PRESCHOOL

The Lasting Memories http://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com   blog challenge this week is "ONE COLOR".  This challenge is completely out of my element.  I like to use different colors on my LO's so this was very different for me. 
I'm going to post my picture first then I will tell you what carts i used.

 

 

First I want to aplogize for the fuzziness of my picture.  I changed a setting on my camera and can't figure out how to get it back.
My background paper is a solid blue that I had in my stash.  I used different shades of the blue for all my other embellishments.  The crayons are from the Simply Charmed cart. The Preschool and the numbers are from the new CTMH ArtBooking cart. I welded my letters for Preschool in the ccr.

The handsome man inn my picture is my grandson Dalton in his preschool class.
Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Happy Fall

Last nite on face book I told Suzanne http://cricutcraftingrammy.blogspot.com that I was scraplifting one of her dbl page LO. I used two of the same carts that she used.

Simply Charmed and Happy Hauntings. I don't have Pop-up-Neighborhood  for some of the other cuts so I emphasized with what I did have.

 All the papers that I used are from DCWV. The base paper is from a new stack called MODERN MEADOWS. I also used PHOTO STACK from DCWV for the photo mats. I used a lot of scraps making this. The wagon, (which is actually a flower box) is from Freshy Pick and sized in the ccr room. The corn stocks are also cut from the same photo stack from DCWV. I also cut the bodies of the scarecrow boy and girl with the same paper to make it look like hay then pieced them together. The wheels on the wagon are cut from the Artiste cart. I used silver Liquid Pearl on them to make them look like wagon wheels.

Suzanne did her on October 25th 2011. I popped dotted alot of the pieces for emphasis. thanks Suzanne for the inspiration. http://cricutcraftingrammy.blogspot.com  check out her blog if you get a chance. 

I also did some embossing on the trees and the fruit.  I inked then fruit to change the color.  I then took my markers and lightely did some markings for emphasis.

The Happy Fall was cut from Creat-A-Critter. The Happy was from one page and Fall from another.
I'm also entering this in the FCCB challenege this week  "FALL IS IN THE AIR" http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com

Thanks for taking a look.  Have a great week

January calender page.

I wanted to post my January calender page using A place in time paper from Graphic 45. Yesterday I post Feb.  All the pieces on this page are from graphic 45 paper.

Thanks for taking a look.  Have a great day.

Febuary calender page

Here is my Febuary calender page for 2014 Everything hee is from the Graphic 45 paper A Place in time. I'm not sure that I reallylike the way it came out.  I think maybe it has too much on the page.  Please let me know what you think.  Good or bad.

 

 

I'm entering this in this weeks challenge for  HIMCR http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com

Mini Album

First I want to let you guys know that this is going to be a long blog.  Thanks for staying and looking.

Hi bloggers  Hope everyone is having a great weekend.  Our weather here in Western Ky is absolutley beautiful.  Sun is shining,  Temp at 72 What more could you ask for. Its been awhile since i actually did some crafting.

Most of you know that read my blog knew that I had lost my husband 5 months ago today.  He had lung cancer and had fought this battle for a year and 1/2.  My scrapping had actually come to a complete stop except for the Altered frame that I had done for my great grandson before he was born. On June 27th Adrian was born.  On May 1st my 7 grandchild was also born.

OK rambling about me.  Like I said my scrapping had virtually stopped.  I had started this mini album by watching Ginger (my sisters scrappers) on making this mini album. I finally finished it to day. Took 6 months for me to do it.  Don't look at the mistakes tho LOL  The most hardest part of doing this mini album was putting the pages into the binding.  grr.  Thank goodness ya'll couldn't here me you would have been blushing from the language.   Anyway I finally got it together and finished embelleshing the front.  My friend Kathy from Alaska had given me some sworski crystals that I knew I wanted to make some stick pins with these for the front so off to the computor and tututorials again to see what do to to make them.  Here are the stickpins that I made and the front of the Mini albm.  I used the same paper stack that Ginger had used on hers.  Its called
TODAY TOMMORROW  FOREVER by Recollections. 

The flowers are from Micahels.  These were on clearance last year in the bridal section so i bought all they had.

Here is the rest of the album. (pic heavy)

 This is the page flap opened, the mat on the right side is actually photomats that you can open and put more pictures.

back page and next page opened up. the middle is more picture mats that open up

Here is it opened.

I want to thank Ginger for the series. This was done back in January of this year,

My Sisters Scrapper   I also want to thank Kathy.  Last of all I want to thank Suzanne, Brenda, Cindy, Terri and Yvette for being there when I needed them and to kee me from losing my mind. LOL mot of it was already gone,  I hope now I'm going to be on the right track.  I want to start doing some more of my favorite challenges that I use to do and some others.

 

Memphis Tenn

Got to visit Sun Studio's in Memphis. I've been having problems posting pictures.  I hope that this will work.  If it doesn't  ya'll will know it, because the picture wont show.

This last picture is of the studio where bands still come and do jam sessions.  It was alot of fun

Also did Graceland but didnn't take any pictures.

I'VE BEEN GONE!

OMG  its been so long since I wrote on my blog.  I can't say that I've been busy because I haven't been.  Since losing my husband in April, I haven';t really been doing a lot of scrapbooking, cardmaking.  I been looking at a lot of blogs and tutorials.  I've got things that I want to do and have them saved in my things to do folder.
I am working on a paper bag mini that mysisterscrapper is doing.  I'm on video #4 so far.  I'm working on getting the pages embellished like I want.  Which seems to take me forever, because I'm not sure what I want.
I decided to finally work on it yesterday and thought well that looks okay.

One of  the blogs that I follow is Connie  http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com.  She has a giveaway going on for 400 followers.  I'm posting this for her to help her out.  Take a look at her blog and she what she has to offer.

 

 

Go look at Connie's blog and check out what all she does. 

 

Have a great day and a crafty week everyone.