My Obsessions......

Let's Get Hopping!!!

2012-02-01T08:08:00.000-08:00

Welcome... Let's Scrap's Leap Around The World Blog Hop has begun!!!
This will stay on my blog for the whole month.. once the hop is done I will update all the layouts that were done during this time.. :0)

For those of you who are new to Let's Scrap... it is a group of international scrapbookers joined together by our passion for scrapbooking, cardmaking and photography. The site has amazing 2 page layout and card sketches to help inspire you, as well as challenges, tutorials and groups... it really is an amazing place filled with amazingly talented and friendly people.

So we are here for a Blog Hop... I am #9 of 50... so lots to do and see...

Here is my sketch and card: This is a Valentine's Day card for my adorable husband... not showing you what I put inside!! ;0)

tag is 2-18-09,LEAP9

If you got here from Keely Yowler's blog you are right on track...
from here you will go to Judy Rakes blog For the Love of Photos.
If you just found this blog you can start it at Mindi's blog Scrap Chat and Coffee... Mindi is the bright idea behind this blog hop... thanks gf!!

Ok... so here is what you need to do to enter my random draw for the RAK:

Be or become a member of Let’s Scrap which you can do by clicking HERE. The site is free and filled with sketches, challenges, groups... so much fun... come and play with us!!!
Be or become a follower of this blog. That's easy, too. Just go to the upper right-hand corner and click JOIN THIS SITE!
Leave me a comment telling me you were here (using Google Chrome or Firefox as your "search engine" is the best option (Internet Explorer or IE does not always "play nice" with Blogger)!
And, if you would like a SECOND CHANCE in the draw, make a card (or layout if you prefer) based on the sketch I have posted and upload it to the gallery at Let’s Scrap. Please "TAG" it: 2-18-09, LEAP9 Note there is no space between the word LEAP and the number 9. Please make sure to tag your project properly so that it will not get missed in the draw for my RAK
Leave a second comment for me with a link to your card or layout in the Let’s Scrap gallery and you will get your name into my draw a second time, if you can't do a link then just let me know and what your 'name' is on Let's Scrap and I will look for you.

Here is my RAK (these are zig's not copics, sorry for the confusion)

I hope you enjoy this HUGE blog hop and don't forget to check out all the work all 50 ladies have put into this hop. The hop ends at 11:59 p.m. February 29th, based on the clock on the main page of the Let’s Scrap website.

Let's Scrap Leap Around the World Blog Hop

2012-01-30T19:04:00.000-08:00

Feb 1st we are kicking off a Blog Hop at Let's Scrap. I am 1 of 50 for this Hop.... yes that's right I said 50!! As I wind up the January LOAD Challenge I am gearing up for the Let's Scrap Leap Around the World Blog Hop things are getting a little crazy here. I am tickled to be part of the Blog Hop... I've never been part of one, played along with a few others, so this is exciting for me and I'm so excited to get so many new people to my blog to check out what I have been doing... :) This will kick off at 10:00am Wednesday morning.. February 1st and end February 29th at 11:59pm... these times are based on the main clock page at Let's Scrap. We have people participating from all over the world so make sure you are going off the Let's Scrap clock.. we don't want you to miss any of the fun!!!

So how about joining in the fun??? Let's get you started with it... first you need to be a follower of my blog and you need to be a member of Let's Scrap.... so go HERE and become a member of this incredible site!!

So gather some supplies so you can hit the ground running on Wednesday.... get your area cleaned up, because trust me, if you don't do it now it might not happen until the end of the Feb!! Get all those household chore you can get out of the way... done.... if you run out of clean clothes, clean dishes... it can wait until Feb. Really what is important here... scrapbooking right?? lol (ssshhhh... don't tell my adorable one I said that!! :0) Get your scrap box close to your work area... can you image what a dent you can make in that puppy making 50+ cards?!?! This is why we hold onto every little scrap of paper ladies!! :0)

So when the blog hop starts you will have 2 chances to win on each of the 50 blogs... yep!! Imagine that!! Your first chance will come when you follow and leave a comment on each blog (but you must be a member of Let's Scrap first) and then if you make a card from the sketch of that blog and post it at Let's Scrap then you get your second chance to win, when you have made your card and posted it be sure to come back to the blog and leave the comment that you have done it ... see how easy that is?? Not only are you going to be getting some cards done... but getting chances to win some cool goodies??? Amazing right?!?!?!?

