Mount Hope

These photos were taken by a friend of mine that I met playing WoW. He was nice enough to send them to me. They are taken in the fall of 2009 in Massachusettes.

Supplies: Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist: Jack O' Lantern, Coffee Shop

K&Company Tim Coffey Fall Paper

Harvest Hand Made Stickers

Chris Durnan Leaves Jumble2 Cutter File

Happy Easter

Happy Easter Card:
Tattered Angels: Marshmallow, Coffee Shop, Meadow Green
A la Mode: Glitter Collection
Martha Stewart Glitter Collection
Doodlebug: Sugar Coating
Bazzill Basics: Cardstock
Chris Durnan: Cute As A Bunny File
Quickutz: Easter Basket, Title, Grass

Autism

I love this file from Chris Durnan... The words sum up my daughter so well...

Products: Making Memories Paints, Paper Company Scalloped Square, Silhoutte Puzzle Pieces, Bazill Basics Cardstock

Hello Kitty Party Invites

Well this year my daughter turns 9 so she asked if we could do Hello Kitty for her party. So dilemna do I make the invites or do I buy them. Well I went to Archivers last Friday morning with her and found exaclty what I wanted. Sizzix makes a die for their Sidekick that was just perfect. I was excited and I came home that day and started them. Here is the finished product.

Product List:

A7 envelopes and Flat Notes in Lake by Yours Truly, Hello Kitty Die by Sizzix, Cardstock by Bazzill Basics, Marshmallow Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels, Rose Coral and Rouge Stamping Ink by ColorBox, You're Invited Stamp by Stampendous, Black Soot Distress Ink by Ranger Industries, Island Coral Writer by Zig Memory System, Black 100 by Copic Sketch, Precious Element Silver Gel Pen by Creative Memories, Jewel Tones Pearlescent Chalks by Pebbles Inc, Balloon die Cut by Quickutz for Silhouette

Trying to get back to the groove

I have been trying so hard to get back into scrapping again.. My quantity of pictures has even gone down hill in the past year, so Come March 19th I am off to Berlin Ohio once again to hang with the girls and get some much needed scrapping done. I am looking forward to the time away once again. I will beon vacation that week so life will be good prior to the retreat. I will have time to back, repack and put together soem page kits hopefully before we go. So wish me luck will post more in a few days.

Done!

Ok I joined a planner swap on Chris's website and after a few weeks of staring at them I have finally finished them up. I will be packaging and mailing them out tomorrow. I think perhaps I will give my Daughter-in-Law the calendar for Christmas. She was going crazy when she saw it and aksed me to make her one so I will go ahead and give her my completed one for Christmas. I am getting ready to scrap my Fall pictures and what ever else I have to do and hopefully get back into the groove. I just am not into scrapping right now, but I need to get some stuff worked on for Chris' DT duties.

Christmas is coming....

I know alot of people do not want to hear that, but this year I am going to try and be cheerful. I am actually working on my Christmas cards right now, and they are coming out just perfectly. I need to find the perfect journal blog, and Iam hoping i can find that on Chris's website. If not I will have to make do. I am goignt o actually dive into them more tomorrow and hopefully get one done topost on here. Allie is home with a relaly nasty ear infection. She watns to go to school tomororw because it;s hiking but she wont be able to do. Dean doesn't wnat her out in the codl air, and I agree, so we are going to chill together tomorrow. Well I need to go. Need to update facebook and turn in for the night if I could jsut shut off these songs that are playing. have a good one!

Getting it done

Last week I got a canvas layout done for my son and his new wife, it took me several hours to get it finally right. I am also working on a layout for Chris Durnan's DT. I am doign the layout about my new VUE. Right now I am just waiting for the glitter and glue to dry before I can proceed. I'm hoping to have it done no later then tomorrow. Cross your finges folks that all goes well!!

