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Happy Be*lated New Year!!!!!

2012-01-08T22:09:00.003-06:00

The month of December went by in a huge blur.........

Can't believe that the New Year is Here!! I am now ready to get back to my normal routine and my resolution for the year is entangled in a focus word:

Completion

I have so many projects and visions for myself personally as well as our home. I want to make a list and check them off as completed! That will be my task throughout the year to complete what I have started and envisioned.

O.k. now that I have put that in writing, I can check off my 1st thing on my list!!!

(1st blog entry of the year) Wish me luck on my year of completion.......what would be your word for the year?

More Cards

2011-12-01T06:29:00.003-06:00

Here are a few more cards completed for the Cornucopia Crop at Scrapbook Heaven. I got a heads start on my Christmas cards!

Cornucopia of Cards Crop

2011-11-19T13:38:00.004-06:00

Scrapbook Heaven is having a Cornucopia of Cards Crop starting this weekend and you have until Nov. 30 to upload. There are tons of challenges.....I have been working on a few.
This first one was for Michelle's Pumpkin Truffle dessert challenge -- Drizzle paint on your card. My inspiration was a Hallmark card that came in the mail from our insurance company.
This was for Jules' Pumpkin Roll dessert challenge-- Use a rolled flower.

This one was for Michelle P.'s asparagus side dish color challenge.This one was for Michelle P's card sketch challenge.

This one was for Chris' card sketch challenge.

This one was for Jules' corn side dish color scheme challenge.

This was for Michelle P.'s dessert challenge - use ink distressing.

This last one is a birthday card to me niece that turned 4 last Sat.

Happy Birthday Gabriella!!!

Dallas Cowboy LO

2011-11-17T11:55:00.002-06:00

Here is my latest LO using the BOAF May kit I had won as a crop prize. Stephen and I had gotten a chance to attend a football game in the Coca-Cola end zone suite. We had a great time......the girls stayed at home and had a wonderful time with the babysitter!Here is a close-up of my Texas Star Flower. I used my McGill tension tweezer and twirled the paper springs to make the points on the star.

Homemade Cards and Ornaments

2011-11-17T11:37:00.002-06:00

My cousin and husband are having their first baby....I made a card and envelope for her baby shower that her family had for the happy couple! ( I unfortunately will be sending a gift card because we are now living so far away.) I used a sketch/card design from Paper Crafts Magazine...Go to Sketches Vol. 1...p.55. Here is the inside I stamped and colored w/ water color pencils.Then I got busy on some card holders for the homemade ornaments that I made for an ornament swap with some friends at OSU. I made the enveopes to match.

The ornaments slide right inside into a slit that was cut right above the stamped greeting.

For the ornaments, I found in my stash some acrylic ones made by clear snaps. I embossed the greeting in gold. embossed the holly leaves w/ green and added bead berries. I used alcohol inks on the back very sparingly to highlight the sentiment. Tied ribbon and gold string to hang. Viola! Merry Christmas!!! Can't wait to see what the other gals have made! :)

First Secret Sis LO....

2011-11-17T10:44:00.003-06:00

I was so excited to get these scrappy goodies in the mail from my PS Secret Sis...Sheila! She sent me bunches of fun. Thanks so much!!! Here is my first LO that I made from the scrappy goodness. It is about our flight back from San Pedro Island to catch the flight to the states from Belize in Feb. 2009.

October Layouts.....

2011-11-12T20:58:00.002-06:00

Honestly....I have been slacking off this month! I will share what I did get accomplished.....Hopefully next month will be much more productive! Oh..wait....it is next month already!!!!! YIKES!I made this thank you card ( and a few of the LO's) using a sketch from Scrapbook Heaven. This was a picture of the girls in their costumes last year.....they froze while I took the picture and then we put on our coats to go trick-or-treating with friends from the neighborhood. This is a picture of the neighborhood friends. In 2009, we made it too the park for some fall family pictures before the big snowfall! The girls went to a roadside market to pick out pumpkins this year. They had fun looking and the different colors and varieties of pumpkins!

Happy Halloween!!!!

2011-10-31T22:14:00.003-05:00

The girls were trick or treating with friends in the neighborhood! They had such a great time but after about an hour, I could keep up with them because they weren't running anymore! JJ- little miss DIVA! with her carved jack-o-lantern. JoJo - Vampiress with her jack-o-lantern....she didn't like the way I put her make-up on so she washed it off and did it herself!

Check out these characters......LOVE IT!

Back to Business!!

2011-09-07T22:35:00.003-05:00

Our first couple weeks of school have been quite uneventful....which is a good thing! The weather has cooled down and football starts this week. I love this time of year! Here is a picture of the girls walking to school on their first day. I love the lighting at that time in the morning.

