Jennifer Lamb Creations

Project Life

2012-01-07T04:36:00.000-08:00

It's a new year, and a new start for those of us at my house.

I'm going to work on Project Life this year. How will I do it? Will I be able to fit in time to find pictures for every day? Will I be able to find the time to write journaling for every day? I think I will take more of a week by week approach than trying to have a picture for each and every day = that's too much pressure!!!

I have the turquoise edition - I have the binder and the core kit. I have mostly Becky Higgins A page protectors, but I think I will be able to fill in with some different page protectors to hold some school papers from the two older kiddos, or to use some vertical photos also.

When I was talking to my sister about whether I actually had time to keep up with Project Life, she said that I should because my littlest one would appreciate some pictures of her toddlerhood too! My oldest boy has pages and pages from when he was a baby up through the time he was about 5. My middle child has some pages, but not many. The baby only has 1 : ( Not that I love her any less - it's just that lots of days I feel like my head is going to explode and I simply can't make it up to the scrapbook room after a full day of work and looking after the kiddos - I just want to go to bed!

So we'll give it a go! I'll try to take the approach that Project Life was meant for - Simple : ) I'll try to add in some special touches where I can, but mostly I just want to document our life!

Card Made Using the Imagine

2011-07-30T09:20:00.000-07:00

Happy Weekend!

Here is a card I made using the Imagine machine.

In addition, I used a Thanks for everything you do stamp from Stampin Up. I colored the Thanks using a Stampin Up marker.

The flowers are from K & Co.

Thanks for looking!

My Pink Stamper Design Team

2011-07-20T13:59:00.000-07:00

Once again, I am trying to be on the My Pink Stamper Design Team. (See http://www.mypinkstamper.com/ for details.) The challenge this time was to use the colors orange, turquoise, green and brown to make something.

Here is the card that I decided on.

I used my gypsy to connect to my imagine to make this card. That made the tree and leaves easy to fill in - I just printed on white cardstock.

The tree is cut at 3.5 inches from the serenade cartridge.

I also used the Fiskars grass punch.

The You Hoo stamp is from Hero Arts Stamps.

The owl stickers are from EK Success.

Thanks for looking.

Week 4

2011-07-20T04:00:00.001-07:00

It is already week four of Card Camp. I actually got around to making a card yesterday so I could participate this week. We were assigned to use the colors above. It is my sister's birthday this week, so I figured - hey why not combine the two assignments! This card is simple, but I did get to use heat embossing on the sentiment - we moved two years ago and I have looked and looked for my heat gun, but haven't been able to find it. I finally broke down last week and used my Michael's coupon to buy a new one.

The stamps are Stampin Up.

Thanks for looking!

Summer Card Camp

2011-06-27T12:01:00.001-07:00

I'm taking Summer Card Camp with Jennifer McGuire and Kristina Werner!

Have you ever had a week where you just don't like anything that you are making? That's how I felt this week. I love this color combination, but just couldn't get going on something I liked. But, nevertheless, I did make a card.

There are three holes punched in the front of the card. I used the Martha Stewart Punch Anywhere on the page punch. I had a hard time getting the circles lined up. Then I used a Stampin Up set for the butterflies.

Thanks for looking!

Happy Bird Day - Echo Park

2011-06-20T05:49:00.000-07:00

Three cheers for Echo Park paper - I just love ALL of their collections.

The paper and bird sticker are by Echo Park.

Grass is cut with fiskars edge punch.

The flowers are from Jolee's.

The words are diecut Quickutz letters (bird day) and a rubon (happy).

Thanks for looking!

New Thank You Card

2011-06-10T07:36:00.000-07:00

There is a new challenge poster on my pink stamper -- the challenge is to use green, orange, and turquoise -- but you can use other colors as well.

I made a new Thank You Card for my daughter's teacher.

Thanks for looking!

50 Followers!

2011-05-14T13:38:00.000-07:00

Happy that I have 50 followers - never thought 50 people would even visit here, much less follow me : )

I'll be thinking of a 50 follower give away that I can do!