Now don't be overwhelmed by the 50 blogs for this hop... you have the whole month to do it!! Please try and visit each blog in the hop and let the ladies know you appreciate them taking the time to get this all together for you. Mindi Brown from Let's Scrap DT is the one who set this all up... she is Hop #1 so be sure to thank her for all her time and effort!!

I am hop number 9 so hope to see you all here and playing along! Wednesday I will post my sketch and example or maybe two.. who knows... as well as letting you know what my 'blog candy' will be... come and join in the fun!!

Cathy

Liebster Blog Award....

2012-01-30T11:58:00.000-08:00

Ok I have to admit I had never heard of this award... Kristine

left me a comment on one of my layouts and I thought it was

so cute and sweet. So now it is my turn.. :0)

The Liebster Blog Award -

Kristine Ponte from @ home with Studio K www.kponte.blogspot.com

gave me the

Thanks Kristine.... I think you are the bomb and I love your work!!! :0)

the origins of the Liebster Blog award are somewhat

unclear but general consensus is that they originated in

Germany. Liebster, meaning - favorite or dearest to

showcase bloggers with fewer than 200 followers. Upon

accepting this award the recipient must then pass it on to

five more blogs.

So here are some of my favorite blogs (I have several

but these are my favs with fewer than 200 followers)

in alphabetical order:

I give a Liebster Blog Award to:

Debby from Scrap Soul - Food for your Soul

she makes the most amazing layouts... I love her

simple style that is anything but simple!!

Jeaunes from Jeaunes

I think her style is shabby... and her work is amazing!

Kay from Kay Wallace Scrapbooking

she does scrapbooking as a hobby and a business and is

amazing. Love the layouts she does and she is always so supportive

ofeveryone else... she is amazing!!

Michelle from Home Spun Scrapbooking

she also does scrapbooking as a hobby and a business and her

work is very inspiring... I am amazed all the time!!!

Mindi from Scrap, Chat and Coffee Talk

her work is amazing... she is so creative. What she

lacks in supplies she makes up for in creativity. Love

her style and her work...

So these are my picks for this award, I think you should go and

check them all out and see for yourself and support them by

becoming followers!! These are all girls from Let's Scrap if you

haven't check out Let's Scrap you should. Some amazingly talented

people and so friendly too!!

Feels Like Home....

2012-01-28T23:36:00.000-08:00

#68... Feels like home.... I took these pictures on one of our motorcycle rides and thought I would add them to my BAM (Book About Me) Album... the journaling is as follows:

'Growing up in Hallwood and hearing the trains throughout the night was home for me. I grew up, moved to Marysville and then to Yuba City... didn't hear the trains anymore. We bought a house in 1994 on the other side of Yuba City and the first night there I knew I was home... I could hear the trains in the middle of the night. I can only hear them at night when all is quiet but they are there. I can feel myself sigh.. yes... I am home, I feel safe, I am content'

Jeff and Tina....

2012-01-28T22:15:00.000-08:00

#67.. these are some random photos of my lil brother and his wife cuddling on my couch....

Family...

2012-01-28T21:30:00.000-08:00

#66 for the LOAD!!! These are some old photos I found of my younger sister, her husband and my niece and nephew... have no idea what year they are from or even where the pics were taken at... lol But now they will go into their album... :0)

I didn't use a sketch these but they are from Basic Grey, a paper kit that I got at the Scrapbooking Expo... 2 more single page layouts will be following from the same paper kit.. :0)

Moments.....

