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OZ mini album

2011-07-06T14:48:00.000-07:00

Follow the yellow brick road mini album

The Scrapbook Store
10130 San Pedro

call: 366-2767

Ins: Jennie

July 16th from 1pm to 5 pm

$30

Here are my 10 submissions

2011-02-26T08:28:00.000-08:00

Here are my 10 submissions for the Graphic 45 design team. Hope you enjoy looking. Wish me luck. I would love to be on their design team because I love their paper and embellishments and love making mini albums with their product.

#10 Graphic 45 steam punk submission my favorite

2011-02-26T07:54:00.000-08:00

This was my favorite book I made with graphic 45 steam punk paper. I used lots of product. I used alcohol ink to color the wings. I used glossy accents, stickles, lots of tim holtz products, ribbon, chipboard, acrylic, and canvas. Happy looking.

#9 graphic 45 submission

2011-02-25T22:44:00.000-08:00

Made this mini album out of a readers digest book. I used glimmer mist to make the look of leather on the spine of the book. I stitched around the front of the book. Lots of product used on this book.

#8 submission

2011-02-25T22:33:00.000-08:00

Just loved making this mini album. It is made with chipboard, acrylic, and canvas. Glimmer mist, foam pop dots, stickles, etc.

#7 graphic 45 submission

2011-02-25T22:26:00.000-08:00

This one I had fun with. I used guesso, bees wax, perfect pearls, claudines paints, chalk ink, and vintage glass glittler, gloss accents, and stickles.

#6 graphic 45

2011-02-25T22:13:00.001-08:00

This was fun making a spring banner. I have upclose pictures for all to see.

#5 submission

2011-02-25T22:07:00.001-08:00

#5 submission. Using the alice and wonderland paper.

#4 submission

2011-02-25T22:00:00.000-08:00

#4 bought some stencils from Graphic 45 and had to try them out on this layout, I like the way it turned out.

#3 of graphic 45 tryout

2011-02-25T21:48:00.000-08:00

Here is the 3rd of the tryout. It is a plain frame that I painted with a prearl dabber. i used some bees wax, perfect pearts, pears, and bling

#2 item for Graphic 45

2011-02-25T21:30:00.000-08:00

This was a paper mache cylender made with the Steam Punk like. This was fun making and even attaching the black wings.

#1 of the Graphic 45 Tryout

2011-02-25T21:26:00.001-08:00

This is the first of the 10 items that I needed to make for th Graphic 45 design team. Everyone loved this made out of a painter tray.

Ranger university

2010-01-18T11:43:00.000-08:00

Today is the day we find out if we got picked for Ranger University.

So bright and early I checked my email and nothing.

Here I sit and wait

wait

and then an email comes in from Tim Holtz...

CONGRATULATIONS

You have been accepted to attend the March 2010 Ranger U.

Wow I was chosen to be one of 24 attending it in New Jersey.

I'm on cloud 9 right now.

For Ranger U

2009-12-12T18:24:00.000-08:00

I know it's been awhile. I am going to try out for Ranger U in New Jersey. I had to upload some of my work for them to look at (aka Tim Holtz) so here is some of the work I have done lately. Have fun looking. Oh and Tim if you need to see more of my layouts, they are lower down on the blog. I tried out for Prima but didn't make their design team. Maybe next year. Maybe I will be lucky and get in Ranger U. (wink)

I finished all twelve Totally Tim Tags. I had fun making them. They are up at the store if you want to see them in person.

flower power class

2009-10-09T11:24:00.000-07:00

For those of you who couldn't make it to the class here is a picture of the last flower power class.

Megan Julie Ashton Bradley Janelle and Jamie

2009-06-12T13:14:00.000-07:00

Here is Megan 14yrs and Bradley. (Bradleys half sister)

Julie 12 yrs and Bradley (Bradleys half sister)
Cousins
Julie Megan Janelle and Jamie

Megan and Bradley

Julie and Ashton (Ashtons half sister)

Megan and Ashton (ashtons half sister)

Megan

Janelle Megan and Ashton

Jamie and Julie

The boys

2009-05-31T18:00:00.000-07:00

Jamie's Slumber Party

2009-05-31T17:50:00.000-07:00

Here are a few of the pictures that were taken at Jamie's Slumber Party Saturday night.

Jamie and her friend Nicole.

Jamie with her Hawaiian themed party.

Cheers to Jamie. Jamie, Nicole, Breanna, Allison, and Trinity.

The make up part of the party. Nice.

The girls didn't go to bed until 5:30 am. I woke them up at 9:30 am to get ready to go home. I know they will be tired today. I sure am.

Easter 2009

2009-04-12T16:40:00.000-07:00

Here are the Kiddos the night before and day of Easter. We went to the deer lease for the weekend.