Last of the Scrapbook Heaven Scrapsation Crop

2011-09-05T09:35:00.003-05:00

Here are some of my projects that I completed for the Scrapbook Heaven Scrapsation Crop. It was a 3 month long crop.....I am so glad I participated! I got to use some of my stash and completed many more LO's this summer than I would have other wise. Thanks for the inspiration!

Birds of a Feather Guest DT projects

2011-08-11T07:39:00.003-05:00

The first project I made with the new Aug. kit. I fussy cut some of the Basic Grey PP to make the flowers and also some of the Pink Paislie for the yellow green flower. I also used some of the coredinations cs that ws included to make the little blue flowers and the journal tag.

This one is one of my favorites. It is a grouping of pictures of my god-niece reading us a story while my sister and I were scrapping. I actually pulled out the sewing machine on this one!

July Layouts....

2011-08-08T10:41:00.002-05:00

Here are a few layouts I finished in July and the 1st week in Aug. I uploaded them to the Scrapbook Heaven Summer Scrapsation Crop going on. They have a stash list and challenges that go up each Mon., Wed. ,and Fri. Come and join the fun!

Birds of a Feather Sneak peaks.......

2011-08-08T10:35:00.000-05:00

Birds of a Feather Aug. Kit!

2011-08-06T10:50:00.002-05:00

Look what I get the pleasure of working with as guest designer for Aug?????

Yes, this awesome August kit from Birds of a Feather Kit Co. If you just love Basic Grey and Pink Paislee with a little coredinations cardstock thrown in then you are lovin' this one! All the wonderful embellies are just perfect little extras! Check back in a couple of days to see what projects I have created with this most wonderful kit!

Color Swap from OSU

2011-07-10T13:29:00.003-05:00

I participated in a color swap and I got these awesome baggies full of great colorful embellies. I actually got these in March but I hadn't taken pics of them til now. They are great little baggies full of goodness that have come to MN with me to scrap with.

Counterfeit Kit Layouts and card...

2011-05-25T23:12:00.003-05:00

I didn't get as much done with this kit as I wanted to this month but here is are 2 LO's and a card made with the kit contents....although I added the little yellow gems in the 1st LO to the original kit contents.

Counterfeit Kit for May

2011-05-11T16:52:00.002-05:00

The kit to counterfeit is from Work In Progress. Their May kit was sold out the same day it went on sale!!! They also had a Mother's day kit that I didn't counterfeit. Since this is my first time tackling this challenge, I chose to only do the main kit.

After much procrastination, I finally got this kit put together. I combined papers from Pebbles Treehouse Collection and the WRMK 72& Sunny line. Here is a close-up of the paper and cardstock. I added these embellies along w/ 4 different alphabets!! I reserve the scappy right to include anything else from my stash that goes along with the moment when I'm scrapping this month! LOL!This shall keep me busy for the month......Do you have your scrap on?

The smallest scraps......

2011-04-29T09:34:00.003-05:00

I can't believe it! I was messing around yesterday and tried making these adorable flowers from a tutorial I saw on the Fiskars blog. Then to add the middle of the flower I used some of my smallest scraps EVER!!! I used the littles that were left behind when I was punching out some borders....can't waste a thing you know! I felt quite proud of being a frugal scrapper.

April Scrap Attack Guest Design Team Reveal

2011-04-21T09:43:00.002-05:00

Lauri, from Scrap Attack Scapbooking sent me an awesome kit. I had the pleasure of working with the new Reflections Collection by Prima. The reds, blues and golds in this line are so easy to work with. There are glitter cardstock stickers and flowers that go with this line as well as some bling gems that are to die for! Click on the link.....there is always a discount! :)
This first layout is of my grandparents (on my father's side) on their wedding day.

Spring Fling Crop Projects

2011-04-13T08:48:00.002-05:00

When we were still in MN, the girls were missing Stephen something terrible so he sent them a bouquet of flowers that perked up their spirits a tad bit.

I had gotten this pp from Archivers 2 years ago I think and this is the first time I used it. I used a sketch from Back Porch Memories but the challenge was at BOAF....Easter Challenge- use Easter colors and have an oval shaped pic.

This layout was my fav for the weekend....It was for a Garden Challenge at BOAF. You pick what you wanted to plant in the garden and then when the crop started, the things you picked to plant stood for a scrapping technique or product. It was a great challenge...This pic was from when the girls were just over a year old and we went up to MN to see my mom's side of the family.

This was my creation from a shape challenge. I made this for my god-neice who is turning 7 in May.

