May BPM time!

Whoa! Has it really been over a month since I've blogged!?! That's what happens when you get caught up in the world of Facebook...lol

So let me quit yacking and show you my DT creations for the month. I got the Solo kit to work with this month and I LOVED the colors!! So perfect for boy layouts and also a girl layout, too!
Um, ya, not sure why this layout is looking so crooked! I tried and tried to straighten it out to no avail. The red open scallop border along with the green patterned paper really does go straight across and not slant...lol

Here's my layout using the monthly PageMaps sketch. It was PERFECT to scrap some photos of this little guy. :D

And here's a layout created for my *15 Min. or Less Article*


And, then here's my favorite thing I made! It's for my sister who's little guy is turning one on Wednesday. I can't believe he's already one! He's soooo stinking cute!







This was super simple to make believe it or not. I'm not much of a sewer, but I put this together in a snap. Then I adorned it with the lovely Fancy Pants Family papers and a few things from my stash. She's going to love it!

Make sure to go check out the other DT gals' creations in the gallery and then make sure to run and get a kit or two for yourself :D
The Solo kit


The Medley


and some more scrumptious stamps!


Back to scrapping I go! Have a blessed day! :D

BPM April Sketch Challenge

My turn to host a challenge at Back Porch Memories, so you know I had to go with one of my favorites...a sketch! Come by and join in. For each layout you enter, you get a chance to win an awesome prize.
Tami's April Sketch Challenge


and...here's what I came up with using the incredible SEI Happy line featured in the Medley kit :D
Could these pictures have not been more perfect for this paper line! See, that's why it pays to wait to scrap pictures....don't be hasty in trying to finish up everything. Wait for the perfect paper...lol



Look at the yumminess in the Medley!


and...the yumminess featured in the Solo :D


MORE cutesie stamps! I'm cracking out the Copics to color with these for sure!


That's it for now. I need to get cracking to finish up my Easter preparations which include some shopping...yuck! It was crazy out there earlier, so I'm hoping most of the crowd has gone home. Wishing you all a beautifully, blessed Easter day celebration!

Some peeks to share!

This month I did the member layouts at Back Porch Memories. I can't show you the entire layout, but I can give you a little peek until you become a member...lol Each month I create sketches for the member and then Deb, Danielle, and I take turns cranking out layouts with both kits....fun!

The solo kit this month featured some pretty papers by Reminisce -- Unwritten.


The medley features papers by My Mind's Eye, Upsy Daisy, and Cosmo Cricket -- just lovely!


Oh!! And these stamps!! Goodness gracious they're cute!


Here are the peeks of some of the layouts I created.





And then here's a layout I literally through together at the last minute because I had so much to do this past week that I totally forgot I needed to to my last entry for the Scrapbook Throwdown at Memorable Seasons. Challenge #4 was called the Mini Buffet and we had to create a layout about our favorite food or restaurant. Bad picture because I took it at night, but I got 'er done using a sketch by Julie Bonner for My Creative Scrapbook and posted at the Everyday Scrapper blog for their Sunday Sketch inspiration. AND I must thank Julie M. aka Juliescraps for sharing her terrific creation and the sketch on Facebook because it made doing this layout soooo easy!


Going in search of a recipe for dinner! I'm trying to get that out of the way. Hope you all have a great day!

A couple more...

things I've created lately. First here's a layout created for the 3rd Throwdown challenge over at Memorable Seasons. I flopped on the second challenge, so I made sure to finish this one early. It's called the "meatloaf challenge" and the requirements were to use (2) 4x6 photos, cardstock for your base, two sheets of patterned paper, and flowers. You could throw in some ribbon as your "spice" if you wanted. I finally used some of that Jenni Bowlin paper that I've been hoarding!


Then Ms. Cheri actually contacted me to say she needed to scrap again...WHAT!!! That girl doesn't know she brought tears to my eyes hearing her say that...lol We've started pulling manufacturer names again and using our stash to scrap with. This time around LYB was pulled, so I used some more of the baby papers I had bought last year to scrap my little nephew Gavin. BUT...this time I used those baby papers to scrap Collin when he was my brand new little bubs...ahhh how I remember those days! He was just a colicky baby. I thought I was never going to make it through that time in my life, but I did by the grace of God!!


