for the ScrapStars Handmade Holiday challenge

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come play!!

an 8×10 made for my son’s 2nd grade teacher, it will be put into a frame and given to her at the class Christmas party. i scanned it rather than putting it in the frame because it’s too dark to take a pic and it looks better with detail!

scripture is NIV translation of Mark 10:14 — “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the Kingdom of God.”

TFL — hope she likes it!

SUPPLIES:
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* Cardstock - Colorbok
* Pattern Paper - KI Memories, Love, Elsie, Scenic Route
* Felt - Michael’s
* Alpha - American Crafts
* Apple Stickers - Sandylion
* Star Stickers - Jenni Bowlin
* Round Metal Words - EK Success
* DYMO Labeler
* Black Fine-Tip Sharpie

my son & one of his TWO best friends (Trent) at their recent field trip to Dallas World Aquarium in October…. aren’t they cute !!!

this is another one that is an 8×10 for the frames i am hanging on the wall in his bedroom — man is 8×10 HARD to work with (and you’d think there wasn’t much difference between 8×10 and 8.5×11 but you sure miss those extra couple inches!!!)

TFL!!!!

SUPPLIES:
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* Cardstock - Colorbok
* Patterned Paper - Sassafras Lass; KI Memories “Love Elsie”
* Stars - Paper Crush
* Tag - Elle’s Studio
* Alphas - American Crafts, Making Memories
* Black / Red Gel Pens

me & my fiance (aka Punchy)!!!

this page is for the new Nicknames challenge over at Scrapstars — come on by and check it out !!!

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TFL!!

SUPPLIES:
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* Cardstock - Bazzill
* Patterned Paper - American Crafts “Romance”; KI Memories Love, Elsie
* Ribbon / Lace - American Crafts; KI Memories Love, Elsie; Wal-Mart
* Alpha - American Crafts
* Stickers - Paper Crush
* Foam Hearts - Foamies from Michael’s

LOL!!! my BFF Shannon — she LOVES trees i’ve just been dying to use the KI paper… glad i had this idea!

the tree is from a pattern from Scrapbooks Etc (sep08 edition i think!)

tfl !!!

SUPPLIES:
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* Cardstock - Bazzill
* Patterned Paper - KI Memories, Chatterbox
* Alphas - American Crafts, Making Memories
* Stickers - KI Memories “Love Elsie”, 7 Gypsies, Sassafras Lass
* Felt - Hobby Lobby
* Buttons - Wal-Mart, varioius
* Brown Fine-Tip Sharpie

we went to Six Flags for Travis’ company picnic — they reserved the park for a private party so it was pretty awesome, there was hardly any wait for the lines!  i have never been to Six Flags in Texas before, so this was a fun experience for me!  everyone had a pretty good time.  the kids were REALLY squeamish about riding roller coasters… we had a bit of a bad time with that…. Brodyn bragged the whole time about how he was going to ride this roller coaster and that roller coaster, so we finally get to the one he kept mentioning and we got in line for it.  he wasn’t really too bad, Courtney did not want to go along AT ALL though!  Brodyn is fine until we get in the car and they strap us all up and then it starts moving… toward a hill… all of a sudden Brodyn starts crying and screaming, “Make them stop it mom, I want to get off!”  Ummm… well… considering the fact that we are now halfway up the first hill, NOW was probably not a good time to make that decision!!  he ended up crying through the whole thing, i felt so sorry for him!!! 

Travis & I rode the biggest roller coaster there, and it was a blast!  i love riding roller coasters, but even that one made me a little nervous!  as we are going up the hill, and i can see mosts of the Metroplex from my seat in a little car with only my lap bar holding me in, i felt the same way Brodyn did.  of course, to make matters worse we were in the VERY LAST car.  i was out of my seat, floating in the air for probably 10 seconds, and my gum came out of my mouth and floated in front of me in the air for a good 3 seconds, i like swatted it back in my mouth… it was crazy stuff.  anyway… thought i would post some pics!!

for ScrapStars Challenge #7 - Trick or Treat !!
based on a sketch by my good friend & partner in crime, Jill Deiling

my 3 fave kiddos, all dressed up for trick or treat fun! i loved working with the new Making Memories stuff — its soooo cute

come play along — challenge runs through Nov. 10th — lets use up some of those fun Halloween / Fall photos!

