Toot Toot, All Aboard

Ok, let me start off by telling all of you that I am not a designer, I am just a simple scrapper. I have never made a kit in my life. I have made quick pages before, but that is the extent of my experience. My sweet sister (patchas) told me about this blog train that DigitalArts-Cafe was hosting. She told me that they were looking for participants and you didn't have to be a designer to join. She said I could just make quick pages from a kit that they would supply. She said come on, lets do it, it will be fun. So I decided to join and make some quick pages. Then after I joined she told me that she was going to try to make a kit. So I decided to play around in Photoshop a little and see if maybe I could also make some papers. Anyway to make a long story short, I ended up making this kit, which I named mish mosh, because thats what it is, a little bit of this and a little bit of that. If you decide to download, maybe you could use one of my papers or a flower as it should match the other kits available in this blog train. I had fun doing this and I learned by the many mistakes that I made. My Sister was always there for me though, just on the other side of my computer to help me with any questions I had. You really have to check out her blog (link above) to see her kit. I haven't seen it yet as she wants it to be a surprise. But I know it will be beautiful as she is just so talented. I know I probably did something wrong, either in uploading or something. So if you find any problems, please let me know and I will fix it .

Download Quickpages

Papers

Elements

There are over 50 participants in this blog party and I have seen some really good designers names on this list. So make sure you go here (DigitalArts -Cafe) to get all the links to their blogs.

Blog Party!

DigitalArts Cafe is having a blog party from December 1st through December 7th. They invited anyone who wanted to participate. So I am not a designer but I can make quickpages, so I signed up. I may even try to make a few papers. It sounds like so much fun. In fact I may even get someone (besides my Sister) to read my blog. lol. Anyway I made a couple of more layout for the book I am making for my daughter. This kit I used is DayBreak by BooLand Designs.

Bad day

My poor daughter had a car accident today. A car went through a red light hit her car, pushed her into another car and then took off. A witness got the first 3 letters of the license plate but that just isn't enough. I could go on and say how terrible it is but I just thank God that no one was hurt. I have 2 more layouts to show. They are for the book I am making for my daughter. These were pictures taken at her Christening back in 1991. The kit I used is Mehndi by Ashalee Wall.

The Wedding

I have a little story behind my next 2 layouts. Two weeks ago, my daughter-in-laws cousin got married. She had asked my daughter in law as well as my 2 granddaughters to be in the wedding party. My granddaughters would be the flower girls. My daughter in law was a little skeptical as my youngest granddaughter is only 3 and she just couldn't see her walking down the isle like a good little girl. She mentioned this to her cousin, but her cousin said oh she will be fine. Then they went to their first fitting. At the fitting my daughter asked her if she was going to walk down the isle like a little princess. She told her mom, no, I am going to walk like a monkey and proceeded to demonstrate how she would walk along with the monkey sounds she would make. lol. So needless to say, my daughter in law talked her cousin out of having her as a flower girl. Then to top it all off, the night of the rehearsal dinner, my daughter in law called me and said can I please bring the girls over? Because she said my little monkey girl was spitting (actually she was doing raspberries, but of course she was spraying as she did them) and my older granddaughter was trying to make her behave which of course just made matters worst and my daughter in law said they just weren't being good listeners. Anyway, the layouts are of my beautiful little princess flower girl and my beautiful little monkey girl on the day of the wedding. The kit I used is Thankful by Skrapper Digitals.

Busy Week

Busy week for me that is! On Monday night my Son called and asked me to sit with the kids, as his father in law was at the emergency room. So I was at my Sons house till 2 in the morning. Then on Tuesday, I had to go to a wake. My Son-in-laws Aunt passed away. That was so sad, she was young. Then on Wednesday night, I went to dinner with my old co-workers. I had a nice dinner and a good time. There was about 12 of us there. We meet for dinner every 2 to 3 months. My first supervisor at my job and now my friend usually calls everyone. Whoever comes, comes and we always have a nice time. Then Friday was halloween. So around 3:30 I went to my grandchildrens daycare and went trick or treating with them. My oldest Granddaughter was a princess. No surprise there. She is a girly girl and just loves all the princesses. My youngest granddaughter was Dorothy from the wizard of oz. She had on the blue checkered dress with a basket with toto (the dog) in it. But what really made her costume was the braided wig she wore. She was just too cute. Then of Saturday I went to my friend Nicks house for dinner. That was an adventure in itself as I had never been to his house before. Thank goodness for my GPS. I really had a nice time. We had a very nice dinner and Nick, Linda and myself sat at the table talking about everything and anything. Nick showed me his magic tricks he does for his shows. I love seeing magic. So here I am back to Sunday, nice and quiet. Kelly just had her friend over and they played video games and I finished my second layout with Visions of Sugarplums by Sweet Made. A couple of more pages for the book I am making of my youngest daughter.

