It's a Wonderful LIfe - And I Am Living It In Full Color!

Hello EVERYBODY!!! Guess What?  This week the creative team over at Susan K. Weckesser Inc. have hijacked the Clearsnap Blog and are sharing some of the ways we use the new Colorbox Color Pop Mini Inks.  (How fun is THAT?!) And today it's ME up on their blog!! Where Iam sharing this fun scrapbook layout I created all about Me trying to live my life Out Loud and in Full Color!

These photos are all about one of my favorite adventures as I pushed through my HUGE fear of heights and went Para-sailing in 2012 while I was in  Hawaii on a two-week long, bucket-list item scrapbooking vacation with this wonderful group of women.

There was one moment when we were all hooked into the para-sail and were just beginning to slide backwards off the boat when I absolutely panicked - and of course that's when they took the photo! (Can you tell I thought I might die?)

Because I wanted to remember the entire event I recorded my memory here behind the main photo, where the details can remain hidden from the casual observer but are there for anyone who wants to know the story.

I had so much fun reliving this memory as I created my layout using every single vibrant color of the ColorBox mini POP inks and may fun elements from two sets of the Susan K. Weckesser stamps sets from Unity Stamps to capture the joy of the moment.

So thank you for popping in to see what I am up to and please do pop on over to the Clearsnap Blog to see what the Susan Weckesser creative team will be sharing next.  And as always, please do leave me a comment if you like what I am sharing..Smile.

Lynne Mizera

for the Susan K. Weckesser Creative Team

Susan K. Weckesser products used on this project:

CELEBRATION OF SIMPLE

JOURNAL DOODLES WITH A HEART

COLOR POP MINI INKS

STAMPlorations Mini Release Hop - Trendy Leaves 2 - Comment To Win!

Happy September to all of you and Happy New Release and Mini Hop Day over at STAMPlorations!  I am excited to be able to share these Trendy Leaves 2 stamp set and the matching dies, which one lucky commenter will win just for leaving a comment.
I got so excited stamping these wonderful leaves in six different patterns and then cutting them out on my die cutting machine, that I ended up with a small mountain of them!  And then I wanted to create something that did that pile justice so I created this scrapbook layout of my grandsons capturing their personalities in this 2014 school photo... Happy Sigh.

Now scrapbooking is something I haven't done for much too long, and it felt wonderful capturing a memory before another two years flew by.  And since my grandsons are at an age when they seem to change weekly, I need to make time to record these precious memories before I get an invitation to their weddings! Grin

This is a simple layout that came together quite quickly after I had my pile of Trendy Leaves 2.  I used two sheets of paper from the Pink Paislee 2010 Back 2 school collection (which I have been hoarding for about seven years), foam pop dots to give the leaves some dimension, cardboard word stickers, Ranger Diamond Stickles and Close To My Heart Liquid Glass... 

How the mini release hop works:

• Comment on this post.
• Comment on the STAMPlorations post. 
• Visit the designers' blogs and comment on their featured project(s).
• Commenting closes on Friday, September 9th, 11:55 p.m. Pacific (GMT-7).
• We'll randomly select a winner of the stamp set from comments left on all the blogs and announce it on Sunday, September 11th.

Want to increase your chances of winning?

• Share the link to the STAMPlorations Blog Post on your Facebook status. Make sure to tag your post with #trendyleaves2 and #stamplorations
• When you visit the designers' blog posts, pin their projects to your Pinterest board. Again, make sure to tag your pins with #trendyleaves2 and #stamplorations
• Leave a second comment on this blog post telling us that you've done the above (include a link to your FB profile/page and/or Pinterest board).

By the way, Trendy Leaves 2 stamp set  is now available in the shop and until September 13th it's 10% off!
So don't forget to leave a comment on my blog post for a chance to win this awesome stamp set and pop on over to the STAMPlorations blog to see what my team mates created with this same set... 

Lynne Mizera

STAMPlorations Products Used on This Project:

Trendy Leaves 2 stamp set

Trendy Leaves 2 Matching dies 

The Wonderful Colors of Fall in Alberta

This is blog post all about Fall on the Prairies where the colors of fall are all yellows and golds and every shade of brown that you can imagine.  

