Happy New Year

I want to start off by saying thank you to my friends and family for their love and support this past year. Without all of you I think I might have lost my mind with everything that 2008 held for us.

We are going to be starting off 2009 with a bang I hope. We have a positive outlook on the job situation, my schooling is going well and I am hoping to start working part-time in the medical field!!!

As for tonite, it was a nice, quiet evening at home with our kids. We are so lucky that they still want to hang out with us!!! I know if they'd been out on the town I'd been a nervous wreck tonite so I savor the fact that they would rather hang out here and be safe!!!

Dylan and Rob played Scrabble, Call of Duty and Halo 3 for a while in between watching the New Year's Eve specials. Cait and I spent the evening scrapping - this thrilled me as it has been so long since she has scrapped with me!!! At midnite the traditional hugs and kisses then we headed outside to shoot off a box of 9 year old, yes 9, fireworks. They were left here when we moved to Corpus and when we came back surprisingly with everyone pilfering through our house they never took the fireworks. We were a bit hesitant when lighting them but they were fine!!! I even got a couple good pics of them!!!

Things are starting to wind down I think. I finished up what is probably my last scrappy project for tonite and am gonna snuggle up with Rob til he is ready to head to bed.

I wish all of you a Happy New Year, I hope 2009 brings everything you wish for!!!

Here are my scrappy projects:

Star Gazing



Friend Card



Altered Calendar - I'll put a picture on the left side



Thanks for stopping by!!!

Again, Happy New Year!!!

Happy Scrappin'!

Another Card

OK, this card was for a challenge I found at Pretty Pressings while blog surfing. I thought the sketch was so simple and gave me lots of room to play so why not give it a shot!!! Well, I was working on my card for the JS New Year's Eve and I totally screwed it up so, I'm doing double duty with this one for now!!!



If you haven't checked us out what better time that during the New Year's Eve crop. We have several fun challenges up!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Happy New Year and Happy Scrappin'!!!

New Year's Eve Mini Crop

What are you doing New Year's Eve? Have you made the choice to stay safe and sound and warm at home? If so, why not join us for the New Year's Eve Mini Crop going on over at Just Scrappin'!!! We will be posting challenges by 6 pm on New Year's Eve and chatting while scrapping!!! For those of you who are going out, please be safe and join in on the fun as the challenges will have until midnight CST Sunday, January 4th to get your creations posted (unless otherwise stated in the challenge) to qualify for a scrappy prize (if it is stated in the challenge one will be provided) to be drawn randomly from all participants!!!

So what are you waiting for? Come join us at Just Scrappin' before the crop and enjoy meeting fabulous ladies, experiencing fun challenges and even BINGO, yes, we have BINGO!!!

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Happy Scrappin'!!!

Thanks So Much

This card was fun to make!!! I am using a set of stamps by Hero Arts which was made exclusively for Archiver's!!! I so miss living near an Archiver's even though my wallet thanks me!!!

I did this for a challenge at 2 Sketches 4 You using a fun sketch by Laura. I am also doing double duty with this for the Hero Arts Blog Challenge of making a Thank You card. I wanted to use some HA holiday stamps like they did on theirs but the only holiday ones I have are tags so, I used the Cheery Bird (AR123) stamp instead and had fun with it. I also used another set for the sentiment but for the life of me I can not find the card it was on for the name and I can't locate it on the site so I am thinking it is another Archiver's exclusive.

OK, enough chattering - he is my card:



Thanks for looking!!!

Happy Scrappin'

PageMaps Challenge ***Edited w/Side Views of Butterfly***

I managed to finish up something scrappy tonite!!! I made this card using the sketch over at PageMaps and well, I followed the sketch almost exactly!!! It is crazy how it worked but as soon as I saw the sketch I knew I needed to use my butterfly stamp and stamp it on a transparency and a piece of patterned paper to create the illusion of the wings flying!!! I hope you can see the transparency from this picture, if not I'll take another in the morning with a side view. This is actually a technique I love to do. If you haven't tried stamping on a transparency to create your own overlays for projects you really should - it is easy and fun but one tip, use StazOn ink to avoid a mess!!!



