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Happy Retirement to My Friend

2012-01-31T08:49:00.000-08:00

Oh...today is the official last day of work for my dear friend. So as a retirement gift I did a digital layout for her. We had lots of good times at work and was such a good friend, whom I vented too alot. We bowled on a team together and took a tap dance class together. I framed a layout in a 8x8 shadow box frame. This is the one I did for myself. Slightly different. I will miss her at work, she made it bearable when times got tough but all in all we had a good time.

This one's for you Miss Lori!

Just a little layout!

2012-01-30T09:24:00.000-08:00

This layout was done for a challenge on the MSW site. I used digital elements as well as traditional scrapbooking elements (Prima flowers and TH tokens - this one says Destiny). Thus the title "I break tradition". The digital elements are from KimB's Design, Wildchild Kit. The title and the journaling on the bottom are from a Natasha Bennington song called Unwritten. I hope you enjoy!

Have a great day!

More January Layouts

2012-01-22T09:33:00.000-08:00

This past year, we joined a meetup group, the Las Vegas UFO Hunters. We met once a month to go skywatching. We met some great people and here are a couple layouts from our time with them.

Thanks for looking!

2012-01-21T12:53:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year! Finally have some layout to share. I am trying to catch up as I have not done any layouts since mid-summer. Here is the family on race day, heading towards the gates. I have been wanting to scrap this photo for a long time.

On the layout below, the journaling states; I must have been yelling at Tomas, probably telling him to "take the photo already!"

This is a 2-pager from one of our camping trips this past summer. We were at Pharangat Wildlife Refuge. I put the little skunk looking behind the tree to remind me that we did smell skunk that night while we were skygazing.

Thanks again for stopping by and taking a look. I hope you enjoyed!

Cocoa Gift Holders

2011-12-22T09:46:00.001-08:00

I made these cute little holders for friends at work. They hold a package of hot chocolate. Made a nice little gift. Boy this year things seem so busy or rather busier than ever. Every night busy making cards, tags, gift card holders, etc. I still need to clean the house, yikes!

Thanks again for coming by! Merry Christmas!

Tis the Season

2011-12-15T20:04:00.003-08:00

Happy Holidays to All! Just finished a few cards today using the Keep Cozy stamp set. I am loving these little snowmen!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.Happy Holidays!

Christmas Tags

2011-12-13T10:05:00.006-08:00

Hi everyone...it time to post a little christmas something. Things have been so hectic that time is just getting away from me, but here is a little something. Sorry, the pictures are not the best. I can't take credit for the tags themselves, I recieve these beautiful snowflake tags from my swap partner in a 12 days of christmas swap on the cmb. I also received this very cute snowmen stamp set from another partner in another swap so I decided to play them and work on my copics skills and play with color. Oh, and the snowmen are from the Greeting Farm Keep Cozy set. Thanks to both my partners for their wonderful gifts and making my christmas a little easier.

Hello Autumn!

2011-11-03T22:00:00.004-07:00

Well, time goes by so quick and before you know it...its almost christmas...again! Before I let autumn get away from me I though I would post a tp mini album I did for a swap on the cmb. Here is my Fall themed tp mini...

Chunky Mini Album

2011-08-20T20:56:00.000-07:00

Here is my first chunky mini album. This was done for a partner swap on the CMB. Each week we were to do a set of pages based on a theme. Week one them was smile/giggle/laugh; week two was to do with vacation and travel; week three was butterflies and flowers; week four was vintage; week five to do with friendship; and week six we completed the front cover and back cover. The favorite color scheme I worked with was mostly pink and brown as that was my partner's fav color.

Cover was Week Six

Week One

Week Two

Week Three

Week Four

Week Five

Thanks for stopping by!

Hot Summer Nights

2011-07-18T10:29:00.003-07:00

Here are a couple of layouts I have forgotten to share. One night we decided to go to the park and I brought my new camera to play with. Here are a couple of layouts that were inspired by challenges at the MSW site.

Thanks for stopping by as always!

Latest Layouts

2011-07-18T10:16:00.005-07:00

Hi All, I just noticed I have forgotten to post some layouts that I have completed over the past month or so. In late May, Tomas and I went to Rachel, NV for Rachel Days and do a little skywatching. We met up with some people from the Las Vegas UFO Hunters group. These layout have more to do with our road trip.

First time to Rachel, after living in LV for so long and have had some interest in UFOs and such.

We didn't see any unearthly being, well not the ET kind anyway!

A Fun Giveaway!

2011-07-15T13:30:00.001-07:00

Going Buggy is celebrating 1000 posts with an awesome giveaway! So what's up for grabs? First of all, Letraset have been very generous and are giving TWO lucky readers the chance to win a pack of twelve ProMarkers, plus a set of fine tips to go with them AND one lucky person will win the Cricut cartridge that has taken the Cricut community by storm - Elegant Edges! Go visit HERE for more info!

Winner of the Blog Candy

2011-06-27T15:36:00.002-07:00

Thank you Everyone for stopping by during the Jumpin June Bug Blog Jump! I hope you were inspired by everyone work, all these ladies who participated are so very talented.

Now for the Winner: (I can never get the image of the little box to show)

True Random Number Generator
Min:1
Max:23
Result: 6
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And, it was CharleneL - CONGRATS CHARLENE!
Send me your addy or I will email you!

Charlene L said...
Love the tray idea ~ wish I'd had people like you to give me ideas when my son was younger. I'll have to keep this in mind for when (if) I have grandkids!

