where to begin??

tomorrow is my oldest daughter's 16th bday!

i'm having a hard time believing that is possible.....

i mean, seriously...where did the time go?

it's so cliche to say that time goes by so fast....but

there's no denying the truth in that statement.

so tomorrow i celebrate the birth of my oldest

with the 5 of us plus jimmy. last saturday we

threw her a HUGE bday bash for her friends-

dj, dinner, dancing, the whole nine yards. it turned

out really well, but not having AC in the place made

it really HOT! oh well, everyone had a great time.

here's some layouts i did a while back...always gotta

share some new craftiness. LOL!

peace xoxo

from scraproom-to dining table- to complete

i've been struggling to find the will to scrap

or do anything besides work, watch tv, or sleep.

so today i forced myself to create....but i did it simply.

i grabbed 2 pieces of paper, a box of embellies, a pack

of thickers, and a pack of flowers. i took all of this

to my dining room table to get me out of my usual

scrapping place- i didn't want the pressure of being

in the "required" room....then without thinking or

fussing with it, i slapped the products & pic on the

page with some double-sided tape & even cut the

strip off the bottom edge of the paper with regular

scissors. and it was done.

from scraproom- to dining table- to completed layout

in under 5 minutes!! WOW! that's gotta be a record

for me!! =)

what a GREAT feeling!!! :)

scrap therapy

featuring: bazzill,DCWV,autumn leaves,ATB,making memories,sharpie,stewart superior
featuring:ki,pink paislee,unity stamps,ATB,folk art,tsukineko

featuring: pink paislee,inkadinkado,unity,prima,making memories,tsukineko,tattered angels

featuring: WRMK,american crafts,unity stamps,stewart superior

don't you love when you can spend an evening scrapping

just for the sheer pleasure of it??? well, i got my chance

to do that last nite. jesse was working and i made a mess with

paint and ink and glue. =) soooooo much fun & sooooooo needed!!

old & new

featuring: basic grey, prima, american crafts, making memories
featuring: basic grey, prima, magic mesh, american crafts

featuring: DCWV, american crafts, unity stamps, prima

so my older 2 kids haven't had spring pics taken

yet, but i wanted to make some layouts to frame

for the living room...so i used last year's for them &

this year's for daniela.

the new prima wildwood collection is breathtaking

and the butterflies??? OMG!!!! I looooove them!!!!

you can check out all the new stuff HERE at Scrap-a-Latte.

Better hurry....they're selling FASSSSST!!!!! :)

snowy sunday

featuring: unity stamps and the making memories reference sheet from acrylic stamp set
featuring: unity stamps, scenic route

featuring: unity stamps, american crafts, scenic route, making memories flocked paper (love it!)

featuring: unity stamps, hambly, 2Daisies, Basic Grey

CK reject! LOL!

it started snowing sometime over night on friday....

and it kept snowing all day yesterday....it looks

like the sun is actually out today, so hopefully it

will melt away. :)

another scrappy weekend

featuring: glitz design, unity stamps, heidi swapp, 7Gypsies, Making Memories, Fancy Pants, Ki Memories, Around the Block
featuring: glitz design, heidi swap, tissue paper, glitter, mod podge

featuring: rusty pickle, ki memories, around the block, sassafrass

featuring: rusty pickle, scenic route, sassafrass, american crafts, unity stamps, princess mirah

featuring: crate paper, hambly, making memories, unity stamps, around the block

i love a scrappy weekend.

love was on my mind all weekend.

what a great valentine's weekend.

kinder*garden

hambly, american crafts, unity stamps, making memories, bazill, sassafrass, kaiser

here's an 8 1/2 x 11 layout i made of my
youngest's school pic....her 1st ever school
pic! :) don't you just love hambly?? i do!!
fyi...i purposely mispelled "kindergarten"
to make it look like garden. :)


oh, and are you always running out of vowels
in your thickers' packs? i am, so i used "m"s
sideways for the "e"s. ;)

week in review

rusty pickle, ki memories, sassafrass, kaiser crafts, imagination project (old school), glitz designs

close-up of v-day cards ;)

rusty pickle, unity stamps, love elsie

stampendous, glitz designs, luxe designs, heidi swapp



well, this was my first week on my
new 4 day schedule. i have mondays
off and work 10-6 tue-thurs. loooove it!!!

the kids were finally back in school this
week as well. they ended up missing 4 days
last week due to the ice storm. things are
still a mess around here with all the tree
damage, power lines down, etc....but people
are cleaning up as they can.


we had two b-day parties to go to yesterday.
one for my father in law and one for my friend,
Suzanne.


i altered a Stampendous pail for Suzanne's gift.
i love the funky look the glitz designs' papers gave it!
and the ribbon is misc. printed ribbon from Luxe.
love them!


and how about some EASY valentine's day cards??
it doesn't get much easier than this! i used ONE single
sheet of rusty pickle paper and ONE sheet of cardstock...
added some stamps from Unity and Love Elsie, some staples
for added dimension & ouila! 16 v-day cards ready to go! :)


so, i couldn't stop with just the cards. i wanted to use MORE
of this rusty pickle paper, becuz it is TOO decadent! so i
made a layout of me & my girls. ;)

looking for a place to find GREAT scrapping deals, TONS
of clearance items, and WEEKLY sales???? check out
SCRAP-A-LATTE!!!! :) that's where I shop!

ice storm '09

featuring: making memories, american crafts, heidi swapp
featuring: sassafrass lass, unity stamps

featuring: prima flowers, crate paper, unity stamps

featuring: ki memories, teresa collins

featuring: sassafrass lass, prima stamp, unity stamps

featuring: unity stamps, crate paper

well, we have been getting hammered with

ice since yesterday afternoon. today the ice

has been falling steadily all day long! i'll post

some pics of what it looks like out there in a while.