I know these are out of order but here is Joshua's easter basket.

Here is Janelle and her Easter goodies.

Here is Jamie and her loot.

Here is Ashtons Easter goodies.

So there you have it. I have lots more pictures but got tired of fixing them. Happy Easter.

Joshua at Young masters

2009-03-25T10:05:00.000-07:00

Joshua was picked to be in the Young Masters Art Exibit. He made a flower. Joshua is growing up so fast. His teacher said that he is doing 3rd and 4th grade work and he is only in 2nd grade. He is doing great.

Kiddos

2009-03-25T09:41:00.000-07:00

Here is Bradley trying to get into the magazines.

Here is Ashton getting ready for bed.

Ashton getting ready to get his picture taken for Easter.

Ashton's first haircut

2009-03-05T17:52:00.000-08:00

Ashton's First Haircut. He liked it.

A few more layouts

2008-12-29T19:53:00.000-08:00

Here are a few more layouts that I have done in the last few days.

More pictures of the boys

2008-12-29T19:42:00.000-08:00

Here are a few more pictures of the boys.

This first one is Bradley.

Here he is with a bow from his present. That blue thing on his trake (however you spell it) is like a voice box. Without it you can't hear him cry, talk, etc. He took it off himself on the first picture. This second one we put it back on him. He looks so much younger than Ashton but they are the same age. He is crawling before Ashton.

Here is Ashton. He was eating part of dads cookie. They both have the prettiest blue eyes.

Ashton finally warming up to us. He was latched to dads shoe laces and wouldn't let go.

1st Christmas

2008-12-27T19:37:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple of pictures of the boys. This is their first Christmas at the house and not at the hospital. They had a great Christmas. Ashton is the one in the blue shirt and Bradley is the one in the stripe shirt. They are looking great. We spent today with dad, Belle and the boys. Bradley is such a happy baby. He is starting to crawl which is a great acomplishment.

Here is Belle with the boys in Bradley's room. See all those machines in the background. Bradley has lots of machines but not as many as he had when he first got home.

Ashton looks older than Bradley but Bradley is catching up fast. Ashton calls my dad "mama". He just loves my dad.

I took some pictures with my new camera so I will have more to show you soon.

Layouts

2008-12-02T18:16:00.000-08:00

I am going to try out for the Prima Design Team. Here are a few layouts that I sent them. What do you think? There are lots of talented people out there though. All I can do is try...

This first layout is of Janelle and her dad (DH). I turned the picture black and white and used some Making Memories and Basic Grey printed paper. Put some prima flowers and bling on it. I like the way it turned out.

This next layout is of Joshua last Christmas. I used some Basic Grey paper, Tim Holtz tags, grunge, prima flowers. etc

The one with Janelle in it I used Basic Grey again and Making Memories printed paper. I was trying to "pop" Janelle's blue eyes. The next layout with Jamie in it I once again used Basic Grey and Making Memories paper. Can you tell I like those companies along with prima!?!

The next one with the 4 kids is made with Basic Grey and October Afternoon paper along with Jenni Bowlin bingo card and prima flowers. The layout with Jamie is made with Crate paper and october afternoon paper.

The lovebirds layout is once again made with Making Memories paper. The halloween layout is made with Pink Paislee paper.

Again Making Memories and prima bling.

The 5th grade layout was inspired by a dear friend Gina Price. She does wonderful work. Janelle's layout was inspired by Christine Metcamp.

Bus layout is made with Basic Grey paper and Joshua's layout is made with Jenni Bowlin paper.

Joshua's layout was made with Prima flowers and October Afternoon and I believe Pink Paislee paper. Can't remember. Joshua's pumpkin layout is made with Basic Grey paper.

This next layout was made with the left over paper from one of the layouts above. The layout was inspired by a layout in a scrapbooking magazine. The next layout with Jamie was made because we bought a new diecut at the store and loved it. I used Teresa Collins paper also.

Let's see....Both of these I don't remember what I used.

Jenni Bowlin paper once again and Heidi Swapp mask with stickles. Love this layout. Love how the bluebonnets came out when I used the rhinestones and pearls. The next layout with Michael and Janelle was made with Pink Paislee paper and Prima Bling.

So here you go. What do you think!?! All I can do is try. Wish me luck............

Boys at the park

2008-11-14T12:44:00.000-08:00

Here are two pictures that my dad sent of the boys. They went to the park last Friday to play. Ashton (the top pic) looks like my brother when he was little.

Looks like Bradley was having fun.

Happy Birthday to our babies

2008-10-28T12:45:00.000-07:00

Our babies are "1"year old. What an accomplishment.

Here are a few of the 60 something pictures that my Dad and Belle took of the babies on their birthday.