Thank again to all!

June Blog Jump

2011-06-24T19:45:00.001-07:00

It's time for another blog Jump! Yeah!
The below list of blogs are those of ladies who are participating in our Blog Jump and if you arrived here first, I encourage you to go back up to the start at Julie’s place at My Little Corner, where you will find a wealth of creativity.
You should have arrived here from Cindy’s place at My Lazy Afternoon. Isn’t she amazing?

My project is an altered serving tray. I happen to find this tray at a yard sale and then I altered it to match our theme for this Jump!

If you leave a comment, your name will be entered for a chance to win this RAK. At the end of the hop I draw a name.

And now, for the Jumpin Part, next in line is Crystal! Have fun and I am sure you will be inspired!

JulieClawser - http://mylittlecorner-julie518.blogspot.com/
Heart2Hand - http://heart2handshighlights.blogspot.com/
Planlady19 - http://planlady19.blogspot.com/
CindyAdamson - http://mylazycrafternoon.blogspot.com/
DGirlLV - http://dgirllv.blogspot.com/
Caitlynsmommy - http://crystalscraftycreations.blogspot.com/
Doodles - http://doodlesscraps-diana.blogspot.com/
GrandmaJ - http://www.mylittlecraftincorner.blogspot.com/
Skrappindiva - http://skrappindiva.blogspot.com/
AmyMLT - http://coveofcreativity.blogspot.com/
LEIALOHA - http://www.divinescrapper.blogspot.com/
J_Bear - http://jbearshome.blogspot.com/
Heaven4333 - http://heavencreations-kathy.blogspot.com/
Scrappin_RN - http://cuttin-up.blogspot.com/
JanaZ - http://simplymycrafts.com/

My First Baby Album

2011-06-22T13:34:00.010-07:00

Well it was bound to happen and here is the first baby book I have now made. My SOs granddaughter is in town with her new baby, Tyson. So, I have made this for her and I hope she like it. It not to frilly since its for a boy and I purposely kept it simple.

May/June Crafting!!!!

2011-06-02T20:18:00.009-07:00

Welcome to my blog....the past couple of weeks I have been working on a couple of altered compostition books with a new technique. On these I used wrinkled paper that has be inked with distressed inks and then cover with glossy accents, sprinkled at bit of glitter on one and used stickles on the other. Once dried I covered the paper with Modpodge, then covered book with the wrinkled paper and added embellishments to complete. I also used a pocket on the inside cover and made tags for the pockets.
Front Cover:

Inside Cover:

Front Cover:

Inside Cover:

I am really liking this technique and I see more of these in my future.

Also, this past week I made some handmade flowers:

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed and let me know what you think!

National Scrapbooking Day with MSW ................ 5/7 thru 5/14/11

2011-05-11T15:50:00.000-07:00

Yeah another crop and boy do I need to do some layouts. Over at the My Sketch World website they are doing one for NSD. It will be all week, There are some wonderful challenges for layouts and cards posted. Here is what I've done so far:

Here is a Mother's Day layout. My brother and sister-in-law came into town to take Mom out, so we did a little eating, a little gambling, and a little shopping (well I did a little shopping for shoes).

This was for a recipe challenge using 4 buttons, 4 flowers, music sheet image, and cardstock:

Another eagle layout, I will report that the eaglets are doing fine!

This card we had to use a vintage image:

This challenge was to use a Ad for inspiration:

Here is the ad we had to use for inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by to take a look!

Memorial to Mama Eagle

2011-05-02T10:37:00.009-07:00

OK, I'll try not to make this too long or too sad. About a month ago I started watching the eagle cam from the Norfork Botanical Gardens. There are 3 hatchlings from this nest. So cute, little fuzzy white eaglets. I have been watching them grow and grow. Checking on them everyday I began to feel like the were my little charges. The little guys were banded week before last so they could keep track of their travels once they fledge. Last week was tragic for them as Mama eagle was killed by a jet that was landing at the Norfork Int'l Airport. Apparently the gardens, airport and lake where the eagles hunt are all close together. Thousands of people all over the world were tuned into this eagle cam. It seemed so silly to be so attached but many were. The day momma died I was so upset and watching the cam hoping that daddy eagle would returned and just before dark he did to feed the eaglets and then again the next morning to bring more food, this was heartwarming. The authorities decided to remove the eaglets to the Wildlife Center of Virginia. I didn't know how to feel as the daddy eagle lost his mate and now his family, it was quite sad, but I know he will go on and hopefully find a new mate in the fall. The eaglets are being well kept at the center and plans to release back to the wild in late summer. There is a cam at the center so we can still keep watch over them.

There was a layout challenge post on the MSW site, that was perfect for the layout I wanted to do, a tribute to mama eagle. Here it is:

I am sure I'll have more layouts to come over the next week or so!
This is a digital layout, designer credits for background paper and elements go to:
Monical Guerra Leiria (Waiting to Happen)
Gunhild Storide, Coralie Scraps (Summer Days)

15 Days of twilight swap (con't)

2011-04-29T10:18:00.010-07:00

Here are some more items that I created for my partner. I had a great time crafting these for my partner and I hope she enjoys them. As part of this swap we had to make 3 twinchies and trinchies, these are the twinchies.

