Scrapbook Expo!!!

Hey all !!!  Well we made it back safe and sound from the Scrapbook Expo in Utah....and it was FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!   The deals there were unbelievable.  Seriously I shouldn't have to go shopping for scrapbooking paper for the next 10 years.  LOL  But we all know that I will be at our local scrapbook store sooner or later...

The trip started out with a little hickup with the vehicle but the FANTASTIC guys at Knight Dodge in Swift Current fixed us up in a hurry and sent us on our way.  :)  Here is a pic of Deanna and Kim with the guy who helped us out...for the life of me I can't remember his name.  LOL

It was a long long long long long long long long drive to Utah!!!  LOL  2 days of straight driving.  I got a little bored and started snapping pics in the van....

I think everyone was going a little stir crazy...hahahah

This is our wonderful driver Deanna!!!  


Finally we arrived in Sandy!!!  

Shag - a - licious Baby!!!

If you can believe it I don't have ANY pictures of us at the actual Expo.  I will have to get them from the other girls and post them at another time.  :)  Ok Kim just sent me a some pictures....here is one of me outside the doors of the Expo....

We did get to meet Kristine McKay from My Craft Channel.  She is hillarious!!!  :)

We also took a class with Lance the owner of the Rusty Pickle.  :)  Super nice guy!!!  LOVED the class he taught.  Of course I don't have a picture of the album we created...but I do have one of us with Lance.  :)

It was a great trip with fantastic friends!!!  I am soooooooo looking forward to the next one.  :)

Love Blooms Here

Hey All!!  It has been a busy weekend in the Bourassa household... :)  The most exciting news is my youngest daughter was in her first equestrian show this weekend.  We are so proud of her.  She had a FANTASTIC day!!!  Unfortunately the lighting in the arena was terrible and we didn't get any good photos.  Sad considering I am a scrapbooker...and I have no photos to scrapbook....but we did get this video of her 2' Hunter Class.  :)

I also had the chance to play with some Treasure Box Design files.  :)  This one has got to be one of my favorites.  It is the Love Blooms Here file.

OMG how cute are those little girls!!!  LOVE IT!!!!

Here is the layout I created using the file and the Basic Grey Plumeria papers.  :)

One last thing!!  OMG!!!!!!!!!!  We are off to Utah to the Scrapbook Expo!!!  I am too excited for words.  :)  We leave tomorrow!!  I am sure I will have tones to post and yack about when I get back.  :)

Talk to you when I get back.  :)

Leanne

Treasure Box Designs Layout

Hey All!!!  

Now that the smoke has cleared from the Blog Hop...and I have to say WOW!!!!  the talent on that hop was AMAZING!!!  :)  I have randomly drawn a winner for the Tiny Flowers Designer Template.  Drum roll pleasssssee!!!

AND THE WINNER IS!!!!

Mariangel!!!

Thank you so much for your lovely comment Mariangel.  I have sent you an email to your Yahoo address...please email me your mailing address and I will send your goodies out ASAP.  :)

I had the chance to sit and scrapbook with my sister and her dear friend Tonya over the weekend.  It was a blast.  :)  Between the giggles I did manage to get a layout completed.  :)

I had asked Dina to make a Miss Muffet file for me a while back ... and she did!!!  Here she is... Treasure Tot Muffy!!!

OMG she is just toooooooo cute.  :)  Creating this page was super easy...of course I used the paper piecing file Muffy and my Kiwi Lane Designer Templates.  :)  

I Do believe I used the Scallops, Madison Avenue, Tiny Floral, Tiny Wacky and Tiny Nature Designer Templates on this one.  :)  I haven't added the photo yet but this layout was made with my youngest daughter in mind.  :)

Thanks for stopping by!!!  I am thinking my next post is going to be an organizational/ScrapRack update.  :)

Leanne 

Kiwi Lane March Blog Hop

Hey All!!!  I am soooooooooooooooo excited to be part of the Kiwi Lane Blog Hop this month.  :)

You should be coming to my blog from Nella Nalam's blog Memorable Scraps.  :)  If you are arriving from somewhere else make sure you go back to the start at Kiwi Lane's Blog.  There are prizes at stake.  :)

When Kristy asked me to be part of this hop I was absolutely ECSTATIC!!  I could barely contain myself.  :)  I think my hubby and kids might have thought I had finally fell off my scrappy rocker.  LOL

I found Kiwi Lane about a year ago and I have been completely addicted to their Designer Templates ever since.  It really has made my life a lot easier.  Being able to make my page map and see what my layout is going to look like before I ever cut 1 piece of paper is the bomb!! 

Ok enough of my babbling and on to the good stuff.  Here is the first project I created.  I had a totaly blast making these flowers.  They were sooooo easy.  Just traced the templates onto paper coffee filters, cut them out, used floral tape to wrap them around a floral wire then sprayed and dried.  I did do some curling of the petals in the end.  The Designer Template I used was the Tiny Wildflower.  This is one of my absolute favorite templates.  I use it a lot.  I am a flower kind of  girl....

