Happy Birthday to you...

Just wanted to say "Happy Birthday" to a few special people in my life.

First, my sweet husband, Kevin - 33 years young yesterday. Also our 12th anniversary this past Sunday! What an amazing man to wake up to every morning... the love of my life!

Also a great big "Happy Birthday" to my best gal, Brandy! (won't say the number or she'll get me).

These pictures were taken on Sunday night in Brandon. We "got" our husbands real good. We arranged everything without them knowing: childcare, chores, even the 4H meeting Kev was supposed to have that night. Mid-afternoon we ended up at their house, where my in-laws picked up the kids for the night. We basically just told our men to get in the car, and don't ask questions. It wasn't until we were in line for the concert at the Keystone Center, that they knew what was going on. It was great! We went and saw George Canyon and Corb Lund perform. It was a lot of fun!

Even though the entire night was great, the best part was surprising them - they had no idea.

(can't wait for next year!)

Have a great week - kids home for spring break....Easter.....Brandon Winter Fair.

(It will be Monday before we know it - enjoy!)

Laura Lee

my sister made me.....

Last week I spent some time scrapping. It doesn't happen very often, but I tried. My great friend, Brandy, was on a cruise with her company (Close to my Heart). Even though I couldn't go with her, I thought I should at least scrap in her honor. I was telling my sister, Jill, about it yesterday, and she asked why they weren't on the blog. So, my sister made me do it!.....

This was just a fun LO to do. (the orange brackets are vinyl).

Not quite content with this LO yet...a work in progress.

I added these pictures from my daughter's 6th birthday party last month. She loves crafting, so as part of the kids' goodie bags, they decorated these wooden hearts. First they painted them after school, and by after supper they were ready for vinyl! This shows you how easy the vinyl is to apply. These girls had a BLAST! I had done a variety of designs for them to choose from, and of course, each of their names.

Aparently, this was "the best birthday party EVER!!!" Well done girls!
Hope you enjoy. Have a great weekend!

Laura Lee

Vinyl on Layouts...yes I DO scrapbook!

Yes, I do scrapbook. Sometimes. I am not usually productive at crops, etc, but rather enjoy puttering away at a LO in between laundry loads on my days off from the vet clinic. I recently printed off these pics from the summer, and had a really enjoyable time creating these pages. My style, as you'll see, is quite simple and plain (nothing on it - like my burgers!!).

Vinyl used: black bird, and orange title (incl. the heart)

I loved these pictures. Right now I use a binder-style album, and I love it! I also scrap in 12x12, 8x10, 9x9 and even 6x6 - all together. I love how it shows a layered-look to my album.

Vinyl used: title "views of summer"

These are my offspring... you gotta love 'em!

Vinyl used: the teal stars

This is a great photo of my daughter Emma, and my niece Asha. I loved the paper (not what I normally use).

Vinyl used: the pink butterflies/dragonfly (yeah, that's it!)

This is a page I kicked-out yesterday (day off). My vinyl order came in, and the grey was different than I've got before. It was a bit more silver-grey (not sure if you can tell from the picture though). The shapes give a bit of a modern feel (so unlike me!).

Vinyl used: silver-grey shapes and butterfly (classic "me")

This one is just a fun mix of stuff laying around on my desk.

Vinyl used: "time" in ivory and teal "design"

I finally managed to scrap the kids' first day of school - yeah, it's February, not bad 'eh?!

Vinyl used: sky blue "3 KIDS off to school"

I loved this photo I found of my daughter. You know the ones... you printed off at the time, and thought you'd do something "special" with it someday, and then never did! So I bit the bullet and figured that actually being in my album instead of on a shelf is "special" enough. I stitched around the felt frame (from CTMH), and added a bit of bling to my chipboard hearts. Very girlie.

Vinyl used: NONE - believe it or not, I can scrap the odd time without it.

Hopefully I have inspired something... or else just enjoy!

Take care,

Laura Lee

Vinyl decor... you gotta love it!

Okay, so I met Heather from Winnipeg when she came out here to my friend Brandy's to scrap for the weekend. (What an awesome lady! - yeah, both of them!) So, Heather decided she wanted some vinyl to decorate her scrap space walls. This is what was decided...