I did an altered frame using sparking red, black and white (diamond bling):

For two of the days we had to do 3 ATCs and also 3 Tags:

We also had to do cricut cuts twilight related, this cut is from the Storybook cart and the letters is the twilight font using SCAL:

These are just of few of the items using mostly cardstock from the Immortal Love stack from DCWV. Thanks for visiting and enjoy!

Altered Matchbox

2011-04-27T21:17:00.005-07:00

On the CMB, I was involved in a 15 days of twilight swap. I have been waiting, as I didn't want my partner to accidently coming across these crafty items I made for her before she received them. She should be recieving her box any day now and I can't wait.

Here is one of the items I did for her which I had posted a sneak peak earlier on this item. It is a altered matchbox filled with handmade flowers, stickpins, and a charm. I hope she like them. The paper used for these is from DCWV Immortal Love stack.

I love altering the matchboxes, they are pretty easy to do plus you can use the inside to stash extra goodies!

Blog Candy Winner!!!

2011-04-18T08:32:00.008-07:00

There were 28 comments in all and the winner is #19: DivineScrapper - Leialoha

Congrats DivineScrapper and Thanks to everyone who participated and hopped by!

Bashful Bunny Blog Hop April 16 & 17th

2011-04-15T09:20:00.043-07:00

WELCOME to the Bashful Bunny Blog Hop! This is our first hop, we came together on the CMB with the Lucky Leprechan swap and kept it going with the Bashful Bunny Swap. You should have come from Amy's blog. We were asked to make some Easter/Spring items for this hop. I make these little easter baskets for my co-workers, won't they be surprised. The little bunny rabbit on the front of these was cut from my cricket from the Simply Charmed cart.

Thank you for hopping by and now for some fun!

BLOG CANDY**BLOG CANDY**BLOG CANDY
Here are two sets of Vintage Clear Stamps!!! I recently picked up at the RubberStamping Convention and some other little surprise goodies!

Here's all you need to do: Leave a comment on THIS post and email or contact info so I can notify you when you win! I will draw a random winner after the close of the hop Sunday night, and will contact you for your shipping information. Easy, right?
Ok, here's HOPping you win!

Your next stop is Cindy and see the awesome items she has been creating lately! Should you get lost below is the list of lovely ladies participating! Please visit everyone and BE INSPIRED...!

List is in order, starting with:
Julie - My Little Corner
Kathy - Skrappindiva's Musing
Tiara - Dreamin' of Paradise 82
Terri - Planlady 19
Cammi - Cuttin-Up
Lisa - Cuttle Fairies Express
Janice - My Little Craftin Corner
Elia - DivineScrapper
Sheri - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Amy - Cove of Creativity
Me - Scrap Occurs **you are here**
Cindy - My Lazy Crafternoon
Heather - Two Hands Creating
Heather - Paper Crafter's Anonymous
Jana - Simply My Crafts

Sneak Peek

2011-03-24T15:34:00.002-07:00

I am doing a Twilight swap on the cmb. Here is a sneak peek for my partner!

Altered Matchbox

2011-03-18T16:24:00.005-07:00

Happy March and hope everyone had a great St. Patty's Day! Here is a altered matchbox I did for a swap recently, I didn't post it earlier, again not wanted my swap partner to catch a glimpse of it. Now I can show it as she has received it.

Here is the top, I used a Tilda stamp:

I used 3 matchboxes stacked on top of each other:

5th Annual MSW Sketch-A-Thon

2011-03-08T10:19:00.016-08:00

I participated in MSWs 5th Sketch-A-Thon which went from Feb 1-20. Each day we were given a new sketch either card or layout. It always fun to participate in these and it gets you inspired to get things done. Here are my layouts for this project.

My First TP Mini

2011-02-16T08:52:00.006-08:00

Well, I've been waiting to post this mini album made from toilet paper rolls. It is for a swap on the Cricut message board. I didn't want my parter to see by accident until she had received it. I think it came out pretty good, I actually love it. I don't have every single page here but most of them. On the inside of the front cover (which isn't shown here) is a flap that you open and in it is the chorus lyric to On the Wings of Love by Jeffery Osborne (I love this song). I couldn't fit the whole song in there, it made way to thick. Here it is:

The Best Gift

2011-01-30T19:28:00.004-08:00

2010 turned out to be a pretty exciting year. In August, my SO located his birth family. It turned out his birth mother past away in June but it was through the obituary that we were able to locate his brothers and sisters. We were able to discover the circumstances surrounding his adoption which he actually had a lot of anger in him and could not understand why someone would give up a child. But all the facts are known now and he is at peace with it. The best part was being able to contact his brothers and sisters. It turns out that he is the second oldest of eight children and the oldest boy. One of his brothers, made the decision to come west for Christmas, this is due to the fact that his daughter lives in Arizona with her husband. So just before Christmas, him and his wife made the road trip to Arizona and then the four of them came to Las Vegas to meet Tomas. This was truly the best gift of all!

One Little Word

2011-01-15T09:29:00.005-08:00

It's January 15th, WOW a new year and I haven't even wished everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR!

One Little Word is about one word I want this year to be about. I signed up for a class from The Big Picture site which is taught by Ali Edwards. In this class, we were to picked one word, my word is "Change." We will be creating a album about our word all year long. Our pre-class project was to creat a title page for our word, then we were to take a current photo of ourselves and then create this collage of cards about our word. First of all about my word, because of it being a new year, resolutions made, my photo...one might think its about my body image and a resolution to lose weight. Been there many times and of course losing weight and eating better is always in the back of my mind. But this is not just about changing my eating habits or body image, its about my attitude about how I see my world and my actions/reactions to what is going on around me. I took about 15 photos of myelf and I don't like photos of myself but I choose the photo I did because of the attitude I am projecting. Also the fact that part of my head is cut off was not intentional but I like it. Then the collage is our final assignment for this month.

