AMAZING GRACE

I am back!

2012-01-31T06:00:00.000-05:00

Good morning! I am back after a beautiful weekend at Treasured Memories in Lafayette, Louisiana. There most be something in the papers that make ladies happy, fun & creative. At only her first crop, look how wonderful her pages turned out!!!

These are some of the layouts I designed for several of the croppers. This first one is very "boyish" with strong colors and textures. There ain't no girlie-boys in Cajun Country!

This 12 x 24 is going into a shadow box. The collage of vintage and modern photos was done in sepia, so we kept the colors of the papers and embellishments complimentary. There are seven sets of twins in this family! So far, that is!

This is from the Enchanted BoBunny collection. The frames are for 5 x 7 photos. This layout will be part of a wedding album that will stay with these colors throughout the entire album.

I will have more pages from this crop in the upcoming days. Be sure to check back in throughout the week.

This is how my precious daughter-in-law Lexie welcomed us the first night of the crop when we came home at 2:30 am.

And the second night......

She made us some chocolate covered strawberries too. I felt so welcomed and loved! Thank you Lexie!!!!!

I got to spend all the Sunday with my grand-baby Madison Rose who turned 5 months yesterday. She is already sitting and crawling!!!!! She is soooo cute!

I am so thankful to the Lord for a beautiful weekend, for the gift of friendship and for bringing me home safe and sound. Have a great and blessed day!

Snowman

2012-01-27T06:00:00.000-05:00

Happy friday! It is time for another challenge at Stuck On Us Sketches. Our theme for this week is SNOWMAN. I live in Florida and as you know, we get no snow. We went to a park over the holidays and saw these adorable inflatable snowmen and pose with them. I used the cricut to cut my big snowman out.

make sure you stop by http://stuckonusketches.blogspot.com/ so you can see the other designer's take of this challenge. Have a great and blessed weekend!

Altered box

2012-01-26T06:00:00.000-05:00

Good morning! Mindy from Pretty Little Paper Love and I played a lot when we were together at The Paper Niche earlier this month. As I told you before, we love to challenge each other. She chose this square chipboard box with a mini-album inside. Mindy did the outside of the box and I did the mini-album inside. This is what we came up with at about 2 a.m.

Mindy did a fantastic job choosing & combining all of the fabrics, papers, flowers & lace. She is most definitely the Queen of Clustering.

Here is a view of the chipboard mini-album inside.

When you are working with great products from Basic Grey, Pink Paislee, Prima & Kaisercraft, it's easy to come up with beautiful projects.

It's amazing what you can do with something as simple as a cardboard box, isn't it! It is being displayed at the Paper Niche for those of you who live in South Florida. I am on the road again...... I will be at Treasured Memories in Lafayette, Louisiana this weekend. Can't wait to see all my friends there! Have a great and blessed day!

"Sweet"

2012-01-25T06:00:00.000-05:00

Good morning! Guess who came to visit me yesterday? Baby Andrew, and he was wearing the cutest pants with bears on his feet! He is growing so fast and he is starting to wear newborn size clothes already!

I made this layout with a bunch of left overs. Can you believe that?.

I stamped and embossed in white a bunch of hearts in different sizes and styles. Then I cut them out, popped them up and made a banner with them.

You can see all the different papers I used here.

This is a piece from a Melissa Frances paper. I love her papers!!!

I hope this layout inspires you to create with leftover papers!!! Have a great, happy and blessed day!

New friends!

2012-01-24T06:00:00.000-05:00

Good morning! I had the privilege yesterday of spending the day with a group of fabulous and talented ladies in Dunnellon, Florida. Karen was the most amazing hostess and she closed the class by giving each one of the participants certificates which she had made with her Cricut. I got to sign them. Everyone got an A+!!!

This is one of the layouts we did during our class using BoBunny's Sweet Tooth Collection. I just love how the browns contrast and bring out the vivid pinks & blues!

Have a great, sweet (to go with your "sweet tooth") and blessed day!

Love is in the air.....

2012-01-23T06:00:00.000-05:00

Good morning! Hope you had a great weekend. Have you seen the new Basic Grey Kissing Booth Collection? It is fabulous! I got a chance to design this layout for Paper Niche earlier this month. I love the pinks and browns together.

I cut out a bunch of hearts and made banners.

Have a great, loving and blessed day!

Tree of love

2012-01-20T06:00:00.000-05:00

Good morning! I have a friend at Paper Niche whom I love to crop with.... her name is Mindy! She challenges me to the max! One of her many talents is altered items and she also scraps 8 x 8 layouts. At about 11:30 pm on Saturday night we decided to embellish this Kaisercraft Wooden Family Tree.

This is our Valentine Tree two hours later!!!!!

We painted the wood brown and then embossed it with Bronze Metal Art thick embossing powder, and it just gave it amazing texture. Then we decorated the little ovals with the fabulous new Kissing Booth from Basic Grey. Here are some close ups of them! Mindy decorated this miniature Tim Holtz bird cage.

This is another one of Mindy's creation. This bird is sooo cute! He is delivering mail love!

This one is one of Mindy's favorite. She loves how she made it like a little shadow box with the lace around the edges.

Mindy used bloomers for the back of this one medallion.

I made the following three medallions. Mindy is really inspiring me to work with very small pieces!!!!

Our beautiful creation is on display at the Paper Niche for those of you who are local in South Florida, and it's so much prettier in person!!! Stop by Mindy's blog so you can see more of her fabulous creations. As a matter of fact, she was recently published at the Cricut Home Decor magazine. You can see it HERE.

I will be teaching at the Hobby Lobby in Dothan, Alabama this weekend. I am so looking forward to seeing my friends there, I miss them soooo much! Have a great, restful and blessed weekend and thank you for stopping by!

Prima Wood Frames

2012-01-19T06:00:00.000-05:00

Good morning! I was at the Three-Day crop at Paper Niche in Ft. Lauderdale this past weekend and got to play with the fabulous Prima 12" x 12" wooden frames. I made these two samples for the store.

The great thing about these frames is that they come pre-painted; ready to be embellished! Also, there is no glass so you can add as much depth as you'd like!

Ana made two gorgeous frames for her house using Teresa Collins Carolina Breeze Collection. They turned out very elegant, don't you think?

Pam made this one for her mother who loves purple.

Guess who came to visit me in my new studio yesterday! Andrew and his mommy!!! I spoiled them rotten all day. It was rainy and cold outside so it was a perfect day to stay inside in our jammies. During one nap, Valerie was snoring so loud that I decided to "rescue" Andrew and bring him over to my studio.

Be happy, smile non-stop & have a great, fabulous and a blessed day!

Raggedy Ann is here!!!!