Life is good

This is the hard part. I love scrapping and I love being on creative teams but then I have to post. Posting my layouts on my blog is the hardest, because I never know what to write to nobody who reads my blog. lol. Yes isn't it ironic. I don't know what to say to nobody. I know I shouldn't care. I should just post the layouts and not say anything. But that just doesn't feel right. Oh I know that my Sister looks at my blog on occasion but she doesn't count cause she is my Sis. So anyway I put it off. Then I know I have to post this layout I finished almost a week ago. So here I am sitting in front of my computer thinking to myself, what am I going to write. What is exciting that I can say? Well nothing exciting here. I can say that its almost the end of October or that Thanksgiving is coming, but everyone who doesn't read my blog knows that already. So I sit here blank. Then I turn on some music and I sit here listening to a new song (to me) that I heard my daughter playing over and over. I really liked the song and asked my daughter to give it to me. The song is I'm Yours by Jason Mraz. Anyway I sit here, listening and I think to myself, how lucky I am. To sit here, at 2 in the afternoon, in front on my computer listening to a song I really like and feeling good. How lucky I am to be able to do what I like when I want. So nobody, I don't have anything exciting to tell you but actually thats the way I like it. Life is good! So thats my story and I'm sticking to it, lol. Here are my week old layouts. The kit I used is Old Homestyle by Stellarific Creations.

I just can't decide

I was driving down the street last week and just happened to look out the drivers side window. I was passing clove lakes park at the time. It just so happened that at that moment I was passing a path into the park. I thought to myself that it would make a beautiful picture. So a few days later I took my daughter there to take some pictures. I have to tell you that she wasn't as enthusiastic as I was. lol. When I saw the October SAS Monthly Mega 'Gathering Leaves', I knew that these pictures would be perfect for this kit. I made one layout from it, and saved it, but then I started fooling with it and came up with the second one. Now I don't know which one I like better. So I am posting both of them and please someone tell me which one looks better. For the second layout I used pictures I took this past Saturday when I took my grandchildren to a garden center that they had made into a Halloween playground. They had those blowup things that the kids can jump in and other fun stuff for them to do. I went with my girlfriend, her grandson and her grandsons cousin. Afterwards we took them to McDonald's. They really had a good time.

Marie-Therese Gown Giveaway

You are not going to believe this. This handmade gown is just beautiful and it is being given away. Go to Marie-Therese Gown Giveaway. I have never seen anything like this! Good luck!

Where does the time go?

I told you my Sister was here for a 10 day visit, but in a blink of an eye she was getting in her car to leave. It's so sad to see her go but thank goodness for the internet. It seems as I sit here at my computer that she is just on the other side of my screen. If I just want to say something to her I send an instant message and most times she is there to respond. After I finish one of my layouts, I send it to her and open mine up. So when she is looking at it I am looking at it with her. I know it sounds silly but it just makes me feel that she is here with me. So here we are the end of October already, before you know it we will be decorating our trees for Christmas. Can someone please slow down the clock? Time is moving much too fast and I am enjoying everything. I guess that is why I stay up so late at night, because I don't want to sleep my time away. Anyway, I have a couple of more layouts to show and here they are...



Avisit with Great Aunt Betty
Credits: My Winter Blu by Sweet Made

Kelly December 1991
Credits: My Winter Blu by Sweet Made

Snug Harbor
Credits: Autumn Fantasy by Sweet Made

The Road Test
Credits: Autumn Fantasy by Sweet Made

The Car
Credits: Autumn Fantasy by Sweet Made

So thats it for today, but I will be back soon.

A few more Halloween layouts

Its almost that time of year again. Time for us to buy the candy for those cute trick or treaters. It sure has changed from when I was a kid. I don't ever remember anyone putting razor blades in apples or worrying that someone may have poisoned the candy. Not that I know anyone that it has happened to, but you hear it on the news almost every year now. Sometimes I wonder if those stories are true. It is just so hard to believe. Anyway the first layout is pictures of my grandchildren that I took last year. Yep, had to go trick or treating with them just to get the pictures. The second layout is of my youngest daughter on halloween back in 1n 1996. The kit I used is Oogie Boogie Revamp by Ashalee Wall. It really has great papers and elements in it. Just perfect for my halloween pictures and I sure do have alot of them. Go ahead, click the link up there and take a look for yourself.