And, lastly, here is a book I made using my Bind-It-All!! I got an email from My Creative Classroom which showed it was offering a BIA 101 class. Well, I just knew I needed to take it because that darn BIA has been a pain in my side since I purchased it. I never seemed to get those darn holes punched right. Well, now I will be able to because Nan, the instructor, was an awesome teacher who showed us the basic ins and outs! Thank you, Nan! Our first project was to create this BIA punching guide to use when needed. I jazzed it up a bit, but not too much as it's just a guide. Now I need to get my butt going on finishing the rest of the projects that were assigned. Okay. I'm behind on that, but I will do it!


Here's wishing you all a happy, blessed Wednesday!

Project 12 and the Throwdown

Good Monday morning, all! Our Monday morning is being brought to us by a snow storm which will accumulate 6 inches or so by the day's end. It's weird how some schools canceled and, of course, ours didn't. I really wonder what determines whether or not they should cancel...hmmm?

Anywho, just wanted to share a couple projects I finished this past week. The first is a double page layout for the Project 12 . Click on the link and you can read more about it. It will be fun to do this as I STUNK at keeping up with Project 365 last year. I feel apart around late May, early June, and just couldn't force myself to do it again. I still don't know what I'm going to do with the rest of the book...lol This is much easier and I'm liking that a Becky Fleck sketch is provided each month. I am going to just base mine on a monthly theme showcasing events/moments that I want to recall for the specific month.


Then I decided to help facilitate the use of my ever-growing scrap supplies by entering in to Memorable Seasons Scrapbook Throwdown. Each week a new "recipe" will be posted so we can "cook up" our creation...lol I like this analogy to Bobby Flay as he's one of my faves on Food Network. Week one's challenge was the Wedding Cake challenge. We had to use something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue.
So this is what I came up with although excuse the bad picture because I didn't take it until late yesterday evening and no matter what I couldn't get the coloring right. I will try to take another one today if gets any brighter.

Something Old: 12 yr. old wedding pictures
Something New: Prima flower that I colored with Shimmerz Bed of Roses spritz
Something Borrowed: Pink Paislee sketch
Something Blue: Pink Paislee paper and the ribbon

That's about all I accomplished...oh, almost forgot that I did finish up my nephew's baby book that I started last year. I gave it to my sister at her baby shower and promised her pages for 3, 6, 9 and 12 months. Well, I can finally check that off of my to-do list because it's done! All I want to do before I hand them over to her to be placed in the book is add pictures for 3, 6, and 9 months as he's already that old....and already starting to WALK!! Can you believe it??? I can't!
Well off to start my day and figure out something for dinner. Wishing you all a fabulous one filled with lots of productivity! :D

Another layout

Actually one I forgot to share and it's one that I just LOVE because I used pictures of my son when I he was just a little one..miss those days! I used October Afternoon's Farm Fresh line that was featured in December's Back Porch Memories medley kit...gotta love some OA!!

BPM February DT Reveal

We get to show you our pretties...yay!
Here are the other things I created with the solo kit this month including a cute little Valentine decoration. I bought the wooden, heart plaque from the dollar store...can't beat that...and used goodies in the solo kit to come up with this!


This layout is for my 15 min. or Less Article. I used this lovely picture of our niece Kristy and her fiancee Mike. It's the same one used in their "save the date" card. I thought it was perfect to scrap with this paper line.


This layout is created using our monthly Becky Fleck sketch.


Thanks for coming by to take a peek and make sure to go check out the gallery to see all the other fabulous creations by the design team :D
FEBRUARY DT Gallery

Dabbling in Digital

Yep, I tried my hand at this once again. Our niece, Kristy, is getting married this year and was looking for a cute, but inexpensive "Save the Date" card. My MIL told her to ask me if I could help because she knew I had put together some cards in the past. I knew it wouldn't be that hard, but I knew that I'm not that digitally savvy either. Well, this is what I ended up with:


I like it and she did, too! I have to say that the digital thing is rather fun to play around with, but you still gotta love paper! ;^)

February...what?

Okay. Here we go with another year feeling like it's starting to fly by. I seriously need to learn how to slow down time. I would be rich if I could do that...lol

With it being the first, I get to show you what Paula has put together for this month's kits at Back Porch Memories -- gorgeous as always!!

The solo has one of my favorites -- Basic Grey Sugar Rush. Their paper lines never disappoint!


Here is the medley for this month


and some lovely stamps...


I got to work with the Solo...yay for me!! Like I said, I just love this paper line!

