Hello out there!

Life has been busy, busy, BUSY!  It's all about marching band, crazy hours, applying for colleges, etc.  Sometimes I don't even know what day it is!  It's a thrill when I have time to create!  Here are a few layouts that I've created recently!

Wow, wow, wow, I love the way this layout turned out!  This is Maggie Holmes by Crate Paper.  Love this collection!  This photo is from last year's Homecoming, not the one that just took place.  I really love this wonderful photo of a great group of beautiful girls!  I really played up the blue, the green, and the purple!  Love this!

More Crate Paper on a layout about me being 47.  The girls went out and got me a big cookie, and they did sing to me!  I was just standing in the kitchen holding the cookie, and the girls did snap some pics of me!  My girls are the best!  Birthdays seem to come by alarmingly fast lately!  Inside the Maya Road envelope is my journaling . . . basically it's all about how I never imagined my life at 47 like it really is.  That's OK, it's just hard to wrap my mind around it sometimes!

Last is a layout I created for a white plus one other color challenge.  I don't like white, so I wasn't going to do the challenge, but then I came across some pics my Dad just recently gave me, and it came together for me.  I had a lot of fun layering a bunch of white.  I embossed a lot of it.  That's me way back when in 1980 graduating from 8th grade.

If you're reading my blog . . . HI!  As always, thanks for stopping by!  :)  

August DT kit at Memorable Seasons!

Here are my August design team projects for Memorable Seasons!  I got to work with Crate Paper Little Bo Peep!  At first, I wasn't too excited about working with a baby collection, because I'm not crazy about pastels, but then I got the kit, and I mean, come on!  It's Crate Paper!  I love Crate Paper!  Plus, I have two girls, so I CAN work with pastels you know!  Here's what I created.

This is Emily!  Isn't she adorable!?!

OK, so now I have a baby card on hand.  My cousin's daughter is having a baby!  I know who I'm sending this to!  :)

This is Jessica on her first Easter!  She won that BIG basket!  This is a scraplift of Megan, who is the MS MOTM (member of the month).  It was so much fun going through her gallery to pick out a layout to scraplift!

Stop by Memorable Seasons!  There are SO MANY awesome CHA goodies on preorder for 25% off!

Thanks for stopping by!

WCMD Cards

Wow, it's been a month since I updated my blog! Well, I haven't been creative lately. Just too much going on. I'm searching for a full-time job. That's a depressing process! Anyway, I made three cards yesterday for World Cardmaking Day. Epiphany Crafts issued a couple of challenges, and since I won some really cool Epiphany tools a while back from Cosmo Cricket, I decided to play along! I'm glad I did, because I WON one of the challenges! I am a very lucky lady! Anyway, all three of these cards has an Epiphany button on it! Their button makers are totally cool!

I hope you're having a great day! Thanks for stopping by!

Enjoy Life - Crate Paper RANDOM!

I am the luckiest lady I know! I won the ENTIRE Random Collection from Crate Paper! Thank you, thank you, thank you Crate Paper!! I love this collection!! I had to create a layout immediately!! I used this CUTE photo of my girls that was taken when they were at band camp! I love it! You can click on the layout to see it larger. I used the awesome sketch at Sketchy Thursdays! Thank you to my most wonderful and amazing blogging friend Chris for the reminder to USE the Sketchy Thursdays sketches!! I started off my misting my layout because the sketch has misting on it, but my Glimmer Mists are ALWAYS clogged (drive me CRAZY!!), and it just looked awful, because the drops fell on my layout in big ugly drops! Blech! SO, never fear, I covered it up with the AWESOME blue paper! Success! Love it!

I hope you're having a great day! Thanks for stopping by!

Sketch Layouts!

I created all of these layouts using sketches by Stacey at Inspired to Scrap! If you've never taken one of her sketch clasess before, you don't know what you're missing!

I have you're having a great day! Thanks for stopping by!

More layouts!

I've been neglecting my blog lately, but I don't think anyone really visits it anyway, so that's OK! Here are some more layouts I've done lately! The first one uses an awesome kit from Inspired to Scrap! I love, love, love the grid design that I created! The next two use Crate Paper! I love Crate Paper collections!

I'm wrapping up all DT duties at the end of August, and I will then be scrapping for ME!! Just for me! I won't be doing challenges, etc., unless I LOVE them, and I will be creating only things that make me happy! Remember that? Remember not using sketches or challenges or even thinking about what's on another site, blog, or message board? Remember creating a layout just because you wanted to preserve the memory? I am NOT saying that I haven't loved each and every DT that I've been a part of, because I have! They were all wonderful opportunities, and for them ALL, I'm so thankful! It's all been a creative journey, and I would change that for anything! However, I think somewhere along the line I've forgotten about doing what I want to do! No more! Beginning in September, I'm doing my own thing and I'm going to be having FUN!

I hope you have an excellent Friday, a fantastic weekend, and as always, thanks for stopping by!

Inspired to Scrap "STORYTIME" kit!

This is the NEW July/August "Storytime" kit at Inspired to Scrap! Be sure to check out the kit in the Inspired to Scrap store! Plus, you can buy the kit with the August sketch class, AND you can also pick up past kits for $15!!! WOW!! That's really an incredible deal!! Here's what I've created so far with this AWESOME kit!