Happy Birthday to Ashton and Bradley.

Triple the sketch layout

2008-10-21T16:17:00.001-07:00

Here is a layout I did for triple the sketch for this week. Hope you like. It is an old picture of us but it worked for this layout.

Joey thought Brandi, our other dog, was lonely so he decided we needed another dog to keep Brandi company. Here is Chloe. Isn't she cute. We will see how it goes. Brandi doesn't like her right now. Hopefully after a while the will be best buddies.

Ashton and Bradley

2008-10-12T20:13:00.001-07:00

I know it's been a while since I have updated. Lots of you have asked about Ashton and Bradley so here are a few of the pictures that I have of them. Bradley had to get glasses. Here he is trying on his glasses.

Bradley is such a happy baby. Here he is playing.

Here is Brandley and Ashton. Aren't they cute?! Ashton's hair is a bit longer than Bradleys.

Random pictures

2008-10-01T17:57:00.000-07:00

Sorry its been so long. You can catch me on the other blog I do.( www.scrapbook911.blogspot.com ) Anyways, here are a few pictures of Janelle at her 16th birthday party. She said that she hated the shirt I bought her with sweet 16 on it. I told her since I bought it she has to at least wear it so I can take her picture in it. Here it is...

Here is Tim, Janelle's boyfriend and Tim putting icing on Janelle's face.

Janelle got her friend Kim with icing. Tim is staying back so he doesn't get hit with any.

Tim and Janelle. He gave her a present from the bath and body works.

Janelle's favorite pose.

Joshua in his A & M shirt that Michael bought him. He love it. He wears it when ever he can.

Sorry it's been a while. I will try to be better. Later!

Back to school

2008-08-25T15:32:00.000-07:00

Here are the kiddos pictures from the first day of school. They didn't want to get up for school today. They had a great day and made new friends.

Can't believe Jamie will be in middle school next year. Joshua is in 2nd grade and Janelle is a sophmore. Boy do they grow fast. Janelle was in the 2nd grade when we moved here to San Antonio.

2008-08-23T19:02:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple of pictures of our trip to New York. This is of New York by the Hudson River. I took a bus ride from New Jersey to New York. This was on the New Jersey side.

Yes, we needed chocolate. We went to the M & M store.
I went to the top of the rock. It was the NBC building right across the street from Rockafeller center. The building was like 71 stories high. We went up 67 stores with an elevator and walked up the rest. It was a little scary.
Here is a picture of grand central station. The day that Joey was late getting here I walked around waiting for him I went through New York taking pictures.

That evening Joey got there we went on a carriage ride through Central Park. That was pretty cool.

I will post more from our trip soon. Here is just a peek of the over 350 pictures I took.

Here is Jamie with her new glasses

2008-08-07T12:58:00.000-07:00

Jamie had to get glasses. I took her into the eye dr the other day and sure enough she needed glasses. The only one in the family without glasses is Joshua. He will be next. We went to the eyeglass store and picked out some frames. She was able to get 2 pair for the price of one. these are the first pair.

Janelle and Tim

2008-08-03T17:16:00.000-07:00

Here is Janelle with her new boyfriend Tim. He is a Jr and she is a sophmore. He came over for dinner tonight and ofcourse I had to bring out my camera. He was up to it but Janelle was not. It took me three tries to get a good picture because she would not cooperate.

She is growing up so fast. Look she is holding his hand. Have a happy sunday.

Happy Birthday Nana

2008-07-22T08:02:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday NANA

Hope you have a great day.

I am going to try this. Here are only a few pictures of my trip to Chicago.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24248686@N02/

Mi Quince Anos

2008-07-14T14:43:00.000-07:00

Here is Janelle and her friends in Stephanie's Quince. THis is the 2nd one she has been in in the last month. I hope there are no more. They cost lots of money. It's just like a wedding.

Here is Steph in the blue dress and her court.
Janelle and George her escorte.
Janelle and Beatriz
Janelle and Celeste

Lost Tooth

2008-07-14T14:40:00.000-07:00

Joshua lost his 2 front teeth. He lost the 1st one a week before he lost his second one. He does not like pulling his teeth. He lost all his teeth by eating something. He lost one with a piece of gum, another in a corn dog etc.

Vicki Chrisman's Card Challenge

2008-06-24T11:35:00.000-07:00

Vicki Chrisman's Card Challenge

I had the opportunity to participate in Vicki's Card Challenge this time around. She put this beautiful basket of goodies together and each participant received one of the packages in the basket. We were to make a card, altered item, or a layout with what was in our goodie bag. The images in the bag came from www.craftysecrets.com.

Here was my goodie bag.

Here is what I made from the goodie bag. What do you think? I love the little vintage boy and dog. I used some glimmer mist on it to give it a leather look.