K&C Company and Tim Coffey

OMG! I haven't been this excited in a long time about a new line of papers. I just went shopping at JoAnn Fabrics for some paint for a special project I am working on and decided to browse the Paper Packs. Well I had a paper pack of the Indian Summer DCWV collection that was the die cut Patterened Paper sheets, when I stumbled across a whole huge display of new paper from K&C Company. I fell in love. I couldn't decide and I had a 40% off coupon so I picked up the Fall Collection and the Halloween Collection as well as a pack of matching double sided Die cuts and a 3-D sticker pack. I just opened those packs a few minutes ago and was floored at the colors, textures, and patterns on all of the paper, and the Die Cuts had 2 of each for a total of 170! Wow. I am just so excited. If these new papers can't get me in the mood to scrap again I do not know what will. The papers are heavy double sided and wow are they textured. There is glitter, embossing, and several other textures on them. I am just amazed at the quality and value of what I bought today. I took a few pictures but they do not do the items justice. These I hope will get me to want to do more this Fall/Halloween and actually scrap what I do take pics of. I am so eager to give these a try. Makes me wish I had something Fallish to scrap!

Cards and Wall Art.

Well I decided last night to create a Halloween Card for my friend Tammy who loves Halloween as much as I do. I don't normally do the whole Halloween card thing, but I found a cute template at http://www.papercraftmag.com/ and thought, What the Heck. It was simple yet allowed for my own twist to the card.

This is the front of the card. I used my Silhouette to cut the Ghosts, scalloped circle and Circle out.

The inside of the card is a template that you can download for free from Papercraftmag.com. I just printed it out in the size I I needed then cut it out using a pair of scissors.

Patterened Paper: DCWV Fall Stack 2008, Black Cardstock: Cored'nation Hocus Pocus Collection, White Cardstock:Georgia Pacific, nailheads:unknown, Ribbon:Unknown, Orange Glitter: Doodlebug, Lily White Glitter: Doodlebug, Onyx Glitter: Martha Stewart, Peridot Glitter: Martha Stewart, Black Gold Glimmer Mist:Tattered Angels, Scalloped Circle, Ghosts, Circle: QK Silhoutte Files, "Happy Halloween" Spellbound Sticker:Making Memories.This was my other project I worked on last week. I took the plunge and decided to put some vinyl wall art on my scraproom wall. Now I love fairies and QK came out with some awesome files in the past few weeks. The Phrase was one that they had put out earlier in the year for the Silhouette and then the Fairies and Mushrooms came a little later. I decided to combine the 3 and create my wall art. This is how it looks cut out with the vinyl. I felt it was a little too plain so I decided to spruce it up a bit with some color. This is the final result...

Well Allie goes back to school in a few days so I am hoping to get some scrapping started. I have a lot of pictures to scrap or at least attempt to scrap. I am enjoyin gthe card making, so I may even start Christmas Cards and hand make them this year. I would think they would be quick and easy this year with all the files that QK is putting out and all of the Card templates that you can find online, I think I could do these in no time. Well Have a good day and I will hopefully have more to post on Wednesday.

Getting My Room Ready To Go!

Allie starts school on Wednesday, and I decided to get my room ready for my first unintterupted day of scrapping in a very long time. I am planning to start with my car layout and then move on to the wedding of Will and Renee. If that doesn't work I have Zoo pics to scrap. I am planning on posting some layouts as soon as possible. I took the plunge and created a vinyl wall decoration in my scraproom above Allie's computer. I used black vinyl and then layered colored cardstock on top of it to make it look like it was 3-D and had shadows. I will post a pic as soon as I download them from my camera. I am planning a crop for October 24th. It will be a Halloween get together with Fall foods and decorations. I am looking forward to it, and the invitations are made and being sent out. Well I am off of here. I am headed to Marthastewart.com for some Halloween decor ideas. She has some really easy to do things on her site that at that little extra to your decorations. Have a good day and hope to see you soon!

A New View!

Well everyone it has been a while, but I haven't had that creative drive to scrapbook in a long while. I have started with something small like a tag swap on Visual Designs By Chris's website. I have 2 more tags to finish up which is on my agenda for tomorrow. I am home bound as Dear Hubby's van is in need of repair so he is taking my car to work. We went car shopping yesterday and came home with a Saturn Vue. I love it. I love driving it and I never imagined that I would enjoy sitting up high again. For about 17 years I have rode low to the ground in my Saturns and then yesterday afternoon I get the car I have been wanting for several years. The ride is smooth and quiet and it has every bell and whistle you can possibly put on a car. All except for the DVD player but Allie has a portable one that has a place to hook it up. I love the sunroof. It is wonderful to look up and see the sky and feel the wind and sun on your face. I drove it for the first time to work last night and then ran errands today. I am in love with my car and I can't wait to scrap it. I already have the title bouncing around in my head, I just need to get more pictures and I will have my first layout that I am eager to do int hepast month or so. Well need to get going. I want to head to bed at a descent hour tonight. Have a good one and I will be posting htat layout soon.

