Urge

Have you ever had the urge to do something so badly? Well, this morning my urge was to scrap!! It was a bad urge that I just had to fulfill even thought the morning didn't call for it.

I came upon these pictures of Travis left over from his packet of school pictures. I just LOVED the pictures this year. He looks so much older -- hard to believe he's only in the 8th grade!

He made the transition from Catholic school to public school this year. We were all a little worried about the transition, but it couldn't have been any better. He has adjusted so well, getting excellent grades, and making lots of friends. I couldn't be happier for him because that makes the move to high school next year a little smoother. And speaking of him going to high school :0 when did that little boy who just entered kindergarten become old enough to go to high school...eek!! They sure don't lie when they say that time flies...hmmm


So that completes my layouts for our Fancy Pants challenge. I went and scooped up Cheri's gorgeous layout from her blog. Isn't it BEAUTIFUL!!!!


Yay!! Martha played along with our challenge this time :D
Look at this gorgeous layout!! Gorgeous in both the design and her daughters!!

Can you help a gal out?

One of my beautiful identical twin niece's is trying to get a job as a spokeswoman for a local rock station. If you feel like casting a vote, you can go to WRIF sign up for an account, and then vote for JENNIFER (she's at the top of the voting page with her hair pulled back). I would GREATLY appreciate it and I definitely know she would, too :D She and her sister will be graduating next month from University of Michigan and I know landing this job will be a great experience for her.

Thank you all very much!!

Fun & Funky

That's what I think of this new layout I just did using both our Fancy Pants challenge and another blog challenge prompted by an incredibly talented gal name Shawna
She creates these uber cool pages that float off the sides, so she put a challenge out and I knew I had to try it. I had something different in mind, but this is what came out of it all...LOL Thanks for the challenge, Shawna!




I'm still going to create something more with my Fancy Pants papers. I have two inches and need to kind of put a dent into it :D

April's Back Porch Memories Reveal

Here's my layouts & cards made from April's Solo kit. This SEI Dill Blossom really grew on me when I finished with my projects :D TFL!






You can check out all the other fantastic DT layouts by clicking here ---> April 2008

Triple The Sketch

I used this week's sketch to create both a card and a layout.


If you haven't checked out their blog, make sure to do so soon -- Triple the Sketch

Drew a new challenge

and it is going to be Fancy Pants using both the paper and their rub-ons -- yay!! Love me some FP, so this should be a great challenge!! Every one is welcome, so if you complete a layout or card or both, just shoot me an email with your completed projects and I'll post them here.

Remember, we have two weeks to get er' done :D

Paper Salon Challenge layouts

Running late on this one, but Cheri's is still drying and I just took a picture of mine even though it's been finished since Thursday...jeez I included this challenge and one from BPM where we had to lift a layout from the DT. I chose to lift a terrific design from Alissa :D


Carolyn, my dear, where is yours?

**Here is Carolyn's wondrous layout! So summery!! I want summer, the pool, fun, and a margarita!!



And here is Cheri's (finally..lol)

WOW

I leave for a day and one of the sites I visit on a daily basis disappeared -- kind of weird!

But for now, the gals from there have all moved over to a new site which Tabby's husband has built!! Holy cow, you know your computer/techy stuff when you can throw together a message board in a heartbeat...lol Seriously, how cool is that!! Thank you so much Tabby and her hubby!!! You can check it out here: Creative Scrap Land

I've been tagged!

by the oh so sweet Deb!!! I probably cheered her up by finding the right place to shop today ;-) I'll have to think who to tag as most of the gals I know have already been tagged :D

Playing around with

April's CSS kit. I became a kit club member because my incredibly talented friend Cheri is the kit club designer. I love all the goodies she puts together and had to take the leap. Here's another layout I finished with the incredible MM Sophia.


I felt in a swirly flourishy mood last night so I hand cut some. There are a few goodies on the page from my stash -- Prima flowers, Stickles, glitter, and a small piece of MM Elizabeth. Thanks for peeking!

Before & After

The painting is all done in the family room. I just have to muster up the motivation to want to redo the trim. It could use a nice fresh coat of paint, but I keep telling myself that it looks just fine for now :D
It's taken some getting used to this new color, but it is growing on me.
Here's a before picture from 2005. Don't mind Collin walking around in diapers carrying a balloon for Marisa's birthday. He is now out of diapers for the record...LOL


Now here is the new color of the room with a new area rug. I really do like it now. It feels homey, comfy, and relaxing.

Paper Salon

that's the new challenge! Let's get to it, girls :D

New Challenge

Well, gals, I can't pull it right now because if I go down and disturb the new dog, she won't let me get any sleep for the night. We've had to start crating Jasmine at night because of her situation of being in heat and all (see the little diaper...LOL) I notice if I don't let her sleep in the bed, she craps in the house to get back at me! Stinker! And it's always somewhere she knows will get back at me like on a pile of scrap paper I had on the floor in my scrap room (thankfully in a ziploc bag, but ewww!) and then on the brand new area rug....UGH!! But ain't she still so cute?!


