I adore you....

Good Morning,

Today I'm sharing a layout of my sweet Honeybee! I love how this one turned out. My Practical Scrappers sister, Erin, designed this sketch for our weekend crop....

don't you love it, visit Erin and tell her how you do....

Here is what I came up with....

All papers, inks, stamps are CTMH, the blooms are Prima, the pearls are Kaiser, the bling is from Hobby Lobby and I used stickles. The little ticket is from the Lucky Girl August kit...

Have a terrific Tuesday!

Oh, by the way, we actually had 65 third graders show up on Monday. I have 21 in my homeroom, there are 2 more third grade teachers in my team. We team teach and call them all ours. I teach on reading group, 2 writing groups, and all social studies....It was a great day!
Blessings,

boys of summer....

Good Morning,

As you are reading this, my first day of school with students, has begun. We have 61 beautiful new third graders coming in this year. Please pray for us today!

For those of you who joined in our Anniversary last week and this weekend at Practical Scrappers, Thank You, and I hope you enjoyed every minute of it!

Moving on to the new challenge this week, a summer theme project! Pull out any photos of boating, swimming, watermelon eating, bbq's, camp fires with smores....we want to see them!

I used this sketch from SOUS for my inspiration.....

Here is my layout. I chose some fun photos of my little boys from July at the lakehouse. It doesn't get more summer than this...

We had docked the boat up on an island and the kids played for hours in the lake. You can see that Megan's pink float was worth a million bucks to them that day!

All papers used are Junkitz from long, long ago. The ribbon and staples are from stash and ink is ctmh.

I hope to see you playing along this week! don't forget to visit the dt each day this week to see their summer theme inspiration!
Blessings,

Because of you....

Good Morning,

Better Living Through Scrapbooking Challenge #2

This week’s challenge is to create a page layout about the most influential person in your life.

Chose a person, living or dead, whether you know them personally or not, that has had a big influence on your life, and create a layout about them. This person can be a friend, relative, historical figure, celebrity – anyone at all.

Choose at least 2 of the following:
* The photo must be black & white. If you don’t have a black & white version, change the photo to black & white in your favorite photo editing software, or take the photo to your local 1-hour photo and have them do it for you. You can also make a black & white copy of the photo at your local office store. If you do not have a photo of the person (if they are a historical figure or celebrity) find one on the internet and print it out.
* Use at least one major circular element on your page – whether it’s the photo, photo mat, or other noticeable circular element.
* Use paint or ink in a fun and unusual way.
* Hand make your own flowers and use them on the layout.
* Include hand written journaling

And here is my reveal....

I chose a black and white photo of my Mom and I at the beach, a handmade rose (love how it came out), hand written journaling, and a large circle element.

All the papers, ink, and stamps for this one are CTMH. The bling is Prima and Kaiser, the ribbon is from my stash.

You must visit the Better Scrap Girls to read about who has influenced them. While there, leave them some scrappy love!!!!

Deadline to enter Challenge #2 (and all other August challenges, including challenge #1) is midnight EST August 31st, 2010.

Blessings,

wish, live, soar

Good Morning,

Happy Saturday to you all! Have you been over to the big anniversary crop at Practical Scrappers? You can find out all the details here! Hurry, there are games, sketches, prizes, oh my!!!!

I have a layout to share this morning. This is my niece Samantha Jean. She is the one who spent two weeks in Europe this summer. She had a camp at the University of Louisville before leaving. These photos were taken outside the school of music. The sculpture on the building looks like a bird soaring to new heights. That is why I included the little bird cut on here.

All supplies for this page are from my August Old School Lucky Girl kit, except the Bazzill cardstock. I have to get up with this lovely lady to get cd's burned of ALL her hundreds of photos from Europe.

I hope to see you visiting the online crop today at PS!!!
Blessings,

It's Croppin' Time!

WOOT WOOT! The celebration has offically started on our message board! Our online crop has kicked off with many great challenges to get you through the weekend. So if you haven't had enough of challenges throughout the week there are plenty more for the weekend....sketch challenges, color challenges, even some about clowns hanging around! Many great prizes donated from Glitz Girls, The Stamping Boutique, Wink Wink Ink and some of our generous design team members. Don't be left out of this party-- get your party hat and horn and join in on the fun! Just click the Practical Scrappers Message Board tab on the left side bar and you will find all the challenges under the Online Crop Category! Hope to see you there!
Blessings,

celebrate life....

Good Morning,
I'm sorry that I didn't get to read any blogs last night. It was first day back for teachers and we had Open House at school from 5-7. I didn't get out until 7:30 and home @ 8. I ate dinner and hit the bed! I'll be visiting tonight....

Well, today is my day to host the Frosted Designs challenge. I chose the theme "Celebrate Life." The reason behind this theme, today is Granny's 84 birthday and I want to celebrate!!!! Happy Birthday, Gran!!!! I love you! I'm using the Friday Sketch at Practical Scrappers by our fabby designer, Pia...isn't this fun?!!!



And here is my take on it....This is Gran with Megan (bottom) and Ashlea while at the beach this spring. She loves birds, flowers, and all things that God gives us in nature. So this layout is all about celebrating her.....

All papers and embellies are Making Memories (Chloe's Closet), the stamps and ink are CTMH. I used some stickles to accentuate the flowers and birds, as well as to add just a hint of shimmer.
I also chose to use a colored pencil border for the photos rather than cut paper mats. I really like the effect of it.
Here is a better look at the stickles and the birds....

Now, head on over to check out my fabby Frosted sister's inspiration for you as well! Leave them some love!!!! I can't wait to see how you Celebrate Life.....

Blessings,