Celina's life

I am so EXCITED!!!

2012-02-07T18:17:00.000-08:00

Some of you know that we have been trying to adopt out of the foster care system in Florida for 2 years now. As of 1/3/2012 we have reached a turning point. We met a little boy named Hunter. He is an amazing little boy. We have spent a few days with him now and he will become our little boy. We have a few more visits before he will move in with us. We are trying to get the house ready for him too. We will be moving Madison (our 18 year old son) to the room off the garage so that Hunter will have a room across the hall from us. He will be next door to Cameron. Cameron and Hunter will go to the same school, they are one grade apart. Hunter has been doing so well since he found out that we "Want" him.

It really is amazing to see how these kids just light up when they learn that some one "wants" them. That is all they really want, to be "wanted". I know that things are going to change around here, and I can't wait!!!

I will post more as we get closer to bringing him home. The process is a little time consuming, but we are trying to have patience!!

A Valentine Layout

2012-01-18T19:19:00.001-08:00

In honor of Valentine's day!

Layouts this week

2012-01-18T09:36:00.001-08:00

I have had a lot of fun creating pages this week!! Let me know what you think!!

Loving my Cricut and Gypsy!!!

2012-01-17T20:23:00.000-08:00

Lately I have had a little bit of time to create things and I have really enjoyed my Cricut and Gypsy. I have been playing with them and I have created some great pages. I will upload some photos shortly. I just had to give a shout out to my Cricut and Gypsy! Thank you Provo Crafts!!!

Check this out! $.99 personalized playing cards!!!

2012-01-08T08:54:00.001-08:00

Artscow is offering $.99 personalized playing cards!!! What a deal!! Just follow this link and watch the video, it will show you how you can get the playing cards. Includes free shipping!!

http://www.artscow.com/coupon-out/Z6X1S4A

You Might have to copy and paste the link. I am posting from my iPhone. Sorry!!

Time flies!!!

2012-01-07T20:10:00.001-08:00

It seems like yesterday that I was bringing my first son home from the hospital. He will be 21 on Monday, January 9th!!! on the day he was born I became a mother, my mom became a Nanna, my dad became a Poppa and my grandmother's both became great grandma's. Mathew was the first of his generation on both sides of my parents families and on his dad's side of the family. since then, I have had 2 more boys, my parents now have 16 grandkids. my Grandmother has too many great grandkids to count! 21 years ago was the start of many things in our family.

It has been an emotional week for me. Thinking that my oldest will be 21 on the 9th and my youngest will be 18 on the 31st. It really does go by fast. Too fast if you ask me. I wish I could turn the clock back and enjoy them more. There was always too much to do. Raising 3 boys on your own makes it hard. I often wonder why God had me raise them on my own, but it is not for me to understand. God is in control. I have 3 handsome, wonderful young men and I love them very much and they love me too.

I cannot wait to celebrate Mathew's 21st birthday. We are having the family over tomorrow for Mathew's favorite meal, Tuna Casserole and a Peanut Butter and Jelly cake. It will be a great time of celebration.

I will have pictures to scrap!!

Successful Black Friday Shopping!!

2011-11-29T15:49:00.001-08:00

I am a little late with this, but it takes a few days to catch up on sleep and function correctly! We had a great time camping out at Best Buy and we were able to get the TV and Computer we wanted! We also got all the door buster items at Walmart and Kohl's that we wanted. Over all it was a lot of fun and we had a great time with family and friends!

What a week!

2011-11-19T05:25:00.001-08:00

This week has been a busy week. The most exciting day was Thursday. I went to Painting with a Twist and had a blast with a few work friends. It was so much fun!! I am already trying to plan my next painting time. Here is the finished painting from Thursday's class:

What do you think?

My weekend LO's!

2011-11-13T21:13:00.001-08:00

I was so happy to get some LO's done! I did not spend a lot of time, but I was able to get a few done. Creating helps releave stress for me!!! I love to create and share what I have created.

Here are the LO's I was able to finish this weekend:

LO's this year!

2011-11-13T21:02:00.001-08:00

Well I have not been able to make as many LO's as I wanted this year, but I did manage to make several that I really like. I don't think I have posted these yet.

Enjoy!! I will post the LO's I made yesterday shortly!!!

Great time with family

2011-11-11T19:54:00.001-08:00

We had a great time with mom and dad at the fair tonight. It was nice to walk around and enjoy ourselves. Of course we don't ride the rides, but it was fun to watch everyone else ride them!!

Why does fair food taste so good?? Dad and I had a Bradley Sausage dog, Cameron had pizza, Rob had a pulled pork sandwich, mom had a turkey leg and Madison had crab cakes! For dessert we had Funnel cake!! So yummy!!

I wish I could have eaten more food! I would have loves to try the fried Oreos! Or the fried Butter!! Madison did try the fried pickles and he said they were amazing!! I am glad the fair is not here all the time, or I would be in trouble!!!

Ok, I plan on scrapping tomorrow! I am looking for inspiration. Wonder what I will find!!

It is Friday!!!!!!

2011-11-11T12:52:00.001-08:00

I am so happy it is Friday!!! We are going to the fair tonight and I am planning on Scrapbooking tomorrow!!!! I would like to stop by Hobby Lobby on the way home and see what I need! Lol!!

I will share what I make!!

We finally have an approved Home Study!!!!!

2011-11-09T19:51:00.001-08:00

We have been on the road to adoption for over a year now. We finally have an approved Home Study!!!!! That means that we are able to request information on any kids that are available for adoption in the US!!

We have found a few that we are interested in and we hope to get more information on them soon!! We are praying for a placement by Christmas! That would make an amazing Christmas present!!!!