Starting July 7th or so Vicki is going to show all the cards that were made with the bags that were in the basket. You can see them on her blog at:

www.vickichrisman@blogspot.com

She has some awesome work on her blog. She is on quite a few design teams. I am hoping to meet her at CHA this summer when we go to Chicago.

2008-06-16T15:30:00.000-07:00

Enchanted Rock

Oh my gosh it was hot. We went to Fredricksburg for the weekend just to get away from SA. A friend of mine had told me she went to Enchanted Rock and thought it was pretty. We decided to venture out. We wanted to get to the top of this huge rock. Well we got about half way up and I thought I was going to die. It was soooooo hooooootttt. It was very pretty. Going up was easy but coming down I thought I was going to have to roll down. That would have hurt. I made it down but after I stopped every few feet down.

Chef Joshua

2008-05-30T18:56:00.001-07:00

Joshua's 1st grade class had a reading resturant yesterday. They were soooo cute. He said,"Hello, my name is Chef Joshua and I will be your server." "Let me take you to your table."

He sat me at my table and gave me a menu. On the menu was a list of books. I picked what food I wanted and he read the books to me. He was great.

Isn't he the cutest little waiter?!!!

Here is Chef Joshua and his teacher Mrs. Harrison. He has only 3 more days of school and will be a 2nd grader. What a big boy.

Janelle at party

2008-05-25T18:50:00.000-07:00

Here is Janelle and Juan at Beatrice's 15th birthday party.

Kim, Steven, and Janelle at the church.
Beatrice
Here is the party!!!!!!!
Juan and Janelle

Janelle all dressed up

2008-05-24T12:09:00.001-07:00

Here is a quick picture before the birthday party that Janelle is in. I will post more when we get back from the party.

Baby Ashton

2008-05-15T14:54:00.000-07:00

Here is Baby Ashton. Some of you know the story about the twins so I wanted to post a picture. Isn't he the cutest!!!

Here is Jamie and Ashton. Joshua, Jamie and Janelle wanted to take him home with us. He looks like my brother more and more each day.
He is now 6 months old. How time flies. We are hoping that Bradley will be home in about a month.

Happy Mothers Day

2008-05-11T16:05:00.000-07:00

Guess what???? Guess what I got for mother's day??? I got my dream car. A MUSTANG. I love it. The only thing I don't like are monthly payments. We were needing to get a new veichle for a while because my van keeps breaking down so why not get my mustang, right!!!! Happy Mother's Day to everyone.

Mirror Mirror

2008-04-30T17:01:00.001-07:00

Mirror Mirror on the wall who's the fairest of them all...Heidi Swapp!!!!

When I went to Nashville I took a class that Heidi Swapp

was teaching and this is one that I made once

I got home. I changed the paper up a bit and added lots of bling

on it. These mirror albums aren't even released yet. They will not be

released until Summer CHA and will not be shipped until around September

is what Heidi said. We (Scrapbook 911) were lucky enough to get

our hands on 17 of them. Isn't that cool.

Isn't this album fun. I used Elsie paper on mine. I also made mine at Scrap Etc. with the Heidi Swapp pink and black paper. I wanted to show that with any paper you choose it is fabulous. Don't you love the bling that I put on it?!!

My trip to Nashville

2008-04-23T12:57:00.000-07:00

I am back from Nashville. I went with a group of ladies (Mimi, Michelle, Brenda, Gina, Cindy, Paula and myself) from the scrapbook store to Nashville for a retreat, Scrap Etc. 2008. The Gaylord Opriland Hotel was awesome. Alitte pricy but was very pretty. There are 2891 rooms in the hotel. It was huge. We had to put our walking shoes on. We even had a drink at the spinny bar. It was a bar that rotates in a circle. It takes you about 30 minutes to go from one side of the bar back to the other side.

The classes were fun. Loved Heidi Swapp and her class was over the top. I will be teaching a class soon with some Heidi Swapp products. I also loved Jenni Bowlin. She is so sweet and such a fun person. I learned several things from this retreat so watch out for some fun classes coming soon.

On the last day in Nashville, we walked all of downtown. That was fun. We went to the capital building. We ate at the Wild Horse Saloon. Great food. We ended up at the country music hall of fame. Guess what!? We were at the right place at the right time. We saw GARTH BROOKS, Steve Warriner, Steven Curtis Chapmann, and a few other famous people. That was awesome to end the trip. Glad to be home though. It was a long trip. I will add more pictures soon.

nashville

2008-04-23T12:54:00.001-07:00

Flower Power Class for May

2008-04-12T20:31:00.001-07:00

Flower Power Class for May. I just can't get enough of these stickles. You have a choice of making a girl layout or a boy layout. This class is almost full. I have just been so busy preparing layouts, frames, etc for classes. I will also be teaching a tag class and a soldering class (back by popular demand) We had so much fun last time we soldered in class. Look out for my sample soon. I will be leaving for Nashville soon so I will be missing in action for a few days. Can't wait to take classes with Heidi Swapp, Jenni Bowlin, etc. I will take lots of pictures to show you when I return.

