Marlene's Scrappy Place

Tear it up Layout plus 1

2012-01-26T11:28:00.000-08:00

There is a challenge over at OSU to tear some paper on a layout.....here is mine, I tore up everything, ha ha. The photos are of my mom and I arriving and unloading at the scrapboo Expo.

This next one is all CTMH except the pears and flowers, and of course the title. Used the CTMH cartridge from the cricut and the bingo stamp to create the bingo card.

Challenge Layout plus one

2012-01-14T09:23:00.000-08:00

Let me start by saying if you see a word with a "_" in it, it is because my _eyboard all of a sudden has a bro_en letter so I am missing the letter cay. O_, so hopefully you have that figured out now! LOL

This first layout is for my challenge over at OSU to "Use a circle, square and rectangle" on a layout.

This one is of the gang getting ready to hunt for easter eggs. Everything on this layout came from one _it. Not sure which one...but here it is!

Good Scrap Time

2012-01-02T10:55:00.000-08:00

First I have to apologize for the bad photos of these layouts, it is very sunny outside and just can't seem to get a good picture without the glare. That being said, here are a few layouts I got finished the past couple of days.

This first one is of our Granddaughter Delilah. I love the colors of this, seems I don't get to use them enough!

This is a layout of our two "big babies". They both really love those tennis balls!!

And this last one is two of our Grandsons Noah and Tylier playing their x-box...of course!! LOL

Two to share

2011-12-01T08:51:00.000-08:00

Two layouts to share that I finished yesterday. This first one I put togerther all from stash pieces. Used on full size piece of patterned paper and the rest was all bits and pieces.

This second one I did to complete a challenge over at OSU. There was a ton of stuff that had to be included on the layout and to my surprise, it didn't turn out to crowded!!

One New Layout

2011-11-27T09:32:00.000-08:00

I guess one is better than none....right? Finally got this layout done so I thought I would share, hopefully I am getting into the scrap grove again!!

Share Time

2011-10-27T09:42:00.000-07:00

Well I got three layouts done but can only share two right now, one of them is for the telephone scraplift over at OSU and can't post it until after reveal day.

This layout is of the monumental day that DH's vette rolled over to 50,000. What a fun bunch of miles they have been!!

This is two of my Grandsons Christopher and Matthew coloring their easter eggs. Created this layout to teach at our scrap night at church. I might add that although all the pieces were given to the ladies to create their layout, none of them turned out the same, love their creativity!!

A few more...

2011-10-10T11:16:00.000-07:00

I finished up a few more layouts to share. This first one is of some of us girls from OSU at our weekend scrap retreat at Betsie's house (I must give Betsie a plug here and say she is a fantastic hostess and all around great girl!!!). We all had alot of fun and I am secretly hoping she hosts another one sometime in the future...sign me up!!)

This is my husband and my Mom riding on the Merry-Go-Round, it's always fun to be a kid again!!

Our sights at the Wild Animal Park...hate the way this layout ended up but memories of a great day, I guess thats what matters at the end of the day.

New Layouts to share

2011-09-28T09:50:00.000-07:00

Can't believe I got four layouts done and haven't posted any of them. That being said.....here they are:

This first one is of our group at the New York, New York in Las Vegas for the annual Superbowl party we go to. We had gobs of fun and are already looking forward to next years!

Me and Marcus in our seats waiting for the game to begin. Left alot of "open" space on this one but I like the final look of it. Scraplifted this from a sketch on the web but I'll be darned if I can remember which one!

This next one is of me, don't usually have too many pictures with myself in them since I am the "photographer" but had fun snapping shots in the mirror and thought I would scrap this one.

This last one is from our visit to the Heart Attack Grill in Arizona. All I can say is greasy, greasy, yum!! ha ha!!!

Two new layouts

2011-08-18T14:53:00.000-07:00

I got two more layouts done this week so I thought I would share them with you. This first one is of my husband Marcus celebrating his 49th birthday. I used my cricut for just about everything on this layout. (Got the idea from a layout in the most recent Scrapbook, etc magazine I just got in the mail)

This next one is my recap page for 2010. I put one of these type of layouts in the beginning of every year's scrapbook. They are fun to look at and I get to use those pictures that don't actually make it on a layout of their own!

Birthday Wish

2011-08-14T09:32:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Sketchy Thursdays for the sketch for this layout. This is our Grandson Tylier on his 9th Birthday.

Ladies Scrap Night

2011-08-14T09:31:00.000-07:00

Layout of all the Ladies at our scrap night at Church. We had a great time and this layout was fun trying to figure out how to get all those pictures on one page. Did a little cutting (of the flowers from the patterned paper) and some stamping. Like the final look.