2012-01-18T06:00:00.000-05:00

Good morning! I am happy to be back at the The Bug Bytes after a little break over the holidays. I found this beautiful paper from Creative Imaginations and I had to have it!!!! My daughter Valerie loved Raggedy Ann and Andy. The theme of her second birthday party was them.

I cut out this beautiful Raggedy Ann with Paper Doll Dress Up Cartridge size 6". I made her hair with red yarn.

Hope this layout brings you beautiful memories from your childhood. Have a great and blessed day!

Happy Monday!

2012-01-16T06:00:00.001-05:00

Good morning! I hope all of you had a fabulous and restful weekend. Are you all caught up scrappin' your Christmas pictures yet? No?! Well then it's time to get going!

I am starting a new series of layouts that will be month-to-month. At the end of the year there will be a layout for every month. This way we can highlight the important events of our lives during that month. Here are the two layouts for January and February.

Everybody loves the idea of a "White Christmas", but might not care much for the cold and snow in January. That's why I'm calling this a "Winter Wonderland".

February is all about love so this layout is filled with hearts, flowers, birds, cupid and a banner. There's even room for notes and small pictures on the calender.

These are the layouts I will be teaching today at Everything Scrapbook & Stamps.

Have a great, happy and blessed day!

Winter fun!

2012-01-13T06:00:00.000-05:00

Good morning and happy Friday! Stuck On Us Sketches has a new challenge this week: Winter Fun!

This is the layout I made for this challenge. We do not get snow in this part of the world but we do get to wear some winter clothes when it gets down to 30 degrees! I went to a Christmas fair and bought this cute hat knitted by this sweet lady.

I played with stickles and puffy paint for my letters.

These swirls are made out of chipboard which I painted and then inked.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you get a minute to stop by SOUS and check out what the rest of our very talented Design Team have been creating.. Have a fabulous and blessed weekend!

Tea 4 two

2012-01-12T06:00:00.000-05:00

Good morning! Hope you are all having a great week. I am so happy to be back to scrapbooking and teaching. It's been a busy season, that's for sure! I made this layout with beautiful Webster papers, a touch of Echo Park (Victoria Gardens) and Prima flowers.

Liz Qualman notified me that one of my layouts was featured at the My Little Yellow Bicycle Blog. Yeah!!!! I am sooo happy! Have a fabulous and blessed day!

She's a Sassy Lady

2012-01-11T06:00:00.001-05:00

Happy Wednesday! Here I am trying to get my life back in order after a very busy Christmas and first week of the year with family and babies. Valerie and baby Andrew are home and are doing great, thank God. Thank you all for your sweet comments and for thinking and praying for us, it means a lot to me.

I am so happy to be back at She's a Sassy Lady after taking a little break over the holidays. I made two wedding cards for this post. The beautiful lace you see underneath the cards is actually a sleeve from a wedding dress which I bought at a thrift shop, took apart and use it on my layouts and cards. It's an inexpensive way to use beautiful things, right?

I used Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge to cut out the card and layered it three times.

Hope you enjoyed this fun and simple project. Have a great and blessed day!

Baby Andrew is here!

2012-01-10T06:00:00.000-05:00

Good morning! Hope you are having a great week. The stork finally arrived with Baby Andrew this past Saturday evening after a pretty rough flight. We praise God for His hand upon the entire event and for blessing Valerie and George with their precious baby boy. Valerie had to have an emergency C-Section because her contractions were far too long and far too strong & were causing the baby a great deal of stress. Thank God that everything turned out fine. She is feeling great, Andrew is eating well and they are hoping to be going home later on today.

Andrew looks just like his father! He was very much awake and hungry.

I am one happy Grandma! Madison Rose is already 4 months old. She looks like a giant next to Andrew.

She tried to touch him. It was so cute!

Steve and I started with just two children. Two decades later this became 6 and two years after that we're up to 8! It's like rabbits!!!

As you can see this post is not about scrapbooking or techniques, it's about the memories and photos that are going to fill my pages for many years to come. We came to realize after this scare how fragile life is and how everything can turn within minutes. The most important things in life are not things, but the love we give to and receive from our families, friends and all those God sends our way. Have a great, happy and blessed day!

Happy Friday!

2012-01-06T06:00:00.000-05:00

Good morning! In case you were wondering, there is no baby Andrew yet. Valerie's due date came and went (January 2nd). We think Andrew is way too comfortable in his mommy's tummy and is taking his sweet time to come out. In the meantime, Valerie has tried Chinese food, spicy food, walking, castor oil, you name it... nothing seems to work! Oh well, we hope he comes sometime this month!

I got to play with this fabulous Kaisercraft Ornate Frame at Paper Niche.

This is how it turned out after I played with inks, paints and a ton of embellishments.

Hopefully I will have good news over the weekend about the baby. Have a great and blessed day!

Beautiful moments...

2012-01-04T06:00:00.000-05:00

Good morning! Hope you are keeping yourself warm and cozy as this cold front hits us these days. Today I am posting this layout I made using the fabulous My Minds Eye Rosy Collection. I love all the glitter on the papers.

This is a cluster of flowers, leaves and embellishments.

Have a great and blessed day!

Back to normal....

2012-01-03T08:30:00.000-05:00

Good morning! Well, here we are in the new year already. Baby Andrew is taking his sweet time and he is still cuddling in his mommy's belly. His due date was yesterday. Let's see when he decides to leave his comfort zone... we sure are anxious to meet him!

This is the fabulous Prima Romantique Collection. The colors are very vintage.

These ladies are so fancy!

Lots of bling of course!

Have a great and blessed day!

Happy New Year!

2012-01-01T00:30:00.000-05:00

As I reflect on the meaning of the old and the new year, I can't help think of what Solomon, the wisest man on earth wrote many, many years ago. He advises us to trust God and enjoy what we do have rather than complain about what we do not have. Life is short and life is difficult, so make the most of it while you can. He also tells us to remember that there is a time for everything.

A Time for Everything

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:

a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,

a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build,
a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,

a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away,

a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,

a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.

What do workers gain from their toil? I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race. He has made

everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. (Ecclesiastes 3:1-11).

Happy New Year!

SOUS Snowflakes challenge

2011-12-30T06:00:00.000-05:00

Good morning! Wow, I can't believe that this year is already coming to an end and the new year will be here before you know it! Stuck On US Sketches has a Die Cut Challenge this time is: SNOWFLAKES! In order to participate your project must be new as of December 30 and you must use your Die Cut machine (any brand is fine). This is the layout I did for the challenge:

These pictures are of my daughter and her husband skiing in Colorado and my husband and son sledding in Chicago. The paper is from the Winter Twig collection from My Little Yellow Bicycle. The snowflake edge punch is from the Martha Stewart Winter collection.The rosettes are from are also from the Winter Twig collection from My Little Yellow Bicycle.

