The Bus Stops Here!

This is a true story-none of the names have been changed to protect the innocent or guilty! the journaling reads:  This year both of you had to ride the bus to school, which neither of you have done before. You had to wear wrist bands with your name and bus number on them and were instructed to make sure to check the number of your bus so that you got on the correct bus. We are 2 weeks into the school year and your Mom walked you to the bus stop at the corner of your street. Maggie went to climb aboard and you Bobby grabbed her and said “this is not our bus!” Your mom looked puzzled as she did not realize the bus had a number. You were right! This was not bus number 433, it was 277. The bus driver then explained that your bus was being repaired so it was okay to board! You were 5 years old Bobby and the only person that morning who noticed the difference! You are so observant! I am very proud of you for protecting your sister, and that you were doing the right thing by checking before you got on!
High Five for you!

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Back to School

Here they are! My grandbabies are back to school! Love them!
This was inspired by a page done by Nichol Magourik. TFL

Becky's Mini

I like to give Becky pics of the kids playing for her desk at work so she can lookup & see them playing! I had not updated them in a while so I decided to make a little mini album for her.

I used KaiserCraft and Echo Park. Thanks for looking!

Another Vacation Photo

This is a photo of the four of us who met in Cape May N.J. This was taken on the beach at Cape May. The water was so beautiful and relaxing! It was a calming peaceful place to be-I know why Pat loves it there. When we were out on the boat for the whale & dolphin watch I could have stayed there forever! The water was calm, peaceful, and you could be alone with yourself and God.

Journaling Challenge

this month is to face your demons so I did!  The journaling reads: 

My biggest demon I believe is ANXIETY!

Anxiety is that sick feeling of fear you get in your stomach and your chest

You feel like you can’t breathe. It is paralyzing.

I remember having anxiety even as a small child. I have it still in my adult life,

but in the past ten years or so it seems to be under control and hiding in

there waiting for a chance to show it’s colors.

My father was an abusive person-to women and kids.

That was the source of my anxiety. It continues to this day but not as often as it

used to. I have learned over the years to deal with it better then I did

as a child and even as an adult. I guess it was a normal reaction to the

 environment I lived in as a child, but not in my adult life so much as the

 environment is different. But it still creeps in whenever I make a mistake.

I spent a lot of years trying to be perfect but have come to the realization that

I will never be perfect. So I don’t try to be that anymore-Just me!

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Back to School

is the title of this one! I did this for the Scrap your Stash challenge-you needed four different ribbons. Thanks for looking!

Wednesday!!!

Here is a layout I did yesterday for a challenge over at Scrapping the Moments. 

This was for the Sketch challenge with a sketch designed by Diana.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Scraplift Challenge

For this month's scraplift challenge at Scrapping the Moments we were to use circular photos and ink or paint on our layouts. I cut a photo corner and border masks and painted them to go with photos of Maggie & Bobby riding their bikes at the park the day before they went back to school.

Here's a few I have done the past couple of days

This one I used MME and images from the Silhouette.

 I did this for the FFT at Scrapping the Moments and it is based on a sketch at MME blog.

 I used moulding paste, MS watercolor markers, TH Distress Inks and the poem Friends are a  Treasure by Jean Kyler McManus.

Thanks for looking!

Back To School-Oh Yeah Blog Hop

Good morning! I hope you are enjoying your hop around DT blogs so far! My challenges are the Die Cut Challenge-This month the challenge is to Think Outside The Box! What do I mean by that? Well I want you to use a die cut in a different way then you normally would! Think about that shape in a different way. On my sample you will see the tree top is made using cloud shapes instead of the normal tree tops!

http://www.scrappingthemoments.com/index.php?topic=1307.0
Here’s a link to the die cut challengeMy second Challenge is the Double-Page Sketch Challenge The challenge is to use my layout in the same way as a sketch and do your version of this two page layout! This page is a variation of a sketch by Allison Davis

I used Cosmo Cricket pattern papers, Distress Inks, and images from the Silhouette. I also used 5-2.5x2.5

 photos, 1-3.5x5 photo and 2-4x6 photos. Here's a link to this challenge.