I used the sketch at BOAF for this layout. During Spring Break we had friends down from MN and we took all the kiddos to the zoo in Fort Worth.....the kiddos really had some "Crazy Fun".

Scrap Attack April Kits

2011-04-11T09:29:00.003-05:00

If you like Fancy Pants or Lily Bee Designs, then you will be happy to know that there are TWO April kits waiting for you at Scrap Attack Scrapbooking!!! Click on the link for details of the contents......here are some pics. Don't they look fun?????? They are only $26.50 each!

Oh Dear........

2011-03-25T21:49:00.002-05:00

I am so sorry I have neglected you my dear blog.......Although I have been very busy!

Since I have visited you last, I moved two girls and a dog from Minnesota to Texas.....bought a house in Texas......flew back to Minnesota to oversee the loading of our items in the large semi.........enjoyed lunch with a couple friends.......monitored the delivery of our new refrigerator......monitored the delivery and placement of our household......unpacked mega amount of boxes and stacked massive amounts of packing paper.....entertained a family of friends for a week of spring break..was a nursemaid to a sick daughter......brought children to Six Flags.....had a BBQ for friends of visitors...brought children to the zoo......unpacked more boxes......oversaw homework completion.......washed mountainous loads of laundry....had another BBQ to meet new neighbor family......unpacked more boxes.......re-arranged a garage to park one vehicle amongest the storage.......entertained another houseguest interviewing for a job in Texas......kept children on schedule for school......made dinners and finally sitting down for a nice relaxing drink at my new scrapping area (amongest unpacked boxes) while completing my first layout in our new house!

I think I deserve a breather!!!! :) I'll have to update pics at a later date! I'm rather tired now.........

Are you Ready for a Crop????

2011-02-16T09:39:00.003-06:00

Check out the Scrap Attack Scrapbooking website! They are having a Queen of Hearts Crop starting on Fri. with a couple Pre-crop challenges you can check out starting on Thursday, Feb. 17. You can even earn this awesome charm just by participating! Hope you can join us!

Scrap Attack Scrapbooking Feb. Kit

2011-02-02T11:52:00.004-06:00

Today is the day for the reveal of the Feb. kit from Scrap Attack Scrapbooking. You will be impressed with the mixture of collections and embellies that will make your layouts look fabulous!

Ground Hog Day

2011-02-02T11:43:00.002-06:00

Today is the day everyone in the north waits for...."What will the ground hog do?" they say. They meaning everyone who has had to shovel many feet of snow, slush through the salted parking lots to get groceries and adorn themselves with as many bulky clothes as they can find just to complete their daily routine. Six more weeks or not........winter is not ranking very high in my book!

Fancy Pants Jan. Contest

2011-01-28T20:35:00.003-06:00

As promised....I finally finished a LO using the Jan. kit from Scrap Attack Scrapbooking. They are having a contest using at least 75% Fancy Pants products on a LO. The deadline is Jan. 31st so there is still time if you want to play.

I used a few little items from my stash such as hemp twine, brown AC cs, AC rub-ons. The rest is included in the kit.

Scrap Attack Scrapbooking GDT Debut

2011-01-25T12:08:00.005-06:00

Here are my LO's from the Sweetness line by Pink Paisley. There is a little OA and EP thrown in. I had such a fun time creating these LO's for Scrap Attack Scrapbooking. Check out the Lo's in their gallery and it will link you to all the products that I used.

1/11/11

2011-01-12T00:10:00.003-06:00

Today at 1:11 p.m. I was running errands.....went to the bank, grocery store and target. I got a few bargains but was soooo proud of myself for resisting the impulse buy.......several times!!!
It has been snowing for a couple days....we have a total of about 3 inches of the constant fine snow. I took some winter pics.....I love the snow on the pine trees and snow on my bench on the front step. I also took a picture of the sun that was struggling to show through the clouds.
Gas was $3.07 today, and I took my laptop in to get worked on.....I miss my friend!

Look what I got in the mail!!!!

2011-01-07T16:27:00.003-06:00

I am soooo excited to work with the new January kit from Scrap Attack Scrapbooking! There are so many fun elements to play with......Check back to see what I create! If you can't wait til I get some posted, visit their website and see the DT reveals using this kit. You will definitely find some inspiration!

Happy New Year......

2011-01-07T16:25:00.001-06:00

Hope this year brings wonderful opportunites your way!!!!
Be happy, Be Healthy and Have fun!

Guest Designer

2010-12-20T21:23:00.002-06:00

I am sooooooo excited!!!! Scrap Attack Scrapbooking has asked me to be the Guest Designer for the month of January!!!! I got my goodies in the mail yesterday so now I can go play! I'll show you some sneaks when I'm allowed......go check them out!
ScrapAttackScrapbooking.com

Merry Christmas!!!