Long Time No See!

Hey everyone!

Sorry it has been so long, but I plan on getting out to my scraproom soon. I am aiming for Thursday or Friday. I will have to see what time I get up tomorrow to do my shopping. I am starting a canvas of my Son's wedding that I am going to give them as a gift, and I also need to get my tags completed for the tag swap over at Chris Durnan's Cutter File Forum. Head on over there for some fun. There is always something going on like Sketch Challenges, Bingo, Cutter Fle Challenges. Stop on by and have Fun! Well I am off to get ready for work. Have a good day!

Layout Number One

This is a layout that I just finished up of pre wedding photos of my daughter. The day was perfect and the lighting outside was perfect as well. I cried when I saw her come down the aisle because she looked so grown-up in her gown. I will treasure this day forever.

PP: DCWV
CS: bazzill Basics
Flowers: Petaloo and Prima
Glitter: Martha Stewart
Lace Border and Parenthesis: Visual Designs By Chris Durnan

Working on a layout

Hi everyone. This will be a quick post. I have to head out to work in a few minutes. I have a gorgeous 5x7 of Allie from the wedding that I am currently working on a layout for. I am using Inspired Blueprints June sketch for this layout. So far it is coming along great. I was waiting on a cutter file from Chris Durnan, and it arrived today. I will be hopefully finishing it up this weekend. I have to see what the weekend holds by way of quiet time. Allie's last day of school was today, so starting tomorrow she is with me all day, and I do have Chloe a few days a week as well, so if Allie will play on the computer or watch tv a few days a week then I can get some scrapping done. We are going to do some hiking tomorrow if the weather cooperates. I need to get some things at the store for a "Picnic" while we hike, and then it should be a few hours of fun in the woods. Not to mention some camera time with my favorite baby girl. She is so at home in the woods. She is a true nature lover and loves to look up close and personal at everything. So have a wonderful rest of this gorgeous day, and I will post more later. Hopefully that will include hiking pics, or a layout or two from the wedding.

It's Over

Sorry I am just now posting to here, but Sunday I began to get sick, and I am trying to deal with that nice little flu. No it's not the swine flu. Mine is all in my chest. Once I can get it out of there I am good to go. I spent most of Tuesday on the couch and let Dean do all the work for me. That was nice. So I ended up not being the primary photographer. I am miffed though. Everytime I tried to get a shot that I wanted the big fat blob would get in the way. And I am being nice there. Everytime I found a photo op she would run over and get in the way. She wasn't even a professional. If she was she would not have taken half the shot that she did, and she would have taken the bridal party outside in the goreous sunshine to take the pics. I feel bad for Renee' because here wedding photos are going to be crappy. But I am also going to be somewhat mean here and not allow her any of mine. Why woulod I do that you ask, well she and William have ben bugging me for a year to do their wedding. She told me that she trusted me to take the pics that she wanted. She told me the othe girl was there for the photos that I were in. Well pretty funny when I get there and this girl is all over the place and not allowing me to take any shots. So the pics that I have are mine, and I really am not going to allow her any. She should have laid out the ground rules for us when we got there. Instead she let the other girl do what she wanted. I was at one point trying to get a pic of my daughter, and the only shot I got was her Fat A- - !! I may give that one to Renee' and thank her for not setting down ground rules. Why beg me up until the night before and then have the other girl be primary and take all the pics? But whatever. I am going to be a B----! Ok enough venting. Here are some pics from the big day...

