I told him...

(Morgan that is)
that I posted his photo on my blog shaving... he said "you did mom?"... I said yep! and he didn't even cringe, I guess he's used my my antics!


I just got my hair done... new stripes! There is nothing like getting a new do... just feels good and uplifting! Here's a shot Morgan took as we were driving to one of the many things we do during the week!




I'm so excited to have my mom come up this weekend to visit, we always have so much fun when she comes... late night scrapping with her is always good! Although I tend not to get anything done and just talk (imagine that)... still lots of fun!




Here's a layout that was recently published in the Feb/Mar issue of BHG... it's totally one of my favorites! Matthew is always writing little love notes for me so I grabbed one and did a page with it and then added an envelope so that I can have a place to store them all.And here's one I did with the fabulous "Love Song" kit from Noel Mignon kit... YUM
I figure in the spirit of Valentines day coming up I'd scrap some pictures of Matthew from last year enjoying some goodies!And last just a quick card:

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Following up on my New Years resolutions... I have been to Curves everyday since I started just minus the days the kids have been sick. I feel like a champion.. in my 15 visits I have lost 9.5 pounds (yeah the half counts damn it)... and 14.5 inches.. go me!! There is still so much to go but it's a slow but sure process! lol
I am trying to be more organized.... trying being the key word!

Alright... peace out.. I am off to the store to get Valentines for the kids for their parties tomorrow... I think I see a little photoshoot in our future!
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Playing Catch Up!!

Story of my life! uugh! lol

We have been battling some sort of yucky bug in my house, one that doesn't seem to want to go away! We've had a bunch of fun around here though!

Starting with this:
I taught my oldest son (he's 13) how to shave... oh my word.. I was putting this off as long as possible not wanting to face the fact that he is old enough for this... but who am I kidding this kid has had a stash since he was two! ha!

Then my two oldest went to the Valentines dance (not together... lol) This was such a fun night for the kids.. .Morgan truley has his own style and isn't afraid to show it! (what you don't see is the one blue soccer sock he is wearing with his shorts.. the dance was supposed to be formal.. sigh)... and Madison just blew my breath away with her beauty! I am in SO much trouble when she actually decides she likes boys! They have noticed her for sure but when I asked her if she wanted a "boyfriend" she told me "what's the point?"... amen sistah amen! lolThen I got on another card kick! Here is a quick one using the beautiful Dream Street Papers (Heartsong collection) and some beautiful Core'dinations papers.I got this Bazzill star in one of my ST/Cards box and challenged myself to use it on a card... I added some glitter, dream street papers and a Cornish Heritage Stamp and poof a card! lolThis MJ collection from Dream Street just screamed "make a boy card from me!" so I did... I love those little converse sneakers, how cute are they!I used a bunch of Making Memories ribbon for this fun Summer card!

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I am in love with the Cornish Heritage Farms- Kim Hughes collection but sometimes get stumped when stamping and challenged myself to stamp till my heart was content with these fun stamps and come up with this little card...

For this card I just simply wanted to use some of the cute little Basic Grey chipboard! I sanded the Core'dinations cardstock for the base of my card.

Thanks so much for dropping by my blog!!

CHA projects!

(I so suck at the titles)

I wanted to share some of the projects I did using the new beautiful Dream Street Papers!! I have to say I am once again blown away by what the designers have come up with with each collection! There is truley something for everyone each time they have a release!!

Check out the Dream Street Blog for giveaways during CHA week!!

Lullaby Collection:


Heartsong Collection:

Another from the Lullaby collection:

Secret Garden Collection:

Forever Family Collection:

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More from the Heartsong collection:

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We have spent the entire day at basketball games today... whew!! Madi and Mitchell both had a game one town over. Then back to Eastland because Morgan had a tournament.... they won! So I am plum pooped out and gonna head to bed... tomorrow I shall tackle this house and laundry! (good luck to me.. ha!)

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Get a Snack!

this might take awhile!

I've been on a card bend lately... I snuck one layout in there too... but mostly cards and I thought I'd share!!

First up some goodies for Core'dinations

Toothless Grin
I flipped the paper over and used the groove in my personal trimmer to make the lines in the cardstock, I then sanded the lines and cardstock to create the border around my photos and to expose the blue core of this oh so fun Black Magic Cardstock! I then punched circles, ran them through my Cuttlebug, and sanded them slightly and arranged them in a flower shape, added heart punches and a felt flower and brad and poof! a flower.... lol (duh!)

Trick or Treat card
For this fun one I simply tore the paper around my patterned paper to expose the color core... this stuff is fun! :)

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This fun Halloween card using the Glitz Halloween line!

The rest of these goodies I went a bit Dream Street nuts! lol

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Things are the usual busy around here, just running every which way!

Tomorrow I am off to the dermatologist for Madison, she has broken out in some sort of rash all over and is itching like a mad woman. Benydryl isn't helping at all, so I'll see what he says tomorrow. Did I mention he is an hour away!? uugh... I swear I live in the car during the school year, especially when it's just me running right now!

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We ROCK!!!

Please stand by while this blog takes a little break....

due to the fact that we got our Wii back in working shape...

we will be ROCKIN' it out all weekend playing World Tour Santa brought us (well alright the kids... but momma likes to play too) :)

In between I plan to scrap like mad... so hopefully I'll have goodies to share on Monday!
have a great weekend everyone!

I've Scrapped!

Yeah.!!!

Finally today I sat down and did a couple layouts... whew it feels good too! I was afraid the mojo packed and left but it feels good to get back into the groove!
I ordered another Noel Mignon kit (well ok a couple actually.. shhhh! hehe) both of these are from the Winter kit... oh I just loved it!

Just a drive by today... with the kids back in school the after school activities are in full force... I literally drive from town to town just dropping off and picking up,

it.
is.

insane!

Here is a layout that I did for the Dream Street Blog- Sketch 3Ways.

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Sketch by Becky Fleck, Pagemaps

Be sure to keep an eye on the Dream Street Blog.... sneaks peeks are starting soon!!!
Thanks for stopping by!

For your Entertainment....

We all went down by the lake, took our air pistols/rifles, the dog and the camera. My dh got this shot of me just after I nailed something in the lake... I look proud huh ;)

Here are a couple cards I have done in the past 3 weeks... yep that's all I have done! ha! It's been nice to have a little break from creating.. but I have been blog surfing and site searchin' and I am ready to buckle down again and play with my supplies!

The first one is using some fantastic Dream Street Papers!

The next two are using the oh so fun Core'dinations cardstock. I have said this so many times but I just really love this beautiful cardstock! The colors are so rich and to be able to dry emboss it and sand it slightly you can get another dimension to your cards/layouts without really adding any more bulk! gotta love that!Thanks for stopping by! :)