These trees are cut from a Tim Holtz Sizzix die.

Make sure you visit http://stuckonusketches.blogspot.com/ for more inspiration! Have a wonderful, safe & blessed day!

I love Graphic 45

2011-12-28T06:00:00.000-05:00

Good morning! This is the gorgeous Graphic 45 collection called Christmas Emporium.I designed this layout for Paper Niche earlier this month.

I used a ton of pop up dots and then added glossy accents to make it look like a glass window.

All the toys are popped too.

This is another layout using similar papers.

Again, I used a ton of pop up dots.

And here you can see them being displayed by the Crop room at Paper Niche.

No Andrew yet. I will post a picture of him as soon as he arrives. Have a blessed and fabulous day!

2011-12-27T06:00:00.001-05:00

Good morning! As promised yesterday, I pulled out two more names out of my bowl from the Christmas Blog Hop. The winners are....

Veronica A

and

Melanie

Congratulations! Please e-mail me with your mailing address so I can send you your layouts. Again, thank you all for your support and sweet words. Now hop over to Veronica's blog to see who won!!!

I designed this layout for Paper Niche using My Little Yellow Bicycle collection called Winter Twig.

These rosettes are from the same collection, love how they look next to the snowflakes.

Have a great and blessed day!

And the winner is....

2011-12-26T06:00:00.000-05:00

Good morning! Hope you had a fabulous Christmas weekend. Veronica and I thank each one of you for participating in our 25-day Christmas blog hop, for your support, for your sweet comments and most of all, for your friendship. The winner of a two-page layout is:

Erlinda Rodriguez from http://stampinwitheerlinda.blogspot.com/.

Congratulations Erlinda! Please e-mail me your mailing address so I can send it to you. Thank you for participating and playing along with us. Now, hop over to Veronica's blog to see who the winner of a mini album is!

I feel just like Veronica does! ...I am sooo grateful for all my new followers and comments that I will draw two more names tomorrow for 2nd and 3rd prizes.

This is Madison Rose asking Andrew to hurry up and come play with her!!!

Have a great, happy and blessed day!

On the 25th day of Christmas...

2011-12-25T06:00:00.000-05:00

Today is our last day of our Christmas blog hop. Veronica from http://kitsnbits.blogspot.com/ and I are very, very thankful to all of you for your support, kind words and being a great sport playing along with us. Later on today we both will choose one of the many names and tomorrow we will announce the winner in each of our blogs.

This is a nativity scene layout made using the Paper Dolls Dress Up Cricut cartridge. This is the 3rd year that I make this layout because it is so popular.All the little people are cut 3 1/2".

We wish you a blessed and wonderful Christmas!!!

On the 24th day of Christmas...

2011-12-24T06:00:00.000-05:00

Welcome to our 24th day of our Christmas blog hop! Well, one more day and it is over. I just want to thank you all followers for playing along and being great friends too. Today's layout has a vintage touch. I took a few close ups so you can see it better.

The rosette was done with October Afternoon music paper.

A combination of cute stuff, another rosette and another hand made flower (circles).

Happy Scrappin' and please go on over to my sweet friend Veronica's blog http://kitsnbits.blogspot.com/, and be sure to leave her some words. See you tomorrow for our last day of our blog-hop.

On another note, our son Danny, his wife Lexie and baby Madison Rose arrived last night. We are soooo thankful to the Lord for allowing us to spend Christmas together! Madison is almost 4 months old.

She has no hair and beautiful bright blue eyes. She puts everything her little hands can grab in her mouth, including her aunt Valerie's hair! Ohhhhh... the sweetness of a baby.

Have a sweet, wonderful and blessed Christmas Eve!

On the 23rd day of Christmas...

2011-12-23T06:00:00.000-05:00

Good morning and welcome to our day 23! It's beginning to look like Christmas and that is what I wanted to reflect in this layout, bright and cheery!

You can see my fireplace better in this close up picture. Hope my snowmen don't melt before Christmas!

Again, thank you for hanging out with us and our 25 Days of Christmas Blog Hop. If you are new to my blog, my friend Veronica from Kitsnbits and I are having a 25-day Christmas blog hop. She is giving away one of her beautiful mini album and I am giving away a two page layout. All you have to do is: become a follower and leave us a comment. The more often you visit the more chances you have to win.

Have a beautiful, joyful, happy and blessed day!

On the 22nd day of Christmas...

2011-12-22T06:00:00.000-05:00

Jingle bells, Jingle bells, jingle all the day......here we are on day 22 of our Christmas blog hop. Is it the longest blog-hop ever for you???? for us too!!!! Three more days and then we will reveal two winners on Monday, December 26, so hang in there!

Hope you enjoy today's layout and inspire you to use your edge punches and left over strips of your favorite papers. It is easy, simple and yet, so elegant.

You can see my Christmas garden here.

Hop over to Veronica's to check out her project today. Remember to leave sweet words as the final day gets closer and closer! Have a great, blessed and fabulous day!

On the 21st day of Christmas...

2011-12-21T06:00:00.000-05:00

Good morning and welcome to day 21 for our Christmas blog hop. I can't believe we are only a few days away from the big day! Are you enjoying Veronica's fabulous work with the mini albums? I have not been able to decide which one I like the most because they are all gorgeous! Make sure you hop over there and leave her sweet words. This blog hop is almost over! Today's layout is very elegant with lots of silver touches and bling. I think blue is my very favorite color this season.

Andrew's room is almost done. Valerie chose a nautical theme from Pottery Barn Kids for his room and everything looks sooo pretty!

Valerie and I made his name out of 8" paper mache letters which we painted, covered with paper and then embellished with wooden nautical pieces.

Little Moses has no clue what's going on... he wants to play with all of Andrew's stuff toys and loves to sleep close to the crib already!

We are sooo ready and anxious for Andrew to arrive but we know that God has the perfect moment for him to be born. Please keep Valerie and Andrew in your prayers as the delivery date gets closer and closer. Thank you in advance and have a great and blessed day!

On the 20th day of Christmas...

2011-12-20T06:00:00.002-05:00

Good morning and welcome to day 20 of our Christmas blog hop. I can't believe that our blog hop is almost finished! I know that December is such a busy month and we appreciate you all for playing along with Veronica and I. I have good news for you... we have had so much fun that we were talkingabout doing this again! Our next Blog Hop will be an Easter/Spring one. So stayed tuned for bunny pages, mini albums, altered items, cards, and much more!

Today's layout is Christmas all the way.... The house, star and reindeer are cut out with the cricut.

I love penguins! They are 3-D stickers from Michael's.