2012-01-27T13:47:00.000-08:00

I love the quote 'Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away... ' This is layouts #64 & #65 for the LOAD. This layout I used the same sketch as the previous 2 from this weeks sketch at Let's Scrap...

This is another layout for Vieve's album....

Brothers...

2012-01-26T17:35:00.000-08:00

#63 for my LOAD. I did this layout for a Challenge on Let's Scrap.. the challenge was too use a Let's Scrap sketch and swap out the pic size for smaller pics. You get a whole new look out of the sketch as well as using more pics on your pages.

This is a layout of my boys... they are so damn adorable!! These are some old pics from the summer of 2006... I LOVE these faces!!!

This is the sketch I used... I swapped out the 5x7 for 2 4x6's and got rid of some 'dead' space on the pic... I only used one side of the sketch and turned it to fit the pics I wanted to use... :0)

Lot's of fun stuff going on at Let's Scrap. You should check it out sometime!! Tomorrow is another Design Team Challenge that you can check out and play along with... :0)

Snow Fun

2012-01-25T23:40:00.000-08:00

This is #61 & #62 for the LOAD Challenge... I used the same sketch as the last layout. This weeks sketch from Let's Scrap... a great sketch. Tomorrow I will post another layout using the same sketch.. :0)

These are very old pics... I'm thinking 2004. We took the kids to the snow... lots of sledding and fun... :0) This will be for Taylor's album.

Forum Shops - #59 & #60 LOAD

2012-01-25T13:27:00.000-08:00

This is #59 and #60 for the LOAD Challenge. I used this weeks sketch from Let's Scrap... love this sketch. I have done 2 other double page layouts using this sketch already and I will be posting those thru the week... :0)

This layout is from The Forum Shops in Las Vegas... 2008. We go every year and every year I take tons of pics and I am soooo behind....

This is the sketch... pretty cool right?!?!

Sugar Rush... #58

2012-01-23T12:49:00.000-08:00

This is another layout from the Basic Grey pack I bought at the Scrapbooking Expo... Love these papers and wishing I would have bought more... :0) This is an OLD photo of my guy and me in Las Vegas at what was then the "Aladdin" in their buffet.... soooo romantic with cotton candy!! lol

#58!!!!! ;0)

Forever You and Me and Cousins Layouts....

2012-01-22T22:40:00.000-08:00

#56 &#57 for my LOAD Challenge... these layout is from a Basic Grey kit I got at our Scrapbook Expo... I actually made 3 layouts from this lil kit and I will post them all... but one is still drying... :0)

This is a pic of me and 2 of my cousins... from years ago.... they are beautiful and love them too pieces!!

This is one of my adorable husband and myself... self portraits in the kitchen at Thanksgiving... is it any wonder that he is one of my addictions?!?! Adorable!!!

Happy Birthday Card....

2012-01-18T18:34:00.000-08:00

This is a birthday card I made up for a friends Birthday this past weekend. I'm not big into cards but love the way that it turned out... all made from my odds and ends.

the card was brighter when I made it... I forgot to scan it before we left for the party so I was taking a pic outside and it was cloudy... bad bad pic!! :0) This is #55 for my LOAD

Vieve....

2012-01-17T22:00:00.000-08:00

This is LOAD #54... this was done with DCWV January Challenge sketch. This is one of my bff's, Genevieve and I am doing an album up for her. Hoping to get it done before I see her in March!!

This is the sketch I used for this layout....

Gunslinger 2011

2012-01-17T01:43:00.000-08:00

This is a layout of our first ride with the Gunslingers... April 2011. I did a layout almost like this for our scrapbook and this is one for another Gunslinger.... new goal for this month.. Get Either One's album done!! :0)

So this is 52 and 53 for the LOAD Challenge.... !!!

