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P365 end of year layout

2012-02-03T15:15:00.002-07:00

Here is my swap layout for the girls in my P365 group. Obviously, it's a layout all about me! Thanks for looking!

last of the calendar pages

2012-01-03T10:17:00.003-07:00

Finally managed to get all the pages finished and uploaded for printing, hope they get here by Saturday! NOthing like putting things off until the last minute!

This one is actually March and the one in the post below that says March is actually February. Luckily I noticed it in time to fix it! lol!

Thanks for looking and Happy New Year!

4 more calendar pages

2011-12-29T16:19:00.002-07:00

I'm getting closer! Just 5 left to go, unfortunately, I wanted to have them all done so I could order them tomorrow and it will be tough to get 5 done in one day, but, I'm gonna give it my best shot! It's pretty tough to work with so many pictures, even though digi does make it easier!

Thanks for looking!

A few Calendar Pages

2011-12-28T16:14:00.002-07:00

If you have been visiting my blog over the past couple of years, you may remember that every Christmas I make my MIL a calendar. I am behind this year because we aren't celebrating Christmas until January 8th, so of course, I procrastinated! lol! Anyways, here are the first three pages I have finished for this year's calendar. I decided to do it digitally this year, which didn't make Randy happy at all, but since we now have nine grandkids, it's much easier to fit more pictures digitally than traditionally, it's a bit quicker, too, especially not having to clean up!

Anyways, thanks for looking and hopefully I will be back with more tomorrow!

A digital layout, NOT P365

2011-12-16T14:26:00.003-07:00

Another monor miracle, a layout that is not P365, even if it is way over due! Used Connie Prince Made of Awesome which I got at gottapixel.net

This is definitely different for me, I don't work with blues all that much, but it's Brandon's favorite color, so I thought I would give it a shot, but of course, I had to add the pop of orange to brighten it up!

Thanks for looking have a fabulous weekend!

A REAL project!

2011-12-14T15:23:00.002-07:00

Nope, your eyes are not playing tricks on you! This is an actual real true made-from-paper project! This is a birthday calendar, it's a prototype for what I plan to give as teacher's gifts this year. So, I guess you could say this one is mine. Yep, I'm very rusty, it doesn't look that great, but I think it's okay. I couldn't find any black ribbon for the top, which is kind of weird, and things are a little crooked here and there, but all in all, I think it will do! Thanks for looking & let me know what you think?

Week 49

2011-12-13T14:33:00.003-07:00

Almost there, just 3 weeks and layouts left! Thanks for looking!

P365

2011-12-06T16:21:00.002-07:00

Caught back up! I just might complete this project this year! Which would be amazing, since I did not completely finish it last year, it was close, but just not quite done!

Hopefully at some point, I will find my mojo and not only get the P365 layouts done, but maybe something more, too!

Hope to be back with another one next week! Thanks for looking!

Finally! Caught. up. Completely!

2011-11-18T15:50:00.001-07:00

WooHoo! Finally all caught up! I've even finished this weeks! So super happy about that because I was starting to worry that I wouldn't finish this project, I get like that when I get behind sometimes!

As you can see, the page above is from Halloween week. I've been trying to do something special if there's a big holiday that week.

I forgot about Veteran's day when I chose the paper for this week, otherwise, I should have done something more patriotic. Ah well, I guess.

I'm still not doing great at taking a picture every single day, or even making up for the days I don't, but, you know, I'm okay with that! I will try to be better about it, but, I'm not going to stress about it.

So, it appears we have just 6 short weeks left of 2011. Seems like just yesterday I was starting this project for this year. I really can't believe how fast the time has gone.

I know I will not be posting anything next week most likely because of Thanksgiving, but I hope to stay caught up just the same!

Have a great Thanksgiving! And thanks for looking.

Two more P365's!

2011-11-10T16:09:00.002-07:00

WooHoo!! Got two more layouts done! And I got them loaded in the right order, too!

Only 2 behind now!

Three new P365 layouts

2011-11-09T12:52:00.002-07:00

First of all, I can't believe I finally loaded these in the right order! I'm sure I will forget what I did by the next time I update my blog, but oh well!

Now I just wish I could figure out how to get the text above the first picture, that's kind of frustrating!

As you can see, I've still been pretty bad about getting the pictures taken, I hope I can fix that problem, sometimes, when you work at home and don't leave the house that often, it gets to be hard to find things to take pictures of. I admit, a lot of it's just plain laziness lately!

So, I think I'm only 5 weeks behind now, about to move into October. I'm thinking I might try to keep working on it this week, while I'm in the mode. But, you know, I've said that before! I am determined to complete this project this year, and if I could just get caught back up, I'm sure I could get it done completely by the first week of next year. We'll see, I guess.

Thanks for looking!

P365 but still way behind!!!

2011-10-21T15:35:00.002-06:00

I was a little shocked earlier this week when I discovered that I was nearly 8 weeks behind on my P365 layouts! Not only that, I hadn't even organized my pictures for the project in a month! So, I got to work and got the organizing done and I did manage to get 2 layouts done, too! Just 6 more to go! lol! I'm hoping to get caught up next week, or the week after for sure! This is why I tried so hard not to fall behind all year, I knew it would be very tough to catch up! Not to mention, it's hard to remember that far back! I also have gotten very bad at even taking a picture every single day! Some days I don't take any, and other days (football days to be exact) I can take up to 400! Geesh! I also am usually good about taking pictures to fill in the gaps, but I haven't even been doing that!

But, that is what is so great about doing this project digitally, whether I have 7 pictures or just one, it still all fits perfectly on one layout! No more gaps! Sweet!

Anyways, here are the two pages I got done today!

Do you think flowers & flourishes are at home on the same page as football pictures? Ah well!

Thanks for looking!

soccer memory mate

2011-10-06T13:24:00.001-06:00

Prototype, what do you think? Comments needed!

Week 34

2011-09-22T14:08:00.003-06:00

I am so behind on this project! Almost 4 weeks, actually! I'm not sure where my mojo went, but I forced myself to at least do one layout today! I'm sure that's all I will get done this week, but, it's better than nothing!

Weeks 31, 32 &33 finally!

2011-08-30T10:31:00.003-06:00

Well, wouldn't you know that I didn't get them loaded in the right order, that's what happens when I don't post enough! So anyways, I'm only one week behind now! LOL! Main kit is Crazy Little Thing by BellaGypsy from gottapixel.net

As always, thanks for looking and I hope to be back sooner than last time! LOL!

P365 Week 30

2011-08-03T15:18:00.000-06:00

Caught back up! Hoping to get a few more pages done this week!

Thanks for looking!

P365 week 29

2011-08-01T15:17:00.003-06:00

Just one week behind now! Thanks for looking!

P365 week 28 & 4th of July

2011-07-20T10:09:00.004-06:00

Here is last weeks P365, the kit I used was mainly Atomic Cool by BellaGypsy from gottapixel.net I'm caught up! WooHoo!

Below is the first 4th of July layout I've done in a very long time, maybe ever! that's why I love digital, if the pictures strike me, I can make a quick layout! Love it! I used Stars & Stripes by Lindsey Jane from gottapixel.net and the layout is loosely based on a sketch from pagemaps.com I hardly ever use sketches, not sure why! But something about that sketch spoke to me and I thought of these pics right away!

As always, thanks for looking!

Family

2011-07-18T16:59:00.002-06:00

Hal of my family is always relunctant to take a picture, but after some pouting about the subject, the relented and let my SIL take this picture of us on the deck of our vacation house in South Dakota! I really love this picture!

I used orange crush by Lindsay Jane from gottapixel.net the grey base is from somewhere else, but I can't remember where, sorry!

Just for the record, I am 5'7" and my little Brandon is not yet 10yrs old! Yep, I will very soon be the shortest person in my family!

Thanks for looking!

Maybe I'm getting my mojo back!?

2011-07-13T16:44:00.003-06:00

Not sure what got into me, but I decided I really need to be scrapping, so I used nearly every spare moment today doing some digi!

I really love this picture my sister-in-law took of me & Brandon while we were on vacation a couple of weeks ago! He is such a good sport, the rest of my family would not get in the picture (we were at MT. Rushmore and the people were annoying them. lol.) anyways, Brandon was the one who put his arms around me to pose, and I just love that! Anyways, the above page is for the family book, I used Spring Dreams by Isabelle Mendez, which I got from gottapixel.net I just love this kit and her designs in general, even though it isn't my usual style!