Happy Hanukkah to our Jewish friends! In case you are not familiar with this wonderful holiday, here it is:

Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar.The festival is observed by the kindling of the lights of a unique candelabrum, the nine-branched Menorah, one additional light on each night of the holiday, progressing to eight on the final night. The typical Menorah consists of eight branches with an additional raised branch. The extra light is called a shamash and is given a distinct location, usually above or below the rest.

There is a large Jewish community in the South Florida area. I designed this layout for Paper Niche earlier this month with the help of my precious friend Pam. She explained to me the meaning of everything. Thank you Pam, love you much!

Hop over to Veronica's blog to see what she has in store for us today. Isn't she talented? She has a way with minis, they are all fabulous!Have a blessed and fabulous day!

On the 19th day of Christmas...

2011-12-19T06:00:00.001-05:00

Good morning and welcome to day 19th of our Christmas blog hop. Hope you had a great weekend and are enjoying the season with your loved ones. This is the fabulous October Afternoon Collection called Holiday Style. I had the chance to get my hands on it and design these layouts for Paper Niche in Ft. Lauderdale. I must admit that I had soooo much fun! This line sold out within the hour..... do you wonder why? Again, no snow yet in Florida but I never loose hope!!!!

You can click on either picture to get a closer look at the beautiful images of this collection.

Thank you for hopping with us!!!! You guys have been amazing.... Be sure to head on over to Veronica's blog at http://kitsnbits.blogspot.com/ to see what amazing project she has posted today.

My sweet and talented friend Mindy from Ft. Lauderdale posted a gorgeous altered project which you need to see. Visit her blog called Pretty Little Paper Love here: http://prettylittlepaperlove.blogspot.com

Have a great and blessed day!

On the 18th day of Christmas...

2011-12-18T06:00:00.001-05:00

Happy Sunday and welcome to day 18 of our Christmas Blog Hop. I admit I have a weakness for snowflakes!!! I have no pictures to go with this since I leave in Florida but when the temperature drops I will take some pictures with my heavy coat and gloves on!!!! The swirls at the bottom and the brown picture frames are chipboard from Technique Tuesday. The snowflakes are from JoAnn's in the Christmas dept. and the papers are from MME and BoBunny.

Be sure to stop by my friend Veronica at Kitsnbits and see what this talented lady has posted today. Seven more days to go.....hang in there dear bloggers, it's almost over and there will be a grand prize! Have a great, peaceful and blessed Sunday!

On the 17th day of Christmas...

2011-12-17T06:00:00.004-05:00

Happy Saturday and welcome to day 17th! Today is Prima papers (North Country Collection), and Kaisercraft wooden lamp post. At first I wasn't thrilled about the papers because they are ALL sooooo busy but once I started playing and layering they got a little better. This is another layout I designed for Paper Niche. If you are in the South Florida area you can see the original at the store.

My friend Peggy and I went to her hometown Christmas parade. Sparky was very sweet and happy to see Ms. Peggy! She is very well known and loved there.

I helped her create this layout. She bought the postcards in an antique store in one of her trips. They date back to the early 1900. The large green branch is from Michael's and it is a Christmas branch.

You can see one of them better in this close up picture.

Be sure you visit my friend Veronica at Kitsnbits and see what she has to inspire you today. Thank you for looking! Have a scrappy, joyful, happy and blessed day!

On the 16th day of Christmas...

2011-12-16T06:00:00.002-05:00

It's happy Friday and we are on our 16th day of Christmas blog hop. This week flew by....unbelievable! If you are new to my blog, my friend Veronica from Kitsnbits and I are having a 25-day Christmas blog hop. She is giving away one of her fabulous mini albums and I am giving away a two-page layout. All you have to do is: become a follower and leave us a comment. The more often you visit the more chances you have to win.

Today's layout was a class I taught in Dothan earlier this month. The snow flakes are plain chipboard which we covered with the new Stampendous Shaved Ice and then stickled the edges in blue.

This is my friend Karen's baby Mary Kate. She is a doll and she also has an expensive taste... look at what she grabbed!!!!

My super talented friend Karla from Miami has a new blog called Karla Urea Cards. She has been posting amazing stuff for the Holidays. I encourage you to stop by and visit her, it is candy for the eyes.

Hop over to Veronica's to see what she is up to today. Have a great, joyful and blessed day!

On the 15th day of Christmas...

2011-12-15T06:00:00.004-05:00

Good morning! Here we are on day 15 of our Christmas Blog Hop between Veronica from Kitsnbits and I. I think part of the fun is creating these layouts for you guys to see and hopefully, inspire you to try new things.

I added my own doily to the white store-bought doily. I punched out two 12" border strips with the MS edged punch and then cut them into individual pieces, then glued them to the back of the white doily.

This is Paper Niche's December Kit. I was able to make an entire 20-page album with it. You can see some of the layouts here:

If you bought the kit and live in South Florida, you are able to swing by the store and see them all. Don't forget to visit Veronica and see what she is up to today. Have a great and blessed Thursday!

On the 14th day of Christmas...

2011-12-14T06:00:00.004-05:00

Good morning! Thirty one years ago I gave birth to my daughter Valerie. She was born in a very cold morning in Columbus, Indiana when I was 22. She is a precious gift from God and I thank Him for blessing us with her life. Happy Birthday Valerie, we love you!

On the 14th day of our Christmas blog hop I bring you this layout filled with texture.

This is another Christmas layout I did about two weeks ago in Dothan. I love the muted colors.

You can see all the layers and details here.

Hop over to Veronica's blog " Kitsnbits" to see what she is up to today. Have a great, happy and blessed day!

On the 13th day of Christmas...

2011-12-13T06:00:00.004-05:00

Good morning! I am back home after another amazing weekend with my lovely friends at the Paper Niche. I can't tell you enough how thankful I am to the Lord for the gift of friendship and scrapbooking. I met so many wonderful women like Susan, Pat and Pam and got to share with them and with old friends such as Karen, Ana, Marta, Veronica, Natasha, Liz, Tammy (of course!) and soooo many other ones I do not have room to mention.

As I mentioned yesterday, we are going to do a special mini-blog hop giveaway today. Veronica and I have been putting the names daily in a bowl and last night we pulled one. The winner of today's give away is......

MICKEY

Congratulations Mickey from Mickey's Craft World! Please e-mail me with your mailing address so I can send you a Christmas layout. Thank you for all your sweet words daily.

Today's layout has a touch of vintage as the one from yesterday's post did. I love the angel on the left. It is from K&Co. I inked the edges, added gold stickles and popped it up.

A little bit of bling, lace and ribbon and voila!

Now let's hop on over to Veronica's blog and see what inspiration for today is and who won her special give away. Again, thank you for all your visits, kind words and for playing along with us. Have a great, happy and blessed day!