Another Sketchy Thursdays Layout

2011-08-05T09:13:00.000-07:00

Saw this weeks sketch over at Sketchy Thursdays and knew these pictures would work perfectly. Didn't have the exact paper I wanted so I misted a bunch on this layout and I really like how it turned out.

Celebrating the New Year

2011-08-05T09:07:00.000-07:00

Wow, can't believe it, I am actually scrappin pictures for 2011 and it is still 2011!!!! Usually I am at least a year behind, don't know if its because I didn't take as many pictures or I am just getting more done lately. At any rate, here are two layouts of the New Years Celebration Marcus and I went to with our Son and Daughter-in-Law Ken and Denise. We had alot of fun.

CTMH Sketch Challenge Layout

2011-07-30T09:31:00.000-07:00

Used a sketch from the CTMH challenge to make this layout. Sorry for the bad picture but I have a really hard time taking pictures of two page layouts. Oh well, one more layout of Christmas (I think, ha ha) and 2010 will be all scrapped!!

Christmas Layout

2011-07-30T09:28:00.000-07:00

Woo Hoo, getting my Christmas Layouts finished up from last year then it will be on to this years pictures. I really like this layout mainly because I have very few pictures with Me, Marcus, Mom, Rick and Robin (as in this may be the only one)! I also like the little 3-d stamped images of the presents and the camera from CTMH I used!

Very Colorful

2011-07-23T13:12:00.000-07:00

A layout I just finished of our Son Andrew and his girlfriend Jackie. Since there wasn't very many colors in the photo, I decided to add them ALL to the layout, LOL!!

Sketchy Thursdays Layout

2011-07-13T10:00:00.000-07:00

Finally got some mojo from a sketch on the Sketchy Thursdays website and finished this layout of our Grandson Noah's 10th birthday!

A Few New Layouts

2011-07-06T15:56:00.000-07:00

Three new layouts I finished since moving my scraproom downstairs to my bedroom. This might have been a more productive move than I thought. All three layouts are of our Grandkids!!

Weekend Layouts

2011-05-30T10:50:00.000-07:00

Well, not a bad weekend scrappin if I do say so myself. Actually got four layouts completed (so far) but can only show you 3 of them as the last one is for a telephone scraplift and I can not post it until after it is revealed over at OSU.

These are all pictures from our visit to North Carolina last year, what a great time we had, I sure miss those kiddos!!

Mini Books

2011-05-26T10:14:00.000-07:00

Started this mini book at a Prima class when we went to the Scrapbook Expo. Finally finished it and added all the pictures.

Firgured since I made the above book for the boys that I had to do one for the girls too!! ha ha. Didin't take pictures of all the inside pages, that is just toooooo much work!!

Layouts completed at the EXPO!!

2011-05-04T13:35:00.000-07:00

Woo Hoo, I actually got 6 layouts completed (7 actual pages because one layout was a two pager!!). That was a record for completed layouts while at the Expo for me, (mom broke her record too, she got 6 done). Take a look and feel free to comment/make suggestions, etc., thanks for stopping by!!

Let Them Eat Cake

2011-04-16T13:09:00.000-07:00

Saw the sketch this week over at Sketchy Thursdays and immediately new what layout I was going to create with it. (Love when that happens!!) Pictures of our friends David and Sheri at their wedding reception. I am trying to make a wedding album for them, hopefully I will get it done before their 1st year anniversary!! ha ha

Groceries

2011-04-16T07:49:00.000-07:00

Did this layout last week to use for our scrap class at church last Sunday. The ladies did an amazing job making their layouts "their own", none of them turned out like this but they all were great. This is our daughter and grandson after a Mega Walmart trip for groceries!!

He Made the Cut

2011-04-09T12:29:00.000-07:00

I used the Skech over at Sketchy Thursdays and combined it with the challenge to use "four" over at OSU to make this layout of our Granson Mikey.

Phantom

2011-04-08T17:33:00.000-07:00

Used last weeks sketch over at Sketchy Thursdays to create this layout.

Used Another Sketch

2011-04-06T18:07:00.000-07:00

I had no idea how I was going to scrap this until I saw the sketch over at Get Your Sketch On (Sketch #14), then, BAMMMM, it all came together in a flash (kind of like how fast we spent the money I won featured on this layout!!! ha ha) Anyways, here it is...

3 Grandsons

2011-03-31T16:29:00.000-07:00

After seeing the sketch of at Get Your Sketch On (#13), I knew exactly what picture I was going to use, the rest was a little iffy but it all came together in the end and everything I used was out of my stash of old stuff!! I took this photo of three of our Grandsons while we were waiting for Mulligans to open.

