Happy Graduation, Christian!

My nephew, Christian, graduated from Georgia Tech this past weekend!  Congrats, Christian!!  Anyway, this is the card I made for him using the new set out of the Summer Mini called Go, Graduate!  TFL!

Enjoy Every Moment

And yet another digi layout I did at the Dubois crop a couple of weekends ago.  PageMaps sketch.  I really really love this layout.  Don't know why.  Photo is of my sister-in-law, Jeanne, and McKenna taken on our vacation to Tennessee back in March for spring break.  We were all so grateful that Aunt Jeanne could be with us on the trip, even if it was for a couple of days.

I used 3 different "stamp" sets and the Write Stuff "paper".  The awesome thing about digital is that I never run out of this stuff!!!  WooHoo!!!  Sorry, can't help but put a plug in for My Digital Studio! ;)

Rock On!!

Yes, another layout I did while at the Dubois Crop.  Night and Day "paper" and fun "stamps"!  I even ventured out and tried using the hodgepodge hardware which I LOVE!!  This digi stuff is totally kickin' my butt, it's so flippin' cool!!!  I can't wait to get these printed out.

More pics from our vacay in the Smoky Mountains in March.  We ate at the Hard Rock for supper one night.  The girls, being the hams they are, were awesome posers.  They make my job behind the camera way too easy.  All I have to do is click away.  They take care of everything else.

A Day in the Mountains

Here's one of the digital layouts i got done while at the Dubois crop a couple of weekends ago!  I love just taking my computer to crops and not having to decide what I'm going to work on and lugging a bunch of stinkin' supplies that I probably won't even use to crops!  That's one of the beautiful things about scrapping digital!!!!  I still can't believe I even said that....I still LOVE scrapping with paper and adhesive, but it belongs in my scrap room, it's home just for all my wonderful supplies!

So, anyway, these pictures were taken on our recent trip to the Smoky Mountains back in March.  This is a PageMaps sketch, modified a bit, though.  TFL!

A cute little baby shower invite I whipped up for a girl I work with for her sister-in-law's shower using Stampin' Up!  My Digital Studio software!

Butterfly punch

Another card we did at Stamp Club for April using only patterned paper and the awesome butterfly punch.  Tried the lace technique on this, too.  Not sure if I'm a fan of that or not.  I'll have to keep playing with it.  TFL!

Reveal Day at Cardabilities!

Reveal day at Cardabilities!!  Here's the second sketch...isn't it awesome?!  Karan's sketches are the best.  She makes it so stinkin' easy to make gorgeous cards.  Now, go on over to Cardabilities and check out the rest of the design team samples.  And, if you're inspired to make your own beautiful card with the sketch, head on over to Cardabilities and post a link to your creation with Mr. Linky!!  Can't wait to see what you create!

So Cute!

My little Toby Tobe!!  Another layout from the Layout Workshop held the beginning of March with Tiffany.  Tall Tales paper, Big Shot for the title, various punches.  TFL!

My Kenna

Another layout from the Layout Workshop.  Sweet Pea patterned paper (can you tell I'm totally LOVING this paper?!?!?)  Big Shot used for the flowers and title.  TFL!

Easter Cutie

This is a layout from me and Tiffany's Layout Workshop a couple of months ago.  Pics are of Micah from Easter 2009.  Kaleidoscope paper and butterfly and flower embosslit used with the Big Shot.  TFL!

Electrified Jumpoline

This was a layout we made for Stamp Club a couple of months ago (and I'm just now getting around to posting! Sorry!!) Everything is from Stampin' Up, EXCEPT the title. Sweet Pea patterned paper, Trendy Trees for the background. TFL!

Spring swap card

Every month at our downline meeting at Tiffany's, we always have a swap. For the month of February, the swap theme was spring! This was the card I made. Nothing says spring like butterflies, right?! I used the big butterfly die and the butterfly embosslit with the Big Shot.  Actually, almost everything on here was done with the Big Shot....the big circle, the scallop circle and the Top Note!  Gotta love the Big Shot!!  TFL!

Easel card

Another card from Stamp Club!  I used Sweet Pea patterned paper and the Vintage Vogue (LOVE IT!) stamp set from the Occasions Mini catalog. The girls all loved this one Thursday evening. So pretty!  TFL!

Band-Aid!

I saw this card on the cover of this month's Scrapbooks Etc. and couldn't wait to CASE it!  Isn't it adorable!?  We made this at Stamp Club last night!  TFL!

Today is the BIG DAY!

What big day, you ask?!  The debut of CARDABILITIES!!!!  What's Cardabilities?  A brand spankin' new card sketch blog for which I have the honor of designing for!  Here's the very first sketch......

And here's my take on this awesome sketch.....

How fun is this sketch, seriously?!?!?!  If you are totally moved to whip out your supplies and use this sketch, head on over to the CARDABILITIES blog and post a link to your image and show it off using Mr. Linky!!!   Can't wait to see what you all create!