2010-12-19T17:24:00.003-06:00

Merry Christmas!!!! Jaclyn and Jordan got their faces painted, ate cookies, and sat on Santa's lap. They were so excited to see Santa but they kept asking for RUDOLPH!

Dance Performance

2010-11-14T11:01:00.002-06:00

Jaclyn, Jordan and two of our neighbor girls performed with another neighbor at her high school on Sat. They all had such a wonderful time. There were 2 performances. Jordan ran off the floor for the first one but when we went back in the evening she said she was going to perform! And she did! All the girls did a wonderful job!

1st of many.....

2010-10-09T22:14:00.003-05:00

Here are some Lo's I have done for the PS Croptoberfest. I combined them with a few challenges from Scrap Attack Scrapbooking...killed 2 birds with one stone...YES!!
This was a combo of the {SAS}SY Sketch Challenge Round 9 # 2 and the Oct. 2nd Circles challenge on PS.

These next two LO's are examples of my Oct. 8th PS Recipe challenge.
Nutty Caramel Apple Pie al a mode.

and Pumpkin Roll. This is also for {SAS}SY Sketch Challenge round 9 #1.

PS Challenges

2010-10-04T10:04:00.002-05:00

I posted my 2 challenges over at Personal Scrapper for the month. Check them out here or visit http://www.personalscrapper.com/ for the whole month of scrappy challenges!!!

Oct. 8th - Recipe Challenge
When I think of fall I think...food!!! LOL!! So your challenge is to pick one of the recipes below to scrap.
Nutty Carmel Apple Pie al a mode
* Use "SWEET" in the title or journaling
* Use the colors red, yellow, green..for the apples (Use 1, 2, or all three)
* Use white/off white for the ice cream
* Use brown for the carmel sauce and nuts

Pumpkin Roll
* Use swirls...(either a stamp or on paper)
* Use brown buttons for the spice
* Use orange for the pumpkin
* Use white/off white ribbon

Oct. 25th - Pop it!!!
* Use pop dots, chipboard, and buttons on your LO.

Croptoberfest.....

2010-10-01T10:00:00.001-05:00

The Croptoberfest has begun at PersonalScrapper.com. I will be posting a few challenges on the 8th and the 25th of the month. There are prizes and lots of scrapping to get done!

WOW....Sept. Already?????

2010-09-07T10:00:00.003-05:00

Today was the 1st day of 1st grade for the girls.....I'm sure they will have a great day!!!!

New Layouts!!!!

2010-06-14T11:46:00.003-05:00

This is a LO I did for a Personnal Scrapper scraplift......we were celebrating my dad's 75th birthday in Valley Springs, SD.
I did this LO for the OSU scraplift......I started using this pic with different pp but it just didn't work. I think this works very well!!! This pic was taken this spring on picture day.

This is a LO example of a challenge I have posted on the PS forum. You need to scrap a summer first event but the catch is you have to cut your pp but you can't cut it in a straight line....use decorative scissors, cut a wavy line or slanted, use decorative borders or brackets and circles. Have fun!

Camping

2010-05-18T13:49:00.003-05:00

Went camping with my family in SD for my god-niece's 6th birthday. WOW!!! What a weekend!! All the kiddos played so nice at the campground. It was nice to be able to actually chit chat rather than run around like a chicken after them!!! Here are a few highlights........

The girls with the birthday girl gettin' some chow!!!

My niece, Gabriella blowing bubbles.

Most of the grandkids playing with the go-cart-bikes.

And of course....the girls with Yogi!!! (The "real " one came to the camp site but Jordan wouldn't have anything to do with that one!!! )

More LO's....

2010-04-30T17:36:00.002-05:00

This LO has turned out to be my favorite this week. It was for a challenge at Serendipty Scrapbooks.....You had to follow a sketch but make your own flowers.
This LO was for a challenge at Scrapbook Heaven....to use a critter on your LO. I used a puffed up sticker that looked like the helmet that the girls were wearing.

New Crop LO's

2010-04-30T17:23:00.003-05:00

Woot!!!! I finished off some Lo's that I started at the crop I went to last weekend!

This one is when the girls came home so excited about what they were learning in kindergarten.
My lil' pumpkin, Gabriella, and her Uncle "Baby" we call him Davey. She heard that and called him baby.

The girls got a spring zinnia garden for Easter and were so excited when the plants started to grow!

At our Bernards/Vermeer reunion dad filled his plate with all the good food and the kiddos were amazed that he was going to eat all that food! He did.....took him an hour, but he cleaned his plate.

