The Elf is Missing!!!!

As you can see the elf is missing! Yes Maggie was in a panic on Friday as the elf Merry Stinky never made it to their house yet! She just knew it was Aunt Kellie's fault! Why you ask? Aunt Kellie picked up Merry Stinky Thursday and carried her around the room! She was unaware that you DO NOT TOUCH THE ELF!!!! Maggie is sure that Merry Stinky will never be back!
Stay tuned for more!

Darth Vader is back!!!!

Darth Vader arrived at my home for Trick or Treat! Bobby was a wonderful Darth Vader and had so much fun doing his imitation of Darth Vader in his best Darth whisper!!!! Thanks for Looking!

The Reason for the Season

Here's a project I did for an Impromptu Challenge over at The Moments. You were to take a frame you already had, and do a temporary design to display in your home. I took a frame and applied vinyl to the glass, then cut the elelments for my picture with my sil and cuttlebug! Thanks for looking!

The Return of the Elf!!!

The return of the Elf!!! Yes on Thanksgiving Day the elf returned to spend the season with Maggie & Bobby! We were in the middle of dinner when Maggie spied the little guy in the kitchen window! Then after dinner we got the computer and went to The Elf on the Shelf.com and Maggie & Bobby played the games and checked out all the new things on the site! What fun. Here are the first 2 pages of my Journal Your Christmas Journal. am so used to doing 12 x12 layouts tthat this one had to be a 2 pager but I will learn to condense-I promise! LOL!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

My wish for you today is to spend a fabulous day with friends and family and to enjoy the special time you have with them. Please take time today to Count Your Blessings! Take some time to think about the special people who are no longer on this earth to spend time with, but remember the wonderful times you had with them.

I am going to start my Journal your Christmas and Gratitude journal today. This is my favorite holiday and I feel it is the perfect day top begin as a surprise visitor is coming for my grandchildren, and what better day to start writing about what I am thankful for.

Thanks for stopping and see you again soon!

The Big Reveal!!!!!

Today is the first reveal of the Card Sketch Challenge at Sketches In Thyme! We are so excited! I say we as there is a team of us doing the cards from a sketch, this week done by Cardabilities with a digital image by Delicious Doodles!
This first image is the sketch we used this week-so cute isn't it!!!


This is my interpretation of the sketch with the digital image I chose to use for this card.


Please stop over at Sketches In Thyme and take a look at the beautiful cards, and layouts there. You will be amazed! Here are the links to all of the fun places I have talked about this morning!

To visit Sketches In Thyme to view all the beautiful cards you can click here- http://sketchesinthyme.blogspot.com/ . Check out the entire site-there are wonderful layout sketch challenges there also.
To visit Cardabilities you can click here-http://cardabilities.blogspot.com/.

To visit Delicious Doodles you can click here-http://deliciousdoodles.blogspot.com/

Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy the view when you visit these sites!

A Thankful Heart is a Happy Heart

is the name of my Thankful Journal. I have only done the cover so far and will do the pages as I go about journaling what I am thankful for. I have never done a journal before and now I am working on two. I am also doing a journaling class Journal Your Christmas by Shimelle! I guess I have stories to tell! They are both going to be different. I will tell the stories of Christmas present and past in the Journal Your Christmas. I will try to count my blessings and write about what I am thankful for and why. I have challenged myself now!

Thanks for Looking!

A Walk in the Park

Good Morning World! This is a layout I did last night for the Recipe Challenge over at The Moments. The photo is one I took at Kendall Lake in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, when we took the grandchildren for a walk in the park. I love this photo so much,and I think the MME patterned paper is perfect to showcase it. The flowers are by Prima, and the letters and patterned paper that is matting the photo are BG. The recipe called for 1 piece cardstock, 2 patterned papers, and 3 flowers.

Thanks so much for looking!!!

Some new Projects !!!!

Here are a couple of the projects I have been doing for Challenges over at The Moments! Aren't they fun!
The first one is called a criss-cross card and was so easy and fun to make. Here's a link to the tutorial and challenge-http://www.scrappingthemoments.com/apps/forums/topics/show/3739443-criss-cross-card-challenge-1 /done by Marisol Gutierrez-she is so talented!!

This is from the 3-D challenge. It's called the one sheet gift box. I think it is adorable! Perfect for small gifts! Here is the link to the tutorial-
http://www.scrappingthemoments.com/apps/forums/topics/show/3740552-one-sheet-cute-box-challenge-1 /this is byMadeline who is also very talented!!!

Hope you have fun making these-Thanks for looking!

Big Announcement!!!!!

Just a quick note to let everyone know I have been chosen for the design team at Stitches In Thyme's card sketch section! I am so excited and can't wait to start working with Kim, and the rest of the desigtn team at SIT!

So much excitement in my scrapping life lately! So much fun, so little time! LOL.

Here are my two newest DT blinkies! Thanks for looking!

Let The Games Begin!!!!!

The challenges have been posted, let the games begin over at The Moments!!! ( http://www.scrappingthemoments.com/) It has been so exciting watching this papercrafting website come to life the past three weeks! I have watched it grow, the DT chosen and now the challenges are posted! We have played games and done sketch challenges and impromtu challenges and now it is fully loaded. I looked at the challenges today and there are so many new and different techniques and tips on those challenges to learn and update any papercrafter! I am so impressed with the other members of that design team. Please just stop and take a look at all the amazing talent on that site. It sure humbled me.

Here's my layout I did for my sample on the die-cut challenge. I plan to frame this and hang it in my home to remind me daily to count my blessings.

Thanks so much for stopping and taking the time to visit my blog, it makes it so worthwhile and your comments are deeply appreciated!

Grand Opening of The Moments is finally here!!!!

Yes it is finally here!!! So much fun and excitement over at the new site! New challenges-the Grand Opening Challenge went up this morning! The challenges by the DT will go up tomorrow! Prizes are being given! Come over and play and join in the fun at
http://www.scrappingthemoments.com/!!!! See You there!!!!

Journal Your Christmas

Journal Your Christmas! JYC you will see this term frequently the next few weeks as I am taking a class online that will be focusing on journaling! This is my album cover! I purchased the album and decorated the cover in a simple but elegant design. I hope each day to add some notes and photos about my preparation for Christmas. I am sure it will end up as a tool for the other things!

Thanks so much for looking!

Exciting News!!!!!

Just wanted to let everyone know I have been chosen to design for the new website The Moments!!!!! Have you been there yet???? If you would like to stop by here's the link-http://www.scrappingthemoments.com/.

It is a very fun place with lots of talent and a beautiful gallery! If you need some inspiration that's where you want to be!

Trick or Treat 2010

Miss Maggie decided to be a witch this year for Trick or Treat and a very pretty witch she was indeed! Her skirt even had fiber-optic lights in it to make her sparkle even more! Happy Halloween!