Homecoming

I have a lot of photos sitting patiently waiting for me to scrapbook. When I saw Simon Says Stamp H Challenge, I knew I should scrapbook some of my son and his darling girlfriend's homecoming photos.

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Mini Waterfall Album

Today, I was in the mood to make an album. So, I searched for instructions to make this cute little Waterfall Album. I am entering this in Simon Says Anything Goes....

Love July 4, 2014

Look at these sweet FACES! You can tell that love, love, love is in the air! I love this photo of my son and his sweet girlfriend! I'm entering this into Simon Says Stamp Challenge: About a Face and to my friend Stacy's challenge!

Hope all is well in your world!

3rd Take on Prom

Well, here are more of the prom photos! I made this for Simon Says Anything Goes.

2nd Take on Prom--You Two Have So Much Fun!

Well, I am on a roll with the prom photos! I made this for Simon Says Anything Goes and for my friend Stacy's tic tac toe challenge. I chose a different row this time...

Happy 20th Birthday Mitchell!

I can't believe Mitchell turned 20 this April...  Anyway, I made this for the Simon Says Die Crazy challenge.  And, I even dug out my old Sizzix letters/numbers for this one.  The hearts and love are from American Crafts! And the matting is from a set of Spellbinders.

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Kelly & Daddy

I made this for Simon Says Spring Flowers challenge! 

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1971 - Summer

This layout is of my twin sister and me in the summer of 1971.  Wow!   I am entering it into Simon Says Stamp blog anything-goes Wednesday challenge .

The die cuts are courtesy of American Crafts! I was lucky to win them!

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M.A.D.D. mad Fashion Show -- hosted by Amy Knollmeyer Photography

I am really glad that I hoarded collected this Bo Bunny paper.  As it turns out, I just got the perfect photo back from the lab to use with it!!!!  This is our son with his darling girlfriend.  I am entering it into Simon Says Stamp blog anything-goes Wednesday challenge .

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P.S. The little camera die came to me from American Crafts. I love it!!!

A Charmed Life

I made this for my friend Stacy's challenge!  I just bought the Simple Stories collection and thought it went perfectly with my photos!!!  Our little Charlie was definitely still a pup in these photos. In the third one, he was doing the "swim" before he got distracted by some activity in the park!!!  I added some American Crafts velum (transparent) hearts, so I'm also adding this to Simon Says Transparent challenge!!!

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I Love You

I'm entering this in the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge to Have a Heart. I think you can see the hearts on the photo strip.  I'm also entering it at Sketches 4 All...

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White Coat Ceremony

I made this it for Simon Says Emboss it challenge this week! I used the gorgeous My Mind's Eye collection Lost and Found: Oliver that I won from them earlier. That gorgeous hexagon paper is embossed beautifully!  All of the patterned paper is nice and thick and very fun to use!!!  The only other product I used wasAmerican Crafts Thickers and one of my favorite Fiskars border punches!

Thanks for looking! I hope you are having a great weekend!

Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel

 I am entering this into Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes!  We couldn't get enough of the antics of the Golden Mantled Ground Squirrels in the Rocky Mountain National Park. They remind everyone so much of chipmunks. It is funny how cute squirrels are when they aren't tearing up your own yard! :-)

Picture Perfect - Disc Golf

I love it when Steve and Mitch play together!  Here, I've captured each of them getting ready to throw the disc golf toward the target! They are both so intense!!!!!  I created this using this fun sketch from Page Maps and incorporated borders per the challenge instructions. I added a camera from Amy Tan's collection to qualify for Simon Says Stamp Says Take a Picture Challenge.  I used a bunch of Jillibean Soup and American Crafts for this page but also added a stamped border of some great stamps from Teresa Collins Designs. 

I love all of the color in the page and think the arrows are fun for the movement of the game!

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I hope you are having a great Memorial Day weekend!

Welcome Home New Baby

THE STORY:  the boys (my husband and son) had been begging for a dog ever since we moved into our new house.  The idea was that he wouldn't have to be left alone for long hours since we'd be so much closer to my husband's work, and he works from home often. Well, I kept saying "NO!" since I'm allergic. Steve (my husband) had been stalking Craig's list and the Humane Society and saw our Charlie's photo the second it was posted.  Well, I took one look at this little puppy's photo, and he was in our car one-half hour later--and he lived in the next town over....!!!!  Even though I do have the allergy problem, it is kinda worth it! He's such a sweetie (to us)!  Charlie has worked his way into all of our hearts, and we can't imagine life without him now!  I made it for the PageMaps challenge. Here's the sketch!

Our Little Sweetie

I used Pam's fun sketch challenge 223 to create this little layout of our puppy who is now quite a bit bigger!!! I created it at the suggestion of my friend at Garden of Grace to enter it into challenge 27 All God's Creatures at Scrapping Everyday Miracles challenge this month. The twist was to add a quote: I used is "You had me at Woof" which is a slight variation from a movie...

Most of the embellies I used were from Amy Tangerine's collection--I won it somewhere and can't remember where? sorry and thanks at the same time!

Anyway, have a great day!!!

Charlie - All Boy

See how the bracketed page is lopsided on this page? That is exactly what this little pup Charlie has done to our lives--made it very lopsided! Isn't he adorable though?  I made this page for Simon Says Stamp challenge to use a splash of color. I chose yellow mainly because of Charlie's pacifier chew toy.

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you are having a great day!

P.S. Please pray for us that our old house sells soon or at least has a contract by the middle of February. We've been given a lot of blessings that have made us do ok having two house payments, but we got news that at the end of February our home insurance will be WAY more expensive! Thanks and we appreciate any prayers you could offer!

You and Me - Senior Photos

I made this for Scrapfit's Sketch Workout #69. Do you think the final layout should have the heart ribbon (#2) or not (#1)?  I'll go with the majority of the crowd!! I also entered this in my friend Stacy's challenge and Simon Says Anything Goes!.

Thanks for visiting! If you leave me a comment, I'll do my best to get around to you! I have been so busy, I'm surprised I found time to scrap!!! :-) 

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Mitchell Exploring Trees with Grammie in 1995

I made this layout using My Little Shoebox's sketch for NSD.  I used two of their collections to make this layout-don't ask me right now which--I just grabbed the ones that seemed to fit the photos.  I also decided to incorporate the color challenge at SCT. 

I guess I am getting really nostalgic because I went back to my older photos for NSD.  I guess it is because Mitch graduates from high school in two weeks--the day after my birthday!!!

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Hiking to Big Red

I made this layout for The Paper Variety's make your own flower challenge.  I loved this Amy Tangerine American Crafts map sheet. I have had this glass/metal focus on what is in this circle thingy for ages. I thought it would be cool to highlight the area we were travelling on the map.  I made the box fold flower for the challenge.  I was really excited recently to win some MME adventure brads. I hoarded them for a few seconds but decided to use them on this because I just love them SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much. I also used a little Mr. Huey Color Mist by dropping it on the page a few places.  Finally, I added these cool little Basic Grey letters. The gray pennant was made with the Chaps line from American Crafts. I thought it was cool that I got 7 photos on this layout even if they were small photos.

As you can see, we took the trip in 2010.  I'm so behind in scrapping...

I hope you have a great day!!!!!