New layout!

Here's another new layout I did today-it's about Maggie's kindergarten program this spring! It is based on a sketch by Ali Davis and I used some Sass, American crafts and images from the Silhouette! Thanks for looking!

Good Times!

Here's a layout I did based on a sketch by Allison Davis. The cs is AC, the pp and diecut are MME, and the stamps are by Imaginesce and I colored them with Stampin Up's watercolor crayons and blending pen. It's Bobby & Maggie playing in the wading pool in my backyard. Thanks for looking!

How to Beat the HEAT!!!!

Good Morning! We have all been experiencing the extreme heat this summer and dealing with it by staying indoors in the air conditioning. My grandchildren discovered a better way to Beat the Heat this summer! I am sure you will enjoy their remedy!

This is a layout I did for the BladeMasters challenge for this month at Ch{all}enge Masters. I cut ll the diecuts and alphas with my silhouette and the little popsicle sticks are BoBunny.

Tag Challenge!

Hi Everyone! Just a quick post to add the tag I did for August
Tag Challenge over at Challenge Masters! It was a lot of fun making this-it required a butterfly and bling! The tag is three layers, I stamped the second with a leaf stamp, then covered with a layer of white vellum. The butterfly is two layers, the top is purple vellum that I heat embossed with an irridescent embossing powder.Thanks for looking!

New layouts !

Happy Saturday to everyone! Hope you are all having a great weekend! Here are 2 more layouts I have posted for different challenges.
This first one was very difficult for me as I usually use a lot of color. This was a challenge for The Summer Lovin' Contest at Challenge Masters. It had to be all white or black with the only color being embellishments etc not cut from paper or cardstock. Whew!

This layout I just posted for a challenge at Sketches in Thyme-here's a link to their blog-http://sketchesinthyme.blogspot.com/. You are to do your intrepretation of the sketch they have posted there for the week. Here's mine-Bobby playing video games at the age of three!

Thanks for looking!

Surprise!!!

Here's a layout I did over the weekend and I wasn't sure it was the way I wanted it to be. It's called Princess in Training????


I just had to scrap this one for my grandson to have when he is older. This was taken at his sister's princess birthday party and he wanted to be dressed as a princess also! That's how you are at three!
Have a great day!

Water Lilies!

Here's a layout I did for the July Sketch Challenge over at Challenge Masters! These are photos of Water Lilies I took at the Beaver Marsh at Cuyahoga Valley National Park in June 2010.


Thanks for looking!

A fun layout for a fun challenge!!!!

For this weeks challenge for the Summer Lovin Contest over at Ch{all}enge Masters you were to make your own sketch, and then do a layout to go with it! That Pat sure likes to challenge our brains!!! Well here are the sketch and the layout I did for that fun contest-


Then for bonus extra points you needed to make a card from your scraps-I really didn't have many but here's what I came up with!

We have a lot of fun over there-the challenges are really not that hard-just make you use your brains and step outside of your regular box!!! Thanks for looking!

New Layouts

Hope everyone had a great weekend! It has been so hot here I have been staying indoors and scrapping. Here are 2 layouts I finished over the weekend-the first one was for a scraplift challenge over at Ch{all}enge Masters.


The second one I did just for the fun of it-it's photos of Bobby learning to pump his legs to make the swing go by himself! Too fun!


Thanks for looking!

A Very Special Message

Hi everyone! Hope everyone is having a wonderful Saturday! It's so hot outdoors I am staying in and scrapping today. It will be at least 89 here today. What better to do on a hot hot day then play with our toys! LOL!

Here's a layout I have been working the past couple of days-I just couldn't get it to look the way I wanted it to look. It is a scraplift of a friend's, Valerie, layout called Strike a Pose which can been seen at 2 peas in a Bucket.

Thanks so much for looking and hopefully enjoying my creations.

Fourth of July Cupcakes

Here's a layout I did for the Summer Lovin' Contest week 2 challenge at Ch{all}enge Masters. I made this cupcakes for the grandchildren for the holiday picnic. They loved them! I cut the cupcake wrappers on my sil and made the flags with some paper toothpicks and flags I printed on my printer and hand cut! Thanks for looking!

Good Sunday Morning!

It's a beautiful summer morning here-the sun is shining and it's cool outdoors yet! It is supposed to go to the upper 80's though! Here are a couple of layouts I have done. The first one is for the BladeMasters July Challenge over at

Ch{all}enge Masters.