I ABSOLUTELY loved the idea of the definitions on the walls. Here, we did Create, Inspire and Dream, in the definitions, and they added butterflies and a bird on a branch as well. You may have seen my sister Jill use this same branch/bird combo on her layouts (check out http://www.fromthefarm-jill.blogspot.com/) , but I never thought to place the branch up-and-down instead of sideways.

Here is a closer look at the definitions. The girls said they weren't hard to put on the walls either. I had done each definition in a large "chunk" together, so they didn't have too much small stuff to piece together.By the way, Heather, I LOVE the wall color. The white really pops on that blue.

I also sent along the same words, but in a larger font, that she decided to put along a separate wall. She added the brackets with the middle word - mostly I think because she really liked them!

(BTW - doesn't she look like the organizational guru! Anybody else looking at their own space right now, thinking about taking out that wall that leads to the livingroom!!)

The wall to the left of the one above, is a tan-color, so they placed the dark brown vinyl on it. Check this out...

Closer looks at both little "collections".

Thanks alot for sharing the pictures with me... I love them! Well done! I anybody else inspired?? I am.

Enjoy these treasures... til next time.

Take Care.

Laura Lee

I'm still here!

Just wanted to let everyone know that I am still here...

It's been a crazy winter, but things are starting to settle down. Hockey is slowly coming to an end. The cows are starting to calve, and the weather seems to be getting nicer. Hope you are all watching and cheering on our Olympic athletes ... GO CANADA!

I got an email the other day from Mel in Saskatchewan (crazy gal!). She sent me a pic of a set of letters she had done of mine... LOVED it! So I thought I would share it with you all.

Well done, Mel. Very nice!

Now that I've figured how to put pics on this way, I hope to have more up on the blog in the next little while. I actually managed to scrap the other day last week, and of course, vinyl is on MOST every page. You gotta love it!

Have a great weekend, and until next time...

Take Care,

Laura Lee

vinyl = happy

Hey there everyone. I am officially kidnapping this blog post again. It's been a VERY long time since I've updated some design team layouts & projects.

The other day, my baby sister delivered a fabulous package of vinyl goodies to my house -- actually they came home in my son's backpack from school -- we tend to do our deliveries that way {lol}.

Anyway..... there were some vinyl wall decors that I had specially ordered (to view photos, see my last few blog posts here). fabulous..... just fabulous.

So, I wanted to share some of the layouts that I've been working on the past few days -- actually I did most of them yesterday and one this morning.

Blessings:
Totally inspired by Prima products. I used Cut Your Way vinyl in the top right corner (plum journal spot) & in the leaves around the flowers. love these leaves -- very unique. I can see these on soooo many layouts.

The little girl on the lhs of the photo is actually creater & owner of Cut Your Way, Laura Lee's daughter: Emma. Mine is the lhs.


Just a close up of those fabulous vinyl leaves (in teal & plum) layered underneath the flowers:
Girl, you shine:
IN LOVE with these damask vinyl prints. I could have a hundred of them and I would not get sick of them -- one in every colour, please. Can you say "huge; like 12"; in black; on your feature wall in your house??? Get thinking.
secret wish: This large teal bracket actually was a 10" vinyl frame, and I just cut it apart. I'll save the other half for another project down the road. And not your typical frame; a little more whimsical -- just my style. My sister knows me so well.

And remember this project from a while ago?

I used the same vinyl title and created a layout: A Family Like You

And how about looking for some layout inspiration in your own home. This cloth recycled shopping bag was hanging on my barn door when I snapped this photo .......

.... which was the inspiration for this layout: Summer Up Do

I used the vinyl 5 inch scalloped circle frame in [teal]. And let's not forget about that cool little leave, or splash, or whatever you'd like it to be in [plum] next to the title. I know I'll be using just a few of those in the future.
thank u, Thank U, THANK U Laura Lee for the wonderful products that you let me experiment with daily!!!!!! I AM IN VINYL HEAVEN.

Head on over to my blog to get some more inspiration from layouts & home decor.

sitting on cloud nine,

j.

More DT Creations

Just sharing some layouts that I've created lately using some Cut Your Way vinyl.

I've always LOVED the flower flourish in white (on the first Upsy Daisy Designs layout - single 12x12). And......the branch & the bird is one of my new faves!!!!! So many possibilities.

enjoy.
- jill