I will keep you posted!!

Back to blogging

2011-11-09T19:48:00.001-08:00

It always seems that I get so busy and I just don't make time for blogging. I want to change that!

I am going to make a point to add a post at least once a week!! I think I can do that, especially now that I have the blogger app on my iPhone!!!

Charms!!!

2011-08-02T19:35:00.001-07:00

I am so excited. I joined a charm swap with Roni at InkStains. I cannot wait to see all the charms. Here is a close up of the clay impression of my charm:

I love how it turned out!

I will be sure to post photos of the charms that I receive from the swap. I cannot wait!!!

Summer Fun!!

2011-07-25T21:12:00.000-07:00

We love to go to the beach. Even though my boys are older now, they still love to tag along. My sister came into town for the weekend so we headed to the beach on Saturday. It was a lot of fun and VERY hot. Rob and I rode the bike down and the boys drove the van with a few friends. The bike ride was not that enjoyable because it was so hot. But it was nice to get in the ocean once we got to the beach!!

Madison brought 2 kites and the weather was perfect for kite flying!!

The boys found some interesting sea life:

Rob rode the bike back home, but I rode in the van. Too much sun for me and it was nice to sit in a seat rather than on one!!

This is why we love living in Florida. The beach is so close!

Sketch 87 - Little Shop of Sketches

2011-06-22T19:40:00.000-07:00

I am having so much fun scrapping my childhood photos. I would never have thought this would be so fun. I was searching for sketches and I found Little Shop of Sketches.

I love this LO!!!

Such cute kids!!

Some great LO's!!!

2011-06-20T19:22:00.000-07:00

I love these old photos that I have printed. I have never seen so many photos of me and my sister when we were little. I would love to have more photos of us as we got older, but I am having fun with these. Who knows, maybe I will raid my parents closet and see what photos I can find after I scrap these!

Here are the 2 LO's I made tonight:

I am having so much fun!!!

Some old photos...

2011-06-19T18:43:00.000-07:00

My Uncle sent my dad a disc with old photos on it. My dad was nice enough to share it with me and I am so excited to scrap these photos. I have been able to scrap a few pages and I just LOVE them. I think it is the photos that make me so happy, but that is making me scrap!! So I have MOJO again!!!!

Here are a few LO's that I have made this weekend:

I hope to get more scrapped this week! I am loving these photos.

Pencil Lines sketch 243

2011-06-19T18:33:00.000-07:00

I love to use sketches to help create scrapbook pages and this weekend I was looking on line and I found Pencil Lines. I was so happy to find them. They were bookmarked on my computer before it crashed. SO glad I found them again. They have a great sketch for this week. Go check it out.

Here is my LO that I created using their sketch:

I have been creating LO's with some old photos my uncle sent to my dad. I love these photos. I will have more LO's to upload soon!!

Birthday Layouts!

2011-06-17T19:10:00.000-07:00

I sat down to scrap and crop with a friend online and saw my Birthday photos and decided that I would scrap my birthday photos and Rob's Birthday photos. I love how they turned out.

Here are the LO's:

Thanks Tracey for hanging out with me. I had a great time scrapping on Skype. Now we need to get more people to join in.

Happy Easter!!!!

2011-04-23T20:00:00.000-07:00

I hope everyone has a great Easter. We will be celebrating with Church in the morning then lunch at mom and dad's. It will be a great day. I hope you all have a great Easter too!

Some new LO's

2011-04-20T19:42:00.000-07:00

Here are a few LO's that I have done the last few weeks.

Some of these are for challenges over at Artistic Paper crafting. GO check it out!!

My Birthday gift!!

2011-04-20T19:32:00.001-07:00

I am such a lucky person...

My hubby knew I wanted a new camera, so he started looking at them a few months ago. Now he did not ask me what kind I wanted so when he decided on the camera he showed me the one he wanted to buy me and my reaction told him it was not a good choice. Poor man!!! So after I explained that I wanted a bigger and better camera than I already had, he understood.

So he went looking again and he made some great choices. He sent me to the store to look at some that he was wanting to get and I found this one:

It was a close out camera and it was perfect!!!! I have had it for a few weeks and I have already taken over 700 photos!!!! I am in love!! Now I need to buy a new lens. I will probably do that this weekend!

Sketch 231

2011-03-31T20:03:00.000-07:00

I had a lot of fun making these LO's. I used a sketch that was at www.pencillines.com.

I decided to use some old photos on the LO. I have had these photos for years and they have been hanging around my desk for months just waiting for the perfect sketch. They were perfect!!

I made 2 LO's because I always make a LO for me and a LO for my son. That way I can give each of my kids the LO's and keep one for myself when they get married.

So, here they are...

This one is mine. I always make mine a little more embellished.

This one is for my son.

Hope on over to Pencil lines and see what everyone else has made!!

Sketch 243

2011-03-03T19:31:00.000-08:00

I have loved the new Ning group I joined. I love the sketches they post. It has really helped me get some creativity flowing!

These are the LO's I did based on the sketch posted this week:

You can play along too, just go to http://scrapbookchallenges.ning.com/ and check it out! Let me know that you participated and I will go see what you made!

Happy Scrapping!!!

Busy, Busy, Busy...

2011-03-02T19:09:00.000-08:00

It seems that life gets busier the older I get. I have been so busy that I have not had time to post. But I will do better!! One of my goals this year was to post on my blog more. So I need to do that!

Here are some LO's I have made recently. I love them!!

This was based on a sketch at http://scrapbookchallenges.ning.com/

These were all based on challenges at http://artisticpapercrafting.maxforum.org/

I was the Guest Designer for the month of February... I had a great time!!!