Merry Christmas to all!

2010-12-31T08:41:00.008-08:00

The happiest time of the year, for sure. We went to Lake Havasu to spend Christmas with my brother and sister-in-law. The weather was beautiful. Diffinitely, not for those who want to be in snow and the cold. Here are some layouts I have already completed from this Christmas season. Woohoo, I was able to get these done this week as I have been on vacation from work. Its so nice to have the time to do this.

Me & Mom at her Christmas Party

This year we had Scruffy's photo with Santa. His vet's office offered this, he is so cute...Scruffy not his vet, oh well he's OK too!

Scruffy Opening up presents on Christmas morning!

Tomas enjoying some Christmas Cheer!

Tis' the Season

2010-12-19T19:19:00.003-08:00

Merry Christmas to All! Thank you for visiting and taking a look. It's been a great year. This christmas I was involved in two separate 12 Days of Christmas swaps. Here are some of items that I crafted for these swaps. On many of the items it was my first time crafting and altering the item. I hope you enjoy!

It's Been Awhile

2010-12-07T10:19:00.003-08:00

Almost time for the reveal of the sneaky peeks...just a few more days! In the meantime here are a couple of cards:

Sneak Peeks

2010-10-21T22:12:00.005-07:00

It's October, WOW, again it all goes way to fast. It has rained for a couple of days and the weather right now can't be any better. I'm creating for two swaps, both are on the 12 Days of Christmas. And, for one of them not all Christmas items, there is some Halloween goodness happening as well. I can't show the items I have done for this swap but I decided I will post some peekaboos!

It won't be until December before I can do a reveal so this will have to do for now. Thanks for looking!

Hello September

2010-09-08T19:57:00.004-07:00

So here goes.....September, I like September. For most people in other parts of the country, fall is starting, for us here in Las Vegas...its still pretty warm but just starting cool down a bit. Its also my birthday month.

August was interesting to say the least. My SO reconnected with his birth family, it was pretty emotional but we've had a week or two to digest. The most exciting part just happened yesterday when he got a big box from his older half-sister and in it was a beautiful quilt that his grandmother made. He was pretty overwhelmed and what a wonderful gift. This past week I've been working on an album for him with all the photos we've gotten of his birth family and letters. Well, I know we have a lot more Thanksgiving and Christmas cards to send out now. I best get working on those cards. At first he had a lot of mixed feelings but now he knows the circumstances surrounding his adoption for better or for worst. He really thought that no one cared where he was and that no one was looking for him. I am so happy for him. He now knows that there were people out there looking for him.

Another Month Almost Gone

2010-08-26T17:34:00.019-07:00

Wow, August turned out to be busy mostly dealing with family issues for my SO. But I did continue to get layouts done for the MSW ABCs of Summer crop, which is just about over. Lots of inspiration to be found there, so here we go:

Yes I have missed a couple of letters, like I said it was a busy month but I got alot done!

X marks the spot, use a circle in layout:
W use the word Wish on card:
U must use the letter U on card:
T is for Two Techniques:
This was Q for Quick and Easy and it was:
O is for Owl
N is for Nekked chipboard:
M is for Multi-layers
This layout was a result of the main issue we've been dealing with, my SO was adopted and located his birthmother. She had just passed away in June and we located her thru the obituary. We discovered that he has two half-brother and five half-sisters. WOW...the baby picture was sent to us by his oldest half-sister and the two on the bottom were the earlies photos we had. Proof that little Tommy has been found.
L is for Love:
K is for Kiss, use the word:
I is for Inking:
H is for HotHotHot, use yellow, orange and reds:
F is is four photos except I used five:

Time to Update!

2010-08-07T16:41:00.015-07:00

How's your summer going?...we got through July and the heat is on! We finally got to the lake yesterday, its hot and it was breezy which helps but the water was so nice. Puppy went for a swim 3 times.

Here are some cards and a layout I did got done lately! These were done as part of the ABC of Summer Crop from MSW.
G is for Girly Green
E is for Event

C is for CloudsB is for Border
A is for Adornment

This layout I did recently: (the photo is from our recent California trip in June)

Scrapgirl's Challenge

2010-07-20T22:19:00.006-07:00

The challenge is...make an easel card and you must use the colors brown and red. Magnolia images are being used although any image is acceptable. Awesome prizes are being given away. So anyway, here is my card I am submitting for this challenge:

I'm pleased with how she came out. I actually don't have any magnolia stamps of my own and I got this image in a swap on the cmb. Follow this link for more information on this challenge.

http://www.scrapgirl-angie.blogspot.com/

Hi Everyone!!!

2010-06-26T12:47:00.000-07:00

Wow June has gone by so fast...so much going on in my scrappy world. I've doing swaps on the cricut message board and one of most fun ones was the vintage/distressed paint can swap. My partner sent me this gorgeous can filled with all sorts of TH scrappy goodies.

Isn't this an absolutely gorgeous can and then here are a few photos of some of the goodies that were inside the can:

Many thanks to my partner to did a fabulous job!!!!