Fathers Day Frame

2008-04-12T20:22:00.001-07:00

Here is a sneak peak of the Father's Day Frame we will be making. You pick the paper or use the paper I used. We will be using Tim Holtz stamps and fragments. They are so fun to play with. Here is the perfect gift for that special man in your life.

Sample page

2008-04-12T20:16:00.001-07:00

This is another Flower Power class that I will be teaching in July. I love all the bright colors in this layout. Oh and we have to have stickles and bling rhinestones.

Class sample for June

2008-04-12T20:10:00.001-07:00

Here is a sample of the flower power class that I will be teaching in June. You are viewing a portion of the layout. We will be inking, using the Heidi Swapp Mask, stickles, ribbon, etc.

2008-04-06T12:24:00.001-07:00

Janelle and her Date

2008-03-28T18:51:00.000-07:00

Here is Janelle on her first date. Janelle and John went to the movies tonight. Her dad and I had to give her a hard time about it. Her dad had to meet John. She was so embarrassed about what her dad was going to do or say.I have to go pick them up in a bit but wanted to get this posted.

Happy Easter!!!

2008-03-23T08:55:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter from all of us to all of you!!!

Joshua woke us up 3 times this morning. He wanted to see what the Easter Bunny brought him. We finally got out of bed at 9 am. Enough torture on him.
Jamie our diva girl. She got Hannah Montana stuff from the Easter Bunny. She has fixed herself all up already this morning.
Janelle didn't want to be woken up as you can tell. She is mad that I put up this picture but didn't want to leave her out. Love ya Janelle!!
Happy Easter!!!

Is it Turkey Day????

2008-03-10T19:34:00.000-07:00

Is it TURKEY DAY???

Look at all these Turkeys. I love the way this picture was taken. Look at that fan and that beard.

This picture quality was not that good but an awesome picture. Jamie and Joshua got a kick out of all these turkeys.

These will not be around too long. Jamie and Joshua had turkey fever and now a couple of these are in my freezer. They didn't make it until Thanksgiving Day. Anyways, have a good Monday, what is left of it.

I will be mailing out a special gift for one of my blog friends. Look out for it in your mailbox. I had a soldering class yesterday and it went very well. My customers were awesome. They did a great job. One of my blogging friends will be getting something that I made in my class. I hope this person likes it. Once I send it and that person gets it I will put a picture of it on my blog. I have class on Sunday. My flower power class. It should be fun. Can't wait. I will be doing a shadow box with a mini album in it. I will post a picture when I get it done. I am also making something to teach for a Father's Day class. I am getting ready for our trip to Nashville for the Scrap Etc '08 event. I am hoping to get to go to CHA in July. We will see. I am also working on taking a trip to New Jersey in early August for classes. I will update you soon.

San Marcos River

2008-02-29T19:02:00.000-08:00

Here are the kids playing in the San Marcos River last weekend. I am playing around with this mosaic piece. What do you think???? Kind of neat huh!!

Wish

2008-02-29T11:40:00.001-08:00

Here is Joshua making a wish!

Everyone make a wish while Joshua blows on the flower.

Have a good TGIF!!!

2008-02-20T14:15:00.000-08:00

Here are the girls with Brandi when they were playing around with the dog the other day. I thought it was a cute picture.

One of the ladies in my flower power class came upon a blog and she absolutely loved the flower that that person made and wanted me to try to do it. Here is my try Paula. How do you like it? It was super easy to make. Maybe for our July 4th flower power class we could make something like this. What do you think?

Happy BIrthday Baby

2008-02-12T18:44:00.000-08:00

My baby is 7 yrs old today. We went to Mr. Gatti's for dinner. That is what Joshua wanted to eat. We came home and opened presents. He wanted a Wii for his birthday so instead of a birthday party we bought him a Wii. Happy Birthday Joshua!!!!

Been missing in Action

2008-02-08T14:21:00.000-08:00

I know, I know I need to blog more. I have been busy getting some classes done. Here is one of the classes that Gaelynn and I are going to be teaching in March.

Joshua's birthday in in a few more days. He wanted a Wii for his birthday. It was hard to find but I finally found one. I know he is going to love it. I will be posting some pictures of him on his birthday.