The layout below is for Brandon's book and I wanted it to be a little different and not so dreamy, I guess. I used the kit Over the Rainbow by Lindsay Jane, also from gottapixel.net The colors are so bright and wonderful!

I have had both those kits for quite awhile, so I'm glad I used them today!

Thanks so much for looking, and who knows? Maybe I will be back with some more tomorrow!

Finally caught up!

2011-07-12T14:41:00.003-06:00

After being consistently behind for 1-2 weeks, I have finally caught up on P365! Above is week 27. I veered from my usual pattern of doing 4 layouts with the same paper theme, I decided to do a special theme for the 4th of July. I used stars & stripes by Lindsay Jane from gottapixel.net

Below is week 26. I used Atomic Cool by Bella Gypsy from gottapixel.net. On both of them, I used a few bits & pieces from other kits as well, but the majority is from the kits listed.

I'm thinking I should be able to get next weeks done, but then I will fall behind again because of 4-H fair, but a couple of weeks isn't too bad!

Thanks for looking!

1/2 way layout & P365

2011-07-06T15:36:00.002-06:00

The girls form the P365 group decided to do a layout to celebrate the halfway point of the year, everyone contributed an idea to form the layout, stripes, bullet journaling, pink, purple & green color scheme, the number & size of the pics, the banner title, lowercase, etc. this is mine. I did it traditionally, which was nice, used 4 cricut cartridges, which was awesome too, since I haven't been using my cricut near enough!

These next 2 layout are out of order, guess I forgot how to run blogger, oh well! I am still behind a couple of weeks, but I'm hoping to get caught up this week! so, hopefully this won't be my only post this week

As always, thanks for looking & I love your comments!

P365

2011-06-09T12:05:00.001-06:00

Here's this weeks P365 layout. Wish I could find some motivation to do more! Thanks for looking!

Finally caught back up!

2011-06-03T14:21:00.002-06:00

Alright, so I let myself get a couple of weeks behind on my P365, but I am caught up now! Last week was crazy since our little town flooded & I just didn't have the time to get it done. as for this week, well, I was just a little lazy! I'm a little frustrated I still can't get things to post the way I want to here!

Thanks for looking! Hopefully I will be back next week & won't get behind again!

P365

2011-05-18T09:19:00.002-06:00

Here is last weeks P365! thanks for looking!

My own memory mate & P365

2011-05-13T10:43:00.001-06:00

Okay, I need some serious advice: what do you all think of the above? I took Brandon's team pictures the other night and thought I might make my own memory mates instead of using a template. If you were a parent who ordered one, would you be happy with this? I made a few small changes after I printed it out, but nothing major. I used Batter batter swing by Connie Prince from gottapixel.net

And below is week 18 P365, used all the same kits I've been using all along!

As always, thanks for looking!

last of Easter 2011

2011-05-05T13:45:00.002-06:00

So, I managed to finish a couple more layouts to upload for the Persnickety sale! these are the last of Easter this year, which is very exciting to me, because I haven't scrapped Easter 2009 or 2010 yet! Anyways, blogger still won't let me type where I want to for some reason so the above layout is for the family book. I used Bloom and Grow by Lindsay Jane from gottapixel.net I used the kit for both layouts. Tell me what you think of the first one? Is it funky? I think I like it!

The layout below is for Brandon's book.

I have a feeling I'm done for the week, I just don't have any more ideas to scrap right now, so I guess I will be happy with uploading 18 layouts to Persnickety tomorrow! YAY!

P365 & Easter

2011-05-02T13:46:00.003-06:00

I have been having the hardest time with blogger lately, either I can't type where I want to, it underlines when I don't want it to, or I can't get it to post! I've never had so many problems! Anyways, above is last weeks P365 layout (week 17) I used the big Jan. kit from scraporchard.com as well as the capturing day by day kit by Isabelle Mendez from gottapixel.net The same kits I've been using all along, but I love that there are so many elements it's easy to mix them all up!

And below is my first Easter layout this year, this one is for Randy's book, I think the kit is Bloom & Grow by Lindsay Jane from gottapixel.net

Persinickety prints is having a print sale starting this Friday May 6th, to celebrate NSD! I am excited to print as now I am up to 16 (hoping to have a few more by then, too) and I have a nice credit to my account thanks to a very dear friend! (thanks again, Tammy!)

I've been doing a good job getting pages done & printed, but I still haven't mastered the skill of actually getting the pages into books! I am so so bad at that! I have literally hundreds of pages scrapped but not put away! Part of it is they may not all be in order, part of it is trying to figure out what kind of book to put them in and part of it is trying to figure out how to seperate them, by year? (2010- this is what I will do for the family book) or by grade?(Freshman/Sophomore I think this is what I will do for the boys, but then where does the summer fall? with the previous grade or the following grade?) Geesh, I guess I've got issues! LOL! Got any suggestions?

P365, an award & baseball

2011-04-28T08:28:00.004-06:00

I went on a digi scrapping spree yesterday and was able to finish 5 simple layouts! woohoo! I've been struggling for awhile and have just been lucky to keep on P365, so it feels good to have gotten something accomplished!

Here is week 16(I think? I'm losing count without looking!) I used all of the same kits I've been using all along!

Here is a layout for Randy's book. I left the right side bare because I will attatch the program there. I used Atomic Cool by Bella Gypsy from gottapixel.net

This is for the family book. totally different for me, but I really like it! Also Atomic Cool by Bella Gypsy

For Brandon's book. I used Sports Pro by Laurie's Scraps & Designs also from gottapixel.net I like the kit, but wish it had more baseball and why oh why is it so difficult to find green in a sports kit? They always have blue & red sometimes orange, but never, never a good green! Just venting a little!

This one is for the family book:

As always, thanks for looking and I appreciate your comments! I'm hoping to get some more done in the next few days, but if not, I will be back next week with a new P365 layout!

P365 week 15

2011-04-21T08:39:00.003-06:00

for some reason, I'm having a hard time getting this to post, it also won't let me type where I want to, oh well, I guess it only matters that I get it posted!

I finished this on Tuesday, not really sure why I didn't post it then! I used all the same kits that I've been using all along, I'm so happy I've already gotten my monies worth from them!

thanks for looking, hope you all have a safe & blessed Easter weekend. HE is risen!

P365 week 14

2011-04-14T12:39:00.002-06:00

I haven't had a whole lot of motivaton this week to do much of anything, but finally, yesterday, I convinced myself to get this layout done! I don't want to fall behind! So here is last weeks P365 layout. Used all the same kit as last week!

thanks for looking, and I do have a traditional layout, but it's too cloudy to take the picture today, so I will post it probably with next week's P365 layout!

P365 week 13

2011-04-06T13:35:00.002-06:00

For this layout I used a kit from scraporchard.com I'm not sure what the name of it was, but it was made for P365. It was a mega kit for January. Sorry I can't be more clear! I still used a piece from Capturing Day by Day by Isabelle Mendez as well (the lined paper) What do you think of the "polaroid" frames around the days of the week? Should I keep them, or go back to the other ones? Thanks for looking! See you next week!

a few traditional/hybrid pages

2011-04-04T12:15:00.003-06:00

Just to prove that I still do somethings with traditionally printed pictures and paper! Some of these have been done for awhile, I admit it! This is what I would consider a hybrid project to some extent. the journaling block is done digitally but there is some traditional paper on the border. I didn't really scrap much since the page protectors have slots for the pictures, but I think it's a great way to show a lot of pictures without having to make a lot of pages! This is for Brandon's book. I used pig party by trixiescraps from gottapixel.net This is the other side...

totally traditional on this one, though I didn't do much. I used the Varsity Letter cricut cartridge.

This one is completly traditional as well. I used Printing Press cricut cartridge (I think?)

Last but not least. I used Lyrical Letters and the Martha Stewart Elegant Art Cakes cartridges.

I see I missed one, but it was just Randy's varsity team picture, and I just glued it to the page, nothing else, so I won't bother going to look for it! LOL!

I should be back tomorrow with my P365 page from last week!

Last of the digi prom layouts

2011-04-01T13:24:00.003-06:00

These are the last digi layouts I'm doing for prom, I will do a couple of traditional pages (at least one) for Randy's book, because he prefers traditional (picky picky!) Anyways, this one is for his book because I didn't want to print all these pictures, so much easier to do them digitally, then I can size them exactly how I want. This is for the family book, so I don't have tons of pages, just 2 total (see post 2 below).