I love what I've created so far! This kit is very versatile!! The double-sided papers are awesome!! It's a great mix of Crate Paper and Studio Calico with a couple of other surprises thrown in!! Be sure to check it out in the Inspired to Scrap store! You'll love it!

I hope you have a wonderful 4th of July weekend!! Thanks for stopping by!

Layouts!

These two layouts are based on a couple of sketches that are posted at Memorable Seasons. I can't believe I'm already scrapping vacation photos! That makes me happy!


This first layout uses Basic Grey Lauderdale that I won from The Scrap Review. LOVE these bright colors with my fun photos!! I did some detail cutting with the papers. I love the way this layout turned out! It just screams vacation to me! :)


This next layout uses Crate Paper Emma's Shoppe. Love the Emma's Shoppe buttons! I used quite a few of them on my flower border! I love this photo that I took of the girls and I in Arizona!

I hope you're having a GREAT day! As always, thanks for stopping by!

Love These 3!

I created this fun layout featuring a photo that I LOVE!! I used a kit that I got at Memorable Seasons. I love it! So many FUN manufacturers . . . American Crafts, Cosmo Cricket, Crate Paper, Pink Paislee . . . and more! I did a lot of sewing and distressing on this page! It was really fun to incorporate the number 3 so many times in my layout!

I hope you're having a great day! Thank goodness it's Friday! As always, thanks for stopping by!

LOVE projects!

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, here are a couple of projects that focus on LOVE!


This first project showcases a silly photo of US! I love it, and I also love Crate Paper Restoration! Put them both on the same layout, and I'm really happy with the way this turned out! I LOVE OUR FAMILY!!


This next project was fun, because I used up some eyelets! I have way too many eyelets! I created this clean and graphic card for Dave! I hand drew a heart, punched a bunch of holes, and then set all the eyelets. It's cute! I added a bit of ribbon, two felt letters, and I ended up with a pretty awesome card!

I hope you're enjoying your weekend! Thanks for stopping by!

More Layouts!

Here are two more layouts that I created during the Winter Crop at Coordinates Collections! I had so much fun with the challenges, and I love the layouts I created!


This first layout was created for a frills and bling challenge. I had these fantastic photos of Emily all dressed up for Homecoming, and I knew they were the perfect photos to use. I used My Mind's Eye Lost & Found paper and glitter die cut, MME Lush brads, some rhinestone bling, Primas, a Pink Paislee ticket, and actual ribbon from her wrist corsage. I wasn't too thrilled with this when I was done, because I wanted it to be amazing, but the more I look at it, the more I like it!


This layout was created for a tools challenge. We need to use at least two tools on our layout. I used three: my i-Top, my i-Rock, and a border punch. I used Crate Paper Restoration and some Studio Calico wood veneer letters. I love my cactus flowers!

I hope you're having a great day! Things are calming down around here after the BLIZZARD and after having lost power for over 16 hours overnight from Tuesday into Wednesday! I'm so glad it's Friday! Have a great weekend, and as always, thanks for stopping by!

Lots of Scrapping!

I was very CREATIVE this weekend! It was wonderful! An online crop at Coordinates Collections really inspired me! Here are just a few of the things that I created!


I created this page for a white space/negative space challenge. I love white space! I used Crate Paper Snow Day, some Pink Paislee cushy alphas, and some ribbons. I love the trio of ribbon next to the photo! Isn't that a gorgeous photo? It was a sunrise, and I love a pink sky!


This page was created for an orange and turquoise challenge. I love that color combination! These are some fun photos from our Disney vacation. I used a Hambly transparency (yes, it got sewed on crooked!), some Jillibean Soup, American Crafts, and Prima. I love the way this turned out. Fun vacation layout!


This layout features just one manufacturer. I love Sassafras Indie Girl, and it just seemed to work with these photos of the girls and their new fleece blankets. They're so CUTE!


This card was created for a frills and bling challenge. My mom's birthday is coming up, and she'll love a pretty feminine card! I used Cosmo Cricket DeLovely, some tulle, rhinestones, and a Prima. The sentiment is a Stampin' Up stamp, and I cut it with one of my circle scallop Nestabilities. I like it!

I hope you had a great weekend! There's talk of a blizzard for Illinois. I hope they're wrong! I don't like the word blizzard unless I'm going to Dairy Queen! :) Thanks for stopping by!

The 4 Of Us

Merry Christmas Eve! Here's a fun layout! We LOVE taking these silly self portrait photos of US! This is one of my many favorites! Dave or I do the long arm reach to take the photo! Most of the time, the ones where we're not all in the frame are hysterical! Anyway, I finally used Crate Paper Restoration! I love it! I used a Prima mask four times down the side of the paper. The yellow wood grain is from the inside of my Studio Calico wood veneer letters! Isn't it fabulous!?! I also did some sewing on this layout. You know I love my sewing machine! I really love the way this turned out! It's totally US!

Have a WONDERFUL Holiday! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! Peace, Love, and JOY! As always, thanks for stopping by!