I love this LO!!!

2011-02-09T18:04:00.000-08:00

I made this LO last night and I love it!!! I was sitting at my desk trying to decide what I was going to do and I started layering paper and before I knew it I had this LO started. I changed it several times before I settled with it, but I love it!!! The basic sketch came from a book I have. I will find it and post the title.

Here is the LO:

Did I tell you I love this LO!!!!!

Woo Hoo... I am the GDT for February!!!

2011-02-03T19:23:00.000-08:00

I am so excited. I am being featured as the Guest DT member at http://artisticpapercrafting.maxforum.org/.

We have some great challenges going on this month, come on over and see what is up.

Here is my LO that is being featured in the Design Team Post:

I love the hidden journaling:

Now head on over and see what is going on!

LO's!!!!

2011-01-20T20:16:00.000-08:00

Here are some LO's that I have made this year. This is not all I have done. I need to take pictures of the rest. I will try to do that tomorrow.

My new toy!!!!!

2011-01-20T19:37:00.000-08:00

My hubby was so nice and bought me a new sewing machine. I wanted one that did more than just sew and also one that was heavy duty. My old Singer was just too worn out. So we went shopping in November and I fell in love with the Kenmore Machines at Sears. So we put one on Layaway and I got it out on Friday, 1/14/11. I have had fun learning to use it.

Here is the machine:

Here is the first thing I created:

I know... not very pretty. But I was just learning the machine.

Here are a few things I made tonight:
3 crayon roll ups. These were so easy to make and they turned out so nice.

Here they are opened:

I am having so much fun sewing again!!!!

My Crafty goals for 2011

2011-01-19T20:03:00.000-08:00

I am already behind with updating my blog. One of my goals was to keep my blog updated, so I need to work on that.

I also want to create a LO a day. So that is 365 LO's this year.

I want to learn to use my new sewing machine.

I want to use all this fabric and yarn I have!!!

That seems like a lot, but I think I can do it!!!

Word of the year 2011

2011-01-18T20:08:00.000-08:00

I decided to pick a word again this year. Last year my word was Rejuvenate. I think that I was able to do many things this year by reusing and redoing things. I had a great time.

This year I wanted to focus on what we have again, but in a different way. The word I picked says a lot. It makes me think and helps me to be content. My word for 2011 is:

APPRECIATE - To be grateful or thankful for.

Here is a LO I made about it:

I want to appreciate what I have and help my family to do the same. With the economy doing so poorly we all need to focus on what we have and not keep looking for what we don't have! I hope to be able to do that this year.

A new place for inspiration!!

2011-01-15T19:38:00.000-08:00

I wanted to share a new forum that I joined today. I have known the people in the forum for a while and they are some great crafters!!! They started a new forum and I am super excited about it. They have always inspired me to create amazing things and they have some great challenges. They have found a new home, so give then a little time to get things going. But they already have some challenges listed. Go check it out. Make sure to tell them that I sent you!!!!

Lefora free forum software

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas day Twelve

2010-12-12T19:27:00.000-08:00

Well today is the final day for Tim Holtz's twelve tags of Christmas. I was able to finish all of them by the 12th day. I love them all. Of course I have my favorites.

Here is my interpretation of the 12th tag:

I love it!!!

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas day Eleven

2010-12-11T20:48:00.000-08:00

This was another fun one to make too. I love using embossing powders. Of course I now have a mess to clean up, but it will have to wait until I finish the last tag.

Here is my interpretation of the 11th tag:

I love how the dictionary page looks. I am always amazed by all the ideas Tim gives us.

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas day Ten

2010-12-11T19:44:00.000-08:00

This tag was fun to make. I love to recycle things and this was perfect. I used a Grundgeboard package to make the clear cover. I did not have the snowflake embossing folder so I used a swirl one. I think it looks great!!

Here is my interpretation of the 10th tag:

I think it turned out very nice!

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas day Nine

2010-12-11T18:40:00.000-08:00

This tag was fun to make. I love making these flowers but find it hard to use them on scrapbook pages. I love how it looks on a tag and will use them again.

Here is my interpretation of the 9th tag:

I love the colors of it also.

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas day Eight

2010-12-08T19:35:00.000-08:00

Here is the 8th tag. I tried to copy what Tim did, but mine did not turn out as good. I still like it and I will use the technique again. It just takes practice.

Here is my interpretation of his 8th tag:

It still came out very nice.

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas day Seven

2010-12-08T19:32:00.000-08:00

This is another favorite!!! I love the flower. I love the colors!!!

Here is my interpretation of his 7th tag:

I love this one too!!

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas day Six

2010-12-08T19:30:00.000-08:00

Well, If I had to pick a favorite so far.... this would be it!!!!!

I love the tag. It came together perfectly!!

Here is my interpretation of his 6th tag:

Like I said, this is my favorite!!

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas day Five

2010-12-08T19:26:00.000-08:00

Here is my interpretation of Tim's 5th tag:

I am not really happy with this one. I just could not make it work! I hate when that happens.

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas day Four

2010-12-08T19:24:00.000-08:00

Here is my interpretation of Tim's 4th tag:

I love how it turned out. I had a hard time finding a Santa image that I wanted to use. But once I found this one, it was perfect.

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas day three

2010-12-08T19:20:00.000-08:00

Ok, the third tag was challenging. I did not have the tree stamp and I wanted to make a smaller tag. But over all I think it turned out great!!

Here is my interpretation of his 3rd tag:

Hope you are able to make some of these great tags too!

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas day two

2010-12-06T19:13:00.000-08:00

Tim Holtz is amazing. I could never come up with these ideas on my own.