2008-01-17T19:48:00.000-08:00

I have been working on my layout for my Flower Power class for April. I know, we are still in January but we need to be at least two months ahead of time for the calender at the store. This is a sneak peak. I know Paula this is not the sketch we thought of doing. I didn't like the paper with that sketch. I came up with this one. It wasn't what I had planned on doing but it works. I like all the bright colors and the bling on the layout. I am loving these stardust pens to outline with and it gives just a little shimmer. WHat do you think?
I am getting ready for my class next weekend. The hide and seek book that all of us instructors were teaching. I think it was a good idea. There are several instructors that start out with the same plain book and make it totally different and our style. It gives the customers a variety to choose from. Tami's book was taught last weekend and was sold out. You can see it here http://tamisanders.com/ You can see hers on her date Jan. 9. My class is on Jan. 27 and it is already full. I am still taking names on a wait list. I have 8 on the wait list but don't let that scare you off. I might teach that class again for those on the wait list maybe with different paper and embellishments. Here are a few pix of my book

Dimitra is doing one that is soooo cute. Bright pink, blue, and green paper. Her's is like a story book. She has only a few spaces left. Gaelynn is also doing one. Her's is like Heidi meets Tim. It has alcohol ink, ink, masks etc. She still has room. I believe Jeanette is making one that will be taught in March and will either be a baby/toddler book or a sports theme one.

I am almost done with my soldier class project. Soldiering is fun
for some and irritating to others. I have fun and hope you do. I figured we would soldier on a domino for one and soldier on a piece of glass that is 1 1/2 X 1 1/2 and you can put a picture of your little one in it. I also used the wavy foil tape on mine. You wouldn't have to. I will give you a sneak peak soon.

I am going to Nashvill in April. It is far away but will be here soon enough. Brenda, Gina, Michelle, Mimi, Cindy, Paula and myself are going to Scrap Etc 08. It is going to be so much fun. Can't wait. I need to get busy working on my homework for it. Yes, I have homework. It is fun homework. I best go for now.

Pinecone Press Kit

2008-01-10T11:16:00.000-08:00

Here is what I made with the pinecone press book club kit that we have at Scrapbook 911. I decided not to do a 2 page layout with the paper but instead make a valentine box. I purchased the heart box at HL. The paper in the kit for this month was Marah Johnson. I used crackle paint, glimmer mist, crafty secrets vintage stickers, etc. I was pleased with the way it turned out.

I have been busy getting ready for my flower power class on Sunday and the hide and seek book on the 27th. In Feb. I have several classes and in March I will be teaching a soldering class. I had fun playing with the solder. I will post pictures of what I made soon.

Mini album for a customer

2008-01-09T18:00:00.000-08:00

Tell me what you think. I had a customer ask me to make a kit for a 8 yr. old girls birthday party she was having. She wanted the girls to make a mini album to put their friends pictures in. It is a little simple. I was thinking that this would be easy enought for an 8 yr old to do and also so she would not get bord.

Here is the 1st and 2nd pages. The first page is not that pink.
For some reason it didn't take the true color.

Here is the 3rd and 4th pages.

Here is the 5th and 6th pages.

Here is the 7th and 8th pages. There are two more pages and the back cover but can't seem to get the pictures on here. So what do you think?????

Happy New Year

2008-01-01T08:50:00.000-08:00

Countdown

2007-12-31T17:55:00.000-08:00

Countdown to the new year. Hope everyone has a safe and Happy New Year!!!

Merry Christmas!!!

2007-12-25T18:47:00.001-08:00

The kids had a great christmas. Joshua was up all night long waiting for Santa. We finally got up about 6:45 am. Here are a few of the many pictures taken. I hope everyone had a great Christmas. Stay safe.

Christmas at Moms

2007-12-25T18:33:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures of Rylie and Lindsay. Melissa, Brad, Lindsay, and Rylie came down to go to Mom's for Christmas. Rylie has grown so much. She doesn't look like a baby anymore.

Joshua being cool!!! Mom's pretty christmas tree.

Upcoming Class

2007-12-13T14:36:00.000-08:00

I have been working on classes for the store. Here is the latest one. It is a sneak peak of the flower power class. Those of ya'll that take my class we are going to have fun playing with stickles. This flower power class is scheduled for March. The flower power classes for Jan and Feb are up at the store. I will see you soon.

Good mail day

2007-12-13T14:29:00.000-08:00

A great mail day. I received a package from Vicki Chrisman. It was loaded with paper and vintage pictures. I also received one of her lovely charms she made. I absolutely love everything. You are the best.

My pay it forward winners, I am working on your goodies. Gina, I will see you Sunday so I will bring it with me. I am almost finished shopping for Christmas. I have 2 more people to buy for and the wrapping begins. The kids are getting so excited. They have a couple of presents under the tree. Hope everyone is almost done shopping and wrapping.