Crop LO's

2010-04-03T16:40:00.004-05:00

Here are some LO's (that I actually posted during the crop).

The first two are from the girls' trip to the A'maze'n Farmyard at the end of the school year in 2009. These next two LO's are from our day trip to Itasca State Park....where the Mississippi River begins. (2008)
This LO is about when the girls were "pretending" to make cookies like Mommy, while we were getting ready for company at Thanksgiving time. (2006)Here is a LO about the food we ate in Belize. We loved the spicy Habenero sauce....we even brought some home. While I was cleaning cupboards, I found a bottle of it that we had gotten a couple of years ago!!!! Guess we liked it then, too!!! I had a lot of fun working on the challenges from the crop...I won 4 of the drawings held for the crop. I was pretty excited and THANKS to Serendipity Scrapbooks and their DT for putting on such a great crop!

Serendipity Crop

2010-04-03T16:35:00.004-05:00

Here is an Easter mini pizza box, and 2 cards made for the crop.

Non-Crop Layouts!!!

2010-03-25T21:48:00.003-05:00

I am such a flake!!!....I did some scrappin' for some challenges posted at a crop on the Personal Scrapper website and I forgot to post them before the end of the crop!!!! Ohh well. I'll share them here. This is an Easter card I lifted from the Card Makers magazine. This is a Lift from the idea sheet in the Feb. 2010 PS kit....love these papers! ( Sorry about the reflection on the transparency, didn't notice til too late!) This was for an outside challenge.....The girls got a snowmobile/ sledding ride on their birthday with their cousin, Caitlyn and Uncle Rob. The snow totally disappeared that weekend.....which is a very good thing!Here is a lift from one of the PS challenges...I started scrapping some of our Belize pics....this is one of my favs....It is nice to have good friends! This pic is blurry cuz the waiter was trying to take them fast and moving the camera before it had even taken the picture....also it says 22 but really we have 2 people missing....I have to figure out how to photo shop them in since we didn't get a big pic of all of us together before the end was near! I promise I'll get them in though!

I Just Heard.....

2010-03-23T21:30:00.003-05:00

Just found out about a crop that is going on this weekend Mar. 26 - 28.
It is at http://www.serendipityscrapbooks.com/. I have been lurking on their site off and on and I think I'm going to join in this weekend. I could use some new mojo!!!! Come and play along!!!

Birthday Girls

2010-03-20T22:17:00.002-05:00

We brought cupcakes to school on Fri. Mar. 5 to celebrate with their classes.

We had a family party at my sister Rochelle's house in SD. The girls got lots of birthday wishes and calls from aunts, uncles and grandparents!!!

Belize 2010 - Chapter 1

2010-03-03T21:44:00.006-06:00

Our story began 6:00 a.m. when we call the rest of our group and they say.."Our flights have been cancelled!!!" We thought they were kidding but nooooo. So the 4 of us get to the airport, check in, and our flight leaves on time. (We flew through Dallas and the other 8 couples flew through Atlanta.) We arrive in Belize on Sat. Feb. 13, 2010. I'm sure it will never be the same!!!!

The other couples caught a flight to Houston and then on Sunday flew to Belize. They arrived a day late but at least everyone arrived safely. (Cancelled flights, lost luggage, boat rides, puddle flights....etc...etc.) There were a total of 22 people in our total group!!!!!!

Stephen, Cory, Julie and I took a puddle jumper to the island of San Pedro where we made our home for the week. The first night was kinda crazy because we were all glad that we were there....the 3rd night we had some local ladies cook for us. The food was awesome!!!! Stephen liked the chicken type stew over coconut rice but my favorites (can't just have one!) were the fish w/ vegetables and the lime salsa!

After the ladies cooked for us, we went into town...picture this.....22 people on 4 golf carts!!!! We felt like Fred and Wilma Flintstone! Since it was Mardi Gras, the locals have a tradition of throwing paint to celebrate.....well we gave new meaning to "painting the town"! This picture was taken just as someone was throwing paint at our group....It was the most fun I have had in a very long time!!!!

We spent our days by the pool and one morning we all ( or most of us...) went snorkeling....we saw a sea turtle.....oodles of fish and we got to touch a nurse shark! (It felt like sand paper, which surprised me!)

These are just a FEW of the highlights......tune in for the next chapter soon!!!!

more Jan. 2010 LO's

2010-01-27T09:53:00.002-06:00

More from Moondance Jam '09. Couple LO's for an album for a friend....used an 8.5 x 11 size. kinda hard working with a smaller canvas.

Jan. 2010 LO's...finally

2010-01-27T09:38:00.002-06:00

Some birthday cards w/ scraps from a PS kit.One of the many LO's from our Moondance Jam weekend in July. It was warmer in Alaska than Mn. Something is wrong with that!

