Crate Paper Restoration Line

I really love this new line from CP. It is so vintage, so shabby, so me. I think if I could figure out a way to paper my bedrom in it without my husband having a fit, I would! Though he is always asking me for more color in our house........

Halloween in Wonderland

Well, I have made the leap from student to teacher and am taching my first class at Paper Vineyard in Oct. It is a Halloween mini-book with the new Graphic 45 Halloween Line. How can you go wrong with a como of Halloween, Alice in Wonderland and G45. Book is filled with pretty trims, games pieces and a technique or two. I am especially addicted to glimmer mist right now and misted alot of the embellies on the book. If you are local, come take my class! Thanks for looking.

Sweet Pout

Olivia loves to give me the pouty face when things are not going her way. How can you not give in to those chubby cheeks!! Pic is not the best, I have got to get a better camera, however this is a layout from one of these sessions using some gorgeous prima flowers and K&Co papers.

7 Gypsy Print Tray

It has been awhile since my last post, I have been doing some scrapping but have taken few pics. Here is a project I made for my Mom which represents our vacations together in Gold Beach, the most relaxing place on Earth! I love these print trays, they have a million possibilites. Inspired by how much I enjoyed creating this tray, I went out and bought the receipt tray and that will be my next project. Hope you enjoy.

New Websters Pages

Well, I have finally gotten my hands on some of the new Prima flowers and papers Thursday. I was so inspired that I actually knocked out a layout in a few hours, a rarity for me. Maybe my adhesive phobia is getting better. Though I do not that with Zip Dry you actually call pull up stuff and redo if needed. In any case...

I can't wait to get my hands now on the new Websters Pages, Lullaby Lane and Life's portrait especially. It is just too cute and the embellishments are gorgeous. Also everything I see says not shipping until the end of this month...so I guess I will have to try and be patient.

Santa Baby

Here is one of my favorites pictures of Olivia from the past Christmas Season. I used one of the Websters pages "Winter's Wings" pages, distressed cardboard painted ivory, cheesecloth , Prima poinsettias and "say it with pearls. I love this paper line, the colors are gorgeous without being too Christmasy. Cardboard and cheesecloth are my new favorite page treatment, give it that "oh so shabby look" Thanks for looking.

New Year - new chances

Olivia's scrap album has grinded to a halt since I started the new job. I wish I could say the same about my shopping for supplies. Holy cow, I can't believe how much stuff I have now, had to devote a whole huge drawer just to my flowers. Since I am off this week, I am hoping to get a few of the half done pages out at least. I really need to use up some of this stuff.!!

Here is an older layoff of "my angel" that I did not get around to posting after I finished. Used distressed cardboard, old pattern paper and Prima galaxy stars.

Happy Fathers Day

I am lucky to have not one but three great fathers in my life, my biological father, the step father who has embraced my sister and myself as his own and my father-in law who graciously accepted me into my husbands family. To each I say thank you for your love and support, it has meant the world to me.

My husband is also a wonderful father to our daughter. I know I get on his case about working to much, not helping me enough around the home or with the baby, but truly when he is around Olivia he just comes to life. The love in his eyes just warms my heart. The attached layout shows one of these special father and daughter moments I have been able to catch on film.

Happy Fathers Day to each one of these special fathers, I love you.

Well I only have a few days before I have to go back to work. I really envy people that have been able to turn their passions into a livelihood. Oh well it is what it is and I only have 27 years until I can retire, right.

I am posting one of my earliest pages, of Olivia of course, when she was 3 months old. I recall the day this picture was taken, another attempt to get professional pics which ended in disaster. I ended up taking some pics of Olivia myself and this is one of them. She is such a chunk. I ran it through the vintage program on my computer to match the lovely Graphic 45 papers I had. I love the soft feel of this layout. Thanks for looking.

Quiet Time

Well I spent the afternoon trying to get some decent pics of my layouts and finally got up the courage to start posting some of my layouts on other websites, InspireMe (Websters Pages) and Two Peas in a Bucket which is a fabulous online store. So far the comments are positive so I am encouraged that I am going in the right direction. In looking at what I have done thus far and it is mostly with Basic Grey. I really love their stuff. I can't wait until their next lines come out.

This layout is another pic of Olivia looking pensive. Not sure why I love taking pictures of her doing something other than smiling but I seem to scrap alot of these.