Monday, July 28, 2008

In my arms layout



I finally (almost) finished the layout that goes with the song lyrics in my prior post. I still need to mount it on a 12x12 sheet of brown cardstock and frame it in its shadow box frame, but I need to make a run to the store and I'm not sure when I'll get a chance to do that. I like how it's turned out so far. I'll post the final version whenever it's finished.

I also thought I'd post another fairly recent layout. I love brown and pink together!

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Working on a layout

I am working on a layout with a favorite picture of me and my daughter. I can't get the printer to cooperate, so I'm handwriting the lyrics. I'll share the lyrics now and the layout when it's finished. I found this song in Heidi Grace's blog.

Your baby blues, so full of wonder
Your curly cues, your contagious smile
And as I watch you, start to grow up,
All I can do is hold you tight

Knowing clouds will rage
And storms will race in, but you will be safe in my arms
Rains will pour down, waves will crash around
But you will be safe in my arms

Story books full of fairy tales
Of kings and queens, and the bluest skies
My heart is torn just knowing
Someday you'll see the truth from lies

When clouds will rage
And storms will race in, but you will be safe in my arms
Rains will pour down, waves will crash around
But you will be safe in my arms

Castles they might crumble
Dreams may not come true
But you are never all alone
Because I will always, always love you

When clouds will rage
And storms will race in, but you will be safe in my arms
Rains will pour down, waves will crash around
But you will be safe in my arms, in my arms.

Plumb, songwriters: matthew bronweele, tiffany arbuckle, jeremy bose

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Freedom Friday Have More Fun Layout


I did this layout for the Freedom Friday project in my Have More Fun class at Big Picture. I love that I'm using up lots of scraps and stuff from my stash. I absolutely love this picture of my kids. I took it before church one Sunday morning.

Monday, July 21, 2008

30-Minute Layout and Funday Monday

My boy started computer camp this week. Just one more week of camp, then a week off, and then school starts. Summer has gone by fast.

And speaking of summer...it's not summer without going to Verizon Wireless Music Center and seeing the Dave Matthews Band. We're going this Saturday.

For Lain's 30-Minute Thursday challenge, she asked us to use our favorite song. I created this layout really quickly requesting that they play my favorite song "Dancing Nancies." I cheated a little. There's space for journaling about the concert, but I haven't gone yet, so I'll fill that out later. I also have a pocket for the ticket stubs all ready to go!


I also completed the Funday Monday project in the class I'm taking at Big Picture Scrapbooking . I found some Christmas pictures from 2003 when the little guy was two. He's such a big guy now. It was fun to go back and see how small he looked. I'm looking forward to Kate this Christmas. She will be just a few months younger than he was in 2003.

Friday, July 18, 2008

Have More Fun



I'm taking Stacy Julian's Have More Fun class online at Big Picture Scrapbooking and I'm telling you that I am having fun. The layout of my son's summer camp adventure was a blast to create. No paper trimmer used. And I cut out the picture. I don't think I've done that in 10 years! I love how it turned out! And Stacy posted a nice comment on it in the gallery, so that was really cool!

And speaking of summer camp...Jack is creating too. He just finished up a week of summer camp that focused on art projects. They had an art show today and here he is showing me what he made. He did a great job on all of his projects. He's very creative and he really likes to make things, so this camp was a perfect match for him. It was also a good change from the week of basketball camp he had just participated in.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

The 80's


I finally did Lain's challenge to scrap something from the teen years. What could be more embarrassing than prom?

I totally had the Jessica McClintock thing going in 1986. Very pale pink, with rosettes and lace. Uck. What was I thinking? I checked out her website and her style has changed a lot too! I finally got an awesome dress my senior year. I look back on that one and I'm not embarrassed. Maybe I should be, but I'm not.

Need to start blogging

I opened this account a long time ago and I haven't used it. I think I'm going to start using it as a way to journal for scrapbooking. I'm terrible about writing things down and then I can't remember them later. So, more to come...

In the meantime, I thought I'd share some links to some cool sites I have found.
Cute handmade stuff on etsy - http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5334736
Great site for guilt-free recipes - http://www.hungry-girl.com/
Free digital templates - http://www.ikeagoddess.blogspot.com/

I also thought I'd post some recent pages as well. This one titled "Loopy" was created for an online class I enrolled in at Big Picture Scrapbooking. The class is called Conversations and Nic Howard is the instructor. It's all about how my son had to have some cavities filled and he had nitrous oxide during the procedures. Because of the nitrous he felt a little weird and when it came time to pick out a treat from the dentist's treasure box, he said that "It's hard to pick good when you're all loopy."



To be fair, I'm posting one of the girl too. It was for one of Lain Ehmann's 30-Minute Thursday challenges. She always has fun challenges on her ScrapHappy blog!