Sew Scrappy starts soon!!

The Sew Scrappy class on Feeling Scrappy is starting in a few days! We have a ton of fun ideas, assignments, challenges and tips in store for you in the class. It's all about using fabrics, floss, buttons and other notions on your scrapbook pages. Check it out and sign up HERE. I hope to see you in class!!

I also have been making some pages with my TOTALLY AWESOME Paper Popsicles August Busy Body kit...such a fun kit! I've used most of it up already! But most of the pages are for the Sew Scrappy class so you'll have to take the class to see them. Also got my new September kit in the mail today and I am in love!!! Go order your kits from Paper Popsicles for a great deal on some super cute scrappy stuff!

2 Sketches 4 You card

Here's my entry for this week's 2 Sketches 4 You blog. I love their card sketches and I get so much inspiration from the ladies who design cards and post their cards in the comments. I used my August Busy Body kit and dew drops from Paper Popsicles plus some flowers I had in my stash. I hope you like it!

Not for the faint of heart! Peanut butter popcorn!

Peanut Butter Popcorn....yuuuuummmm!!!!

I should vow never to make this again. But I don't think I have that much willpower!! I will try cutting the butter way down next time, though. Maybe 1/4 cup or less. I also made my own popcorn on the stove instead of micro popcorn and added some popcorn salt. Anyway, this is supposed to be for dessert tonight (if it lasts that long!!!) I am throwing it into the oven at 200 for a few minutes to crisp it up some. I hope I don't ruin it! It's just a little gooey now. I think it would be fine if we were eating it immediately but since I am TRYING to save most of it for tonight, it needs to crunch up a little. :) Here's the recipe if you are interested. http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Peanut-Butter-Popcorn/Detail.aspx

Could you resist this face???

She's just too adorable (yes, I am very biased!) and just melts my heart time and time again. And she's been a walking fool the last coupld of weeks. All the way across the room now! Here's her "kissy face" and a couple of other shots I liked.

Menu Planning Monday

So most of you who know me know that I love to plan (I have to plan everything!!!!) and I love to cook (and eat!). I've been stalking a blog that does menu planning every week. While I've been planning my own meals, I have yet to share on the blog so this will be my first week sharing. :) We're eating out of our pantry and from stuff we already have on hand this week. I'll post links to some of the recipes. :)

Monday- Black bean soup and home fries
Tuesday- Ultimate Grilled Cheese(we might use the filling as a quesadilla filling instead) and green beans
Wednesday- Potato soup (see below) and garlic muffins (I can't remember where I got this recipe!!)
Thurday- Chicken burrito soup (New recipe for me) with tortilla strips
Friday-Sunday we might be out of town so nothing planned.

Jayne shared this recipe with me!
Potato Soup

1 30 oz bag of frozen hash browns
2 can chicken broth
1 pkg McCormicks Country Gravy

Brown hash browns in Pam, add chicken broth. Prepare gravy as directed and add to soup. Simmer.
**I add some extra spices and goodies to this. But it's a super easy and yummy soup just as it is!

RVing!

Yep, we've joined the RV club. (No, not really an official club. You know what I mean. LOL) We've tossed the idea around for awhile and decided just to go for it. We went and bought a travel trailer and took it out for a practice run yesterday. We camped at Antelope Island State Park. It was a lot of work to prep for it but it went pretty well. We have a list of things we need to do to make it a bit more user/kid friendly and some things we need the RV dealer to fix. We look forward to many years of camping and trips in this baby. :)

A layout and I've been tagged!

In case you didn't see my changes in the post below, just wanted to give a heads up that the Feeling Scrappy crop that is supposed to be on Friday is postponed for a couple of weeks while we work out some slow board problems.

I made this layout for the Round Robin on Feeling Scrappy. Simple, but I like it. :)


And I've been tagged TWO TIMES!! First by Michelle...awhile ago!! I totally forgot all about it. Sorry Michelle!
What was I doing Ten Years Ago?...
~Well, I think I was getting close to finishing up college. So probably studying and having fun!

Five Things On Today's "To Do" List ...
~Laundry
~Pay bills
~Work on some scrapping for the upcoming Sew Scrappy class
~Get the camper packed up for our weekend excursion
~Play with and clean up after the kiddos

I'm addicted to...
~the Internet
~coffee
~crafty stuff

Things I Would Do If I Were a Millionaire...
~Pay off all of our bills!!
~Build a dream house
~Take an awesome trip with my family

Places I have Lived...
Downey, CA
Long Beach, CA
Phillips Ranch, CA
Southern and Northern Utah

I'm tagging-
Stacy
Emily
Christine
Melanie
Ali
Adonica

And Lynda tagged me as well!!