And, here a couple of photos of the can I did for her:

It was so much fun coming up with a design and then creating the can. One of the best swaps yet. All I can say is that my swapping supplies have double due to the Shoebox swaps and Paint Can swaps I've participated in lately. It has opened the world of Tim Holtz to me, I have to admit before all this I didn't know who the guy was and now I can't get enough of him and his goodies!

Earlier The Month......

2010-06-19T12:36:00.000-07:00

MSW had another 1 hour crop. This is where they post six sketches and you have 1 hour to finish and then another 20 minutes to post to gallery at their website. These are always somewhat stressful but also fun to do! And, then it also fun to see what others come up with in the time allotted. So here are my cards I did, I only was able to 5 instead of 6:

This photo is of my cousin Patsy, my aunt Pauline and my mom. My aunt just turned 95 years old on the 13th.

And, here is some other scrappy goodness completed this month:

May 31st

2010-05-31T21:00:00.001-07:00

Another month has come and gone. Wish I had done more scrappy stuff. Mostly I just worked on cards, here's a couple of more I did for this month:

Spring Fling Crop at MSW

2010-05-04T11:30:00.000-07:00

Come join me at MSW for a month long spring crop. There are lots of challenges posted, so come and play at My Sketch World!

and, here is my first sketch I finished at this challenge. It is the May 1st Sketch Challenge:

and a few more that I got done:
The shoes are shown because this challenge was to be based on a fashion item.

2010-05-01T22:48:00.000-07:00

April showers bring May flowers. Today in Las Vegas, the weather is not bad as it may hit 80 degrees, now if only the wind would stop, so sick of it. These past couple of weeks, it seems like it cold one day and then it hot the next and its been non-stop windy. I am so ready for the heat, I guess that why I live in the desert.

The STSB Round 8 swap ended on a great note and I have lots to play with thanks to my swap partner. MSW had a 1 hr crop last Friday so I did managed to complete the six challenges and did a couple of extra cards afterwards. I was also able to complete a layout challenge this past week. To finish April, here is some scrappy business I took care of, mostly cards.

Sisterhood of the Traveling Shoebox Round 8

2010-04-21T16:57:00.001-07:00

Here is the book I received from my sister. In this swap, we were given a word for a day for 30 days and we had to buy or make something that represents that word. I recieved an amazing stash of goodies in which to play with. All my goodies can viewed on the Cricut Messageboard under the STSB 8 thread, around page 115, post #2285. Here's the link: http://www.cricut.com/messageboard/tm.aspx?m=6238405&mpage=115

In addition, my sister send me this amazing book of cricut cuts, each day is represented.

Wow - Already April 18th

2010-04-18T20:21:00.000-07:00

This month seems to be flying by so fast. Where does the time go? Anyhow, here are a couple of layouts I managed to complete. Most of these layouts where inspired by challenges at the MSW website.

LV Race Day - Nascar comes to town!

This is a photo of my mom and her friend. We went out to breakfast this particular morning as it was her friends' BD.

Sisterhood of the Traveling Shoe Box

2010-03-10T15:37:00.000-08:00

I am doing this swap for the month of March. This swap is through the Cricut message board and its round number 8. We get a word/s for each day of the month and we have to come up with something made or bought to go with that word. My sister for this swap is someone I have interacted with over the past year and a half on other message board and at the cricut board. Now we are paired up for this swap. I have already made some things for her and I hope she will like them. I can't show you the full picture because she may come a visiting my blog as she stops by every now and then. So, I decided I would give her a sneak peek at some things to tease her. You will have to wait until April to view the full pictures. Here they are:

Sneak Peek #1

Sneak Peek #2

Sneak Peek #3

February Happenins

2010-02-18T13:36:00.001-08:00

Here are the latest cards, layouts and photos to date. Again these past few weeks are just flying by. Also, I may not be updating as often as our home computer has taken a dump. Right now, not sure when we will get another, so for now I am doing everything at work when I can.

This one for Scruffy-Our Son is for my January 2010 Layout. We've had a lot to deal with and him and his diabetes. We are adjusting to scheduled feeding times and getting use to giving two shots of insulin a day. He's doing pretty good and our lives are centered around his needs now more than ever.

These are photos from the snow we got a year ago in December, when it snow over the entire valley. Sorry guys who live in the mid-west and east, you can keep the snow 'cuz it just to darn cold! Oh, BTW, its about 70 degrees today, can't ask for a more perfect day!

Now for the cards, working on cards and a layout this week. Getting lots done and working on those Easter cards too!

This is a photo I took at the Superbowl Party we went to, not to many people but that's OK, not into the mega party scene anyway!

WOW February 3rd Already.....

2010-02-03T22:42:00.000-08:00

Well, This has been a busy last couple of days. On Monday, Tom's eldest son and family moved away to Oklahoma. They had a get together Saturday night. We may have to plan a trip.

Here are a couple of layouts I did this week. These were inspired by layout challenges presented at My Sketch World. I guess...I've been busy this week.

Tom's Mom & Dad, I finally got around to scrapping these photos.

This is Jake and yes he thinks he can fit in your lap.

A Big Thank You to MSW

2010-01-18T21:05:00.000-08:00

I want to thank all the girls at the My Sketch World website for all the wonderful inspiration that I am finding there at the Holiday Recap Challenge.

January 2010 - Happy New Year!

2010-01-11T10:44:00.001-08:00

I thought I should update with layout that will go into my Christmas 2009 album. These layout were also for challenges posted on the MSW Blog.