Walt Gray Ride 2011

2012-01-12T23:59:00.000-08:00

This is a layout of one the rides the Gunslingers went on this past summer... KCRA's Walt Gray Ride... I did 2 of these layouts one for our album and one for another Gunslingers album. So this is pages 10 - 13 done... :0)

This layout I got the idea from an old DCWV sketch for page one and turned it into a double page layout...

Lil Racer

2012-01-12T05:37:00.000-08:00

Love scrapbooking this little guy... they always make me smile. This is #8 & #9 for the LOAD Challenge... still behind but hoping to catch up soon... :0)

using this weeks sketch from Let's Scrap....

Ohhhhhh Santa!!

2012-01-10T17:29:00.001-08:00

This is another one for the LOAD Challenge... #7!! Still behind but catching up!! :0) I found this pic while going thru some old photos and just had to do this layout... lol He IS adorable!! ;0)

Christmas Morning 2005

2012-01-08T01:47:00.000-08:00

This is layout 5 & 6 for the LOAD Challenge... this is for Raymond's album. Christmas morning 2005... this is also one of my layouts for class this coming week.... Using the same sketch as the last layout... :0)

Dog Days of Christmas... LOAD

2012-01-08T01:13:00.000-08:00

So a little behind here on my LOAD Challenge... I was down sick for 3 days this week and am playing a little catch up... :0) So this is page 3 and 4... Dog Days of Christmas....

This is from Christmas 2005 out at my mom's house... there were dogs everywhere... our Jazzy, moms - Hermie and my sisters Bella... they were all so cute I couldn't help but take pics of them all... :0)

The sketch I used is this weeks sketch from Let's Scrap -

Ok.. now off to get some more layouts done... :0)

LOAD Challenge Page 1 and 2

2012-01-02T18:08:00.000-08:00

This is my first post for the LOAD Challenge... I used a Let's Scrap sketch. 'Patch In Party' is another layout for a friends Gunslinger Album... I left spots for him to journal on it, it was before our time with the Gunslingers... :0) Yeah... day 2 and I have 2 done!!!

This is the sketch I used..... 5-26-10

What's next?? Another layout!! :0)

Let the LOAD Challenge begin!!!

2012-01-01T21:50:00.001-08:00

Happy New Year!! So let the LOAD Challenge begin!!! I was gone most of the day and so excited to get home and see so many people already busy with this challenge... on the facebook group as well as on Let's Scrap!! I have been busy answering questions, commenting on layouts and moving the ones on Let's Scrap based on the sketches to their own album..... so many already playing and it is only the 1st day. Can't wait to see what all of us can get done this month!! Sooooo on that note I guess I had better get busy with it myself! :0)

Porkin Out

2011-12-28T20:00:00.000-08:00

This is my layout based on this weeks sketch at Let's Scrap!!

This is from Reno's Rib Cook Off they have it every year Labor Day Weekend and it is alot of fun and the food is soooo yummy!!! This is an event that the Gunslingers MC group went to and we had some friends go with us too.... this is for Either One's album that I am doing for him..... Love the pigs!!

This is the sketch that my layout is based on.... great sketch... I turned it and tweaked it a bit but love the sketch. I will use it many more times... :0)

If you haven't already you should join Let's Scrap and play with this sketch and upload it in our gallery... love to see what you come up with!! :0)

Coffee Coffee Coffee

2011-12-20T00:03:00.000-08:00

So you might say... 'shocking another Starbucks layout' right? I know... very surprising. But I put the challenge out at Let's Scrap to use a song title for the title of your layout and I came across these loose pics and they needed a layout and this song popped into my head and then a layout was born!!!

"I won't last a day without you" by the Carpenters

My adorable husband was showing me how to scan and merge images tonight... the detail is incredible but I still need to play with it a little bit... but very happy with it and the layout!! Well off to bed for me and my adorable guy... Night All!! :0)

Let's Scrap Design Team Challenge!!!

