Farewell 2012.....

It was definitely a year of ups and down, joys and sorrows, peace and uprisings, and life and death. I think we all have learned something with all that's happened in 2012 and will do our best to right the wrongs and embrace the rights.

My wish to all is for a year of health and happiness from the beginning of the New Year and all throughout 2013. Remember, don't wait for happiness to find you, make that happiness for yourself!

Godspeed

Oh, Christmas Tree!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

This year we decided on a larger 9 foot artificial tree with the lights already attached. What a smart investment!! Less stress getting the lights "just so" and no wear and tear on the knees! Decorating is courtesy of the two cutest little girls in this world! Love their little ornament clusters, which stay in place cause that's where they're suppose to be! 

Godspeed

Christmas tag!

Its been a trying week and I just needed some cheering, I want to feel like myself again.  Decided to try my hand at making a tag to eventually use on a layout.

With a combination of mists, inks, stamps, punches, washi tape, and baker's twine, I think it came out pretty darn cute and totally did the trick for cheering me up!

Godspeed

Santa visit!

Its that time of year again! And of course you can never get them both to give you a BIG smile at the same time, but even with a half smile they sure are cute!!

HO! HO!! HO!!!

Godspeed

As promised.....

... here are more of those layouts I completed in November:

Little Ruby in her Princess chair!

Makayla helping take care of little sis - awwww!

Not sure how much I'll get accomplished in December, but in the meantime there are cards to be made and jammies to be sewn!

Godspeed

Is it REALLY November 30th???

Where did the month go? Since its the last day I had better get my layouts posted for my November Scrappy Goals. My goal was ten layouts this month, but created a total of 15! It helped that I was on vacation in the middle of the month, it was raining like mad, and my mojo was working overtime! Here are a few more......

What do you do with ugly paper, but make a layout of a REALLY BAD moment, or in my case, dye job gone totally wrong! Still trying to figure out how to get my hair back to its normal color!

 And as you can see I'm not a chronological scrapper - my youngest DGD is now 3 years old! So glad I had these in my stash cause the soft colors are PERFECT for a baby's layout!

The DGD's version of "Where's Waldo?" *giggle!*

 I'll photo and share the others when these rains subside during daylight hours. The Pacific Northwest is a beautiful place to live, but not a great place to get photos with natural "daylight" ;-)

Thanks for stopping by. Godspeed

Turkey Time!

Aren't these the cutest little things?! Found the idea over at Our Best Bites and would love to create these with Makayla & Ruby for our Thanksgiving Dinner table! 

 Off to make that shopping list!

Godspeed

Special Day!

Today is a special one indeed! For it was this day 35 years ago in a small room at the Gretna Green Chapel in Las Vegas, NV that I married my best friend, the other half to my whole, and the man who has changed my life in so many ways. We've had more than our share of lives hardships, but the love we have for each other and the family and friends who have supported us along the way, make us feel like the wealthiest people on this earth! Thank you one and all!

~ forever yours ~

Godspeed

Almost to my goal!

This "stash shopping" has been such a blast and can't believe the kits that I have that were never touched. At one time I was scared to use too much paper for fear of running low and now I can't seem to get enough piled on each layout! Here are two "discoveries" I found last night.

Bo Bunny Kitchen Spice from 2009

Crate Paper Snow Day Dec. 2010 FOTM @The ScrapRoom

This one is for the "white space" challenge at The ScrapRoom's crop this past weekend

Bella Blvd. Man Of The House March 2010 FOTM

The Harvest of Memories crop at The ScrapRoom runs thru Nov. 12th so I'll be sure to finished up those and get them posted here to share. Thanks for stopping by!

Godspeed

As I wind down from the Cocoa Daisy crop.....

......... I'd like to share the layouts I managed to get finished. They had a HUGE selection of challenges to chose from and I really like it that way - for me its all about variety and choices!

Color Recipe

 Music Inspired

 Photo Inspiration

 Card

And my first ever Artistic Trading Card .....

There's still three or four more challenges I'd like to try, plus two more classes that I will get to one day, but for now, I'm a Happy Scrapper!

Godspeed

New month, new goals!

Decided that since I managed to get my layout goal met for October, why not try for November! At the moment I'm still working on the challenges from Cocoa Daisy's crop and here's another .....

This is from a sketch they provided and I'm totally going outside my comfort level lately with the paint splatters and random embellishing, but I like the outcome and will keep it up!

I'll be back tomorrow with more!

Godspeed

I DID IT!

I accomplished my goal of 15 layouts for the month of October! I know, I'm posting these today, Nov.1st, but it was a busy day yesterday and well, that's how I roll .... ;-)

I participated in a crop over at Cocoa Daisy last weekend and here are two of the layouts I created:

A Progressive Layout Challenge

Challenge #1 Man On The Flying Trapeze - journal with a flow

And one of the classes I was able to complete was a hardcover book turned into a mini album

I plan on working on more of the challenges in the next few days! It was a blast creating and chatting it up! Thanks DT at Cocoa Daisy!