In the meantime, here is a new card.

Happy 5th Birthday

2011-04-24T12:03:00.000-07:00

My niece's 5th birthday is coming up soon, so I made her a birthday card with one of her favorite things - an octopus! Someone gave her a pink stuffed octopus when she was young, so this was a great cricut image to use from Birthday Bash. I didn't especially like the critter that had the 5 with it - I think it was a fish - a little weird if you ask me. Anyway, I combined the octopus with a party hat with the 5 from the font on that cartridge.

The background stamp is from Lawn Fawn.

New Card Today

2011-04-17T12:37:00.001-07:00

Unity Stamp, Copic Markers, Scallop Edge Punch, Stampin Up Rub On Sentiment

Copic Coloring

2011-04-13T07:42:00.001-07:00

Here is an attempt at copic coloring on a card. I love the look you can get with copics, but I need lots of practice. This was one of my first attempts. I love the card, but learned some things about coloring as I attempted this card. Looking forward to trying more!

New Cards

2011-03-24T13:56:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple of new cards I have made...

Thanks for looking!

Valentine for Someone Special :)

2011-01-22T14:12:00.000-08:00

Here is a new card I made today during my daughter's nap. It seems like that is the only time I have available to make something!

This card was made using the Imagine.

I used the Imagine More cartridge. The background paper was cut at 5 inches - I flood filled the rounded rectangle. Then I took apart one of the images and just used one layer of it for the tag on the card. This was cut at 3 inches. The owl was cut at 2.5 inches. The stamp of the branch is from American Crafts. The letters are thickers.

Also, I'd like to say thank you to all my new followers. Twenty followers may not be a lot to you, but to me - it's fabulous : )

Thanks for stopping by!

New Card Today

2011-01-16T12:22:00.000-08:00

Hi, I have a new card for you today. I just won the cartridge Simply Charmed on ebay, so I thought I would make a couple of cards with it. I love this cartridge for fun, happy cards or images for scrapbook pages.

I made this card by cutting the birthday cake at 5 inches. I used the gypsy to weld two birthday cakes together so I could make this a shaped card. I love using the gypsy in order to make shaped cards. Also, I recently learned how to hide contours on images when cutting and I find that to be very helpful : )

Don't forget that if you are making a shaped card, you have to flip one of the images. I forgot that when I was making this card...

Since I forgot to flip one of the presents, the two halves to the card don't fold exactly on top of each other. Oh well, live and learn!

Have a great day : )

My Pink Stamper Challenge

2011-01-02T09:09:00.000-08:00

Today I'd like to show you my entry into the My Pink Stamper Design Team Challenge. The Challenge is to use pink, brown, green, and one other color (I chose white).

For this very cute owl, I used the cartridge Hoot N Holler.

The owl is cut at 5 inches, and the other layers are cut accordingly. I used the gypsy in order to weld two owl pieces together so this would be a shaped card.

I cuttlebugged the front layer of the owl with the swiss dots folder for some added texture.

I also cut a heart from the same cartridge at 3.25 inches. I inked this piece and then glued it to the back of the owl.

Thanks for looking!

Have a great day : )

Happy New Year

2011-01-01T06:29:00.000-08:00

Here is a Happy New Year card that I made using my Cricut. I used Celebrate with a Flourish and Jillibean Soup Christmas paper.

Hope you all enjoyed a fun celebration last night and have plans for a fabulous new year! We will be celebrating in March with a new baby girl : )

Christmas Card

2010-12-23T17:29:00.001-08:00

Got a Christmas card made today - it is using Echo Park paper.

Hope you like it : )

New Birthday Cards

2010-07-16T05:18:00.000-07:00

Here are two birthday cards that I made for my sister and my nephew.

Thanks for looking - have a great weekend!

New Cards this Week

2010-07-09T14:17:00.000-07:00

Here is a new card I made using Martha Stewart paper and Create a Critter.

Here is a new card I made that is very simple. It uses a K&Co clock. For some reason, I cannot get this picture to turn! HELP!!

Have a great week!!!

