Scrap Freak Birthday Bash Crop

This is one of my favorite places to play "Scrap Freak" and they are celbrating this weekend with a huge party/crop. Come on over and share in the celebration and have some fun.

I have been a bad blogger lately - so I am going to share a mixture of stuff that has not been posted yet - hope you enjoy looking...

Check out this Blog Candy

My friend Tracey has an awesome Blog Candy Give-a-Way going on over at her blog...you should definitely check it out - http://tailoredpages.blogspot.com/2009/03/blog-candy-update-and-sneak-peek.html

March 1st Reaveal for Treasured Scrapbooking

Yep it is that time again - another gorgeous kit to reveal

Here are my first couple of projects using this awesome kit



I have already started working on my assignments for the reveal on the 15th too - I just love working with this kit - I can't wait to share them!!

Please Say A Prayer For This Family

This is about a fellow scrapbooker - a very talented and caring lady ~Nikki.
On Tuesday April 29th, 2008, her daughter Ellie was diagnosed with a diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG); an incredibly aggressive and inoperable tumor in her brain stem. There is no known cure for this rare tumor and only a 10% survival rate.


Well this morning I awoke to read this message...
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2009 12:15 AM, CST
Our sweet Ellie Rose left this earth tonight at 9:15pm to go home to Jesus. She was surrounded by family and friends and so many who loved her. She raised her right hand to Heaven and I could feel God reach down and carry her safely to His kingdom, where I am confident that she was greeted by many fellow angels. She passed peacefully, while lying between her mama and dada. We love you, sweet little Ellena ~ you will be forever 5, forever whole and forever in our hearts until we meet again.

My heart just aches and I don't have the words to express my deep sorrow for this family - we want to help in a small way - and if you would like to help please follow this link to Pinky's Blog... http://blueyecicle.blogspot.com/
Any donation big or small would be extremely appreciated - even a dollar - it all adds up. I know times are hard for a lot of people right now - but this family really needs our prayers and our support. Thank you!!

More Fabulous Treasured Scrapbooking stuff

ok folks this is the rest of my creations using this awesome kit from Treasured Scrapbooking - I just loved this Feb kit - it was so much fun to work with.




This was an old wooden trincket box that i got at a thrift store for a quarter - I altered it to match my daughters room decor - she loved it!!

Mosh Posh Blog Party Sketch

The Party is going strong at Mosh Posh - yesterday they posted this awesome sketch

I came home from work and made this page using the sketch

I love how it turned out - and it was so fun to make. Tune in for more Mosh Posh fun this week at.... http://mosh-poshkits.blogspot.com/

Mosh Posh Blog Party

Hey ladies there is an awesome Blog party going on over at Mosh Posh

http://mosh-poshkits.blogspot.com/

You should really check out the prize they have up for grabs and if you do happen to go there - please tell them that I sent you there.

Woo Hoo

Well this has been a pretty good week for me...not only am I "Freak of the Week" over in Scrap Freaks...... http://www.scrapfreak.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24172
But then today at work I was browsing blogs and came across this on the Mosh Posh Blog
http://mosh-poshkits.blogspot.com/2009/01/january-member-spolight.html I had no idea - such a nice little surprise to my day. I just thought I would share my excitement - thanks for looking!

A few new things

I have made a few cards this week




And this page about my sweet boy Mossimo

and a few other layouts as well



This one is for the "We Love Our Members" Contest at Treasured Scrapbooking - I am just playing along for fun on this one.

I'm in the Mood for ~ Valentines day

just a couple of Valentine pages - I usually do not make Valentine pages (singles awareness day for me) but this year I love some of the products - so here ya go!!

Another FABULOUS Kit from Treasured Scrapbooking

This month's kit was just incredible to work with - I can only show you a few things I created with this kit - the rest will be posted after the 15th of the month.




and here is my challenge layout for the month of Feb in TS - the challenge is called "Clearly Love" and I asked that everyone creates a layout showcasing something that they love (not people) and they are required to use some sort of CLEAR element on the page.



Check back later to see the rest of the creations I made using this awesome kit.

some more scrapping

here are a couple of layouts I have done recently


This one was done for a 1hr sketch challenge at Just Scrappin


and here are a couple of cards I made with Mosh Posh kits for a challenge in the Mosh Posh forum


Hope you enjoyed looking - be back soon with some more new creations.

I am scrapping again - WOO HOO

This was the fabulous Kit I had to work with this month in Treasured Scrapbooking



And these are the creations I made with it...