Santa is here

2007-12-08T09:30:00.000-08:00

We went and took pictures with santa at Bass Pro Shop this year. They had an awesome display with sant and his reindeers. You can't see the reindeers in the picture but just trust me it was awesome. I took so many pictures here I can't wait to scrapbook them. Look out for your christmas cards, I mailed some and put this picture in them.

Pay it Forward

2007-12-08T09:20:00.000-08:00

Is everyone ready for Christmas? Is everything bought and wrapped? Not I. I had to go back to the store and rebuy some gifts. I have lost a few things here at the house that I bought the kids and it is driving me crazy as to where I put them. I had to go buy them again just incase I couldn't find them because the kids asked Santa for them. Anyways,
while I was checking Vicki's Amazing Art that Makes Me Happy Art at her blog This Art That Makes Me Happy, I saw her Pay it Forward Post and decided to join.

*** I will send a handmade gift to the first 3 people who leave a comment on my blog requesting to join this PIF (Pay it forward) exchange. I'm not sure what that gift will be. It will be a surprise! The only thing you have to do in return is to pay it forward by making the same promise on your blog. So basically, if you’re one of the first 3 comments, I’ll send you something crafty that I’ll make! Once you sign up, I'll email you to let you know that you are one of the three. Then copy and paste this paragraph on your blog, and three other lucky people will be recipients of your handmade work. Pay it Forward!***

It doesn't have to be anything time-consuming or complicated ... it's just a little "spirit of giving" thing. Since it's a busy time of year, you could even wait until January to pay it forward if that works better for your schedule (spread out the love so to speak). Just comment below if you want to join in the fun & I'll e-mail you for your address if you're one of the first three. I haven't decided what I'm going to make yet, or when it will be done, so it will have to be a surprise.
I am working at the retreat at the store this weekend and we received in the new Daisy D line. It is the vintage Valentine line and I think I will be making something with it. That is just a little hint. Have a good day and happy shopping!

Joshua lost his 1st tooth

2007-11-29T14:25:00.000-08:00

Joshua lost his first tooth. He wanted to know if he lost 2 teeth because the hole was so big. OOps I posted the picture side ways. He was afraid to loose his tooth. He didn't want to pull it out. It got stuck in his corndog at school. Now that he has lost his first tooth and he saw what he gets for losing a tooth he may start pulling all his teeth out.

Classes in the next week or so

2007-11-29T13:10:00.000-08:00

Here are a few pictures of the classes that I will be teaching in the next few weeks. There are more classes but haven't taken pictures of them yet. The first one is a hide and seek book from piggy tales. This is the cover of the book and the first page. There are 5 of us instructors teaching this kind of class to show the customers each one started out the same but turned out quite different. I went first.
The santa tray was fun to make. I like the way it turned out. This one is also a sold out class. I will be teaching this next week.
THe santa paint can I made last year and will be teaching it again this year. I had about 45 people last year for this class.
The christmas folder class was another sold out class. Michelle and Mimi went to creative escape in AZ and loved this book so I changed it up a bit and taught it last week. Everyone loved it. I have an ornament class to teach tonight and I will be teaching a gingerbread house on Sunday. It is actually a house and it even lights up. I have been busy these last couple of weeks. Off to making things for January and February classes. Wish me luck.

Happy Halloween

2007-10-31T20:45:00.001-07:00

Here are my gouls and gobblins. What do you think? Ofcourse Jamie the princess always has to dress as a princess of some sorts. Isn't she cute. Joshua is Jack Sparrow. He loved his costume. They were both able to wear them to school. They had their use out of them today wearing them all day. They recieved lots and lots of candy. Everyone seemed to love both of their costumes. Hope everyone had a good Happy Halloween. Don't eat too much candy.

here is our pooch BRANDI

2007-10-31T20:42:00.001-07:00

Isn't Brandi so cute. She was sitting at the kitchen on one of the chairs and wanted our food. Poor thing. No, she was watching us carve out the pumpkin.

Field Trip to the Brackenridge Pumpkin Patch

2007-10-29T13:09:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures of Joshua at the pumpkin patch today. His 1st grade class had a field trip and had lots of fun. They were able to pick out a pumpkin and paint it, ride a hay ride, potatoe sack races, and story time. It was a very long field trip. They even were able to eat lunch there. I am tired and ready for a nap.

The Pumpkin Patch

2007-10-22T19:45:00.000-07:00

We went to Brackenridge on Sunday to the pumpkin patch. Jamie needed a pumpkin to take to school for a school project so we took a trip out there. It was hot that day and a day later we are in the 50's. Janelle didn't want her picture taken with the pumpkins so Jamie and Joshua were in all of them. The kids can't wait to carve their pumpkin and roast pumpkin seeds.

