Still in the contest

at Bad Birls Kits... this week we had to focus on direction. Here's what I came up with. I hope I make it through another rounds...we'll see!

Another week challenge at Scrappin with Grace

Our challenge was to do a LO using 90% Mustard Moon products. Since Mustard Moon only has pattern paper, stickers, and rubons it made it harder to use 90% without embellishments, so I made my own. I cut circles and made flowers to give my LO some dimension. Here's my take on the challenge...

For extra credit we could do a card with leftover pieces of Mustard Moon products so here's the card I came up with...

I won!

Here's what I won for the Scraplove contest... I love Elsie's things! I also get to be Guest Design Team designer for October...

Week #2 at scrappin with grace

We had to use two classes so I picked Music and Computer class.



Computers- I used the digital circle, flower, and cherish on the photo of them holding hands.

Music- I used "In my daughter's eyes" by Martina McBride



I've had these photos awhile and even did a different LO with this same song and pics. I did this for my daughter Heather...I think I'll frame it and give it to her for her birthday in November.



















Here's a close up of the bottom circle. I used rubons and jewels, a metal heart, and metal "I love you"...and did I say jewels...plenty of them!

Here's another close up of computer class...and plenty more jewels!

I won the final contest for Scraplove.com

There were some very talented ladies that I competed with. The contest was 8 weeks long. I had a blast the whole time and made a few new friends along the way. You will find all the entries below.



I've signed up for two new contest...badgirlskits and scrappinwithgrace. I love the challenges from contest. They help me push myself with my scrapbooking! Here's this weeks LO for scrappinwithgrace. Requirements were to do a LO using a shape or letter larger than the rest of the embellishments and to use a different words other than the usual word you might put on a LO. I used a large circle (in the background) and the word enjoy instead of fun. "enjoy"

I will post badgirlskits tomorrow after I get a picture of it during the day...until then!

We'll it's still raining but I got a picture of the covered porch. "Dream"
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Week # 8 Final Week

This is the final round at Scraplove. We had to use something other than cardstock or pattern paper for the background...so, I used a canvas and painted for my background! Here's what I came up with.

Bonus Round at Scraplove

The next challenge at Scraplove was to do a LO with the following Ad. We could use any part of the ad to create our LO, but it had to resemble the ad some way...so here's what I came up with...

Next round at Scraplove

We had two challenges at Scraplove...the first "Round #7" was to do a self portrait. Now days the camera and I are not the best of friends...it tends to show things I don't want it to...old age! We had to journal and use paint. So...here's what I came up with.

Splash pad

Here's some pics of Hayleigh at the Splash pad in our neighborhood. She absolutely loves playing in the water!!!

This week's challenge

was to create a LO using atleast two clear embellishment (transparency) and the colors of ScrapLove 's logo. Here's what I came up with...

Wow...am I behind or what?

It's been awhile since I posted to my blog. We are getting settled in, but we had a flood in our basement this week because of rain. So everything is a mess...things are in the garage that we almost cleared out and put away. We have blowers trying to blow the carpet dry so we can save the carpet. That saying when it rains it's pours...we'll I believe it!



I've been busy with a new contest at Scraplove. It's 8 weeks long and we are in week #6. I love the way this contest is going...instead of a process of elimination they have guest judges for their top 3 picks. They also have the DT judges vote their choice but you will not see their results until the contest is over. So...the only votes you know about are from the guest judges. Or, a bonus item they pick ahead of time and if you use it in your layout you get a point for it. When the contest is over the one with the most votes wins! So...check it out some time...ScrapLove. I can't forget my website that I'm DT member of Susans Scrapbook Shack...check them out too we'd love to have you! I'm hosting a crop at the end of next month with Julia. I'll post more details as it gets closer. Your in for a real treat!



I'll post my past week's challenges along with this week's challenge just to play catch up...

We're in Ohio

We got here on Sunday. I have been busy digging out of boxes ever since. We did find some time to shop for new bedroom furniture for our 20th Anniversary present. We get it on Friday...and we're really excited! I am any way!

Alex came with us...at the last minute he changed his mind and decided to come with us. The girls seem to like it ok. They've been out and looking around Medina. Hayleigh loves the yard...outside! Outside, can we go outside? I hear that a lot!

I hope to get some pictures of the house this weekend...especially the bedroom furniture!

Finally everything is packed!

Tomorrow morning tooooooo early we are leaving on the road to Ohio. We finally got everything packed that we could fit into this 26 foot truck. This is only the second truck so far! One more trip back down in a couple of weeks to get the final things. After 3 days of all day cleaning and packing we are finished. The last day it seemed liked things were multiplying on us!!! We are staying in hotel life tonight.

We left the moving trucked parked at the house and pets wait for us to pick them up in the morning. We only have 4 teenagers because at the last moment we decided to let the daughter's boyfriend go with us for a few weeks, our son who for several weeks has said he is not going and at the last minute decided he wants to go with us, one grand daughter, 4 dogs, 3 cats, and cockatoo, a turtle, and a fish...I think that is everyone???

We'll I'll let you know how things go when we get to Ohio. Off to bed I'm beat!!!

More creations

Last week before we move.

I did this card from my kit I received from Susan's Scrapbook Shack.

I've been busy this month doing LOs for kits from my design teams.

Our house

is officially for sale! I've been busy painting, cleaning, packing, and yard work for what seems like weeks. I'm finally done...that is until we move. Now I have to keep 3 teemagers and a grand daughter from messing up all my work. Maybe I'm not done?

I'm waiting on the realtor to get our pictures up of our house now. Then I can show off all the work we've done to get it ready to sell. The house is painted through the entire house. Our house had no trees when we moved in seven years ago, no fence, and no landscaping. We've added so much to the outside of this house and now we have to move away. There are so many things I will miss about our house. With all the military years of traveling from one place to the next I always called my birthplace (Charlotte, NC) home. I finally started calling this home. We've made great friends and have had great neighbors (for the most part), and I have made a best friend and some very dear friends.

Every tree has a reason behind it...such as Mother's day & valentines. We put in a trellis archway over the gate to the fence the first year we lived here along with the fence. It has been a beautiful backdrop for prom pictures. Our lastest project was the covered trellis over the porch with a cover over it. We added the patio recovered, deck, and trellis in stages over the year. We had plans to extend out the deck and add a hot tub and swimming pool. Life stop us before that part was added. I sure wish I had a chance to use that part. Maybe the new house?

I'll add pictures soon.

Kinda out of the loop

That is the scrapbook loop any way. I've been busy painting, packing, yard work, and taking care of the grand daughter right now so my time is taken. I do plan on having some life back on Monday. This is my last busy weekend until we move. The house in Ohio is going great and thats all I'll say about that! Don't want to jenks anything there! Duty calls...miss everyone!

This is the finished basement...look at all that storage space!

We bought a house in Ohio!

Were back and we bought a house in Ohio.

I spent a week looking at houses (16 the first day!) in sleet and snow...it was not that bad though. The next day I think I looked at about 8 before narrowing it down to about 3. This was my favorite and the ones that meet our price. We close on April 30th and are still undecided when we move.