I used BellaGypsy some summer night for both layouts, I got it from gottapixel.net

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful weekend!

New camera lens

2011-03-31T13:01:00.003-06:00

So, some of you know, that I have been really wanting this camera lens for quite awhile, and my husband, in an unusual moment of sweetness, bought it for me for my birthday! He picked it up last night and I am in love! I'm going to nickname her, "the beast" because it is HUGE and HEAVY!! LOL! what would an sane person want with a monster like this, some of you may wonder? Well, these lenses are also called "fast glass" and they are made specifically for capturing moving objects in low light! YES! Perfect for football and basketball! This lens had over 600 5star ratings on bhphotovideo.com and many people use it for wildlife & potraits as well as sports. so anyways, enough gushing! Here it is on my camera (canon 7D) side view

And here they sit side by side, just to put it all into perspective, my old rebel xti on the left with the kit lens. I should have taken a side view of this, too.

Well, there you have it! I hope to catch some amazing action shots with this baby! Randy has a basketball tournament Easter weekend, so I will get to test it out! I may need to start lifting some weights in the meantime! LOL!

Week 12 & a Prom layout

2011-03-29T14:24:00.004-06:00

Here is my week 12 layout. As with all of the rest, I used Capturing Day by Day by Isabelle Mendez and Everyday Moments by Lindsay Jane, both from gottapixel.net I would say that I definitely got my monies worth out of those 2 kits! Love that about digital, the ability to use an item as many times as you want to! I managed to get one single layout done of my prom pictures. This will be for the family book as Randy has informed me that digital scrapping is cheating, so I will try my best to do more traditional layouts for his. Still, digital is much quicker so he's just going to have to deal with some of it! LOL. I can't remember for sure, but I think I used the kit Some Summer Nights by Bella Gypsy from gottapixel.net Pretty simple, but for the pictures, I think it's just right!

Thanks for looking! See you next week!

P365 week 11, basketball & prom

2011-03-22T14:55:00.007-06:00

Here is my week 11 layout for P365. Like the others, I used Capturing Day by Day by Isabel Mendez and Everyday Moments by Lindsay Jane, both from gottapixel.net For both of the basketball layouts, I used Slam Dunk by Lindsay Jane from gottapixel.net the fonts are peasqueaker from KevinandAmanda.com and Freshman whcih I downloaded for free from dafont.com

And finally, last Saturday was our prom, Randy went for the first time.

His date was a sweetie named Katie, isn't she adorable?

This is a picture of most of his classmates who were there, I think there are 6 missing who were actually at prom, so about half the class went. I just love this picture

Wish my pictures would have turned out better, not exactly sure what happened.

Thanks for looking and I love your comments!

P365 week 10

2011-03-15T13:52:00.003-06:00

Doing a little better this week!
As in the other layouts, I used Capturing Day by Day by Isabelle Mendez and Everyday Moments by Lindsay Jane, both from gottapixel.net Basketball update: we won our first game of the state tournament by over 25 points and Randy got to play, he made a free throw. Unfortunately we lost the next 2 games, technically finishing 5th place in the state. Not what we went for, but still pretty amazing!

week 9 P365

2011-03-10T10:37:00.003-07:00

I'm a few days late this week, but still managed to get my page done! woohoo!
I used Everyday Moments by Lindsay Jane & Capturing Day by Day by Isabelle Mendez, both from gottapixel.net
The fonts are free handwriting fonts I downloaded from kevinandamanda.com they have tons of awesome fonts! A couple of weeks ago, our boys basketball team won our district tournament. Randy is on the tournament team, though he gets very little playing time. Anyways, when they went to divisionals last week, I decided I needed to make some bus decorations, this is what I came up with. I used my cricut, Stand and Salute cartridge (for the star), SCAL (teamwork font and Prestina font) and some stickles! I really like the way the turned out! Oh! And our boys also won the divisional championship! WooHoo!!!

close up:

So, this week the boys move to the state tournament! I am so excited, happy and nervous for them! We haven't been to state in something like 49 years! These are the bus decorations I made this week! I used the cricut, SportsMania cartridge, SCAL (Prestina font), stickles and also old fashioned glitter by Martha Stewart. Stickles are really so much easier and neater to work with! I had black glitter everywhere!

I don't like these as well, but Randy thought they were awesome! I ran out of dark green, so had to do the cheerleaders a little different!

up close:

As always, thanks for looking! I appreciate your comments! And please keep our boys in your thoughts and hopefully I will be back Monday with some great news!

week 8 P365

2011-03-02T08:30:00.002-07:00

Here is week 8. Like the last layouts I used Everyday Moments by Lindsay Jane and Capturing Day by Day by Isabelle Mendez, both from gottapixel.net Thanks for looking!

Week 7, P365

2011-02-22T15:28:00.003-07:00

Here is week 7 all wrapped up! Used the same kits I've been using all along. Everyday Memories by Lindsay Jane (this kit is on sale today for just $2, run over and grab it!) and also Capturing day by day by Isabelle Mendez both from gottapixel.net As always, thanks for looking!

football

2011-02-18T14:23:00.002-07:00

Got one more done for the week, another simple one, but another one done, just the same! Used Pig party by trixie scraps from gottapixel.net So, I managed to get 4 done this week, not too bad!
Have a great weekend!

New Year's 2010

2011-02-17T14:40:00.003-07:00

I decided I needed to get my scrappin' mojo back, and I'm a little jumpy today for some reason, so I made myself do a couple of digi pages. These are from New Year's Day 2010. I used You are the Star elements by Laura Burger, Everyday Happy papers by Bella Gypsy both from gottapixel.net and the font is Pea Bea which I downloaded from kevinandamanda.com that site has a TON of great handwriting fonts, which you can download for free. She can also make a font from your own handwriting! I'm contemplating this option because I think it's the one thing that's missing from my digi layouts!

As you can see, I learned how to round my corners! I think I may have overdone it on these, but thatn's okay!

Thanks for looking!

Week 6 P365

2011-02-15T14:01:00.003-07:00

I'm not getting anything else scrapped lately, but I am managing to keep up on P365! Here is week 6! I used Everyday Moments by Lindsey Jane and Capturing Day by Day by Isabelle Mendez, both from gottapixel.net As always, thanks for looking and hopefully I will get something more scrapped this week!

POTD week 5

2011-02-07T15:55:00.004-07:00

I used the kit everyday moments by Lindsay Jane from gottapixel.net as well as some elements from Capturing day by day by Isabelle Mendez, also from gottapixel.net

WooHoo! Still so happy to be caught up on this project. I sent this page and the 10 pages from last week to persnickety prints this morning! If you didn't know, and you are into digi scrapping, they are running a sale through the 8th, use code super45 for free shipping on orders over $20, plus pages are .10cents less than normal!

As always, thanks for looking!

Oh! And I have to say WooHoo for the PaCKERS winning the Superbowl yesterday!

a few more...

2011-02-04T08:22:00.005-07:00

So, these 3 layouts make 10 this week! woohoo! I am so excited about what I'm getting done! Not sure my checkbook can afford printing that often, though! LOL!
All three pages also use the same kit, pedal pusher by connie prince from gottapixel.net
For Brandon's book: Randy's book: The stitched frame is from the kit watch me shine by litabells designs. I got the kit from gottapixel but she doesn't have a store there any more. Can't remember where I got the swirls, sorry! I messed with the opacity on both the swirls & the frame on this one.

Family book. this is what the swirls actually look like.

I found some really cute fire kits, but decided to just use what I have, they made very simple pages, but that's okay on these I think. And hey, that's what my traditional pages ALWAYS look like!

Thanks for looking and have a fantastic weekend!

snowmen

2011-02-03T08:40:00.003-07:00

Last January after a little snow, the boys & the neighbor kids spent the better part of the day outside builiding these snowmen! They started rolling back & forth in the backyard to get the snowballs so big and then brought them around to the front. You can see the big one is much bigger than even Randy! What a great day! And Randy was so awesome with all the little kids!
This is Brandon's: Family:

Randy's:

I used the kit Snowed Under by Lindsay Jane, that I got at gottapixel.net

I'll bet a few of you could use this kit right about now! LOL!

Just need 4 more to take advantage of the sale at Persnickety prints next week!