When I first arrived in Alberta from La Belle Province of Quebec I missed the showy colors of my childhood fall memories, the oranges and bright reds of the sugar maples mixed with every shade of yellow to crimson in between.  But the longer I lived here on the Prairies, the more I grew to love the subtle colors of Autumnl in Alberta and this layout is my tribute to Autumn on the Prairies.

This layout is also a tribute to recyling for my friend Teresa who is passionate about it! And almost every bit of paper on this layout was recycled from something else, from the 12x12 piece cardboard I created it on to the images I stamped onto my scrap piece of cardboard that I use to protect my counters from spraying... great colors aren't they!  I even have pieces old music books and pieces of inky paper towels mod podged to the background.

I used some of my favorite oversized Unity stamps on this layout and I also used some gritty embossing powders for texture...

And the final touch was using my white and black gel pens to add some highlights and outline some of those stamped images to make them pop.

I am entering this layout into the Rubber Dance Art Stamps' Monthly Color Challenge for October which is to use these Vintage Tones and you must use stamping on your entry (no digital stamps):

And I am also entering this into Unity Stamps
Thanks for stopping by today to see what I am up to and please do leave me a comment if you like what you see!
Cheers! 
Scrapbook Lynne Mizera

Challenge YOUrself #5 - Use Something Trendy...

This month the challenge over at the Challenge YOUrself scrapbooking blog and challenge site is:  USE SOMETHING TRENDY - " Use at least THREE trendy things" on a layout you create that contains one or more photos of yourself.  (remember this is a site that is challenging us to come out from behind that camera and to get photos of ourselves onto some of those layouts we create!)   

Some of the things that are trending right now in the scrapbook world are chalk, feathers, arrows, speech bubbles, sprays, using stencils, hand-written titles, doodling, wooden embellishments, metal embossing... etc. etc, and here is what I created...

and the "trendy" items I used are 1) a hand-written title; 2) my dylusion sprays; 3) a wooden clock embellishment; 4)a star stencil and 5)selfies!

 I used my MAC Photo Booth App to take these "authentic" photos of myself and then I played around with some of the photo effects in this app to get the photo negative film strip look... Hey! Another trending thing right now (grin).

My layout this month was inspired by a quote my friend Christy Riopel posted to facebook last week that really resonated with me: 

"Life is too short for fake butter, cheese or people." 

so I am dedicating this layout to my friend Ms. Christy Riopel... a talented artist, supportive friend and truly authentic woman - Thank you DAAARRRRLING, for all you do and all you are... (smile)

So please pop on over to the Challenge YOUrself blog to see what else the design team came up with for this challenge and maybe consider linking up one of your own layouts... there is always an awesome prize package for someone every month plus you get another layout of yourself completed for your family album.

Cheers! Scrapbook Lynne Mizera

Challenge YOUrself #4 - Keep Calm and....

Can you BELIEVE it's already our fourth challenge over at Challenge YOUrself? It has gone by so fast, and I just love that I already have FOUR layouts scrapbooked this year All About MEEE! (grin) For our 4th challenge we are asking:

What drives you?  What makes you happy?    

Is it hanging with the family and friends, gardening, shopping, running, reading, working, traveling, etc... 

Challenge YOUrself #4: Keep Calm And __________

Create a layout using the quote "Keep Calm and______" (fill in the blank)

<<<  Cannot be scrapbooking related!  >>>  

AND Remember to include YOU in the photo ;)

Now if you find you need some inspiration check out all these lovely images in Google....

To be honest at first this challenge was a bit of a struggle for me until I really looked at all the photos of ME I wanted to use and then it became so OBVIOUS!.... (don't you think?)

For this layout I used ONE piece of Bo-Bunny card stock, my colored sharpie markers and a black and white gel pen.  That's IT because I hand-doodled all the rest... SO COOL!

I guess I could have also used "eat on" or "drink on" but the common theme for me is laughter...

And if you have ever met me you will know this to be TRUE, TRUE, TRUE!

So please pop on over to the CHALLENGE YOURSELF Blog to see what my teammates created... and why not add one of your own layouts to our challenge this month?  You have until April 5th to link up and there is a lovely little prize pack of embellishments from Glitz for our top pick!

