Happy Halloween!

We, or should I say I, spent yesterday evening carving our pumpkins. I really don't think Miss H enjoys this tradtion as much as i do... can you tell by the look on her face!? I got all goopey and carved both of our pumpkins, with her supervision of course ;o)

Snokeling on the Reef

Couldn't find a good pp for this one, so I made my own using CTMH stamps and inks. I used different little rings from C1232 Groovy Celebration, B1229 Solo E, and D1264 Angel Whispers. Inks and Cardstock are Cranberry, Honey, Breeze, and Ocean. The first page uses Inspired Blueprints Sketch #2 and page 2 I made up to go with it.


The title area uses Quickutz Abigail, CTMH brackets from the Dimensional Elements Simple Lowercase, CTMH Cranberry Bigger Brads, a hand-cut sunshine, and a Signo white pen for the accents. The scalloped edges I made using my EK corner rounder by taking off the cutting guide. This layout was fun to do despite the cold weather today!

Happy Fall Y'All!

We had a very fun, but exhausting, day... just us girls! We found two of the most perfect pumpkins at the pumpkin patch (even got a few good photos), played at Michaels, ate lunch at Chick-fil-a, finally found some fun tights for H's witch costume at Target, and discovered that Office Depot in Tally does not carry any scrapbooking stuff... which really bums me out since I have a store credit there and wanted to get some refills for my trimmer (guess I will have to stock up next time I am in Gville!) We did pick up some flash card games for 2nd grade test-prep sight-words... which really surprised me to find out Miss H already knew 71 of the 96 words rights out of the box! I didn't know she could even sound out that many words, much less the sight-words! And she's only 4! Okay, I will admit it now, I really need to get this kid in classes of some sort!


The two pumkins in the front crack me up because they had warts all over them, Miss H kept saying they were moldy! There were also a number of RED pumpkins! It was sooo cool seeing all the different ones! Now I am off to try and get some scrapping done!

Tallahassee Moms Like Me

So, shortly after moving to Tallahassee, I found this great website for local events, info, chat, and bulletin boards. I finally got around to making a group on the site to share ideas and info, and to help coordinate crop nights. If you are a tallahasse mom (or dad) that likes to scrapbook, stamp, or craft feel free to visit our group, join in, and come to one of our crop nights!

http://tallahassee.momslikeme.com/members/groupabout.aspx?g=615376

Happy Birthday Amy!

If you know my little sister, she is turning 22 today October 18th! This makes me feel really old that my little sis is in her 20's, but anywhoo! I just wanted to say I love you and Happy Birthday Sweetheart! You are such an awesome sister, aunt, and friend! We hope you have a great weekend, try not to party too much! ;o) Hopefully we will see you soon!

Stingray City

Woohoo #2 for the night, probably my last so I can actually get some sleep and rest my poor knee! Maybe I shouldn't have started exercising until my knee was completely better, uugh! This one uses Basic Grey Romani PP's, some CTMH Cranberry CS and ribbon, and my new Quickutz Metro Classic and Skinni Mini (love it!), and the arrows. Again, thanks granny ;o) See, I am already putting them to use! A simple but fun one! Journaling and date are under the flap on the right side.

First WooHoo of Friday!

I am officially done with 2006!!!! I completed my goal I set for myself a couple weeks ago and it feels sooo good! And I ended on a really fun layout... Girly Girl Christmas! And I got to play with my new Abigail Grand! LOVING IT! And to think I was on the fence about this font! I also used Maddie Anne (one of my all time fav fonts!) And I used up some scraps of Basic Grey and CS! Yeah! Do you think I can say AND just one more time?! ;o)

Quicuktz Sale

Okay, here is what they still have at Ruban Rouge, since i seem to be the QK source of info for many ;o) and those are the sale prices. If you do not live nearby, they will ship for $8.99. I believe the sale runs through Sunday, checkout their blog for details.