This second one is of our grandchildren riding their bikes round and round in our driveway-just havin' fun!!!!

Thanks for stopping!

Beautiful!

Here's a project I did for a challenge at CM. I love Iris and had taken these pictures of my neighbor's!

They are so pretty and these papers just make them more so. Thanks for looking!

BOUNCE!

This is a layout I did about Bobby! He loves bouncing around the backyard on this bouncey ball!
I used Sassafras Paper for the background and made all the diecuts with my Silhouette! Thanks for looking!

My Favorite Scrapping Tool???

We have a new summer challenge going on over at
Ch{all}enge Masters for the month of July. This weeks
challenge is to scrap a page about your favorite scrapbooking tool! So I did-
The journaling reads :
My Silhouette is my favorite scrapbooking tool!
It does so many things for me!
I use it for embellishments,journaling spots, borders-
everything you can think of to put on a scrapbooking page!
It will cut letters, images and even draw!
The scrappers over there are having the best time with this challenge! Stop by their site and have a look! Thanks for stopping by!

Gifts from Mother Nature

Here's a layout I did for a Calender Girls challenge to use 3 different fonts on one layout! I sketched the vine and then placed one next to it so the sketched one works as a shadow. This is a photo I got with my new camera of a butterfly on my lilacs. Thanks for looking!

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!!!!

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY TO ONE AND ALL!!!!

We are going to be watching the fireworks display from our backyard tonight. The country club up the road does the display every year and it is beautiful from our yard! The grandchildren love it! Tomorrow we are having a cook-out here also. The girls are bringing the food and we are supplying the grill and paper products-maybe some beverages also!

Hope evryone has a safe and happy holiday weekend!!!!

Little Miss All That!

Here's a layout I did that I couldn't resist doing! Maggie is getting into fashion recently! I had to share this precious photo with one and all!

Thanks so much for looking!

My Guys!

Here's a layout I did today of my two favorite guys-Bob & Bobby!!!! This is from the Sketch Challenge over at

Ch{all}enge Masters. Thanks for Looking

We had an earthquake here today!

Highly unusual but we do get them once in a while. Never cause any damage-the epicenter is under Lake Erie. I never felt it but people in our immediate area did.

Well I guess my mojo is back as I am scrapping like crazy! Here are 2 layouts I did-one yesterday, and one today! The first one is Summer Fun!

This second one was done to compare the size of the Picton Castle to the average size of boats around Lake Erie.

Thanks for taking your time to check out my fun layouts!

The Tall Ships

Hi everyone! Hope you are all staying cool and hydrated! It has been very warm the past few days, but it is worse down south I believe! I finally got around to scrapping-yes scrapping!!!! Here is a layout I did today about the Tall Ships that tour the Great Lakes every summer. These photos are from 2000 when Bob & I went to see them. The name of this ship is Picton Castle. It was on The Cuyahoga River, just off of Lake Erie.

Just for fun I did the title with nautical flags which spell out Tall Ships! Thanks for Looking!

The Sad Little Birdhouse

Good Morning everyone! Here's a layout I did about the birds who moved into our birdhouse this year. It was a story I needed to tell. It's about the circle of life but it's also so sad.
Thanks for looking!

I am Baaaaackkkkk!!!!!!!

Sorry I have been off the blog for so long! I had a little surgery so have been recouperating! Doing well so far! I miss the grandbabies as I can't watch them for 6 weeks, but Becky brings them for visits at least weekly!

Here's a layout that I did for the BladeMasters challenge over on Ch{all}enge Masters site. It was to make a border using your own diecuts.

I used Cosmo Cricket papers and cut the die cuts with my Silhouette! Thanks for looking! Have a great day and hope to be posting more soon!

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!!!!!!

I hope you are all having a wonderful Memorial Day. Please remember to think of all of those who have served in the Armed Forces, died or have been injured fighting for our freedoms today.
Here are two layouts I have done the past couple of days. The first one is about the Tee Shirt my grandchildren gave Becky for Mother's Day. Jeremy took them out and had this made with their handprints on the shirt!

This next layout is of my grandaughter and her friend playing in ther pool in our backyard this week. I think they were having some fun!

Thanks for stopping by and looking!

A Very Special Day!

This Mother's Day was a very special one for all of us, but especially daughter Becky! This year grandaughter Maggie is in kindergarten. She made her mother a beautiful present at school for her special day! Then she and her brother made cards at my house for her also. When Becky got to my house to pick the children up Maggie could not wait to give her mom the gift and card. The very special part of the gift was when Maggie READ her card to her Mom- a first!!!!!!!! Maggie is so proud that she can READ!!!!! We are very excited for her also! She does a very good job! So here's the layout to commerate that very special moment!