2011-12-16T12:06:00.001-08:00

I'm so excited!! This was my first DT Challenge at Let's Scrap!! I tinkered and tweaked this layout for days.... The Challenge is that you do a layout with a song title as your page title... mine was 'Rockin Around the Christmas Tree'. Years ago when we had 5 teenage boys in the house, craziness! I was trying to get a pic of the kids in front of the Christmas tree with Santa hats on.... was soooo not happening easily. After watching them being goofy I decided to start taking pics and do a lil mini photo shoot thinking how great it would be on a layout.... well.... years later I finally got the layout done!!! :0)

My tree is from an old Deluxe Cuts and I added some stickles to it...

Used some twine from The Twinery... used my Lyrical Letters, Base Camp and Quarter Note Cricut Carts for all my lettering and music notes....

I had so much fun with this layout. I hope it inspires everyone to get a little playful with their layouts. Come to Let's Scrap at take part of the challenge or do it yourself.... Have fun with it!! :0)

LOAD Challenge for January!!!

2011-12-05T21:47:00.000-08:00

Ok everyone... I'm putting out a LOAD Challenge for January to everyone... LayOut A Day!! It might seem like alot BUT every double page layout counts as 2... I'll even make it easier and let you do a card and count it. The whole idea isn't to stress you out but to start 2012 off with a bang and get scrapbooking!! I put the challenge out on Facebook (if not a friend and want to be look me up Cathy van de Bruinhorst) and let me know and I'll add you to the group OR go to Let's Scrap at www.letsscrap.ning.com and look up the group for 100 layouts in 2012 and look for my LOAD Challenge and hook it up there.... I know you guys can do it.. and even if you don't get too 31 layouts for January, just think of it and try it... :0) Thanks!!

Senior Photo Shoot

2011-12-04T21:21:00.000-08:00

I used this weeks sketch from Let's Scrap.... this is a few pages of a photo shoot I did when Raym was a Senior in high school... which was just a few years ago.... lol Class of 2005!! Ohhhh I feel soooo old!! lol

This is the sketch.... a great sketch that I'm sure I will use alot... I see wedding layouts in my future with it.. :)

Let's Scrap Design Team....!!!

2011-12-03T16:35:00.000-08:00

So on Dec 1st I started my first term on the Design Team at Let's Scrap... I am soooo excited and ready to go. There is a great group of ladies on the DT with me. If you haven't checked out Let's Scrap you should... www.letsscrap.ning.com there is so much to do there.. come play with us!

The next couple of weeks will be very busy for me with the DT, my scrapbooking classes, Christmas parties, crops and the best news - it looks like the kids have found a home. There is a family that is ready and eager to adopt these 2 kids and just in time for Christmas! I think the couple is great and think that it will be a great match. A crazy couple of weeks but so worth it for them.

So time to get busy... so much scrapbooking to do.. so little time!! Have a great weekend!!

Let's Scrap Design Team!!!

2011-11-20T18:11:00.000-08:00

I found out over the weekend that I was picked to be one of the new Let's Scrap Design Team members.....!!!! I am soooo excited about this and I will be working with some amazingly talented girls too... ;0) Can't wait to get started.... our term will run from December 1st thru March 31st. If you haven't checked out this site yet come and check it out at http://www.letsscrap.ning.com/ ... come play with us!!! :0)

Christmas Card - Joy

2011-11-20T18:07:00.000-08:00

This is my take on this week's sketch from Let's Scrap..... I'm not a big card person so sometimes they are difficult for me to do... :0)

This is the sketch that I started with.... love Debby's card sketches!!

One more Christmas card....

2011-11-16T11:58:00.000-08:00

This is the last Christmas card I am doing up for the Christmas Goose this year...
pretty simple, used my Quickutz for my Santa face and stickles, of course. Stickles seem to be my 'go to' item this season... :0)

Birthday Cards for my craft show.....

2011-11-15T20:20:00.000-08:00

These are the birthday cards I have been working on today... all dried and ready to package up for the show.... the stickles sparkle up so pretty, too bad they don't show up in the pictures.. :0)

I did another Christmas card but it is still drying... I'll post it tomorrow... :0)

Another Christmas Card....