New Cricut Card using French Manor

2010-07-03T09:25:00.001-07:00

Here is a new card I made using the new French Manor cartridge from Cricut. I honestly didn't think I would really like this cartridge, because I don't normally like vintagey types of images. However, I decided to try it out, and I do like some of the images and borders.

This card was made for Robyn's challenge on mypinkstamper.com The challenge was to use pink, brown, orange, and green on a card.

Hope you like it!

New Cards

2010-06-25T04:24:00.000-07:00

Here are some new cards I have been working on.

This one uses the K&Co Spaghetti line and October Afternoon Rubons.

This one uses Basic Grey Green at Heart, Cricut, and American Crafts mini stickers.

Thanks for looking - have a great weekend!

Kristina Werner Color Challenge

2010-06-21T11:26:00.000-07:00

Here is my entry into Kristina Werner's Color Challenge. I can't usually enter during the school year because I'm so busy with lesson plans, but I was happy to make a card this time.

Here are the colors that we were to use.

Here is my card:

Thanks for looking!

New Cards

2010-06-19T17:34:00.000-07:00

Here are some new cards I made today using Kristina Werner's inspiration for this weeks Finally Friday on Two Peas in a Bucket.

Thanks for looking!

Some New Cards - Including Create a Critter

2010-06-04T08:36:00.000-07:00

Here are some new cards I've been working on.

Pink Stamper Challenge

2010-04-10T13:56:00.000-07:00

Robyn at mypinkstamper.com gave a challenge this morning to make something using your cricut that is pink, black, and green. I made two cards for this challenge.

This card uses the Serenade cartridge. I cut the butterfly at 2.75 inches. The stamp is by Stampin Up - Teeny Weenie Wishes.

This card uses the Just Because Cards cartridge. I cut everything at 5.5 inches. I believe this makes a standard size card. I also used a little piece of the SEI Happy Day border for the candle at the top.

Thanks for looking!

Pink Stamper Project in her Gallery

2010-04-08T12:37:00.000-07:00

Hi, I was excited to have Robyn (aka PinkStamper) ask to feature a cricut project of mine in her gallery.

I tried out for her design team, but didn't make it : ( but maybe next time!!

Here is a link to the project in her gallery:

http://picasaweb.google.com/mypinkstampergallery/Doodlecharms#5454628822615924498

Thanks for checking it out!

Valentine Cards with K&Co and Target

2010-01-30T04:42:00.000-08:00

Here are some Valentine's I made for my son's friends. I used the new K&Co Valentine Line and some of the Dollar Spot Target Valentine Paper.

I also made a trip to Archiver's recently and made some Valentine's from this paper.

New Cards for the New Year

2009-12-31T04:33:00.001-08:00

Here are a couple of new cards I made for the Card Challenge at Willow Traders.

Thanks!

Jennifer

More Christmas Cards

2009-11-28T14:20:00.000-08:00

I got a package in the mail from Elle's Studio with their Christmas Card kit. It is fabulous! The packaging was great and the paper and tags were high qualitiy. Here are some cards I made using the kit. (I added the ribbon.)

New Christmas Cards

2009-11-08T14:27:00.000-08:00

Thought I would pop in and post some new Christmas cards. These were inspired by Kristina Werner's series of the 25 days of Christmas. See her website for more information (link to the left).

The top card was inspired by Nichol Magourik's week 4 sketch for Holiday Cards at Two Peas.

As always, thanks for checking out my blog!

Couple of New Cards

2009-09-20T05:51:00.001-07:00

We are on our way to church, so I just wanted to post a couple of cards. The first one is for one of my son's friend's birthday. The second one is for one of the nuns at my school who is celebrating her jubilee.

Paper is from Sasafrass Lass - Monstrosity Collection. Letters by Heidi Swapp.

Paper is by Stampin Up. Large Butterflies by Stampin Up punch. Small butterflies using Martha Stewart butterfly punch.

Wow, What a Week

2009-09-11T12:09:00.000-07:00

Wow, it was an extremely stressful day at my school yesterday. I am happy that it is the weekend. I am looking forward to seeing my son's soccer game today.

