Answering some questions

I wanted to say thank you for leaving comments, I love making cards, and being decorative and coming up with new ideas.  I love that we can all share in this and love to hear from you.  I have a couple of questions to answer from Tanya:

Q: Hey Andrea, I was actually going to ask you where you buy all your papers? Do you get them online, or is there a store you purchase them from? I love all the papers you use... I especially liked your birth announcement paper :) I'm going to start scrapping Josh's pictures soon (in the new year) once I get a whole pile of new stuff. I'm looking forward to it!!

A: I really buy my supplies from all over the place.  Whatever makes me say, "WOW" pretty much is what I'll buy.  Some of my favorite places to shop are www.thescrappingbug.com (they have everything), Stampin Up! (their stamps and papers are gorgeous and their idea book is the best I've seen), and CTMH.  I also have shopped at www.lovebugscrapbooking.com, www.pickofthepatch.com, and www.sarahshabbyshoppe.com.  These Canadian online scrapbook stores I mentioned all have excellent shipping rates, and great customer service. 

But sometimes I'll have something in my head, and then have to go find it.  For the birth announcements I had something in my mind, very subtle, and pastels..something gender neutral.  When I walked into my local scrapbook store and saw this paper by Lasting Impressions, I bought it in an instant.  It was exactly what I had pictured.  For the blue and green paisley paper, it wasn't what I had in mind originally but I found it in my local scrapbook store next to the Lasting Impressions paper and I just had to have it.  It's from Autumn Leaves and called "Smitten Paisley" from their MOD collection.  It's not a recent release, so I'm not sure if it would still be available in stores.  Someone might have some left over though somewhere, you never know.  I hope that answers your questions,  Have fun scrapbooking all Joshua's firsts!

The MOM paper bag album took us a total of four hours to complete, We started at 8pm and finished at midnight.   I'm planning a second one, so I'll let you know how long that one takes.