Did you have a good 4th of July?

Hi everyone! How was your 4th of July? Ours was quiet! We did the BBQ thing and then went over to the carnival to watch the fireworks. They are getting pretty wimpy lately and lasted a whole 2o minutes! Took longer to get across town! I tried to take some photos of the fireworks. We will have to see how they develop!

Here are some layouts that I was able to finish today! Hopefully I will get some more done tomorrow!






CREDITS: Into the Blue kit by Victoria Greenlees; paper clip by Tara Dunston, and sketch from June 2008 Page Maps.



CREDITS: Into the Blue kit by Victoria Greenlees; font is Seabird Light.



CREDITS: Creme paper from the Naturally Cardstock paper set by Victoria Greenlees of Chirpi Designs, blue paper from Independent paper set by Victoria Greenlees of Chirpi Designs, maroon paper from Velvet Strawberries by Creative Confusion, swirl label brush by Andrea Victoria and stamped alphabet brushes by Michelle Coleman.



CREDITS: A Girly Dream kit by Susan Robinson Designs, bracket template by Jen Caputo, brad by Sugarplum Paperie, and word art by Mary Ann Wise.


CREDITS: Black paper from the Black Is In paper set by Susan Robinson Designs, frame by Lisa Whitney, Nature Child brush by Tracy Ann Robinson and swirl brushes by Art of Illusion.

As usual...till later my friends!

Announcing a Sale!

Just popping in on this July 3rd to announce a sale over at my daughter's shop!!!! You must stop by and check out all the goodies for only a $1 from today to July 10th!!!



Another quick note! My tests did come back and all is good! Whew!!!! I will be back this weekend with some layouts!!!

Waiting for Results...Totally Not Fun

Forgive my strange heading for this post, but I am waiting for results of a biopsy and I am just running scenarios thru my mind that aren't good. I had gotten an abnormal mammogram 2 weeks ago and had an ultrasound this past Wednesday. Let me tell you, though, my heart just sank when the radiologist came back into the room and asked if they could proceed with the biopsy. They finally got a hold of Dr. Blanchard and the biopsy began. Considering how nervous I was and everything, it really wasn't that bad at all. They numb the area and the Head Radiologist talked me through everything. I am bruised a bit but not in pain. One of the ladies from the Breast Center at Phelps County Regional Medical Center came in and gave me some booklets and thoughts on what will happen next. But, I am still waiting for the results and those should be around mid next week. Please, if you are reading my blog, say a little prayer for good results!

Now on to some better things! I am a July guest for Michelle Batton, better known as Mellow Butterfly Designs! Here is a link to her shop: MellowButterfly.

Here are just a couple of layouts I did with her new A Touch of Japan kit :



CREDITS: A Touch of Japan kit by Designs by Mellow Butterfly and Acrylic Polka Dot alphabet by Loreta Labarca.



CREDITS: Template by Shazbutt's Digi-Scrapz, A Touch of Japan kit by Designs by Mellow Butterfly and word art by Katie Pertiet.

AND .... I am a Lazy Cow!!!!! Ok...that doesn't sound particularly good, but trust me! It is!!! I am doing some layouts for Kate F of Lazy Cow Designs over at PickleberryPop! Here are a couple of layouts for the Night Garden kit!



CREDITS: Night Garden kit by Kate F, template by SugarPlumPaperie, Glitz Alphabet by Vicky Stegall and the font is Pea Sue's Print.



CREDITS: Night Garden by Kate F and word art by Robin Carlton.

And lastly! Here is a layout with Suzanne's newest paper pack!!!! It is totally awesome to say that my daughter is a digital designer!!!! I think it is soooo cool!!!!



CREDITS: Beach Relaxation kit by Susan Robinson Designs; Sand Border from Moroccan Ocean Sunset kit by Chirpi Designs; font is Olive Oil; Black Stitched Alphabet by Meredith Fenwick; Chipboard Alphabet by 2 Sisters Designs and {Still} Mixin It Up template by Chrissy Williams.

Till later my friends!!!

No news is good news!!

Not too much happening here in Rolla! But in digiland....I have some layouts to share with ya!!





CREDITS: A Touch of Whimsy kit by Sherry Tierney, template from the Mixin It Up set by Chrissy Williams, Felt Alphabet by Amy Bleser; and the font is Pea Happy Girl.



CREDITS: A Touch of Class kit by Sherry Tierney, template from the Mixin It Up set by Chrissy Williams, Black Alphabet by Elaine Bittencourt; coaster from Favreau Designs @ Zig Zag Scraps; word art circle from Messy Stamper set by Misty Mareda; and the font is Missed Your Exit.



