Sneak Peek

Are you ready for a little sneak peek of the October kit from Citrus Tree Studio?  If you love fall and Halloween...you're gonna love this one!

The kit features American Crafts "Nightfall" patterned papers and it has some really fun add-on products!

Projects for The Scrapbook Manor

I have recently started doing some design work for Karen at The Scrapbook Manor and Shoppe in Walworth, WI. She was kind enough to send me the entire Blissful and Glowing collections to work with. Can you say...amazing?! Both of these lines are gorgeous and so much fun to create with!

Here is my first layout using the Blissful Collection. It's a picture of our cutie nephew Kyle in his little rubber boots. He loves his boots!

The next three projects are created using the Glowing collection...so fun for Halloween. Both of these lines have mini alphas and coordinating die cut elements perfect for creating entire layouts in a snap!

If you get a chance, please check out Karen's website and she's on Facebook too!

More GCD Studios projects

Now that Heidi has shared my projects on the GCD Studios blog, I feel comfortable posting them here as well. This first project is a frame that I created using a simple wooden frame from Michaels. I painted the entire frame with chalkboard paint and then layered the patterned paper and embellishments over the top. I love how it turned out and eventally plan to let Gabe write on it with chalk. I just couldn't do it before I took the picture though...ha-ha.

Here is a close-up of the embellishments I used. I covered plain chipboard elements with the GCD Studios paper from the kit and added some twine and a banner title, fun huh?!


Another fun card...



and two layouts...

Thanks again GCD Studios for letting me design with your wonderful September kit!!

Guest Designer at GCD Studios

I am very excited to share with you my first projects using the September Kit of the Month over at GCD Studios! I feel honored to be chosen as one of their Guest Designers!!

I'll share more of my projects as they are posted on their blog. Thanks for stopping by!!

Just some fun new layouts...

Back in August I went on an amazing weekend trip to The Scrapbook Manor with a group of my friends from CTS. As you can see, we actually got some scrapping done!

Karen at the Manor had several of the new Authentique paper lines in her store and I fell in love with all of it! Wow, it's gorgeous stuff...

Soon I will be able to share with you my September projects for GCD Studios. I was chosen as a guest designer and I'm soooo excited!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Sneak peek and a few of my favorite projects...

Are you ready for a little sneak peek of the September Citrus Tree Studio kit?? It's a beauty... filled with Grant Studio's and MME patterned papers.

The following two layouts are from the Citrus Tree Studio August kit. It's called "Picnic in the Park" and believe it or not, it's still available.

And last but not least...

Two of my favorite layouts. Ever. The bright, bold colors of the "Summertime Fun" kit were perfect for all of the crazy pictures Gabe and I have been taking lately. You know the ones with us eating watermelon and silly pictures of our chickens...grazing, yes grazing in our yard. Really?!

Thanks for stopping by!!

I blinked and it's August!

How could it possibly be August already? I'm feeling guilty for severely neglecting my blog but as you can see in the photos that follow...I haven't been neglecting my family. Work has been crazy for me but we still managed to squeeze in a vacation and several weekend get-aways. Here's a recap starting with a beach trip in June:

June also brought a dance recital for Tanner. Tanner started in dance last fall when the dance studio offered scholarships to the high-school football players. The players increased their strength and agility through ballet. Yes. My 6'1" boy took ballet, slippers and all.

He did amazing. I was so proud.

We also added some new additions to our family. 6 to be exact. Yes, our crazy life continues with free ranging chickens.

Golf lessons for the 3rd year in a row. Gabe figured it out in a big way this year. He may not be the next Tiger Woods but he's sure trying!

This picture is of Gabe climbing into an airplane during the Young Eagle Flyers program at the airport. This was Gabe's very first flight and he had a wonderful time with his pilot, Mr. Berg. He even got to talk on the radio!

4th of July. Instead of riding on the hospital float this year Gabe walked along side it with me and helped hand out flags. He's such a great helper!

It can't be summer without a Slip 'N Slide. Well, two Slip 'N Slides to be exact. The first one only lasted one day before it popped. Probably the best $9 we've spent in a long time.

July brought a sad event for Dave's family. His step dad passed away and while it was hard, it did bring the family all together for several weekends of fun.

I did manage to squeeze in a weeks vacation and we took a day trip to Camp Wendi and Badger Lake in the Mt. Hood wilderness area. The wild flowers were amazing and as you can see Gabe caught himself a little trout. He was not happy about releasing it but he finally let it swim away.

More fun with family hanging out at Uncle Dan and Aunt Nancys. This is a picture of Dave, his mom, and sister Maria.

Last but certainly not least, is the county fair. We managed to go every day but one and also managed to drop a fair amount of cash in the process. Gabe had fun riding the rides though.

The next two pictures are of my son Tanner and his wild horse race team. The fair rodeo was the first time I've actually seen him compete and let me tell you, it was not easy to watch. The guys have to stop the wild horse, put a saddle on it, and then one of them has to ride it down to the other end of the arena around a barrel. This is pure stupidity from a mother's point of view. Yes, this is the same kid who ballet danced in a recital two months ago.

As you can see, they didn't win. Theron got bucked off and thank goodness he didn't get hurt.

Thanks for letting me overload you with photos. Hopefully, now I can keep up a little better with my blogging!!