More to come.....

Wishing You a Happy New Years!

2009-12-31T07:24:00.001-08:00

Christmas is over and we made it through another year. We went to my borther's house this year. It was great, the weather was good just a little cold. In 2009 we will remember that we lost a few close friends this year and Scruffy was diagnosed with Diabetes. But we have to give thanks for being healthy and having such great friends and family that have shared special moments with us this year.

Here are a few more pictures to finish out the year. These are for a challenge at My Sketch World.

Celebrating the Holidays!

2009-12-20T17:07:00.001-08:00

This weekend we were able to visiting some favorite spots that decorate for the holidays. Mom and me went to the Bellagio to check out the xmas decor in their Atrium. Beautiful as usual! This is a great way to document all those thing you do through the holiday season. I am using these photos as part of the December Challenge at MSW. Click to visit My Sketch World.

Tom and I went to the Ethyl Ms Chocolate Factory where they decorate the desert garden with thousands of xmas lights.

MSW December Challenge

2009-12-19T14:25:00.001-08:00

Here are more photos for the MSW December Challenge. This is a photo of our finished Christmas Tree. We have a small tree since its just the 3 of us, no kids and Tom and I will visit grandchildren so we go out and about for Christmas. This year we are planning to go to Lake Havasu to spent with family.

Here is a photo of our snowman decor we have outside.

Here are two photos of me making a Christmas card.

These are 3 cards I received in the mail yesterday.

More to come as I am finding this is a wonderful way of documenting all those little things we do around the holidays!

MSW (My Sketch World) December Challenge

2009-12-17T14:13:00.001-08:00

The challenge this month from My Sketch World is to post photos of various Christmas activities. Here is the first of my photos! This first photo is me and Santa, who showed up this morning in the office. Here is a link to My Sketch World blog, check it out!
http://mysketchworld.blogspot.com/

Here is my office door decoration, Happy Holidays from a holiday banner swap on CMB. I love the way this banner came out.

I wasn't going to put out little tree as its just the 3 of us (Mom, Me and Tom) and we had decided to go out of town for Christmas to visit family and then just at the last minute started to put it up.

Here I am putting up the navity scene.

Here is our outdoor decorations and our little tree we have out front. Below is Tom and Scruffy standing behind the tree.

Christmas Card Challenge

2009-11-30T21:58:00.000-08:00

Last Saturday I joined in on a 1 hour card challenge sponsored by My Sketch World. The challenge was to do six christmas cards in one hour featuring a specific item like a snowman, ribbon, buttons, tree, glitter, etc. I only got four of the sketches done. It was hectic and it was fun. And, we only had 20 minutes to upload our cards to the gallery. Here's the result of that challenge. This was my first challenge at MSW, next time I will be better prepared.

If nothing else, I got some christmas cards done!

The End of Another Month

2009-11-30T21:46:00.000-08:00

November came and went so fast. I did manage to get a couple layouts done! I seem to be doing more digital lately. Here's what I managed to get done!

These photos were taken at Tom's granddaughter birthday party. The kids were acting silly as the girls played dressup with the boys and dressed them in hats and dresses.

All I can say is that I am feeling a bit older. Not because I had a birthday or anything but because we had one of those life events that bring family and friends together that you haven't seen in ages. So, we saw some old friends, talk about the good old days and all the good times at the old drinking hole, etc. This is one of the photos from that day. Tom with some of the old gang.

Saturday Blog Hop!

2009-11-13T18:52:00.000-08:00

Welcome and come Blog Hopping with me! For more information on the BlogHop sponsored by DigiCat Designs, check it out just by clicking on the link to the right.
Here are my creations for this bloghop (I did several cards), please leave a comment and continue to the next blog listed below. By leaving a comment, you have a chance to win a prize! Happy blogging and good luck!

Follow this link to the next blog:
Scrap of Paper and String in the Desert

Thanks for stopping by!

My First Blog Hop!

2009-11-13T11:49:00.000-08:00

Yes, I am participating in my first bloghop on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 at DigiCats Designs. Come back tomorrow and visit me, I'll have a new creation to show you. Also, if you leave a comment tomorrow, you will have a chance at winning a prize.

Don't forget to come back and check it out.....Just click on the link to the right for more information!

The Scariest Night of the Year

2009-11-06T09:28:00.000-08:00

Alrighty then, I'm working on trying to get my mojo back. Here are two layouts I did from Halloween. We gave out candy and thank goodness they cleaned us out. We close down early and spent the next hour with our neighbors, visiting and helping them pass out the treats.

Here, my sister-in-law sent photos of a Halloween party they went to, so I scrapped one of their photos. She is the ghostly bride and her groom and friends.

Happy Halloween to All!

Digital elements I give credit to Katie Pertiet, (Frightful Kit) and Catherine Stewart at Digicat Design for the wonderful halloween journal tag.

Where Did October Go?

2009-11-03T09:46:00.000-08:00

I don't know what happened this month, it all just came and went so fast! I do remember Halloween and giving out candy. It seemed like this year the treat or treaters where alot older then usual. But at least they did clean us out of all our candy and I didn't have to snack on left overs. Here's Scruffy wearing his superdog cape.

I didn't do any scrappy pages this month, it just seemed like there was a lot going on, but now I'm feeling the need to get scrappy with it, hopefully soon!

Scrappyness for September 2009

2009-09-28T12:55:00.000-07:00

I have finally updated with a few pages done this past month....