so, since i've been trapped in doors & fortunately

with power....i've been scrapping. i did 6 layouts

today, so i'm happy with that. :)

i've got to try to make it in to work tomorrow.....

becuz i really don't want to waste my vacation

days on ICE!!

what i've been creating lately....

featuring: unity stamps- kit of the month, worn grid
featuring: crate paper, Heidi Swapp stamp, Autumn Leaves date stamp

featuring: unity stamps- kit of the month
featuring: unity stamps- kit of the month

featuring: Heidi Swapp stamp

featuring: green puffy paint ;)

okay, so it's been a while since i've specifically

posted about my layouts. so here are a few i've

done recently. hope you find some inspiration

or at least enjoy them. :)

....gotcha!

i can't believe this is my THIRD post today!!

it feels so good to have a SCRAPPY

weekend!! :) this is layout #5.... about my son & me.

i don't have many pics....if any....of jesus and me...so

i love this one! even if he was trying to get away! ;)

supplies: basic grey-papers; unity-stamp; dymo-tape; american crafts-thickers; sharpie-pen; superior-ink; hambly-transparency; heidi swapp-photo corners; becky fleck-sketch

a couple of things...

i found time to create a few layouts today.

3 to be exact, but i'm holding off on showing

the 3rd one becuz i really want to submit it. :)

i just haven't found a call that it fits yet. so we'll

see. i usually just give up and post. :) i wish

submission calls weren't specific all the time!

anyway, on the 1st layout, i used some of my unity

stamps! i am in LOVE with the corner stamp!!

i totally hope that angela has some more of

those up her sleeve!! the 2nd is an old school

pic of jesse & i back in '92 less than a month

after we got married!! hard to believe we were

both so skinny!! ha!!! well, i'm off to bed now.

it's been a loooooong, but fun day. peace. xoxo

not a bad day

today started off pretty rocky.
i've been experiencing numbness
in my left arm & left side of my face.
this morning was particulary bad. but,
by this afternoon, i actually had a pain
free period that lasted about 30 minutes!
wow! i forgot what that feels like!! i was
ecstatic! :) although it was short lived,
the numbness hasn't been as pronounced
this evening and my head hasn't been
hurting as severely. so, all in all, it hasn't
been a bad day at all. in fact, one of the
best i've had in a loooooong time.

so, i decided to take advantage of this &
i scrapped some DT projects for
Scrap-a-Latte. i was afraid i wouldn't
feel this good again for a while, so juuuust
in case....i got them finished. it was quite
nice. last time i tried to scrap, i barely
made it through one layout and had to
go lay down. tonight, i was able to complete
3 and although i'm feeling pretty exhausted,
i'm not completely spent.

i'll post them when i get them scanned in
and uploaded.
~~peace

scrappy time

i really needed to just scrap for the sake of scrapping today. :) so i made this layout of my oldest daughter's freshman year. it's so hard to believe that she only has 3 years left of school, and then she'll be 'all grown up'....or at least she'll think she's all grown up. ;) i hope she always knows how much i love her. i'm so proud of her!

scrappy fun

i just HAD to scrap tonite!!

i'm waiting on a special package

to arrive....it should be here any

day now & it contains an AMAZING

set of FUN stamps in it from Unity!!

but i couldn't wait any longer...

so i used some of my faves that

i already have from unity! ;)

the stamps are from this collection....

http://www.unitystampco.com/stamps/91-kit_uk117w_little_princess

i used the scallop stamp on white

cardstock & then cut it out to mimic

the scallops on the green cardstock

& the pink paper. LOTS of scallop

goodness!! =) (ink was VersaMagic)

i used pallette embossing & watermark

pad to stamp the flowers on the green

cardstock.

other products used:

american crafts-thickers, remarks, white pen

making memories- felt flowers, pink paper

bazzill-cardstock

sharpie-other pens

fancy pants-rubons

hope you enjoy the spring colors!! :)

they make me smile!

first layout! =)

i scrapped my 1st LO in
the new room!! yessssss!!!
ahhhh...it felt SOOOOOO
good!!! =)

i was never a big fan of
making memories papers until
their recent releases! oh my!
can't get of enough of the
noteworthy, 5th Avenue, love story,
and garden party collections.
check them out here
http://www.scrap-a-latte.net/store/home.php?cat=550

where in the world??

where oh where has my scrap mojo gone?
oh where oh where can it be?
i've looked high & low yet it still can't be found.
please bring my scrap mojo to me!

so inspire me. show me what you've been
looking at, reading, drawing, singing......
anything. maybe you can inspire me to
create! :)

***wanna RAK???***

oh i soooo needed some scrap therapy
today! i have been having multiple migraines
every day for almost SIX weeks now. of course,
they might have already started tapering off
if i would have gone to the doctor earlier....
but anyway, i've got meds now...and today
i was able to scrap, scrap, scrap!! Ahhhhh!!!

jen @ scrap-a-latte hosted a LOVE IT online
crop today with some AWESOME challenges
in her fun, quirky way!! :) i love that girl!! :)

i thought i'd share what i did, and challenge YOU
to go pick at least ONE challenge to do & share
with me for a chance to win a RAK!! post
links to your layout in the comment section of
this post. you have until Monday night at
MIDNIGHT to get your LO's linked to me.
i'll draw a name or two out on Tuesday. =)

here's the LOVE IT crop section...there are plenty
of fun challenges to choose from.
http://www.scrap-a-latte.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=77

HAVE FUN!