Godspeed

play ball!

When it rains, it pours! No, I'm not talking the "wet stuff", I'm referring to the amount of layouts I'm able to complete without the guilt of being indoors when its so nice outdoors!

I've had these papers since February 2010 and it was time to use it up and scrap these photos of Makayla's time at bat during on of her games this past spring. If you look closely at the middle photo, she concentrates with her little tongue out just like her Daddy does - it must be in the genes!

And I've almost reached that goal - 13 complete!!

Godspeed

Oh, how I have missed my scrapping!!

The weather outside is frightful,

but I am so delightful.

As long as my adhesive holds, 

let it rain, let it rain, let it rain!

Needing a stress reliever, I created LOTS of layouts these past two days! Take a gander and tell me what you think. ;-)

I have so embraced the larger banners running across the page idea here! They make for a great backdrop with papers from Pink Paislee for our July 4th photos .....

Our DIL, Michelle, just had a birthday and this SEI Happy Day was just too cute! I used sketch #343 from Sketch Inspiration ......

My Mind's Eye BOO to you! was perfect for trick or treating photos from Halloween 2011.....

Juicing is a great start to my mornings! These Cosmo Cricket Early Bird papers really compliment those bright veggies .....

 And finally, here is my layout from the October Cocoa Daisy kit. LOVE her mix of papers! She included Simple Stories, Amy Tangerine, and Studio Calico for one beautiful box of goodies! One of her DT members issued a challenge called "Lotsa Layers" and I will admit, I was hesitant at first, but love the outcome .....

Thanks for stopping by and I'm now at 12 of my goal of 15 layouts for the month!

Godspeed

Gettin' 'er done!

I keep getting closer to my goal of 15 layouts for the month of October and here are a few more to add to that total:

 Just some good old summertime fun!

I am not a chronological scrapper as these are photos from 2011!

And a simple board game can get a bit crazy around here :-)

That brings my total to seven so far and definitely more will follow! Thanks for stopping by.

Godspeed

Scrappy Season!

It appears the Pacific Northwest "rainy season" has arrived! What's a gal to do when its cold and wet outside? SCRAP INSIDE! I call Fall & Winter "my scrappy season" and I totally got my scrap on these past few days. :-)

 Makayla in action - #62

Spending the afternoon with the grandbabies at the Saturday Market. While Makayla loved her monkey on a tree, Ruby didn't quite get the "princess crown" that adorned her head. LOVE that expression!

Found a bunch of photos that I've printed but got tucked away and they are on my agenda for this weekend. What fun it is to "discover" those moments months later and relive the events!

Thanks for dropping by!

Godspeed

A bit of scrappy time!

Today my daughter had to have surgery and while waiting for that phone call that said everything was okay and went as planned, I nervously sat and scrapped because frankly, my fingernails are gone!

It took a bit longer for this layout than I expected because I decided to paint my chipboard letters different colors. It sure takes paint FOREVER to dry!

For this creation, I had snapped a few photos of Makayla on her first day of 2nd grade this past September and using an older October Afternoon line, Weathervane from 2008, came up with .......

As for that layout goal ....... 1 done - 14 to go!!

Godspeed

Inspiration!

For the month of October I have set a goal of creating 15 layouts, so decided I had better get on a hunt for some inspiration. I was plesantly surprised when I ran across this sketch from an August post on the Lilly Bee Design's Blog.

The designers used the small 6x6 paper pad, but I also spotted someone else using the journaling cards from various manufacturers. I LOVE that idea!! Since I'm trying to bust thru more of this overwhelming stash of mine, its a perfect solution.

Now that I have an idea, I better get to it before another day passes me by!

Godspeed

Card Crop!

During this last weekend of September 2012 I'm participating in a card crop over at The ScrapRoom! Some cute challenges and I've managed SEVEN cards so far and quite impressed with myself! Some are pretty simple, other aren't but I think I came up with some pretty cute ones to share in the coming months.

First up was my color challenge using this photo for inspiration:

my sample

monochromatic color challenge

 initials challenge: B = bird, J = journal spot, F = flower

 layout inspiration

 recipe challenge using chipboard and ribbon

 keep it simple challenge

 Washi tape challenge

There are a few more I'd like to take on, but first the sun has come out and I'm wanting to catch some warm rays before the rains reappear for the Fall and Winter months.

Godspeed

Not a total slacker!

CRAZY month!! Between school back in session, watching the babies when my son was so very illl, and now trying to get over "this lingering for weeks" cough, I did managed a bit of "me time" and scrapped!

I've been helping out over at The ScrapRoom, filling in for one of the MOD's who was unable to be with us, and issued a couple challenges. Here are my sample layouts ....

Back To School Challenge

 Lessons Learned Challenge

 And this next group is just using up some of my older stash with the help of sketches from Zany Zinnea's sketch class and some I've saved from the web from various blogs .....

So although I wasn't posting them, I was creating layouts in my "spare moments" these past few months! Thanks for taking the time to look!

Godspeed