2011-11-14T20:42:00.000-08:00

Here is another Christmas Card done for my craft show.... tomorrow is the last day I can create so I am hoping that I can get a few different designs done.... crossing my fingers!!! :0)

Lots of sparkle on this one... everything is outlined in either a sparkle pen or stickles... used StazOn Black Cherry, Dark Brown liquid chalks, Holly Leaf eyelets.. the ribbon has wire in it to help hold the shape.... hope the stickles still look good in the morning after they dry... :0)

Making some cards for my craft show.....

2011-11-12T18:52:00.000-08:00

'May many blessings come your way on this Thanksgiving Day' ... I'm very pleased with the way this card turned out, even more with the fact that I got to play with a few new goodies that I got at the Scrapbooking Expo last month.. :0)

the inks that I used are Staz-on Rusty Brown and Dark Brown Liquid Chalks. The leaves are cut and stamped with Heartfelt Creations goodies, I used a Clear Star gel pen on the leaves and some copper Stickles along the bottom. I leave the inside of my cards empty.... lovin' the fall colors! :0) Now back to making some more cards up... I'll post them as I go along...

Getting ready for the Christmas Goose.....

2011-11-06T14:24:00.000-08:00

I am so behind this year getting ready for the Christmas Goose... it is the only craft show I do thru the year and I haven't been getting alot done due to the foster kids we have in the house right now. But... this weekend my goal is to get some Halloween paperbag albums done... getting the first one figured out is always the hardest part and then the rest usually fall into place... So I have gotten the front cover finally figured out. Using StazOn inks, Eyelets, Magic Scraps, Happy Hauntings Cricut cart, Stickles, GlimmerMist and Glitter Pen.... here it is... You can't see all the sparkles from the pic but boy is it sparkly!! :0) Now to get the rest of the bag figured out... ;0)

Live Laugh Love.....

2011-10-30T19:23:00.000-07:00

Live long, Laugh often and Love forever.....

this is a layout I did from a Let's Scrap sketch... I chose to do only the left side of the sketch but love the way it turned out. I LOVE this picture of us.. we went to Las Vegas for my birthday this past summer and this was taken on my birthday in Margaritaville... my guy is just so adorable... love him to pieces!!

this the sketch I used

these are some of the details of the page that I did... the chipboard was sprayed with glimmer mist colors and then sparkling diamonds over the top to give it a little more bling...

I inked the words with Tim Holtz demin jeans distress inks and then I did a little rub on stitching with some of my DaisyD's rub-ons... love the Basic Grey papers too... being as orange is my fav color I am very happy with the layout... :0)

Scrapbooking Expo....

2011-10-19T14:16:00.000-07:00

So excited to go to the Scrapbooking Expo in Sacramento this weekend!! There is a group of us going for 2 days of fun... Friday and Saturday. They open the doors at 8am and close at Midnight... not that we will be there when they open the doors or be there until they close... but we could... we might... you never know!! :0)

Going thru my goodies and planning out my layouts... wanting to take everything I need without taking a truck and trailer full of goodies there... :0) I guess if I forget anything I can always finish the layout when I get home... half the battle will be done already right?? I am going to be taking the kids wedding stuff down... hopefully getting a few more layouts done; the foster kids albums... get them all caught up, I'm only a few months behind so not bad... :0); some Gunslinger stuff down.... you never know what I might find there to work on some motorcycle layouts.... and I will take a few other sets of pics to play with....

Can't wait to take a few classes... see all the new goodies... visit with my girly's... shop.... shop... and shop... :0) Wish me luck on getting some actual scrapbooking done!!

Fort ALotaFun.....

2011-10-07T12:48:00.000-07:00

Here is another layout using Let's Scrap Sketches... this weeks sketch!! It worked great for my pics. This a day of play at Bishops Pumpkin Farm last October.... can't wait to go again this year... :0)

I inked the leaves, sprayed them with 'dazzling diamonds' glimmer mist and then used my glitter pen for the viens in the leaves and to outline all the lettering and leaves on the page... love my glitter pen!!

those sweet little faces scream 'Trouble'!!! :0)

Coffee Coffee Coffee.....