Another Sketchy Thursday Layout

2011-03-26T17:56:00.000-07:00

From this week's sketch over at Sketchy Thursdays, a layout of us all gathering to eat during our weekend trip to Pala. Was quite proud of myself for remembering that I had a knife, fork and spoon somewhere in my stash from years ago and actually found it!!!

4th of July BBQ

2011-03-26T16:11:00.000-07:00

Used the sketch over at UmWowStudio.blogspot.com to create this layout. Like how it allowed for alot of pictures on a single page layout.

OSU Crop - Nina's Challenge #3

2011-03-19T14:30:00.000-07:00

Wow, done with 3 challenges now, Woo hoo!! Nina gave us a layout to scraplift and a tutorial which showed us how to make those three scrunched up flowers on the right hand side of the layout. My flowers didn't turn out very good but it was a first attempt so I'll take it!!!

OSU Crop - Wendrie's Challenge #2

2011-03-19T12:11:00.000-07:00

Wendrie's challenge to us this time was to pick one of your own layouts from a previous time and scraplift it. I picked this layout from Dec 2006:

And this is what I came up with:

OSU Crop - Wendrie's Scrap Challenge

2011-03-19T09:31:00.000-07:00

We are having an online crop over at OSU and our first challenge of the day was to pull out and use our scraps. Here are the scraps I dug out of my scrap box:

and here is the layout I created using those scraps!! For the record, I used 24 different pieces of scrap paper which I then proceeded to cut, weave, sew on, punch out and journal on!

Sparklers

2011-03-19T05:30:00.000-07:00

Let's just say it's done, really don't like how this one turned out, it was sooooo much better in my head!!! Anyway, started off by using the sketch over at sketchy thursdays and went crazy from there?!!

Wooooo!

2011-03-17T15:39:00.000-07:00

Did this layout of my husband Marcus using this weeks sketch challenge over at Get Your Sketch On.

Rock Band

2011-03-12T12:35:00.000-08:00

Did this layout of my Nephew Eric and his friends using this week's sketch over at UmWowStudio.blogspot.com. Wasn't sure how it was going to turn out in the beginning but it all seemed to come together nicely in the end. Used papers and stamps from CTMH and cut the letters using my Cricut!

GYSO #9

2011-03-05T09:57:00.000-08:00

Did this layout using the sketch challenge at Get Your Sketch On. I couldn't wait to make a layout today using my new Gypsy I got this week, love that thing!!

Scraplift Layouts

2011-03-05T06:41:00.000-08:00

These two layouts were January and February's Scraplift Challenge over at OSU. (I couldn't post them until they were posted on the board.) This first one is of two of our Grandsons while checking out the deck of the Battleship North Carolina.

I think this next one is one of my all time favorites. It just kind of works. I really love how the ducks turned out on the title (CTMH stamps which I used Copics to color, still experimenting with those!!)

Retreat Layouts

2011-03-01T14:08:00.000-08:00

Yep, do you believe it????? I got 5 layouts done in one weekend at Betsie's house this past weekend. It's a small miracle I got anything done with the chatting, gossiping, eating, snacking, snacking some more, etc. ha ha!! I think I broke my own record for layouts done at a crop! Woo hoo.

Layout for Get Your Sketch On

2011-02-19T16:39:00.000-08:00

I think it was Kylie over at OSU who told me about a website called Get Your Sketch On (GYSO). I did this layout from this weeks sketch, you may not recognize the "look" at first because my pictures were the wrong orientation so I had to turn the sketch sideways!!

Sketchy Thursdays Layout

2011-02-17T17:04:00.000-08:00

Here is a layout I just finished using the sketch over at Sketchy Thursdays, love that site!!

Last weekend

2011-02-17T15:31:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple of layouts I got finished last weekend and am just now getting around to posting on my blog!!

This first one is our our Grandson Mikey's eigth grade promotion.

This next one is of our plumeria plant we have on our front porch, unfortunately the picture was taken in July and now well......it looks like a stick in a pot with some dirt, not a flower one!!

Mini Book

2011-01-30T17:49:00.000-08:00

This is a mini book I finished up this weekend to send to my daughter and son-in-law. When I went to go visit them last year they took me all over the place and I think my favorite time was the day we spent with the Grandkids playing at Topsail beach. My daughter scrapbooks but hasn't had the time lately so I thought she would like this little momento of our trip to the beach!!

One more done this weekend!

2011-01-30T16:37:00.000-08:00

Another layout I got done this weekend of our Grandsons enjoying playing in the sand at the beach. It was a great day!!

On a Scrappy Roll

2011-01-29T14:15:00.000-08:00

Yes, it's true, I have been on a scrappy roll this morning/afternoon!! Got two more layouts done, woo hoo. This first one came together pretty easy although my fingers keep cramping up while trying to distress the edges of those strips of paper along the edges!

