Sunday, August 24, 2008

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. :)



Wednesday, August 20, 2008

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!!

Thursday, August 14, 2008

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!!! :)

Monday, August 11, 2008

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!!

Sunday, August 10, 2008

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!!

Saturday, August 9, 2008

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. :)

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

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. :)

Saturday, August 2, 2008

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!!

Friday, August 1, 2008

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-