I just made a LO using a QP freebie from Leaonna Kizer's blog located here and you can click on the photo for the full creditz. The QP waz made from her new kit ... Prom A Night To Remember which you can view/purchase here. It iz absolutely amazing!!! Be sure to check it out!

Just entered a brag book challenge at JFTSOI

While the site has been down, they are using a yahoo group just like Scrapoholic Designs (which by the way you should go to yahoo and join them both) and they are doing a Brag Book Challenge. The cool thing is everyone who enters a page will get to download them all! (And as of right now there are 21 pages!!!) The deadline is March 28th at midnight Eastern Time. Here is the preview of my page:

Leave me a comment and let me know what you think. I read every one and really appreciate constructive criticism, just don't be too hard on me?lol Thankz!!!

WOW Where To Start...

First of all I've redone my blog with a header that I made. I'm still not sure about the new look just yet. Maybe just need to get used to the black background. Anyway, I've been doing a bunch of layoutz for Scrapoholic Designs and LOVE the kitz I have to work with. I started a Fotki album to keep all my layoutz in so I don't have to worry about them being down. You can find it here. So I've gone through all my layoutz and found out I haven't posted alot of them here but you can view them in my Fotki album but I'd like to show you the ones I've done for Scrapoholic Designs. So here they are - just click on the photo to see the full creditz.

Whew, that'z alot of layoutz for one post. I'll try to do better with the updatez! Be blessed on this Good Friday and Have a wonderful Easter!

I have so much to share with you all

Most important of course iz the new CT I'm on. I'm so proud to be on the Scrapoholic Designs team. I had used one of Leonna'z kitz from Stone Accent Studios Design Contest to do a LO (the one posted in my last post) and she posted the LO on her site. Which you can visit here. She iz so talented and such a great friend. She announced that she was joining with another designer and they were looking for some people to join their CT. I emailed her and she actually said she had been thinking about asking me anyway!!! How cool is that. I truly am honored. So I guesz I should show you the LO'z I've been doing lately. There are a couple. But before I get to those I wanted to let you all know that I saw the thyroid specialist and the nodule iz so small he won't even do a biopsy yet. I go for another ultrasound in April. The masz appearz to just be muscular due to the spasmz in my neck from the car accident. WHEW!!! That'z a relief. So for now all iz well on the health chartz and I've managed to gain 23 poundz since increasing the caloriez to 3500-4000 a day. GO ME!!! I know, soundz weird right, but at 5'7" and only weighing 118 I looked terrible. 141 iz much better! On a kinda sad note my oldest daughter haz left the nest. She won't be 18 until April but she really wanted to go and her friend'z family were more than happy to take her in. (She didn't get along with my hubby (her step-dad) too well and we decided she'd be leaving soon anyway so we let her go early.) I sat down with the parentz and all their curfewz and bedtimez and rulez and chorez etc. seemed the same az ourz so I figured it waz time to let her fly. She still callz me every morning and sayz I love you, have a great day. She also posted a comment on my myspace "I'll love you for forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living, my mommy you'll be." It brought me to tearz. OK enough of the drabble, here'z the LOz: (Just click on the pic to be taken to the full creditz.)

There'z also two quickpagez I did for the challenge at JFTSOI so here they are:

That'z it for now, but stay posted. I'm working on more! Don't forget to leave some love. Be blessed!

AAAGGGHHH!!! Finally!!!

I have tried to upload my latest layout in a couple of my galleries and it just won't upload. I'm going to try to get it up here. The kit I used iz from a wonderful friend Leaonna Kizer of busyscrappin called "Jesus is the Heart of the Season". I used a new font to use it in a font challenge at Faith Sisters but couldn't get it to upload there. I tried uploading it other placez az well. I finally decided to just post it on my blog and pray that it workz here. I've put the full creditz below the layout (if thiz all goez az planned). So here I present My Favorite CHRISTmas Tradition:


Journaling readz:
In our home we have a tradition we started when the kids were very young. On
CHRISTmas morning before anything can be opened we take a small gift box and each
take turns putting a foam heart into the box. For we all know the only thing Jesus would
want from us on His birthday is our hearts. We then close the box, sing happy
birthday to Him and finish it with the chorus from come all ye faithful
which is Come Let Us Adore Him. When all that is done we place the box into
the tree branches and then and only then are the kids allowed to start
opening their stockings and presents. We also have a dinner followed by a
Birthday cake just to make sure the kids "get it". It has become my favorite
CHRISTmas tradition and hope that now as the two older children are out of
the home (not having kids for quite a while I hope) that they will continue
the tradition. Even when they come over CHRISTmas day they still ask to put
their "gift" in the box.
Kit used "Jesus is the Heart of the Season" by Leaonna Kizer of busyscrappin
Fontz used: Ellianarelle's Path (title) and BibleScrT (journaling)

Sorry for not posting sooner

Life Happenz!!! I've been doing a little scrappin in-between trying to close the bookz at the church and get the donation statementz done along with the end of year taxez. Not to mention the health issuez. Nothing has changed except for the doctor finally gave me something to help me sleep and some valium to loosen the musclez that really tighten up when the cold weather setz in. Sleeping more than a couple hourz iz such a wonderful thing!!! I've done a few pagez I'd like to share with you all so here they are:

Thiz iz my mother-in-law, she's with the LORD now, but I learned so much from her. She truly left a remarkable imprint upon my heart. Click each photo to read their full creditz.

Thiz iz a photo of my in-laws, I used it for the Heritage Challenge which was vintage weddings.

Thiz pic of my kidz waz taken in my SIL'z backyard. I used it for December'z quote challenge at Just For The Scrap Of It.

Thiz pic iz of my youngest and we were reading the bible while waiting for her sister to get out of school after I read the scripture she showed me how she could fly like an eagle. I used the layout for the Snap It! challenge at JFTSOI which was to be a photo shot at an angle. I really like how thiz one came out!

Thiz pic waz taken at my uncle'z wedding just a couple monthz after ourz. I used Amy Sumrall's new kit Lovey Dovey Days which is available at the JFTSOI store. It was for her Trend Challenge which was layering/clustering.

Sorry I've Been MIA

Well we got a call from the doctor'z office. (I actually waz on my way to the emergency room because I couldn't get any air in my lungs and couldn't even sit up I waz so weak. My dad had to carry me into the emergency room and at one point the security guard came over and asked him if I was breathing. My dad told me the next day he thought I was checking out. Turnz out I was severely dehydrated. They gave me IV fluidz and sent me home. Still can't quite figure it out since I drink water non stop all day.) So the doc'z secretary said he wanted to let me know there'z nothing to be concerned about. When I talked with her the next day, I said what do you mean nothing to be concerned about? The thing has tripled in size in a month. She reitterated it'z nothing to be concerned about just followup with the thyroid specialist. So then I asked if he thought it waz related to the thyroid - no, he doesn't know what it'z related to. And again she just said followup with the specialist. ARGH!!! But what can you do? I've just been playing with my new pen tablet. It'z so cool! I've done a few layoutz I'd like to share with you.

This first one waz for the November Template Challenge at Just For The Scrap Of It (JFTSOI). It iz my 17yo daughter. The picz are from her yearbook shoot. You can read the full creditz here.


Thiz next one iz from the December Snap It! Challenge at JFTSOI. It'z my reflection on my MIL'z headstone. Just something eerie about seeing your own reflection under your last name on a headstone. SCARY! My lesson learned for being careful when you can't see the preview before you shoot! You can read the full creditz here.


This one iz my hubby when he waz only three. He lookz so scared of Santa. I did thiz one for the Journaling Challenge at JFTSOI. View creditz here.

Another challenge entry. Thiz one waz done for the Trend Challenge at JFTSOI. It waz to blend. View full creditz here.

Thiz iz for the December Shape Challenge at Digital Scrapbooking (DSO). It'z my youngest daughter with Santa last year. Full creditz here.

Finally, thiz iz my first attempt at using commercial use itemz to create my own stuff. I originally did thiz layout for a challenge at JFTSOI but it waz cancelled. Anyway, it waz fun creating and I'd like to thank SweetMade, The Ephemeral Victorian and Sweet Digi Scraps for their CU itemz. Creditz can be viewed here.