2011-10-05T15:44:00.000-07:00

This is another layout using the same Let's Scrap Sketch... I'm not allowed to show the foster kids faces online so I had to distort the image of her face... but here is the Starbucks layout... or one of them anyways.. :0)

My printer is out of ink so I will add the journaling later this weekend... :)

Gunslingers are Born.....

2011-10-05T14:28:00.000-07:00

This layout is off from a Let's Scrap sketch 9-28-11. This is a layout for the Gunslinger MC album.. the guys had just gotten their vests back.. before being patched in... Now off to get some more scrapbooking done... :0)

Memories......

2011-09-27T11:04:00.000-07:00

I did this layout for a Let's Scrap Design Team Challenge... the challenge was using masks and stamping in a layout and this is what I came up with. I love the way the layout turned out it is very heritage looking.... this is a picture of my mother and her 4 siblings as children. I think this is the only picture I have seen of all 5 of them together... not sure of the date so I will do the journaling when I can figure that out... thanks for checking it out... :)

Engagement Photo Shoot.....

2011-09-17T18:44:00.000-07:00

This is a layout of the kids 'Engagement Photo Shoot' we went to Ellis Lake and took pics one day and I have scrapbooked them for them but not for me... so I thought the sketch this week from Sketch Inspiration worked great for them.... Sooooo many photos and never enough time... :0)

Dave and Cindy.....

2011-09-17T17:07:00.000-07:00

This is a layout I just did for a scrapbooking challenge for DCWV... the layout and the sketch I used... tell me what you think? I didn't use traditional snow papers but I had an idea and ran with it and love how it turned out!!

Pearls....

2011-09-14T18:19:00.000-07:00

This was last weeks sketch from Let's Scrap... I've been a little busy so I just got it finished. This is another layout from the kids wedding and Hannah's Dad putting on her pearls..... love the pics! :0)

this is the punch I used....

a little poem that goes as follows: "Daddy's Little Girl - Through the years you've been there for all life's brought my way, from friendships, boys and homework and now my wedding day. I want so much to thank you for all you've given me... your care, your love and wisdom and the lasting memories. For even though I'm now grown up dressed in silk and pearls, remember this my wedding day... I'm still your little girl. I love you Daddy."

This is the sketch I used for the layout....

My Son...

2011-09-12T23:23:00.000-07:00

So tonight I sit at my scrapbooking table totally out of sorts. This afternoon around 4pm my son came thru the front door... 'mommy help'.. this from a 6ft 1in, 200 lb... 17 yr old boy. His face was swollen and bleeding... everywhere.... tossed him in the shower and started rinsing off his face to see what the damage was... threw on some dry clothes and off we were to Urgent Care. He will be ok... 5 hrs later we were home with 3 stitches on the side of his nose, a slight concussion, black and blue all over his face and swelling that just doesn't seem to want to stop. Scratches and bruises all over him.... he was walking down the street with a friend, a car went by and the guys were starring them down and they 'barked at them'.. yes I said barked at them... ??? The guys in the car went down the street and turned around and came up behind the boys and jumped them. Taylor got the worst end of the deal the kid that went at him went at his face and did a nasty job of it too. I handled it like any mom would do... protecting my boy... now I sit... he is asleep and I am shaking and in tears and absolutely in shock at the thought of someone just pounding their fists into his face... someone they didn't know at all. Not caring what kind of damage that they would do and then jumping in a car and running away... I don't get it and I don't want too either. My poor little boy... he may not be small enough to sit on my lap and me hold him when he is sick anymore but he is still my little boy and I am just in shock at this... what is this world coming too...? And I wonder... if I chain him to his bed in his room will I get into trouble for it?? A mom has to protect after all.... :0(

The Dress.....