This next one I just love how it turned out, probably because it was fast and simple. If you click on the layout to see it in a larger size you will notice how pretty and sparkly this SEI paper is. Also, sprinkled some multi-colored micro beads on the fishing nets to give it the "sand" effect.

H2H Scrapbooking Layout Challenge

2011-01-29T08:10:00.000-08:00

I did this layout of our Nephew Curtis and his girlfriend Erica after seening the H2H Scrapbooking Layout Challenge. Everything on this page is CTMH product. Used my Cricut to cut the title letters.

Very Colorful

2011-01-27T19:33:00.000-08:00

Here is a very colorful layout of our Grandsons on the Bob the Builder ride at Chuck E. Cheeses. My friend Kylie over at OSU told us about a place called Sketchy Thursdays and I used today's sketch for this layout.

Valentines Day Project

2011-01-23T14:27:00.000-08:00

Just a look at what we will be making on our next craft night at Living Waters Christian Fellowship scheduled for February 13th at 6:00. We will also be making a card!!!

Banner

2011-01-22T15:35:00.000-08:00

Here is a banner I made to hang in my Scrappy Place. Lisa taught us how to make them in her CTMH get together last Thursday. I love how it turned out and like how it adds a touch of decoration to my room. (Told you I would get it done today Mom!! ha ha)

My Scrap Space

2011-01-21T10:10:00.000-08:00

Okay, here it is, my scrap haven!!!

This first pic is of my completed albums. I am a chronological scrapper so therefore, my albums are all in order too, you can tell by the dates of the albums that I started scrapping in 2002!!

This is my "wall of cubes" which holds all my paper, paper packets and a few drawers with misc stuff like punches, ribbon and blank mini books.

I call this my "ABC wall" because most of what is hanging up is all types of alphabets stuff, i.e. Thickers, stickers, rub on, chipboard, etc. The dresser is an antique and I love it because the top is a solid marble slab which is really thick, works great for setting eyelets!! On top of the dresser on either side are two Sticker Stadiums (think that is what they are called), one on the left holds all things chipboard and one on the right is full of..........stuff!!! ha ha

This is my workspace. Try to keep only the stuff I use all the time on it. I love that the actual work top slides in and out so when I have a page in progess I can just leave it where it sits until I am finished with it. On the wall to the right is my bling and ribbons.

And not but not least, this wall is directly behind my workspace, it is my cricut space and flower wall. The shelves also hold some of my completed mini books.

Well, thats the end of my scrappy space tour. The only thing left to say is "Have a scrappy day!!!"

5 minutes

2011-01-17T12:32:00.000-08:00

Okay, it took me longer than five minutes to create this layout but not for my two Grandsons to fall asleep!! Copied this layout from one I saw in a scrap magazine about 5 years ago!!! (Yep, been saving the cut-out layout for that long, new I wanted to copy it, just had to wait for just the right picture!!)

U.S.S. North Carolina

2011-01-16T15:03:00.000-08:00

Yea, did a two page layout!!! Wanted to fit all these pictures on one layout without cropping them down to nothing, so here it is. I think it is a little bit plain looking (i.e., there is nothing used on this layout but cardstock and patterned paper, no doo dads or pits and pieces) but it tells the story, that's the important part!!

Lucky Times

2011-01-16T12:38:00.000-08:00

Yep, that's my husband, got on a lucky streak and in a matter of two months hit quite a few jackpots. What fun we had!!!!!

Scrap Leftovers

2011-01-15T10:53:00.000-08:00

I made this layout this morning after cleaning out my scrap bag from our scrap class at church on Sunday night. I had left over bits and pieces from our "CREATE" layout we did and some pictures that were printed while trying to get the color right on my photo printer. I thought the pictures looked kind of cool with the color all messed up so I scrapped them!!!

Easter Layout

2011-01-09T14:43:00.000-08:00

Yep, got another layout done this afternoon after church. I copied this layout from one I saw in a magazine (can't remember which one because I cut it out along time ago). This is our Grandson Tylier on Easter morning. I had fun making this one and got to use my border punch. I am trying to use things I "had to have" but have somehow just added to my stash!!!

New Year, New Layouts

2011-01-08T12:13:00.000-08:00

Well, it's a new year and keeping up with one of my New Years Resolutions, posting to my blog more often, here are the first three layouts I have done this year.

This first one is a layout I did for the OSU Scraplift Challenge lifted almost exactly from my friend Tara. Her layout looked great so why change it, ha ha.

This next one is a layout of my Daughter-In-Law Denise and her friend Jaime. While walking down the Strip in Las Vegas we happened across these two dressed as characters from the movie Avatar. When we went up to them to take a picture and they informed us they charge $5 for the photo opportunity!!!

This last layout I came up with as an example for the ladies at our church scrap night. I waned to teach them a few techniques so decided to cut a bunch of flowers out of kraft cardstock and decorate the heck out of them using different methods, (painting, inking, stamping, crumpling, etc). I hope they have fun creating this page tomorrow evening!!!

A rare Mikey layout!

2010-10-09T13:43:00.000-07:00

Now that our Grandson Mikey is 14 it seems like we hardly ever see him anymore so I knew when I took this picture it would be a great opportunity for a fun layout!

Scrap Layouts (Pun Intended)

2010-10-02T13:35:00.000-07:00

Yep, here are two scrap layouts that are scrap related!! They are both using the new Commit2Paper October kits. Gotta love that!! This first one is of me and my Mom scrappin at the Del Mar Expo earlier this year.

This next one I love, it is pics of my Mom shopping at the Expo.

One More

2010-10-02T10:00:00.000-07:00

I actually got two layouts done this morning but one of them is for the scraplift over at OSU so I can only post this one. Not sure if I like it or not but I struggled with it so at least it's done!!

A Few New Layouts

2010-09-22T09:58:00.000-07:00

I got a few more layouts done this weekend but am just taking the time to post them today. This first one was easy to put together but I liked how the completed layout looks. It is of a bunch of us who went to the Super Bowl Party at the New York, New York Casino in Las Vegas this past February...what fun it was too!

This next one is our our Daughter-In-Law Denise's thirtieth birthday which we also celebrated in Vegas. I scraplifted this layout from Kylie's "You are my Home" layout!!

This last one was a BOOGER! I struggled with how to do every aspect of it. I finally ended up using multiple colors of Glimmer Mist, a bunch of bling and even some Stickles!!! Hard to create a layout that makes Chihuly's Art Glass remain amazing!

Yet another scraplift

2010-09-07T18:07:00.000-07:00

I seem to be on a scraplift roll here lately. This layout was put together compliments of my friend Val over at OSU of the layout she did of her daughter Danielle titled "You are gorgeous". Sorry I haven't learned how to link things yet so you will just have to go check out her blog to see her original. (I must say she does great layouts so they are fun to lift, thanks Val!!!) This is our Grandson Christopher showing me that he can ride his scooter "Super Fast"!

Done with 2009

2010-09-05T15:54:00.000-07:00

Thanks to my friend Kylie over at OSU I have finished my last two layouts for 2009. You may wonder why I am thanking Kylie.....well I scraplifted both of these layouts from her!! (Thanks Kylie)

This first one I lifted from her layout titled "Skating in the Park" (and I might add that I am not the only one who has scraplifted that layout!) I switched it to a Christmas themed layout but other than that it looks very, very similar.

This next one is lifted from her layout titled "Sue". The theme is totally different considering Kylie's is about a dinosaur and mine is of Santa coming but hey, loved how she used her border punches and I especially am thrilled with how cool it looks in person!

Use your stash challenge!

2010-09-01T17:54:00.000-07:00

This layout is for another challenge over at OSU. This time Kylie challenged us all to use up something in our stash we have been hoarding for awhile. I proudly can say that I used up three packages of items for this layout of our Grandson Tylier. 1) a not to ancient package of blossoms from Sassafras 2) a pretty old package of 7 Gypsies photo turns and 3)an older than dirt package of Big Die-Cut Glossy Flowers from Scrapgoods. Now if I did this challenge about 8609 more times I would have a very clean scrap room!!!!!

Another Scraplift and One Just Because!

2010-08-30T19:29:00.000-07:00

I used the new C2P kit to do both of these layouts. The first one is of the kids at the Superbowl party which I just so happened to scraplift from Valerie's "Father Daughter Day" layout. I think hers is better but my lift turned out okay anyhow and I learned how to make the cool flower she did on her layout!!

On this next one I knew exactly what layout I wanted to do as soon as I saw this months new C2P kit. I think it goes perfectly with the picture!!

Double Scraplift!

2010-08-28T11:58:00.000-07:00

I used the new C2P kit to do this layout and scraplifted from two different people over at OSU!! I got the basic layout idea from one of Valerie's layouts (sorry, can't remember the title of her layout but if you look thru her blog I am sure you will see the resemblance) and I scraplifted the circle flower idea from one of Kylie's layouts titled family! They both do such great work I decided to copy both of them!!

OSU Scraplift Challenge

2010-08-25T17:26:00.000-07:00

I posted a challenge on the borad over at OSU to go blog hopping and scraplift someone else's layout that you liked. I went over to Joyce's blog and scraplifted her "Color Therapy" layout. Even kept her theme going and scrapped about hair!!! LOL

In case you were wondering, I used the new Commit2Paper kit which just so happened to go with the color scheme of my pictures!

Tradition

2010-08-25T17:20:00.000-07:00

Yep, another layout from Christmas 2009! Only one more to go and last year will be finished....I think! LOL This layout is of our daughter Steffanie and son Nicholas exchanging gifts on Christmas Eve, something they have been doing since they were very small.

Another layout using C2P kit

2010-08-14T11:49:00.000-07:00

I got one more layout done using this month's Commit2Paper kit (that makes 5 total and still have product left)! I wanted to challenge myself and make a layout using this "marching ants" paper, it's pretty simple.

New C2P Layouts

2010-08-03T17:50:00.001-07:00

Got the new Commit 2 Paper kit and got to scrappin!! I actually got four layouts done and still have a few more ideas rolling around in my head. This first one is our Grand Daughter Zoe drawing me some pictures with chalk on her back patio. (Got my layout inspiration from a Layout Kylie did over at OSU, I loved it so I scraplifted it, wonder if she'll find out, ha ha)

This next one was fun and messy, used some paint that didn't come in the kit.

This layout of our Grand Son Matthew came together so quick I couldn't believe it. Used the leftover circles from the rings I cut out for the above layout and ta da. I almost didn't scrap this picture because he wasn't smiling but then inspiration hit!!!

This is our Grand Son Mikey trying to play dance revolution. Was pretty funny to watch.

Yep, Another Christmas Layout!

2010-07-17T10:59:00.000-07:00

Okay, I promise I only have two more layouts to go and I will be finished with layouts for Christmas of last year. Our oldest son Ken brought his family over on Christmas Eve this year to slow down the chaos on his family on Christmas day, it actually was a great idea and we all had a nice time together. I sewed like a maniac on this layout and to my disappointment, now that the layout is finished, the sewing doesn't show up as much as I would have liked it to (possibly should have used a different patterned paper) but anyhow, here it is:

Still working on Christmas

2010-07-05T10:20:00.001-07:00

Okay, I know this layout doesn't look very Christmassy, but I didn't want it to. The kids were playing in the yard and it was a sunny, warm Christmas Eve and I wanted everything to match the pictures soooooo....no Christmas Paper! I like how it turned out though.

Another Christmas Layout

2010-06-21T18:30:00.000-07:00

I love this picture of my Grandson Christopher so I didn't want to do too much with the layout that would take away from the picture.

In My Scrappy Room

2010-06-12T08:35:00.001-07:00

Yes, it's true, I am finally back in my scrappy room!!! I have one two page layout to show off and hopefully will get a few more done this morning, will have to see how it goes!

This layout is of all our family members on Christmas morning. I got the idea of using a picture frame from a friend, Ryan, over at OSU.

Two more layouts before the End of the Month!!

2010-05-31T11:57:00.000-07:00

I had my doubts about getting any more layouts done before May ended..... but alas, I finished two layouts this morning so I thought I would share them. This first one is of all of us sitting on the curb waiting for the Christmas Parade to start. This next one is of my hadsome hubby, I really like how this one turned out, not sure if it is the subject matter or the actual layout, ha ha!

Layouts Done at the Expo!

2010-05-02T14:31:00.000-07:00

Mom and I just got home from our weekend away at the Scrapbook Expo in Del Mar, CA and what fun we had. We shopped, took 4 classes, attended two all day/night crops (Fri & Sat) and Mom actually won the Friday night crop grand prize.. a new Kodak Photo Printer, how cool is that??!!!! And then, Saturday she won the layout/home decor contest with a really cool box she decorated from the Twilight Series and received the new Epic die cut machine and alphabet dies from quick cuts. We had a really great time together and are looking forward to next year!!!

I got an entire FIVE LAYOUTS done while at the crops which is pretty good for me. Here they are:

A Few Cards

2010-04-21T23:12:00.001-07:00

Thought I would show off a few cards I made for a card swap over at OSU. For someone who is just starting to get into card making, I really like how they turned out. I have gotten hooked on all the stamps and stuff from Close To My Heart and have found that I just don't use the stamps enough in my scrapbooking layouts so figured I better start making cards so I could "justify" buying all those cute stamps!!

This first card is one I came up with all on my own. Colored in the flower stamp with water color pencils and used diamond glaze to make the centers kind of "pop". I got the idea for this second card straight out of the CTMH catalogue. Stamped the flowers directly on the tag and then stamped them a second time on a seperate piece of card stock, cut them out and used pop dots for the 3-d effect.

