Still at it....

I guess I should say the mojo is still flowing and I sure hope it stays for a while. I have alot to get done. This is another layout using the BG LilyKate collection along with matching ribbon for Noel's online store. This has been a fun collection to play with. This particular layout speaks for itself. You will remember this picture from a few post back or heck maybe even last post. I don't know I can't keep up.


Good Lord!

this is a card I made using products as well from Noel's store.

I had to have that 7 gypsies variety pack and have yet to do something with it until now. Mary Ann this card is coming to you babe. I made it with you in mind along with this one

I know you like that vintage look so I thought this stamp set be a perfect fit for you. Thanks Elizabeth for trusting me with it ;)
Well I am off to work on another layout for Noel's store. Hope everyone had a great weekend.

Pizza, Scrappin and trophies

Tuesday was Mason last day with the Smart Start program. He learned all the fundamentals of baseball and he had a blast. He missed the cutoff by 10 days to play t-ball because you had to be 5 by May 1 and his b-day is the 10th. Darn It!
He had his pizza party and received his hat and his trophy. Melana participated as well but we all know how that went down when it was time to get her trophy. Yeah ! Mason had to go up and get it for her because she was not moving. Then he brings it back to her and after everybody leaves I want to get pics of them...Mason...my little sweet, loves to be in front of the camera.....boy

oh and then there is Melana

Nuff' said!
Elizabeth and I were talking and she said it is scary how much her and Melana are alike. Ugh Ya think. Like I don't know this. We swear we gave birth to each other. Bella is just like me and Lana is just like her. Good lord!
I have 2 more cards complete for Noel's Store.

For this one I used the boho chic card set by We R memory Keepers and a few rub ons by MM.

this is another boho chic set with the boho chic goodies out the goodie box and the coordinating ribbon. MM rub ons

Now I will move on to the rest of the layouts that I need to produce. I am going to do one for my All About Me album next about my love of toe socks. Stop laughing! I love em. They are oh so cozy and warm.

Who else is with me on the toe socks?

I'm a flunky

Well me and my big ideas thought it would be cool to do the 50 page no buying challenge over at ScrapJazz. All was going well when I signed up. I was all pumped up and I could do this. After all I have enough supplies and paper to generously give all the members of SJ some goods and still have some left over. Well..... You see..... I did my first layout. I was still pumped up until I went to Noel's store. Yeah it's all over but the crying. I caved. I'm a loser. I gave in to temptation. I bought. Call me a dork.
So i got 1 out of 50 layouts done. I think I broke the record.......but guess what?

I AM THE OWNER OF NEW SUPPLIES BABY! CAN I GET WOOT WOOT?

Doin the jitterbug!

IMPORTANT INFO!!

This was taken directly from Kristi's blog. Just passing on the scary info for you to check and be aware.

Beginning this month a New Database will be available to the general public free of charge that displays your personal information
(names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates). (Soc. Sec. is available for a price.) The database is found at http://www.zabasearch.com/ type in your name and check...
I urge you to forward this information to family and friends. Check to see if your name and information is in their database. If so and you want it removed, send them an e-mail at info@zabasearch.com to request it be removed. I do not know how our names are appearing there, but I checked my own and a few other random ones and they are all in this database!
After opting out by email, check back after a few days to make certain your information has been removed. If it has not been removed then file a complaint with your State's Attorney General.

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****Not only do they show addresses and phone numbers, but it also lists people that you are related to.

Voila!

More Design Team layout stuff done for Noel's Store.

these cards were fun to do. Recently I had purchased the Boho chic note card set and the matching ribbon along with the matching goodie box. I just couldn't wait to get it. Unfortunately I have not had the opportunity to play with it. (Story of my life) BUT, I soon will because I had such a blast making these cards out of the Diner note card set that I will be doing up some more of these to keep on hand or send out to some of my random fab blogging buddies.

HI!

Thanks!

Happy Birthday 2 U!

If you want to know the product used for these cards you can visit here.

My scanner was not working correctly (surely NOT operator error) so I am going to try and replace these photos with ones that I photograph.

Nothing much went on this weekend. I did go out rolling and patrolling with O'Neil on Saturday. That is always a blast. I do have a pic or 2 from a car fire that was fully up in flames to close to a FEMA trailer and it melted the trailer siding. that was pretty cool looking. i will post those later though. They are on my camera still. After we finished keeping the streets safe we decided to unwind a bit since the kids were staying with my mom and went out for a few drinks with some friends. those pics are also on the camera. Other than that nothing else going on in my world.

First Layout Complete

for NoelMignon. This layout features product from Basic Grey's Lily Kate collection. I also used the coordinating ribbons. Down the left side of the paper I used Foof-a-la button in the Happily ever after collection. Those buttons are rocking. I am addicted to those now and I must get a pack in all the collection. I tell ya I am such a scrap junkie. For the "brackets" I used Swirly Whirlie chipboard by Rusty Pickle. (I looove this chipboard) I covered the chipboard with BG paper and used chipboard letters by the paper studio and inked the edges in green galore from Stampin' Up!