Some fun summer pics from the lake with friends.

The girls playing at the Amaz'n Farmyard for their end of the year trip in May '09.

3 and a 1/2 musketeers.......

2010-01-05T21:17:00.003-06:00

Sorry..... for my neglect! :) I spent my wonderful holiday with 4 girls......2 of ours and my 2 god-neices. (Caitlyn, 5 and Gabriella, 2)

PS Challenges

2009-11-02T21:20:00.002-06:00

Stephen and the girls took me to Benihanas for my birthday.....Stephen named this LO.......

These next LO's are from our trip last summer to TN. I made a collage with our aquarium pics.

I used material for the top and bottom border on this LO of the girls and bubbles.

Stephen and Scott tried to win a basketball for Seth, their nephew. They tried and tried and tried and finally a SCORE!

I DID IT!!!!! (Here are the last of my LOAD LO's)

2009-10-28T17:00:00.004-05:00

This LO was the challenge that I posted on the PS forum.....Scrappin' To Do List Challenge.

Most everyone has a list or scrappin' ideas filed away either in a notebook or in their head. I had this pp from Scrapgoods....and this pic is when the girls were 1.5 years old. I also had wanted a scalloped circle punch for a long time. Iused 4 layers from my new punch to make the flower at the bottom. I lifted this from an Archiver's flyer from Oct. I think...Used pp from WRMK black out line from last year. I was playing around today and went a little crazy distressing!!!!! Used bits from 2 scrapmuse kits and a little bit from stash. The girls posed for me when we got home from dance last night.

Here are a few more.....(26-29)

2009-10-27T11:02:00.003-05:00

Here is a LO about the dog who ran away.....and we found him after searching in the rain!!! He had gotten disoriented and got himself in a drainage swamp/pond....Some very freindly people found him in the development about 1/2 mile away. He scared me to death!

This is one that I just had to finish the journaling....I dug out the pamphlets for the details finally. I can't count it for the LOAD because I started this LO in May!

2009-10-27T11:00:00.000-05:00

We have sun!! (21-25)

2009-10-27T10:55:00.002-05:00

These aren't in any special order.....

We finally have sun so now I can take some pics and post my LO's......Yay!!!

No sun....No pics!!!

2009-10-25T12:13:00.004-05:00

I've been working on a few more LO's for the LOAD but.......the sunshine has not been cooperating as of late!! Hopefully later today the clouds will thin a bit.....I miss Mr. Sunshine!!!

More Load LO's (17- 20)

2009-10-20T21:14:00.003-05:00

Here is a sneak of my telephone lift from OSU. Used BoBunny pp from this summer and lots of swirls.
This LO I'm not too sure about. I like the left side but not too crazy about the middle 1/2 circle thing...Oh, well the pics are pretty!

I used a PS kit from last Nov. for this LO.

This pic of J is my favorite. Makes me smile everytime I see it. I used the challenge sketch from the OSU board and the CMD Oct. kit. I like the silliness of this one.
I'm very proud so far I'm staying pretty close to my Load goal! Never completed a monthly LOad challenge before.....woohoo!

Back to the LOAD....

2009-10-20T21:04:00.003-05:00

Here are some projects that I did for the CMD Fall into Fall Crop....

This 1st LO was for a challenge to use fall colors to scrap non-fall pics. We definitely had a non-fall like couple of days last week. We got SNOW!!!! Jordan said, "Yay, No more bugs." Jaclyn said, "We didn't even have fall yet!" This week has been better but it still has been on the cold side.
I made this for a bonus challenge. Used my slice to cut the scalloped circles and put them together for an easy Thanksgiving decoration!

This was for a challenge to put fringe on a card. Used the Crate pp in the CMD Oct. kit.

I completed these for a treat box or bag challenge. The two on the left are gifts for my god-daughters, but the canister is an altered cornmeal can. I'm going to fill it with treats for J and Jo's teachers.

A little off the beaten path....

2009-10-20T20:57:00.002-05:00

I spent the weekend with my family in South Dakota. The girls had MEA last weekend so we were able to spend a couple extra days relaxing. On Sat. night we were sitting at my sister's diningroom table and I jumped up to get a pic of the sunset. I think it looks like one of those pics you see of the African Safari......

More.....

2009-10-14T21:11:00.002-05:00

This was my creation for today....