We went to the Santana concert at the Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel! We had an awesome time. This was one of my BD presents, we don't generally spend a lot of money on concerts but what the heck, it was fun!

We went to the lake for the day to Escape and Relax!

Tom's DGS showing us some of his splashy moves!

Halloween Inchies

2009-09-22T21:17:00.000-07:00

These are the Halloween Inchies I did for a swap on cmb!

Some Scrappy Goodness in August

2009-08-13T12:20:00.000-07:00

I thought it was time to do some updating.... this is a digi layout I did for a challenge on the YMBD website. These photos were taken around Easter time at the gardens in the Bellagio. The digital elements are from a Verena Karolyi kit.
Although I like doing the digi layouts, I always come back to traditional paper layouts. It's something about feeling the paper and making a mess. In this one, Tomas and I were at Fremont Street on Saturday night just having some fun.

2009-07-28T09:58:00.001-07:00

Tuesday - the day after Monday (which is the hardest day for me to get going). Definitely not a Monday (particularly morning) person. Don't talk to me before I have my coffee!

Tuesday - the day before hump day and we all know if you make it through hump day, it's all down hill from there to the weekend. P-A-R-T-Y..........Oops I jumped the gun a little.

Tuesday - a kinda of in between day. Things at work are moving along, the coffee is flowing and as long as no major crisis happens (and we all know crap can occur) it should be a pretty good day! WISHING ALL OF YOU A....

More July Scrappy Pages

2009-07-23T19:40:00.000-07:00

We went hiking last Saturday to get out of the heat. It was so cool and a bit breezy up in the mountains as the rain past through before we got there. The word play was done on wordle.com and the ITTs were acquired during a recent swap on one of my SP teams, made by pamela3147. Thanks Pam!

We had stopped in the desert just to do a bit of exploring as the rain had just past through. It was very windy but a lot cooler.

Finally - a July Scrappy Page

2009-07-21T20:59:00.001-07:00

This is of us girls on bowling nights. My compadres! I also need to posts the weekly layouts from the 92 Days of Summers. Soon to come!

2009-06-22T09:04:00.000-07:00

Here is what I did for June. On June 9th, we went to see the Lion King. It was Awesome. My SO (Tom) was not too enthused to begin with but I was quite surprised at how much he like it, he thought it was cool!

On June 13, 14 and 15th, we went camping at our favorite lakeside spot. 3 days of relaxing and not doing much of anything. I have to admit that I did take some scrappin stuff to work on..(Twinchies)!

May Scrappy Pages

2009-05-31T18:43:00.001-07:00

May was somewhat a crazy month for me. I did not get much done in the way of scrappy goodness. Work just blew me away most of the time and was just too darn tired. But here is what I did get done! Also lately I've entered the world of Inchies, Twinchies and Trinchies which seems to be taking up all of my spare time, postings soon to come!

Nevada Economy

2009-05-26T11:08:00.000-07:00

Oh My! Just got to work today and found out that the legislature has voted to pass a bill where all classified state employees would have to take a total of 92 hours of furlough leave without pay, it's basically one day without pay per month starting in July. Aargh...I guess they are trying to make it sound better then saying that we are going to have to take a 4.6% pay cut this year. This would include all UNLV classified staff as well, not just state classified.

Butterfly Flutterings

2009-04-21T09:16:00.000-07:00

I finished this one last night. I received the beautiful butterfly cut in a recent spring shape swap and then the perfect opportunity to use it presented itself when I took these photos from the butterfly house at the Bellagio. The butterfly cricut cut is from the Tinkerbell cart thanks to Motomomof2.

Mom & Me at the Gardens at the Belllagio

2009-04-19T18:18:00.000-07:00

We went to the Bellagio the day before Easter to see the beautiful flowers. I did this layout from a YMBD Saturday Scraplift Challenge.

Chocolate Goodness

2009-04-17T08:23:00.000-07:00

On April 11th Mom and I went to the Bellagio. She wanted to see the Atrium Gardens, more Spring layouts sure to come. As we were wandering around, we came across the sweet shop close to the Atrium. Yummy goodness, as you can see. These flowing fountains of chocolate were pretty fancy, can't you just see yourself sticking a strawberry or pretzel underneath these, ummm...yummy. They were not for consumption though as they were kept behind a glass wall.

My March 2009 Layout

2009-04-16T12:53:00.000-07:00

This is my photo for March 25, 2009, it will go into my weight loss album. Every month I've been taking a photo of myself to document my journey. Not a whole of change from last month but I'm still on a downward trend. Yeah!

Bunny Sightings - April 5, 2009

2009-04-06T12:36:00.001-07:00

Well, it's one week before Easter and the Easter Bunny has been sighted. As I was getting ready to do my morning garden watering chores, I noticed a strangely colored fuzzy animal hiding amongst the flowers and trees. I believe it to be the Easter Bunny scouting out possible hiding spots for his brightly colored wares. I have evidence:

Spring Layouts 4/4/09

2009-04-04T19:05:00.000-07:00

Here are some layouts done with pictures taken of a few flowers from my garden. Spring is in the air, for sure!

YMBD March Crop Weekend

2009-03-24T15:34:00.001-07:00

These were done the weekend of March 13th. YMBD had a Members Take Over crop, these are the results.

S2L Challenge 3/2-8/09

2009-03-08T18:29:00.000-07:00

Well I did manage to get a couple of pages scrapped this week. This one is for my weight loss scrapbook. It is a photo of me in February. I joined Sparkpeople eight months and 32 lbs ago.