Who gets the “Brilliante Webblog Award“?
Websites and blogs of your choice for their designs that are especially noteworthy.
1. The winner can take the logo
2. Place a link to the person that sent you the award
3. Give the Award to at least 7 other Scrapbooking-Blogs, which by its currency, the issues of choice and for their designs are especially noteworthy
4. Put a link to these sites on your Blog.
5. Write a comment on their Blogs that they’ve won an Award.

So here’s who I’m AWARDING:

1. Stacey- She has the most beautiful handmade jewelry!!! Amazing stuff!!!
2. Jessica - Awesome and totally inspirational layouts!
3. Jayne-Jayne always inspires me with her classic and clean designs.
4. Denise-Denise is so kind and generous and I have loved watching her scrappy style grow and change!
5. Angie-Angie is such a fun person to know! She posts tons of crafty (and even some baking)fun!!
6. Tricia- She does some fabulous work and I am always inspired by her!!
7. Shaina- She has such a fun blog to read with some wonderful layouts and super yummy recipes! Her posts always entertain me!

**There are so many more that inspire me but I am short on time! This took longer than I thought it would and I need to get dinner going. :) Have a great day!!

A couple of photos...

Had a few weeks where it seemed I just didn't have time to post anything. Here are a couple of photos from the last month that I just forgot to post. Oops!!

A visit to the Air Force museum with Grandpa L and Uncle Jim-


Our little family before going to dinner for our 8th wedding anniversary-


More to come soon!!! :)

Postponed-Hit the Books Online Crop!!

Sorry ladies, we are postponing this for a couple of weeks. We're having problems with the message board so we want to get the issues resolved before having the crop. Make sure to check in for the new date!!

A couple of layouts

Here's another page I made for the Paper class at Feeling Scrappy.


And here's a layout I created for Rachel's What's the Word challenge on the Feeling Scrappy Message Board. The word for the month is "you." I had some fun doodling a bit and using my CTMH watercolor pencils.


I also received my Paper Popsicles August kit a couple of days ago!! I can't wait to break it open and play!! Fun stuff. And some great news on the kits there...you no longer have to sign up for a 3, 6 or 12 month membership...you can just buy a kit anytime without any obligation!! The kits there are awesome and are a great deal!

Have a great Sunday!!

Sketches

I'll be adding some more sketches to my sketch blog over the next few weeks. Make sure to stop over there and let me know if you use them. I'd love to see your pages as well. :)

Guess who had a birthday??!!

Abby is one!! Here she is bright and early on her first birthday...


Well, I am a couple of weeks behind here. But it was Jer's and Abby's birthday two weeks ago today!! Abby is ONE YEAR OLD now! I can't even believe it!! We celebrated with some dessert on their special day-





Then we celebrated again over the weekend with cake, gifts and family! Joshua was more than happy to help with her gifts...


And here's a shot of me with my little sister. :)

And as usual, I didn't get a shot of everyone together!! I didn't even get a decent shot of everyone alone!! Ugh. I need to remember next time.

Thanks for coming up and visiting, mom and dad!!! We love you guys. We are sorry that the rest of the family couldn't make it but it's a long drive!! We hope to see you ALL soon!! Everyone is welcome to visit anytime!!!! We miss you all!

Layouts and the next class!

We just finished up our Positively paper class on Feeling Scrappy...it was a lot of fun! I love all of the inspiration I receive from all of the classmates!

Our next class is all about notions and it is called "Sew Scrappy." We are having a blast planning for it and there are soooo many cool things you will want to learn using fabric, buttons and other sewing goodies! Go check it out and sign up!

Here are a few of my pages from the paper class! I hope you like them. :)

New challenges and prize!

The new challenges and the monthly prize are posted on the Feeling Scrappy message board! I hope you will go check them out and play along this month. Here's my card sketch if you are interested. I also have an Anything Goes challenge and all of the CT girls have great challenges posted!!

My August How-To class is up!

I hope you'll check out my new How-To class on the Paper Popsicles message board! It's a fun little ATC holder. We are trading ATC cards over there so this little project works out great! It can be used for other things as well. Here's the finished project-