Have a great day and thanks for looking!

birthdays

2011-02-02T09:15:00.002-07:00

I decided I need to kick it into gear to try and have 11 layouts to upload by early next week so I can take advantage of the sale at pernickety prints, so today I was able to do 3. They are all pretty simple,
This is for Brandon's book: For the family book: This one is way too simple, but oh well!

And a made one of Randy's birthday for the family book. I was going to use pics from his birthday party, but since everyone was too busy to get together for his birthday, well, this is what I have. Kind of sad, actually.

All the pages used the kit Celebrate Him by Connie Prince and the first one also uses a page border 2 from Lindsay Jane, both can be found at gottapixel.net

week 4

2011-01-31T14:52:00.003-07:00

Still managing to stay caught up on my P365 layouts. Here is week 4
I used Capturing day by day kit by Isabelle Mendez from gottapixel.net Thanks for looking!

This makes 10!

2011-01-26T14:26:00.003-07:00

So, I'm off to upload my 10 layouts for printing!

This is Wade, the same little one in the layout from yesterday, in this one he is about 6 months old, this was August...

I used the kit Brothers by Connie Prince which can be found at gottapixel.net

As always, thanks for looking!

2 more digi's

2011-01-25T14:18:00.003-07:00

So finally, about a week later than I had hoped, I was able today to work on the layout for the 3rd baby born in our family in 2010! Well, actually, he was the first of the 3 born, but for some reason, I tend to work backwards!
This is little Wade Clinton. He is nearly 1 year old now! And let me tell you, he is NOT little! And honestly, he wasn't so little when he was born either, he weighed more than 9 lbs, which is what my Brandon weighed at 3 months old! LOL! He is such a sweet little man! He ADORES his Uncle Clinton, while Aunt Lynn is usually lucky just to get a quick hug or kiss! Hard to believe it's been a year already!
I used Sunday Afternoon colab kit by Sarah Bennett and Trixie Scraps which I got at gottapixel.net And amazingly, I have been able to keep up with my P365 layouts, here is week 3. I used the same kit that I used on the previous 2 pages, I think it's Capturing Day by Day by Isabelle Mendez which I got at gottapixel.net

Other than my P365 pages, I have been working really hard to use all the kits I went crazy buying before Christmas. I'm doing pretty good! It still isn't really hard to justify the cost as compared to traditional scrapping, simply because I can use items over and over.

As always, thanks for looking and I appreciate your comments!

new babies, P365

2011-01-18T14:34:00.003-07:00

I think some of may know that in 2010, we had 3 new babies added to the family, as a matter of fact, I was the ONLY sister-in-law (Clinton has all brothers) who did NOT have a baby. And if you are wondering, nope, I don't feel the tiniest bit sad about that fact, I have no desire to have anymore of my own, I do however, love to play with and just plain look at all this sweetness around me!
So, anyways, last week, I decided I should make some layouts for those new additions. I got 2 of them done, hopefully I will have the 3rd done by the end of the week.
So, this is Rayne, she was born in March, she had many scarey things wrong with her (if you look closely, you can see the tube), and now, though she still has some issues, she is a sweet and happy little girl. I just love this picture, even with the tube, there's just something about it.
I used Family Moments kit by Lindsay Jane, which I got from gottapixel.net and hey, it happens to be on sale for only $1 for today only! Grab that! I also used the Digi Essentials Alpha by Karla Dudley which was a FREEBIE from designhousedigital.com This is little Caleb, he was just born in December. He is such a calm and happy baby. I'm not sure I've heard him cry. He has slept through 2 of Randy's very noisy basketball games!
I used For The Boys paper by Karen Funk, which was a FREEBIE from designhousedigital.com I also used Everyday Moments elements and alpha by Lindsay Jane from gottapixel.net

This is my week 2 layout for my P365 2011. So far so good, I am caught up! I wonder if it will last? I sure hope so!

I used the P365 kit Capturing day by day by Isabel Mendez which I got from, well you guessed it, gottapixel.net

I have 7 layouts completed since I last printed at the beginning of the month, which means I should be printing again by the end of this month! I might go broke printing! LOL!

As always, thanks for looking and I appreciate your sweet comments!

random digis

2011-01-13T14:08:00.005-07:00

Today is Randy's 16th birthday. This makes me sad! We aren't really doing anything to celebrate today, I will make him his requested dinner (chicken alfredo) and some brownies. We will actually all have dinner together as practice is right after school. Our schedules are so busy and crazy, we haven't found the time to fit in a party just yet, but we will! I decided to make him a card though, I did another mini digi! I should have used my cricut, as he hasn't embraced the digi-ness yet, but oh well!
I used gotta grunge papers for the background, I'm pretty sure I got this from gottapixel.net
pig party by trixiescraps, also from gottapixel.net for all of the embellies and the alpha He wasn't happy about me taking his pic for my POTD this morning. This is what I got: But, I decided to make a layout anyways!
I used 2 kits, both by Connie Prince, both from gottapixel.net
Alpha is Pedal Pusher
the rest is Celebrate Him

When I said I was done with Christmas, I forgot about the christmas programs! These are events I don't enjoy scrapping. At all. Not really sure why, the pics are too busy I think. anyways, it was easy this time, doing it digitally. I used freebies that I got on a pre-Christmas blog hop that my friend, Pam, was a participating designer. The alphabet was a free daily download earlier this month from, guess where? gottapixel.net

Same goes for this layout...

As always, thanks so much for looking!

some digi mini's

2011-01-12T13:45:00.002-07:00

So, I'm doing a little bit of traditional scrapping with all the pics I printed for 2009. Sometimes when I have a lot of pics of one thing I use those divided page protectors & just slip the pics in. That's what I did with Brandon's flag football pics. I had 2 open spots, so I decided to try a little mini digi scrapping! LOL! Both of these measure 4x6, one is obviously the journaling block and the other is just an embellishment. I really think this could be fun! I now know how I'm going to fix last year's P365 album, I had a lot of open spaces! I also have this really cool carousel that holds 4x6 page protectors, I think it will be fun to do some mini pages for it!
So anyways, I used Pig Party by Trixiescraps from gottapixel.net

As always, thanks so much for looking!

P365 week 1 - digi

2011-01-10T19:36:00.003-07:00

On to something happier! Some of you know that I' m on my 2nd year of P365 or POTD or Project Life. Whatever you call it, it's a great project where you take a picture every single day! This year, I decided to go digital, it's actually the reason I tried digi to begin with, so here is my first week layout! Kind of plain and a little tougher than I thought it would be, but I'm okay with how it turned out!
I used the kit Capturing day by day by Isabelle Mendez, which I got from gottapixel.net It is a kit designed for this project, though I will admit, it is 2010's kit! Ah well, I love it anyways! One thing I do really love is that because the journaling is typed it's easier to fit more words in! I also like all 7 pics on one page! As always, thanks for looking and I love your comments!

courage, digi...

2011-01-06T15:28:00.003-07:00

Well, this one's a little personal, and I hesitated to post it, but what the heck, I guess...
Like many people at the beginning of the year, I'm finding myself thinking about a lot of things in my life. Despite a fun back and forth with a long time internet friend, I kind of had a rough day yesterday and the hangover from that today is what brought this page about.
The size is a little different, it's 11x8 1/2. I'm not sure I will ever print this one, but if I do, I plan on putting it in a book along with others that aren't meant to be seen by everyone. I have a very cool K&co book that a friend gave me for Christmas a couple of years ago, and this is what I've always had in mind for it. I haven't done a single one yet.
I know some of the elements seem a little tough to see, but because of the nature of the layout, I'm okay with that. I combined 2 kits on this one. The designers at gottapixel.net often all do their own kits using the same color schemes so they go well together. the 2 kits I used are:
The beautiful life by A+ Designs
This one life by Connie Prince
As always, thanks for looking and I appreciate your comments

last of the christmas ones, I think...

2011-01-04T09:57:00.003-07:00

I saw that Persnickety prints was having a little sale that ended yesterday, so I did these last 3 Christmas layouts and sent out an order for 17 pages! They have already shipped and I'm excited to get them, probably by the end of the week!
so these are just some random pictures from Christmas. These are pictures I would probably not print and scrap traditionally so that's another reason that digital is so great!
Everything I used on these 3 pages are from December's daily download from gottapixel.net it was really a great month for the download! I think I will probably use a lot of it through the winter, too!
So anyways, first 2 pages for the family book:

This one is pretty plain, I just couldn't get any embellies to work. But I still like it, and again, it's something that may not get scrapped traditionally.