Thanks for stopping by today to see what I am up too, and leave me some "blog love" in the form of a comment if you like what you see!

Cheers Scrapbook Lynne Mizera

The Supreme Scrap Tournament - ROUND 2!

Well I made it through to the second round in the Supreme Scrap Tournament! WhOOO HOOO... I placed 7th out of 23 entries in my layout group which was good enough to push me through to Round 2, where the rules got a LOT more challenging!  For Round 2 we need to create a two-page, monochromatic  layout on any theme in any color, but no other color than the one we pick.. not even black or white of any kind... except for the ONE black & white photo that must straddle both pages...

Here is what I came up with... a tribute to my husband's Grandmother, Rose, who lived until her 92nd year and was kind and loving and wise and beautiful both inside and out... She is Missed... The Quote that I used to create this page is:

"If I had a flower for every time I think of you, I could walk in my garden Forever."

So...Wish me LUCK and I will add my card post next...

Cheers!

Scrapbook Lynne Mizera

ChallengeYOU - Challenge #3 - All You Need is LOVE!

Welcome to the third challenge of this brand new scrapbooking challenge site that is ALL ABOUT YOU! The idea is to get you out from behind that camera and to put you into some of those beautiful pages that you create for your family... Here is this week's challenge:

All You Need is Love! {Twist: Color Combo}

Challenge: Scrap about someone you love!  {Remember to include YOU in the photo}  AND Use THIS color combo:

Here is the layout I made... Me and the hubby on a beach in Mexico at sunset 

You know, although I scrapbooked about this vacation this particular photo stayed in the box... I didn't really love how I looked... my arms look fat, my face looks fat, my hair looks flat on top (get the picture) But something Lynn posted on the Challenge YOUrself site resonated with me... that it's NOT about what WE think we look like, it's about how our family and loved ones see us at that particular moment in time... and I know my loved ones don't seem to see me through the same critical eyes I seem to see myself with... 

Now when I look at this photo what I see is the love in  my husband's eyes as he wraps his arms around me on a Mexican beach at sunset... 

And of course the memories of that moment...

Happy Sigh

So please stop by the Challenge YOUrself Blog to see how the rest of the design team interpreted this challenge and why not think about creating a layout to submit?  You have all month right up to March 4th or so... and just LOOK at the prize package for this Month ... from Little Yellow Bicycle!! 

Thanks for stopping by to share with me again to day... Scrapbook Lynne Mizera, and if you feel inclined... leave me some Blog LOVE in the form of a comment...Big Smile!

PS:  I am linking this page up to The Path of Positivity Monthly Challenge #11 - LOVE; this is an awesome monthly challenge site where the challenge is Always about something uplifting and positive!  Worth checking out!

 

One Little Word (OLW)

Good Day everyone - It's already the 7th of January on this first Saturday in 2014 and it is also reveal day on  the Challenge YOUrself Blog for our second monthly challenge:

 

Challenge YOUrself #2: One Little Word

Choose a word that you will focus on and reflect upon all through the year. Create a layout that celebrates your chosen word for 2014. If you are new too OLW (One Little Word), you can find more information HERE.   

My word for 2014 is NOURISH

Now just let me say that I have never done the OLW thing before and I had to dig really deep to find that one word that I wanted to be tied to for the entire year... because I know that I will be changed by whatever word I pick... but finally that One Word rose up from the depths of my soul and wafted into my brain and I knew it was the right word because when I "found it" I felt like every thing in my mind shifted for the better.  Here is my layout:

I will spend time this year Nourishing my body to stay healthy; my soul to stay happy; my heart to stay whole ... but also

I will spend time Nourishing my friendships, my relationships, my ties with the community and my ties with my family ...

I will spend time remembering Who I am and How I want to live my life and I will Nourish these parts of me... because I love my life but if I want to continue loving my life and being happy I have to spend the time and put the energy into Nourishing - maintaining, supporting - those people and things in my life that I love so much... and on the flip side - removing from my life those things (and people) who do not  Nourish me.

So I'd Love if you wanted to come and play with me (smile) and find Your One Little Word that may help to change your life this year... and if you make a layout come share the love and link it up at the Challenge YOUrself Blog (smile) there will be prizes!