Here are a couple I have done the past few days!!!!

The first one is Maggie all dressed up and ready for the Daddy-Daughter Dance!

The next one is of me at age 5. It was my first grade photo taken in 1953. It also includes the class photo. This is also a scraplift of a page done my dear friend Pat.

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Time Spent Together

Maggie and her dad went to annual Daddy-Daughter Dance this past weekend. Thanks for looking!

New Album!

 I have started a new album. I am beginning to scrap photos of Bob's farm-starting when they purchased it in 1964. It is very exciting as I have Bob's Mom's journaling on the back of the photos and I am including them on the pages. Her are two of the beginning pages!

My Valentine!

Here's 10 things I love about my Valentine!

Focus

Bobby loves the Leapad we got him for Christmas. He is so focused on whatever he does whether it is the Leapad, video games, reading or looking at pictures in a magazine.

Sweet

Is the layout of Maggie on her first birthday playing with her Fisher Price  Little People.  I did this for Layout Tag over at Scrapping the Moments. I made the background by using a template and misting with VintagePink Glimmer Mist.  Thank for Looking!

Picture Perfect

is what I called this page. It is Becky when she was in eighth grade.

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Family

This is a layout of my mom as a toddler! The photo was taken around 1930-31. Thanks for looking!

Memories of You

This is a page I did of my Grandmother. The photo was taken on Easter Sunday 1974 on her front porch.  It was inspired by a sketch by Sketch Support, and the papers are by My Mind's Eye. I fussy cut all the flowers.

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New DT Call for Scrapping The Moments!!!

There is an open call for 2 people to join the DT @ Scrapping the Moments.We are a small, friendly, scrap booking/paper crafting community.  We are  looking for someone to head up the weekly photography challenge.You do not need to be a professional photographer to do this.  We would like someone who is excited about taking photos & know their way around their camera.You would have to come up with a weekly idea of what we should photograph.You can see what we have been doing here http://www.scrappingthemoments.com/index.php?topic=2267.  If you are interested please send some of your photos, ideas you might have for the challenges, a little about yourself,and if you have a blog please send me a link to it, to pat@scrappingthemoments.com.  by February 4,2012.  If you can't post on the members board or gallery please do not apply.  I am only looking for people who can participate & show interest in our community.The 2nd position will be doing an ATC challenge. We have just started doing these & there is a lot of interest in these ATCs by our members. Only apply if you can commit to doing a monthly challenge and to participate on the message board & gallery. If interested please send me some samples of your work,especially ATCs you have done & if you have a blog or gallery send a link to that also.You can send this info to pat@scrappingthemoments.com by February 4,2012.  There is no compensation at this time for our DT members. But there is joy from sharing our talents with others. 

School Days

This is a layout I did for the Book of Me. It is my third grade photo and class photo. The journaling reads:  Third grade with Mrs. Jones

My teacher for third grade was Mrs. Jones. She lived a block away from the grade school I went to. One night in the spring her house caught fire during the night. She, her two sons and her husband all got out safely. But what an opportunity to teach a class of third graders about what to do in case of a fire. She walked us over to her house, and of course only saw the house from the sidewalk. At that time they still had the fire boxes on utility poles, that you would break the glass and the alarm would ring at the fire station and they knew what area you were in. She went over everything we needed to do in case of fire. Yes what an impression she made on us I still remember that walk, and seeing the ashes and the scorched roof. Thanks for the memories Mrs. Jones.

I honestly remember that so well but can not tell you who any of these kids are! LOL!

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Fun With Facepainting

My first Recipe Challenge at Scrapping the Moments! Yes the new challenges went up this morning so if you need some inspiration wander over and take a peek at all the creativity! We have a new stamping challenge also!
Here is the page I did for the Recipe Challenge. It was inspired by a page created by Alyssa McGrew, owner of Miss Art's Papercrafting School. If you never been there take a quick peek at what is going on over there-no one plays hookie! LOL

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First Birthday

This is a photo from Maggie's first birthday party! Don't you love her Care Bear Birthday hat??? The layout was inspired by a sketch by Susan Stringfellow. Thanks for looking!

You Two Always Give 100%

is how I see these two. In this photo playing a video game but no matter what they are doing-playing or school work they give it their all! TFL!