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TFL, as always!!

SUPPLIES:
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* Patterned Paper - Making Memories, Chatterbox, SEI
* Glitter “Boo” / Bats - Making Memories
* Alpha - American Crafts
* Spiders - K & Company
* Pumpkins - Recollections @ Michael’s
* Ball Trim - Hobby Lobby
* White DMC Floss
* White Sakura Gelly Roll pen

i’m BAAAAACK!   took a little break from scrapbooking since things were momentarily a little crazy in my world.  i just ordered a bunch of *new* American Crafts stuff from their “Everyday”, “Moda Bella”, “Romance” and “Travel” lines, and i couldn’t wait to use it!!!!  i am making a collection of framed 8×10 pages to hang on the wall in my son’s bedroom!!  here is the first one of the set

TFL as always
glad to be back in the scrappy loop!!

SUPPLIES:
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* Cardstock - Colorbok
* Patterned Paper - American Crafts, KI Memories “Love Elsie”
* Glitter Felt - Michael’s
* Stickers, Stars, Brackets, Tab - Paper Crush
* Brads/Turns - Making Memories
* Alpha - American Crafts

another page for my friend Autumn

i wanted to include more, because she has so many pictures from this Prom, but i guess i will just have to do a series! i wanted to find a nice way to incorporate the Prom program-thingy… i added the tabs to the side to give it a little flair… i think i would have been able to do more w/ this page if not for that little detail!!

also did two things w/ this page that i haven’t done in a LONG LONG time — inking edges & using flowers! well maybe not SO long on the flowers… but i think we need to bring ink back! i almost forgot i had it!!

gripe of the day - don’t you HATE how your scanner (if you use one) messes up your pages when you stitch them together??? grrrr……

TFL - be back soon with more LOs

SUPPLIES:
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* Pattern Paper - The Paper Studio, DCWV
* Cardstock - Bazzill
* Handmade Paper (pink) - Miss Elizabeth’s
* Silver Glitter Foam - Foamies
* Metal Sign - DCWV
* Flowers - Doodlebug, Recollections
* Ribbon - Offray, Hobby Lobby
* Alpha - Making Memories, American Crafts
* Bling - Wal-Mart

since iTunes has that neat little remember-how-many-times-you-play-a-song feature, i thought i might publish the top 25 songs i have listened to for the last two weeks…  a pretty interesting mix if you ask me!!  this is randomized, from the songs i have on my iPhone:

1. “Can’t Buy Me Love” by The Beatles
2. “Still Rock n’ Roll to Me” by Billy Joel
3. “Change (In the House of Flies” by Deftones
4. “Santa Monica” by Everclear
5. “Black Jesus” by Everlast
6. “Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous” by Good Charlotte
7. “Spoonman” by Soundgarden
8. “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” by The Beatles
9. “Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy” by Big & Rich
10. “I’m Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin’ Song)” by Brad Paisley
11. “Swallowed” by Bush
12. “Woo Hah! Got You All in Check!” by Busta Rhymes
13. “Black Magic Woman” by Carlos Santana
14. “Why Don’t You and I” by Carlos Santana/Chad Kroeger
15. “Welcome Home” by Coheed and Cambria
16. “Bodies” by Drowning Pool
17. “Hotel California” by The Eagles
18. “Low” by Flo Rida
19. “American Honky-Tonk Bar Association” by Garth Brooks
20. “Crazy” by Gnarls Barkley
21. “Whatever” by Godsmack
22. “Get Stoned” by Hinder
23. “Bawidtaba” by Kid Rock
24. “If Everyone Cared” by Nickelback
25. “Don’t Speak” by No Doubt

WELLLL THEN.  That could pretty much sufficiently sum up the last 10-15 years of my life, if you were putting it in the form of a soundtrack!  interesting details…. love it.  maybe i will post another list again in 2 weeks…see what happens.

