Hello! Long Time No Blog

Hey! I'm a very bad blogger. :(

I've back in school again for the fall and I have pretty much been focusing on that. Exciting, though, because I'm finally in classrooms doing observation so I feel like I'm finally close to being the teacher I've always wanted to be!

I did get to do some scrapping with my mom in the last couple of weeks. OH-- and did I mention that we went on a cruise vacation?? Just the two of us! It was amaaaaazing. :)

Here are a few layouts I've done:

And continued... 4 layouts.

Alright, four more layouts to share with you guys. :) Click to enlarge and any comments are much appreciated. I'm starting to break out of my shell with my layouts. I tend to go simple, complex, simple, complex. Am I the only one that does that? I get exhausted from busy layouts and then do a simple one. Then by the time I'm done with the simple one, I'm ready to get out all my embellies and make another busy layout. Phew, exhausting, but fun!! :)

I was inspired to FINALLY use one of my many Hambly overlays that I've been hoarding for about a year, now! I saw this overlay used at mugsyboo.blogspot.com and it looked amazing so I made myself get it out and use it while the inspiration was still fresh. I really like the way it turned out and I'd love to thank Martha for that burst of inspiration! I will try and remember everything I used: Hambly overlay, Bazzill cardstock, Love Elsie ribbon, American Craft thickers, Bam Pop frame, Q & Co alphabet chipboard letters, Heidi Swapp ghost letters, stickles, chipboard buttons, and other random embellies/papers from previous kits (Poppy Ink, I think).



I was so happy that I used one of my old papers! I tend to only use my "newer" stuff. I was inspired by our clothes. Josh and I were wearing brown and blue and so I looked through my browns and blues and found this in the blues and thought it would be perfect. I also really wanted to use that Together rub-on by Daisy D's that I bought at The Crafty Scrapper (my local scrap shop). The two little birds represent Josh and I, of course, and those are Hambly rub-ons. The two gold butterflies came in a previous Poppy Ink kit. The buttons are random but mostly from kits or from Autumn Leaves. And I do believe this is the first time I used a corner adorner! I'm getting so bad about making only one picture layouts... haha, oh well!



I really wanted to use my new circle punch and my new Pop Culture paper that I bought at Target. I also bought some Autumn Leaves alphabet stamps at Target and this was my first time to use them. I also used some cute acorn stickers that I got in a previous Poppy Ink kit and a few sequins from a Scarlet Lime kit. Very simple layout that I was pretty pleased with. :)



This was the last layout that I did Sunday. I wanted to just randomly choose a picture and scrap it and I ended up choosing this one. This is Josh's mother and brother. We are at the Wax Museum. I thought something simple like this would look cute. I used Primas, an Autumn Leaves stamp, and cardstock. That's pretty much it!

2 Day Scrapathon

I had an amazing weekend at Mom's house. I will be there a lot here in the next couple of months because I have to get out of Josh's hair so he can study for his Series 7 test that he is taking at his work.

I did so many things at Mom's house!!

But, for now, here are only two of the things that I made. Both of these are for Josh. I made him a bookmark and a framed layout.

Five more pages!

I was a scrapping machine this Easter! Josh was out of town visiting family in Louisiana and so I was all alone for five days! I would have gone, but my boss wouldn't give me off. :( BUT- it ended up being a great Easter after all. I spent all day long on Easter Sunday with my mom scrapping away. My dad played my Wii or watched movies on my Zune and my grandma did her thing resting in her room or watching us scrap. It was a wonderful day for me because I got FOUR PAGES done. Okay, that's a lot for me! I also have one more page to share that I actually did a couple of weeks ago, but never scanned/photographed it. If you want to see them bigger, just give them a clickaroo!

This one I did last Saturday. Peggy's birthday was March 13th and I spent the 15th at my mom's scrapping so I figured it was only natural to do Peggy's birthday layout! I actually really like the way this came out. I used so many different products! For some reason, it's always very easy for me to do a layout about Peggy. I get to use so much cute girly stuff.


This one ended up being, ehhh, OKAY. I think because I LOVED this photo so much and then I really wanted to use some new decorated chipboard that I bought. I think the main problem is the background paper. I'm usually pretty good at choosing eye-pleasing background paper, but not in this case. This should have been used as accent paper because I didn't notice it until it was too late, but the pattern on the paper is crooked. So the whole thing kind of looks lop-sided. I will probably use this layout for my vacation album and scrap the picture again for the album of just Josh and me.