Here is my interpretation of his 2nd tag:

I did not have the stamp he used and I did not have the materials he used, but I think it turned out pretty good. I love it.

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas day one

2010-12-06T19:05:00.000-08:00

I love making these tags. I started last year and I am addicted!! I love that he explains everything so well. Makes it so much easier to make them.

Here is my interpretation of his first tag.

I love how it turned out.

Another month gone by!

2010-11-15T19:39:00.001-08:00

I often wonder where the time goes! It seems like we were just getting our swim suits out! Halloween has come and gone and now we are about to celebrate Thanksgiving. I often wonder why time goes so much faster now than it did 5 or 10 years ago? Now that the boys are older, life seems to move so much faster.

I have several projects that I need to get finished by Christmas. Time to get busy. I guess I need to make a list of what I need to buy and start crafting!!!!

Dear Christmas, please don't sneak up on me!!! I need advanced notice of your arrival!!!

Some scrappy time!

2010-10-28T19:08:00.000-07:00

I was able to get a few LO's made in the last few weeks. I love how some of them turned out. Here are my favorite ones:

I hope to get more done by the end of the year. I have not been able to do as many LO's as I wanted to do this year. I am so busy, it is hard to find time.

Happy Scrapping!!!

Vacation time!!!

2010-10-28T18:15:00.000-07:00

Rob and I decided to take a short vacation to celebrate our anniversary. Rob planned it all out and he did a wonderful job. We drove to Orlando on Thursday the 21st and stayed until Sunday the 24th. We have annual passes to Disney and Universal so we had a blast. We were even able to do Halloween Horror Nights at Universal. Here are a few pictures...

At the Condo!

The skeleton looked thirsty!

Harry Potter!!

At Universal

Rob playing Angry Birds as we wait in line!

I love this photo!! It turned out amazing!

Halloween Horror nights at Universal!!

At Epcot! We love this place!

The Food and Wine festival was at Epcot. The place was packed!!!!

Rob holding up the globe! (With one hand)

Magic Kingdom!! The Happiest Place on Earth!

It is so pretty at night. They change the colors!

R2D2 Mickey Ears!! Too Cute!

Fireworks at The Magic Kingdom.

Finale!!!!

Epcot at night. Beautiful!

We had a great trip, even though I was sick with a sore throat and cough. We were able to take our time and have fun. We were even able to see Captain EO! I was so happy to see that they brought that back to Epcot.

Now time to get the photos printed and scrapped. They will have to wait until I get the other photos finished. That could take months at the rate I am going.

Busy, Busy, Busy...

2010-10-12T19:55:00.000-07:00

Life seems to be moving much faster. Where did September go....

October is always a very busy month for us.

October 5th, my middle son turned 18 years old. My Aunt also had her birthday (Not saying her age!)

October 7th, Mom and Dad celebrated their 38th wedding anniversary!!

October 9th, My 91 year old grandmother flew in with my Aunt for a visit. We were so happy to see them. They live in Maryland. So they came a long way.

Mathew is the oldest great Grandchild, and we realized that Mathew is 19 and was born is 1991, Nannie is 91 and was born in 1919. We love numbers so this was very cool to us.

October 10th, We spent the day with all the family. Even the cousins we never see. I was nice to get together at mom and dad's and have a cook out.

October 11th, We made dinner at Mom and Dad's with Nannie and Aunt Linda. It was nice to sit and talk.

the rest of the month is just as busy....

October 14th, We are having a great celebration for Michael's birthday and Graduation.

October 20th, We celebrate Mom's birthday and Me and Rob's 3 year anniversary.

October 22nd, We head out for a mini vacation, just Rob and I.

October 29th, My brother's birthday.

October 30th, My nephews birthday.

October 31st, HALLOWEEN!!!!

So this month has been busy and gets busier as we move on. I wonder when I will have time to create. I have been working on some Christmas gifts, but they are not done. I really need to get to work on them. I also have been working on my Halloween costume. I will be Luigi from Super Mario Brothers. Should be fun, we are dressing up at work. My co-worker is dressing up as Mario. I will post pictures for sure!!

$2 Flea Market Find!!!

2010-09-30T18:54:00.000-07:00

I found some amazing things at the Flea Market last weekend. My favorite thing was this bag of stamps that I found. They are all old stamps. I was amazed that they were only $2. There has to be a hundred of them. Now I need to figure out what to do with them.... Any suggestions??

Eyelet setters... love them, hate them?!?!?

2010-09-27T19:45:00.000-07:00

I have several Eyelet setters that I have bought over the years. I even bought the Big Bite, by Crop-a-dile. But none are as good as this one by Making Memories!!!

I have had this one for years and I hope that it never breaks. It is an amazing little tool. If you don't believe me, see for yourself...

Here are the backs of some eyelets set with this little amazing tool...

Here is a close up of them next to other eyelets that were set with different tools...

You can see that the other tools do not set them like this little tool does. It is amazing. The only other eyelet setter that can compare, in my opinion, is the Silent Setter by Provo Crafts. All others fall short. Or maybe I just don't know how to use them... but you would think that you could figure it out or it isn't worth buying.

Thank you Making Memories for making an amazing little eyelet setter!! I love it!!!

I love when I can create!!

2010-09-20T18:23:00.000-07:00

I did not have much time this weekend, but I seemed to squeeze in a few minutes here and there and was able to get a few LO's done!! I love the Easter LO I did and the other 2 are ok. I will probably add more to them.