"T is for Tom"

This is one I did for Tom. Several years ago we went just to see the Clysdale Horses and not to mention Bud is Tom favorite beverage.

S2L Challen9e 2/22/09

2009-02-25T22:44:00.001-08:00

These pictures are from a recent baby shower we had in the office. It was very sweet and cute. Lots of fun! The challenge was to scrap in pink, so this is my submission.

February 2009

2009-02-22T19:52:00.000-08:00

Well, the month is near over. Here are most of the challenges I completed for this month. The challenge ideas come from the YMBD website.

This one is for the Saturday Scraplift 2/20/09:
Feb. Scraplift Challenge:

Who Do You Love? Challenge:

I Love Embellishments Challenge:

Enjoy, and please feel free to post your comments.

Weekend Crop at YMBD

2009-02-04T14:13:00.001-08:00

Well, there I was...stalking a blog and came across the YMBD website and found a weekend challenge about to start. Sounded like fun so I joined. I was not prepared for how much work and time is involved in one of these crops. It was fun though, so here it is, a link to my album of crops I did this past weekend. It was sponsored by Your Memories By Design. Feel free to take a peek.

http://s367.photobucket.com/albums/oo114/dgirllv/?albumview=slideshow

S2L Challenge 1/19-25/09

2009-01-22T12:35:00.000-08:00

These are both digi scraps, I'm just learning to do these. The challenge was to do a scrap with snow or snowflakes in it, well these photos are from our Las Vegas Snow Day in December. I got to come early from work because the traffic was going to be impossible, and it was, it took some fellow co-worker 3-5 hours to get home. Traffic get crazy in this town when we have anykind of weather.

The word play in the background was done on http://www.wordle.com/. Credits for the paper, elements and all other goodies come from Christmas Mini Kit (Sweet Blossom Designs), Winter Twightlight Kit (Digital Scrapbooking Artistans Guild) and freedigitalscrapbooking.com.

Pagemap Layout Jan 11-17

2009-01-15T20:52:00.000-08:00

"We Are Family"

Kinda of went crazy and had fun with the Cricut on this one. I used the following cartridges: Zooballoon, Stretch Your Imagination and Doodlecharms. This brings me a little closer to completing a scrapbook from our vacation back east. Mom and I went to DC and Delaware back in April and these photos are of my brother and sister-in-law and some of their four legged family members.

S2L January 4-11 Challenge

2009-01-11T13:50:00.000-08:00

Must have been influenced by upcoming Valentines Day! Decided to do a page on one of my personal demons (I will add this page to my weight loss journey). The white background has akinda satin sheen to it, which does not show in the picture. Enjoy!

Winter Is.....

2008-12-28T17:53:00.001-08:00

Vegas Snow Day 12/17/08

2008-12-17T18:09:00.000-08:00

These are from today.

The photos in this digi is from 1998.

OMG! It snowed for the 2nd time this week. I live on the eastside of town near Sam's Town Hotel & Casino off the Boulder Strip (that's what they call Boulder Hwy now days). The last time I think we got snow was about 10 years ago. When it usually snows, it will only snow on the westside of town near the mountains. I am thinking I will try to go to Red Rock Canyon this weekend to take photos. The westside must have gotten several inches.

Baby its cold outside!

S2L RED & GOLD Challenge Dec 7-14,2008

2008-12-14T15:49:00.000-08:00

Despite how busy everything is right now, I did manage to scrap two pages.

The LO entitled Buddy the Betta is not red & gold however, but it was inspired by this challenge and originally started out red & gold. The word play in this layout was done on http://www.wordle.net/. Hope you enjoy!

December 2, 2008

2008-12-02T18:41:00.000-08:00

Well, I finally did it......I bought a Cricut on Black Friday. I managed to make 4 Christmas card so far. It is fun, I am glad that I also bought the Design Studio software for the computer. It makes it so much easier to format and design your image.

Hopefully soon I will be able to post my first scrap page made with the Cricut. Stay Tuned!

S2L Challenge Nov 15-22, 2008

2008-12-02T17:59:00.000-08:00

Bowling is a part of our life. We bowl on two leagues on Friday and Saturday. It gets us out of the house. Tom is actually the President of our Friday night league. We enjoy so much and have been bowling for about 15 years. I wish my average was higher though!

MSO (My Significant Other)

2008-11-21T08:19:00.000-08:00

OK, MSO has been complaining that I have not scrapped any pages about him. So, this week I did two pages for him. He was pleased.

I have decided to start my weight loss scrapbook. I did two pages so far but I need to take a recent picture of myself. I'll have MSO do that tomorrow.

I will update this weekend with more pages. I am glad I joined the S2L team, it has gotten me to get back into scrapping.

November 16, 2008

2008-11-16T13:56:00.000-08:00

Here is my paper LO dedicated to my mother, she is my inspiration.

I wonder why exercise wasn't listed as one of My Favorite Things?

2008-11-10T09:32:00.000-08:00

Just realized that I did not list execise as one of my favorite things. I need to work on making it an important part of my life. I have been doing it consistantly for about a month. One of my goals is some kind of exercise everyday.

Yesterday may have been the first day that I did not feel like doing anything physical. I was in some kind of funk all day. Could have been the weather, I woke up to rain and dreariness. Today is a better day, sun shining and weather beautiful.