Here is a project that I made awhile ago. It is a lunchbox made with We R Memory Keepers Papers.
Here is a card that I made this week using Making Memories Just Chillin Glitter Die Cuts. (recently on sale at Two Peas for 50% off : )

Hope you all have a great weekend.

Thankful for a Long Weekend!

2009-09-04T06:44:00.000-07:00

So here we are - the official end of summer. I'm thankful for a long weekend that I can spend with my own kids. I think we will find something fun to do before we get into the real job of packing and moving which will hopefully take place in just under 6 weeks. I love the lazy days of summer, but fall is fabulous too - just a LOT busier.

Here are a couple of cards.

Have a great Labor Day Weekend!

Willow Traders Blog Hop Inspiring Me

2009-08-27T12:15:00.000-07:00

I am glad to join the Willow Traders Blog Hop again this weekend. It really inspires me to scrap and make things - even with school underway. Hope you enjoy my cards this weekend!

One thing I am struggling with is how best to photograph my cards. I am still working on it!

The above card uses the Martha Stewart craft punch. I got the idea from Renee Lamb's blog - http://reneelamb.wordpress.com/2009/08/21/martha-stewart-corner-loop-punch-tutorial/

A great weekend is coming up!

2009-08-20T14:29:00.000-07:00

Well, it looks like we sold our house and have one to buy! We are lucky in this market to have sold our townhouse, and hope everything works out. Cross your fingers for us.

Now, on to the scrappy stuff. Here is a new project for this weekend. A little departure for me, since I usually post cards. I made this 12 x 12 page from the Stampin Up set A Season of Friendship. I plan to frame it and give it to a friend for Christmas.

Thanks for looking!

School Begins on Monday

2009-08-13T19:35:00.001-07:00

Well, summer had to come to an end sometime, and I guess this is it. Although I love teaching, I sure like spending extra time with my own kiddos during the summer. August is always a tough time for me getting everybody back on schedule and spending more time on school work and a LOT less time on scrapbooking. I'd sure love to have a job where someone would pay me to make scrapbook things : )

Anyway, on to this past week's creations. Hope you enjoy them!

See ya next week!

Another Weekend!

2009-08-06T17:22:00.000-07:00

This weekend, I'd like to feature a couple of cards I made along with what I like to call a "card purse." One of my student's father died last spring and there is a benefit for her family coming up soon. I decided to make something for the silent auction.

I got this idea from Paper Crafts magazine a couple of years ago. I put 10 cards in each card purse. I hope you like them!

Here are a couple of cards that I am putting in the card purses.

Hope you enjoy the weekend! (Also - welcome to the Willow Traders Blog Hoppers!

Willow Traders Blog Hop

2009-07-31T13:56:00.003-07:00

Here are a couple of new cards I made in honor of this weekend's Willow Traders Blog Hop. Thanks for encouraging me to create!

I got the idea for the second card from Kristina Werner's blog. She has fabulous cards and examples there - you should check it out!

Have a great weekend!

Happy 4th and Some New Hero Arts Cards

2009-07-04T07:14:00.000-07:00

Happy Fourth of July!

Here's a new card that I made - it was inspired by something I saw in the latest issue of Card Creations by Paper Crafts - vol 7.

Also, I have been checking out Jennifer McGuire's blog a lot lately. She is teaching a class on Two Peas called Thinking Inking. I got these ideas from her and from her class.

New Idea for a Project

2009-02-03T11:01:00.000-08:00

I was inspired by something I saw in a magazine recently. Unfortunately, I can't remember where I saw it. Anyway, I thought it was a cute idea to slip little notes with pictures and jokes into my son's lunch box.

I made up a few - they are very simple, but he gets a good laugh out of them each day.

This set is available in my etsy store - see link to right!

New Baby, New Year, New Project

2009-01-09T03:43:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone!

It's time for a new year. It's been so long since I've posted, but with the earlier than expected birth of our baby Sarah, I've been so tired! She's a cutie, but she sure keeps us up at night. I'm encouraged by last night though - I only got up once and my husband only got up once. So, that's better than the 27 times I feel like we've been getting up per night!