Here is the Easter LO:

Here is a Taekwondo LO I did:

Here is another one I did. Picnic in July:

I was also able to finish the alterations on the wedding dress I have been working on. Now I am going to alter the mother's dress. It is not as difficult. It was nice when the Bride tried on the dress and it fit perfectly!! I was so happy and so was she.

So I am back!!! I am making time to create, because I am a happier person when I am creating!!

Happy Crafting!!

What I have created this summer...

2010-09-15T19:14:00.000-07:00

I have created a few LO's this summer. Not as many as I was hoping, but I am happy with what I have created.

These LO's are from our trips to Universal Studios in Orlando. We went for the July 4th weekend. We had a great time. We love Harry Potter, so we had a blast.

We had a great time and we have several more trips planned. We already went back on August 28th to the 30th. We love Universal Studios!!!

I need a 12 step program!!!!

2010-09-15T18:11:00.000-07:00

Ok, I know that I have a problem. I love paper!!!! I know that I cannot resist it when it is on sale. I have hundreds of sheets of paper and still buy more!!! How can I stop?!?! Well maybe I don't really want to stop. I just don't know how I could use all that I have, but I have to buy more when it is on sale! I think I have an addiction!!!!! At least it is an addiction to paper and not something worse. I just wish there was a way I could use all this paper.

I have even used my paper to wrap gifts. I have let my kids cut it up to use it for projects. I have let my mom use it to make beads. I don't think I am a paper hoarder, because I will freely give it away. But I know that I have a problem.

I think that there are others like me. Even if they wont admit it. I know that some people have to have more paper than me. (I hope so!!)

I guess this is step one of my 12 step program... NOT!! I don't think I could ever stop buying paper. It is an addiction!!!

My Mom's birthday present.Shhhhhh!

2010-09-14T18:52:00.000-07:00

Well, I hope my mom does not visit my blog. I don't think she even knows about it. But if she does she will know what she is getting for her birthday in a few weeks.

I got this idea from a friend on Facebook, who posted a link to a photo box. It was very different than this one, but it got me thinking.

So this is what I came up with:

It is filled with items from our "Girls Weekend" to the beach in July. I even included some sand from the beach in a small pouch. Also some small shells. It was a great weekend. I think she will love it.

Really?!?!?!?!?

2010-09-14T18:39:00.001-07:00

Has it really been 3 months since I updated my blog? Where has the time gone. I guess I have been so busy with life that I forgot to keep in touch.

Life has been busy... with me working a new job that takes all of my mental energy. Don't get me wrong, I am grateful to have a job. I just wish it was my old job. Where I could come and go as I please and get the work done on my schedule.

The boys are growing so fast. It seems like I have missed a few years!!! But my scrapbooks prove that I was there. It just went by tooo fast. My middle son will be 18 on October 5th. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT!!!! It is hard to believe that all my boys are over 16. I remember wondering what it would be like when they were all teenagers. Now I wonder about what they will be doing in 5 years and if they will have good jobs and a family. WOW!!

Rob is doing great. He is interviewing for a managers position at work and he is in the last intervies group. His interview will be on next Thursday. He is very nervous, but I know he will do GREAT!!! He is smart and knowledgable.

Other than that, not a lot of crafting going on. I have been working on a wedding dress for a friend and I wish it was done already!!!! But it will be done soon. It is a very pretty dress.

I hope to get back to scrapping soon. I have had so little time for anything. We have taken a few vacations and I cannot wait to scrap all the photos!!!

Ok, I am off to bed. Sorry I have been MIA for so long. I will make sure to keep you posted more often.

Oh, I did make a great photo box for my mom. I will post a picture shortly!

Have a good week!

If It's Groovy challenge!

2010-06-08T19:38:00.000-07:00

This month at If It's Groovy's blog they are having a great challenge!! It is a filmstrip challenge. They challenged us to use a filmstrip in our LO!! Here is what I did:

Happy to be scrapping!!!

2010-06-08T19:14:00.000-07:00

I love to scrap!!! It is so relaxing to me. I can sit at my desk for days creating page after page. I feel so much better when I am scrapping. It makes me so happy. I love to share my scrap desk with other too. My nieces love to come over to scrap. My oldest niece was in town this last week and we were able to scrap some. Here is what we made:

I just love to spend time with my nieces scrapping. I have given all of them the desire to create with paper!

Happy Scrapping!!

My new Favorite Cricut Cart!!!!!

2010-06-08T19:02:00.000-07:00

My husband is a HUGE Superman fan. We even had a Superman themed wedding. So you can imagine how excited I was when I found out there was a Superman Cart!!!! I have had so much fun playing with it!!!

Here are a few things I have made:

Here is the Superman card I made:

I can't wait to make the banner for my husband's birthday party. I will post photos once I get it done!!

Back in the creative mood!!!!

2010-05-25T18:37:00.000-07:00

I have been creating things for a few weeks now, but have not taken the time to update my blog!!! Sorry about that!!!

Here are a few things I have created over the last few weeks.

Week to remember.... or forget!!!!

2010-03-07T19:19:00.000-08:00

Well we have had a week that was filled with many ups and downs. I am not going to rehash all of it, it is too painful. Just know that I have had a bad week. Illnesses, losses, and a wrecked car are just a few of the things that have happened.

So now we move on.

I was able to scrap some today, here is what I made.

Where has the time gone....

2010-02-16T19:43:00.001-08:00

Well for starters, I had to find another job. You see, the construction industry is suffering badly and I was not needed 40 hours a week, but my bills say I need to work 40 hours. SO that meant a new job. So I started my new job today. It was great. Only had orientation, but I love the company already. They are a service based company and are doing very well financially. That is great to know. I will be doing customer accounts and data entry. I love numbers, so I should do well. Cannot wait to actually start working tomorrow. I have been busy scrapping during that last few weeks, seeing that I had extra time on my hands. Here are a few LO's I have made.

