Sneak Peek-Sketchapalooza starts soon!!!

Sketchapalooza starts in a few days!!! I am so excited!! Here's a sneak peek at one of my layouts. Shhhh...don't tell Jayne I am posting this! LOL It's not too late to sign up for the class!! Check out the details here- http://feelingscrappyclasses.blogspot.com/search/label/Classes

Layout contest

My local scrapbook store had a layout contest using the new MME Penny Lane line. I submitted my layout and they are up for voting on their blog: http://heartlandpaper.typepad.com/heartland_paper/2009/02/my-minds-eye-layout-contest.html

Mine is called Beach Time. Of course, vote for the one you think should win...but if happens to be mine, thank you, thank you!!!! :) (The email link to vote isn't working...but here it is- heartlandblog@gmail.com They reposted it in a later post.) It was a fun page to create!!! Here's my layout-

Readers

I really hope my kids continue to love reading as they grow older. Here they are just a few minutes ago. They love to look at books and to have me read to them. (No, they can't read on their own yet! LOL but Joshua has been learning quite a few "sight" words.) We have books everywhere! They end up in every room!

A new layout

I went to a crop last night and got a few pages finished. All but one are for the Sketchapalooza class starting in a couple of weeks!! (I can't share those until after the class is over.) Here's the info if you are interested in taking it. The sketch classes at Feeling Scrappy are always a lot of fun and I get a TON finished. http://feelingscrappyclasses.blogspot.com/search/label/Classes

Here's the one page I finished that wasn't for the class. I used one of Becky Fleck's sketches on Page Maps. Love her sketches!!! We were challenged to use this particular sketch on Scrap 4 Life.

I hope you are having a great weekend!!!

Year of Cheer

We recently finished up our Year of Cheer class on Feeling Scrappy. We had a blast hanging out and sharing our creations. Here are a few peeks at some of my cards and the box I made.

Free stamp!!

Anyone want a free stamp?? Go check out my friend Sheila's new blog to see how to get one! Everyone who visits can get one!!!! Woohooo! I have several of Sheila's stamps and they are great quality...you should check them out!
http://letsgetjazzy.blogspot.com/

Snow pictures

Here are a few pictures of the kids playing in the snow last week.

Blog award

Two of my good friends, Char and Jayne bestowed a friendship blog award upon me! You are so sweet! Thanks!

Here is the description of the award:
“These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.”
As for my eight friends, I will pass this on to:
1. Emily
2. Stacy
3. Michelle
4. Gwen
5. Jessica
6. Joanie
7. Ginger
8. Joanne

Share the love! And a new layout...

Passing this along. I got this from Rachel! Sounds fun! What do you think?

This is how it works..... The first 3 people to leave a comment on this post will receive a hand made gift from me during this year. When and what will be a surprise. BUT, in order for you to receive the gift you need to leave a comment on my blog and you have to post this on your blog. (That means that sometime during this year you will send a gift to 3 people as well.) Get it? So, the first 3 people to comment on this post will be the lucky ones!

And here's another layout I made for the Scrap4life crop. I made several more but this was my fave of the bunch. I used the February Hello Beautiful Kit from Paper Popsicles.

Have a wonderful day!!!!!

A couple of layouts, card, etc.

First I just want to say that you all have been sooo sweet to leave me comments lately!!! I LOVE comments-they totally make my day!!!! You are awesome!!! Thank you thank you!!!
And now down to business-

So THIS is what a craft cupboard is for!!!

I also made a few cards for Jen's challenge over at Scrap4life. Here's my fave of the bunch. I used the sketch from the 2sketches4you blog.

Here are a couple more layouts for the Scrap4life crop this week. I actually made more than this but I don't LOVE all of them. LOL So here's just a couple of them. :)

Hope you are having a great week!!!!!!

I've been a cropping fool!

I can't believe I got so many pages done in the last couple of days! And all of them during NAPTIME! (Um, but I think the laundry is piling up now! LOL)

These are for challenges at Scrap4life. I finally headed over there to check it out after Kari Ann mentioned them on her blog.

So here are some of the layouts I created for their week long crop:

Abby's waking up...gotta run!! :)

Another crop layout!

Here's the last page I made for the PP crop over the weekend. I love crops! I am always inspired to get a lot accomplished. :)


My card class at Feeling Scrappy has been going strong for a week now. We have a couple of days left and after that, we will be working hard on finishing up preparations for another Sketchapalooza!!!! It's going to be an awesome class! I'll give you more details soon!!

Michelle and Jack

Last week, a good friend of mine, Michelle, and her son, Jack, stayed with us for a few days. It was nice to see them! The kids had a great time playing together. Here are a few snapshots. :)

Some new layouts and a crop!

We have a crop going on this weekend at paperpopsicles.com. Head on over and take part in some of the challenges! Lots of fun stuff gong on over there!

Here are a few pages I created for the crop so far. PLUS, my February How-To class will be posted in a couple of hours...I hope you will check it out!

You might have noticed I have scrapped the same photos more than once. Well, I have albums for each child (to take with them someday) and another set for me to keep. So many of the same photos need to be scrapped 2-3 times. This first one is for Abby's album. The next two are for my album.

Have a great weekend!

Crop today!! (And win a KIT!!!)

Our crop is starting today at paperpopsicles.com!!! You won't want to miss all the fun challenges, chatting, games and prizes!

PLUS, Melissa is giving away a FREE KIT!

The info is on the PP blog http://www.paperpopsicles.blogspot.com/ , but here's the scoop:

1. Add our blinkie to YOUR blog linking it back to OUR blog
If you aren't a blinkie kinda gal - add the store to your list of favorites... http://www.paperpopsicles.com/
2. Leave a comment(s) here in our blog
3. Register in the Paper Popsicles store if you aren't already registered4. Register on the message board and chat with us (at least 10 posts to qualify)
Contest starts Friday, February 6 and ends on Friday, February 13th at midnight. All qualified entries will be entered into the drawing. random.org will choose our winner.

I finished Abby's baby album!!! (Layouts and more)

Here's the layout I created for the monthly sketch contest at Paper Popsicles. I used some MME papers, a Crafters Workshop Template from the PP store and some glittery flower stickers from my scrappy friend Denise.

And I FINALLY finished getting Abby's baby book put together!!! YAY! It's a doozy of a book! I didn't use nearly the amount of bumpy stuff in Joshua's book as I did in Abby's. I ended up making some super simple pages and easy calendar pages to finish it off.

Here are a few pages near the end of her book:

Don't forget to join us this Friday-Sunday at Paper Popsicles for a fun CROP!!! Lots of games, chatting and prizes will be involved! I will also be posting a cool Valentine How-To project on Saturday!