On the 12th day of Christmas...

2011-12-12T06:00:00.006-05:00

Good morning! I hope that you all had a wonderful weekend.

OK, it's back to the more traditional Christmas colors today. I've always had a soft spot for the muted vintage colors. They just seem more warm and cozy than the bright reds and greens.

These Tim Holtz florets made out of printed paper go nicely with the poinsettias, don't you think?

This is the 12th Day; we're halfway there!!! Do all of you remember when you were young (for some of us this is a real stretch) and you couldn't wait to open a present before Christmas? Well, we're going to do that today! I'm going to pick a name out of the hat today for a special halfway gift!

Alright, it's time to jump over to Veronica's blog and see what she has in store for us. I hope that everyone is having a wonderful time. Keep having fun and thanks so much for your kind words of encouragement. Have a great and blessed day!

On the 11th day of Christmas...

2011-12-11T06:00:00.007-05:00

Good morning! I've decided to take a break from Christmas reds and greens and have some fun with blues and browns.

You can see all the layers and details here.

Don't forget to hop on over to Veronica's blog. I just know that she has something special today. Wow, we're already on Day 11. Time sure flies when you're having fun. Thanks for all of the kind comments. Have a great and blessed day!

On the 10th day of Christmas...

2011-12-10T06:00:00.001-05:00

Good morning! What is Christmas without ginger bread cookies????? I found these fabulous papers and felt ginger bread dolls at JoAnn's Fabric. I made the little house with the cricut. I can't wait to bake cookies for Madison and Andrew! Maybe next Christmas they can have some....

Are you enjoying Veronica's talent? She sure is a very gifted lady. I can't believe we are on the 10th day already..... Well, keep having fun and leaving sweet words!!! Have a great and blessed day!

On the 9th day of Christmas...

2011-12-09T06:00:00.005-05:00

Good morning! I can't believe it's Friday already.... I forgot to tell you that we finally moved into our new house in Gainesville, Florida last Sunday. My studio is up and running and I love it! I have twice as much space as I had in Dothan, but I still can't seem to get everything into the room. Steve says that the problem isn't space, it's that I have the same number of shelves from before, but that now they're all in the same room and not spread out all over the house. I guess I'm gonna need some more shelves!!!

My new studio sure is spacious. In addition to 3 tables running the length of the room along one wall, I also have an 8 foot table in the center of the room that I can get to from all sides. It's great!!! Steve used to say that I had to step outside of my old studio just to change my mind!

I still have some work to do in Steve's room. Unfortunately, he put a sign at the door that reads "Man Cave - All Women Enter at their Own Risk". I guess this means that he is on his own!

Today's layout has a vintage touch. I love how it turned out.

You can see many details in these close up pictures.

Hop over to Veronica's blog and enjoy her gorgeous project today. Remember to leave us some sugar!!!!! Have a happy, fabulous and blessed day!

On the 8th day of Christmas...

2011-12-08T06:00:00.004-05:00

On the eight day of Christmas my sweet love said to me....... "another purple and green layout for the bird lovers!!!!!!!" (Is that how the song goes???????). This is another crazy combination of Creative Imaginations and K&Co. papers. I also used Glitz Girls tag! See, everything matches at the end of the day.

I am off to Ft. Lauderdale today until Monday. I will be at the weekend crop at Paper Niche designing and inspiring for this wonderful season. I get to see Veronica and maybe we can play and make something together!!!! Stay tune.....

I see that many of you are going strong visiting our blogs daily. We really and truly appreciate your kind, loving and encouraging words. If you came here first do not forget to hop over to Veronica's blog as she has another amazing project to share with you. Have a great and blessed day!

On the 7th day of Christmas...

2011-12-07T06:00:00.002-05:00

Good morning and welcome to our Christmas Blog Hop day 7! If you are new to my blog, Veronica from KitsNbits are having a 25 days of Christmas blog hop. All you have to do on both blogs is:

1.Become a follower
2. Leave me a comment

Today's inspiration is blues and browns for Christmas. My Mind's Eye has some great papers out there.

Don't forget to go over to Veronica's blog and see what she has to inspire you today. Have a great and blessed day!

On the 6th day of Christmas...

2011-12-06T06:00:00.002-05:00

Happy Tuesday! Here we are on day 6 of our 25 day Christmas blog hop. Did you see Veronica's tags yesterday? They are soooo beautiful! Loved every single one. She is soooo talented! My layout today was done with a Christmas paper pad I bought at Michael's. This picture does not really show the beautiful colors, (sorry that my light was not good!). The angels are from Graphic 45.

Thank you for playing along with Veronica and me. Do not forget to leave comments on both blogs. We are giving away a two-page layout and an album.

Have a great, fabulous inspired and blessed day!

On the 5th day of Christmas...

2011-12-05T06:00:00.001-05:00

Good morning and happy Monday! Hope you are having fun with our Christmas blog hop between Veronica from KitsNbits and me. These are very vibrant colors for Christmas and you see them everywhere this year. This collection of papers is called Winter Song from Creative Imaginations. The pretty glittered branches are from Michael's and some of the flowers by the bird are from K& Co.

Veronica from http://kitsnbits.blogspot.com and I are so excited to be participating together on this blog hop and hopefully we will inspire you until December 25th.

So don't forget to follow the blogs and/or leave a comment in order to be entered in the blog candy drawing on December 26th. Happy Scrapping... have a great and blessed day!

On the 4th day of Christmas...

2011-12-04T06:00:00.003-05:00

Happy Sunday everyone! Are you in the Christmas spirit yet? Veronica and I are! Isn't she amazing? I love everything she makes, her work is fabulous. Today's layout is in blues and browns and I used BoBunny Snowfall Collection. I also used lots of Prima bling and flowers.

Keep on playing and leaving sweet words here and at Veronica's blog. Remember that the blog candy is worth it! Have a great and blessed Sunday!

On the 3rd day of Christmas...

2011-12-03T06:00:00.005-05:00

Happy Saturday! I am not used to posting on the weekends but this is a very special occasion... it is our first Christmas Blog Hop! Are you being inspired by Veronica and me? We hope so!!!

For today's post I altered the Kaisercraft's Nine Frame Photo Display which comes like this.

I used the fabulous Teresa Collins' Christmas Home Collection, Basic Grey leaves, Prima bling and Maya Road flowers for this altered photo display.

You can see more details in this picture. This is another project I designed for Paper Niche in Ft. Lauderdale.

Remember to visit Veronica's Blog and leave comments on both blogs in order to enter into our Blog Candy! Have a happy, relaxed and blessed Saturday!

On the 2nd day of Christmas...

