Early Halloween?

A couple more Snowmen. I love Halloween, so I figure there may be a few more coming.

Not sure which one I like the best.

Enjoy...

Snowmen!! In July?

Well, not the real ones. I have been workng on a project that will become part of a gift for my sister. Next June she will be 50. I am going to make it fun. She loves snowmen so I figure I will help out her addiction.

This was my first. It was inspired by Tim Holtz. It isn't as elaborate, but I like him.

Some are better than others but they work. There really isn't anything that means something for her, they are just different. Oh, I forgot to mention...I am making 50 of them. I will put them in a book for her to have.

I hope you like them.

Happy Birthday Mario....and America

WOW, I can't believe it is already July 4th.
Today is my baby brothers 40th birthday. Can hardly believe it. Happy Birthday Moe. I Love you so much. I know when I was young I ad to share my birthday with my other brother...I hated that...I wanted my own birthday. Poor Mario...he has to share his with a whole country...pretty tough.

OK, so this was taken a few years ago but I love this picture.

June was pretty low key for me. I did work on some scrapping but not much as it was seriously hot & I just didn't want to have 2 AC's running at the same time.

It has been pretty busy at work & with it being July it will only get busier for me. I have to be ready for vacation and the new fiscal year. Oh & actually anticipate everything while I am gone on vacation...LOL...I am pretty good at it though & I love my job really. I do not mind going in at all. Sometimes I would go in on the weekends just because I hate leaving things unfinished.

Well, I hope you have  great 4th...even though it is raining.

Je t'aime beaucoup

I just have to say I am seriously loving the Graphic 45 Curtain Call line. It has been out since last year but par for the course, I have just found it...in my stash. But of course I needed more. Lots of fussy cutting needs to be done with this paper. Hidden gems if you really look.

This is an old photo of Housni & I from 2006 but I figure it went with the paper. I had to combine 2 of my loves & while it may be too busy, I like it a lot.
I called it Je t'aime boucoup...I Love You very much...

I hope you like it as much as I do.

Remember....laugh...you only have one life.

Yes Virginia, There Really Is a National Scrapbooking Day

Yup, really. If there are Nat'l Star Wars, Girl Scout, Pig Day...you name it, then why not a Scrapbooking day. I thought people scoffed at the fact that there were actual conventions. But when I mentioned NSD oh boy, they had a field day.

Well, I did not let anything deter me. I did 2 layouts yesterday in honor of NSD. Both in honor of very special people.

The first was a sketch challenge on BASF. I am sorry to say I do not know who did the sketch.
It is my Mom. The challenge was not only the sketch, but to make it into Mothers Day. Mine is in honor of my Mommy who is only in my heart now. The paper is my new obsession by My Mind's Eye "Sunshine". The photo was taken in Gloucester in 2001 when my Mom came to Boston for my 40th birthday. We were walking along & there was this boat named Bev...so she sat in front of it & said "Take my picture in front of this boat". Her name is Beverly. She loved it.

This LO is a photo taken in 1961. I am being loved by my Grandmother Doughty, my Mom's Mother, I wish I remembered her. Another done with the MME Sunshine line. Who knew I would like yellow? LOL

I started on a couple of other things but did not finish.

So remember, the first Saturday in May next year...I will.


Celebrate Something....One Life.

God Speed Pudge

Retirement is supposed to be a good thing...&; I am sure it is. It is also a sad time for an MLB player and his fans.
I for one am seriously sad to know I will never see Pudge gun down a runner trying to steal second. Or to see that sweet swing. Or that infectious smile behind the plate. He is the best catcher in MLB. No, not just because he was a Ranger. But because he was great. He loved and respected the game. It was never the money with him.
I hope he is still in baseball in some respect. I am thankful to the powers that be that I got to see him for all those years & enjoy the game that much more.

God Speed Pudge, You will be missed.

A Patriot, A Hero & a Head Start

So I had a really busy weekend. Since I do not have any family here I did my own thing for Easter. I scrapped...now I also did the usual cooking, cleaning, & laundry....but more scrapping.

I worked on some more challenges for the Scrap Madness event at BASF. This is the last week we have to post.

One of the challenges was called Vote For Me. It was to do a  LO or ATC on politics, or a politician. I chose Ronald Reagan. Loved him...I know, I know...I live in the wrong state to admit that, but I am among friends here right? LOL
I titled it True Patriot. I did a lot of Journaling but it is on the tag, hidden. Red, White & Blue were the only colors I could use...it isn't crooked, I just couldn't get the LO to stand straight...LOL

The next LO was for the challenge celebrating Women's History Month. We were to choose a woman we admired & do a LO or ATC. We had to journal or use words to say why we admired them. Again, my Journaling is hidden. My sister overcame a lot to get her & her 3 kids through this thing called life. It is just what & how she did this that I admire so much because I do not think I could have done it & came out sane.
Kind of hard to see because the LO is so dark (but I LOVE this paper line by MME) but the title is My Sister, My Hero.

We had 100 sketches during the month of March for this event. These next 2 are cards...yo will see what I mean by getting a head start...LOL

Yea, Halloween in March. I just wanted to use an old paper line by My Mind's Eye called Haunted.
You cannot tell by the photo but the bird, lets just call him a Raven is flocked...and a bitch to cut out. LOL