Spotlight CC Grand $32.50
MaryJane CC Grand $35.00
Abigail Grand $50.00
Finale Grand $50.00
Tangerine Classic $30.00
Katie Classic $50.00
Marisa Classic $50.00
Studio Classic $50.00
Lucy Classic $17.50
Metro Classic $37.50
Zoe Mini $25.00
Abigail Classic $42.50
Calvin Mini $37.50

Merry Christmas to Me!

A picture is so worth a thousand words for all you Quickutz addicts out there!?! Need I say more?! Ruban Rouge in Palm Harbor, FL is having a 75% off sale! TOTALLY UNHEARD OF SALE! On all their in-stock Quickutz fonts and shapes (except the september releases)! Call the store now before they are gone! They charged me $8.99 shipping, but I had my package in just two days! Dont worry hubby, this is my Christmas present from Granny! I cannot thank you enough Granny, but you must stop shopping now... although i know you secretly wanted these too ;o) I love you!

Granny's Kitchen

Not a recent scrap...just one I forgot to photo ;o) I love these pics of when Hailey got her beloved kitchen from Granny that Cmas!

QK: Katie Classic, REV Tabs
PP: Basic Grey
CS: CTMH Baby Pink, Cranberry, Olive

Dance

This was H's first dance class with Grandma! The colors really didn't photo well, looks much better in person! All supplies I picked up at my LSS closing sale, including the nesting hearts!

QK: Nesting Hearts
CS: CTMH Baby Pink, Blush, Plum Mist
Embellies: CTMH Dimensional Elements Monograms
Ribbon and Ribbons I picked up at Scrapbook Market on a recent visit.

Forever Family

This is one of those layouts that I started completely lost on what to do! Then I just started cutting and painting and voila! Paper pieces were literally flying as I tossed them over my shoulder! ;o)

QK: Spicy Chicken Grand, Lemonade Skinni Mini CC, Nesting Ovals
CS: CTMH Cranberry, Garden Green, White Daisy
Ribbon: CTMH Cranberry, Garden Green, White Daisy Grosgrain
Embellies: CTMH Just Blooms, Bigger Brads, Craft Buttons

Go Fish

This layout went together in less than 30 minutes!!! But, it took me another hour to labor over the journaling, kind of an important one to me! ;o) And the paper was a total fluke, picked it up awhile back at another store closing sale for 20 cents!
Both sides are different PageMaps sketches.
PP: Scenic Route Brighton Snowdrift
CS: CTMH Tulip & Baby Pink
Quickutz: Classic Bright font, rev tabs, and my new 12" scallop border die ( using my new 12" plate for the revolution, thanks Granny!!! I am loving it!)
Embellies: CTMH Baby Pink and White Grosgrain Ribbon and Buttons, Heavenly Blue buttons, and Cranberry ink around the edges.

Busy organizing today...

my new (to me) scrapbook cabinet. ;o)

Christmas 2006

What do ya'll think of the new way I have been photographing my layouts? I kinda like it, but when I look back, my eye get less distracted away from the layout when there isn't any backdrop? I don't know!


I usually don't do many black & whites, but once the layout was ready for the pics the layout no longer looked good with the color pics... it screamed for b&w's! Surprisingly, I had good ink in my photo printer so I could get the pics on here before I forgot what this layout was for! Just a few snapshots of Cmas 2006! I am trying sooo hard to get caught up to at least 2007 before the 2008 holidays strike!


PP: Prima Romantica Collection
CS: CTMH Textured Black & Olive
Quickutz: Paige Mini
Other: CTMH Black Ribbon Rounds

Curious Christmas

PP: Prima Romantica Collection
CS: CTMH Vineyard Berry & Olive
Quickutz: Stardust Grand, Flower
Embellishments: CTMH Craft Buttons (Clear & NEI)
Other: RicRac I picked up on my travels ;o)

Home is where the heart Is

I am trying a new way to photo my layouts to see if they come out a little truer color, we'll see! This is one of a few quick scrapbook layouts to try and get caught up on all those dreaded Christmas layouts! ;o)

PP: Prima Romantica Collection
CS: CTMH Tulip & Barn Red
Quickutz: Flourish
Embellisments: CTMH Just Blooms Leaves, Dimensional Elements Solo H,O,M,E.