I started a page of some of our favorite ornaments, but, it just wasn't coming together, so I'm not sure I will ever get that one done!

As always, thanks for looking and I so appreciate your comments!

Christmas digi

2010-12-30T10:31:00.003-07:00

Again, I love the instant gratification of digi scrapping. Hey! I've barely scrapped LAST Christmas traditionally and here I am, nearly done with this Christmas! LOVE it!
These pages are made mostly with the daily download from gottapixel.net and the best part is, the daily download is FREE! So definitley check that out! Now, I must admit that I have a subscription, so I am able to download the whole month in just a couple of downloads instead of getting a couple of pieces a day, but either way, it's a bargain and December's kit was AWESOME! Sometimes I don't care for them and I just don't download, but I really liked this one! The alphabets were not included, they are from a couple of different kits I have from Connie Prince, but I can't remember for sure, sorry about that!
So anyways, these first 2 pages are for Randy:

For Brandon:

For the family book:

I have ideas for about 4 more pages for the holidays and then they will be done! I am so excited! And since I got some Christmas money I plan to get my pages printed at persnickety prints very very soon!

Thanks for looking and I hope you all have a wonderful and safe New Year!

Calendar

2010-12-27T12:47:00.004-07:00

Some of you know that every year I make my MIL a calendar for Christmas, it's quite a job and now that there are 8 grandkids, it's even tougher to collect all those pictures! Every year, I swear I'm going to do it each month and be done, but every year on Dec. 23 I am scrambling to finish it! this year was no exception, but I managed to get it done!

I gave myself the goal of using a different cricut font cartridge on each month and I actually just went right down the list on my gypsy, though you can't tell that since I didn't do the months in order! It's hard to think of something different for each month when there are so many pictures!

As always, thanks for looking and if I don't get back here before Jan. 1, I am wishing you all a very safe and happy 2011!

A few recent projects

2010-12-21T13:58:00.004-07:00

I thought I would upload a few of my recent projects, only one of which is a layout of any kind! LOL!
This is a digi layout using the kit Slam Dunk by Lindsay Jane which I got from gottapixel.net it is for Randy's book. I had done the layout itself a few weeks ago, but didn't have a picture yet, so I finally got a decent picture the other night and finished it up! My SIL asked me to make a couple of penny banks for her God daughters for Christmas:

This was for our SS exchange in the P365 group. I hope Debbie liked it!

These were teacher gifts for Branodn's title and student teacher.

This is a detail shot of a tissue box cover (these are really fun! Thanks to Aprile for the link of the directions!)

This is the teacher's gift for Brandon's teacher, the tissue box cover and the altered frap bottle with M&M's, hope she likes it, but then, who doesn't like M&M's right?

Well, that's all I've got this time. I am working on the calendar for my MIL, hopefully I will get it done in time to take pictures of it! LOL! If I do, I will get it posted next week sometime.

I hope you all have a wonderful and safe Christmas.

Gingerbread digi

2010-12-15T13:25:00.002-07:00

Last week a post an adorable picture of my little man when we did gingerbread houses at school. Of course, I couldn't wait to make a layout, and the quickest way to do that is digi of course! I started it right away last week, but just got a few minutes to finish it today! this is a 2 pager (wish i knew how to post them next to each other, I'll have to work on that!) anyways, it's for B's book, don't know if I will make one for the family book yet. Oh, heck, you know I probably will, how can I know with such a great picture?!

Used the Sugar Plum kit by Connie Prince, which I got from gottapixel.net

Thanks for looking!

Some random pics!

2010-12-13T11:36:00.003-07:00

Randy made a varsity tip-off tourney team, which was awesome! they traveled nearly 3 hours for the tourney. On Friday night (we didn't go), he played in every quarter, scored 4 points and had several rebounds. got his name in the paper, even! Very cool! So, Saturday, we decided to go watch, and of course, he did not get to play! But I was still really glad we went! The town where the tourney was held is one of the gateways to Yellowstone, so we saw plenty of wild life, several cow elk, buffalo and big horn sheep, which I have never seen in person. This male was right on the side of the road! I was so excited!

We also had a new nephew born Saturday. I decided not to post a pic of him, but trust me, he is super cute!

Thanks for looking!

A few traditional layouts

2010-12-10T09:44:00.004-07:00

Here are a few traditional layouts that I have done somewhat recently. I admit, that most of them were done before I learned digital! But, I still have lots of pictures that I've already printed so I will definitely be scrapping those the traditional way!
Halloween 2009 Randy's book: Brandon's book:

Family book:

Homecoming 2209 Randy's book:

I think this will be for Randy's book, but might go in the family book:

Brandon's book:

Randy's book:

Thanks for looking, as always! I have been working on a couple of other projects and some more digi pages, hopefully I will get them posted next week. It's hard to fit everything in with the holidays and basketball!

gingerbread houses

2010-12-07T12:00:00.004-07:00

Every year at our school the 3rd graders get to build gingerbread houses. I still remember going to help Randy decorate, that was 7 years ago, now! But, this post is all about Brandon! I loved that I was able to work my schedule so I could go up and help him. I just don't get to go to many things that involve school. He was excited and I was super excited!
Here is his finished house, we had such a good time together!

Thanksgiving

2010-12-01T14:27:00.003-07:00

Here's a 2-pager that I just did of our Thanksgiving. Like I've said before, I cannot believe that I am scrapping current! It's insane! I know these aren't really pretty layouts, not what you would see in galleries, certainly not works of art, but this is our life!
I used the kit falling by litabellscraps from gottapixel.net but, unfortunately she is no longer designing and her store there is closed, but I still wanted to give credit. This was in the very first set of kits that I ever bought, I got it for $2. Another thing to love about digi scrapping, the kits are often a huge bargain, you can use the elements over and over again and lets not forget that it's instant gratification when you get to download it right to your computer, don't have to pay shipping or wait for it to come, or go to the store (I haven't been to a scrap store since May, not because I don't want to, though!)
Anyways, this is for the family book, I will probably only make this one set, not one for each book.

As always, thanks so much for looking!

moving on...

2010-11-22T21:12:00.002-07:00

I guess since I'm done with Halloween and pumpkins, I'll scrap our first real snow storm this year, which we are still in the middle of!
Kit is Warm Wishes by Isabelle Mendez, which I got on a sale at gottapixel.net and also a few freebies I picked up from a bloghop a few weeks ago. Main paper is from Connie Prince. I had my first 10 layouts printed at Persnickety Prints. I have to say, I am very impressed with how they came out, though everything is quite a bit bigger than I pictured it! Funny how different things can look on the computer screen! LOL! the quality of the prints is awesome, I will definitely be doing that again!

Last of the pumpkins - digi

2010-11-18T09:12:00.004-07:00

Alrighty! I am done scrapping all things relating to Halloween and pumpkins for 2010!
This is a 2-pager, for the family book:

2-pager for Randy's book, except I uploaded them in the wrong order, so this is the 2nd page

And this is the 1st page.

Again, I used the Carving up Fun kit by Trisiescraps from gottapixel.net

I sent my first 10 pages away for printing to Persnickety prints. They should probably be here today. I am excited to see them in person.

Thanks for looking!

more digi layouts

2010-11-15T13:27:00.003-07:00

This is a 2 pager, I have no idea how to post them right next to each other! this is for Brandon's book. Using Carving up fun kit by Trixiescraps (again! Do you think I got my money's worth on that kit? I sure do!) which I got from gottapixel.net if you love digi scrapping you should really check out the store at gottapixel.net there are amazing designers and fabulous products!

It was asked if I make different layouts of the same event, and the answer is yes, I do. This is something I have done for the past several years with my traditional scrapping, that way each book has the same event, but slightly different look. And I often use different pictures if I have enough, so these 2 pages are for Brandon and he's in them all, then when I do Randy's, he will be in them all and then when I do for the family, there will be a mix of both. I know, this is time consuming, and especially with digi, it would be easier just to print the same layout a couple of times, but, I just like making something special for each book. this is probably why I am so very far behind and will never be caught up! But, that's okay!

I hope to get several layoust done this week and get them posted. That's another definite upside to digi, it's already on my computer, so I don't have to worry about getting a picture, getting it uploaded, resizing, etc....