I'm happy that I got one of Becky Higgin's Project 365 kits. I'm sure I'll post some of my photos here, but mostly I will putting them in my kit. It's an exciting idea for a project. I just hope that I can keep up!

In the mean time, here's one of my projects I've worked on lately. I really like the Cricut cartridge with the Disney images. Very cute, but very time consuming!

Here are Some Christmas Cards

2008-11-07T11:50:00.001-08:00

Here are some Christmas cards that I have been making. Several of them are from Stampin Up's card kit for November. I love that they are making a card kit for each month. That's so cool!

Also, you can see a card I made from the new quickutz jolly set. Love that set. Alphabet and shapes are all great. I basically scraplifted that card from the quickutz site, but changed the paper.

New Folded Card

2008-10-26T11:32:00.003-07:00

Here is a card that I made similar to the way Jennifer McGuire described it in her recent blog entry.

This picture is of the card closed.

Here is a picture of the card open.

It is hard to tell from the picture, but the scalloped circle on the outside fits right over the scalloped circle on the inside. I really like this design! Thanks Jennifer.

New Christmas Card

2008-10-13T15:01:00.001-07:00

Here's another card inspired by Jennifer McGuire. I love these cute Christmas stamps from Hero Arts.

Both of these cards are about 3 inches in diameter and has a scalloped circle as an outside edge. It opens to a blank inside so you can write your own message. It might be used as more of a gift tag or a short message? Cute I think!

Today we went to the pumpkin patch so Andrew could pick out a pumpkin for himself and the baby. It was a bit too sunny for him, so he closed his eyes a bit, but still looks cute!

Here's a Christmas Card

2008-09-13T14:34:00.000-07:00

Just thought I'd share a Christmas card I made using an idea I got from Jennifer McGuire's blog. I like the way these cards open. You can't tell it so much from my card because this is a picture of the card closed, but I still like the way it turned out.

I guess it's time to start thinking about making Christmas cards since the baby will be born so close to Christmas - I might not have time later. I'm thinking about making a baby announcement and a Christmas card to put in one envelope : )

I'm Making Cards for Card Sketch A Day

2008-08-31T16:42:00.000-07:00

Yipee, I finally am going to get my cards up someplace besides my own blog. Susie Q Scrapbook is starting a Card Sketch a Day Blog, and I'm making three cards for it. The first one will debut on Sept 11.

Here is a link to her blog.

http://cardsketchaday.blogspot.com/

In other news, we started back to school. As every year begins, I have mixed feelings about going back to school. I like meeting my students and getting back to a routine, but I also feel sad that summer is over. My unlimited time with Andrew is over, and we have to get back to business. His biggest hurdle right now is being able to do 100 addition facts in 5 minutes. That's a lot for a 2nd grader! We'll keep working on it though.

But, this year is especially exciting, because in just 18 weeks we'll have a new little person joining our lives :) What could be more exciting than that.

New Card From Picture It Made

2008-08-11T04:10:00.000-07:00

Well, as you can see, I really haven't been keeping up with my blogging!

Here is a new card I made for a friend whose father died. This card uses supplies from a Picture It Made Card Kit.

I also used a new cuttlebug embossing template for the edge embossing on the right. The "stems" of the flowers are made from Quickutz Flourishes. I think it turned out pretty cute :)

Well, it's almost time for Back to School. I start with a meeting today!! Aaargh -- it seems like Aug 11 is too early for Back to School.

But, speaking of August 11, the new Stampin Up Catalog comes out today. Can't wait to see what goodies will be in that! On second thought, maybe it is a good thing I'm going back to school so I'll have money to buy things!

New Cards Using Cuttlebug and Cricut

2008-07-21T10:26:00.000-07:00

Hi there,

It was a rainy morning here in Illinois, so I experimented and made a couple of new cards. The top one is embossed using the Cuttlebug. For the bottom one, I used Design Studio and the Cricut to cut out tiny squares at the bottom of the card. (design courtesy of Susan Blue Robot).

