Happy St. Patty's Day!!!

I hope everyone out there in blog-land has a very happy drinking holiday!! :) We all need an excuse to drink more right!! I'm a closet lush!! LOL Just kidding!! I would never get up before noon...... oh well.. maybe 2 o'clock!!

Anywhoo!! I finally got my scraproom set up about a month ago and was catching some flack from fellow scrappers about not posting pics! So I figured (since I'm drunk j/k) that I would go ahead and do that now!! Warning: Images contain pink! I can't help it!! I love that color!! :)

This is the view from the left rear of the room.....

This is the view from the right rear of the room....

This is the view from the living room.....

This is my printing station.....

This is my computer, photo editing, cricut desk.....

This is some media center storage (above my binding station)

This is my binding station....

My MM Embellishment Center...

My Clip it Up's and storage.....


That's it!! I spend the majority of my time in here!! :)

Visit from a friend!!!

I was so excited Wednesday to have a friend come into town... the circumstances that brought her here were not the best, but I so wanted to see her. She moved away 7 months ago and it just really stinks!! We spent half the day together Wednesday and then had dinner Thursday evening and she came to stay at my place Thursday night! Friday we went out to dinner with Marisol and Kerry (our other 2 best buds!!) at Daruma's Japanese Steakhouse!! I had sushi for the first time (Mary's idea) and then we all went out for tattoo's!! Such a girl bonding moment!! LOL We spent the day running around between errands and shopping and a SU Party (at Robyn's another best bud!!) and then finally crashing back at the house to drink coffee and wait for 3am to get here! Then we packed up the car and I drove her to Orlando to catch her flight back to West Virginia. :( Such a sad day for me!! BUT I will get to see her next weekend! We are going up to visit my family and Mary!! Is another tattoo in my future??? We'll see!! Here is a pic of my recent tat!!

My Mojo is here to stay....

Or at least I hope so! I have really been enjoying my room and seem to be getting a lot more done these days! I am enjoying some of the MB's that I am a member of and the challenges are too numerous to count! This is a Croppy Cat challenge over at {SAS}sy . Basically the challenger picks out a member gallery, and you visit that gallery and choose a layout to lift from. This is my lift of her original! It was really fun and a great way to try out things that you might not normally do!! I really enjoyed it and you all should check out their MB. It is loads of fun over there!! AND it is a bonus that you get a lot of scrapping done with all the challenges!!

More layouts done!!

WooHoo!! I feel like I am on a roll and don't want to slow down. I have joined a few message boards and been taking advantage of the challenges they have been providing to keep my mojo going!! Some are sketches, some are croppy catting, some are just techniques! Anyhow I am loving it and when I'm not cropping, I'm sleeping!! I'm very proud of these layouts. I made them using leftover papers from my Scrappy Gourmet March 08 Featured Designer Kit that I purchased last year! Mary Shirley is an awesom designer and you should defiinitely go over to the SG and check out her newest kit!! Just don't buy the last one!! It is mine!! LOL

This next one is from some Pink Paisley that I just HAD to have and then was afraid to cut it cause it is just too beautiful!!! LOL

Back at it again!!

This weekend was really rough on me!!! I am having some procedures done that will shut down the baby-making oven for good. I have 3 beautiful children, but if I keep having them.....they will all never get a completed scrapbook!! LOL

The first of my 3 procedures was Friday morning. I had a historoscopy DNC. Checking for cancer cells, etc. Just making sure my uterus is healthy. I seemed fine, since it was an out patient procedure, came home took my meds, and at 6pm didn't feel too bad. So I went with my friend Robyn to a Stampin Up party at another friends house. I was fine until about 9:30pm and then my whole world kind of fell apart. The numbness wore off and I couldn't stop the pain even with the meds. I seriously thought I was dying!!! So I spent the rest of the weekend in bed with that amazing man of mine waiting on me hand and foot, sleeping in until 1pm everyday, and not being asked to do anything!!

So today, feeling much better I check my blog and see a new comment on my birthday post!! I was so excited to see that I had won the Friday Free For All contest over at Page Maps!! Becky posted my winning layout on the blog and said some super sweet things about it. I can't tell you how excited I am!!! It was a really beautiful sketch and I had such a good time working on it!! Plus it has a picture of that beautiful little blond girl I'm so fond of!!! It is posted in an earlier post on my blog if you want to take a look at it!!

