking club get togethers and so I've gotten back to where I started - good old 2-page layouts. Love it! Here are a few new layouts I've done.