This pic was taken by moi when we went to Disney World in October. I am really please the way it came out because I had the family rushing me. Come on mommy! Hurry! Please get movin'! What are you doing? Let's go NOW!!!

Have a good weekend all!

Oh yeah Christy. Most of that list applies to me except the school age one because my kids aren't in school yet but rest assured that will be most likely what they are saying or thinking when they do get into school!!

Top 10 signs your a scrappin addict!

Top 10 Signs of a Scrapbook Addict

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1. You’re the only one at a social gathering yelling, “Just one more photo, folks; I don’t have enough for a two-page spread!
2. Blue photo split backs can be found in unusual places–school lunch bags, briefcases, pants pockets, the dog’s water bowl.
3. A regular sandwich is no longer acceptable–it must be cropped or cut with decorative edges.
4. You try to claim your album purchases as a medical expense because it’s such good “therapy”.
5. You buy a new pink swimsuit because it matches the pink photo mounting paper.
6. Your child is the only one in agriculture class who thinks “crop” is to “cut your photos.”
7. You decide to give your child piano lessons so you’ll be able to use the musical instrument stickers that are in the Big Pack.
8. You redecorate your family room to coordinate with your photo album covers.
9. Your three year old wants to know if her coloring book is “archival quality”.
10. You’re in a fender bender and your first thought is, “I wonder what die-cut shape will coordinate with this event?”

One word Answers!

This is lifted from Cheryl who lifted from who knows...and you know the rest

Today's fun game is a "One Word Answer" quiz. Answer the following questions using one word only.

Here's mine...

1. Yourself? content
2. Your boyfriend/girlfriend? married!
3. Your hair? roots
4. Your mother? awesome
5. Your father? grumpy
6. Your favorite thing? chipboard
7. Your dream last night? none
8. Your favorite drink? tea
9. Your dream car? none
10. The room you're in? office
11 Your fear? drowning
12. What you want to be in 10 years? SAHM
13. Muffins? banana
14. Who you hung out with last night? kids
15. What you're not? organized
16. Time? lunch
17. What you're wearing? clothes
18. Your favorite weather? sunny
19. Your favorite book? mysteries
20. The last thing you ate? salad
21. Your worst vice? gadgets
22. Your best friend/s? rockin!
23.What you're thinking about right now? Scrappin
24. Your car? hybrid
25. Your life? hectic

So what is your answers?

Exciting news

My SJ buddy Noel has asked me to be a guest designer for her site. I am so excited about this I can't even stand myself. This was a truely unexpectant suprise.

I am however very nervous about it. What do i do? Will she like it? I have started putting so much pressure on myself and I don't know why because that is NOT me at all. I am just a go with the flow kinda gal. I know i will be fine I guess it's just normal. Please someone tell me it's normal?

So anyway I will be the spring guest designer. You can check out the rest of the mad scrapping skills she has creating for her here. Noel owns her own online scrapping store and she carry's a good variety and selection of supplies. She has in some of the latest and greatest stuff from winter CHA. Everyone please hop on over and check out her store here. It's free shipping on orders over $50.00. Who can beat that? If you're like me I drop that in no time. I just can't resist good scrappy supplies.

ETA: Don't ask me what I did in photoshop with this pic because I can't remember but whatever i did I likey alot!!

I guess I need to break out a crayon and paper and write this stuff down as I go huh?

Looky..Looky

Thanks to Jen over at Jots and Pixels I have my very own fabulous watermark(s). I am so excited. She did such a fabulous job on them and I know I was very difficult to deal with. I am a total dork. To show what a serious dork I am she sent me a tutorial on how to use them. I tell ya I love tutorials they ROCK!!

If anyone is interested hop on over to her site and take a look at what she has done and purchase one, two or three for yourself. She did 3 for me and because I loved them all so much I bought all 3. Jen even does banners for blogs, etsy shops, and whatever else you think you need a banner for.

Here is mine....nice and simple and I even have my crown..what more could a girl ask for...




Thanks again Jen!!

Playing catch up

Friday we dyed easter eggs. That was fun and the kids enjoyed it. The worse part was the waiting while the eggs were in the die. They tend to get impatient. All in all out of 18 eggs they only managed to break 4.




Saturday I drove to Hattisburg with the family to have Easter eve with his family. We had a good time. My cousin Kacie and I decided to sneak off to target and I bought these really supa cute shoes that I want to wear daily.


Saturday night Drew and I decided we would throw O'Neil a suprise party at our usual hang out. So when he went to work Drew and I headed to Party City. When O'Neil got off work he met us out and was truly suprised. But what was even more suprising was the gag gift he received. Let me just say they gave him a blonde headed blow up doll... I shall spare you the pics...but that was the funniest thing I have ever seen. She was a total train wreck. I did manage to round up some barettes to hold that wild hair back. Walter and Dennis and drew managed to get her dress and seat belted in the car and off to the bar we went...lmao....that was soooo funny. Thank god he has a awesome sense of humor. This is a pic with Oneil's favorite bar tender. He has a secret crush on her. I know he does...lol

She is so stinkin sweet.

