KiKi on the block : A Kisses for Keaton layout

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 This is another layout done for the Kisses for Keaton album. It's titled Kiki on the block. I have to smile every time I see this picture. How adorable is this? I mean she's a little Cinderella with a hockey stick! Don't you just love her shoes? Lol. I would like to thank Krissy Mosbarger from Swirlydoos Kit Club for her generous donation of the Pion papers Vintage Garden used for this layout!

I was inspired by Kiki's dress and used a template I had seen on the infamous Gabrielle Pollaco's blog http://gabriellepollacco.blogspot.ca/. Gabrielle has kindly posted a template for the corset on her blog. I hand stitched the corset and added lace to the top and bottom of the corset. I then used some trim from Melissa Frances and misted it using Charcoal mist from Maya Road to make up the rest of the dress. I then disassembled a flower from Prima called Angel Eyes Madeline and used the smaller beads and added them to the dress. I used two birds and some crystal bling from Prima to recreate the birds holding the dress like they did in the movie Cinderella.

This is the flower from Prima that I took apart to help make the dress!

I tucked some roses into the top where I folded the paper back. I love the stencil I used on this layout from crafters Workshop called Mini Art Is. I used some moulding paste I had left from a Christmas Kit I bought from Swirlydoos last year! (You will get to see the final product from that very soon!)

I've combined this flower stem from Prima with some handmade ones. I loved this flower stem ( I've had it for ages) because it matched the outfit Kiki is wearing to a tee! It's from the Cinderella Collection go figure! The other flowers I made myself using paper from the Pion line.

I inked the page first, then applied the moulding paste and it still looked rather bare for the title so I used a butterfly stamp and stamped underneath then attached a butterfly I had cut out from the paper then I added the title!

This is the rest of the title. Again I stamped and used a butterfly I cut out from the paper. In hindsight I can see that in this case with smaller letters it might have been too much. I chose the title just because of the way Kiki seems so happy out on the sidewalk in a pretty dress playing hockey! She is obviously comfortable with who she is and confident of herself. A little Kiki on the block! Again I want to thank Krissy from Swirlydoos for her donation that helped make this layout possible! This album is a labor of love and I truly appreciate all the help I can get in its construction as I want it to be my Masterpiece! Something Kiki and her family can enjoy for years to come!

 

Well it's been a wretched rainy day here in Gravenhurst. This weekend is the annual Cranberry Festival in Bala. I have wanted to go for years but couldn't due to the fact that I was taking care of my mom and then the past two years it was pouring and this event is held outside. I can't handle the damp weather with my bad back but it looks as though I have no choice. It is the third year in a row now that it is raining during the festival and I am so done with waiting! I am off to the cranberry festival tomorrow!

Please remember to enter the Pay it Forward Contest if you haven't already and have a great weekend!

All the best! :)

 



Remeber-Sketchabilities, Scrap Around the World, Bird is the Word

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This is the first time I have ever entered one layout in more than one challenge. I always feel compelled to do individual ones for each challenge but this layout met the criteria so why not? This is my daughter Meaghan who for the past two years has battled to get out of a wheelchair. She broke her back and was told she would never walk again. I am proud of this girl for her tenacity! She is walking and she did it herself! But first the details. 

This is the sketch from Sketchabilities

and this is the Mood Board from Scrap Around the World.

What caught me about this Mood Board is how the blue, green and yellow pop against the stark white. So I tried to use these colors together against a mostly white background. I used the new 7-Dots papers 9th Waves for this. Love the blues in this line. This is the site for Scrap Around the world http://scraparoundtheworld.blogspot.ca/. They have a great group of talented ladies!

And for the Bird is the Word challenge the word this month was Dance! What a better way to celebrate walking again they to step it up and dance!

This is my gem. She was in the hospital for months and months back and forth between Cambridge and Hamilton. She had three major surgeries and after the last one she somehow slipped through the cracks. She waited endlessly for Physiotherapy to help her regain her strength but it never came. She gained a lot of weight due to being in the wheelchair and became very depressed. Then one day she took it upon herself dragged her walker into her apartment hallway strapped her leg braces on and started by simply trying to stand alone. Eventually she managed a step then two and well the rest is history. I bawled when she came to visit me and walked out of the car. She surprised me! Thank-you God! Miracles do happen! Now I am always driving her nuts, Megs don't bend over like that, Megs don't pick up the girls! lol

The title was important to me. Remember ( never forget this gift you received) Dance like nobody's watching (in celebrations of having the ability to walk and dance again).

Petaloo mixed with Prima in attempt to try and keep the color scheme consistent!