I will be adding at least one more layout regarding my dear grandchildren's special gifts for Mother's Day as I will be doing a layout with Bobby's also!
Thanks so much for taking some of your time to visit Gramma's Happy Place!

What a beautiful day we are having!

The sun is shining and it has warmed up to the 60's! I have lilacs outside my front door and opened the window and it smells so good in here!

I scrapped some yesterday and finished a couple of layouts!

This one was for a challenge where I could only use these colors-the first lap of my first NASCAR race! Bristol Motor Speedway is in Bristol Tennessee. Had a really good time at the race-will be posting more layouts from there.

This next one is for a challenge to scrap something new to you-so my new camera Bob gave me for Mother's Day! I am sure it will take a lot of photos for me to scrap in the future!

Hope you have a great weekend and stop back anytime!

Good Saturday to one and all!

Wow I can't believe I haven't been here for a week! I was busy babysitting the grandchildren this week and we were outdoors most of the time! Finally got that Bobby potty-trained! Whew!!!!!

Fianlly got to scrap an little-actually I was working on a couple layouts but kept changing them. Here's one I did for the BladeMasters challenge over at Ch{all}enge Masters that had to have a silhouette and decorative edge on the photo mat.

Hopefully I will get more accomplished as I plan on scrapping all day today! Oh the baby birds are on their own already and I only got a snapshot of one of them-but mom & dad were busy mating all afternoon yesterday so we will have another batch soon! LOL!!!! :):):)

Have a great weekend everyone!!!!

Mother's Day Celebrations!

Good Morning! Hope you all had a very wonderful Mother's Day! I know I did! My sweet Bob gave me a new 12x zoom fuji camera, Becky's family gave me a yummy brunch and scrapping goodies-I will take a photo and post it of the very cool pencil jar that my sweet grandchildren made for me! Then Kellie & Ed made a yummy dinner for Becky and I so we did not have to cook! They also gave me flowers and a gift card to Two Peas! Below is family photo we got yesterday came out well I think!!! It was a wonderful day!

Here's a layout I did of the azaleas in my backyard-and I know it's bright but that's how bright they are! There's a little bee hidden in one of those photos if you want to find it!!!

Thanks for stopping by and come back real soon!

Cool Saturday Morning!

Good Saturday morning. Hope you are having a great weekend. I got to spend some time in my scraproom the past couple of days and did get a couple of projects accomplished! I have 2 layouts to post and I made some really great cards, which I will have to post later so the recipients don't see them!

This first one is the Azaleas in my yard-they are so beautiful this year! This is mostly Sassafras Lass product.

The second one is pretty self explanatory-Home Sweet Home. I love the spring when everything outdoors is fresh and new!!! The colors are so fantastic! Just had to scrap these. Hope you have

have a wonderful day! Come back soon!

Good Monday Morning!

Such a beautiful morning! More like summer then spring-already 65 degrees! We have baby birds in our birdhouse-you can hear them chirping away! The mom & dad birds are wearing themselves out keeping the babies fed! LOL!!! My azaleas are beautiful this spring-have photos I will post later!

We just finished National Scrapbooking Day weekend! What a busy time! Over at Two Peas the Calender Girls had 275 posts on Saturday & Sunday! Whew-a lot of praising was done! They wore me out! It was fun though and a lot of beautiful work was displayed! Ch{all}enge Masters had a three day event, and there is a lot of beautiful work dispalyed there also. I plan on praising over there today!

Here's a project I posted yesterday for challenge to use your stash-I don't have much as I have only been scrapping for 18 months! It's the neighbors kitty!

Here's some photos of my azaleas-just photos not layouts!

Thanks for stopping by and come back again real soon! I so appreciate your comments and want to thank you for taking your time to leave them!

Happy Nsd to one and all!

Well it's finally here! We get to scrap our hearts out today! There are challenges going on everywhere! Need to decide what my layouts all fit so I get credit in all the right places.

My little grandson fell last night and took a chunk out of his head-had to get seven stitches! So my first layout today is about him-on a happier day!

Here's a layout of his sister Maggie on Easter at Aunt Kellie's house hunting eggs-and she found a bunch!!!Hope you enjoyed your little visit-I did! You come back real soon now!