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A Very Special Moment

This picture is of my Grandson Robert and his cousin Sophia at the Family Day Celebration. I created this page for the My Scraps & More Labor Day Crop. It was a recipe challenge. There’s 5 patterned papers (2 are vellum), 2 punched borders, 3 punched butterflies, 2 die cut and embossed butterflies, and hand stitching throughout. The punched border on the left side is the cutaway piece from the bottom border.

Materials – Sketch – Lucy Chesna; Cardstock – Bazzill, Jillibean Soup; Patterned Papers – Jillibean Soup, Creative Memories; Basic Grey; Vellum – Chatterbox; Butterfly Die Cut – Kreaxions; Embossing Folder – Cuttlebug; Butterfly Punch – Kreaxions #604; Border Punch – Kreaxions #303; Flower, Penant, Brad – My Mind’s Eye; Pen – At You Spica; Ink – Colorbox; Title Word – WRMK; Title Letters – AdornIt I used Kreaxions Punch #303 with Temmplate A to create the border at the bottom. The left border is the cut-away piece. I used Kreaxions Butterfly Punch #604 for the small butterflies and the Kreaxions Butterfly Die to create the larger butterflies which I then embossed with my Cuttlebug. I'm also linking this to the Scrap Scene WIP Monday challenge at http://www.scrapscene.com/tag/wipmonday.html Happy Punching and Happy Scrapping!

May We NEVER Forget!!! 9-11 Tribute

When 9-11 happened, I had just begun to scrapbook. I wanted to make a tribute page for my scrapbook. Instead I ended up making an album! Here are a few pages from that album and some pictures from the Pentagon. My father worked just a couple of miles away. They heard the plane that hit the Pentagon and also felt the ground move at the impact! In December my husband and I went to see the Pentagon being rebuilt. It was BITTER cold but there were still a lot of people there. Click on the images to see them in larger format... May we NEVER forget what happened this day!!! God Bless America!!!

FINALLY My Scrapper's Block is GONE!

I don't know what happened, but after returning from Alaska I just had ZERO mojo/motivation/inspiration for scrapping! I was beginning to despair that I'd lost my touch but I can finally say that's not so! I'm SOOOOOOO happy! This was the worst case of Scrapper's Block I've had since I started scrapping 11 years ago! So I just HAVE to share what I made! :) First off is my September layout for the My Sketch World sketch. The pictures are from our Houston crop this summer. We went to the most AMAZING Mexican restaurant! I wish they had this place in Florida because I'd MAKE my husband stand in line and wait for this food! LOL! I used a really old My Mind's Eye kit.

Next up are the pages I created this weekend for the My Scraps & More Back to Class Crop. There's still time to play so be sure to come join us this week! First is a single page for the Journalism Class. I will highlight this page on the Just Imagine/Kreaxions blog later this month to explain how I made the punched borders and photo mat. Be sure to read the journaling because it's a funny story!

Secondly is a two-page layout about a relatively new statue called "The Rock". It's located on the cruise ship dock in Ketchikan, Alaska and I absolutely LOVED it! The attention to detail on each part of this statue was AMAZING! The left side is for the Foreign Language Class and is the Tlingkit welcome on the plaque.

The right side is for the Music Class. Because the statue was about the pioneers who settled Ketchikan, I used the VERY old song "North to Alaska".

And last but not least is another two-page layout. These pages are the pictures we took as we were leaving Ketchikan. I cried when the plane took off! Someday it will be time to return and live there again... This page is a Close to My Heart sketch and I again used a Kreaxions punch. This page is for the Shop Class (black paint for grease and things with wheels)

The second page is for the Art Class which challenged us to use doodling on our layout. Every single solitary piece on this page is outlined with a pen! I used my Kreaxions Circle Cutter again and again used a Kreaxions Punch. I will also be featuring these pages later this month on the Just Imagine/Kreaxions blog.

I'm looking forward to completing more challenges in the coming week! The link is in the next post if you'd like to join me. Happy Scrapping and Happy Punching!

Back to School Crop!

I hope you will come join us at My Scraps & More!

Here's the link - Hope to see you there!