My Grandmother

This a my maternal grandmother at about age 18. This photo was probably taken around 1926. I did scrap the original photo.  I did not realize that today is the anniversary of the day she left this earth. I continue to miss her.
This is a scraplift of a page done by Lisa Valentine and a kit purchased at Miss Art's. The papers are Prima, flowers are Petaloo, butterfly is Recollections, the key is We R Memories. Thanks for looking!

Mom & Me

These are photos of my Mom & I in 1949 in the front yard of my grandmother's home. I edited the B&W photos in PSE9 and ended up with sepia tone as I felt it softened them a little. I used Webster's Pages patterned paper. TFL

Home Sweet Home

I was inspired by a sketch from Super Sketches and Debbie Sanders and the papers are by BoBunny. Thanks for looking!

My first Artist Trading Card

We have a new challenge at STM doing ATC's. An ATC is 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches-not a lot of room! Here is my first attempt-titled The Chickadee.

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New Challenges

Here's the layout I did for the new Double page scraplift challenge over at STM.  This layout is about the musical the second and third graders at Maggie's school did for their holiday play. It's Christmas, Carol is a variation of the well known production of the same name. This was inspired by a sketch by Allison Davis.  I was so proud as Maggie sang a solo called Nobody Cares About Me.

Santa Claus and Popcorn

Jingle bells and reindeer horns, Christmas trees and mistletoe, Jesus loves me this I know! Some of the lyrics to the Merle Haggard recording Santa Claus and Popcorn which my kids sang as children while preparing for Christmas to come. Perfect name of this layout I did of the grands! If you would like to hear the entire song here's a link. TFL

Holly Jolly Christmas

is what I titled this one of the Grands opening their Christmas gifts. I used a kit by Super Sketches and sketch by Allison Davis.  TFL

2012 Calender

This is the front of the calender I made the girls for Christmas. Of course it is packed full of photos of the grands all taken last year. It is a joy to use through the year, as it takes you back to a happy day last year! I hope they enjoy their's as much as I enjoy making them. Thanks for looking!

Christmas Past

This is a layout for the Book of Me that I am documenting. This photo is of my sister Teri & I visiting Santa in 1949. That would make me about 2 years old and Teri was eight months. Thanks for looking!

Nobody Cares About Me

is the title of the song Maggie sang her first solo to at the schools holiday concert. We were surprised to hear she was doing one, but she did a fabulous job with it. Amazing that one little girl seven years old could get up in front of a room full of strangers and do that! She received high praise from the teachers in her school also. We are so proud of her! She never let us hear the song until the night of the concert-"It's a surprise" she said!

Thanks so much for looking!

Holiday tags

Here are four tags I have made-the first three are inspired by Tim Holtz and the final one by Ellen Hutton Feminine Twist on Holiday Tags. I had a lot of fun  making these even though it will take a week to clean up my mess! LOL

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100 Lines

Bobby read 100 lines before Thanksgiving-great job for a kindergardner!  A line is a book that would normally equal 15 minutes of reading for a student his age.  We are so proud of him! He doing so well in school! Thanks for looking!

New Challenges are up at Scrapping the Moments

Ahh yes the first half challenges went up this morning! Also our new Challenge The Twelve Days of Christmas  started today also! We also posted the the new Tim Holtz and Ellen Hutton tags starting their series of holiday tags. Ohhhhh so much inspiration!

Here is my two page layout for my challenge. It was inspired by a single page sketch by Ali Davis.

Thanks for looking!

Canvas Mini Album

I have been taking a Mixed Media Class at the My Creative Classroom since the end of October.  Our instructor is Bethany Kartchner.  Our most recent project has been to make a canvas mini album. We actully bought canvas in bulk, cut it and painted, misted etc the backgrounds, added our photos and embellished. Here is mine. I think the photos do not do it justice as it looks much better in person. These are photos of the Victorian homes in Cape May, NJ. I loved the colors, and architecture of all of them. The photos are taken from a tour bus, and I do not have a lot of information but thought they were so pretty. 

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Gather Together

is the page I did for the new Book of Me Challenge at Scrapping the Moments. It tells of the way my family spent Thanksgiving when I was a child.

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Holiday Card Display

This is a layout which I will use to display the Holiday cards I receive. It was inspired by a page  by Nichol Magourik.

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School Days

Is the title for my newest layout and my sample for the new Die Cut challenge over at Scrapping the Moments! It is our Maggie and this year's school photo!

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Hayride

We went to Mapleside Farm in Brunswick, Ohio for the Pumpkin Patch and took a Hayride! It was a lot of fun, the wagon was pulled by Belgian Horses. The one horse pulling our wagon weighed a ton! They are very large horses. Thanks for looking!

