Our New Adventure!

Remember me? It has been over a month since I have posted on my blog. A lot has been going on.....all good stuff, just really busy.  The biggest change for me (us.....my family) is that we moved to Elora.  

We had been talking about moving for about a year and we made June our goal to have our house listed.  At the end of May we went out 'looking' at houses only to find one that we really liked.

We ended up putting in a offer that was accepted and we had our house on the market within the next week.

Our house was on the market for one day and sold.  They buyers moved our closing date up from August to July.....which meant we were moving in less than 30 days!  The next thing we knew, it was MOVING DAY!

With the help of friends and family we packed up and moved out of our Waterloo home and into our Elora home on the same day......it was 42 degrees out and poured rain off and on all day!

It has been an exciting time with emotional ups and downs.  Two days after our move I was convinced we had made the biggest mistake ever and I wanted to undo everything.

We have been in our new house for a little over a month now, and it is starting to feel like our home.  Things are finding their place, new routines are forming, and new memories are being made.  It is really hard to move away from a home we lived in for 14 years.....where we raised our three children.

The kids are starting to hang around a little more, although they do travel back to Waterloo to be with their friends.  I hope that their friends will start to travel this way and visit us here too!  They are always welcome.

I am looking forward to hosting visits to our friends in the near future and in the years to come.  I will continue to blog about our new adventures (there have been lots already), so I hope you will visit me here and see what we are up to.

You're A Star - LRW

Today is all about clean and simple over at Little Red Wagon!  It actually works out perfect for me because as you know, we are moving this coming Monday and all my supplies are packed up.

I have a bin of scraps and my Silhouette.....oh, and my basic supplies, so CAS is perfect for me :)

Here is my clean and simple card.

I used my Silhouette to create my background.  I cut out the stars and put different colours of cardstock behind them.  I switched out my blade for a pen and added the stitching and my sentiment.  

It doesn't get much easier than that!  

I hope you will play along with our challenge this week.  Also, take some time to see what the other ladies have created to inspire you :)

I'm also entering my card in a great challenge we are hosting at Two Scrapbook Friends this month.  The challenge is to use a negative in your paper.......which I did!  If you have some extra time, check the challenge out here!  There is a great prize up for grabs too (but clearly I can't win, lol)!

Happy Birthday - LRW

Hey everyone! Thanks for stopping by :)

Today is another Little Red Wagon challenge, and I am the hostess!

My challenge is to use only red & white on your project....to celebrate Canada Day!

Here is the card that I made!

I am working with very few supplies because everything is packed up (we are moving in less than 2 weeks).  It was a bit challenging, but I pulled it off! 

I have not....and will not be packing up my Silhouette until the day we move so I pulled out my red pen and drew my sentiment in the bottom right corner.  I found an old template that had stars on it, so I traced the pattern on my cardstock and then stitched with red floss!  I had white cardstock and a scrap of red checked paper that matched the floss and ink colour.........PRESTO!

I hope you will have a chance to play along this week and join in the fun.  Also, be sure to visit the Little Red Wagon blog and link up your creation.  While you are there, be sure to check out what the other girls have been up to!

Santa Monica Pier - LRW

What a beautiful Wednesday!!! I am in such a good mood today. The sun is shining and we have SOLD our house (in only 2 days)!! We are scheduled to move into our new house in Elora on July 8th, which means that we have lots and lots of packing to do.

I am starting to pack up most of my scrapbooking supplies, so I am going to be limited on what I can create. I am going to try and focus on Jay's travel book (although I might slip in something different too).

Today is another Little Red Wagon challenge and this week it is brought to you by Rosanne! She wants the team to use 3 or more patterned papers on our project. That was easy........

I decided to make another 'albums made easy' style layout to finish off the Santa Monica Pier.  I just love this style of scrapbooking.  It is fun, easy and really makes me feel like I am getting somewhere with this project.

There are definitely more than 3 different patterned papers on my pages, plus I was able to use up lots of little items I had in my stash.  I found this 'road trip' sign and a curly arrow....along with this chipboard word that said 'GO'.  I arranged them in the first slot to set the tone for my spread.

I used photos that really stood out from the day and tried to pair them up with appropriate embellishments.  Look at this cool, lazy dog laying around on the pier.  You couldn't help but smile and he certainly was resting and relaxed.  

Here are the handsome tourists posing for a photo with the ocean and mountains in the background.  

I used stickers to personalize a few spots.....a super easy way of journaling the day.

I had one photo left over from a previous layout that I did just focusing on this very LARGE snake that Jay and David spent some time with.   I included it on this page to recap the highlights of the day.  

Thanks for stopping by and visiting!  I hope you will check out the Little Red Wagon blog and play along with this weeks challenge.   Don't forget to link up your project so we can all see what you have created.  

Awesome - Little Red Wagon

It's Wednesday and I am excited to share a layout (yes, you read that correctly) that I made for the challenge for Little Red Wagon this week.

Regan challenged us to use metal on our project and I decided it was time for another layout for Jay's California album. 

With all the work we have been doing around our house to get it listed for sale, I really haven't had time to play with my scrapbooking stuff.  I found a similar layout on Pinterest so I used it as my starting point and added my own touches to make it my own.

I used a metal clip from Basic Grey's Hipster collection as my metal accent.  I love how my page turned out and it felt great to create something.  I hope you will take some time to play along.  Make sure you link up your creation on the Little Red Wagon blog.