That's what it has been this week. I forget how tiring the first few school days are. It's Friday and I can say, I have some great classes and my students are fabulous (well most are!). I have so much to share and show so lets get started. First is the CCG inspiration board and my layout. LOVED those colours and this is one of my favourite layouts. There is also a class/tutorial (which I created) called FOCUS ON DETAIL over on the ColorCombosGalore forum!

Quelle semaine. Ah, la rentrée m'a épuisée mais je dois dire que j'ai des super chouettes classes et une horaire de rève! J'ai beaucoup de choses à vous montrer. D'abord le combo de chez CCG avec ma page. Une de mes préférées!

Then I made this planner using AMY TANGERINE products. Love it. I'll love using it through out this academic year!

Puis j'ai créé un journal de classe pour moi en utilisant les produits Amy Tangerine. Je l'adore! 

Products used: Kraft (714645)-AC Cardstock, Falling for you Fabric paper (35559)-Amy Tangerine, Get around paper (35561)-Amy Tangerine, Slate (Amy Tangerine) (53249)-Thickers, Amy Letter stickers (42212)-Remarks books, Hi friend dimensional stickers (42214)-Remarks, felt (57632)-ribbon,

Tomorrow I'll be showing you some more Amy Tangerine layouts! 

Have a happy and sunny Friday.

It's yummy oh so yummy

The August Hip kit is up on the blog. Oh, Can't wait to get my hands on it. A scrap girl like me can NEVER have enough Amy Tangerine, Jillibean Soup and Echo Park goodies. LOOK AT IT!

MAIN KIT

EMBELLISHMENT ADD-ON KIT

PATTERNED PAPER ADD-ON KIT

CARDSTOCK ADD-ON KIT

Now who wants this kit. ME ME ME!!!!

A sketch and some cards

When I started scrapbooking I always used sketches. They made me feel at ease and as a novice they were the perfect learning curve. Even now after 7 years of scrapping I still love a great sketch but I use them as starting point and can get a little carried away. Over at the NOOK JC made this sketch for the 15-31 sketch challenge. It inspired me and this is what I came up with. I used the OH SO WONDERFUL Scrapbooknook August kit. 

J'ai toujours utilisé les sketchs. Au début je les suivais à la lettre mais maintenant j'ose m'éloigner plus pour avoir une page qui me ressemble. Voici une page faite à partir d'un sketch proposé par JC sur le forum du SCRAPBOOKNOOK. J'ai utilisé leur kit d'août!

Over at the nook we also had a card swap. This was my first time but it was so much fun. We got paired up and had to send a card kit to the each other and then create. My partner was Miranda Wedekind. 
Here's what I got and what I made. Thanks Miranda.

Monochromatic

Well, I can finally reveal this week's inspiration board over at CCG. I does seem a little frightening but I LOVE it and really like the way my layout turned out. This week's designer challenge was a recipe. Go over to the CCG site and discover what the other DT girls have come up with. You will not believe your eyes. 

Enfin je peux vous montrer le combo 206  de CCG. Cette semaine-ci le défi était en forme d'éléments imposés. J'ai adoré la faire! 

Explanation concerning the designer challenge which was a recipe: 

Wood: I used my wood embossing plate and embossed straight onto my page by placing it below my page and going over it with my bone folder.
Ledge:The ribbon to create a horizontal line, the ribbon is also the striped element!
Transparency: I layered vellum paper under my picture.

Title in caps: TUNE

Then as I always do at the moment I added some thread to soften the lines and create movement.
Many people ask me how I get it to hold on my page. Well I staple it down, there,  where I know I will be covering it and then I use my hot glue gun to adhere the rest.

Oh and I have some good news. One of my layouts got the HONOURABLE MENTION over on the MYMINDSEYE blog and I get to choose one collection. Now that was hard!  Then I was lucky on the Basic Grey blog and was randomly picked to choose one of the new lines. Lots of scrapping in sight!!!

Et puis, j'ai eu le HONOURABLE MENTION prix sur le blog de My Mind's eye pour cette page. Et j'ai donc pu choisir une de leur collection. Sur le nouveau blog de Basic Grey mon nom a été choisi parmi plus de 450 et j'ai aussi pu choisir une de leur nouvelle collection. Beaucoup de scrap en vu! 

Have a lovely Saturday. And for those who are having to face Irene, you are in my thoughts and prayers. I hope she will calm done and pass without leaving any damage.

Passez un bon samedi.

And ...

I thought I would be able to post inspiration board 206 from ColorCombosGalore but it's not up yet. Might have something to do with Irene. So instead of that I decided to show some of my latest photos. As you will see I have been playing around with them a bit. 

Pas de combo de CCG pour le moment donc je vous montre des photos! Retouchées certes mais j'adore ça! 

Daddy time

Robin and his bike and me trying different shooting angles.

Have a lovely weekend!