My Sister is here!!!

I am so happy! My Sister is here for a 10 day visit. I haven't seen her in almost a year but truthfully it doesn't seem that long as we talk just about everyday on the computer. But now, for these next 10 days, I get to see her, kiss her and just hang with her. I really wish we lived closer together, but even if we did live closer, I don't think we could be any closer. I am blessed to have her as my Sister. I have a few more layouts to show. These aren't for the book I am currently working on as I need to go through pictures. This new book is really a big project. The pictures I am using are not digital so I have to find the ones I need and then scan them. I have hundreds of pictures and some are in albums and some are not and.... they are not in any kind of order. Oh well, I am doing the best I can. For now, this is what I have.



Kelly - Halloween 1995
Credits: Sweet Halloween by Sweet-Made

Kelly Halloween 2007
Credits: Sweet Halloween by Sweet-Made

Afternoon at the playground
Credits: Bits Of Mallorca by Lara's Digi World

Hanging with Sis
Credits: Bits of Mallorca by Lara's Digi World

I am still behind

I am still trying to play catch-up. There just has been so much going on. For one it was my birthday on the 14th, and what a wonderful day it was. My youngest woke me up with breakfeast and a present. She made scrambled eggs with ham, cheese and tomato. Yum it really was mmm, mmm, good. She was so excited because she bought me a new digital camera and she couldn't wait to give it to me. She bought me a cannon powershot, 9 mega pixels and a 10x optical zoom. All I could say was wow, I think it was too much for her to give me as she is only 16 and works part time. Then on top of that my oldest daughter came down from upstate and I had all my children together. We all went out to dinner and had a wonderful time. Then on the 24th my youngest turned 17. She had her road test on her birthday and passed. I think I was more nervous then she was. I just was afraid that she wouldn't pass on her birthday and then she would be so upset. But I worried for nothing as she passed with flying colors. It was a really special birthday for her as besides passing her road test, my son, gave her a 96 mercury sable. It has low milage and my son took all the dents out, cleaned it up and had it painted. It looks like a brand new car. I can tell you, she is in 7th heaven. In between our birthdays we also celebrated my best friends birthday, she is a year older than me. The three birthday girls went out to dinner last Sunday as we usually do each year and as usual we had a good time. There is alot more happening, and to tell the truth, I can't believe that September is almost over. I also have to tell you that I am so excited! My Sister will be coming to visit in just 5 more days, I can't wait. She told me during the summer that she might come but then she said she wasn't. I was disappointed but I know that it really is a big trip. But then a couple of weeks ago she told me she was going to come. So since she has told me, I have been counting the days. It's not that we do anything real exciting but just to have her here is a real treat. I just wish she lived closer and we could visit together more often. Ok, so I have 2 more layouts to share. The kit I used is the SAS September 2008 'Halloween' Monthly Mega Kit by the very talented SAS designers.

I'm Late

So much going on but I am late in posting these 2 layouts, so I will have to share my stories in my next post. I am working on a new book, this one is for my daughter Kelly. So you will be seeing lots of her. For these 2 layouts I used a really pretty kit called Midnight Summer Dream by Sweetmade.

Kindergarten Jitters

In my last post I mentioned that on September 2nd my granddaughter had her first day of school. It really is amazing how time flies. I can't believe that she is 5 years old already. I just recently finished making a scrapbook of her from the time she was born up to just a little after her third birthday. I already ordered it and should be recieving it any day now. I have pictures of her every month of her life. Anyway, back to her first day of kindergarten. Kelly and I got up early to share this experience with her. I was a little surprised to see that she was nervous. She didn't cry or anything but I could just see that she was scared by the look on her face. But she put on a brave front and walked with her Mommy and Daddy into the school. I did get a few pictures and I made this layout with one of the pictures I really liked. The kit I used is Sunshine by Ashalee Wall. I really like the way this layout came out as it shows what scrapbooking is all about. That is, capturing moments and making memories to look back on.

