June M2R Sneek!!!!

Anyone ready for a sneak peek at the June Moments to Remember kit???!!!! You know I can't keep secrets so here's a look at all the patterned paper in the kit. Lots of blues and oranges!!! Gotta love Basic Grey!

Pre-orders are being taken right now!!!! Let me know if you would like to pre-order a kit for just $23!!!!!!

Wild Side

National Scrapbooking Day Week #3 challenges at Moments to Remember are up and ready to go!!! This week we are traveling to Africa and Australia.

This week I'm going to take you on a safari tour through Africa. Here we will meet all sorts of wild animals. My challenge for you this week is to create a layout using animal print somewhere on the layout.

For my example I used animal print letters in the title and also some REAL animal print in the photos.Stop over to the Moments to Remember forum to see what the other DT members have for you!! Can't wait to see your "wild" layouts!

Happy Birthday Dylan!!!

My baby boy is 6 today!!!!!
Happy Birthday Dylan (Captain Underpants)!!!!

Basic Grey Summer Release!

I was so excited yesterday when I saw this on Facebook--Ohhhh!!!! New Basic Grey on it's way! I can't wait to see it!

May 12th Photos

Yesterday was the 12th, so you know what that means.....picture time! I spent the day whole day with my camera right at my side. Ready to take pictures of everything. Here are my favorite 12 photos of the day.

Dylan enjoys some cereal to start his day!

"The girls" swinging on the new playground!

English Muffin Pizzas for lunch....mmmmmm!
My poor baby is home early from school sick.
Playing with baby Eli--isn't he cute?!
Day 1 of a new book.
Adam practices some new hockey skills outside.
Homework time!
Dyaln's still feeling under the weather.
Jack running in the rain!
Daddy takes advantage of Dylan being sick and plays Dylan's DS.
Adam (with a mouth full of carrots) and Mommy goofing off.

Happy Post Mother's Day!

A few shots of me with my boys on Mother's Day.

Adam's looking especially excited in this one. Oh, the life with an 8 year old boy....

And then we decided to do a silly one.

Challenge #28: Double Jeopardy

Scrap Whispers Challenge #28 is slightly unusual. We want you to split your page in two and create one layout but with 2 different sides to it. So for example - heaven and hell (white and angelic side v red and black side); sunshine and darkness; ying and yang; red and blue on one side, yellow and green on the other; maybe soccer or football team supporters; a little girl who loves all things barbie and pink but who also loves rock concerts or cars; different seasons....etc, etc. The possibilities are a plenty!

I didn't quite split my page in half, but instead decided to take this challenge and put more of it in the journaling. Here's my take:

Goofy Goggles

During the month of May Moments to Remember is hosting a "Around the World" celebration. Instead of just having one day to celebrate National Scrapbooking Day we thought we should make it a month long event! Each week the design team members are posting challenges that will have you traveling the world. Last week we traveled through North and South America. This week we are taking our voyage to the other side of the world to the far east.

This week I am taking you to India! For my challenge I want you to create a layout using the bright vibrant colors you will find in the Indian spices. Lots of oranges and reds!

Here is my example:

Stop of to the Moments to Remember forum to see the other design team member challenges. I can't wait to see your "spicy" layouts!

NSBD Whisper Challenge

Today is National Scrapbooking Day!!!!!!! There's only one way to celebrate and that's to scrap the day away!!!

The design team members at Scrap Whispers decided to do a little blog hopping in honor of this super awesome day! Some of you may have stumbled upon my blog by way of Telah--a big shout out to Telah!!! Thanks sweetie! If not, you can check out all the details of our ubber cool blog hop by stopping over to the Scrap Whispers blog for more details.

Here's a layout I completed a while back, but thought I'd bring it back out for this special occasion. I run a childcare business in my home so my kids have been around lots of babies over the past 4 years. My son Dylan is awesome with babies! He's loves being goofy and who better to entertain than a baby! I like to call him the "baby whisperer".

Alright ladies---thanks for checking out my blog! Make sure to sign on to be a follower. This past month I've been a bad, bad blogger, but normally I will blog almost daily! I love sharing my creations and chatting about scrappy "stuff". Every once in awhile I'll even send out some RAK's!!!! What the heck---anyone who leaves a comment and signs on as a follower to my blog (if you aren't already!!!) will be eligible for a super duper RAK from me!!! After all, it is NSD---let's live it up!

Time to hop on over to Karry's blog and see what she's got up her sleeves.......Oh, and if you're wondering what all the crazy bold letters are----well, it's all part of the Scrap Whispers blog hop (hint, hint). Happy scrappy day!

Springtime Cheer

I am so excited to announce my very first Moments to Remember kit!!!!! From the paper selection to all the embellishments--I hand picked each item in this kit to get you in the mood for SPRING!!!

These kits are already going like hot cakes! If you would like to order one head over to the Moments to Remember store NOW!

Kit Contents

Patterned Paper (all from the My Mind's Eye: Penny Lane Feeling Groovy line)--2 sheets of each (double sided)
My Mind's Eye "Blue Sky" Forget Me Not
"Life, I Love You" Lovely Circles
"No Worries" Content Circles
"Pure Joy" Pure Posies
"Pure Joy" Happy Stripe
"Uniquely You" Special Swirls
"Life, I Love You" Love Birds--1 sheet

Embellishments
My Mind's Eye "Pure Joy" Die Cut
My Mind's Eye "Pure Joy" Large Accessories
Making Memories Tiny Alphabet Stickers
Journaling Block (assorted colors and styles)
9 Crystal Brads (assorted colors and sizes)
1/2 yard Green Felt Border
1/2 yard Green Felt Ric Rac
1/2 yard Green Beaded Wire
Large White Flower
7 Small Flowers (assorted colors and sizes)
2 Tim Holtz Tickets

Here's what I created with just a portion of the kit (more to come!!):

"My Sunshine"

"Too Many Wishes"

"It's All About Family"