Thanks for looking!

Finally Some New Cards

2008-06-26T11:58:00.001-07:00

Well, I had a doctor's appointment this morning and he said everything looked fine with the baby. I was happy to be able to hear the heart beating. He said I should start to feel like I have more energy soon. So, I decided to test things out this afternoon, and I actually got some cards made!!

Here's a peek!

These cards are for sale in my etsy store, along with other cute things! Check it out.

http://scrappincreations.etsy.com

Scrap Room Kits FS

2008-06-16T12:07:00.000-07:00

Hi,

I have several kits from The Scrap Room FS.

They include:

April 2008 - Cosmo Cricket Get Happy
April 2008 - SEI Dill Blossom (I'll include the rubons that came in the embellishment kit)
May 2008 - Basic Grey Sugared (I'll include the alphabet that came in the embellishment kit)
May 2008 - Crate Paper Blue Hill
June 2008 - Bo Bunny Teen Chic

I'd like $5 for each of these kits except for the Basic Grey Sugared and the SEI Dill Blossom. I'd like $6 per kit for those.

$5 for shipping one kit, $6 for two kits, $7 for three or four kits. If you'd like all 5 kits, only $5 shipping total.

If you'd like to see the actual kits, visit www.scrap-room.com

Thanks,
Jennifer

Wow, Long Time, No Post!

2008-05-17T15:05:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't posted in so long! A lot has been going on in our lives.

We found out a couple of days after my last post that I am pregnant. We are overjoyed, but being cautious. It's early yet, so we want to be happy, but not get our hopes too high.

So, I haven't been doing much scrapbooking because I am SOOOOO tired. I forgot how much pregnancy takes out of you. I am glad it will be summer soon.

I guess the only other thing to say today is that I have one auction up on ebay for some Cards Magazines and Scrapbook Trends magazines. See here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150248519335&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=005 ViewItem&rd=1&item=150248519335&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=005

Other than that, I'm going to take a nap :)

More Cards From a Picture It Made Kit

2008-04-26T06:56:00.001-07:00

I am loving these kits! There is just enough to work with, but enough to make a bunch of cards!

Look to the left for my three newest creations!

I especially like the butterflies. They are made using a die for the QK Revolution.

These cards are available for purchase in my etsy store: http://scrappincreations.etsy.com

Thanks for checking out my work!

New Picture It Made Kit Up

2008-04-17T13:58:00.001-07:00

Hi there,

The new picture it made card making kit is up! It looks great.

I'm going to order one. When I get it and make some cards from it, I will share them here! If you want to order one too, go to http://www.pictureitmade.com/product_info.php?cPath=23&products_id=268

I'm disappointed that I didn't make the Sketch This Cards team, but I'm sure that the ladies that did make it are very talented. I'll keep watching the site. I love the inspiration that I have found there so far.

It's so nice in Illinois today!

Can't wait till the weekend.

Entry for Sketch This Cards Design Team Call

2008-04-10T14:34:00.001-07:00

While I was visiting the Picture It Made Blog, I found this great blog that has all these card sketches on it. The blog is called Sketch This - Cards( http://janellerichmond.typepad.com/sketchthiscards ). They were having a design team call - just up my alley.

To the left, find my submission based on the sketch that was provided.

Also, I wanted to let everyone know that I drew the name for the small RAK that I had on my blog last weekend, and AMY won!!! So, Amy if you read this, let me know your address, and I will get it right out to you.

Have a great day!!

Cards Made From Picture It Made Kit

2008-04-05T06:53:00.000-07:00

Hi there,

During Willow Traders big 3rd anniversary celebration, I won the Spring Cheer Card Kit from Picture It Made ( http://www.pictureitmade.com/ ). I wanted to share all of the great cards that I was able to make from this kit. I still have enough left to make several more cards!

(by the way, this set of cards is available for sale in my etsy store: http://scrappincreations.etsy.com

As part of the kit, there was a Imaginesce Stamp - the Chick - from the For Peep's Sake collection. I already had this chick, so I'd like to RAK the stamp I got in the kit to someone.

