Not a lot of scrapping this weekend!

But for good reason. I was laid up (so to speak) most of the weekend. I did have time to complete 1 project for CMK's Christmas in July event going on this weekend. I soooo wish I had more time to do some of their awesome projects, but I only found the time and energy for 1. Even though this was a Christmas in July event, I adapted the project to turn it into a thank you gift. Actually I have several family and friends to thank for their help this weekend, but one friend in particular deserved a thank you gift. She sat with me on her day off until my mother could come home and be with me. The poor girl was also the only one to witness me taking a puke. She deserves something for that. So this gift and card is for Kerri (a fellow friend in kickboxing). The container is filled with Lindor Truffles. What could be better than that? Here is the gift...



Another special thank you to Clay, my mom, and Allison who all took such good care of me and were so supportive. And thank you so much for the countless others who called to check on me. I am doing great btw!

As for my challenge earlier this month....I'm not going to get it done today. But I was one challenge ahead, so now I'm even. Plus I'll be taking it easy for the next week or two so maybe I can play a little catch up.

Have a great week you'all!

Soccer Star!

Here is a digital layout I created while at work. I used the free kit offered when I purchase the BH&G Ultimate Guide to Digital Scrapbooking (which is an awesome magazine btw). Skindacat wanted to see our sports layouts and she is offering up a nice "juicy" RAK of Fontwerks stamps to one of the posters. So you know I couldn't pass up that challenge.




I was limited to what I could do since I was at work. It was going to have to be digital. Luckily I had some soccer pics on a flash drive with me. And I had fun creating it....I really need to do more digital layouts.



Well here it is...





TFL! Have a great day! :)

:( Not much time for personal scrapping this week :(

Really, only enough time to complete my personal challenge of finishing 1 unfinished layout a week. I finished it at the 11th hour....9:45 on Sunday night. Buy hey...I got it done. I haven't photographed it yet though.

I haven't felt too great the past couple of days. So at night I was going to bed early. I'm much better today...though my allergies are really starting to kick in. We went out of town for Clay's family reunion yesterday. I had to teach yesterday, but we left just after class. There was a wedding (which we skipped) Saturday night, and the family reunion today. I made this cute card for the couple.





The only other scrapping I did was prepare for my August layouts class. I felt so bad on Friday, I just couldn't bring myself to make the pages. So I got up at 5:00 Saturday morning and was able to finish them before leaving home. They came out pretty cute, though I really think the ice cream layout needs something else. If inspiration strikes me before the class I will add it in. But that is hard to do because the layout is now 45 minutes away.





So back to the family reunion. It happens, usually the last Sunday of July, every other year. It's at my husband's aunt and uncles farm out in the country. My MIL and 9 brothers and sisters who are still living so it is quite a crowd when you get all 10 of them together and their children. When we go, I seriously only know who a handful of them are and I've been with my husband over 22 years. And because there are so many people, the reunion is held outside in a machine shed (pole barn). Usually it is VERY hot but we really lucked out that it was much cooler today. I don't even think it hit 90 today. I swear, it's usually at least 100 degrees with high humidity. The stars of the reunion was this litter of kitties. Only one kitty was brave enough to be held so the poor thing was passed around all day. Allie said "Mom they are selling them for free. Can we take one home?" The answer "No". But they sure were cute!

Another busy week of Scrapping!

But first of all, Friday the 13th was my birthday. And on that day, I received my new zoom lens via Fedex. I'm sooooo glad to have that! I've used it some, but I'm itching to put it to the test.

Here as some creations of this past weekend...2 two page layouts and a garland which I just adore. And I had some creative input from my mom and sister on the garland. I've enjoyed some serious scrapbooking time (at least for me) for the last 3 weeks. Unfortunately that time will be slowing down, but I will still have plenty of time.

The first project is a garland I made for Paper Trunk Designer of the Month (PTDOM). Paper Trunk is a new manufacturer and the owner/designer Carrie is a fellow CMKer. She has wonderful papers and stamps. I'm lucky enough to already have all the papers, and I'm just waiting for the opportunity to get my hands on those stamps. Anyhow, here is my entry. Unfortunately we could only send one photo so I didn't get to send the up close picture. I'm hoping that Carrie will see the other picture here on my blog.