So now, I've been working on some projects using my zutter BIA and will be posting pics of that tomorrow!!! AND I almost forgot!! Here is my layout for the JPS Scrap Challenge. Once again I used a half-map from Page Maps archives to do this layout. It was beautiful, I just love their stuff!!

My day today

Well, today was my birthday! I turned 35! WOW it feel like only yesterday I was just a little kid with no responsibilities! LOL Those days are long gone!! Now I am blessed with 3 beautiful children and a wonderful husband who just makes me smile. I am the luckiest girl alive!! He especially knows how to make me really happy!! My birthday festivities kicked off with me getting to sleep in until 10:30am!! Then I did some laundry (no requirements today, just felt a little lazy for not doing anything! ) and just kinda hung around the house playing with the kids until this evening. For my birthday he got me

1) A zutter bind it all!! I just love that they are now pink!! Totally matches my scrap room...
2) the Your Story laminating and book binding machine and
3) a new espresso/latte maker!!! WOOHOO!!

I thought I was in heaven!! Then his mom came over and watched the kiddos while he took me out to Outback for dinner and then we spent some time just walking around the mall and talking. After we got home then we all celebrated with cake and ice cream. I just love my man!!

I just had a really nice day and I thought I would share it with all my scrappy buddies!!

Getting my Scrappin Mojo back!!

WooHoo!! I'm feeling great!! I've spent a lot of time getting my scrap room organized, purged a TON of old product, gotten some new ideas and applied them to some projects! I've tried some things that I've always wanted to try and just never got around to. And I have a lot of old school techniques that I'm attempting to revive on some newer, fresher paper and layout ideas!! I feel more creative now than I have in years!! What a wonderful feeling. I'm still trying to take some pictures and/or scan in all of the projects I've been working on. I will post them as I get them on the computer!! For now, these are some cards that I have been working on getting ready to submit for a DT call. I had a 6X6 SEI paper pad laying around that I just couldn't bring myself to part with, so I made use of it with these cards! I was really pleased with the results and hope you like them too!!


I think this one is just sweet......


I may just give this one to my sweetie for Valentine's Day this year!! ;) This was my first attempt at machine sewing on a card and using 3D elements on a card. (Makes it hard to stuff in an envelope!!!) lol


My second attempt at using a few less 3D elements!

This one didn't scan very well due to the drastic contrast between the brown and the pale pink shimmer paper. :( I was a little disappointed since this card is one of my favs! I really like the simplicity of the design and it remind me a little of stamping.... maybe.. a little....ok so maybe not so much.. hahaha!!

I hope you like these and keep coming back often to check out my blog!! I have some really new stuff coming soon and some things that might surprise you!

JPS Challenge

Wow!! I am so excited!! I just finished a layout using the yummy papers from the MM Sabrina Line!! I LOVE pink, so it goes without saying that I just had to have that line!! I searched the web over for a picture so you could see it, but I was out of luck!! :(

I can't post the layout yet since it is part of a scrap challenge that our little scrap group put together! It is a neat idea that I borrowed from an online community and just thought it would get our group out of our sluggish post Holiday slump!!! I'll be sure to post the picture later!! Just had to let out a little excitement!! LOL

Memories... Souvenirs of a well lived life

Well, I said I was entering a lot of contests and trying to get back into the swing of things. So here goes!! I just finished creating this one for yet another contest at Kraft Girl Kits here is the original sketch and then my take on it!! Let me know what you think!!

Where have I been????

It feels like years since I've been anywhere near my blog! Moving into the new house, getting Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years over with, then Abby's 5th birthday and then Superbowl!! Whew... I'm exhausted just writing about it!!

I am finally feeling crafty again and it helps having a scraprooom all to myself!! So creating is easier with everything where I can see it! I have found a few challenges that I am going to participate in to get me motivated scrapping again.

My DT term with Creative Scrappers ended at the 1st of January and I am so thankful for the time I got to spend crafting with some very creative ladies!!! A BIG thanks to them for letting me be a part of their wonderful online community!! If you ever get a chance, go over and check them out!!

So now that I am back in the swing of things, here is my first layout created in my new scrap room in my new home and in a new year!! What a combination!! Maybe it will be my lucky one!! This one was created for a contest over at PageMaps. When you have time you should definitely check it out!! Here is the original sketch!