Shimmering Memory Board

This is the newest class I am taking over at My Creative Classroom. This week we did a mixed media board where we actually scrapped our layout on a piece of wood. We then created dimension and texture with gesso, then painted and shimmered our backgrounds!  Yes that is real sand and sea shells on the page! These are photos from my trip with friends to the Jersey shore.

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The corn was as high as an elephants eye...

Is what I titled this layout I did of the grands at corn maze this year! It was so muddy but we had a ball!

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Challenges Revealed

Ahhhh yes the new challenges went up this morning at Scrapping the Moments.  Here is my sample for the Double-page Challenge, which is a scraplift challenge. This month I did my own design-it is the Maggie demonstrating her Super Girl moves in her new Halloween costume!

Stop over at the Moments and check out all the other great new challenges! You may see one you like! Thanks for looking!

12 Days of Halloween

Reveal is today! In case you missed my earlier post we added one item each day to our layouts, not knowing what the next one would be! Here's mine:

If you want to see more just visit our site HERE! Thanks for looking!

We visited the Pumpkin Patch at Mapleside Farm in Brunswick

and the grands had a wonderful time! We had the bounce house, corn maze, hay ride, mooler ride. What more can a kid ask for????

Here's a sample:

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First Halloween!

Is the title of the layout I did today! Yes Maggie's first Halloween!  I actually made it from my stash ansd scraps! Thanks for looking!

New Challenges up!

Yes the new mid-month Challenges are posted at Scrapping the Moments! I do the Die Cut Challenge and here's the layout I did for that.

 All the leaves in the background I made-either on my Silhouette or stamped and handcut. The challenge is to make your own background with diecuts.

We are having a new fun special challenge coming up on the 19th of this month. We are doing the 12 Days of Halloween!  We will be creating a Halloween layout by following my 12 day instructions...each day I will be posting a new thing to add to your layout......and on Halloween we will reveal our layouts. Get it?! Got questions? Sound fun? If you would like to play along go here and sign up!

Seriously Sweet

Were the two little words for this month's challenge! Finding a photo for this one was very easy!
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A New Page for the BOM

I scrapped another page for my Book of Me, and conquered the Journaling challenge at Scrapping the Moments at the same time! You can't read it very well so if you are interested here is the journaling.
I always wanted to be one, but could not get there right out of high school. I even participated in a vocational program my senior year of high school. I worked as a nursing assistant at the local hospital in the mornings and went to school in the afternoons. I was the oldest of five children and my dad worked in heavy construction so no work in the winter, so they could not afford to send me to nursing school, besides I did not have a car so no transportation besides the bus. I would have been willing to ride the bus back and forth but no money for tuition. So I worked as a nursing assistant for several years. I would have joined the Waves also to have them pay for my education but my dad was dead set against that.
So life went on, I married, had a daughter, Kellie. I then divorced and then met and married Bob. I was a stay at home mom for many years-until Kellie decided she did not want to go to college and Becky was still in high school. I finally got my chance. It was May 1988 when I scheduled to take the entry exam into nursing school! Then we got the news that my Mom had throat cancer. I knew she was going to need support. I took the entry exam anyway. I was told I would hear from them in a couple of weeks about my results. Lo and behold they called me the next day and asked me to come in for my interview. I had tested so well they were offering to let me start in September. My Mom’s treatment would be over by then, so I was accepted into the W. Howard Nichol School of Practical Nursing. It was 1988-I was forty years old! Was I crazy? Had I lost my mind?
I went anyway!
I worked very hard studying every night but Friday and Saturday the first half of the year. Then we made it to Capping-yes they were still wearing caps then! After that things got harder! Learning the normal body the first half, then the abnormal the second half of the year. So I only took Friday nights off from studying then. I loved every moment of my schooling. The human body is such a miracle.
I graduated second in my class of thirty students. I was proud I worked so hard! I was finally a Licensed Practical Nurse-In my life that was and to this day is

AWESOME!!!!!!

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Forty Years!

Yep that's how long poor Bob has put up with me! Just kidding! We were married forty years ago today-and have been together for forty-two! I guess we are so used to each other we might hang around together a little longer!

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A Yoda 5th Birthday

This is a layout based on a sketch by Allison Davis. It's all about Bobby's Fifth Birthday Celebration!

I think he enjoyed all of his Star Wars goodies, and his little party!

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