Blast from the Past!

3 month old picture taken for my father who was in the U.S. Air Force and was stationed in Goose Bay, Labrador ~ he hadn't seen me in person yet.

3rd grade

7th grade

1973 Petaluma High Senior Pic

May 1976 honeymoon pic

Prego with my 4th child~Sept 1989

Vow renewal ~ August 1995

May 1997 Glamor Pic

ITT Swap Gift Tags

Thank you rozg105 for your wonderful Snowflake ITT's. I quickly put together these three tags and they are very cute and go well with my blue Christmas paper. Boy do I love being in these swaps!

New England/Canada Cruise ~ Sept '09

I have completed a few pages from our September 2009 New England/Canada Cruise. As I've mentioned before my travel pages are photo intensive though there are some pages with just 6 photos on them this time around. It sure was a great cruise and scrapping these pics brought back some wonderful memories.

Very Merry Tags Cart

I was playing with my new Very Merry Tags cart today trying to figure out the sizing. Here are some of the tags and their sizes. The top tag is done at 3 1/4, the next row are 3 inch, third row are 2 1/2 and the bottom is 2 inch. Amazing differences so I will be doing some more samples before I do any more tags.

Winter Collection Snow Friends

I received my Winter Collection cartridges today and just had to try them out. Here is a sample of two Snow'people' from the Snow Friends cart. All the snowmen/women/kids are just adorable!

Mesquite "Girls Weekend" August 2009

This Travel Album scrapbook LO is of my daughter and my 'Girl's Spa Weekend' in Mesquite. The weather was perfect, the food and drink were great and the spa day was SO relaxing. We had a fantastic time!

Christmas Card Swap Trio

I'm currently working on Christmas cards. Here are a few of the most recent ones that I have made. Two of the cards are for a Christmas card swap I'm participating in and the other is for me. I love making cards!

2nd Christmas Swap Tag

Here is one of my second Christmas Swap Tags. I really enjoyed making these tags for the swap. I also made a few extras for my own use as well.

Christmas Swap Tag

This is number one of my two Christmas Swap Tags. I am participating in my very first Tag Swap and I think it is going to be a great one! I know it has been lots of fun!

Thinking of You Swap Cards

I spent my Sunday afternoon working on swap cards. They are very simple but I love doing black and white projects so really like the way they turned out.

~Speed Scrap Time Again~

Okay I didn't feel as much pressure as my first one but I'm still learning. This page will go in my travel album with the pages from my Albuquerque trip. These are the states we passed through to get to our destination and then back home.

The instructions were as follows:

Step 1~ Pick 3 pictures

Step2~ pick 3 papers any combo of patterned and plain is fine

Step 3~ Put one paper as your background and cut the other 2 into long strips one each

Step 4~ Mat your pictures.

Step 5~ Place your pictures going down the middle of your LO. Doesn't have to be directly centered, but they need to go down vertically. Pictures can be different sizes if you want and you can tilt them if you want

Step 6~ Place your strips, one ribbon(sting, ric rac etc) some buttons and flowers clustered under your pictures

Step 7~ Add a title, some journaling and any other elements you think your LO needs.

Speed Scrap ~ August 21, 2009

My very first Speed Scrap, I felt the pressure!!! Seriously, I was sweating!! This is the result for all to see!

Here are the directions:

1- Choose 1 photo where the subject is not looking at the camera but is focused on an object/person/thing that is also in the picture.

2- Choose 5 papers- at least one patterned to be used as your background.

3- Cut 2 skinny strips and 2 thicker strips from the other papers about 10-11" long.

4- Layer the strips behind your photo and frame or mat your picture.

5- Toss in a ribbon of some sort, as well as a staple. Use a button and a tag of some kind, too. If no staples are available, tack the ribbon down with and eyelet or brad.

6- Add a title- at least one word of the title needs to refer to the item/person/thing that the subject of the photo is looking at.

7- Add a date, journaling, and any last minute embellishments.

Quick Cards from ITT Swap

As it turned out I needed two cards quickly this morning and ran to my ITT's from the swap to make them happen. Thank you gals for your wonderful ITT's, they are so cute and were a life saver for me today. The friends who received the cards were very pleased with them and raved about your talents. THANKS AGAIN!

Cricut Card Swap

Here are two cards that I put together using my Cricut for a card swap I'm participating in. There is alot of time involved in these cards and I hope that they will be enjoyed by the gals in the swap.

Christmas Card Swap

These are a few of the Christmas cards that I have been making for a swap. They were all very simple but I like the way they turned out. Christmas will be here before we know it!

7th Card Swap

These cards are a couple of swap cards I put together today. They were fun to make! I am participating in three swaps over the next six weeks which was probably a bit much for me since I'm going out of town for several days at the end of the month. Still I enjoy swaps so much I jump at the chance to take part. I generally like pretty simple cards but next time I'll give myself more time to make the cards so I can get more embellishment decorating on them.

Old Sacramento, California ~ June 2009

Finally got around to scrapping the photos from my visit to Old Sacramento when I went to California in June. It was a fun day trip with my sister, Mom and Aunt. We had a great lunch at the Spud Shack and shopped away under clear skies and pleasant temperatures. We had a great day!

Memorial Day Mountain Day Trip

These are our travel album Memorial Day pages from Mt. Charleston and the surrounding area. It was a pretty day, pleasantly cool and we had a wonderful picnic lunch while we enjoyed the mountains.

Another HELLO Swap Card

Here is another one of my swap cards. I had to put this card together quickly because I ended up being gone out of town longer than I anticipated and these cards needed to be out to their destination. Still I had lots of fun staying up until 1 a.m. last night finishing and packaging them up for the mail.

HELLO Swap Card

This is one of the pair of Hello cards that I'm making for a swap. It was done pretty quickly because I am off to California tomorrow to see my soon to be born grandson. They are inducing Monday the 22nd and we are excited that we soon will be seeing him!

Viva Las Vegas! ~ April 2009

Daughter, Sis, Niece, Nephew-in-law and I spent a day exploring the Las Vegas Strip. Nice mild weather allowed us to walk for hours and experience all the sights along the way. Enjoy!

My Ladybug ITT's

These Ladybug ITT's are for a swap I'm taking part in and are my very first attempt at ITT's. They were lots of fun to put together.

Two baby quilts that I have worked on the last month. One for my grandson Kyle due this month and the other for my great-niece Abigail due next month. Can't wait for these babies to arrive!

Swap Cards

These are just a couple of cards I've been working on. I'm just learning to stamp so these are among my first attemps but I'm happy with them. I'm at least encouraged enough to keep trying instead of giving up stamping like I have in the past.

Spring Shape Swap Card

Birthday Shape Swap Cards