I will pull this first thing in the morning -- promise girls! =D

Junkitz challenge -- CHECK!

Yep, finished this one yesterday and forgot to post it with Easter being today. So here ya go

This is my Collin about 2 1/2 years ago. I can still remember that little toddler face! Boy, I love to look back at older photos but sure dread how time does fly :( I wanted to do more Junkitz layouts as I have amassed quite a bit of it, but time got the better of me. We'll wait for next time it's pulled, huh?!

Make sure to take a peek at Cheri's BEE-U-TIFUL creations here
and Carolyn's black and white ROCKIN' creation here

Hey, Carolyn, my friend!! I just wanted to thank you so very much for playing along with Cheri and I each and every week. You're the BEST!!!

Sharing

Just finished up a few things that I figured I'd post.

First is a layout of my brother and his girls all gussied up for their special annual dance. They're so cute!!


Next is a layout I did for a challenge Zarah posted at CSS using up scraps. I had these left over from my BPM February kit, so it worked out perfectly. I just added a of chipboard swirls that weren't in the kit.


This last layout is from Carolyn's "Scraplift Me & Pass It On Challenge" at CSS. I scraplifted Angie. Her layout had a wonderful paper layering design along with a trail of buttons and hearts. These are the elements that I chose to lift.


Hope you all are having a great day. Any day that includes scrapping for me is a TERRIFIC one :D

Better mood & our new addition

Thank you all so much who posted comments to the previous post and thank you to those who have thought of us during this time. We're making it one day at a time :D

Now on to better news...our new baby girl!!!

Isn't Ms. Jasmine the cutest thing!!! I've always wanted a pug and now I can finally say I have one!! She came to use from another family who had to relocate to Florida. They knew the heat would be too much for her, so they set out to find a good family for her. I'm glad they chose us because she's the sweetest dog with the best temperment. She follows me around every where snorting...too cute!

Hope everyone has a FANTASTIC weekend!! The sun is shining and we'll be painting the family room..yay! I love the look of a freshly painted room.

Really bummed!

We're now into week three of this strike and it's looking worse. With no one really buying cars and the price of gas rising, AA&M has the upper hand and obviously the funds to wait out this strike. We don't! After almost 9 yrs. being a SAHM, I find myself having to go out and seek employment. However, with the economy being as depressed as it is here in the Detroit area, finding a decent job with decent pay won't come easy. I have faith in the Lord and know this will all work out in the end. It's when you're going through it and just having a BAD day you can't see the light at the end of the tunnel. Please continue to pray for all of those affected by this strike. I'm sure there are families out there who are having a harder time than we are. Thank you!

It's that time again!

What time you ask? Well, time for me to upload my monthly DT pages from Back Porch Memories! March's Medley kit features Scribble Scrabble Felicity (LOVE IT!!), SR Lynden (found out I LOVED it more than I thought I would) and the new GCD Carnival (fun paper!) Thanks for peeking!

Next Challenge

Upsy Daisy Challenge

completed!!






Carolyn's stupendous layouts can be seen here
Cheri's can be seen here
Great going, GALS!!!

More Double Page Layouts

Double Page layouts

I'm not a gal who does not scrap double page layouts at all! However, for about a year I was one of the designers at BPM who created (2)double-page layouts a month with a part of the BPM kit and provided instructions. I have never posted these before, but thought I'd start posting a few here and there. Hope ya don't mine ;)

Tagged by Carman

Here are 7 random and/or weird (you be the judge) facts about me.
1. I used to smoke.
2. I love to take a drive during a beautiful summer day with no destination in mind and to see if we can find a cool spot or restaurant.(We don't do this much any more with the price of gas ...LOL)
3. I can't stand the smell of cigarette smoke on my husband and I remind him often.
4. I love the beach, the sound of the water, and the smell of skin that has been lathered with sun tan lotion.
5. During a 9yr. period I moved 11 times.
6. I can't stand to get my socks dirty.
7. I once almost caught myself on fire while sitting on a toilet...(those of you I told the story to will know what I'm talking about here....LOL)

Now for the rules and who we are tagging.The rules:Link to your tagger and post these 3 rules on your blog. 1. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird. 2. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs. 3. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog. I are tagging:

Deb
Tam
Lisa
Kazan
Tracy
Julie
Jana

March Challenge @ BPM

Come on over and join in my sketch challenge at Back Porch Memories!! Just remember if you participate in this challenge or any of the other March challenges, your name gets entered into the drawing for a chance to win a terrific prize from Paula :D