Rehearsal

Well rehearsal is past us and the wedding is today. Allie is going to be great as long as she doesn't freeze up. Chloe on the otherhand could be a problem. She refused to walk down the aisle with Allie, but instead she ran back to Renee'. We are going to try it again but if she acts up then Angela will just take her and hold her during the ceremony and Allie will be the only flower girl. Allie spent the night with Judie and she is getting her ready. That will be a nice relief for me. I still have no idea what I am doing with my hair yet. Everyone thinks that I should wear it down. I will practice with it today once the cholesterol treatment is done. Hopefully I can figure something out. Here are few pics from the rehearsal...

It's Crunch Time!

Hello everyone. It's Wednesday. Mid way through a very hectic week. Tonight is my last night of work and then it is full wedding preparation mode time. I have nails and hair on Thursday as well as my regular Thursday duties. Friday is the Bear Picnic at my daughter's school in the afternoon and then the Evening is Rehearsal and rehearsal dinner. The wedding is Staturday in the late afternoon, so the day will be spent trying to figure out my hair and my daughter's hair. My stepdaughter is coming over to do my daughter's so that is one less thing to stress about. My dress fits great. We were worried aobut needing a certain undergarment, but the bodice is the perfect tightness to hold everything in place :) I just need to learn to walk in the 2 inch spikes. :) Tonight I have to see the ex-wife when I drop my daughter off with Renee and William till Dean gets done at work. I am not very excited about that, but it is something that I knew I would have to deal with since they are getting married. She lives in North Carolina and is never around so I guess this is a small price to pay to make the kids big day go smoothly. :)
I am the photographer for the big day so I have been charging batteries, cleaning lenses and packing up tripods. I will have my stuff ready, but not sure I will be ready. She apparently thinks I am an awesome photographer. I am actually not. I take hundreds of pics just to get that perfect one. I hope they like getting their pics taken. :) So I am off of here for now. I have to work tonight and I have a few things to get together before I leave. I am letting a friend borrow a dvd collection of mine, and he may be in tonight where I work to pick it up so I want to get it packed away before I forget.
Have a good week and weekend. I will post some pics of the big day in Sunday.

I will be gone for awhile.

As mnay of you who travel to my blog have read, my son gets married on Saturday the 23rd, and this week will be very busy. From manicures to rehearsal dinner to wedding, to the wedding to the day after to recover. I won't be scrapping this week unless I get a few minutes pf peace from the madness. I am currently charging my batteries for the camera. I need to be ready to go for Friday night and Saturday afternoon and evening. So I am off of here since I have to work tonight. Hope all of you have a wonderful week, and I will post some pics from the big day next weekend.

Sorry I haven't been around.

I can honestly say I am officially a World of Warcraft addict. I spend most of my spare time either playing that game, or scrapbooking, but scrapbooking seems to be losing to it right now. I am hoping that once the wedding is over and I have a ton of wedding pics to edit and scrapbook, I can just play WOW after work. School will be ending soon, so I will have Allie during the days as well, and I want to keep her on as close to school schedule as possible. By doing that it shouldn't be so hard int eh fall, and she tends to do better on a schedule. I plan on taking her hiking and getting her outside to play more as well this year. She has a ton of baby fat to get rid of as do I. :) Dean and Allie bought me a new Jade plant and a flat of flowers for mother's day. It was nice. I needed some flowers, and I miss the Jade tree that died a few months ago. He also bought himself some tomatoes to use in that Topsy Turvy planter that they advertise on tv. He got one for Christmas from his parents. I am ableto meet up on WOW with a friend whom I can't see on a regular basis but who plays in the evenings when he gets off work at 12:00am like me. We spent 2 hours talking Saturday Night. I am looking forward to chatting with him some more. We got caught up on what we have missed in each others' lives for the past 8 or 9 months. It really was nice. I may play some when I get home tonight. I will have to see how awake I am. Tomorrow I am hoping to scrapbook as they shut WOW down for most of the day to do upgrades and maintenance on it. It stinks when you really want to play, but then it gives me the chance to do housework and scrapbook. My scrapbook room right now is a nursery. All of the plants we got on Saturday are out there until the cold weather front that we are experiencing has passed. Well I need to get off of here. I have to head to work and finish with Dean's dinner. Have a good evening and I will type more later. Hopefully I will have a layout or two to share tomorrow.