Here is a mini album I made for hubby's niece who just had a baby girl:

Here is a photo cube I made for my ex MIL's birthday:

Here is a LO I made with a kit I got from a friend on Cafe mom's:

Crop in ScrapNmom group on Cafemom!

2010-01-27T18:45:00.000-08:00

I have had a great time making so many things in the Scrapnmom's Cafemom group!!! There are so many great challenges going on in the group this week. Here are the things I have gotten done so far.

That is about 30 different things!! Wow!!!! I am so happy to be scrapping it really is therapeutic.
So there are all the things I did for the crop!!! It was amazing!! I don't think I have ever gotten that much done in a week!! But then again, I usually don't have so much free time on my hands like I did this week!

Thanks for the great crop!!!

Have I told you that I LOVE TO SCRAP?!!

2010-01-13T19:42:00.000-08:00

I have been scrapping like crazy lately!! It really helps me to relieve stress and relax! So I have created many things!!! I am trying to use the supplies I have so that means to make my supplies work for the LO I am doing. I have been very creative with this and I am very happy with what I have made. I also have been organizing my supplies to make it easier to use them. That is my biggest problem. I cannot find what I want to use, but now I am getting them all organized so that I can find them!!!

Here are some LO's I have made this last week:

Happy Scrapping!!!!

It is cold!!!!

2010-01-12T07:50:00.000-08:00

Ok, We live in Florida!!! Why is it so cold here?? I am just glad that there is no rain on the forecast!! Then we would be frozen!!!

Sketchy Thursdays!!

2010-01-07T20:27:00.000-08:00

I love how this LO turned out! This is a photo of my boys in front of a Lighthouse in GA. Taken August 2007! The sketch is the weekly sketch at Sketchy Thursdays!

I love the view of my boys, the lighthouse is pretty too!! lol!!

Sketchy Thursday, December!

2010-01-07T17:00:00.000-08:00

Here is a LO I did based on the sketch posted at Sketchy Thursday!

The photo is of me in High School. The paper is custom paper with my High School colors and name on it. I love that I found it! I used Glossy Accents on the title to make it shiny.

Sketchy Thursdays Second Chance Challenge!

2010-01-07T16:51:00.000-08:00

I loved the sketch posted at Sketchy Thursdays!!

Here is the card I made:

Happy scrapping!!!

I got scrappy tonight!!

2010-01-06T21:17:00.001-08:00

Well I decided to put off the house work and get scrappy!! I know none of you have ever done that!! lol!!

Here is a LO I did for the Cafemom group.

We were challenged to only use punches and paper. I love it!!

This was another challenge in a Cafemom group. We were challenged to stamp a journalling box on our photo. I love it!!!!

The next LO are for the If Its Groovy blog hop!!
This was a challenge posted by Jamie Lynn!

This LO was for a challenge posted on Natalie's Blog!

We were challenged to let a child make the embellishments. I let my niece make the whole LO!! Then I added the photos of her making it!! She loves to scrap with me!!

This last one was a LO for 2 different challenges. One on Cafemom and one on Marci's blog!

I LOVE how it turned out!!!

Birthday blog hop LO's!!

2010-01-05T21:36:00.000-08:00

I am having fun doing the challenges at If it's groovy blog!!

Here is the LO I did for Jen's "Have your cake and eat it too!"
Click here to go to her blog!

Here is a LO I did for Groovy Deb's "celebrate growth" challenge!
Click here to go to here blog!

Here is a LO I did for Lissa'a Sketch challenge!
Click here to go to her blog!

Here is the LO I did for Amy's "Hat" Challenge!
Click here to go to her blog!

Here is the LO I did for Niki Ray's "Birth" day challenge.
Click here to go to her blog!

I am having a great time making these LO's!! I hope that you can join in! There are many prizes to win!!!

Happy scrapping!!!

Word of the Year 2010

2010-01-05T11:38:00.000-08:00

I decided to do A Word a Year for 2010. It took me a while to come up with my word. I think this year will be all about using what we have. Giving new life to old things and making the most of what we have. I am bad about impulse buying and so is my hubby!! But not this year!! We are going to find new homes for many items in our home and figure out better ways of using many of the things we have. So my word this year is:

re⋅ju⋅ve⋅nate

–verb (used with object)

1.	to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.

2.	to restore to a former state; make fresh or new again: to rejuvenate an old sofa.

Physical Geography.

a.	to renew the activity, erosive power, etc., of (a stream) by uplift or by removal of a barrier in the stream bed.

b.	to impress again the characters of youthful topography on (a region) by the action of rejuvenated streams.

–verb (used without object)

4.	to undergo rejuvenation; revive.

From Dictionary.com

So what is your word of the year? Share a link to your post in the comments or just tell me your word!! I love to hear what everyone is going to focus on this year!!

I am a Groovy Girl!!!

2010-01-03T08:32:00.000-08:00

I am on the design team at If It's Goovy!! I love the group and the blog. They give me so much inspiration and I am so happy to be on the design team!!!

Getting scrappy!!!

2010-01-03T08:06:00.000-08:00

I love when I make time to scrap. It really does make the stress of life disappear! My DH is right when he tells me that I need to make time to scrap because I am getting overwhelmed. He is a smart one!!! I was able to make several LO's last night and I want to share them with you.

Here is the first one:

It is based on a challenge posted in this Cafemom group!

Then I did 3 LO's with the same photo, because I do a separate LO for each of my kids.