I tried to add texture to the page by using drywall tape (yes I am cheap lol) and going over it with moulding paste then removing the tape and letting it dry. Then I painted it with blue and green metallic paint.

\\\ell that's it for this post. I was in a mad rush to get it done and posted in time as tomorrow we celebrate our thanksgiving and I will be out of town. It is the first layout I ever did in a day. I'm a dawdler at times and like to over think things but not today. I just slammed it down and kept going. I hope you enjoyed! Have a great weekend and for my fellow Canadians Happy Thanksgiving! P.S. don't forget to go back and enter the Pay it Forward Contest if you haven't already! All the best!

The Journey OUAS

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This is my submission for this month's sketch challenge at OUAS.

This is the first of what I hope will be many posts about an amazing family. I decided to do this layout first because this event had just transpired and I am totally in awe of the courage and dedication of this mother for her family. This is the story behind Kisses for Keaton. Meet Stephanie a wife and a mother of two beautiful children one of whom has cancer at the tender age of two. Even while watching her young daughter Kiki endure the horrors of battling her disease, even when she feels like her heart is being ripped out of her chest and she wants to rage at the injustice of it all she finds a lesson in everything.

At an event held on the 29th of September Stephanie cut off her hair in support of Kiki and what she was going through with her own hair loss. You can see the realm of emotions she is going through in the pictures. The apprehension and angst and in the next moment  pure unconditional from the bottom of your soul love. Three other women joined her and they managed to accumulate 10 inches of hair which will be donated to a charity that makes wigs for children. Even today as a direct result of this event women are still getting their long locks sheared and are donating them!

I wanted to be sure that you could read the journaling as these are Stephanie's own words and they speak volumes to her commitment to her family. I am so honored that they have allowed me in to document their journey for every time I read her posts I come away with a new sense of purpose and desire to make a difference.

The theme this month at OUAS was journey and I could think of no other journey as amazing as the one this family is on.

Just a couple of close-ups as this is more about the story than the page. I did a bit of inking and masking to add dimension on this page. The papers are from the Limited Edition Kit from MCS called Anna Marie from Prima.

Aside from the tiny roses all the flowers were included in the LE kit. All the flowers are Prima and I used a stamp from LaBlanche to make the leaves but left them black and white to focus more on the vivid colors of the blooms.

Last close-up a trinket from MME which speaks to the subject matter. A story of a remarkable family who even in the worst of times find lessons learned from their experiences and who choose to share them with the world in the hopes of making a difference. I encourage you and will continue to do so, please visit the Kisses for Keaton facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kisses-for-Keaton/148650585296073 and read the excerpts written by Stephanie as she deals with this battle everyday. Take what this family has to offer with their insights and try it on yourself then Pay it Forward.

 

It has been a horrid few weeks for me, nothing compared to Stephanie's but I have been in and out of the hospital for tests and what not and feel incredibly "bagged"! Hopefully things will turn around as I am excited about delving more into the Kisses for Keaton project as well as my own pages. Also remember that there is a Pay It Forward Contest running this month with a pretty nice price pack so go back one post and enter! All the best! :)  

 

 

Pay It Forward Contest

It's that time again where I have this overwhelming urge to thank the universe for being so giving by Paying it Forward. If you follow my blog you will have read a post about a little girl named Keaton aka Kiki. She is a precocious two year old with cancer. For more details and photos please go back and read Kisses for Keaton. I am doing an album ( a very special album) for the family. I asked a few people for donations and was thrilled to get a few yes'! So as a way to say thank-you I am hosting another contest to say thank-you to those that give back. Yesterday September 29,2013 Kiki's mom decided to bring herself to her daughters level. Mom wanted to show her how much she loved her and that she would do anything for her so mom shaved off her beautiful long blonde hair at a benefit held in Toronto called Kisses for Keaton Bald is Beautiful Fun Fair.

This is Kiki and her mom today.

 

The prize for this Pay it Forward Contest includes the Crate Paper Collection Emma's Shoppe including the diecuts. Rubons, Trinkets & Brads from Bo Bunny's Prairie Chic Collection, a Chippy from LeakyShed, ATC Chips from 7 gypsies, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad in Red Brick, a music note stamp from Kaisercraft, and a package of Pink & White Roses from Prima. This is my gift to the winner.

 

All you have to do to have a chance to win this prize is:

1) Become a FOLLOWER  of this blog!

2) Share this contest on your Facebook page and or your blog and it will get you a extra entry for each share! (Optional)

3) Visit the Kisses for Keaton facebook page and leave some love tell them who sent you (Optional) I will be checking and again this will count for an extra chance to win!