D is for Dog

My Aunt and Uncle recently had to say good-bye to their furbaby, Maggie, who was a yellow lab.  I made them a card to let them know how sorry we all were.  I can't imagine what I would do if anything happened to my littleToby-tobe, so it brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it.  Anywho....here's the card I made.  Everything is from Stampin' Up!  TFL!

Thinking of You

Another card I whipped up for the Cardabilities DT  application about a month ago.  This was made with a past kit from Bring Your Own Memories.  I love making cards with scraps from past kits.

Oh, and in case you wondering, YES!  I MADE THE DT!  I'm super excited about it!  I love sketches!  This is my very first DT where I've actually done cards....how fun!!  Make sure you check out the Cardabilities blog!  My term starts in April, so make sure you check back for the sketch reveals!!

One of my entries for the Cardabilities DT!!

A card I made for the Cardabilities DT application using an old BYOM kit!  Stamp, punches and Top Note die are from Stampin' Up!  One of my good friends just recently got engaged and is sweet enough to be letting me help her out a little in the planning, so I wanted to make her a card to tell her thank you and congratulations.  TFL!

A Kiss for my Sis

And, yes, another digi layout using My Digital Studio by Stampin' Up!  Created at Crop for the Cure last Saturday.

Picture of my nephew, Asher, and niece, Avery.  I thought this picture was so sweet!

TFL!!

Egg Hunt 2009

And yet another digi layout using My Digital Studio!  Can you tell that I really am diggin' it?  So. Flippin'. Awesome.  And so easy!  Well, of course, now I say that....guess i should admit to you all that the first layout I did with it this past Saturday took me almost 3 hours!  But, once I got it figured out, the rest of the layouts didn't take me near that long.

These pics are of Mara at the Egg Hunt last Easter.  I used My Sweet Pea "paper".  I'm really going to have to figure out how to get these sized better so you can see them.  But, until then....TFL! :)

Another digi layout done at CFTC!

Like I promised, another digi layout I whipped up using My Digital Studio by  Stampin' Up at Crop for the Cure this past weekend. Sat down with my huge binder of sketches, picked out a couple of photos and voila!  Easy peasy!

These photos of McKenna were taken a couple of weeks ago when we had that huge snow.  We went sledding at the Community Club and I just loved the contrast of her bright pink coat with all the snow.  TFL!

Crop for the Cure 2010!

Crop for the Cure was Saturday, Feb. 27 in Evansville and it was great!  Me and my scrappy friends look forward to this crop every year we have so much fun!  This digital layout is of my sister, Kasara, and my precious new little niece, Avery Claire!  The "paper" is from the My Sweet Pea.  I tried to make this bigger, but it got all pixelated and didn't look the greatest.  Since Ann is waiting so patiently on this, I'll let this one go for now.  I'll try and resize and post later....no promises, though!

This year, I played it smart....all I took was my computer and my big binder of sketches!  I used the My Digital Studio by Stampin' Up to create all my pages!  I didn't have to lug a huge amount of supplies that I wouldn't even use half of.  And, I got lots of uninterrupted time to learn more about the MDS which was great!  Big thanks to Tiffany for helping me out, too.  I only got 5 layouts done which I will be showing off this week!  My 5th layout I won't be showing, though.  it's going to have to be a hybrid layout because it was just not working for me on the computer.  I'll get them printed off and when I get it back, I'll add conventional scrapbook stuff to it.  That's the beauty of digital scrapbooking!!  LOVE IT!

So...enjoy and TFL!!

No, I haven't dropped off the face of the earth!

I was actually in my scrap room last night creating away!  There's a design team call for Cardabilities, a new sketch blog for cards and i thought I'd throw my hat in.  Since I haven't scrapped anything in like, forever, I needed a jumpstart, so I CASED a card that we did at Tiffany's downline meeting last month!  Thanks for the inspiration, Tiffany! ;)  This card was made with a past BYOM kit.  TFL!

The stamp is from Stampin' Up, of course, although it's a retired set....from SAB last year or the year before. Layered lots of SU punches, too.

Love BLING?! Who doesn't?!?!?!?

If you love jewelry, and, seriously, what girly girl doesn't?  Then check out one of my girl friend's new jewelry blog: GottaHaveBling!!!  She has one awesome of a blog giveaway going on all week on her blog.  But, I won't tell you about it, you have to go check it out for yourselves! 

Luv ya, Nicole! ;)

Just messin' around with some digi stuff...

This is a picture I took this weekend while visiting my darling niece, Avery!  Asher was so patient with me as I was just snappin' away and posing him and Avery.  This was one of my favorite pics I took....Asher holding little Avery's tiny foot!  Then, I opened up the My Digital Studio from Stampin' Up and created this 8.5x11 page in like 10 minutes....most of that time was spent searching different sites for a cute little poem or quote!

TFL!