to challenges! Today is the last day to enter this challenge here. I am having a difficult time linking this for some reason so I hope it works. The challenge is on www.thepaperplayers.com. This is my card for the challenge: The patterned paper is from My Minds Eye (I found it in my scrap...

So last week, I completed in a challenge being held over at Freshly Made Sketches. I really enjoyed this sketch challenge - it was fun coming up with my own card and seeing how everyone else interprets the sketch. So, I decided to join in this weeks challenge - here's my card: I am pleased ...

I did something the other day I have never done in all my years scrapbooking. I redid a layout. I admit that I don't always love all my layouts but I usually can appreciate some aspect of the layout. I worked on the below layout over the weekend: and once I got home & had a chance to look ...

We have been having the most beautiful weather here in NJ (finally) so I admit I haven't been spending much time in my scrapbooking space. But I would like to share the below layout with you: This is a happy layout. The pictures are from when my nephew Brian was born in December. It's been...

I had a bit of time yesterday afternoon so I decided to make some cards. I was looking through the July/August Paper Crafts magazine and came across a really pretty cared - Houndstooth Thanks Card (page 43). I love Houndstooth so this card immediately inspired me. This is my version of the ca...

I am so grateful for my lovely pictures from our Florida trip because we are having another snow day here in NJ - and it's only January 7. I have a bad feeling about this winter. So let me share another layout from our sunny & warm trip: One afternoon, while we were at the beach, my son Ric...

The above layout is a layout I created using pictures from a "going away" luncheon my family held for my brother last March (he is in Afghanistan). I wanted some type of embellishment for the page but didn't know what to use. I love the patterned paper I chose (it is from Crate Paper??-I thi...

Sometimes when I am creating a layout I am very serious - must be perfect. Most times I am enjoying creating the layouout but really excited about getting closer to being caught up with my pictures. The above layout was just fun. When I took these pictures of my kids working together to bu...

I love it when my sister comes to stay with me. We always set up a table in my office, make a big mess, share a bottle (or 2) of wine and make cards!!!! This weekend was great because not only did we have a blast at the Ranger Warehouse sale, my husband was our personal chef and cooked for us ...

My sister and I got up at 6:30 yesterday morning, headed to Tinton Fall and hit the Ranger Warehouse sale! What an experience. We hit the motherload!!! We got over 100 Skickles. At least 2 dozen paint daubers, Glossy paper galore, ink pads, acrylic paint, embossing powders, glue, alcohol ...

OK, so I love this card. I visited Scraptasia the other day and bought some pre-folded cards from Memory Box and the patterned paper (black & white paper). The stamped images is from SU! - it's the stamp Elizabeth and the "thinking of you" is from the set Trendy Trees. The little black pea...

So, Stampin' Up! has all these cute little butterfly stamps and punches and sizzlets - I am addicted. And although I haven't had much time to make cards, I did play a bit last week and this is one of the cards I came up with: So cute, right? I used a little bling in the center of the butter...

I created the above layout using patterned paper from Basic Grey, cardstock from Bazzill and these really cool chipboard cutouts from Bazzill as well. I saved the outline of the flower after I used the diecut part on another layout ages ago. And I used Stickles around the brad in the center...

So, yesterday afternoon I was preparing to take the kids to the lake when my doorbell rang and this is what I found: I love it when one of these shows up on my doorstep!! I usually means something fun is inside!! And this is what I found once I was able to open the box (this morning-torture...

I had a wonderful time away at my scrapbooking weekend - can't wait to go again. I didn't get a ton of layouts completed but I did go for swim, sit in the hottub, not have to cook for 48 hours, slept in, watched some great movies and laughed (a lot). I did create a card for a contest using the...

O.K. I love to hang out on the 2 peas message boards (www.twopeasinabucket.com) and I have been following Fleur-de-Lisa. She has been creating the coolest paper rosette's and sharing them on the MB. Last week, while I was at the library I discovered the library has a subscription to Scrapbooks...

Ah, it's Saturday-the boys had a sleepover with their Aunt, the girls are (quietly) watching TV, the husband is working so I had a chance to finish a card & share. I used patterned paper from K & Co. (bought in one of those thick pads), the card is by Memory Box (bought at Scraptasia), the ...

Last Friday, I was at a "rubber" garage sale and stumbled across a bag containing Magic Mesh. I hesitated & then bought the bag with silver, gold, red and brown MM - it only cost .75 so I figured it was a great deal. I have always loved Magic Mesh (even though it's not really "cool" anymore) -...

Indulge me for a moment - won't you. Patrick lost one of his front,center teeth and the other is on it's way out too. He is the last one to lose his teeth and it makes me a bit sad - he's not my little baby anymore. He's getting so big and I am so proud of the young man he is becoming but I...

So, I know that Fifth Avenue Floral is not a new stamp set in the Stampin' Up! world but I love it! Unfortunately, I haven't purchased it but (thankfully) my friend Jen Peel let me borrow it over the weekend - even after I "kidnapped" her Simple Birthday Thanks for several months (she's very fo...

When I started scrapbooking 10 years ago, I was overwhelmed with the amount of photos I had to scrap. I had just had my second child, was loaded down with pictures and couldn't imagine ever getting caught up. I finally realized that it wasn't a race and I needed to just enjoy the process. So,...