2011-12-02T06:00:00.005-05:00

Happy Friday everyone and welcome to our 2nd day of our Christmas Blog Hop between Veronica from KitsNBits and I.

This layout is filled with texture and fabulous papers from Cosmo Cricket Dear Mr. Claus Collection.

I made little cards for notes and/or more pictures.

I also used a ton of bling and Prima flowers. This is another one of my designs for Paper Niche in Ft. Lauderdale.

Do not forget to leave comments on both blogs in order to participate in our Blog Candy. Have a fabulous and blessed day!

On the 1st day of Christmas...

2011-12-01T06:00:00.009-05:00

Good morning! Let the fun begin....Today is the first day of our blog hop between Veronica from KitsNBits and me.

This layout is done with the fabulous Teresa Collins' Collection called "Christmas Home". I actually designed it for Paper Niche and it is displayed at the store in Ft. Lauderdale. The highlight of this layout is the double matting of all the frames, words and calender numbers as well as the white doily on the upper right corner..

All the numbers are matted and then popped up.

Remember to visit Veronica's Blog and leave comments on both blogs in order to enter into our Blog Candy.

What kind of blog candy? I will be giving away a Christmas layout and Veronica is giving away a beautiful Christmas album! Please check in every day from December 1st through the 25^th and see samples of what Veronica and I love to do...we love to Scrap!!!! We will be announcing the winner on December 26th.

Have a great and blessed Thursday!

Lots to share with you today.....

2011-11-30T06:00:00.021-05:00

Good morning! I hope that all of you are ready to say "goodbye" to November and "welcome" to the month of December because it will be here tomorrow!!!

My talented and sweet friend Veronica from KitsNBits and I are having a blog hop just between the two of us for the first 25 days of December. This idea was born out of our desire to share what we love to do most. She loves to make mini books and my passion is two-page layouts. This is how the hop will work:

Veronica and I will post our projects everyday starting tomorrow until December 25th. All you have to do is:

Become a follower of both blogs
Leave a comment daily on both blogs

Everyday my blog will have a link to hers and her blog will have a link to mine. On December 26th we will put the names of all of the loyal followers to both blogs into a hat and pull out two names for a special reward. Be inspired and have fun, everybody!

This is a layout filled with layers and embellishments, all done in neutral and brown colors.

Lots of Prima flowers and bling.

This is Madison Rose at 2 1/2 months old. She is growing soooo fast! I am a very proud and happy "abuelita"!!!!!! (Can you tell????)

Have a great, happy and blessed day!

Fun Tuesday

2011-11-29T06:00:00.003-05:00

Good morning! Don't you just love October Afternoon papers? They are so cheery and pretty. I used Sidewalks Collection to make this layout for Paper Niche. I also added lots buttons and ribbons.

Stickles are always perfect when you want to highlight certain things.

I designed this next layout for Paper Niche as well, using BoBunny's new collection called Enchanted. This collection is very dramatic and elegant at the same time. I used solid white, red and black to mat the frames. I also used Kaisercraft's 12" dress form on the left of the page. This picture does not give justice to the beauty of it and of the papers. Click on the picture to get a closer look if you want.

Have a great and blessed Tuesday!

It's a happy Monday!

2011-11-28T06:00:00.007-05:00

Good morning! Hope you had a fabulous Thanksgiving weekend. My daughter and I went shopping on Black Friday and had so much fun, especially shopping for baby goodies. I had fun designing this layout with a ton of layers, flowers and bling. Love the colors too.

Have a great and blessed day!

Happy Thanksgiving!

2011-11-24T06:00:00.003-05:00

O give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His loving-kindness is everlasting.

1 Chronicle 16:34

Happy Wednesday!

2011-11-23T06:00:00.003-05:00

Good morning! This is another layout I designed for The Paper Niche using papers from the Alla Prima collection.

I also used a gate made out of brown felt (which is from from Prima, too). I cut it in half and used it in two places along with some metal branches and flowers.

Have a fabulous and blessed day!

Happy Tuesday!

2011-11-22T06:00:00.002-05:00

Good morning! This is PRIMA fabulous collection called Pixie Glen. I designed this layout for Paper Niche last week. It is displayed in their crop room to inspire croppers.

You can see Prima's wonderful resin embellishments here. I had lots of fun playing with this line, can you tell?

Have a great and blessed Tuesday!

Happy Monday!

2011-11-21T06:00:00.001-05:00

Good morning! Hope you had a fabulous weekend. I had a lot of fun making this layout. I used a lot of Technique Tuesday chipboard tiles. They are so easy to paint because they are white and they take the colors very well.

Have a great and blessed Monday!

Christmas Tag & Card Class at Treasured Memories

2011-11-18T06:00:00.008-05:00

Good morning! Here I am in beautiful Lafayette, Louisiana, visiting my son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter, Madison Rose.

I've been driving all over the Southeast since leaving Dothan, Alabama on November 1st with just a small portion of my old studio in my little Honda Accord. We put the rest (I think my husband might have packed our household things, too ... I better go ask him.) into storage. We go back to Dothan the first weekend in December to load up everything and bring it to our new home in Gainesville, Florida. My husband found us a house with a large Florida room that he says will make a perfect new studio for me. I can't wait to see it!

I spent yesterday in a crop, will crop today and will teach tomorrow at Treasured Memories. We will be making 6 Christmas cards, 6 gift tags, a gift bag and a one page layout. I am soooo excited. Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year for scrapping and paper craft. There is just so much wonderful stuff to work with!

Have a wonderful, happy and blessed weekend!

Happy SWEET Thursday!

2011-11-17T06:00:00.000-05:00

Good morning! This is a layout I helped my friend Kelli design with a doily that was too yellow for another project but just perfect for this one. In scrapbooking we all know that "trash" for one layout made turn into a "treasure" for another.

Have a blessed day!

Creations for The Paper Niche

2011-11-16T06:00:00.017-05:00

Good morning! I want to tell you about The Paper Niche near Ft. Lauderdale. They recently moved to a bigger store in the town of Davie and it is absolutely amazing! They have a crop room in the middle of the store that is a scrapper's dream! Everything is wonderfully done.

I taught three classes there last week and then got a chance to crop for a day. Tammy was a wonderful hostess.

They asked me to make a few samples for the store to go with the different product racks. This first one is made using Teresa Collins products.

This next one is for American Crafts.

And this one is a decorated wooden cage from KaiserCraft. Wouldn't this make a wonderful Christmas door decoration?

There are several more which will be posted sometime soon. Have a happy and blessed day!

Happy Tuesday!

2011-11-15T06:00:00.017-05:00

Good morning! In one of my stops last week I met this sweet and fun lady named Kelli. She asked me to help her with a layout using these beautiful colors. Of course I said yes and I was so honored when she asked me to sign it when we were done!