Thanks for looking!

some more, Halloween

2010-11-11T14:20:00.005-07:00

I can't believe I already have this years Halloween pictures scrapped! That is insane! I really never thought I would embrace digital scrapbooking! But, I seriously cannot believe how easy it is! And quick!
So, I should probably be mentioning where I am getting the digi items I am using. These 2 pages were done using Carving up some fun kit by trixie scraps which I bought at gottapixel.net
Now that I really look at this first one, I wish I would have cropped the gray cardstock differently, but, I'm not going to change it now!

The 2 layouts I posted the other day were done using the license to drive kit by Connie Prince which I also bought at gottapixel.net There are some really great designers and kits for sale over there. Sometimes they run some awesome deals, which they did this past weekend and I picked a lot of these kits up really cheap!

And just to keep myself in reality, I did do a traditional paper layout today, but, as usual, I have not taken a picture yet, along with the last 5-6 I made awhile ago! I hope to do that in the next couple of days!

I plan to have my digital layouts printed at some point and then add them to my scrapbooks like a traditonal paper layout!

Oh, I am also finding that I am making more one pagers than my normal 2 page layouts, I think it's because I can resize the pictures so easily to fit them how I like on the page. This digital stuff is so interesting!

As always, thanks for looking and I appreciate your comments!

Randy's driver's license, digi (added another one)

2010-11-09T11:54:00.004-07:00

I sure do love having all of these great elements at my finger tips! But, what do you think? Is it too much?

A better digi layout

2010-10-19T16:01:00.004-06:00

Okay, I can see why people get addicted to digi scrapping! It is so easy! I don't think you get the same feel as you do with paper, but I also don't think I would ever do a paper layout quite like this! First of all, I never type on layouts, I only use my handwriting, which is always nice, I guess. Second, I'm not much of a sewer & I only have a couple of colors of thread, so I wouldn't have done the sewing. I don't buy a lot of embellies either & I rarely think ahead to coordinate. I'm not thinking I will ever give up paper scrapping, but this is super fun, and super quick. I know my first attempt was pretty sad, but I really really do like this one, and unlike the first one, I think I will have this one printed. I used Got Grunge papers and elements that I bought from gotpixels.net
Let me know what you think!
Oh! And at least it hasn't been a month since my last post!

First attempt at digi

2010-10-15T14:21:00.002-06:00

Okay, this is my first feeble attemt at a digi layout! I just used pics that were on my laptop just to play a little bit. It's not great, but not bad either! I can see where it would be addicting. I got the papers, elements and template all from:
weefairiering.blogspot.com

Let me know what you think for my first try.

A few more

2010-10-08T08:19:00.002-06:00

Just a few more. thanks for looking!

Senior photo shoot

2010-10-07T16:04:00.003-06:00

Well, I was trying to figure out how to do a slideshow, I have one made, but can't get it to upload, so I guess I will just go with some pics for now.
Last weekend I took some pics of a friend's daughter for her senior pics. It's the first time I've ever done it, and I have to admit, I am very pleased with how they turned out! I am the worst at leaving comments, but, I would appreciate in comments, good or bad. How do you think I did?

Hopefully I'll be back tomorrow with a few more, or the slideshow! Thanks for looking and thanks for your comments!

Finally updating, lots of pages!!!

2010-09-16T14:16:00.002-06:00

Well, you'd think I completely fell of the face of the earth the past few months, huh? Well, I kind of lost my mojo, as I do most every summer, I'm not sure why that is. But, here I am, and I have a few pages, too!
This is for Brandon's book: Family book:

Every year we get together will all of Clinton's family not long before Christmas and make candy and decorated cookies & gingerbread houses.

This is for Randy's book:

Brandon's book:

Family book:

2010-09-16T14:10:00.002-06:00

Randy's Winter concert. He quit band not long after this, he just didn't enjoy it anymore: For Randy's book:

Another for Randy's book... I love the look on his face! Can I also say that I LOVE the cricut lite varsity font! Fantastic!

For Brandon's book. Sorry the pic is fuzzy!

First day of school for the family book!

Well, thanks for looking, glad I finally got this thing updated, hopefully it won't be so long before I do it again!

Flat me's!!

2010-07-07T13:50:00.002-06:00

I am finally getting this picture taken, I'm only a few days late! I have been participating in a great project this year called P365 or Picture of the day or Project Life. It goes by many names. I have also been participating in a thread about this subject on the Cricut MB. We are now half way through the year, and to celebrate, we decided to exchange flat me's, it was a fun project! So Left to right, top to bottom: Carol, me, Amy (she's not chubby, she's preggers), Mandy and baby Braedan, Jennifer, Pam, Debbie, debbieb, Lorrie, Bridget, Aprile and Val! What a great group of ladies, thanks for welcoming me in! On a very sad note, a good friend of my son (Randy) passed away on Saturday. It was not unexpected, he had CP and had been steadily getting worse, he decided that he had had enough of the endless surgeries and recoveries and just "wanted to go home". Even though his disease was severe, he had a special love for horses and was happiest when he was riding. I asked Randy what Garrett's favorite color was, he said yellow. Then he said Garrett was colorblind, but he always said yellow if you asked him. That made me smile a little. So a special card for Garrett's grandparents who raised him and took care of him. There is a special place in Heaven for them.

Thanks for looking. I do have some pages to take pictures of and get posted, but maybe next week.

finally posting pics of me!

2010-06-25T16:07:00.003-06:00

Alright, I am finally going to post some pics of me, since I have been maintaining my weight now for 3 months.
So here is my current pic, taken a couple of weeks ago, when I first look at it, I still see my thunder thighs especially, but in reality, I just don't have a perfect body, and I think it's as good as it's going to get. Just to remind, I went from 223 lbs to about 153 ( I go up and down from from 151 to 155), I wore a size 18 jean and now, size 8! This was me in November, I had lost 47 lbs at that point.

And this was me (and Randy) about 1 week before I started WW, which was 13 months ago now. I have to admit, it's quite a change! Just look at those arms! And my arms still look flabby, but so much better!

Well, thanks for looking and following along on my weight loss journey!

I will be back next week hopefully with a post of some pages and cards I've gotten done lately!

I found a few more!

2010-06-10T15:40:00.003-06:00

I found a few things I did awhile ago and didn't take pictures of.
Track for Randy, very very simple.

Baseball for Brandon: Christmas for the family book, sorry about the blur:

A baby shower invitation. I had several different patterned papers that I used from my stash. I did them like a postcard.

Thanks for looking, and hey! Two posts in one week!

A couple projects

2010-06-07T13:23:00.003-06:00

As usual, I am far behind on posting my projects! I forgot to take pictures of some! But, I have done a couple of unique things in the past weeks!
I cut these from reflective strips that Clinton had, this is the logo for the company he works for, he wanted them for his hard hat as they have to have so many square inches of reflective. Anyways, I used SCAL along with inkscape to accomplish this. He was THRILLED with it, and that takes a lot for him!

This was a card for a cousins 8th grade graduation.
This is a piggy bank I made for my neices baby shower. Down the side I used the new Cindy Loo cartridge.

This is the front of the piggy bank. I used SCAL for this part. Both the lavendar and the brown are cricut vinyl. I really love how this project turned out, so there will be many more of these in the future! I'm thinking Christmas for my daycare kids and probably every baby gift I need for awhile! heehee!

Thanks for looking!

I did get Randy to take some updated pics of me the other day, hopefully I will get them on here in the next few days!

A few new cards and layouts

2010-05-10T14:01:00.003-06:00

I don't know why it always takes me so long to take the pictures of some of my projects so that I can get them posted on here in a timely manner! The cards in this post I actually just made and managed to take pictures of them, only because I was making them for mother's day. I did forget to take a picture of one, oh well!
This one was for my SIL Lissa, I used Lyrical letters
I almost forgot about these pictures. This is for the family album

Randy's book, very plain page.

For my MIL, I used gypsy font, A child's year and Joys of the season.

For one of Clinton's grandmas, I used wildcard and Sentimentals. Sentimentals is one of the few cartridges that I have bought that I truly have no idea why, because it is so not my style. At all. But, I do like this butterfly. A lot. Hmm, well maybe that is why I bought it. Certainly not enough to justify the cartridge, but I do really like this card!

