Baby Me :)

Here's my finished LO for DigiSkrapNMomma's kit "Whispering Moments" at Scraps with a Mouse:

Yes, that's me :)

The Whispering Moments Mega kit different shades of pink and purple, which makes it perfect for little girl pages especially. Elements are basic and fun to work with. Ribbons, gems, fluffy bows and glittery butterflies along with decoratively faded designed papers make this kit sweet with a hint of glamour so it great for big girls too!

Ok... I have to say something because I am just so excited about it! 

I just applied for a CT position with a fantastic designer, Designs by Helly,  at 9th & Bloom! I love her designs! You must check out her blog - you won't be disappointed. Her new kit "Dreaming of Camelot" is my new favorite!

Gilly's Place and a New LO

I am home today with  multi-problems and multi-pain. My point-of-origin-pain (or   p.o.o.p.,   for short)  from my work injury is VERY aggravated, along with moderate trigger point pain, a moderate headache, hip joint pain and my gallbladder is attacking me (8/10 pain scale for the healthcare pros out there) so altogether it's a down day for me.  What the heck, it has been like this most of yesterday and last night. I am seeing less and less good days. But, I am not here to complain!

I was looking for distractions from my pain this morning, so I went to Gilly's Place blog and searched through her current and archived pages. She has fantastic gorgeous recipes and she does them up digiscrap-style. It's just awesome to see the cool ways she has done up the cards! She also has some free quick pages that are very cute. I am excited to try the recipes even though many I can't eat because of my GB, but doesn't stop me from making them for my family to enjoy. :) She has a yummy Blueberry Orange Muffin recipe currently up but you can get her archived recipes too. I highly suggest you check out Gilly's Place! You won't be sorry :)


I did a LO for AngelsLove Designs new kit "I Love You" found at Scraps with a Mouse. I think this is one of my favorites.

I still need to journal the date, and I my add some more journaling. I like that it is simple and doesn't overwhelm the picture so much that the picture gets lost. (do you see the little votive?) Maybe I will just add the date then. Although faded journaling in the back ground might look nice...hmmm.

I am also making a crocheted Tails, a character from Sonic the Hedgehog game, for Em (Emryll) for her birthday. If I finish Tails quickly I am going to design a small Chao (another sonic character) to go with Tails. Em really loves Sonic characters and is a huge fan of Shadow the Hedgehog. I haven't found a pattern for Shadow and he is a little complicate for me to design a pattern before her birthday. The design for Tails is from WolfDreamer, and she has a lot of video game characters and tons of Pokemon patterns for crochet that are some of the best I have seen. I will take a picture of finished Tails when it's ready and the Chao if  I am able to do it in time.

Very Cool Frames

 Go check out ApriltheScrapaholic blog!

She makes these very cool name frames. I first discovered her when I was checking out the digifree sites a few weeks ago and my oldest daughter's name, Laken, was done in a set. I was so thrilled! (It is hard to find her name on general personalize products you may find at a store and her name always has to be special ordered.) Well, when I went to her site she had so many names that aren't very common done in frame sets! She even takes special requests. So I put a request in for a frame set for one of my daughters with not very common name, Emryll.

This afternoon I was looking through digifree sites when I happened to find a digiscrap frame set with my daughter Emryll's name on it! I could not thank her enough!

 

 Cool, huh?

You should check ApriltheScrapaholic 's site because she also does very cool digiscrap kits too!

For My Valentine

Hi everyone!

For my hubby for Valentine's Day I created a desktop wallpaper with a kit by J. Crowley, aka Queen of Quirks, called Comic Junkie (along with a few elements from a couple of other kits and the scattered hearts in the background are from Nothing But Freebies). My husband is a Marvel Comics fan and a collector of comics/graphic novels, so I thought it was perfect for him. He sees it every time he uses his laptop! Much better than a card I thought :)

Cute couple huh?

The Comic Junkie kit has been retired :(

but J. Crowley has even more cute stuff at her store Queen of Quirks at jessicasprague.com.

Go check it out :)

Scrap Page LOs!

 I had way too much fun!

Taylor when she was 5 yrs old. Time goes by too fast...*sigh* (She now has her driver's permit!) I used a beautiful kit called "Scent of Spring" by AngelsLove @ Scraps With a Mouse.

New Years 2006

Look at those sweet little faces! Now they are all as tall as me or taller! Brandon is 6' 2" now...this was the year he just shot up! The growing pains were so bad, especially in his legs for 3 - 6 months. We were wrapping them in ace bandages, applying cold/hot compresses and he was taking ibuprofen more than 5 nights a week during that time. He was a real trooper through it all though. Now he towers over everyone.

I used Scraps with a Mouse's January Mega Kit called "New Beginnings". It is a huge kit that is great for fun pages to very elegant pages. I have to say it's one of my favorite kits because of it's versatility and range of colors...not to mention the sparkle!

Life's a Beach!

There is this huge rock a little distance from the shore that the girls' call "Mermaid Rock". When the kids were little it was one of their  favorite spots to go in the summer.

These LOs were done with another mega kit called "Life's a Beach" by DigiSkrapNMomma at Scrap's With a Mouse. They just got their February Collab kit "Love Is in the Air" and I have been having a lot of fun playing with it. Perfect for Valentine's Day pages and cards.  They are giving out different freebies from it soon I am told. You should go check them out!

