Justin and I hopped on the ferry yesterday morning and went to Seattle. We were going to go do some shopping but we spent most of the day driving around lost and stuck in traffic! We did get two decent pictures of the Space Needle and Seattle from the ferry though. The weather was fantastic! […]
Archives for 2011
An Update on Justin and His Recovery!
For those of you who don’t already know, my son Justin (18) has been battling a life-threatening drug addiction for the past three years. It has torn our family to shreds and demolished his self worth and life in more ways than I can share. I never knew how bad addiction could be until it […]
Two New Cards
I have a couple of cards to share with you all today! This first card was made using Two Paperie Girls Jubilee Collection. I also misted some IamRoses flowers with my homemade shimmer mist to make them pink and added a dew drop for the middle 🙂 I used scraps left over from a layout […]
The Wisdom of Six Year Olds – Funny
This is my first “non-scrapbooking” related post in a long time! I got this from my sweet Granddad in my email today and just had to share it. It’s so funny and thought provoking! A 1st grade school teacher had twenty-six students in her class. She presented each child in her classroom the 1st half […]
Miss Crafterella’s Layout Swap – My Partner’s Layout for Me!
I have something so special to share with you today. I signed up for MissCrafterella’s Layout Swap on YouTube which basically is where everyone is assigned a partner and they swap photos. Each person makes a layout using their partner’s photos and then mails it to them. This video is the layout that my partner, […]
Gamma’s Girls 12 x 12 Layout
Thanks for stopping by today! I have one layout to share with you and it’s titled “Gamma’s Girls”. It’s a picture of my mother, aunt and great-grandmother taken in the late 40’s. I used The Girls Paperie Jubilee paper collection, Ali Edwards Stamps, a Girls Paperie Pennant Pin and some pink Thickers. I also […]
A Few New Layouts and a Card
I have a couple of layouts and a card to share today. This first layout is one that I thought I had completed a couple of days ago but I went back and added a banner across the top, the name “Holly” in thickers and a journaling sticker near the bottom of the page in […]
Clay Flower Embellishment Tutorial
I have had several people ask me how I make my clay flowers so I thought I’d post a quick and easy tutorial. The supplies you will need to make these flowers include: Molds (I bought mine from Mold Muse on Etsy) Clay – I am using Fimo Effect for this tutorial but you can […]
Some of My Favorite Scrapbooking Things…
One of my sweet followers asked me about my Pinterest Board where I have a wishlist board and a Favorite Scrapbooking board so I thought I’d post a few of my favorite things I use in Scrapbooking. Maybe these are things you’ve not seen before or maybe they are favorites of yours as well? Let […]