I made this LO for the DT call at Color {Me} Daisy. The recipe/journal card and brown material are from the Oct. kit. Used the slice to cut the leaves and then used a stamp to add clear embossing powder. The journaling is about the deal my DH made with my mom when he was interviewing in MN. He said that if he took the job in MN, then my mom had to bake him 300 pies!!! (I guess we can't move til she pays up, huh?) She did find out that pumpkin is his favorite. This is a LO I made for Jordan's album. They went to bible school 3 different weeks this summer. They enjoyed the music from Crocodile Dock (they had the same program for 2 of the 3 weeks) They were very familiar with the songs by the end of the 2nd week. We listened to them everywhere....in their bedroom when they woke up, in the car, and in the kitchen when they were eating lunch! This one is for Jaclyn's album. (just a few differences)

More Load Layouts.....

2009-10-14T20:57:00.002-05:00

Used my last year Halloween paper finally!!!! The large pic is of the neighborhood kiddos who all went trick-or-treating together. The guys take the kiddos and the women get to stay and chat and hand out candy "for the neighborhood" at one driveway.
After we all got done, we realized that we locked ourselves out of our house.....SOOOO the whole neighborhood tried to break into our house while the girls sat and ate candy!!! Luckily I had the windows open during the day and didn't shut one all the way. We only had to cut a little hole in the screen to get the screen off the window. The girls thought it was a riot to get lifted through the window and go un-lock the door! Silly DH!!!

This is a LO I did for the BPM Guest DT call for November. I added inked edges after I took the picture and it looks more finished! I started with the monthly sketch but made it more abstract.

Oct. 10....1st Snow

2009-10-10T13:05:00.003-05:00

There is something wrong in this picture......The leaves are just starting to turn colors....we haven't had fall yet!!

Personal Scrapper Oct. Kit

2009-10-10T12:57:00.002-05:00

The PP's are from Dream Street. Very nice for fall LO's!

Color {ME} Daisy October Kit

2009-10-10T12:50:00.002-05:00

Such fun colors in this kit....the PP is from Crate Paper, Sassafras Lass, and Fancy Pants.

Can you say YUMMY!!!!

2009-10-10T12:49:00.000-05:00

Here are my LOAD LO's for Oct. so far.....I've gotten 5 done that I can show.

LOAD for Oct. 1-5

2009-10-10T12:27:00.006-05:00

PS challenge #4
PS challenge # 2

PS challenge #1

PS challenge # 3

PS Challenge # 5 OSU Card Challenge

LOAD #11-14

2009-09-29T19:40:00.004-05:00

This is a picture when we got off of the ship in Half Moon Cay, Bahamas. ( I also used a sketch from PS challenge # 16.)

This is a lift from PS and it is for a Fall activity challenge. We love to go to football games and spending time with good friends.

This is another lift from PS July kit. Almost a straight lift so I can't take credit for it....But I really liked it for the sunset pics from MN.

BOO! is a LO for the B Embellishment Challenge on the OSU board as well as the Buttons challenge on the PS Board. ( I used Brackets, Buttons, Brads, Bling letters, Black cs for the corners and background, Broken buttons and Baby Bingo Cards.

Load....#5-#10

2009-09-29T10:06:00.006-05:00

After the afternoon at the beach, the girls and I went down the waterslide!!!! I have some hidden journaling behind the ribbon pull-out.

We took a boat ride to the island for a picnic lunch before we went to the beach.

We were at Half Moon Cay, Bahamas .....our first stop on the cruise.

I'm using this LO for the 'cover' of our vacation album.....also Aleta's Ad challenge on the OSU board.

This is the inside of a fall mini-album......which is a gift for a special someone!!!!!

Here is the cover.

I made 4 cards using 4 products (4 x 4 challenge on the Personal Scrapper Board)

I used chipboard, brads, paper, and velvet ric rac. This is also for the chipboard card challenge.

Nebraska Cornhusker Weekend

2009-09-28T22:49:00.002-05:00

Stephen and I went to Neb. this weekend with another couple to see UL play. We didn't get to see many people from LA but we did have an awesome time!

LOAD #3 and #4

2009-09-22T09:50:00.004-05:00

The first day of school....No looking back!!!
The girls had a friend over for the last play date of the summer.

I have a few LO's to add tomy LOAD for Sept. I better play catch-up this week!!!

1st day of school!!!

2009-09-10T09:55:00.002-05:00

Jaclyn and Jordan on their 1st day of Kindergarten! 9-9-09

Meet the teacher gifts.....

2009-09-10T09:50:00.003-05:00

Jordan has Miss Nelson for her teacher. Jaclyn has Mrs. Stang. I made these little boxes for them....(they include hand sanitizer, band aids, lotion, aspirin, and a big bag of sweets)

Texas Rangers vs. MN Twins

2009-09-06T22:45:00.003-05:00

Last weekend we spent the day at the twins game.....what a nice pair of bobble heads ...huh????