So, I have decided to start over on the cartridge challenge. I have until Sept. 15. I have bought 2 new cartridges, and I suspect I will get a few more before the challenge is over since I have not banned myself from buying this time. So, right now, I have 48 cartridges and I have used 9. Not too bad! I have also joined a challenge to complete 10 pages a month, I think I have done 6 this month but I am not showing most of them because they are as simple as putting a certificate on a piece of cardstock, but they are finished pages of a book, so that definitely counts for me!

Well, thanks for looking, hopefully it won't take me so long to update again!

cartridge challenge COMPLETE

2010-04-15T13:57:00.003-06:00

WooHoo! Happy Tax Day, everyone! Yeah right, I know! It also happens to be the final day of the cricut cartridge/stash challenge, and I am happy to say that I have completed the challenge! I also did not buy any new cartrdiges during the challenge, which was my own little twist! So here are a few pages and a couple of cards:
For Brandon:
Used Jasmine on shadow for this one, it beef's up the letters a bit and makes them much easier to cut. It really is a great font. For the family book:
Used opposites attract. Another great font that I don't use enough!

For Brandon:

A card for my new neice, her daddy really loves all things hunting and fishing! I used 4 different cartridges on this one! Can anyone name them all?

Sorry for the bad picture, I really need to find a good spot to take pictures.

And a birthday card that I think I might send to Clinton's grandma whose birthday I missed a couple of weeks ago! OOPS! I really like this one. I used the same papers I used a couple months ago on a bunch of cards, which is great, I took them right out of my scrap drawer! The cute dragonfly is from Pooh & Friends. The tag is a nestie that my dear friend Tammy sent me for my birthday! Thanks Tammy!

Again, another bad picture!

I thought I would give a little update on the WW thing. I am in maintenance, have been for a few weeks, and things seem to be going just fine. I finally got some great new clothes so I will get on of the boys to take a new picture of me here one of these days!

As always, thanks for looking!

3 cards and 3 pages

2010-04-07T14:59:00.002-06:00

Geesh, it's been a couple of weeks again already! I'm just so bad about getting the pictures taken, which is weird since I usually take at least one picture everyday.
So, anyways, in my quest to use my stash and all of my cartridges, I have actually been making quite a few cards, which isn't my strong suit with the cricut. I don't really LOVE any one of the cards, but I think they are OK. I am just 7 cartridges away from finishing the challenge, which had a due date of April 15th (tax day) I'm not sure I'll make the due date, but I will finish the challenge. I also said I wouldn't buy a new cartridge until I used every one I had, and I've stuck to that, but there are a couple that I really want, so I will definitely finish before too long so that I can start picking them up!
This one I used A Childs Year (which I've already used in the challenge) for the background scallop, which I love. Beyond Birthdays for the sentiment. I wish my orange stickles would have went on smoother, but the texture on the paper messed me up. That, and I guess I need a steadier hand! I actually really like this one, which I mostly scraplifted from the Cricut MB. I used Wild card for the card base, George for the white circle and Indie Art for the butterfly. I also used my cuttlebug, I always forget to use that thing, and it's such a great tool. The "bling" (Randy always laughs when I use that word), is from my stash, I've had them forever, got a bazillion of them from Oriental Trading. They aren't sticky, so I glued them using MS glue, I'm not sure how they would hold up in the mail...

Used Home Accents for the Flourish and Walk in my Garden for the flowers. This one sat on my desk, unfinished for days. I'm still not so sure about it.

Sorry the pictures are all a little dark!

2010-04-07T14:53:00.002-06:00

And here are my 3 layouts. All of Easter 2008. Again I am trying to use my stash and cartridges, so on this I used Fabulous finds (I think?) for the ticket and printing press for the letters. Fabulous Finds is actually one of my very favorite cartridges, I just haven't used it in a long time.
So this page is for the family book: Randy's book, kind of plain:

Brandon's book:

And I have had most of the prima's forever, way back when Charlie from the cricut MB would sell samplers! Several years ago. The paper ribbon I bought about 2 years ago.

Well thanks for looking, hopefully it won't be so long in between visits!

A card and a few layouts

2010-03-29T14:04:00.003-06:00

Been slow to update the blog, sorry about that, but I have still been working!
Here is a 2-pager for Brandon's book: Also for Brandon:

For Randy, he hasn't had a team to play on in our small town for the past couple of years, so he has been helping coach the younger boys.

A card I made for our neighbor's. I cut the wand off because it's a sympathy card.

Thanks for looking! Hoping to get a few more things done this week!

A Few More Layouts

2010-03-15T13:31:00.002-06:00

I have still been rolling along on my scrapping and also on using my cartridges! It's starting to get harder now, though!
My boys' Great Grandma has a great pool in her back yard, the boys love to go swimming, especially Brandon. We never get to go enough, though!
This is for Brandon's book: Randy's book:

Family book, pretty much all the same, it just makes life much easier!

2010-03-15T13:26:00.002-06:00

This is for the family book. Willie just loves riding on the boat and he always plays with the nasty bullheads everyone catches. I'm not sure why he plays with them, they have stingers, but it sure is funny to watch! For Brandon's book. He had that green garden wagon which he won in a raffle at 4-H fair. He loved that thing! I bet he put more miles on that than my car has! It literally ran the wheels right off of it!

Also Brandon's book. Our neice Kadence came for the day.

Thanks for looking!

I DID IT!!! WOOHOO!!!

2010-03-11T13:51:00.003-07:00

Okay, I am a couple of days late with this update, but, I just wanted to come on and post that I did it! I hit my weight loss goal! I actually blew it away by over a pound, which is great because I had decided I wanted to go down just a couple more pounds, but I'm keeping my offical goal the same. So, here are a few stats, 69.2 pounds in about 10 1/2 months. I started as a size 18 (comfortable) and am now a comfortable 8! I was pushing a 2X shirt and now can wear med/large! It's been a long road, at it isn't over as now I need to maintain it, I know that will be a challenge as well.
I would like to thank you all for your interest and support through this journey.
Brandon is itching to take some pictures of me, and so I will probably have some to post pretty soon. I told him he had to wait until I had decent clothes on and my hair and make up done, so it won't be until the weekend for sure!
Now, for some serious shopping! LOL!

I did finish a few more layouts this week, bo maybe I will be back tomorrow with that!

A card and a couple of layouts.

2010-03-08T13:40:00.002-07:00

I've still been busy scrapping and using my cartridges! I have now used 22 of 46 cartridges! WooHoo I have also still been using the super easy divied page protectors for when I have a ton of pictures, so this first couple of pictures are of that, but, I'm still counting them as completed pages! LOL.
So these are all for Randy's book, I uploaded them in the wrong order, sorry, but this is the second side of the Round Robin pages:
First side, gypsy font:

Check out the last "4-H" my machine went wacky and cut it wrong, I had already cut two others and they were fine, but then this, and I tried to cut it again, same thing. Weird. But it seems to be working on everything else.

Randy had a really great year in 4-H in 2008. He took entries in 3 categories, shooting sports, sport fishing and market swine. He got the junior rosette in shooting sports, the junior rosette as well as the overall (for the second year in a row) in sport fishing and won the junior showmanship award, which is HUGE, there is a ton of competition in junior swine.

These "4-H"'s cut just fine.

Made this card for a good friend's birthday last week. I actually had cut the umbrella a couple of weeks ago when I did all of the other paisley cards.

Well, I hope to be back tomorrow with good news on my WI day, think happy thoughts for me as I am very close to goal!

Thanks for looking!

Four cards, three layouts and an update!

2010-02-26T14:13:00.002-07:00

I am not much of a card maker anymore, I used to be, it used to be all I did really, but since I got my cricut, I mostly put my stamps away and have pretty much become a scrapper, only. I just don't have the ideas for cars anymore for some reason! Anyways, there are a few birthdays coming up, and one way late that I needed to make some cards for. I bought the super cute Paisley cartridge right after Christmas, and really hadn't used it, I had peiced one little mushroom, but that was it, so I decided to use it to make these cards. Most of the paper was scraps, which makes it even better! Of course, I had to cut the cards from full pieces and when I started the white & blue pp was a full sheet, but I did manage to use most of it in doing these cards! Oh, and the background paper on 3 of the cards was also a full piece. The rest were scraps, mostly from my recent camping pages. it's really fun paper by SEI that I got at M's, it's called addison. I really like it. If you have followed my blog for awhile, you know that these colors are a little out of the norm for me as I mostly use really bright colors, but I do really like the way they turned out. Randy, who used to be my biggest supporter, is now my second biggest critic, he didn't like them that well. Tell me what you think!
I also used some skittles that I have had laying around forever, and a nestabilities die that I have had for months, the packages wasn't even open, and of course my paisley cartridge. I have now used 18 of my 46 cartridges on my quest to use them all!