2011-09-08T13:06:00.000-07:00

Ok.. not my best layout but I'm happy with it. I was trying out for the DT at Green Tangerine's and you could only use products from their store, and while the store is huge I hadn't been there for a few months so I went with some basic stuff that I 'knew' they would still have... so I did another wedding layout.. :0)

I have scrapbooked these pics before for one of the albums that I am making... so here is another spin on the same photos...

font is from my Cricut - lyrical letters, sewing from my Sew Easy... liquid chalks, stickles....

a close up of the stitching....

I didn't know what they had in stock on flowers so I just used my cricut and George cart to cut out my own - crinkle, ink and stickle and done....

So we will see what happens with the Green Tangerine DT... otherwise at least I tried out for it and when I dropped it off I picked up a few new goodies... ;0) Besides there is always next year....

Zola Emily Moak

2011-09-06T21:28:00.000-07:00

I did this layout for a Let's Scrap Design Team challenge... the challenge was to use an 8x10 pic, 5 shapes and some twine.... so I have my 8x10 pic... my 5 shapes are at the bottom of the page and the twine is tied from the layout to the tag... check, check, check... done!!This is a picture of my Grandmother Zola's Graduating Class from Bigg Union High School, Class of 1929. The picture wasn't in great shape but I got ahold of it and made a copy of it.. years ago. It was a little odd sized as well and not very straight, which is why I ran the chipboard piece down the side.. to distract from it.. :0)

I tied the tag with twine and then I pop dotted the tag with Glue Dots Pop Up's ... love them!!

The chipboard was glued down with Glue Dots Mini Dots... I inked this with dark brown liquid chalk..

There is my beautiful Grandmother... Zola Emily Moak. A beautiful woman inside and out... not a day goes by that I don't think of her and miss her. This layout will go in my Heritage Album....

Always and Forever.....

2011-09-06T11:47:00.000-07:00

This is a layout done with Sketchabilities sketch #54... photo look familiar? Why yes it does... I'm doing up 3 12x12 albums of the kids wedding and I used the same photo with a sketch from Let's Scrap.. :0)
So here is the sketch and a few close ups of the layout...

couldn't find the right coloring in the flowers I had so I ended up using Tim Holtz Distress Inks... 3 different colors to get what I wanted here...

LOVE this pic of the 2 of them... so in love...

The Gunslingers Patching In

2011-09-05T12:40:00.000-07:00

Ok... so I started the Halloween mini album and had to put it off to the side... I promise to get going on it this week again. I had to get a few other projects done first. Here is a layout from a Let's Scrap sketch. This is from my adorable one getting patched in for the Gunslingers Motorcycle Club... he was so excited. I try and do the layouts for the club album very non-blingy, after all it is for a Motorcycle Group... lol So here are some pics of the layout and the sketch that I used for it...

I added a little 'smooch' in between the pics, it was a little too plain for me. Love using the silver eyelets on the motorcycle layouts....

I did the 'Gunslingers' at an angle to give it a little bit of a 'banner-ish' look... the Gunslingers is done with my cricut (lyrical letters) and then I went over it with my glitter gel pen... a little bling never hurts.... :)

So another layout done for the Gunslinger Album for my adorable one... now on to my next project and I'll post it when I am done... :0)

Halloween Anyone?

2011-08-30T17:51:00.000-07:00

I'm feeling a little in the Halloween mood... guess I am longing for the cooler weather. So I am going to get going on a project for my craft show in November. I am going to make a Halloween album out of chipboard and acrylic.... here is what I am going to start off with and I will see where it takes me from here... :)

Reno Rib Cook Off layout using a Let's Scrap Sketch

2011-08-30T16:51:00.000-07:00

My first post from my blog....

2011-08-30T16:35:00.000-07:00

I just set up this blog so it will be a work in progress for a bit while I figure it all out... so please be patient with me and follow my blog. If you have any suggestions feel free to let me know... :0)