till then, keep on rockin’ in the free world. 

hi there!!

we’re on Challenge #5 over at ScrapStars — this time around the theme is “Hot For Teacher” !!

the challenge was to pick a teacher who has inspired you at some point in your life and do a page about them!!  pictures were optional, which was a good thing because i was having a hard time finding my yearbooks to scan & print pics of the two AMAZING teachers i picked for my page.  someday, though, right?  i left the spaces kinda editable so i could go back and add them if i ever find them.  i picked the two most influential teachers i ever had:  Mr. Tabor, who was my 7th/8th grade Ohio History & Computer teacher at Chippewa Middle School, and Mr. Brown, who was my Jr/Sr. Math/Computer/Independent Study teacher at the Wayne County Schools Career Center.  i loved those guys so much — both nerds like me!!  :)   i thought the oldschool typewriter was a nice touch!!

here are the pages:

and here’s the journaling, since it seems itty-bitty:

MR. BROWN:
Mr. Brown was my Junior/Senior Math and Computer teacher at the Wayne County Schools Career Center.  He is DEFINITELY in the Top 5 of my Top 10 Most Influential People in My Life!  Before I had his class, math literally meant NOTHING to me.  I didn’t understand it, didn’t care, and and didn’t know how it was ever going to apply to what I wanted to do with my life (which at the time was to become a High School History Teacher - no math there, right?)  He was able to break down algebra problems to me in a way that made sense - I don’t know how to explain it, but it just seemed so much easier the way he taught it.  He ended up being my Independent Study supervisor my Senior year, after I opted to do my own thing (since I was so much farther ahead of everyone else, I had been a computer geek for years at that point!)  I feel like he always encouraged me and challenged me to achieve my fullest potential, and he is probably one of the coolest nerds I’ve ever met!  In addition to having a K-12 teaching certification, he held a dual degree in Engineering and had done that for some years prior to deciding to teach at the vocational school.  He was also fluent in several languages, the one I remember most being German.  He was also the first person who I know that also liked their Coke with a slice of lime in it!  I am glad I ended up in his class - I can still work an algebra problem to this day thanks to him!

MR. TABOR:
Mr. Tabor was my 7th/8th Grade Ohio History and Computer teacher.  I think that’s why I liked him best out of all my teachers - the two subjects I liked were the two he taught!  He was probably the CRAZIEST teacher I ever had by far, too!  He sort of resembled Albert Einstein with darker hair, sometimes glasses.  If you had to use the restroom or ask any general question, you had to form it like, “Can YOU go to the restroom?”  Otherwise, if you asked it like, “Can I go to the restroom?” he would say, “Well, no, because I don’t have to go right now.”  Once you got past the asking stage, you had to wield some ridiculous hall pass to go to the restroom, which changed by the week.  Some weeks, it was a giant yellow rubber boot, some weeks it was a fish mounted on a plaque - anything that you could think of that would be as embarrassing to carry down the hall, hence discouraging students from really WANTING to have to carry it out of the classroom.  He always wrote me passes to get out of other classes too, so I could come down to the computer lab to mess around on the computers and read the books and magazines he had in his room.  I think I grew the most in my nerdiness during that time.  :)  I will never forget crazy Mr. Tabor and his hall passes, the wall in his office that he let all of his students sign, reading everything in the textbooks including the punctuation (comma) and how much he encouraged me to pursue something I couldn’t live without - computers.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my page :)   Make sure you head on over to ScrapStars (www.scrapstars.net) and give the challenge a try for yourself and check out what our fabulous new Design Team has to offer for inspo as well!!   have a scrappy-happy day

SUPPLIES:
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* Cardstock - Colorbok
* Patterned Paper - KI Memories “Love, Elsie”
* Lace Cardstock - KI Memories
* Vintage Patches - Jo-Ann Fabrics Generation T Kit
* Alpha - KI Memories
* Chalkboards/Ruler - Paper Pizazz
* Apple Patches - Wal-Mart
* Apple Stickers - Hobby Lobby
* Paper Clips - Best Buy
* Fabric Stickers - Paper Bliss
* Gold Puffy Paint