Just leave a comment on this blog sometime this weekend (before midnight on Monday morning), and I'll choose someone to RAK the stamp too. Thanks for checking out my work!

Cubs Win!

2008-04-04T06:31:00.000-07:00

Okay, it's a little early to expect the World Series, but I was happy that my Cubbies won yesterday!

Kerry Wood got his first save! Great job!

I am excited that a scrapbook page of mine got put up on a new blog yesterday.

Check out http://youraveragescrapbook.blogspot.com/

Great idea for a blog, Annette!

Mine is the one with the polar bear.

Birthday Card

2008-03-30T14:48:00.000-07:00

Just thought I would post a birthday card I made for our nephew who is turning 2 next week. I thought it turned out so cute!

I made it using Cricut Design Studio - here is a link to the blog where I found the file:

http://cricutsoftcuts.blogspot.com/2008/02/thomas-train.html#links

Two New Archiver's Dies

2008-03-29T12:33:00.001-07:00

I was lucky enough to find the new hippo and giraffe dies at Archiver's today. I made these magnets, which are now available in my etsy store:

http://scrappincreations.etsy.com

As Long as I was At It

2008-03-28T15:03:00.001-07:00

I thought I'd post a layout I made today from our trip.

The date stamp in the bottom right corner was made by a member of Willow Traders named Tara.

It is GREAT!!

New Stampin Up Card and a Quote

2008-03-28T06:43:00.001-07:00

Here's a card I made from a new set of Stampin Up Stamps - it is from the set Friendship Blooms, a Sale A Bration set.

Here's a quote from a Stampin Up Stamp that I thought was funny:

If at first you do succeed, try not to look astonished!

Happy 90th Birthday and Other Things

2008-03-22T08:34:00.000-07:00

Hi again,

Today is my Grandma's 90th birthday. Wow, I can't believe it. We are going out to lunch to celebrate and then hopefully Andrew will be able to have an Easter Egg Hunt at her house.

He's so good when he has to deal with all adults as he often does at family parties here.

Here's a page I made using the Zany Zinnia( http://www.zanyzinnia.com/ )March Kit Spring Break.

Can't believe it's been 20 years since I graduated high school. But, Kathy and I have remained friends through it ALL. Husbands, kids, a different husband...

Yipee, Spring Break

2008-03-21T06:14:00.001-07:00

You can't really understand how much you need spring break unless you're a teacher. It's a great time of year! But if there was no spring break...well who knows what could happen!

Here's a page I did of my new niece!

Also, I have these cute new penguin magnets up for sale in my etsy store. Check them out!

Here's the link to my etsy store.

http://scrappincreations.etsy.com/

I Have a New Niece!

2008-03-19T12:08:00.000-07:00

My sister had a baby yesterday morning. Her name is Kathryn! I'm so luck to be an aunt to now three great kids! The older two (Ross and Emily) seem to be excited about the baby. I wish I could be there, but they live so far away!!

By the way, Happy Easter everyone! I am so lucky to be starting spring break tomorrow. We are going to have a great time with days off and visiting my friend Carolyn and her family in Tennessee.

So, I wanted to share with you Andrew's plan for our scrapbook store. He says that we should have our store in our basement. He has a plan for everyone in our family. I would check people out, he would call places to order more scrapbook stuff, and Mark - well - he would be the janitor. Nice, huh?? It's nice that he wanted to include everyone. He even says that he would let kids play with some of his toys while their mom's shopped. Hee Hee.

It's a Great Day in Illinois!

2008-03-15T10:54:00.000-07:00

Hi there, it's a great day here in Illinois today. Okay, really it's a little overcast and kind of rainy, but my Illini won last night to make it one step closer to winning the Big Ten Tournament. I have to admit, I didn't have too high of hopes this year, as they haven't played well all year. But, maybe things are coming together!

I have Andrew all excited about it too! He says he would like to go to Illini College when he gets old enough. If he only knew how excited and happy that would make me and his Grandpa too.