My Altered Photo Album from the dollar store - turned into a desk Calendar








Maybe not my very best work, but I am proud of them anyway. I definitely struggled to get back into scrapbooking again - it seems my creativity was missing for a little while. But I have more to show and some more I can't show yet...I will be back with some more stuff very soon.

Trying To Heal

Thank you again to all of you that sent well wishes and prayers - I am hanging in there. I still have some pretty bad days - I suppose I will for awhile yet - but it is getting a little better. I miss my hobby...or addiction better known as scrapbooking - I haven't played in a couple weeks now. It is rather difficult jumping back into it again - mood has so much control over us - but I am going to attempt to EASE back into it. I do have some super delicious NEW products from my DT kit at Treasured Scrapbooking that is calling to me - time to get back a few pieces of "me". Wish me luck - and hopefully my next post will be happily showing off my creations. I am going to leave you all this week with a couple of pictures of my family - have a great week.

New Year 2009

So today is the first day of 2009 - so many mixed emotions for me. My life has changed drastically in the last few days - and it is changed forever. My son was in a severe car accident in the early morning hours of 12-28-08 - and yes alcohol was involved. My son will be ok physically, he is banged up and bruised - but he will live. One of his friends - a boy that I have known personally for 18 yrs now - was not so lucky - he passed away on 12-29-08 from extreme head injuries. My heart just aches, I am so devastated - EVERYONE is so devastated. The ripple effects of this accident are tremendous - and there are so many unanswered questions. I don't know who was driving and it really does not matter at this very moment - all of those boys made very poor decisions that night. I do know that the boy that died has a 4 yr old son that will never see his father again. I do know there are a lot of angry - hurt people in this small community - I do know that our lives will never be the same. There is so much more than what I am writing - I just don't know how to write it.

I want to thank everyone that has reached out to me, sent messages, and said prayers. You all have been a great comfort to me and I feel the love. I have not taken the time to talk to very many people or answer emails, etc. But I am reading them and I do appreciate them greatly. I have to end this message with a strong warning...DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE - and DON'T LET YOUR FRIENDS DRINK AND DRIVE!!

Out For Publication

I have never had a need for one of these signs - until now!!
Scrap N Art chose 3 of my layouts for their Jan/Feb edition of their magazine - woo hoo I am so excited about this!! So if you happen to see this in one of my galleries or here on my blog - you know why!!

Oh and I have been a BAD blogger - I have so much catching up to do and no time to do it - please stay tuned for further updates.

Join Me For some Croppin Fun!!

"HOLIDAY CHEER" Cyber Crop
Friday-Saturday - December 12-13


Just a reminder - join us this weekend for our "Holiday Cheer" Cyber Crop!! The new DT's are so excited to share their challenges with you at their first Cyber Crop !

The crop will run from 6pm (eastern time) Friday December 12- midnight (EST) Saturday, December 13, 2008. Look for lots of challenges from the Design Team, prizes and games!! You'll have until midnight (EST) Sunday December 14 to upload any of your challenge entries to the gallery for a chance to win the Cyber Crop grand prize!



Hope to see you there!! Cherrie

Dreamgirls Challenge #17

I love the DreamGirls Challenge blog - it is one of my favorites. Lately I haven't had much time to play along with them - but I am a faithful follower anyway. The current challenge was to scrap something that you can't live without - the page Delores did about her Bluetooth really caught my attention (I can so relate). But it got me thinking - besides my Bluetooth - what is there that I can't live without. Here is my answer...



You should check out the Dreamgirls Challenge Blog - always something fun going on over there... http://dreamgirls.typepad.com/dreamgirls/

It's Official!!

Today is the first official day of my term as a PROUD Design Team member for Treasured Scrapbooking - I am still sooo very excited about it!! Look at this...



Ok so today is the big reveal day - here are the absolutely gorgeous kits for December - Ladies these kits are some of my absolute favorite ever from TS - leslie really outdid herself this month. You can bet these beauties will not last in her store for very long - better hurry up and order yours!!
Here is...Kit #1 SO PRETTY



And the Kit I had to work with this month - Kit #2 SO ELEGANT - I LOVE IT!!



And here are the 2 layouts I can share with you - I knew as soon as I saw this kit that the colors would match perfectly with my daughter's Homecoming Dance Pictures

And this is the Sketch that Cristal totally made for me - to go with my Layout (THANKS CRISTAL)

And this one was totally for fun - It is the first page for my Nashville Trip Album


I also posted my very first challenge in TS today - it is a challenge to Show your Holiday Feasts --yummy -- Here is my example