August Uploads

I have had a few private E-mails asking me why it is taking me so long to upload my scrappy blog. There are two reasons. The first, I have started homeschooling and my time is limited. The second, I am having to use a different camera and it takes a lot of time to get the pictures from the first computer (my laptop can not download from the disk) to this computer then to the blog. So, one of two things is going to happen. I am either going to have to upload about once a month or not at all. I am sure it will go in spurts, but at the present time my time is really limited. Regardless, here are the uploads for the month of August!

I used the back side of one of the Christmas Prima Paintable pages that I would never ever use and created this page with watercolor crayons to kind of mimic the colors my son used in his painting. I then used this medium by a company called Golden and painted over that. I added some glitter on the edges, painted the stars, and Glimmer misted the packaging to chipboard stars I had saved. To do the title I just used this really cool spray called "Smooches". I flipped over the transparency letters and sprayed them.

This LO I used Paper Trunk pp on. I have had this pp in my stash for about three years and finally broke it out. I really love it! I made the lollipop flower out of a pair of old jeans. I then cut apart the jeans and added a small strip along the bottom of the first word in the title. The title I stamped with Poster Alpha stamps from CTMH, cut them out, and added pop dots to every other letter.

All I can say is this LO is done! I have a hard time with Birthday Layouts -- as you can see!

This LO was originally suppose to be three separate pages. However, my book is getting really full so I decided to make it into one. I made it at the end of summer and just did a summary of what we did all summer long. Homemade pizza, parks, and the movies.

This is mostly CTMH supply. I made the flower at the bottom by using a circle punch and then folding each circle and lining them up to make the flower.

I used the backside of some very ugly pp I got in a C2P kit. Gag! This stuff was hard enough to use the first time around. However, once I flipped it over and used the backside it was perfect for this! Once again I made the flower with those old jeans. We were in Texas and found the only NFL shop that was really a Dallas Cowboy shop. So, we just had to take the picture. The LO is a total joke :-P

I actually am not very happy with this LO, but it is done.

My Mom has amazing flowers around her home and this was my very favorite! I just used my circles cutter to cut the rings and flowers from my stash.

More flowers from my Mom's garden.

This is so my style! I think this is one of the most beautiful LOs I have ever done. Most all of it is by Prima, however I did make the flowers using my Cricut and the heart setting on it.

Here is a close up of the flowers. First I cut out 18 hearts in three different sizes, inked the edges, put a hole in the bottom of each of them, layered them then crumpled them up, pulled apart the crumpled up hearts, and sprayed with smooches (I think I like "Smooches" better than GM because it is so vibrant!). I then added blingy centers by Prima and now I have beautiful flowers!

I made the swirl with a template and small bling pieces.

Finally, the last one! I used another product by Smooches. It comes in like a nail polish bottle and can be used on transparency. This is a Prima transparency that I flipped over, painted and then flipped back over. Why flip? Because if a little paint gets on the black line it does not show on the other side! I then adhered it to bling CS, made the swirl and added some flowers.

All of these were created from my stash. I must admit that I have an unusually large stash and said I could scrap out of it for the next ten years. However, it has been about a year since I have been using it and I must confess, I would love to get some new things. My PP is not nearly as abundant as it was. I am glad that I have been digging in my stash to create and I must say that my creativity has really been challenged. I think I have grown as an artist because of it! Thanks for looking!

Treasured Memories Retreat in Indy!

As some of you may know, I went to Indiana over the weekend for a scrapbooking retreat. During my stay I was able to complete 31 Layouts! Of course I uploaded all of them for you to see! :-) Thanks for looking :-D

Starting A New Album

First, I must apologize for my crappy uploads recently. As you may know, my nice little point and shot died on me and I am using the big professional grade camera that we have. Well, not recently...recently I have been using my camera on my Droid Incredible. Can we say the photos of the LOs are less than incredible? Ummmm....yes we can! The color on these are horrible and I am sorry. The camera on the phone itself is actually not half bad, but for LOs it get two thumbs down!
I ran across over 2000 photos last night from my birth on. I started scrapping when I got married and decided at the time not to even try to attempt to scrap anything from before 1998. Well, I had a recent health scare that we are still trying to work through and I have decided that it may be best if I do scrap my history and those photos. Do I think I am gonna get them all scrapped? Not a chance! But, I can at least start to get some of them done. Some is better than nothing right?
This album is different than any other album I have done in that I am not scrapping in any particular order or making order in my book. One page may be from 1991 and the next from 1975. This helps take the pressure off of me and allow me to concentrate on getting my historical moments on paper. I am not wasting a ton of time organizing and trying to remember what year this or that was taken. All that does is frustrates me and I just don't get it done.
Here are the first two pages I did for the album (I also know that right now it is "the" album, but it could turn into "the" shelf. I got 23 years to scrap!)

This is a LO I did of my Grandpa Love (yes, his last name really was LOVE!). I discuss where he originally was from, where he met my Grandma, and the NJROTC dance I took him to (he fought in WW II).


This is my favorite picture of my Dad and I ever. It is not the best picture, but the memory behind it always leaves me warm and fuzzy. In the picture, in that moment, right when the camera snapped I knew beyond a shadow of doubt that my Dad loved me and was very pleased with me for something I gave him for Christmas. Oh, and of course I remember the gift! :-)

Both of these men have since passed on to be with the Lord. I did not mention that on my pages because I have already done a memory album for my Dad. If it comes out in this album that is fine, but my point of this album is not to focus on the death and all the feelings I have for them surrounding that, but rather on their life. The events that shaped my childhood and the family I come from. Of course, their death will most likely be mentioned in the album, but that is not the main focus.
Thanks for looking and I will try to get better with taking photos of my LOs!

Favorite Time of The Day

I was looking at a friend of mine's LOs and was inspired. I love her style! I noticed that she usually only used one or two embellishments and a few different sheets of PP. So, I came up with a challenge for myself! The challenge was:
5 PP
1 Journal Block
1 set of Alpha
1 Embellishment
The LO is about my fav. time of day in which I get to sneak in a few minutes after my shower to read. Yes, this is my with no make up on and my hair all pulled back. I don't like the picture, but could not convey the message without me just as God made me.

5 things I Did This Weekend

This is probably going to be a horrible upload! I used my phone's camera to take the picure and I did not take them in the right direction. I also took them on my craft table because it was the best lighting (which is really bad!) I just want to get them in my album and was in a hurry. Sorry! :-(