So, finally I have time to scrapbook today. Hope to get a couple of pages or at least a card or two done. I'll post later if I have something to show for my efforts today.

Phew, what a Day!

2008-03-13T15:51:00.000-07:00

Just got home from the annual Children's Carnival at the school where I work. It is a fun time, but exhausting too. We invited kindergarten and first graders from the school where my son attends. He had a GREAT time. I can't believe that I didn't take ANY pictures. Oh well, it's hard to take pictures and work at the same time.

All the same, here's a page I did recently.

Sure Looking Forward to the Weekend

2008-02-29T07:54:00.000-08:00

Well, it's almost time for the weekend! I hope I can get some scrapbooking done this weekend. I'm sure looking forward to the Daily Dose class opening today at Willow Traders and also seeing the first sketch tomorrow.

Here's my first layout with the sketch from the class.

Wow, What A Week!

2008-02-23T15:24:00.000-08:00

So, we are doing well here - trying to clean things up a little bit. Mark is finally almost ready to sell his house. We met with our favorite realtor today - Cheryl. She seems to think the house has potential and should sell rather quickly. Who knows though with today's market.

I have been making cards this afternoon. Sometimes that's what I feel like doing. Carolyn talked me into !! ordering some more things from Stampin Up, so I feel like I better use some of the things I have.

I attended part of Marian Catholic High School's Operation Snowball this weekend. The kids were great and I think they had fun. I feel like the time I spent as Director of our Operation Snowball is one of the biggest contributions I have made to Marian.

Things are Breaking All Over the Place!

2008-02-09T14:53:00.000-08:00

AAARGH, First it was my cricut that stopped working, and now the microwave went kaput. Right in the middle of popping popcorn. How weird. It just stopped, no warning, just an I'm tired that's it for me.

The news on my cricut is that they will send me a refurbished cricut for $50. I decided to put the $50 to better use and bought a new Cricut Expressions. I have been wanting one anyway, so now was the time. It is nice! It has lots of new features that I don't even know how to use yet!

Here's a new page of my niece Emily. I used TLC paper which I have had sitting around for awhile. I like how it turned out.

So Frustrated

2008-02-06T14:19:00.001-08:00

AAARGH. I've been having a problem with my Cricut for the last few days. I haven't been able to cut ANYTHING since Sunday when I was trying to use the Design Studio and then it stopped cutting. The maching goes through the motions of cutting, but isn't cutting through the paper. I've been trying to get through to customer service by email and by phone, but have had no luck. I hope I can get things fixed soon! DH Mark says I can get the new Expressions if I can't get this one fixed, which I appreciate, but I just want to be able to cut again!

Here's a valentine mini-album I made for my DH. Sh...don't tell him!

I Won!!

2008-02-03T06:20:00.000-08:00

I can't believe that I won a free pass to the Double Dutch Daily Dose Class at Willow traders. It is a class that is designed by SusieQScrapbook. It is an online class that is going on through the month of March. She is a great designer and I'm really inspired to scrapbook when I use her sketches. If you'd like to check it out, go to the Willow Traders website - link to the left!

Here are a couple more pages that I have been making lately.

By the way, do you love Stampin Up? If so, my friend Carolyn McCaughey sells Stampin Up. You should check out their new catalog at http://www.stampinup.com/

I'm thinking of getting the Scallop Circle punch along with a couple of other sets so I can take advantage of the Sale-A-Bration sale going on now.

Feb 2, 2008

2008-02-02T05:26:00.000-08:00

I'm new to writing blogs, but I'd like to get some of my creations up on the web, so I'm going to try this out. Eventually, I'd like to have some contests here, and give away some scrapbook supplies!

I was so disappointed this last week to find that my LSS - Scrap N Crazy -http://web.mac.com/scrapncrazy/iWeb/Scrap-n-Crazy/Welcome.html- in Bradley, Illinois, was going to close. I was just starting to design some things for them, and now they're closing!
Best of luck to those ladies, they were great.

Here are a couple of my recent pages: