If You're My Mom, Don't Look!!!

Tomorrow is Mother's Day & I love the fact that my Mom asks for scrapbook pages for every holiday! So, for Mother's Day this year I decided to start a new album for her. Her new album is all about the camping trips they take with their three grand kids! Luckily I invite myself on these trips so I have many pictures to chose from (except the Trillium Lake trip pictures seem to be MIA! We will be adding more pages to her album this summer as we add more memories to our family adventures! I can't wait!








I think she is going to love her Mother's Day gift!

My Pumpkin Patch Album

While Spencer was sick this week I completed this great little 6x6 album. Then Friday when he was feeling better we headed out to the pumpkin patch for some pictures (oh ya, and to get a pumpkin). Here's how it turned out!

Wonderful!

I just wanted to share this layout I did today of my beautiful girl! This smile would warm the heart of the toughest dude & since she's thirteen, we don't see it nearly as much as we would like;) She is a total teenager with the emotional roller coaster rides, but she is truely a wonderful person & the world is a better place because she is in it! Luv ya Lexi-Lou-Who!

Some New Layouts

So, with a sick kid at home I have had a chance to get some much needed scrapping done! Here are a few of my end results! Yes, they are with paper, not digital! Although the pictures have spent a little time on my Photoshop work space. It's fun to play with pictures then scrap them. It's kinda like the best of both worlds (digi & paper).

May 7th

My wonderful family on Easter Sunday 2009.

May 3rd

Another picture from the beach. This one is my girl & G. The smaller picture on the bottom is one of them when she was little (the way he would like her to stay)!

May 2nd

I love this picture of my guys at the beach cabin sitting in G's favorite chair!

May 1st

Here is the first page on my crazy journey of A Page A Day In The Month Of May! I created this page with a picture my Aunt took of my Mom on her birthday a few months ago. I converted this picture to black and white to make it more subtle.

Tomorrow Is May

I'm ready for A Page A Day In The Month Of May (well, as ready as I'm going to be). I have numerous pictures printed, new paper stacked on my desk, and enough adhesive to last at least the first two weeks. I am going to try my best to post my layouts every day but to be perfectly honest, life sometimes gets complicated. So I appologize in advance if I have to post two in one day because I fell asleep before I could post that day's layout! Check back often & join me on my crazy adventure of creating one scrapbook page every day in the month of May!

A Page A Day In The Month Of May!

When I thought of this idea I guess I really didn't think about the fact that the first day of May is this week. So, this is going to take some quick thinking and even quicker organization but YES I am doing a page a day & I will post each page here to prove it!
Anybody want to join me? Leave me a comment if you are interested. There might even be some prizes involved!

Cardstock Only Challenge

http://www.shoestringscrappin.com/ has a new challenge posted. I have asked to have scrappers create a layout using only cardstock. Here are some examples of my cardstock only pages. These layouts were all created using cardstock and stamps. Pretty fun, easy & on a Shoestring budget!

Some layouts to share

So, I realized the other day that I created this blog to share my scrapbooking and paper crafting projects and I haven't done that in a while. I have been so busy working on projects for Shoestring that I haven't had much time for other things. I wanted to share with you a few of my latest layouts.These are pix from a few years ago of my kids and my cousin's kids at the beach. They are all so happy at the beach house!
One of our favorite places to hike around here is Multnomah Falls. These pix were taken last September when my Dad came with me & the kids. I can't believe it was a year ago already, time really does fly! We hiked to the top and had lunch up there. What a great day!

Ok, I guess I'm stuck in old pix mode because this one was taken in 2001. But the photo was just so completely adorable I had to scrap it. Holy cow, that was the year Spencer was born (by the way his Birthday is tomorrow & he gets to go fishing with Daddy. But, shhh don't tell him, it's a surprise)!

Oh and I did make a card yesterday for my wonderful neighbor Shannon, it was her birthday. I didn't take a picture of it but she put it on her blog. Go check it out, it is kinda cute (if I do say so myself).

Today is the last park day of the summer & the kids are sad. I'm actually sad to but with the end of summer comes the beginning of FOOTBALL SEASON! Go Ducks!

And probably the most exciting news of the week, I got a job! Wow, I haven't worked (a real job that pays money instead of hugs and kisses) in almost 7 years. I will be working at Spencer's school & I am so excited.

Slide Show

It's Monday again.

Mondays are my least favorite. G is back at work & the kids are bored again. I spent a bunch of time scrapping this weekend while G worked in the yard. The kids were at Grandma & Grandpa's so I had quiet time in my room. Usually one of the kiddos is in my room on the computer while I try to scrap & if that kiddo is Spencer he talks constantly while he's on the computer (who am I kidding, he talks constantly what ever he is doing). But I got two pages done & submitted for contests. Here they are.

The journaling on the layout of Spencer was done on http://www.wordle.net/. It is a really cool, and easy site I found and started to play with. You should check it out.

Thursdays @ My House

Before school let out for the summer I got together with some other Moms & decided that we would meet at a park every Thursday.

This serves two purposes. 1. The kids get to play together & get some of their wiggles & giggles out. 2. The Moms get to have conversations with other adults. That's my favorite part since being a stay at home Mom sometimes makes me feel cut off from the real world. So every Thursday the kids wake up excited because it's Park Day! Since we started doing this, I have started looking forward to Thursday almost as much as Friday! Here are a couple pictures from yesterday's adventures.

The park took up most of the afternoon but I did get a chance to send in my application to a new sketch challenge web site that is looking for a design team. Keep your fingers crossed for me! I should find out mid-month.

I also sent in two new layouts & a card to be considered for publication.

Well I'm off to play with the dogs for a while. They get a bit anxious when I spend too much time on the computer and not enough time playing fetch!

The Reason For My Blog

So, in reality the real reason I decided to start a blog is to have a place to share my scrapbook & paper crafting projects. So I guess I better get started. Here are some of my latest & greatest projects, and some old ones I really want to share.


I made this layout about a year ago using a picture I took of the kids & Isabella back in 2006. I love this picture and have actually scrapped it more than once.

I love the genuine smile Spencer has in this picture. So many times he gives me a fake smile when I take pictures of him. But this one really captures the real Spencer. I think Lexi may have been helping me out by tickling him (thanks Sis).

For Mother's Day this year I decided I was going to hike to the top of Multnomah Falls, no matter who wanted to go with me. I was even willing to go by myself if I had to. But I was lucky, all four of us went together and had a great time.

More beach pictures from 2006. Man, I take a lot of beach pictures (if you haven't noticed, you will don't worry). I LOVE the beach!

Spencer played Rookie Ball this year. He had enough of t-ball last year & wanted to play where one team wins and one team loses. I think I have a little competitor on my hands!

Well, I'm off to create some more stuff to share. Thanks for checking in!