I know, they are all very similar, but still a little bit different at the same time. Sorry the pics are so dark, I am really struggling in that department for some reason.

2010-02-26T14:07:00.002-07:00

Here are three super quick layouts I did. I think these types of pictures are so hard to scrap! When I saw these 2 papers, I knew it was the only way to go!
This is for Randy's book: Brandon's book: He didn't shoot that deer, Clinton did, but Brandon was along so Clinton put him in the pictures!

Family book:

And finally, the update! Of course, Tuesdays are still my weigh in day, and as I have written on here, the past 2 weigh ins were pretty disappointing, to say the least. But, I was finally able to break my stall and this week I lost 1.8 pounds, I am 2 even pounds from my goal! Still hoping to get there by my birthday, which is just about a month away! I do hope to loose a few more pounds after that, but will be so thrilled when I hit that goal!

Well, thanks for looking, as always!

A few more layouts

2010-02-22T13:46:00.003-07:00

I am absolutely loving all of these page protectors with the different slots! It makes scrapping a lot of pictures a snap! So, I would call this a 4 page layout, I guess. Left page, page protector, page prtoector, right page. Of course, they will all be in page protectors eventually, but I don't know how else to explain it! I used Plantin Schoolbook as well as Printing 101. Still going strong on my quest to use all of the cartridges!
This is for the family book:

Brandon's book, just one page:

Randy's book, another one pager:

This is for the family book: I used sportsmania

Clinton cut all my desk tops yesterday for my scraproom. I am so, so excited to have very usable work space now, especially for the desktop, which is where I edit all of my pictures, I had no room and it was so frustrating. The room itself, isn't quite done yet, but it is very usable at this point. I will try to post some pictures later this week, along with some more layouts that I have been working on!

Thanks for looking!

Still scrapping along!

2010-02-16T15:12:00.002-07:00

I managed to get a couple of more pages complete over the weekend.
This is for Randy's book I used Sportsmania and Pooh font. It is what I am calling a 3-page layout. It's 2 full 12x12 pages and then a 6X12 in between the 2, the 6x12 is already in a page protector. I think that's going to be a fun way to fit in a few more pages. I also used my gypsy. It's starting to get where I can't scrap without it, it's just so quick! I do still like to look through the handbooks though, so much better than just looking on the screen.

I'm not really sure why I took these pictures, let alone printed them, but I decided just to scrap them, this is for the family book. I used Home Decor for the bird, and of course the gypsy.

And last but not least, another unhappy Tuesday weigh in. I was up .2 this week, which isn't really a big deal, but, I'm starting to get frustrated less than 4 pounds from goal. I'm not really sure what the cause is as I haven't really been doing anything differently, I will keep chugging along, though!

Thanks for looking!

some more layouts

2010-02-12T13:34:00.002-07:00

Finished these layouts last night. Yes they are all pretty much the same except for the pictures. Those of you who have been around for awhile know that I often do 3 similar layouts of some things. I used the gypsy, When it's cold outside and alphalicious. The pictures aren't that great again, sorry about that.
Randy's: Family:

Brandon:

I also used paper scraps for the "strips" at the bottoms, love that I am going through the scraps instead of getting out new sheets!

Thanks for looking!

some more layouts (and a card)

2010-02-10T14:26:00.002-07:00

I have kind of been on a roll lately with scrapping. Nothing very fancy for sure, in fact they are all pretty basic and boring, but I am still widdling down my pictures and getting pages finished, so I will take it!
This first one is blurry, sorry about that, but didn't feel like retaking it. This is our dog Willie, he just loves the snow, he runs and rolls and plays in it like crazy, especially if it isn't too cold. When his hair is too long, the snow gets all balled up and we have to spray him off in the shower to melt it or he picks at it until it's gone, and of course, that just makes a huge mess in the house. This is for our family book. I used the Gypsy and Speaking of Winter. This is also for the family book. We live fairly close to Yellowstone and last year after one of Randy's football games (it was literally just outside of Yellowstone), we decided to drive home through the park. We didn't really see too much, except these elk, just inside the entrance and the chipmunks which were at a rest area that wasn't really in the park. The elk were pretty cool, we new something was going on when we pulled into Mammoth because people were running everywhere, Clinton pulled into a parking spot just in time to see these huge antlers coming over the hill, (the elk in the first couple of pictures), he was on a mission, he ran right by our car, Randy's window was down and he probably could have reached out and touched him. Before it was over he nearly charged a van that wasn't paying attention! I used gypsy, Lyrical letters and Stretch your imagination.

This is for Randy's book, self explanitory. I used gypsy, Don Juan and Designer's Calendar

And finally the card. I actually used to be a major card maker. you cannot tell by this card! I was a stamper though, and that was very different. I recently purchased Sentimentals, and after I received it and really looked at the hand book, I was wondering what possessed me? It's not really my style at all! But, I linked it to the gypsy right away and so now, it is mine forever I guess. I decided to make a card to justify the purchase a little. I do not care for the card, but I mailed it out toClinton's grandma anyways, she has fallen twice in the past month. I used Sentimentals, gypsy and my cuttlebug.

And just because it isn't right to report only the losses, I guess I will tell you all that I maintained at my WI yesterday. I'm not 100% sure what happened, but I have a few ideas, besides I'm getting closer and it gets harder. I will hope I can fix it and have another loss next week.

Thanks for looking, hopefully I will have more layouts to post this week.

a new nephew and another layout!

2010-02-08T12:58:00.002-07:00

Friday evening we were blessed with a new nephew. Yep, boys run in our family, Clinton has 4 brothers, we have 2 boys and one of his brothers now has 3 boys. We do have one girl, and another one on the way, but the boys still outnumber the girls! His name is Wade Clinton, and he is adorable, he looks just like his big brother Cash, who just happens to look just like his daddy!
Saturday I actually spent some time scrapping, since Clinton had to work. I didn't get much actually accomplished, but I did learn some new stuff on my Gypsy, which is fantastic. This layout was inspired by the new baby, obviously and I used the Gypsy, Design Studio, Accent Essentials, Storybook, Home Decor and my brand new Tie the Knot. It isn't pefect, but then again, nothing I do ever is, but I really do like it! Thanks for looking!

An actual layout!

2010-02-04T14:14:00.003-07:00

I am so excited that I actually started and finished a layout that wasn't for a gift! although I have started and NOT finished many gifts in the past year! LOL!
This one was fairly simple, I used my gypsy with sportsmania to cut the background, though I didn't really need the gypsy, I was too lazy for dig out the cartridge! LOL! I also used SCAL for the title, I haven't used that in forever, still love it, though!

All in all, I really like the way it turned out, even if it is pretty simple!

Thanks for looking!

Still chugging along P365...

2010-02-02T14:01:00.002-07:00

It seems to be just about the only thing I am getting done, but, I am getting it done! So here is for the last full week of January: Not very exciting, pretty much exactly the same as the others! Again, it's WI day, and I feel like I need to keep up on it! I lost 2.2 pounds! WOOHOO!!!!! I am less than 4 pounds from goal now!

project 365... again

2010-01-27T15:20:00.002-07:00

Here is the third full week of project 365. I really am so enjoying this project, I haven't had any problems keeping up with it so far. unfortunately, it's about all I am getting done. I did manage to cut and piece a super cute mushroom from Paisley yesterday. I just love that whimsical cartridge! And of course, I cannot post this without an update on my weight loss. Weigh in day was Tuesday. I have lost an even pound each of the past three weeks, this week I was able to break that and lose 1.4lbs. I am less than 6 pounds from my goal! I am hoping to be there by my birthday, which is March 28, so 2 full months from now, I think that is reasonable given my weight loss history. Thanks for everyone who is following my journey!

continuing with 365...

2010-01-22T14:13:00.002-07:00

Here is the second full week of January finished. Looks pretty much just like the first, but I have been doing a good job keeping up on this project even with all of the craziness right now!

I lost another even pound (I'm not sure how that keeps happening) at this weeks weigh in, slowly creeping closer to goal, just 7.2 pounds to go.

Thanks for looking!