got bread?

Today I went out to buy our bread for the week and I looked at just how much we go through in a week. That is what this layout is all about. Yes this was all purchased today, as well as the bag of hamburger buns that you can barely see along the top right edge.

Credits:
Sunny Side Up by Chelle's Creations
2.15.11 Tuesday Template by Scrapmuss

Some recent works

I'm back with some of my recent layouts and hybrid projects to share today. I'll start off with my Valentines card for the other half. This one got Project of the Week at SM!

Credits:
Forget-Me-Not by Andilynn Designs
Pieces of My Heart by Erica Zane {collab with Denise Beatty Originals}

This is one that I did for last week's Travel Scraps challenge (also at SM).

Credits:
Great Escape by WM[squared] Designs
Great Escape: States & Countries by WM[squared] Designs
Be Inspired - Kendall - Templates by WM[squared] Designs
Just The Basics: Rainbow Alpha by WM[squared] Designs
Simply Dated - V.4 by WM[squared] Designs
The Pointed Truth by Stolen Moments
"By Definition - Travel" wordart by YB Designs

Here is one for today's tuesday template challenge. There were more photo slots than I had photo's for so I used a couple of the extra blocks for part of the title. Another option could be to use papers or elements there.

Credits:
Boys in My Backyard by Stolen Moments and Stacy's Backdoor Designs
Tuesday Template 2/22/11 by Happy Scrap Girl

And this is probably my favorite hybrid card I have done in a while. As soon as I saw the kit I just knew what I wanted to do with it. You can't really tell here, but the box with the bird in it has very soft pink "inking" to it.

Credits:
My Life & Story : An Autobiography Kit by Jady Day Studio
Ink Happy Edges by HSG
2.10.11 IITC template by SylviaB
envelope made with Cover It Up: Square by Krisi's Kreations

a very quick SM CT Call

Just dropping in quick to announce a very quick CT call at SM. It's only one day long so if you are interested get those applications in ASAP! By Saturday it is over!

Rules of the House

Just last week I made a new sign for our house. It is one that was in my house when I was a child growing up. I wonder if it will be minded any more than it was when I was a kid?

Credits:
Countryside Harmony by Scrapmuss Designs

gingerbread houses

A quick drive by post to share a layout I did yesterday after helping out at the youngest's school. Here it is side by side.

And here are the individual pages in a little larger view for you. I have noted Colin's gingerbread house on the one that was his. The others are some of the ones the other kids did. I wanted to make sure to only use their houses instead of their personal photo's for privacy reasons.

Credits:
Storyteller 2-Page Template 1 by Jady Day Studio
Terri - Handwriting Font by Krisi's Kreations
Gingerbread Kisses by Amy Stoffel
Just The Basics: Vellum Alpha by WM[squared] Designs

Couple more layouts

to share from the last week or two. I think the first one will kind of speak for itself as far as what my crafty goals are anyways.

The journaling reads...

I very much feel that goals that are written out are far more likely to be achieved, so here it is... in writing.

One of my primary goals for 2011 is twofold. I want to start to really take more pictures (as well as better ones!) and to focus more on my scrapping than hybrid projects. Don’t get me wrong here, I will still be doing hybrid, but I really plan to learn to be a better scrapper. I find myself intimidated and really there is no reason for that. There is not anything out there that I can’t learn to do if I want to bad enough. Plus I do feel that it is more so the story that matters than the presentation... not that I don’t want it to look good as well!

Credits:
Denim Days from Creations by Rachael
Basic Stamped Alpha by WM[squared] Designs
Drop Shadows: Styles by Haynay Designs
font - Windsong

And this one was for yesterdays RTS (Roadmap to Scrap) challenge.

Credits:
Better Days Ahead - Collab by Jady Day Studios w/ Stolen Moments
Fabulously Negative - Templates V.2 by WM[squared] Designs
Basic Stamped Alpha by WM[squared] Designs

I'm back!

My computer is all better again so I am back! I have a couple of layouts to share that I have done in the last month or so. I'll start off with the one I promised weeks ago when I was having all of the computer problems.

Credits:

Just Journalin' vol 1 {template pack} by Trixie Scraps Designs
Courage, Hope & Strength {Charity Fundraising Kit} also by Trixie Scraps

Next is this funny (or sad, depending on how you look at it) one about my boys.

Credits:
Potty Practice- Boy by Wimpy Chompers
Line It Up: Templates v. 1 by Krisi's Kreations
Stitch Me Up by Chelle's Creations
(carry my heart): The Alpha by Graham Like the Cracker

Then one with an old picture of me. Most of the time I can still be found with a book in hand, although I am not quite as flexible as I once was.

Credits:
Serenity by Happy Scrap Girl
Ink Happy Edges by Happy Scrap Girl
(October 29th Roadmap to Scrap directions)

and last but not least this one about one of my wants.

Credits:

Capture a Memory by Stolen Moments
11.2.10 Tuesday Template by Snaggle7575

All of the kits used in the layouts above are available at ScrapMatters.

ScrapMatters DSD Blog Train

Welcome to my stop on the ScrapMatters DSD Blog Train! You should be arriving here from Tanya's blog. This is a very big train, so in case one of the "cars" takes off a little late and you get lost all you have to do is refer back to the SM Blog for the master list.

In going with the theme of the blog train, and the wonderful new Many Thanks collaboration kir from the wonderful SM design team I want to share what I am most thankful for on this particular week. The last couple weeks have been very tense in my house as we were quite worried about me. Two weeks ago today I found a lump in my breast. Fortunately I was able to get in to the Doctor's relatively fast, as well as get an ultrasound done of the lump rather quickly. I am very glad to be able to announce that the lump is not cancerous. I am so very grateful for that as well as all of the new technology that is available now to make it relatively fast and painless to diagnose. (If you are interested you may watch for a layout or two about this next week)


Now, on to the freebie. Today I have made a quick and easy Thank You card for you. All you have to do is print and fold and you are done. You may also easily fit 2 onto a single sheet of paper to print off a spare to have on hand!

And you may get your freebie (sorry, link has been disabled)! Don't forget that all of these will only be available for one week! Now I hope you are ready to climb back aboard and hit Kim's blog. And don't forget to check back at the SM Blog should you get derailed!

DSD weekend is here!

And there are tons of goodies to be had and activities going on over at ScrapMatters this weekend! The designers have gone all out and have some gorgeous new releases and grab bags in the store this week. This is in addition to all the normal goodies. And here is the Master Schedule for the DSD activities at SM this weekend!

I will share just a few of the cards that I have made this week with the new releases. All 4 of these cards use parts from Krisi's 2010 DSD Hybrid grab bag. The first two also use Amber's (Stolen Moments) DSD Grab bag.

This lovely card was made with Jennifer Labre's gorgeous new kit With You, as well as a part of Krisi's grab bag mentioned above.

And this final card is made with Rachaels (not new) kit Ouchies, along with 2 of the items in Krisi's previously mentioned grab bag.

Well, I think that is all for today but be sure to check back in tomorrow for the blog train. There are tons of gorgeous goodies on it that you won't want to miss. And it will only be available for 1 week!

Bad blogger & Published!

Hi everyone! I have been a bad bad blogger again. But to my defense Blogger and I have been having some issues. I have been pretty busy, but a lot of what I have been doing I can't show here yet. I also am finally able to announce this, I am being published in the 2011 Memory Logbook! I actually have 3 layouts being published in it! I should have some more info about it soon.


I hope to come back with pics of the layouts I can share on Monday. I am having a few technical difficulties with it right now. (I am on the hubby's computer right now)