This is one of the great things about traveling. You get to meet so many great people and through the magic of the internet you can easily keep in touch across the miles.

I was so inspired by her choice of papers and colors that I created my own layout. I really, really like the purples and greens together. (Maybe I'm still stuck on Mardi Gras colors from last week.) I used Creative Imaginations Winter Song Collection for this layout. The papers are gorgeous and perfect for a non-traditional Christmas layout.

Have a great and blessed day!

Andrew's baby shower

2011-11-14T06:00:00.007-05:00

Good morning! My daughter Valerie's baby shower was yesterday afternoon and she was radiant and so happy to see so many friends and family. Her aunt Laurel came from Chicago, her aunt Andreina (my sister) came from Ft. Lauderdale and her cousin Margarita came all the way from Venezuela!!!

The theme for Andrew's room is sailboats.This wreath was at the front door.

Valerie loved her cake. It was beautiful and delicious!

Andrew will not need any clothes, blankets, toys or towels until he is about 2 years old!

Andrew is soooo happy with all the love and presents his mommy received...

Have a blessed and wonderful day!

Mardi Gras - Either Early or Late

2011-11-11T06:00:00.004-05:00

Good morning! While packing up my studio last week I came across these colorful papers and got inspired enough that I stopped packing and made some last minute Mardi Gras layouts. So ... I'm either six months late for this year or six months early for next.

Now, I've been to New Orleans several times, but I've never actually seen a Mardi Gras parade. I can only imagine the floats with all of their bright, beautiful colors and the marvelous costumes! I hope these layouts do them justice.

We visited New Orleans one Spring day several years ago and the flower gardens were absolutely stunning.

The lamp in this one reminds me of all of the lovely ornamental iron in the older part of New Orleans.

Have a lovely and blessed Friday and an even better weekend!

Precious Day

2011-11-10T06:00:00.003-05:00

Good morning! This is the day the Lord has made and we will rejoice and be glad in it.

I'm still in Ft. Lauderdale enjoying precious family and friends. This is a layout I made before leaving Dothan last week. When I was making it I was thinking of my precious granddaughter Madison. That's why I used pinks and other light colors, plenty of flowers and lace, but also a little bling. I hope you enjoy it!.

Have a wonderful and blessed day!

Live, laugh, love

2011-11-09T06:00:00.003-05:00

Good morning! As you can see I am really enjoying using my Technique Tuesday frames. This layout is a hodge-podge (not Mod Podge) of many things including flowers, leaves, insects, chipboard flourishes, punched borders and even a little bling. I hope you enjoy it.

Have a wonderful and blessed Wednesday!

Happy Tuesday!

2011-11-08T06:00:00.002-05:00

Good morning! I hope your week is going well.

With all of the decorations going up I'm starting to get in the mood for Christmas and the birth of my second grandchild. I've already starting working on some Christmas pages, just waiting for photographs to put in them.

My friend Peggy has the coolest things .... just look at that JOY! She found it last year after Christmas in the Michael's dollar bin. The papers are from a DCWV Christmas pad.

Have a fun, happy and blessed day!

It's a happy Monday!

2011-11-07T06:00:00.003-05:00

Good morning! Hope you all a great weekend. For this layout I used one of my favorite Martha Stewart edge punch called Wild Flowers, it is so pretty!

Have a great and blessed day!

On the road again....

2011-11-04T06:00:00.004-04:00

Good morning! I can't believe it's already Friday, where did the week go? Today I am sharing the layouts I will be teaching at the Paper Niche in Ft. Lauderdale next week. I can't wait to visit them in their new place. I am sure I will be posting pictures when I return. This first one is a Fall layout.

The following two are Christmas layouts.

Have a great and blessed weekend!

Paper Niche November's kit

2011-11-03T06:00:00.015-04:00

Good morning! It's Paper Niche's November kit reveal and I must tell you, it's another beautiful one, I loved working with this kit. This kit has so many wonderful papers and embellishments.

I created these layouts and card and they all came from the same kit, each one is different and unique.

You are SEW cute.

I am on a mission...

You have a great purse-sonality!

I also made a card with a tag inside.

Have a great and blessed day!

Happy Wednesday!

2011-11-02T06:00:00.003-04:00

Good morning! I can't believe November is here already... this year has flown by quickly, hasn't it?

The branch is chipboard from Basic Grey.

Have a great and blessed day!

Thank God it's Monday!

2011-10-31T06:00:00.003-04:00

Merry Christmas! Oooooopppsss...... wrong holiday.......I wanted to share the layouts I taught over the weekend here in Dothan. I can't believe Christmas will be here in less than 2 months!

Mary Kate came to visit us during our crop on Friday. She loves playing with paper.

Madison Rose got her first pumpkin!

And so did Andrew!!!

Have a great, fun, happy, and blessed day!

Friday is here!

2011-10-28T06:00:00.004-04:00

Good morning! Today is my last cropping weekend as a resident of Dothan, Alabama. My husband and I are moving to Gainesville, Florida next week. Even though it is only about 4 hours away and I know I will be back to visit, I am sad to go. Dothan has been an amazing town to live in. I have met soooo many wonderful people whom I will never ever forget. I have been very blessed with a group of ladies whom not only love the Lord but also share the same passion for scrapbooking as I do.

I might not be able to post as often as I do during the month of November. Besides moving, I will also be traveling to South Florida and to Louisiana to teach. "On the road again...." I love that song!!!!!

Here is another layout I made using a lot of Technique Tuesday tiles. I love them because they are so easy to paint and they also add a lot to the page.

You can see more details in this picture.

Have a great, fun and blessed weekend!

Thursday fun!

2011-10-27T06:00:00.005-04:00

Good morning! Hope you are enjoying this beautiful season. My son sent me this picture of Madison Rose at her first pumpkin patch trip. She looks so adorable with her pumpkin hat! I can't believe she will be two months on Sunday already.

I made this layout over the weekend. The brown/red frames are from Technique Tuesday and the leaves are from Dusty Attic. The scalloped edge of flowers on the left are made out of canvas made by Pink Paislee.

I also stamped the frame .

Have a fun , happy and blessed day!

I love My Mind's Eye!!!

2011-10-25T06:00:00.001-04:00

Good morning! I got a chance to play with the fabulous My Mind's Eye Blush "Better" collection. I did not want to cut any of the papers!!!!! They are all sooooo beautiful! My friend Peggy bought the ENTIRE collection and she asked me to make some pages for her. This is what I made:

These papers are from the collection called "sunshine". Peggy had these black and white pictures which turned out to be perfect. The cute baby girl in the middle of both pictures is Peggy. She has not changed a bit......(the sweet/cute part I mean!)

Have a great and blessed Tuesday!