CREDITS: A Touch of Romance kit by Sherry Tierney, template from the Flying Solo template pack by Chrissy Williams, and alphabet by Dani Mogstad.



CREDITS: Happy Dance kit by Eva Kipler; shape template by Jen Caputo, brushstroke paint on photo by Lauren Grier; and black alphabet by Elaine Bittencourt.



CREDITS: Hey Girlfriend collab kit available at Sweet Shoppe Designs, shape template by Thaty Borges, alphabet by Dani Mogstad, and font is fontdiner.comLoungy.

As usual...till later my friends!!!

Howdy Howdy!!!!

Howdy my friends!!!! What is going on in my life??? Not much...but I will still let you all know...lol!




Yesterday was Manchester Packaging's employee appreciation BBQ. As usual, the food was great and this year we even had a dunking tank! Roger kept reminding me to bring the camera, but of course, I forgot! But it was alot of good time and fun to dunk our bosses into the nice, cool water!



Suzanne is getting her store stocked up with some really cool designs! Her store is over at ScrapProfessor! Please come and check it out! There are also some very cool challenges over in the forums there! Keep checking back....I will be posting some LOs with her very cool designs!!



And today...well...I got a couple of LOs for some challenges done. I am working on some more, but I will post those later!

SSD COOKIE DECORATING 101 #36




CREDITS: All-American Girl kit by Misty Cato and Robin Carlton;
template by Aggie Aviso.

SSD JUNE TREAT



CREDITS: Red background paper from the Red Is In paper pack by
Susan Robinson Designs; floral paper and butterfly from the Bold
Blossoms kit by Graziella Caprice; Doodle Flowers by Gypsy Chick;
word art by Carrie Stephens; tab by Jackie Eckles and font is Olive Oil.

SCRAPLIFTED: HOLLY GRIEGO

SSD RECIPECHALLENGE #36



CREDITS: Adorable Me collab kit by Misty Cato and Betty Jo Martin,
Scalloped Alphabet by Robin Carlton and acrylic flower element by Jill
D-Zines.

SSD SWTSB #34



CREDITS: Gitchy Gitchy kit by Robin Carlton and MandaBean; scallop
shape template by Thaty Borges, Kraft Frame by Katie Pertiet
(recolored) and font is Trebuchet.

SSD TELL YOUR STORY #9



CREDITS: All-American Girl kit by Misty Cato and Robin Carlton;
fabric template by Tracy Ann; and the font is Elementary.

Cross your fingers for me tomorrow....I have to go the Gyno doc! Not fun!!!

Till later all!!!

Just a few LOs!

Evening all! Just dropping in on the blog to share a few more layouts! I am an honored June guest with Bree Clarkson from Sweet Shoppe Designs! She has the most fab templates!!

Here is one of the many you will be seeing from the Wedding!



CREDITS: Bloom and Grow kit by Zoe Pearn and Double Up #1 template by Bree Clarkson.

And this one is the sweet girlfriend of John! She is now living in Germany but will be back home in Rolla sometime this month! I definitely smell a new scrapping buddy!




CREDITS: Haute Spring kit by Zoe Pearn, Double Up #2 Template by Bree Clarkson.

Till later, my friends!!!

New LOs!!!

I am back today with some new Layouts for my different CTs!!!

My true, first attempt at an extraction...and might I say what a good job I did! lol!



CREDITS: Bohemia Love digital kit by MME; Love digital brushes by MME, and fonts are Vivaldi and Scriptina.



CREDITS: Bohemia Love digital kit by MME; font is Waterfalls.



CREDITS: Adorable Me collab kit by Misty Cato and Betty Jo Martin and template from the Girl Talk blog for Dani Mogstad.



CREDITS: Adorable Me Collab kit by Misty Cato and Betty Jo Martin.
SCRAPLIFTED: GoneWithTheWind @ Polka Dot Potato



CREDITS: Picnic kit by Designs by Kristi and alphabet by Kim Christensen.



CREDITS: Moroccan Ocean Sunset by Victoria Greenlees of Chirpi Designs and font is Snidane.



CREDITS: Secret Garden kit, Splat Mask, Black Crumpled Alphabet and Doodle Brushes all by Victoria Greenlees of Chirpi Designs; Word strips by Katie Pertiet and font is Tekton Pro.

This is just a few....I wanted to get these up and posted since I feel like I am getting behind! My mojo went South for a bit after the wedding, but I am back and ready to scrap!!!!