Shop Update

Good morning everyone!  I just wanted to let you know that I have been hard at work getting digital versions of some of my older work available on the Etsy shop, be sure to come on over & check them out!  I include a ZIP of PNG and a separate of JPG for complete digital use, and then also a PDF that you can just print and cut yourself, if you are still a traditional/hybrid scrapper.  Enjoy!

Good to be Grampa Mini Album Share

Good morning everyone!  I hope you've not seen any negative effects from all the storms that have rolled through.  One of the counties here in Indiana received 9" of rain in one day.  That was pretty amazing.  Luckily I have not heard of any long-term damage so that is good news.

This was a fun little mini album I did for my dad with his "boys".  He's only got 3 grandchildren, all boys.

Many products used here, including my own AlphaBetZ, Day Notices, WordZ, Journal BlockZ, and more BlockZ

It is amazing to look back on some of these photos.  My nephew is 19  now, so Dad looks really young! ;)  He is a great man, always has time for us and takes amazing care of us all.  He's got the biggest heart and I love him to death.

Enjoy!

Mini Album Share - Retreat book for Pam

Here's another little mini album I made awhile back for a girlfriend.  We were both at the same women's retreat. It was our first year going.  They are always fun to make, please enjoy the viewing!

Many, many different products used.

 

LO Share - In a Year

Here is a layout I did back in 2011.  It is interesting to look back on it 3 years later and see what is still the same, and what has changed.

Paper is MME, Letters are mostly Chip Chatter.  Speech Bubbles you can find Here and Here.  AlphaBetZ are here.

Answers: I am still single, I am NOT still working for Intrasect, I am (much) more financially stable, I do travel a lot, I still live in Wabash, I am cultivating more friends, because I don't work there I am less stressed, and of course my boys want to be here with me..

Good Times with Dad Mini Album Share

This was a mini album that I created for the boys' dad a couple years ago.  Simple, but I think cute.  A great way to celebrate their relationship with him.

Altered Project Share - Teacher Magnet

These are two magnets I made for one of the boys' teachers a couple years ago, made with an old CD and scrap extras.  Fun to do, and super easy.  And, she loved it!

New Product Alert!!!

Be sure to go check out Land of Liberty here.  Also available in Digital!

Happy Scrapping!

Album Cover Share

Every year, I keep homework and other papers from the boys.  I then try to go through it and find just the highlights of who they were, where they were, what they were doing, what they had trouble with, what they were good at, and bind it together in a little book.

This is my older son's preschool collection.

A few years ago, I stumbled over some primary school papers of my gramma, some crafts, a report card, and homework.  It was completely facinating to think of her as a little girl, and to see her dad (my great-grampa's) signature on the report card.  This inspired me to try and leave something similar behind for my children's grand children.

 

Mini Album Share - Mein Reisen

When I was 15, my mom took me on a trip to Germany to visit the Exchange family she stayed with when she was in high school.  She was there in late 50s, before the Wall was completed.  Just a few short years after the armistice.  The cold war was still very much a reality and her father had served in the South Pacific.  I can't imagine what it was like as parents to let your girl go that far away after all of that.  But they had faith, and trusted God.  And I am so very glad they did.  It gave all of us, including them, the chance to meet a couple families of people who touched our hearts.

They were also a host family, and they received Peter, whom they still visit today.  But I digress, this is about our trip together, her chance to show me some of the places she saw, things she did, people she loved.  I am not sure I appreciated it then, and not sure I still do fully now, but it was a life-changing event for me, even if I didn't realize it at the time.

Lots of product, lots of memorabilia.  I'll do my best to list here:
Paper = MME
Travel IconZ
Journal BlockZ
7 Gypsies
Prima
Bazzil Basics
Karen Foster
Ribbon!
Making Memories

Layout Share - Saucer-rific!

This was a fun little layout I did to tell the story of the Super Saucer we received as a gift when 012 was born.  That's him in the right two pictures.  Then the other guy came along & it was fun again, but he was almost too big to fit in it.  The younger one didn't know what to do with all the toys, it took him a while to warm up to it all.

Letters = Chip Chatter, Li'l Davis, Chatterbox, JunkitZ
Flower = Petal-loo
CheckBoxZ = BenzillaScrapping
Journal BlockZ = BenzillaScrapping
Paper = My Mind's Eye

Thanks so much for visiting!

News from the Studio

Oh my has it really been since December!  Wow, well, lots going on around here.  I've been busy, busy, busy actually scrapping my stories, and creating new prettys to share with everyone.  I FINALLY got my Valentine's Day collectionZ posted to the ETSY shop yesterday, I was so thrilled!  I've also been busy uploading photos to have printed out at my local Walgreen's.  I've always loved them, however with the last batch I noticed they were using thinner paper & it makes for flimsy prints.  I've got a HP Photosmart, but I find it doesn't do the color correctly based on what I see on my screen and that is very disappointing!

I have been working on my LOM and have decided I need to start creating title pages, so I've kitted up a bunch for 012's album, and then I'll do 010 before I do mine.  It just feels so good to get these done!  And use up some supplies!  I shudder when I think about how much I have spent over the years!

And just because I can't leave you without a little goodie...

A compilation of several birthdays for my nephew.  Whom I love very much!

LO Share - What I want to be when I grow up

I had always dreamed of being a pilot and then an astronaut.  Been fastinated with it for years!  Still am, really.  I never made it, but I still dream.  And now, I'm content to just fly (in) the Cessna or T-34.

Paper = MME
Flowers = Prima
Paper Clip = staples
 Journal Blockz

LO Share Halloween

Fun little LO I did for our first Halloween/Trick or Treat as a family of 4.  Loved that our neighbor took a picture of us all together to send to me. Loved that 004 was wearing the same costume that my mom made for my nephew years ago.  I've lost track of it though, really hoping K has it.  Love the look on his face! 
KI Memories paper
CI stickers
Junkitz License plate
glitter bat
The Journal BlockZ you can pick up here ...

Happy Scrapping!