"10 things" idea lists

I have been trying to come up with different "10 things" lists for a challenge LO ScrapMatters has going until the end of February. I searched the web and found some ideas that started me brainstorming (I know that FB has tons of these types of lists too. If any of mine are the same it is completely coincidental except for one :).  I thought I would share some of the lists I came up with or found so maybe it will make it easier for those of you who may ever need ideas for a "10 things" list.

10 Things:
- I like about my home town
- I don't like about _________ (TV, internet, food, laundry, my car, myself, etc.)
- I learned from my kids (or sister, brother, father, mother, aunt, uncle, step-someone, etc.)
- I learned from gardening
- I learned from sports or specific sport (dance, gymnastics, cheer, etc) that has made my life better.
- that are funny to me
- dreams I remember
- my children have taught me
- my cat (pet) has taught me
- about my spouse/boyfriend/girlfriend that I love and why
- I like about myself
- I want to improve (spiritually, mentally, physically, emotionally, etc)
- songs that are in my head right now
- I learned from my favorite hobby
- I learned not to do from__________ (in-laws, friends, the government, school, my cat, photography, etc)
- I learned from my career/job (motherhood, fatherhood, pet ownership,etc)
- that make my home "homey" and why
- I like about grandma's house
- I like/dislike about weddings
- I like to when I am on a road trip
- I like to do in the _________ (mornings, evenings, car, at home, etc)
- bands I like (books, movies, tv shows, flowers, colors, etc)
- I love about blogging
- my favorite places to go (travel, the park, museum, closet, etc)
- on my bucket list
- digiscraping has taught me
- childhood memories that shaped who I am today
- that frighten me
- silly things my kids do
- that make me smile (happy)


I suppose that is a big enough list to start! Hopefully some of them will be helpful or give you other ideas for lists. :)

Awesome Digital Photography Site

I found this digital photography site a while back and they never cease to amaze me with the ebooks, lessons, and tips they give. Most information is FREE. Out of the goodness of his heart!

I highly recommend you look into Digital Photography School's website and bookmark it if you are someone who wants more basic and advance knowledge of digital photography in many, many areas. There are in-depth tips for post-production too (PSE, PS and other photo editing programs). If you want to build your own light tent - he has that too. It's fun just to explore the site!

Three down, Three more to go...

I was late taking the pic of her getting her eyes checked. She has cute pink glasses.

Yesterday we picked up Taylor from school to go get her learner's permit!  The two oldest have their driver's license and now she is on her way! She just turn 15 in Dec.  The DMV had us sign a wavier form because she is under 15 1/2 years and is taking driver's ed now. Taylor has been saving up for driver's ed since she was 12 years old through babysitting jobs and such (she has been that excited about driving). I took pictures of her at the DMV with my cell phone; they are blurred a little. At about the 5th picture she said to me, "You are just embarrassing yourself, Mom.".   LOL.  I was just so proud of her and also still in a little bit of shock because she got the learner's permit earlier than I expected.

She is so excited!

This is about the time she told me I was embarrassing myself! LOL

Her children will know how much a permit costs when she was a teen.

There's a little plastic hamburger she had to look at and smile for the picture. You can see it if you look close.

I will take a picture of the permit she will get in the mail. Of course, she's not happy with the picture (who ever is?).I will be digiscraping these pics soon and will post the LO for you to see!

I Blog... I'm Blogging... I'm a Blogger....

Wow, this is a little more intimidating than I thought it would be. Just blogging out to the net.  I had not been interested in blogging before because I wondered "Who would want to read about me?". I recently changed my mind because the focus in my life has changed. I am rather excited about starting a blog too.

It's hard to decide what to write about on a semi-personal level . I fear that with my profile it will just be redundant! But, I have six children, who are my greatest joy and a wonderful, kind and loving husband. I believe that should be repeated :)

I was injured permanently working as an RN in the birthing center of my local hospital. I loved the birthing center! There is nothing I can compare to the beauty of the birth of a child, the mother holding the baby for the first time and sweet newborn faces! I was mainly worked Labor and Delivery and the birthing center's OR. I had so many fantastic experiences. The patients and families were wonderful to work for. It was my dream job. I am not able to do direct-patient care because of my injury so I can't work in a hospital. The injury is a little more extensive than I would care to admit, but it limits my nursing jobs greatly. There's is hope though. My injury has made me slow down which has helped me have a better relationship with my family. I have also rediscovered my passion for creating.

I love photography and I have a little mobile studio ( which I don't use as much as I wish I could). I love to draw - mainly with graphite. I have been scrapbooking for 15 years. Starting out as a Creative Memories Consultant and a little later I owned a 3200sq. ft. scrapbook store for two years and it was very successful. I sold it to an employee 11 years ago and it is still going strong. I just started digital scrapbooking (obsessively) about 3 months ago and I love it. Paper scrapbooking is difficult due to my injury so digiscrap is perfect. I am hoping with this blog I am able to show off and learn more about design for digiscraping.

  My family calling me, again, for the 5th time, so I will go see what's up!

Thanks for taking the time to read my lil' post - I do tend to jabber along. :)