Difficult layout

OK... to say the least, this was the most difficult layout I have ever scrapped. It also was very healing. I recently suffered a miscarriage at 5 weeks. I am blessed with two beautiful boys and this would have been our third. I had no problems getting pregnant with all three and had very healthy pregnancies with the boys. Guess I always thought something like this could never happen to me. Now I know it happens to anyone.
Thank you to everyone who has given my husband and I so much support (Kissy... I don't know what I'd do without you!!)... the cards, flowers, and prayers mean the world to us. With God's help, everyday gets a little easier... even though we know we will never forget you little one.

Halloweens past...

Are you a big Halloween fan? My husband and I have always loved Halloween. We used to go all out on creating outlandish costumes! Our all-time favorite costume was what we called "double date." (Mind you this costume was B.C.... before children!). I found a suit at good will and our secretary at school donated an old bridesmaid dress she had and we split each down the middle. My Mom helped sew the two together. We bought a blonde wig and top hat which we cut apart and glued together... bought shoes both of us could fit into (I have big feet which helped!) and went all out. I used two different shades of foundation to create a more distinct line down the middle of our faces. My hubby even let me paint his toes on one foot, he shaved half of his chest hairs and let me put mascara on him!! It was a riot! We entered a few big Halloween contests and won numerous prizes. The best one was against about 200 people... we won fourth place and a year's worth of movie tickets, popcorn, pop, and dinner gift certificates. The third place was a trip! Just missed that!!

Guest Designer at Busy Bee Scrapbooking!

Well... this was finally my month to be guest designer at Busy Bee Scrapbooking! What fun! I got to pick out my own products and needed to complete three layouts. The first layout was a freebie layout. The second layout had to use the quote "Nobody's grass is greener than ours", and the last layout was a challenge to use paint from their celebrity guest designer Vicki Chrisman. I had a great time! Thanks Busy Bee!!

Awesome kit!

Just got my Addicted Scrappers projects finished up and all I can say is WOW! This is such a great kit! I am just LOVING it! Check out some of the things I've made so far! I still have lots of scraps leftover and can't wait to dig back into it!

File Folder Idea Book

Can you believe I created this fun idea book out of just 3 file folders!



































I found some decorative ones at Meijers while looking for school supplies for my 5 year old. They were brown/cream print on the outside and solid brown on the inside. I simply took patterned paper and transparency and sewed pockets on each page. I bound it by punching holes and tying ribbon. Now I can fill them with ideas, layouts, or cards I see in magazines. Hopefully all the ripped out pages I have scattered around my scrapspace can now be contained!!

If you would like to see the complete instructions, click below!
Idea Book instructions

August Addicted Scrapper Sneak Peak!

Wanna sneak peak?? Well... here are my recent projects I completed with the Addicted Scrappers August kit. It was such a versatile kit to work with. Tons of papers and embellishments and the pink/purples were great for girly pages while the green/browns were good for masculine or generic pages. I was able to create a variety of different looks and I still have soooo many scraps leftover! I still have more projects I wanna do with it! I loved the double-sided Upsy Daisy papers! Very cool line! And Addicted Scrappers just came out with exclusive clear acrylic stamps! I love them. (The flower, journaling oval, "Memories" word, and arrow are all from this month's set of stamps!!) Thanks for peaking!

Cool Clipboard!

I had so much fun making this little circle clipboard!

It came with my July Addicted Scrappers kit (Check them out- they're awesome!). A cool trick I discovered is since I love this clipboard so much, I didn't want to permanently affix the design to the clipboard (in case I want to change it in the future- I probably won't though- it turned out so cute!). So, I simply created the design on chipboard and cardstock to add dimension and instead of gluing it down, I just laid it in place and attached/screwed the silver clipboard clip through it to hold it there! Its very secure! I love the fact that I can change my boys pictures too since the clip just holds the photo so perfectly! Thanks for looking!