It's a happy Monday!

2011-10-24T06:00:00.006-04:00

Good morning! Hope you had a great and a restful weekend. Mine was beautiful as I shared another weekend cropping with a group of amazing ladies here in Dothan, Alabama. I have been truly blessed with each one of them since I came to live in this beautiful town two years ago. I got a chance to scrap one more page for Madison Rose's album, yeah!

I found this beautiful paper for my pictures. I used chipboard swirls and many different flowers throughout the layout.

I also cut the leaves with the Art Philosophy cricut cartridge. You can see the details in this close up picture.

SOUS challenge

2011-10-21T06:00:00.003-04:00

Happy Friday! We have another Die Cut challenge here at Stuck On Us Sketches.It is FENCE time! I love fences so it was pretty easy for me to add one to my layout.

This is a wedding layout I made for a dear friend who just got married. I hope she doesn't visit my blog today because if she does she will see it here before it arrives in her hands!!!!

Please visit http://stuckonusketches.blogspot.com/ for more inspiration using FENCES. I will be cropping all weekend with an amazing group of ladies here in Dothan, can't wait!!!! Have a safe, fabulous and blessed weekend!

Happy SWEET Thursday!

2011-10-20T06:00:00.001-04:00

Good morning! Hope you are having a great week so far. This is another layout I made for Madison Rose's album. I went a little crazy with the buttons and rhinestones on the border but I guess I do not know when to stop!!!!

Have a fabulous, happy and blessed day!

The Bug Bytes Wednesday

2011-10-19T06:00:00.006-04:00

Good morning! It is my turn to design for The Bug Bytes today. I made fall leaves using metal tape. Here is what you do:

Cut some leaves out of metal (aluminum) repair tape using the Tim Holtz Tattered Leaves die. Leave the backing on the tape until you're ready to place them on your page. (The tape I have is only 2" wide so I had to "repair" one side of the maple leaf to make it look right.

2. Emboss the leaves with the Cuttlebug to give them some texture.

3. Apply a few drops of alcohol ink to each of the leaves and spread it out using alcohol blending solution in a water pen. (Be careful as excess blending solution can cause the backing paper to release from the aluminum tape.)

Here they are on a layout.

On a tag.

Voila! Here is the full layout. Hope you enjoyed this tutorial and will inspire you to make your own.

Have a great and blessed day!

Happy Tuesday!

2011-10-18T06:00:00.003-04:00

Good morning! I made some boy pages for a change. I have great pictures of my husband fixing up Andrew's crib (our future grand-baby) and of my son riding a four wheeler in Chicago.

Boy layouts could be lots of fun too!!!! Can you believe I did not use any flowers????? I can't either....

Guess we visited me last night? Baby Mary Kate! She is already 7 months old and as cute/precious/adorable as can be.

The only toy we have in the house is our daughter's favorite doll from nearly thirty years ago. Mary Kate loved her!!! She kissed her over and over again. She is soooo cute! We love you Mary Kate!!!

Have a fabulous and blessed day!

Happy Monday!

2011-10-17T06:00:00.002-04:00

Good morning! Hope you had a great weekend. My friends and I scrapped at Hobby Lobby two days in a row and it was soooo much fun! I actually got some pages done for my son's baseball album. These pictures were taken after one of the games in Chicago.

I made these shadow boxes for my dear friend Peggy, the one who owns AMAZING embellishments. These are her parents.

Here is a close up of the boxes. She preserved their driver's licenses, SS cards, her mom's watch and many other precious memorabilia.

Have a great and blessed day!

Happy Friday!

2011-10-14T06:00:00.005-04:00

Good morning! wow... another week just flew right before our eyes! I can't believe it's Friday already. Okay... I am down to 488 pictures of Madison Rose to scrap (so you think that's funny???). Here's another layout I did for her album. I used Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge to cut the circle on the right side. The flowers were cut with Tim Holtz' Tattered Flowers Sizzix die, with Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge and with a punch. I also used Martha Stewart punches for the edges. The colors are sooo girly girl, love them all.

Have a great, restful and blessed weekend!

More of Madison Rose

2011-10-13T06:00:00.006-04:00

Good morning! I hope that you're not tired of seeing another layout with my grand-daughter, because I'm not tired of making them!!! I'm so used to making layouts without photos.... Fortunately, we've taken enough photos of her that I can always find a few to go perfectly with the layout. I used Martha Stewart punches for the borders and Home Accents Cricut Cartridge to cut out the word home.

This is our daughter Valerie showing off her beautiful cargo. Andrew will be here in two short months!

Have a great and blessed day!

She's a Sassy Lady Wednesday!

2011-10-12T06:00:00.001-04:00

Good morning! Today is my turn to design for She's a Sassy Lady. I made a Double Daisy using the Paper Lace Cricut Cartridge. Here are the steps:

1.) Cut out on page 32 with the Lace 2 Creative Features button pressed. (These flowers here are 4 1/2".)

2.) Using a different color paper, cut out the exact same thing.

3.) Lay one of the flowers directly over the other, rotating it 1/2 petal to the left or right. (You can stick a fat pen into the centers to make certain that they're exactly aligned.) With a pen or pencil, draw a line exactly where ONE SIDE (either left or right) of the upper petal crosses over the lower petal.

4.) Using small scissors, carefully cut this line on all petals of the upper flower.

5.) Glue the center ONLY of the upper flower to the center of the lower flower, so the cuts are exactly centered where you drew them. (You can use the fat pen again to line them up.) Carefully weave each cut on the upper flower to the back of the lower flower. (This photo shows them about half done.)

6.) Finish weaving the rest of the cuts before gluing the upper petals to the backs of the lower petals.

Here is the layout I made using my Double Daisies! Madison Rose looks so beautiful in pink, doesn't she?

Have a happy, smiley and blessed day!

Madison's pages

2011-10-11T06:00:00.000-04:00

Happy Tuesday! Well, I started scrapping Madison Rose's pictures. Can you believe I have over 500 of them already and she is only 5 weeks old????? This is insane, totally insane! These pictures are in black and white so I scrapped them in black, cream and reds.

I have to think of other ways to scrap them and to be up-to-date once Andrew gets here! Have a great and blessed day!

Pinoccio!

2011-10-10T06:00:00.006-04:00

Good morning! Hope you had a great and restful weekend. I love this weather.... I just feel like being outside all day long! My friend The Cropping Canuck inspired me to make this layout.

She sent me a Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket cut out from the Cricut and that was my inspiration and starting point. I found a paper that had more Pinocchios, popped them up and then added the school bus, the road, the title and the school house.

Thank you Cropping Canuck for this fabulous gift!!!! Can't wait to make the Bambi page....Have a great, fabulous and blessed Monday!