I am just happy to be scrapping. Hope to get to scrap again today, but DH is home sick. Seems he has what I still have, but he is at the worst point. So we will see what I can accomplish. Have some challenges I would love to get too.

Happy scrapping!!!

Wow! I feel old!!

2010-01-02T09:33:00.000-08:00

My oldest son turns 19 on the 9th of January and I am feeling very old!!! When I was 19 I had 2 kids, that seems like yesterday! How can time be flying by so fast. It is still hard to believe that it is 2010!! But I guess we must march on.

Happy Saturday to everyone. I hope to be scrapping later!!! Have a great day!!!

Rock N Roll!!!

2010-01-01T22:35:00.000-08:00

I love this LO!! My niece helped me finish it and it is just perfect. This was a page kit from Colorbox. It turned out great!!

My boys love to play Rock Band. They have become pretty good at it. Mathew plays guitar, Hubby sings and Madison plays drums. Michael likes to watch. He sometimes plays the drums. I love to play the drums too!!!

Happy Scrapping!!!

Happy New Year!!!

2010-01-01T01:38:00.000-08:00

May your year be full of blessings and all that you hope for!!

Happy scrapping in the new year!!!

Blog Crop Hop!!!

2009-12-30T19:35:00.000-08:00

Is everyone ready for a birthday crop hop!!! If Its Groovy is having a birthday and we are hosting a crop hop January 4th to the 10th!!!

Stay posted for my challenge and make sure to check out the other challenges that will be posted by going to if its groovy!!

What we made!!

2009-12-30T19:25:00.000-08:00

I am sorry that it has taken me over a week to post the LO's the girls and I made. It was a busy week. We had many things happen with Christmas and we also had some not so happy things happen. But we survived and will get through it. So here are the photos of the LO's the girls did. I only took photos of 2 of them. The other ones I will reuse. They only colored on the cardstock, on one side!! Thank goodness. This stuff is expensive. lol!!

Charlotte - 2 yrs old

Georgia - 7 Years old

And here are the 3 I did the day they were here!

Happy Scrapping!!!

Busy weekend with kids!!

2009-12-21T11:31:00.000-08:00

We have had a great time with all the cousins here!! We love Christmas time, it means that we will all be together!! Of course sometimes they are ready to go home!! lol!! But we did have a great weekend!!!! I had all the kids at my house on Saturday. DJ, my brother, was over to help. We had a great time playing games and making things. I kept finding one of my nieces in my scrap stuff!! lol!! She is a little artist and loves to play with my stuff. Too bad she can't put it back where she got it from!! lol!!

I will post photos of the LO's tomorrow after I upload them!!!

Have a great day!!

Tim holtz Tag #12

2009-12-14T08:00:00.000-08:00

Last but not least!! This is probably my favorite tag!! He ended with a bang that is for sure.

Tim is very good at showing great instructions. I found it very easy to make all these amazing tags, as long has I had the supplies needed. I had a blast making all of them and will probably be making more of them this week to put on Christmas gifts. I have already made a few of #3 and have the stuff to make #10 again!

Tim, Thanks for showing us how you make these amazing tags. I never would have guessed that I could make a tag look so beautiful, but it was not that hard with your instructions!!!

Tim Holts Tag #11

2009-12-14T07:56:00.000-08:00

I did not have the reindeer stamp so I used my Cricut to cut out this one. Then I put the crackle glaze on it. It did not crackle very well. But I do love it!!

Hope you like it too!!

Tim Holtz tag #10

2009-12-14T06:29:00.000-08:00

Here is my version of Tag #10!

I used Hvac tape to create mine. I could not find the metal tape that Tim sells, so I made do. I worked pretty well!!

Tim Holtz tag #9

2009-12-14T06:28:00.001-08:00

Here is my version of Tag #9

I love how it turned out. I used a photo of my foster son on Santa's lap. He was not happy to be there!!

Tim Holtz Tag #8!

2009-12-09T20:45:00.000-08:00

Well I was able to work on and finish tage 8. I am happy with it. I did not have any vellum but want to get some and try his technique. Hope you like my version!!

More Tim Holtz tags!

2009-12-08T19:46:00.000-08:00

I am totally addicted to the tags!!! Tim Holtz is a genius!!!
Ok, I love how #3 turned out. I even did another one. It was an easy process and I had all the stuff. Here is my second #3:

Here is #4, don't laugh... It is terrible. I did not have the same supplies that he did, SO I tried to make do with out. It just did not work!!

And #5. It also is not my favorite. I do not like how mine turned out. I might redo it:

Now #6 and 7 turned out terrific!! I love them. I will probably make more to put on gifts.
Here is my version of #6:

And here is my #7!

I hope to finish #8 and get 9, 10 and 11 done by the weekend. I am totally addicted, so there is no stopping me know!!

Happy scrapping and creating!!

Tim Holtz tags!!

2009-12-05T19:25:00.000-08:00

Well I have never been able to create something as nice as Tim Holtz but I am learning. I did not even know that he did 12 tags for Christmas every year until Jill posted in in a Cafemom group. So I took the challenge and started creating the tags. I got 1,2 and 3 done. 4 is a little more difficult. I might be able to do it, but will have to change it a little. I am going to try to get 4,5 and 6 done tomorrow.

Here are 1, 2 and 3:

Happy Scrapping!!!

Christmas Traditions Mini Album

2009-12-05T18:29:00.000-08:00

I have wanted to do this for several years and finally got around to doing it this year. I does seem that our traditions change a little each year as the kids get older. I do miss some of the traditions we had when they were younger, like reading "The Night Before Christmas" on Christmas Eve. The boys have grown so fast. It is amazing how fast it goes.