Another Contest

Oh yeah.... I signed up for the Supreme Team Contest again. This is the 4th time I am participating. The first time I tried, I made it to the 2nd round, but the 2nd and 3rd time I didn't make it out of the 1st round. This time I am in the 2nd round right now. I will post the 2 layouts I made for the contest so you can see them. I join this contest, not because I think I will win but because it really is fun (not to mention that I get a really pretty kit for free) I really enjoy going back to my layout after I post it, to see how many people have viewed it and to read the nice comments. I also have 2 other layouts to show you. Other than that, on Tuesday Sept. 2nd it was my granddaughters first day of school. I got up early so I could go and witness this special event. Of course I brought my camera and got a few pictures. I could tell by the look on her face that she was scared. Then the next day, it was Kelly's first day of school. Actually her first day of being a senior in high school. I got up early that day also to drive her to school. I have always taken her to school on her first day. So my baby will be graduating from high school. It is so hard to believe. I finnally finished my granddaughters scrapbook and have started one for Kelly. You will see them in tonights layouts. Speaking of layouts, here they are....


Supreme Team VI - This was my first layout for the contest.
Credits: Moms Garden by Helen Ehrenhofer

Kelly Born
Credits: Forget Me Not by Sweet Made

Kelly & Me
Credits: Forget Me Not by Sweet-Made

Last Page - This is my 2nd layout for the contest
Credits: Tropicaliente by Maria Designs

This old grey mare, she ain't what she used to be

Last week the grandkids daycare was closed so they came to my house. I wanted to show them a good time so I decide to take them to Keansburg Amusement Park on Tuesday. We got there about 11 am and they went on all the rides and had some lunch. Then about 4 pm we went across the street to the water park. The water park closed at 6 so we went back to the rides. We stayed until about 10 pm and even then they really didn't want to leave. But after about 10 minutes into our drive home they were both asleep in the back seat. I really enjoyed myself seeing them having so much fun but let me tell you I was so sore for days afterwards. As always I took my pictures which you can see in the layouts below. Kelly came with us and she went on some of the bigger rides with my older granddaughter. She also took her on the big water slides while I stayed with the little one on the toddler side. The kit I used for these layouts is The August 'Summer Daze' Mega Kit by the wonderful designers of Stone Accents Studio. There are so many great elements and beautiful papers in this kit that are just perfect for those summer photo's.

Summer almost over?

Wow can you believe it? Next weekend is Labor Day weekend, the unofficial end of summer. Its the last weekend of August. Then school starts that week. My oldest granddaughter will be starting kindergarten and my youngest daughter will be going into her senior year of high school. Oh how time goes by so quickly. Thats why its so important to take pictures. So you can capture moments and I just love digital camera's. It allows me to take picture after picture and I am sure to get at least one good one. lol. I am so glad that my granddaughter starts on the 2nd and my daughter on the 3rd. Since my daughter started school I have always taken her on the first day but I also wanted to be there when my granddaughter started on her first day. Now I can do both. So I have 2 new layouts to show. I know that the disney one is very busy but I just wanted to get all the characters she saw (well I didn't get them all). My favorite in this picture is grumpy. I was so lucky my daughter got that shot. The kit I used is Giving Love by Ashalee Wall.


Blocks

Disney


Well thats all folks! lol

Our first college visit

On Friday Kelly and I went to our first college information session at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology). I really was very impressed and truthfully I would love it if she could make it into this college. It seems like it is everything she is looking for and boy the price is right. But it is really hard to get into. They said they get around 16,000 applications but only take about 1500. The day we went to visit, there was standing room only in the information session and there were people from china and canada there too. So we have more schools to look at and maybe we will be able to find another that fits so well. After the information session we made a day of it in the city. We didn't get out of the information session until around 2 or so and then we took the subway up to radio city music hall. We had lunch around there and then we walked to rockerfeller center. Right around rockerfeller center they had a nitendo world store which we went into just for the fun of it. We didn't get the bus going home until about 7 or so and didn't get home until 8 oclock that night. Boy I have to tell you, my back and knees were hurting for 2 days. My back is just now starting to feel better. Well, anyway I did some more scrapping as I had some pictures of my oldest granddaughters 3rd birthday to scrap to almost complete the book I am making of her baby years. The kit I used for these 2 layoouts is Birthday Girl Mega Kit by Skrapper Digitals of Stone Accents Studio. This book is almost finished, I have 97 pages. I am making 100. So three more layouts to do and then on to my next project...