This last card was a lift from a card that our CTMH Consultant Lisa made, I love it sooooo much that I had to make some. Pretty simple, punched from butterflies using a Martha Stewart punch, used stickles on the bodies and used a border punch along the bottom....easy peasy!!

Two More

2010-04-10T17:59:00.000-07:00

Got two more layouts done from the new C2P kit. The first one is of our GS Noah when he was almost a year old climbing up the stairs! This next one is of our son Nick, he didn't want to smile for his picture because he was too busy trying to hide his braces!

Finally a few more Layouts!!

2010-04-10T08:17:00.000-07:00

These are layouts that I actually finished last weekend, just didn't make time to download and post them. This first one I really like how it turned out, pictures are of myself, Steffanie and Brandi when we went shopping on Black Friday.

This one is using the new C2P kit. And because of a question of the day on OSU the other day, I used a CTMH stamp of a Christmas Tree, colored it in and cut it out. Like how that turned out.

Another LO using the new C2P kit. Couldn't find any recent pictures that went with the paper so I decided to start working backwords and pulled out the 2001 picture box. This is my Son and Husband in the process of rescuing a little baby bunny after our dog brought it in the house thinking she could play with him!! Awwwww..

Weekend Layouts

2010-03-15T09:01:00.001-07:00

Got a few more layouts done this weekend. I can't post one of them because it is for the Scraplift over at OSU but here are the other two I got finished.

This first one is of our Grandson Noah's 9th Birthday (MAN THEY GROW UP FAST!!).

Used the December Kit (again...this makes six layouts from one kit) from Commit2Paper to do this layout of when DH and I went to see "A Christmas Carol". Didn't take any pictures so brochure and tickets had to do.

Productive Scrap Weekend

2010-03-02T08:01:00.000-08:00

Here are a few layouts I got finished this weekend. Can't believe I got them all done and still have one more almost finished on my scrappy desk to complete!

Blue Embrace

2010-03-01T15:54:00.000-08:00

Layout I did of our oldest son Ken and his band Blue Embrace performing at the KROQ's Halos and Horns festival in Orange County. Used one of the newer lines out by Close to My Heart. I had this layout in mind ever since I ordered it!

March C2P Layouts

2010-02-23T15:42:00.001-08:00

Okay, so I got the new March kit from Amy over at Commit 2 Paper, and I have to say....IT ROCKS! Here are a few layouts I made:

This first one is of our Grandson driving his Power Wheel he got for Christmas around the church parking lot - he had a blast, can't you tell!! This layout is of our Daughter and Daughter-in-Laws. Thought it was a cool picture that went well with the paper. Here is one of all the boys...from left to right, Andrew (son), Chris (son), Ken (son), Marcus (husband), and Nick (son). And yes, my husbnd is the shortest of the bunch!!! This last one is of our Grandson Mikey. Our Daughter-in-Law Denise painted him up to look like a zombie. Pretty Good Job I would say!

Artsy Fartsy Layout

2010-02-21T09:34:00.000-08:00

I am calling this my Artsy Fartsy Layout because I tried a few different techniques on it, gave me kind of an Artsy feeling!! I started with a plain grey piece of cardstock, squirted some Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist (three different colors), used my new CTMH stamp set to stamp blue guitars and black stars, drew a black line around the pics, sewed some xxxx's on the top and bottom and covered my chipboard title, skull and wings with black ink then a squirt of Glimmer Mist for sparkle. All in all, not really my style (too messy!!) but I like the end results. BTW, these are pictures of all of us who went to go hear our Son's band, we rented a party bus and cruised down to the Orange County Fairgrounds!!

New Scraproom and Layout

2010-02-18T10:30:00.000-08:00

I finally got my scraproom back and before I moved everything back in, I had it painted so now it is all fresh and new. It took me two days to get everything in and organized but I am loving it!!

And since my scrap space is back, so is my mojo!!!!!

One More

2010-01-28T16:32:00.000-08:00

I got one more layout completed from the February Commit2Paper kit. I really like how this one turned out, a little different for me but I like it.

New Kit Inspiration

2010-01-26T09:27:00.000-08:00

I love getting the monthly kits from www.commit2paper.com, as soon as they arrive I get motivated to go thru my pictures and see what will go with the new kit and start scrappin! Here is what I have done so far:

New Layout of Mom

2010-01-23T10:30:00.000-08:00

This is a layout of my Mom at her 65th Birthday Party. I really love how this layout turned out and I can't take any credit for it, LOL...I scraplifted the entire design from one of Amy's layouts she posted over at www.commit2paper.com.

Color Challenge

2010-01-23T10:26:00.000-08:00

My friend Tara over at OSU posted a Color Challenge for January and I used her color scheme to complete the last of my layouts from our visit to Sea World.