I hope that I have inspired you play along! 

Below are the members of the design team who are bringing this blog hop and what their challenge is about.
Scrapping the Moments DT and their blogs :
Jess - OLW Challenge - http://jessicahagland.blogspot.com
April - Journaling Challenge- - http://causeaprilsaidso.blogspot.com
Cindy - Die-Cut Challenge and Double Page Sketch Challenge-http://grammashappyplace.blogspot.com
Diana - Sketch Challenge-- http://itsmylifeandimscrappingit.blogspot.com
Janet - Scraplift Challenge-- http://jpaluga.blogspot.com

Jessica - Scrap Your Stash Challenge and Scrap that Tune Challenge-- http://myscrappycorner.blogspot.com/
Pat - Color Challenge--http://ascrappinnana.blogspot.com   Resa - Ad/Art Inspiration Challenge--http://hardlyworkinggirl.blogspot.com 

Have fun!
And we have even more challenges to choose from: Card Challenge, Heritage Challenge, Recipe Challenge, Pattern Paper Challenge, Friday Night Sketch Challenge, and a Surprise Challenge! Here's a link to Scrapping the Moments

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Serene is

what it was floating out there in the ocean! I so enjoyed that trip. Don't forget Thursday is the big Back to School-Yeah! Blog Hop at STM!
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Big Announcement!!!!!

We are having a blog-hop on Scrapping the Moments! On September 1. 2011 with lots of challenges for you to do!  Please come over and join in the fun! Here's a cute badge we made up for it also!

Book of Me!

I am so excited as I decided to start an album about my life story! It is called a Book of Me. I just finished the introductory page and am posting it here.  I hope I continue to work on it as my friend Pat gave me some sites and prompts for direction. I am sure it will be a slow process and some may not be easy. It will have a lot of journaling so that is good as I need practice with that! Some will be viewable some will be gently tucked away in a pocket on the page. Here's the first page!

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A Painted Lady

was what I scrapped today! This is the Ashley Rose at Cape May, NJ. She is a beauty! One of the many victorians in Cape May that we saw when we took the historic tour! Thanks for  Looking!

Back from Vacation!

 I had the best time this past week! Went to the New Jersey Shore and went whale/dolphin watching, visited Cape May and Atlantic City Boardwalk! A great vacation! Met my friend Pat from Vermont there and took my neighbor and friend Barb with me! Drove over 1000 miles round trip! Here are a couple of layouts I did today with pics from my trip!

This is the Cape May Lighthouse

And this is the only whale we saw!

Layout Swap!!!!

Awww yes we did a layout swap over at Scrapping the Moments! Layout swap you ask? We swaped photos and scrapped them, then mailed the originals to the girl who's photo we scrapped! What fun it was. We also sent needed information like a name and age or when the photo was taken! Here is the one I scrapped of Lynn's grandson Owen and his dog Lucy

Then I sent a photo of Maggie at age 3 to Diana and she scrapped this beautiful page

I love it sooooooo much!!!! It is so much better in person, all the detail she puts into a page!

If you think it sounds like we are having fun you should join us!

Learning to swim underwater

is what has been all about in my backyard! Bobby & Maggie both now swim underwater! How much fun is that! Have a fun day and thanks for looking!

Bloom & grow

This is Maggie fingerpainting for the first time! Thanks for looking!

Here's a new one

I scraplifted a layout by Scrappinvt for this layout of Becky in her Junior year of high school-1989-90 school year! Thanks for looking!

New Challenges up at

Scrapping the Moments. This is my sample for the Double Page Sketch challenge. A very Special Day " & a very special gift. Maggie got her haircut and donated a 12 inch ponytail to Locks of Love, who make wigs for children going thru chemotherapy." reads the journaling. Maggire also picked the papers I used for this layout!

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