This was a fun layout for me to do! First of all, it's all from my March Scarlet Lime kit. I love me some monthly kits! haha BUT, what I really like about this layout is that I actually did something on it for the first time ever. When I was at The Crafty Scrapper last weekend (my LSS), I saw a chipboard hanging album that had distressed edges on the photograph so I used my Making Memories block and scratched, scratched, scratched away at the edges of my picture. I actually like the way it turned out and will probably use this technique again!


This layout ended up being a pleasant surprise for me. I told myself that I was going to go through my stuff and choose something to use FIRST and THEN choose the photographs. I came across these My Mind's Eye frames that I have had for a while. Then I thought of these silly pictures I took of myself around my 25th birthday last year in the mirror. I printed three pictures on one 5x7 and cut them up to fit in the frames. Then I found this laser die cut that I bought at GASC last year and thought THIS WOULD BE PERFECT! Well, it ended up looking really cute, in my humble opinion! haha And this is one of the very few "me" pages I have done. And I just loved my different sized yellow buttons. My mom liked it so much that she ended up scraplifting me and she ended up with an awesome layout that she's going to frame and hang in her scrap room!


This was the last layout I did Sunday night. I used some paper that I bought at The Crafty scrapper, some journal die cuts that I got in a kit last month, and a rub-on that I got in another kit. The stars are PaperChase (the London paper company that only sells stuff in Borders) and the letters are Q & Company. Love those letters! I ended up using different colors for the R's because I didn't have enough R's in blue... but it ended up working with the page, I think.


Phew! That took me a long time to scan and photograph. Scanning stresses me out, so I think I'm going to stick with taking pictures of my layouts, even though it isn't quite as good of quality. Thanks for looking and any comments are very welcome. :)

A Little Scrappin' Done...

I got to go to Mom's on Sunday and do some scrappin'! I decided to use some of my old stash that really isn't my style anymore. But, I had it, so I thought I would use it! They turned out okay, just WAY MORE SIMPLER than I'm used to! :) I also did landscape 11 x 8.5 for the first time. I wanted to put them with my other layouts in my American Crafts Modern Album, so I had to punch a hole for it to fit in the rings, but it turned out good! I don't know why it looks crooked on the scan, I must of pushed it around too much. It's not crooked in "real life."

I'm so excited about going to Mom's to scrap on Saturday. I got off of work and everything. My aunt, my cousin, and my cousin's friend will be there. And hopefully Mom and I will get to go shopping at The Crafty Scrapper later that night! :)

A little scrap time...

Sunday I went to Mom's house and made a couple of layouts. I was starting to feel sick so I didn't have my normal MOJO, but I still had a lot of fun! To the right is one of the layouts I did from when Josh, James (his son), and I went to Sea World in San Antonio! Click it to see it much larger. It was a lot of fun and it was James' first time ever!

I am very excited because my mom is having a little mini crop party on March 15. It will be me, her, my aunt, my cousin, and my cousin's friend. There will be food, gabbing, and scrapping! I hope my mojo doesn't disappear for that day like it did on Sunday!

I've done a little bit more online shopping! I bought a Close To My Heart square punch set, a new modern album (red one!), some landscape page protectors (11 x 8.5 -- thought it would be fun to give that a whirl), and some STAZON (black and white). I wish I could scrap as much as I shop!

Also, I'VE BEEN TAGGED by Brook. :) I don't really know anyone that checks my blog, so I'm not going to tag anyone, but I love that I got tagged! haha

So here we go--

Here are the rules:

1. You have to post the rules before you give your answers.

2. You must list one fact about yourself beginning with each letter of your middle name. (If you don't have a middle name, use your maiden name).

3. After you are tagged, you need to update your blog with your middle name and your answers.

4. At the end of your blog post, you need to tag one person for each letter of your middle name. (Be sure to leave them a comment telling them they've been tagged and that they need to read your blog for details).

Answers:

M - Math. I've always had a thing for algebra.
A - Anxious. I get anxiety over the simple things.
R - Reliable. I might be late, but I'll be there if I said I would.
I - Indecisive. I have trouble making small decisions.
E - Easygoing. I can get along with most anyone.


So, there's my first TAG!

First Time for Everything!

Welcome to my very first blog entry! The goal of my blog is to share with everyone my latest creations and chat about the world of creativity as a whole. Whether it be a scrapbook layout, an altered item, photography, or anything else!

Here are the last few layouts that I've done.. click on them to see them FULL SIZE, close when finished viewing:

In the future, I will post what inspires me, who inspires me, and anything relating to the scrapbooking or creativity world.