Remember This Forever...

Hi everyone,

Sharing a new layout that I made today for the American Crafts March Layout Gallery.  I do layouts all the time about some of my favorite subjects - my dogs, husband, friends and my children.  I Finally decided to do a layout about something else that is very dear to me - my Canon 7D.  I have been a loyal Canon fan since early 2000 when I started photography.  I have been blessed enough to work along with Canon in 2 of their creative programs (can you say best day job ever) and have learned a lot and met a lot of amazing people in the photography industry as well as the scrapbooking industry.  I guess you could say that my 7D is my baby.


Remember This Forever Layout

I started out my layout by punching out a lot of pieces using a square punch and then folding them to make them look distressed.  Art is so much more fun when you are not trying to be perfect.  I never measure, I just eyeball it all the time.  And this is the result - creative and carefree:

supplies: Pool Cardstock (AM710-69) - Cardstock, Combo Paper (PLUDS-66804) - Plus One, Tandem Paper (PLUDS-66805) - Plus One, Assistant Paper (PLUDS-66806) - Plus One, Counterpart Paper ( Paper (PLUDS-66807) - Plus One, Doubles Paper (PLUDS-66808) - Plus One, Pal  Paper (PLUDS-66809) - Plus One, Copilot  Paper (PLUDS-66810) - Plus One, Date Paper (PLUDS-66811) - Plus One, Buddy Paper (PLUDS-66812) - Plus One, Sidekick  Paper (PLUDS-66813) - Plus One, Partner  Paper (PLUDS-66814) - Plus One, Party Of Two Paper (PLUDS-66815) - Plus One, Couple Paper (PLUDS-66816) - Plus One, Soul Mate  Paper (PLUDS-66818) - Plus One, Match Paper (PLUDS-66819) - Plus One, Twosome Paper (PLUDS-66820) - Plus One, Pair Paper (PLUDS-66821) - Plus One, Duo Paper (PLUDS-66823) - Plus One, Companion Paper (PLUDS-66824) - Plus One, Friend Paper (PLUDS-66825) - Plus One, Ensemble Paper (PLUDS-66827) - Plus One, Plus One Cardstock Die Cuts (366849) - Bits, Plus One Fabric Brads (366852) - Elements, Plus One Acrylic Stamps - Accompany (366856) - Stamps, Plus One Associate Dies (366860) - Dies, Plus One Flair Adhesive Badges (366906), Plus One Thread Kit (366864) - Thread, Polka Dot Party Epoxy Stickers (366198) - Accent & Phrase, Punch Star 1.5 (KOP63102) - Knockouts





 Thanks for letting me share!  Have a good one!

Weekend Recap and More...

Wow, is it really the end of the week already?  How did it go by so fast.   This last week has been so busy for me that I just lost track of time.

Last Thursday I had two of my favorite peeps come to stay with me.  Michelle flew in from Southern California and Suzy drove up from the Bay area to spend the weekend with muah.  I am so thankful to have such good friends.  We always have the best time together and last weekend was no different.  We spent Friday and Saturday at Its all about the Scrapbook where we hosted a fun crop together and Suzy taught a fun class.  Then, on Sunday I took the girls to Old Sacramento where we did some shopping, dining and did a fun photo shoot:

Upon getting their we realized that my tripod was broken (I have a 14 year old daughter to thank for that).  So we had to improvise (thank goodness Suzy is an amazing photographer and she can run fast).

  I had such a great time with my girls, I always enjoy their company.  They left on Monday, then I had to immerse myself in classes.  I am going back to work this Fall for Canon.  The marketing company that I used to work for contacted me about another job opening in my area.  It is not the same position as before, but luckily I still get to work with Canon and will be working hands on this time with their cameras.  The position is part time but will pick up to full time around the holidays, so I will not be blogging as regularly as I do now during November and December.

One for Monday...

Well it looks like the stomach flu hit our house. Kalee is home sick today and I have been very busy between taking care of her and cleaning the carpet. Not sure why kids never seem to make it to the bathroom on time when they get sick, but it makes me very glad that we invested in a carpet shampooer a few years ago.


Here is a fun layout that I created over the weekend before the flu hit our house.
It is a photo of me with my good friend Suzy West. I used the Domestic Bliss line (Lily Bee), mixed in with 1 page from the Christmas Town line for this layout.
I made those fun flowers on the page using a tutorial that I got off of the the Lily Bee blog So fun!

That's it for today. I am off for round 3 of shampooing the carpet. Wish me luck!
Thanks for looking!

Fun with Epiphany

So.... last weekend I worked at the Sacramento Scrapbook Expo at the Epiphany Crafts booth. Have you seen Epiphany Craft's products? You can create your own custom epoxy shapes with their shape studio tools and your own acrylic buttons with their button studio tools. These things are so much fun to play with and so versatile too!

The Epiphany Crafts booth at the Expo:



I loved the Epiphany tools so much that I took them with me to a fun crop that I was working on Sunday for Canon



The Ladies got to take turns trying out all the different Epiphany tools!


So fun!


Everyone loved them, and wanted to order them immediately!





I decided to use Epiphany Crafts shape studio tool to make fun epoxy's for 2 layouts that I was working on.




those epoxy shapes are so fun. Love how you can customize them to coordinate with your pages.

Spooktacular event at Hambly

Last week I had the opportunity to work at Hambly screenprints studios in Santa Clara, Ca. I was there representing Canon with Canon's fabulous cameras and printers so that guests that came to the event could have their photo taken and printed for free.


fun paper chain decorations using Hambly paper


There was a makeup artist at the event

Mrs. Hambly really enjoyed the Selphy line of printers.


A shot of the Canon table. I dressed up for the event as Canon girl.


Customers printing their pictures at the Canon table


Mr. Hambly - owner of Hambly screenprints was so nice. He gave everyone a tour of the warehouse and took the time to take pictures with the guests.

I had to get a picture with friends Suzy West (facebook costume) & Sarah DeGuzman (ladybug costume)


Another shot of me as 'Canon girl' at the Canon table


Employee Chris (cowboy) assisting a shopper in the store

Employee Rose with customers shopping in the store


Mr. Hambly assisting guests with shopping.

Did I mention that I came home with tons of Hambly goodies that night? :)

new projects to share

I was orginally going to share this post tomorrow, but I am too excited so I am going to share it now. I created this Punky Sprouts Alfalfa Sprout album using Crate's Restoration line. I absolutely adore this line, the colors, the textures, the embellishments. I also got to use (for the first time) Studio Calico's new Mr.Huey's sprays. I am in love with their sprays. They are so much fun, and they added so much versatility to my pages.










I have to say that I had so much fun creating this album, it is one of my favorite projects


Maya Road Album

Here is a look at a Maya road album that I created recently for Canon. I used coordinating papers from October Afternoon and lots of yummy ribbons, and glimmer mist too. All of the small photos on this project were printed with Canon's portable Selphy printer. So much fun!



I am available to teach this class at a local scrapbook store near you. Thanks for looking!

Nor Cal Cricut swarm

I worked at a fun event last weekend to raise money for breast cancer research. A large 'swarm' of Cricut instructors and Cricut lovers got together to host a fun crop with over 140 attendees! I was there representing Canon at the event with cameras, so that the ladies could take pictures and print them out for free with our awesome printers. The ladies at the event held a silent auction that raised over $2000 for the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Wow! The event was a huge success and I was very glad to be part of it. Thanks to my good friend Suzy West for coming with me and keeping me company at the event.
I wanted to share some pictures from the event with you. Enjoy!