Well here is the start of my mini album. I will add some small photos and also a few more embellies, but I thought I would go ahead and share what I have so far.

I also made 4 large tags to go in the album.
Here are the front:

And the back:

Happy swcrapping!!

Busy, Busy!!!

2009-12-04T06:46:00.000-08:00

I have been busy creating the last few days and hope to post some pics tonight or tomorrow. I started a "Christmas Traditions" Album and I am happy with it so far.

I also got some great deals at WalMart last night. They had many clearance items marked down to $.25!!! I got lots of scrap stuff that would have cost over $400 for only 23!!!!!! Can you believe that. I will share a photo soon!

Hope you all had a Thanksgiving!!!! We did!!

Lets make an Advent Calendar!!

2009-11-25T06:58:00.000-08:00

I had a great time making these calendars. One is for my house and one is for my Nieces.

The first one I made I followed a pattern that I saw at a family members house. They just used cloth pins on ribbon with the numbers on it. I added die cuts to mine to make it more festive. I love my Cricut!! I was able to make this in one night. But had to let the Stickles dry over night.

Then this calendar I did based on a challenge posted on Cafe mom. Here is the LINK!
I love how it turned out!!!! My nieces are going to love it!!

I put some little things in the containers but also put instructions for each day. Some examples are "Give mommy and daddy a hug" "Share with your sister" "Draw a pretty picture" and so on. They are going to love it!!

Hope you like them.

Happy scrapping and creating!

If its groovy blog challenge!!

2009-11-16T09:10:00.000-08:00

The November challenge is now posted at If Its Groovy!! Go check it out.

Here is my LO for the challenge:

We are so glad that Deb is back to good health and that her daughter is also healthy! This has been the season for illnesses!! Hope you all can join in the challenge!

The Sweetheart team did a LO based on the theme "Thankful". Here is what I made:

Have a great day and Happy Scrapping!!

2 days straight!!!

2009-11-09T19:44:00.000-08:00

I am so happy that I was able to scrap again tonight!!! I like the LO I did last night so much that I decided to use the same colors and sketch to create this one:

This LO was inspired by my new purse. I love the color combination in the LO. I followed sketch #44 posted at 52 sketches...52 weeks.

Here is the purse and the LO:

I also made this LO. I love how the colors came together.

I am just happy that my MoJo seems to be back and sticking around. I hope to get some more LO's done this week.

Happy Scrapping!!

Happy Birthday LO!!

2009-11-08T17:41:00.000-08:00

I love how this came out. I saw this sketch posted in the Cafemom ScrapNMoms group. I have had these flags for a few months and was wondering what to do with them. I was so happy to see this sketch!!

Thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!!!

52 sketches... 52 weeks sketch #44

2009-11-07T17:33:00.000-08:00

Here is a LO I did based on sketch #44 at 52 sketches, 52 weeks. It is not my favorite, but I wanted to share it anyway!

OMG!! 5 LO's made in one sitting!!!!

2009-11-01T17:10:00.000-08:00

I was so excited to sit and scrap today. It was not planned, my nieces came over to "play" and wanted to scrap, so I sacrificed the laundry and cleaning the house. lol!!

Here are the Lo's I made:

2 page LO...

My favorite one for today!!

Our pretty kitty!!

Happy scrapping!!!

If It's Groovy design team LO's for October!

2009-10-29T17:31:00.000-07:00

I can finally post my October LO's for the If It's Groovy Blog. We had a great challenge posted this month. There are still a few days to participate. The challenge was to create a LO that has a one word title. Here is my LO:

I also design for the "Sweetheart" team. We design LO's that are just about boys. I love the one I did this month. I scrapped an old photo of my boys in their Halloween costumes. Here it is:

Hope you join us for November's challenge. I should be posted soon. Come over and take a look!!!

Happy Scrapping!!!

Scrappy time!! (Finally)

2009-10-24T20:02:00.000-07:00

I had a few hours today to create and decided to start by cleaning up my work space. Then I got 2 LO's done. For the first LO I used a Julie Bonner sketch from 52 sketches - 52 weeks.

Petting Zoo!!!

The next one I created on my own. I love that I found some old photos. It has helped me to start creating again.

Campfire Fun

I am so happy that I had some time today to create. Seems like there is never anytime lately.

Happy scrapping

YAY!!! I made 2 LO's!!!!

2009-10-17T19:22:00.000-07:00

So, today was going to be just another day. But then Kathy called and said she was going to scrap tonight so I decided to scrap with her. I am so glad I did!!!! I made 2 LO's that I love. It is always nice when the creativity is flowing.

The first LO is of us fishing in August. WE love 2 FISH!!

The second is from yesterday. We took pics at the mall in one of those machines. Cameron loves to take pics in them!

That is what I created. I love them.

Happy scrapping!!

Embellished LO's!!

2009-10-16T19:32:00.000-07:00

Here are the new photos of the previous LO's. I added more embellishments and I am happier with them now. I love these old photos. My boys have grown sooo fast. How can they be so old?

Did not do a lot to this one. Just added the year and the dots on the photo.

Added the stamped images and doodling to this one.

Added the year, the rubon and the words Noel and Joy to this one.

And I added the stamped image and doodling to this one.

I am happier with them now.

Happy Scrapping!!

I am crazy!

2009-10-12T18:39:00.000-07:00

So once i uploaded the LO's yesterday I really did not like them, so I went back and added some bling and stamped images to the LO's. I will take photos and post them. They are drying now. SO I feel better about the LO's now. I was really disliking them. lol!! So maybe my Mojo is coming back to me. I would be so happy if it would come to stay forever!!!

Happy Scrapping!!!!