Prima

Happy Thursday!  Hope you are having a great week.  I keep scrappin' and enjoying all of the fabulous new products that are available out there.  Sometimes I get so overwhelmed choosing what to use/do next!  Does this happen to you?  I created this layout while I taught it at the same time at midnight at Treasured Memories the last time I was there.  We giggled soooo much!  This is the fabulous Printery Prima Collection.

We inked, distressed, popped, cut and embellished.

These are some pictures to prove how much fun we had.  You see, I get VERY silly after midnight!

The doily turned out pretty after all, right, Jill and Priscilla?

 Have a blessed day!

I am back!

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!

Meet some of Louisiana's best....

Good morning! Are you ready to meet some amazing ladies who have the same passion as you and I?

This is Connie and Connie is amazing.... she has been the person (and friend) who have had the most influence in my scrapbooking life. Not only is she sweet,beautiful inside and out,  intelligent and wise but she is also an amazing designer and teacher! You can find her at Treasured Memories!!!

She made all of these amazing layouts during our crop. Enjoy!!!

This is Cathy and she is the queen of paper piecing! She tried to teach me how to draw eyes in my little people (paper dolls cricut) but I think I will settle for Peachy Keen Stamps or Googly Eyes! It's not as easy as it looks...

Let me tell you about Phillis.....she is the type of person who hugs you when you are crying without saying a word and is not afraid to make an oversize hat for her snowman!!!

She made this fabulous layout of her parent's golden anniversary and she framed it. What a fantastic idea!!!

We also played with the left over mat of the frame!

There is more for tomorrow! Have a blessed day!

Weekend at Treasured Memories in Lafayette

Hello everyone! I am back from a fabulous weekend at  Treasured Memories in  Lafayette, Louisiana. Here is a slide show with pictures from my class last Friday afternoon. I taught the Art Tags, everyone loved them!

Donna Downey taught on Saturday and Sunday. Her classes were amazing! Here are some great pictures of both days.

This is the new location of Treasured Memories. Janet's face lit up when she saw me on Friday morning and that made me feel so loved!

Janet and Paula have been my precious friends ever since I went to Lafayette for the first time 5 years ago when I dropped my son off at college.

Donna is such a sweetheart! She brought along her beautiful daughter Payton to celebrate her 9th birthday.  It was a lovely mother-daughter weekend.

Payton and I had a lot of fun making pages.  She's a very creative young lady, a regular "chip off the old block"!

I brought her a wooden chair to decorate.  Here's the before ...

... and here's the after!!! (The bear's name is Lily.)

Thank you Treasured Memories for a fabulous weekend, one that I will treasure forever. See you in February!