4) Also leave a comment and let me know where you shared this post! (if you did)

That's it. Really it's about paying it forward to Kiki this month and I hope you'll join me!

 

The contest begins October 1st and ends on October 31st. The winner will be announced on November 1st, 2013.

I thank-you from the bottom of my heart for participating in this contest and can't wait to give away this prize that comes from my personal stash.

All the best!

Hugs

Pam

too cute for words

This a layout I did for the September Sketch Challenge at Creative Scrappers. Another grandchild page of course. Four year old Emily on her first Ferriswheel  ride a Santa's Village in Bracebridge. 

 This was the sketch we had to work with.

I wanted the circles and stars to really stand out so I gave them a little extra attention.

 I will let it be known now that I had major issues masking this layout. One I wasn't feeling well and was also having issues with my right arm (currently under investigation).  Trying to mask around all the circles and stars well it didn't go the greatest but I didn't have another sheet of paper this color so I just tried to clean it up a bit and forge ahead. I mean they can't all be perfect right? Right? :( I doubled up my circles and then stitched them in the middle. I also stamped this one with a heart and the next one down with stars.

The smaller circles I cut with my silhouette and then backed them with another circle sprayed with gold shimmer mist.

I painted over the stars with Modge Podge then added glitter. In order to hold the glitter in place I used hairspray because I ran out of Glimmer Mist. Hey it worked :)

 One last close-up. The papers are from Websters Pages ParkDrive Collection. The bling was just some I had in my stash. Well I finally received my bottle of Ferro in the mail yesterday. Mine dried out because I let it sit too long, then the company sent me the wrong color and when we established the right color it took almost four weeks to get here from Colorado. A record for sure. Most of the time things come within a week or two. Not my month I guess. So I am going to try and finish my Advent Calendar after I do a ton more Fall cleaning. I am also hosting a huge baby shower this weekend with 50 people and am pulling out my hair trying to organize not only the shower but the rooms as everyone of my girls is spending the weekend with their kids! Full house!

Yeah me!

All the best!

 

The Good Life 13@rts Sketch Challebge

 This is the sketch at 13@rts this month. You had to use 2 stamps and 2 different media forms. I used moulding paste, gelatos, mists and my two stamps and this is what I got. . .

Granddaughter Lilly playing in the sprinklers. I love the absolute look of joy on her face! She always begs to come to grandma's house because it's always fun. Eat, sleep and play the Good Life! I used Pink Paislee's Cottage Farms paper for this layout.

This is the first time I used this mask by Finnibar and I love it! I stamped my page first let it dry then added the moulding paste on top the stamping.

I stamped some buttons and I inked some from Pink Paislee's London Market line. The flowers are a variety from both Petaloo and Prima.

Dug deep in my stash to find these two embellishments. They are from Kand & Co. the Mira line.

Flower and button bouquet at the top left of the page.

I stamped the title on the page with a lot of mishaps which shall remain nameless! Little bird also from K& Co. Mira line. I used Tim Holtz ink pads and Faber Castell gelato to color the background. I not 100% happy with this page which means I need more practice but isn't that how we learn?

 

On another note keep your eyes peeled as I feel another PAY IT FORWARD CONTEST creeping up on this blog!! So Stay tuned and have an amazing day!

 

A Family Affair

This is the sketch this month at My Creative Sketches

And this is my version. . .

This is my wedding party which includes my five daughters and two of my granddaughters. I separated the page by using a Prima mask and some moulding paste. I liked the elegant feel it gave it. I used the August Limited Edition kit from MCS which featured the beautiful paper line Plum Seed from Webster's Pages.

Sadly as I was shooting my layout it clouded over instantly and by the time I was done it was raining! I wanted to show that I used some Glimmer Glam in Chandelier and covered all the moulding paste to give it a sheen. It looks great but you can't really see it here :(

Rather than go with a big flower cluster I used the small ones that came in the kit. I wanted simple and elegant for this layout. Of course the flowers are Prima.

I used the Websters's lace that came with the kit (so pretty) and used it to help make the border on the top. A few randomly spread out beads and a cameo from Bo Bunny finished off the page. I have to be brief today as I am up to my eyeballs with things to get done. I am hosting a baby shower for my  youngest in two weeks for 40 people and am helping her get the house ready (grandpa is renovating the nursery so you can imagine the plaster dust!). She is so lucky we live only a block apart! Plus I have company coming this weekend and next weekend all five girls are coming home with the grandchildren for the shower and everyone wants to spend the whole weekend with mommy!  (I love it :) ) It's Friday the 13th so either be careful or buy a lottery ticket depends upon your view of the day. Either way have a great weekend! :)