I also decided to make a double page layout.  The Designer Templates I used were

Tiny Wildflowers, Chestnut Drive, Cascade Trails, Tiny Brackets, Tags, Strips, Photo Mats

Whew!!  Lol  I think that was it.  :)  The papers I used were really old but I think they look awesome on the layout.  I was going for a Wedding kind of theme with the bouquet and the layout.

The flowers on the layout and the bouquet were made from coffee filters and a couple of Lindy Stamp Gang sprays.  (Another one of my favorite scrappy things.)





I have a little treat for those of you who have stopped by.  :)   I am giving away the Tiny Wildflower Designer Template that I used to create the bouquet of flowers to one lucky scrapper!!!  Yeahhh!!!  I love prizes.  :)

Here is a pic of the template

This set comes with 6 amazing templates!!  All you have to do to get in on the goodies is leave a comment and follow my blog.  :)  Easy Peasy!!!

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh and KIWI LANE DESIGNS is giving away a $25 Gift Code to one lucky winner.  All you have to do is follow along on the blog hop and leave a comment on everyones blog.  There are 10 in total.  Now it really doesn't get much easier than that.  :)

Whew!!! Ok it is time to hop on to

Teresa Gray's blog.

She is one amazing scrapper.  You are going to love what she has created.  :)

Here is the Blog Hop Order

Kiwi Lane Desings

Becky Williams - One Scrapp'n Mama

Jenny Urzua - Scrappifyable

Jennifer Budge - Things That I Create

Gail Owens - GLOworm Designs

Neela Nalam - Memorable Scraps

Leanne Bourassa - Scrap'n With Flair (You are here)

Teresa Gray - Momma's Favorite Things

Jenna Hipps - Jen Stampz

Jennifer Nicholes - Crafting Moments

Don't forget to leave a comment on everyone's blog.  :)  You don't want to miss out on your chance to win the $25 Gift Code from Kiwi Lane Designs.

AND

Follow my blog to get entered to win the Tiny Wildflowers Designer Template from me.  :)

One last thing.  I want to thank the Kiwi Gals for asking me to join the hop.  I am truly honored.  :)

HAPPY HOPPING EVERYONE!!!

Leanne 



Birthday Card for Treasure Box Designs

Hey All!!!  I had time today to create a card using the Party Animals file from Treasure Box Designs.  This is the first of a few creations using this file.  I am hoping to have the rest done for out up coming blog hop.  :)

As you can see this file has tons of goodies in it...I love the hippo.  :)

Here is the card I created using this file.  I used the Fancy Pants - It's Your Day paper again.  I love the colors in it and I have a ton of it left.

Bo Bunny and Treasure Box Designs

Hey All....well to say things have been busy around here is a serious understatement!!!  But I did get a chance to play with a new file from Treasure Box Designs.  :)  Dina has a bunch of new designs called Treasure Tots.  They are soo adorable!!!  And to make things even better she has a digi stamp that goes with each file.  :)  I totally couldn't resist the urge to haul out my copics dust them off and get some coloring in.  :)

The file I use is Treasure Tot Julie.  She is absolutely adorable...

Here is the card I created with the digi stamp.  :)  I used an older Bo Bunny paper pack called Vicky B.  Love the colors in one. 

Considering I haven't used my copics in quiet some time I think she turned out not too bad.  :)

The copic colors I use are as follows:

Hair:   YR31          Clothes:  RV13           Flower:  YR04          Leaf:  YG03          Shoes:  E49

          YR23                         RV15                        YR07                    YG05                      E25

          YR24

I am still trying to move forward on my new organizational system.  It is coming slowly but surely.  :)  No pictures yet but I promise I will try to get to that soon... :)

I did have the opportunity to take my Scrap Rack Travel Pack to a crop last weekend and it worked wonderfully!!!  It was super easy to pack and unpack!!  I can hardly wait till I get everything into my Scrap Rack.  I am hoping it will done soon.

For those of you who are in the Saskatoon area our annual crop Scrap-A-Palooza is next weekend.  :)  If we are super excited for this one.  :)  It our 5th Anniversary and we have a few extra fun things in store for the participants.  :)

I am working on a few new piecings I am hoping to get them done this evening.  Fingers crossed.  LOL

Leanne

Bo Bunny Blast Off

Hey everyone...well an entire week has passed and the organizatioinal process is slowly but surely coming along.  I am about 1/4 to 1/2 way done with my embellishments and I am hoping to finish by next Tuesday.  Wish me luck...LOL  It is a crazy busy week over here but I think I can pull it off......  I am posting from work again (Shhhhhhh!!!!) so I don't have any pictures to share but I will take some this evening and post them either tonight or tomorrow.  :)

Sooo in between organizing, riding, house hold stuff, work and life in general I have managed to create another layout for Treasure Box Designs....  Yeah me!!!  LOL

This time I used the Out Of This World file.  It is super cute.  I especially love the little alien guys.  ;)

Here is the layout I created using the TBD file and Bo Bunny's Blast Off paper collection.  It is an oldy but a goody.  :)

I apologize for the picture quality....the lighting in my house is terrible.  For some reason everything turns a shade of orange....not sure what is going on.  I would take it outside a photo it there but that is kind of hard with 4 foot snow banks on the deck....hahahahahha....

Have a great evening!!!

Leanne