Homecoming

2007-10-22T19:36:00.001-07:00

Here is Janelle on the day of Homecoming going to school. I made her mum. Didn't do so bad, huh?! Here you go mom. Pictures of your angel grandbabies.

My glimmer mist layout

2007-10-22T19:31:00.000-07:00

Here is a layout I did for the store using the graphite glimmer mist from tattered angels. I used a piece of white cardstock and layed a piece of spiderweb lace down and sprayed graphite glimmer mist on it and lifted it up. The tag was done the same way.

Big Buck

2007-10-21T17:00:00.000-07:00

Joey took the kids to the deer lease this weekend and this is what they spotted. They can't wait until opening day.

Self Manager Badge

2007-09-14T13:39:00.001-07:00

Joshua applied for his self manager badge this week and received it today. He was so happy. This is the first time to get the self manager badge. Last year in Kinder he never was able go get it. He is so proud. Lets hope he keeps it and doesn't get it taken away.

Glimmer Mist

2007-09-14T13:31:00.000-07:00

Glimmer Mist love, love, love this stuff. As you can tell I couldn't just buy one bottle. I need more. I am up to 18 colors thanks to Vicki getting me hooked to them. I am misting everything now. I just finished the Heidi Swapp canvas from Creative Escape that Michelle and Mimi brought back for me. Love it. I will upload a picture soon. Thank you to Kristi from tattered angels for giving me information on the glimmer mist. Our first order of it we ordered 108 bottles and in 2 hours I had only 24 bottles left. I think I have everyone hooked on them also. We ended the weekend with having only 6 bottles left. I just placed another order for more colors. Wait and see what we come up with using this wonderful stuff.

A day in Fredricksburg

2007-09-03T18:48:00.000-07:00

We spent the day in Fredricksburg for my birthday. I found this old Kodack camera at one of the antique stores there I had to buy for my new room.

I got this new TV for my birthday. I put it in my new room so now I can watch tv in there and scrap. The only thing I am missing is a bed. LOL Now I need to get busy and start working on something now that I have a room.

More pictures of the new addition

2007-09-03T18:40:00.000-07:00

Here are more pictures of our new addition. These two are of the inside of the closet. Not organized yet but will be working on it soon.

Here are some pictures of the outside porch. The door you see in the picture goes to the scraproom from the outside. Now I have my room and Joey has his second home. They both aren't finished but at least we can use them the way they are. One of these days they will be complete.

Our Girls at Crop night

2007-09-01T00:11:00.000-07:00

And the real winner is...

2007-08-31T23:47:00.000-07:00

And the winner is Suzanne Snead. Congrats!!!

Here are your real contestants. Tinka, Maria, Suzanne,Jeanne, Lulu, and Anita.

Queen of the crop.....NOT

2007-08-31T23:01:00.000-07:00

The queen of the crop. Ya right. This is me playing around before we had the girls walk the crop room and pick a winner at crop night one evening.

2007-08-30T15:01:00.000-07:00

Good mail day today. Look at all the goodies that I received from Teresa Collins. Thank you girl. Love it all.

2007-08-30T14:42:00.000-07:00

Here is my scrap room finally. It is not finished but at least I could put stuff in it. We still need to put some more cabinets in it and some sort of island in the middle of the room. As you walk from my bedroom this is what you see off to the right with cabinets on either side of the mantle.
This next picture is a view to the left of the room. The three pictures on the wall are of all of us that work at Scrapbook 911 with Teresa Collins when she came to the store and taught back in January. This picture is my closet. I didn't open the doors because I didn't want you to see all the junk I have until I sort it out. Do you see the picture on the left of the door. That is Tim and Mario with all of the crew (including me) that work at the store (Scrapbook 911) Do you see the two pictures to the right of the closet. That is me with Tim Holtz when he was at the store and then me with Elsie at CHA in Chicago this summer. The last picture is from the back door looking into the room. Sorry the pictures are so dark.

So how do you like the vintage look that I'm trying to go for?? I need to get busy working on somemore things to put in here that are vintage.

2007-08-30T14:17:00.001-07:00

Here are the kiddos on the first day of school. Jamie is now in the 4th grade. How time flies. Janelle is now in High School. Can't believe I have a high schooler. She is liking it so far. Loves A days better than B days. Janelle has some hard classes this year and is a big change from Middle School.

My little Joshua. He was very excited about going in 1st grade. It doesn't look like it here. He was posing for the camera. He is loving school. He came home today saying that only one more day and he can get his self manager badge. The self manager badge is for good conduct. This is a big thing for him because in Kinder he never received his self manager. Hopefully he is growing up a little.

Trying to set this up

2007-08-04T22:53:00.000-07:00

I am computer illiterate. I am having a hard time doing this. Hopefully it will get easier. Help.