The winner is....

STACEY who said:

Hi! I just found your blog off your CL posting! Anyway, I am new to scrapbooking/cardmaking, so I like this blog: http://www.thepinkstamper.blogspot.com/She does a good job teaching different things using her cricut.

So Stacey, please email me your address at laura6615@sbcglobal.net If I don't hear from you by tomorrow afternoon, I'm going to have to pick another winner since I want to mail out on Saturday. Thanks for everyone who played!

I should be scrapping right now...

that's what I told my sister earlier while were on the computer IMing each other like we can't just talk on the phone. But if we were on the phone, we'd have to hold the phone with one hand and can't type one handed. This way we can talk AND surf the web...pure genius! lol Might I add, last year or the year before I bought myself and my sis a head set for the phone for that very reason...to free up our hands when we are talking to each other. Now we are free to roam about our homes, doing whatever we choose and still communicate :D Okay, I got off track...anyway, so I DID happen to scrap today. I always feel like that's what I "should" be doing. Of course after I've done all my cleaning "chores" and what not...I always feel like I need to be scrapping and whipping out pages to put a dent in my scrapbook supply stash. Even so, me and Chon are planning yet ANOTHER scrappy, shopping day o' fun on Friday. Seriously, we have no business shopping for scrap stuff. I think between us both...her more than me (ha, ha...I did it again...inside joke), we probably have enough stuff to open a small LSS! But again, I am off the subject. I scrapped a page today. And it was pretty much just spur of the moment. I was browsing a neighbors gallery on sb.com -- a woman who goes by the username Scrappy Daisy. I just LOVE her work...so bright and fun. And I love that she uses all sorts of patterns and colors that you think wouldn't "go", but somehow, they just DO! And I was inspired to make this LO using another pic I just took of the kids this past weekend. I used some of the MM Chloe's Closet we got on our last shoppig excursion, and some BG Urban Prairie chip stickers, and some old MME paper. I really LOVE this page...REALLY :D

Oh, and I want to take note of this because I don't want to forget it. Earlier today, Mikey and I were sitting in the livingroom. I was at the computer and he was at the table behind me playing with his Play Doh. KLOVE was on the radio in the bathroom and we could both hear it. A song was just ending and at the end of the song, children are saying "God you reign". I forget what the song is called or who sings it. Anyway, so he asks me "Mommy, why are they saying "God, you reign? What does that mean?" And I said to him that they are saying it because God is King. And he says "King of all life and of my heart." And I said "That's right! How did you know that?" And he said, "Because Jesus told me." Okay, that just blew me away! Sap that I am, I wanted to start bawling! I am SO proud...I don't even know if proud is the word, but since I can't think of any other at the moment, I am so proud that at such a young age, my child is getting to know God. And I am humbled to think that I am playing a part in that. It is AMAZING!! :) Just had to record that for the future :)

Another 8x8

This one is for Miguel's book. I started an 8x8 book for him too and have done a few pages in it. Probably not as many as I should! So even though I'd already done a page about his 34th birthday, I thought I'd make one for his book. I used these cool Fany Pants Celebrate papers I got at the 911 yard sale. Also scored that cool tranparency I used on it too. I think it came out pretty cute! TFL :)

Another LO

I did another LO today. I used a sketch from Page Maps...from the February maps I believe. It's pretty simple...nothing fancy going on here...lol I used some MM Passport trim, some Colorbok border sticker strip, and I cut that damask out of a sheet of Heidi Swapp paper I got at the 911 yard sale. That's pretty much it. I kind of messed up a part on the journaling so pretend not to notice :D

A Love Layout

So after I did absolutely ALL of my cleaning today-- which was pretty early even though I got a late start, I was able to squeeze in time for a page with one of the cute pics I took of Mikey and Lij this past weekend. I used some old Basic Grey...can't remember which line it was from and some new MM Love Notes and some K&Co. Sweet Talk acetate diecuts. I just LOVE these! I've bought several K&Co. diecut packs in the past and am always so surprised at just how many are in there! Well, worth the $5 price. Anyway, that's my page for today. TFL :) OH and you still have this week to leave me a comment on the RAK post. I'll be picking out a winner and mailing out this weekend :)

Some 8x8 pages for my BOM

I worked on these two pages for my BOM today. For the "Almost Broken" I was inspired by Sasha's "7 Hours Wrinkles" LO. I wish I'd had a brighter blue damask paper for the background, but I didn't. The LO about my Twilight obsession was all my own. I really like how that one turned out. Lij came home today and we ordered Domino's for dinner...MMM :) I got this cute picture of Mikey and Lij together. Okay, that's all for now!

More cards...

A couple more Valentine cards. I think I'm completely done with them all. Now I just have to write my messages inside. I'm glad I got go use up some of my scraps even if it was very little...it's a start! TFL :)

Can you feel the love?

With Valentine's Day right around the corner, I thought I'd have a little give away. Just a little mix of stuff that I had extras of in my stash. The vintage looking Valentine cards are from last years Daisy D's. Those little post it notes are from the Target Dollar Spot. I thought they'd make cute journal boxes. A few Tim Holtz Adage tickets, a vintage looking Prima journal page, some Prima journal cards w/those CUTE little animals, a couple of Vday diecuts and a couple of lace dolies..fun stuff! If you want to play, here's what you have to do. I'm always looking for new, inspiring scrapbook blogs to look at when I'm lacking mojo. So leave a comment and link me up to some fun, scrappy blogs. It doesn't have to be your blog....it could be blogs you follow, blogs you frequent. I'm just looking for some new cool scrapbooking blogs to check out. That's all :) I'll pick a winner by the end of next week!

Love is in the air...

Or is that just your Designer Imposters perfume? LOL Chon will get that! ;) So I decided to get a headstart on my Valentine's Day cards. I saw the ones Chon made the other day and was inspired! I had got this pack of 12 cards w/envelopes at Target a while back for $2 in the clearance section. They had a big red "square" on the front with a white border and they were just the thing to use for my cards! I cut out the characters from a sheet of Fancy Pants Splendid paper and I used nothing but scraps too so that's a plus! I love the way they came out! I think I'm still going to make a couple more. But yay, I'm pretty much done and ahead of the game! TFL :)

Another page

I did a quick page today. I had actually started this and was going a whole different way AND size, then decided to do something else. It started out as a 12x12, but then I had cropped the pic too much, so I thought I'd go with a smaller 8.5x11 page instead. I didn't lift this one which is why it was so hard to know which way to go with it. I always have a harder time trying to "figure things out" if I'm scrapping as I go..without a sketch or plan in mind. But I'm very happy with the outcome. I wanted to do a more "vintage", "shabby chic" type LO which is also hard for me at times. I think I do the more clean lined, "fun" type stuff better. Anyway..this is what I came up with. TFL :)