The girls had a great time eating a little bit of everything and topping it off with some ice cream!

VBS Fun

2009-08-09T20:06:00.002-05:00

Jordan and Jaclyn had such an awesome time at bible school this summer. They went to VBS at my parent's church in Valley Springs, SD and the next week they went to VBS with friends in St. Joseph. It was the same VBS program for both weeks so by the end they knew the songs by heart. The smiles on their faces were priceless!

Jessica Sprague Class

2009-07-09T11:41:00.003-05:00

Lesson 1

Here is my product from the first lesson...adding frames and word art to photos.

Vacation

2009-06-18T09:55:00.004-05:00

We were resting after our walk around old town in Puerto Rico. Our ship is in the background.

This was our formal night....aren't those girls adorable?

Here are a few highlights from our trip....sorry it has taken so long to get these posted!

Yay!!!

2009-06-18T09:47:00.002-05:00

Guess what I got in the mail yesterday???????

My new kit from Scrapmuse! Can't wait to get started to play. I have tons of challenges to get going on!!!!

Update

2009-06-10T10:14:00.003-05:00

Jaclyn with her teacher Ms. Sheryl and Mrs. Davis.

Jordan with her teacher Ms. Sheryl and Mrs. Davis.

Yes.....I have been lax in getting this updated but I have good reason! One can always justify things if given enough time to think of it! But we were on vacation for 2 weeks and now we are back to our routine again......hmmmm. (Sure miss that blue water in the carribean!)

The girls graduated from pre-school the day we left for vacation.

2009-04-27T21:43:00.004-05:00

Here are a few more projects......

We helped Stephen celebrate his 40th birthday in Sept.

This was the answer to an overkill/ribbon challenge.

I finally got this page done from July of last year at the neighborhood celebration.

This is a little mini book I made as a gift for my neice.

2009-04-27T21:22:00.003-05:00

I don't usually have myself in my LO's but
here is a list of my Top 5 Faves as of now.

I have been very busy lately working on projects for some crops I have been involved in. Here is a LO of the owner of PersonnalScrapper who turned out to be my Secret Sister! She sent me a whole lot of scrappin' goodies!!! It was a lot of fun to get to know her better because of it.

2009-04-19T22:53:00.003-05:00

WOW!!! Just got done scrappin' for the weekend and I got about 8 new projects done....not too shabby since Stephen had to work all weekend and I was here by myself with the girls!!! We even took some dress-up pictures......finally. I made the girls get dressed up and pretend it was Easter again!!! LOL!!!

On-Line Crop

2009-04-12T17:52:00.003-05:00

Check out the blinkie......Back Porch Memories is having an on-line crop starting on Friday, April 17!!!! I guess I know what I'm going to be doing!!! :) Everyone come join in the fun.....the more the merrier!!

Family Album

2009-04-08T21:57:00.007-05:00

Finally!!!! I finished my family album this past weekend. I must say, I am very happy with the results!!!! A beautiful life treasure to be handed down for generations! :)

2009-04-07T16:46:00.000-05:00

Personal Scrapper April Kit

Personal Scrapper

2009-04-07T16:41:00.002-05:00

Look what I got in the mail today!!!!! My new kit from Personal Scrapper. I can't wait to start using these new papers from BoBunny!!! Perfect for Easter!

3's Company

2009-03-30T12:10:00.002-05:00

This is my new favorite!!!! I used a swap kit sent from the gals at OSU. I love how it went together! This is a pic of Caitlyn, Jaclyn and Jordan before going to my cousin's wedding in May of 2007.

2009-03-24T22:34:00.000-05:00

5th Birthday....
We took Jaclyn and Jordan to Benihana's to celebrate. We all had a great time....the girl's favorite was when the wat staff came out and sang happy birthday to them and had ice cream with candles in it. They took a great picture of us too!

Meal Planner Book

2009-03-16T09:45:00.001-05:00

I have been working on a couple projects as of late....here is the first one. It is a meal planner book. I have meals planned out along with the recipes and shopping lists for 10 meals at a time.

The pages are primarily the same set-up but a few are a tad different. I can't take credit for the idea....It was from a friend on the OSU board, Betsie. She did a class when they had their on-line crop. Since DST messed me up and I didn't have dinner on the table when it was dinner time, both Stephen and I decided that we should plan things out a little better. So hope this works!!!!

2009-03-16T09:27:00.000-05:00

Happy Birthday to my sister!!!!! Love ya!

2009-03-16T09:24:00.000-05:00

O.K. I have leaped into the technology of the present....I'm hoping this will help to keep in touch with family and friends with photos and videos...presently I'm not to good at that!!! hmmm