A Few New Layouts.....Finally!

2010-01-13T10:05:00.000-08:00

Finally sat down and got some scrappin in this past weekend. Started working on the stack of photos I took when we went to Sea World. Here are the ones I have finished so far (still have about 3 or 4 more I want to do!):

New Layouts

2009-12-23T06:27:00.000-08:00

Guess What???? You guessed it, I received the new January Kit from Amy over at WWW.Commit2Paper.com and again......It's perfect!!! When I first looked at the kit I thought I would have trouble coming up with some pictures and ideas but once I got it all spread out and started working with it, it all came together pretty easy. Amy does a really fantastic job putting these kits together and you sure get alot for your money. I made these four layouts and still have plenty left!!
This first layout is of "Larry the Cable Guy". Marcus and I went to go see him at Harrahs Casino, he was really funny! This next one is two of the cutest kids ever...two of my Grandsons (Christopher and Matthew)!! I took them to buy new tennis shoes and had to take pictures, of course.

This one is of my brother Rick. He recently moved into a house on the beach and now can just walk out his back door and go surfing anytime he gets the urge. I think this one turned out the best, I just like the flow of it.

This last one is our Daughter Steffanie. We all went to the House of Blues to hear our son Ken's band (Blue Embrace) play. Let's just say that last drink was the straw that broke the camel's back!! LOL

So Excited!

2009-11-24T08:26:00.000-08:00

Okay, awhile back Amy over at www.Commit2Paper.com put out a notice that she was looking for a few more people for her Inspiration Squad. Well, after much hem hawing around and a few nudges from Joyce, I decided to give it a go and I am very happy and excited to say I am now officially a Commit2Paper Inspiration Squad Member....Woo Hoo!! With that, I received the December C2P kit (which I must say exceeded my expectations by far) and have started working on a few layouts. The Paper is from the SEI Winter Song collection and is beautiful but....with living in Southern California, I have no snow or "winterey" pictures so I had to think in a few different directions. Here is what I have come up with so far:

Look what I got done!!

2009-11-09T14:56:00.000-08:00

I got our Alaska Cruise pages all finished. Did four double page spreads! Actually it was pretty easy, got the layout I wanted perfected on the first spread, changed colors/patterned paper and repeated the design for each of the other three. I used all CTMH products!!

Picture from Granddaughter

2009-11-07T13:58:00.000-08:00

Did this layout of a picture I got in the mail from my Granddaughter Zoe. She drew it and cut it out all by herself. Don't know if you can see it, but I just love how the envelope is addressed... "Grandma with Snickers". She calls me that because of our German Shephard Snickers to distinguish me from her other Grandma!

A Few More Layouts.

2009-11-07T12:07:00.000-08:00

Okay, the LOAD challenge is over and I didn't quite make 31 but still got done more than I ever dreamed of!! No LOAD challenge this month but thought I would share a few layouts I got done this morning.

This first one is of my Mom's new hair do. This is the first time in my life I have ever seen my Mom with short hair - she has never cut it before now! I think she looks fabulous!!

This next one is of our youngest son and a few of hes friends. They all cooked for everyone for our 4th of July get together. Not only did they cook all the food, they even cleaned up!!

LOAD #23

2009-10-25T21:01:00.000-07:00

Getting closer to being caught up!! This is a layout of our Daughter and her two sons. Got the layout from pagemaps and pretty much copied it exactly.

LOAD #22

2009-10-25T19:37:00.000-07:00

This is a layout of our oldest Son's 30th Birthday Party. Kind of plain but couldn't think of anything else that would make it look "finished" so here it is.

LOAD #21

2009-10-25T16:41:00.000-07:00

Okay, so I'm a little behind but I am confident I still have time to catch up. I like this layout of our daughter and her new beau because I used nothing but stash!! I scrounged thru my stack of leftover PP, dug thru my "bin full of misc. stuff" and used scraps of ribbons and brads to finish.

LOAD #20

2009-10-21T19:14:00.000-07:00

Layout of husband and a few of the kids, grandkids on Father's Day. I really like the vintage look to it eventhough it was taken this year.

LOAD #19

2009-10-21T19:13:00.001-07:00

This layout is of our youngest Grandson Matthew on this first birthday, It came together pretty quick!

LOAD #18

2009-10-18T16:53:00.000-07:00

This layout is very, very busy and for some odd reason, I like it. (Probably because the pictures are of some of our Grandchildren!!)

LOAD #17

2009-10-18T11:57:00.000-07:00

Yep, I hate to admit it, but this is our favorite way to eat ice cream....one container, one spoon, the two of us!! (And just in case your wondering, no, we don't offer our shared custody of the ice cream container to guests, LOL)