This was just a layout I did for fun to use up some of my stash. I taught a similar class at Captured Memories earlier this year. I loved using my new Stampin Up spiral punch (to make it look like notebook paper). The papers are by 7 Gypsies.




This layout was for Friday's Scrappy Hour at CMK. This scrappy hour focused on buttons. Rachel did a great job and I hope to host my own Scrappy Hour someday. I used Imaginisce papers on this one. I did penwork galore on here. Finally I just had to say enough is enough and step away from the pen.




I still have yet to complete my challenge of last weekend...to finish at least 1 of my unfinished layouts a week. But last week I did 2, so I won't feel quite so bad if I don't get one completed before the end of the day. I'm gonna try though.

Have a good week you all!


**EDITED TO ADD**: I did it. I completed my challenge and finished a layout. I was able to do it real quickly because I already had the pictures printed and ready. I slapped the pictures on the page, did a little journaling and spent about 10 minutes embellishing it and now I can call it done! Yay!!!

I'm on a Roll!

I did another second pager yesterday. But I also modified the first page too, so I'll repost it. It wasn't my favorite layout (and it still isn't) but at least it's better and has more color.

I did a lot of scrapping this weekend.

And at least for this week, I've met my goal to do at least one second page. Take a peek. This is the companion page for one of my submissions to the Fancy Pants design team.



This 2 pager is from last week. I finally learned how to photograph fireworks! These papers are from Creative Imaginations. I felt like I was cutting out stars forever.





Lastly, Allie and I started designing the goodie bags for her birthday party. Each girl will get a purse (minus the ribbon because that was too messy). Not sure what will go into them yet though.



Pretty cute huh. I'd love one in a larger form. The purses are from the dollar spot at Target. The flowers are felt, cut with my sizzix and scissors then sew on with buttons in the middle. Each girl will get her name on a tag. I just have to figure out where to get several of those darn ball chains.

Have a great week!

Getting a few scrappy projects tied up.

What is this? It's a store display I picked up real cheap at my church garage sale. What am I going to do with it? I don't have a clue. I'd welcome any suggestions. The only thing I can think to do with it is to use it as a display for mini albums in my scrap room.



I also finished a mini album for our upcoming vacation. I know I'll want to come home and show off my favorite pictures right away so I've already done most of the work (remember, I said favorite pictures).



This is a Maya Road chipboard album and the papers are from the Art Warehouse Vibe line.



The stamps are AW, Safrassa Lass (sp?), Stampin UP and Archivers bargain aisle. There are very few embellishments in this album.



Since I don't know how many or what size the pictures are, I wanted to leave plenty of space for that. So I just did up the basic pages, and will embellish as I add pictures in. But I've done the hard part so I'm hoping I will have an album to show off within days of returning home.

Have a great weekend!

Tea Party

I did my first Scrappy Hour over at CMK on Monday (since kickboxing was canceled this week). Basically the challenge was to use as many tags as possible on a layout. Originally I was quite skeptical about it, but now I love the end result!





And even better, I got my second page completed! I have a whole stack of layouts with an incomplete (ie: not even started) second page. STARTING TODAY - I am going to challenge myself to work on second pages. Hmmm, at least 1 a week seems reasonable. This would be so wonderful to accomplish. When I make a layout w/o the second page, I store all the papers to make the second page so that I won't use them. Just finishing up second pages should free up quite a bit of space.

Well today is the 4th. We're heading to the water park for part of the day. Then we'll probably just hang out at home this evening. Have a great 4th!

Oh yeah.....I'm a winner!

I just found out that I won. Check it out CMK PageFrame Contest

And look what I win....



Well I win a blank PageFrame 6x6 album. How cool is this album. Seriously cool I'll tell you. I wanted to win it sooooo bad. Now hopefully I won't be scared to use it. I also win a couple of PageFrame star shapes and a couple of PageFrame flower shapes. So much fun to work with.