Sunday we went to my mom's house ( I was suffering from a god awful hangover so I pretty much just ate and went and took a much needed nap. I am getting to old to be partying like I am 18. At some point you just have to accept your old as shit and move on. You cannot keep acting like you're a teenager again. Although it is fun!!

My mother in law went back to New York toting a card for one of her friends who's husband passed away on Easter. Her and I sat down on Monday night and I made her a card. She wanted something hand made so I was happy to oblige.

I did this card with the Delight in Life and So very Sell a bration sets from Stampin Up! That was the first time I used either.

This weeks Trendy tuesday over at Fancy Simple was your signature color in lipstick or gloss or whatever you like to slather on them lips. Well we all know I am the MAC queen so this was kinda hard for me. I own 16 shades of lipstick and 9 shades of lipglass, BUT i have to say the one i wear the most for day to day is the Viva Glam V. Very natural looking and looks fabulous with Tartlette lipglass over it. Here is a pic of me wearing it. That was a requirement for double points.

See what I mean very natural looking especially if you have on in your face eyeshadow. LOL...I love those purple shadows... I am not digging that pic of me though. I think it is my eyes. I tried something new on my eyes as a way of shadow technique and my eyes are too small for it...looks like I have some serious elongated eyes...but oh well live and learn. LOL

Hope everyone is having or had I should say a great week...

xoxox

Okay so I wasn't down for long

Well the most important things have been installed...

Printer...check
Windows XP...check
AOL...check
adobe elements 5.0...check...still playing with my new toy...


Oh yeah so I forgot to say that while I bought Oneil his birthday present i felt the need to buy a present for me too!! So I bought elements...so far i likey!!

Here are 2 layouts that I seemed to have accomplished while the MIL was in town





I did a card as well but I will upload that later... I am tired and off to hit the hay!

Nite!

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My computer is n the process of being reloaded. O'Neil wiped the hard drive out and so I will be down momentarily until everything can be re-loaded. I wanted a fresh start...lol

In the meantime I will be scrapping and cleaning!!

A peek into my city

This is where I live...These are some of the big landmarks I see on a daily basis to and from work.


Beau Rivage Casion and Resort...that place is ginormous...it sits on the beach along with this one

the Hard Rock Casino. That is the huge guitar that they said would stand up to a category 5 hurricane and we all said Yea right...well guess what...It did...it stoop up to the wrath of Hurrican Katrina...That was one of a few things standing in somewhat good condition after she came through. it will be back open this summer.
Then there is the lighthouse that sits in the middle of the highway. It too was in fairly good condition after the hurricane

You can climb the stairs up into it and look out the windows down either side of the beach and highway 90.

When we went saturday to the easter egg hunt and grillin on the green we decided to drop the top on the jeep and cruise a little. That's when i decided to snap a few pics. Maybe one day i will scrap about where the kids grew up...I'll add that to my long list of things i "want" to scrap.
This is my new favorite pic of that hard headed, stubborn little girl of mine:

This one is my most favorite..why you ask...because this is Melana in true form...pouting, whining and huffing and puffing because she is not getting her way. i know it is hard to see but there is a tear she was able to squeeze out because she wanted something. I don't even remember what it was that cause her not to be my best friend anymore. that is her newest thing..."Fine, I'm not going to be your best friend". My response... "Fine!, you're still my best friend"...

God is punishing me for being so bad and now I am getting it 2 fold!!

Give me an "H"!

It's been a long while since i was able to sit and scrap like I did this past weekend. I thoroughly enjoyed it and I am looking forward to doing it more often. I have to have some ME time or I will just scream. I finally finished my moms letters that i bought from Deb over here. Even though it was suppose to be a mother's day present I am going to post them anyway. I hate surprises and can't keep a secret when it comes to me giving someone something so I spilled the beans a while ago. I hate when folks buy something for me or whatever the case maybe and then won't tell me...that just pisses me off royally. If i don't know it is ok...i just assume tell ya what your birthday presents are and get it over with.

Anyway here are her letters finally finished



This is also 2 layouts that are completed for Melana's book. I really need to start back on Mason's book. Poor baby..his book is looking mighty shabby compared to Melana's. It's just a lot more fun to scrap girls don't ya think?.


This was for the Double sketch challenge over at Scrapjazz. I actually picked this sketch out from Becky Fleck. I thought this was unusual and it would be a fun challenge. My second challenge was a sketch Jennifer at SJ picked out. I am not sure where it came from but here was my take on it.

these were fun to do and I hope I get some more done.

Happy creating!

2 smart boys in my house!

Today Mary called me from the daycare bright and early because she wanted to let me know about a conversation between Mason and his friend Coby. They apparently were putting together a puzzle and Mason was telling Coby about his daddy's birthday and that he was 32. Then Mary hears him tell Coby that I am 21. Mary of course says Mason who told you that your mom was 21? He replies with my daddy....I have 2 smart boys in my house...LOL...I have been 21 now for 9 years and I will continue to be 21!!!