Thanks for stopping by!!!

Happy Scrappin'!!!


*****Edited*****

Good morning!!! Here are 2 pics for a better view of the transparency layering of the butterfly!!! As always, thank you for stopping by and happy scrappin'!!!

I've been saddened................

..............by a tragic loss to the scrappy community. Fellow DT member and sweet lady Beverley Todd passed away on Christmas Eve. We've been in limbo several days now trying to get confirmation before we spoke of it but finally, Di Hickman got confirmation and our DT leader Deanne Burton passed the word to us this morning. I'd like to ask you all to please put Beverley's family in your thoughts and prayers today as she leaves behind a devoted husband and precious little boys. If you would like to visit her blog to see her fabulous work you can do so here or on the blog that she and her Mom shared.

Thank you for stopping by.

Happy Scrappin'

Hoot & Holler!!!

Well, I made guest DT for Keep In Touch for the month of February!!! I'm not doing any cards or layouts either, I am doing a special project that you will all just LOVE!!!! I am so excited I can hardly stand myself. I've done some stuff for Kelly in the past and she has it posted on her site but it has been almost a year come February (when I'm guesting) so I am thrilled and honored I get to be there again!!! So excited!!! woohoo!!!

On a side note, nothing scrappy that I can show today but I did do some work on my blog. I added some links to my work on the side there. I've only finished up layouts and digi, oh and my scrap resume' which isn't overly impressive but it makes me happy!!! LOL

Just a few more days and I can share with you my DT reveal at Am I A Scrap Addict - Sketches!!! Can't wait!!!

Post Christmas Shopping & Scrapping

Can you believe that Christmas has come and gone??? I was still getting over the shock it was almost Christmas and now I wake up to the morning after!!! We had a blessed Christmas this year. Money was short since we've been out of work since our previous employer sold out in August but the important thing is we were together, as a family.

Mom and I went out this morning and did a little shopping. Since her last surgery 3 weeks ago she isn't up to much so I had to pace ourselves to get the places I wanted to go to in - Hobby Lobby, Michael's and then WalMart for milk and bread. We made it through it all with no casualties and even got a couple good deals!!!

I finished up a challenge over at Treasured Scrapbooking tonite. One of the DT, and a sweet friend of mine, Cherrie challenged us to get "stuffed" by scrapping a holiday food moment. I am not one to typically take pics of our meals but I remembered yesterday morning I still needed to get this challenge done so I made my Dad stop eating for a minute so I could snap a pic of our Christmas Waffles - aka raspberry & chocolate waffles. So, here is my "stuffed" layout!!!




I had intended on getting another layout done for a sketch challenge and FH2S but we ended up going out to dinner and then watching TV so my scrappy time got cut short - I knew we were going out to dinner but I don't usually sit down to watch TV. I'm headed to bed now as my parents leave to go home tomorrow to try and miss a lot of traffic on Sunday.

Thanks for stopping by and happy scrappin'!!!

Christmas Scrappy Mojo

I have shocked myself but yes, I have already scrapped some pictures from today!!! Totally unlike me but I'm thrilled with this 2 page layout!!! Page 2 is based off a sketch challenge from the meetup group that I belong to here locally. I had tons of fun making this, hope you enjoy!!!

Page 1:



Page 2:



And then check out my gift from my parents:



Isn't she awesome!!! I am a huge I Love Lucy fan and have several collectible things but this one tops them all I think - well, it runs neck and neck with a street sign I got for Christmas a couple years ago!!! LOL

Anywho, it is getting late and everyone is tired so I think we are all heading off to bed. I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and all your wishes came true!!!

Happy Scrappin'!!!

Blog Candy

Do you like blog candy? I've tried for blog candy and never won but there is always a first time!!! So, check out Karen over at Crafty Ongoings has the most amazing blog candy right now!!! Stop by and check it out for your chance to win!!! Tell her I sent ya!!! **wink**