What's Next

OK, Kelly has finished her drivers ed and she passed. I just have to go Thursday and get her certificate. Then we will be able to schedule her road test. She won't be 17 until the end of September but I hear that the waiting list for road test are really long. Anyway we have been looking at colleges online and hopefully we can get a few visits in before the summer is over. But there is so much going on between her art classes twice a week and her job. Plus we have an appointment to have her senior pictures taken. In between all this, I have a few layouts to show. For these two layouts, I used Sweet-Made's Clean Cut Collection (the collection starts at bottom of the page). I just love all of those beautiful mattes, especially the heart and lace border ones.


Elmo
Take out

New Layouts

For the following layouts I used a combination of "Butterfly Garden" and a "Commercial Use Grab Bag" both by Ellen Massey of Stone Accents Studio. For the layout titled "Grandpa", I only used the Butterfly Garden Kit, and there are 2 layouts that are the same with a different picture in it. The first one I made I used a picture of Emma, but I had used that picture before in a different layout so I changed it an put a picture or should I say cut out of Danielle. I really like the first one I made better but since I had used it before I made the second one.


Family Ties

Grandpa

Butterfly

Butterflies

Learners Permit

On Tuesday Kelly took her written test for her learners permit and she passed. Its just so hard to believe, where has the time gone? She will be turning 17 within the next two months. Anyway, after leaving the DMV with learning permit in hand we went to the bank and opened a high school account for her. We got the papers she will need for direct deposit and they said she would get a debit card within 2 weeks. Well, I can't tell you how excited she is, that she is going to get a debit card. Later on that evening I said to her, "hey Kell you got your learners permit" and she said yes and a debit card! So I can't tell what she is more excited about...lol. So, do you believe that summer is half over already. It's almost August. Just one month and its back to school. Other than that, same ole, same ole, nothing exciting going on here, but I do have two more layouts to show. The kit I used for these layouts is My Summer Wedding by Sweet-Made. It really is a beautiful kit and can be used to to make any kind of layout. I am really please with the one titled pretty in pink. See for yourself...

Pretty In Pink

Girly girl

Thats it for today, talk to you soon.

Lots of Layouts to show.

I can't believe that I have 10 layouts to show. This is the part of being on a creative team that I don't like. That is, uploading my layouts. As I said in a previous post, I am just lazy. I just love getting all these beautiful kits. Some of them may have a specific theme but because most of them have so many different papers and elements you can use the kit any way you want. So as usual, nothing exciting going on. Mostly just the usual drama with having a 16 almost 17 year old daughter. I just hate being a nag with her. Always pushing her, looking over her shoulder and nagging, nagging, nagging. I tell you, its no fun being a mother of a teenager. I know that I have been pretty lucky with her. She is a good kid. The biggest problem is that she is soooo lazy. Oh you must be saying the nut doesn't fall far from the tree. lol. Oh I admitt, I am lazy but I make sure I do the things I have to do. Then I do the things I want to do. So other than that, we celebrated my oldest granddaughters 5th birthday. She is the one I have making this book about. I can't believe that she is 5 already. She will be starting Kindergarten this fall. I am going to try to be there on her first day so I can get some pictures. lol. I have more pictures of her then her parents do. OK, time for show and tell.

Carolyn's party

Credits: Sweet On You, a collaboration kit by Ashalee Wall & Sweet-Made and can be found at the Ashalee and Sweet Boutique.

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Credits: Sweet On You, a collaboration kit by Ashalee Wall & Sweet-Made and can be found at the Ashalee and Sweet Boutique.

Grandma's Goodies

Credits: Lorien by Mamrotka and can be found at the Stone Accents Studio Boutique.

I Love Aunt Kelly

Credits: Lorien by Manrotka and can be found at the Stone Accents Studio Boutique.

Pretty Blue Eyes

Credits: Days Gone By, by Toy Box Designs and can be found at the Stone Accents Studio Boutique.

Princess
Credits: Days Gone By, by Toy Box Designs and can be found at the Stone Accents Studio Boutique.

I'll do it myself
Credits: Empower by Ashalee Wall and can be found at the Ashalee and Sweet Boutique.

Its a girl thing
Credits: Empower by Ashalee Wall and can be found at the Ashalee and Sweet Boutique.

Jamsey's 3rd Bday party
Credits: July 2008 SAS-y Monthly Kit Water World by The SAS-y Designer Team and can be found at the Stone Accents Studio Boutique.

The Birthday Kiss
Credits: July 2008 SAS-y Monthly Kit Water World by The SAS-y Designer Team and can be found at the Stone Accents Studio Boutique.

I would also like to mention that two of the kits shown above, Lorien and Days Gone By are free with any purchase of $10.00.