The Cat's Away....

...so granny played!
Hubby's out of town for a silly work convention, so I have been scrappin'!
I had a bunch of magazine calls I wanted to try for while I was on vacation, but due to technical difficulties I wasn't able to.
This last one was due on the first (Holiday page call), so I thought I'd try to squeeze it in.
I'm sure I won't get picked up, I just have to try these things sometimes! LOL!
...so I'll go ahead and post it anyway - I love this photo of Arilie in her new pj's and the Barbie we gave her for Christmas.
She deserved her own page for this one!




I did this one on my vacation. I found the cutest MM album that is this unusual size (the pages are 6x9) and I thought it would be fun to play around with. I think I'll use this one to display some of my favorite photos.

Drumroll please......

...I actually scrapped this week!!!
Not anything new, I started this project ages ago. Just finished up a few pages from the mini album I'm making about my son and his crazy antics. I probably should have waited until I have the whole album done, but who knows how long that might be! LOL!

Changing Gears...

Life is about to get really crazy again - at least for a while.
One job is ending, and another beginning, and I will probably be working both for a while.
I think it's time to stop messing around with contests etc. and just get back to the basics for now. (In the scrapping department.)
There are a lot of things I need to be doing, instead of playing around so much.
I was on a roll with my Book of Me, until my "home base" web site stopped having those challenges. I really want to get back to this, it's something that I just feel the need to get done.
I've had this layout roaming around in my head for quite a while now - it will be a first in a series about a very challenging time in my life.
My family all went to a ball game, and left me home alone tonight, so I finally got it done.



My BOM is an 8x8 album. I really love working in this size!

Spring Fling Round 4 - Recycle

I can't believe it I've made it through to round 4! The challenge this time was to "recycle" something that you wouldn't normally use on a layout, use 2 photos the same size, and use stamps.
This challenge for some reason, screamed Kristina Contes to me (former DT at KMA), so I looked up her gallery on 2peas, and found lots of inspiration there.
This is what I came up with. I hardly ever scrap my boys - and this seemed like a perfect challenge to do that & give my poor grandkids a rest! LOL!



I used Wild Asparagus paper, Making Memories foam stamps, cardboard from an Avon box, and the pop-top from the Coke I had for lunch!
Fun Challenge!

This Week's DH Sketch

I got an emergency call to do this sketch for this week. I just used some things I had on hand - Arctic Frog 6x6 papers, Heidi Swapp bling frames, and quickutz flowers.





I wasn't going to do this one because I had so much going, but I found a spare minute and threw one together... the thing that's nice about these sketches, is that they are simple and can be done pretty quickly - anyway, here's this week's work.

Whew!

It's been a busy week - pretty sad when 1 card and 1 layout a week is overwhelming (blush blush) But I've had a lot of other stuff on my mind (things at work aren't good) and kids in & out all week, so I refuse to feel bad about that!

It's taken me all week to come up with a plan for this week's Sprin Fling challenge on MFS - so many requirements, it took me a while to figure out how to put them all together, but here's what I came up with:




We were to use elements from 3 different sample layouts, as well as at least 4 different patterned papers, and "bling!"
Too many instructions confuse me a bit! Ha ha! But it's been fun trying to work outside my usual box.

This is the card I made for Di Hickman's sketch blog this week - it looked so much better in my head than it does in real life, but oh well!....it's done!

Some Moments....

...happen completely by accident. Saturday while we were in Grandma T's back yard for our Easter celebration, the kids came over after playing ball. One laid down on the grass, then the next one lay down on the first one, and so on until they were all stretched out in this "lanyard" pattern. I told them to "hold it right there!" and I went and grabbed Arilie and put her on top, completing the pattern - then grabbed this shot!
I love it! I wish my other son had been there - I would so use this for my Christmas card this year!
I'm so proud of all my kids! (and, of course the gran's) They are pretty awesome!
*MFS Blog Challenge*