Got lots of stuff going on in this layout. I must have blacked out while creating because I just kept going and going and didn't know when I was going to stop...lol I spritz Maya mist and Glimmer mist, stamped the edges with a CTMH stamp and Staz-on, then I texturized the green pp with a Cuttlebug folder, and ruffled one of the papers to then finally realize I needed to stop...lol Anyway, it was fun getting all artsy because I don't do it often -- takes too long!

Make sure to go check out the kits this month and grab yourself one...or two

BPM January Kits

Here are a few more that I did with that awesome Monstrosity kit.




I think I got caught up with the word "cutest"...lol Those little guys in my life are just so darn cute though even if my little guy is no longer that little. You can see the rest of the talented design team's creations here: January 2010 DT Gallery
Got to go clean the house especially my scrap area!
Have a great day :D

Happy New Year!!

I had quite a time getting it together to come on here and post yesterday...results from a GREAT New Year's Eve....lol So here I am now wishing each and every one a happy new year filled with health and prosperity!!

I actually scrapped a layout since last month's DT requirements. It's for my challenge at BPM that requires you to "Ring in the Old". Easy peasy....use stash that's at least one year or older, so come and play. The layout I created for the challenge uses MME and October Afternoon from last year -- love those papers and I actually hated to cut in to them. Must be why I have that scrappy horder problem...lol



Then I bring to you my early layout from BPM. January's solo kit is featuring Sassafras Lass Monstrosity....LOVE this paper line!


The Medley kit will feature Pink Paislee Cupid Collection, Bella Blvd. Honey, I'm Home and Sassafras Lass Amplify --- awesome stuff!!! Oh, see that fringe on the bottom of the layout??? That was created so easily using these ---->
Cool, huh?
Okay....off to get that first cup of coffee to jump start my day! Have a great one!

Merry Christmas!!

Wow! Where has the time gone since I last posted on my blog. It's been busy....just so busy! Maybe I can take a bit of a breath now and get back to some regular crafting. Last month I did the member layouts for Back Porch Memories, so I didn't have any layouts I could post. However, with the upcoming coooool kits you best believe I'll be sharing. :D I have a few crafty projects I did for Christmas that I want to share as soon as I photograph them.

I'm just loving this new laptop Santa brought us! Now I can be connected anywhere in the house! LOL I wish you all a blessed Christmas full of love!

BPM reveal day!

Just can't say enough about the Fancy Pants Rough & Tough...perfect boy paper! I loved working with it this month :D






Go check out the rest of the DT's work here

I lied...

there will be no creating only the sites of a bed once again...sigh! At least it's a clean bed, but the fever is back and I'm feeling like poo. Please sickness go away!!!

Since the last post...

I actually got worse! I have spent the last day and a half in bed with a fever reaching 102.5 only getting up when it was most important! You can totally see how lost my hubs gets when I'm down. He's not used to taking care of the family 100%...hee hee! I have to laugh!

So I finally feel a bit better to get out of the old bed, plus I'm worried bed sores might start. Whenever I get sick or any of the kids, I want to go clean crazy! So today, I think I will get that bed of mine changed for sure and clorox some other things around here. It seems Collin and I were the only ones to get whatever this is and he's staying home with me today as his cough is non-stop day and night. Time to call the doctor again! On Friday when he went in Dave was told it was only a chest cold. I'm thinking it's something more or at least it sounds like more! We'll see!

Enough talk of sickness and on to some happy scrappy talk!
You must see this month's kits at Back Porch Memories! Oh, I just love them!
The Solo features the totally cool Fancy Pants Rough & Tough..woo hoo!

Then the Medley features WRMK Twirl, Crate Paper Seasons (TERRIFIC paper!!) and Bella Blvd. Plastino!


Oh, and look at these stamps!


I don't care what it takes, I'm getting to my craft room today to create!
My early layout for the month which I barely could get together through my chills....that was bad! There was so much more I wanted to do with this layout, but I had to give up...lol


And this month I host a challenge and I decided to go with an easy one -- a quote challenge. I love quotes as they are so inspiring. The one I used on this layout jumped out at me while in search of a good quote. I knew this quote would be perfect for a layout I've been wanting to about Dave going back to school after taking the buyout. We are so very proud of him!!
The string got in the way of the quote in the picture, but it reads:
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream -- CS Lewis


Off to take DD to school and then to get something done around here. I hope my body hangs in there until at least noon and then it might be time for a nap...lol Have a blessed day, everyone!