Exciting news!

INTRODUCING...



You all know how I love my recipe albums and I think you all should too! Not mine, but yours! :-D I truly believe the albums that I'm making for my children are heirlooms that they will treasure, and I know this because they already love them!

The Designer contest will begin November 5th, but in the meantime, come join us on Kitchen Keepsake to find out how to win this beautiful, hardcover cookbook by Art Smith.



Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous weekend! :-)

Me again!

Sick of me yet? LOL

Okay, lets see, I've joined a couple of new forums, so hopefully, I won't get these mixed up.

Birds of a Feather Kit Co. is having a grand opening crop called the Great Migration. Funny, right? The girls are super nice and a lot of fun! I've done two layouts for the challenges there.

The first one had to be about ME. Kristie took this photo (and many other worse ones!) at the retreat we were at in August. As bad as it is, it makes me laugh every time I see it. :-D I doubled up challenges and also did this for Diana's challenge on Challenge Masters.



This next layout had to include a specific quote about autumn. Can I tell you how much of a mess I made with gesso and the sanding block? :-O I was totally inspired by Chris's layout at Scrapgal, it's almost an exact lift, only hers looks way better. But she doesn't have a cute baby on hers. :-D



Wishing all my friends a very scrappy weekend, thanks for visiting! :-)

Faux stitching and scraplifting

So, apparently, somewhere in taking care of everyone else these last couple of months, I seem to have misplaced my mojo. Thank goodness for all the many talented scrappers out there to provide much needed inspiration. :-) And maybe one of these days, I'll actually learn how to change the thread in Caitlyns sewing machine. When I need black stitching, I'm reduced to poking holes and connecting the dots. LOL

Remember the photo of Ayden in the pea costume? Yep, scrapped, using a sketch on A Million Memories.



The journaling reads: "Ayden, I want you to know that your OTHER grandmother is the one who did this to you, although I'm not above scrapping it. You look disgusted with the get up now, I can only imagine how you'll feel in 12 years from now!" LOL

Here's another layout I did today, totally lifting Julie Bonner's layout for A Million Memories.



And last but not least, Jen issued a Use Your Stash challenge on Paper Whores, so I dug out some birthday stamps for Peyton's birthday layout. This was a funny layout also. Peyton decided she wanted all 14 candles on her cake and it took her a good while to light them all. Once lit, we all sang happy birthday, and Kennedy promptly blew out all the candles! LOL Peyton then proceeded to relight all 14 candles.



Thanks for stopping by and be sure to stop by again soon! I have some very exciting news to share! :-D

Layouts to share

Thank you to all my friends who followed my countdown on Facebook and cheered with me when we actually launched son and his family out of our house. Father in law has also departed with his oldest daughter. He's now living in Missouri and has hospice care. His prognosis is not good... two months since he's opted for no chemo. He's at peace with his decision and has no regrets in his 86 years. I guess you can't ask for more than that.

Just a quick share before I load my layouts. Even "I" am embarrassed for this poor kid in about 10 years. Doesn't he look disgusted? LOL



I've managed to fit some scrappy time in the last couple of weeks. I've discovered a new site which I'm totally digging called Let's Scrap. Sketches and tons of inspiration! This first one was also for the Go Green challenge on Ch{all}enge Masters.







And this one is for a sketch challenge on Cookbookin'. Not recipe related, so I'm not in the running for this months awesome prize, but go check it out!



Thanks for stopping by and hopefully I'll be able to update more than once every couple of weeks and also stop by and visit all of you!

Happy October!

Is it just me, or are these months just zipping by? I'm diggin' the cooler temps and bright blue skies that autumn brings though. :-)

This months calendar page is one that I completed at the retreat that I went to at the end of August. Simple, using a DCWV stack and a little fussy cutting, but so it goes when you don't have all your tools available for use. LOL And by now, my calendar has writing on almost all the little squares. Busy month, as most of them are nowadays!

I wanted to share a sneaky peek of my December calendar that I just finished. What possessed me to hand stitch all the numbers on the calendar, I can't tell you. :-O



Although I'm really happy with how it turned out, I can't say I'll be doing that again any time soon! LOL

I will be back soon with a new challenge layout for Ch{all}enge Masters. Hoping all of you have a very scrappy week!