Oh, What a Victory!

Just finished watching the Kentucky Derby.  I can't imagine how exciting it must be to see it in person!  You never know if the favorite will win and today he didn't.  Can you imagine how excited the winning owner must be!  My winner today is the Victory paper pack.  I was so happy to see a paper that would work so well for the men in my family.  With two sons in the Army, those colors certainly go with many of my pictures.  They are also great to use for outdoor pictures.  Here is what I came up with.  I started with the Workshop on the Go and then made another layout for my swap.  There was plenty of paper and I'm so excited that I'll be able to scrap many more pictures with this wonderful paper pack.

My swap pages were fun to make.....

We also swapped a card.  This pattern came from the Workshop On The Go too.

Well, I'm off to my creative corner to put the finishing touches on the layouts I created last weekend.  I have been so anxious to do this all week.  But you know what it's like.  Someone has to work.

Have a great day!

I'm Back!!

I spent a wonderful time last weekend with friends at a scrapbook retreat in the North Country. Loved my time and had so much fun.  Can you believe I created 21 layouts?   That is 42 pages!!! Now I do have to get my trusty Cricut out to make some titles, but other than that, they are done done done.  

As promised, I will be sharing pictures of my Sympathy/Get Well Card Kit for sale.  I haven't been able to plan a Card Workshop, so I decided to make kits to sell.  Sometimes life just gets in the way. You make 10 cards for $10.  How great is that?   If you would like a kit of your very own, please contact me at detty1957@hotmail.com. Kits come stamped and ready to assemble or you can choose to use your own stamps to make creations of your own.  For payment, I take Paypal or you could mail a check.  So here is what I came up with.......

I just love that hedgehog, don't you?  You make two of each card and you're ready for those times when you must come up with a card quickly.  I will also have these card kits available at my next crop on May 19th.  This crop benefits the Booster Committee of Tri-City Christian Academy.  We scrap from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm at 12 Rocky Hill Road in Somersworth, NH.  We'd love to see you there.  $10.00 pays for your space and you get a yummy meal prepared by one of our scrappers.  Hope to see you there!

Things Are Changing

We all go through these times I know, but why does it have to be so difficult?  Mom has been living on her own, so to speak, for a long time.  Thanks to my wonderful sister, she has lived in the same house that I grew up in.  Susan has gone every week to take care of Mom and watch over her.  Now it's time for things to change and it is very difficult to do.  So far my vacation has been spent dividing and packing up my mother's "treasures".  We each got some of her angel figurines to remind us of her and the rest someone else will treasure  I'm sure.  Doing this means that I don't have time to create as I would like so I am sharing another video for your enjoyment.  The rest of this week I'll be scrapping away so be ready!  

National Scrapbooking Month

Just when I think I can't possibly love any other paper more, Close To My Heart surprises me once again!  The new campaign for National Scrapbooking Month runs from April 17th - May 31st.  For every $35 ordered from the Spring/Summer Idea Book, you can buy this beautiful paper pack for just $5.00!  Order $70 and you can receive two paper packs for just $10.00.  I won't be around much in the next few days.  I'm going to create beautiful pages and projects with this paper pack.  While you're waiting to see what I come up with, just watch the video Christine made to showcase this adorable paper pack.

Spring is in the Air!

Here in New Hampshire we have even had a taste of summer last month.  It was brief, but I loved every minute of it.  I have been busy scrapping my cruise from 2011, making cards for my card workshop, and working on items for our school's auction.  Pictures to come!  The following video will show you how to add some spring to your cards or layouts!  Enjoy.

SNOW DAY!

It's snowing here in New Hampshire!  It might not be a big thing for some of you, but to those of us in the school system it's BIG!  Snow days are free days.  I don't plan to do anything at home when I'm working, so I get to do what I want today!  That means I get to go down in my scrapbook corner and play!

While I was enjoying my coffee and my warm poppyseed muffin, I watched the latest video on Studio J from Close to My Heart.  Take a few minutes and watch it!  Enjoy.

Christmas is in the air!



Today was a day spent baking Christmas cookies for my cookie swap and bringing the tree down from the attic to be decorated by our grandchildren. 

As you can see, they put all the decorations at eye level and I was busy making the cookies so the branches haven't been shaped correctly yet.  It is fun to watch how excited they get putting up the decorations.  Even if it is on a 4 foot tree. 

We have so much to be thankful for during this wonderful season.  Both of our boys are stateside.  No deployments yet.  We have nine beautiful grandchildren.  And....... God sent his only begotten son that we might have everlasting life.

I'll have Christmas card pictures to share soon.  Those are next on my list!