Loooong Time No Blog

Many a thing has been happening at our house. I had family visiting and they were here for almost two and a half weeks. It threw off our schedule to an extreme but it was wonderful to see them, so we didn't mind. My daughter (who is 10 months today!) has learned to walk. Now that has been a pretty stressful thing, not just for her but for all involved. It has affected everything else..sleeping, eating, other milestones that she has now forgotten that I have to try and reteach! Goodness it is cute though! She is so tiny that it makes it hilarious to see her walking around the house with her bottle like she owns the place! She kinda does though hehe. I have also started doing a lot of reorganizing of the house. We have a lot of stuff and I am still trying to figure out how we got it all. And to add another thing onto my list, I have been trying to get back into shape. I am back to the weight I want to be at but not the physical condition I want. I am seriously out of shape! It will be a hard struggle that will take all my discipline.

I have been doing more scrappin' though! Most of the time it is in the late wee hours but hey it's free time and it's mine, so I take it. This first layout is one that I did for a site that I just discovered! It is called OneLittleWord. They give you one word I think one average per week and it has to be the main title of your layout. There is so much amazing talent on that site that I couldn't help but be inspired!! Definitely check it out! I did a lot of distressing and inking on this page, which you know I love to do. It is a self portrait LO. Took the pic myself hehe. I am holding my hair back because it was quite wiley.

The journaling spot is actually a collection of words that is supposed to go inbetween the am and me. It says, "handling finding fueling chasing creating forgetting screaming analyzing seeing fulfilling feeling distracting asking stretching verbalizing obeying loving hearing wanting celebrating realizing ignoring shushing understanding discovering sacrificing knowing enjoying respecting becoming". I am quite happy with how this LO turned out. It is a true reflection of me right now.


This LO I did for the Xmas in July challenge at Scrapbook N Bits. We were supposed to use christmas paper for a non-christmas theme LO. I made the flowers out of the paper too so that I would try to keep it as much xmas supplies as possible. This LO came together so quick (one night) and so well I was just stoked when I was done! It is a very fun challenge and I had such a great time participating! The competition is going on till the 27th so go over and check it out!


These next few photos are a few cards I did just recently. I am having a lot more fun doing cards lately and get so excited when I am going to do more. The first one is so simple with just cardstock, a stamp and a rub on but I thought it turned out very nice. The last ones I made using my Wild Saffron collection. I love this collection but never have any good pics to put it to. So it turned out quite well being used for cards. Again, lots of fun making these and I can't wait to do some more!

These last pics are sneak peaks of a LO I did of Creedence. I haven't put the journaling on yet so thats why you are just getting sneaks right now. I will do the journaling tonight or something when I have free time and will have the LO up in a few days. This LO is special to me because I really put a lot of love into it. I enjoy just looking at it over and over because I love the color combos and the birds on it! Also the pic (which you have not seen yet!) is just so sweet.

New LOs

So it took me a little while to finish these but I got them done! The more layouts I do the more confident I feel about how they look and come out. But at the same time it just makes me want to scrap that much more! Which would be fine if I didn't have dishes and laundry and baby and cat and mopping and bathroom and, oh can't forget...husband to take care of! There are plently of scrapping moms who fully understand what I am saying. We love every minute of it though.

Ok so this first LO I did for a GDM competition over at Scrapbook 'N' Bits! It was Jolene Pienaar's turn to set the challenge. I always love her work, she gives me so many ideas and is such an inspiration! We were not allowed to use any flowers or chipboard and we had to use ribbon in a creative way. Now,not using flowers and chipboard is hard enough! I used a million buttons to compensate for my want to use flowers and chipboard. The ribbon I, honestly, don't think I used in the most creative way. I used it instead of a whole bunch of patterned paper for color. Then the buttons expanded off those colors. This was such an absolutely fun page to do because I distressed and inked everything I could, which I love doing! All the ribbons, tags and letters have been distressed and inked in some way. Like I said I had a lot of fun doing this page and really like how it turned out! The following pic is a close up of details and things.

This next LO that I did is my favorite so far. I love the richness of the colors I used and want to use them again soon! On this page I used so many different elements from so many different sets of paper and embellishments that I am still amazed at how awesomely it all turned out! I have so few pics of me and Creedence together (you know how it is when you become a mom...always behind the camera!) that I am pleased to have these few sweet shots situated in such a happy way! Like I said this is my favorite and really enjoyed doing it. It was also my quickest LO yet...just two days! While the previous LO on this post took 3 weeks! Talk about crazy business! Let me know what you think of it! I would love to hear your feedback!

Just so you know, I had first intended on cutting the over-hanging sides of the circle off so that it would be a 12x12 LO (and that way I could fit it into an archive sleeve) but I liked it hanging over so much that I just left it! Now I have the task of figuring out how to store it. If anyone has any ideas I would love to hear them!

Hope you all have a great weekend coming up! I will be busy making a couple cards, finishing a LO and cleaning! So much cleaning!

Take care~Amy

Slacker Blogger....

Yes, I admit to it. It has been a busy few days since my last post but I haven't been busy 24/7. I said I was going to post again the very next day and didn't. I did do another LO though and I love it! I haven't taken any pictures of it yet but I will post it on here this week. Now the last post I did I told you I would be back to give you more and I am here now (though late!) to do so. These are cards I did for a workshop over at Scrap This! It was alot of fun but surprisingly challenging. Trying to stay true to the original and following instructions while putting in your own style and creativity wasn't easy. I will certainly be doing more workshops over there because a challenge is always fun! Now, I did three cards. The first is a greeting card, the second is a thank you card (as you can tell!) and the third is a birth announcement.

This last one, just in case you couldn't see the tiny writing on the card, says 'new arrival'. Like I said these were a lot of fun and with the simple yet stunning template we were to follow, it was easy to create stunning (and quick) cards for any occasion! Hope you like them. Let me know! -Amy

Here we go....

Well... I have had this blog page for about 2 weeks now and still have not written anything. Not off to a good start, huh? I have been trying to customize my page and am not very good at it (as you can probably tell). HTML is a lot harder than they make it out to be! Anyways, I am starting this blog so that I can share with everyone my love of scrapbooking and even bigger love of my family, whom I scrapbook about!

I have two layouts to share with you (and some close ups of them)....

This first one is a GDTM challenge I did over at Noel Mignon's site. We were supposed to do a layout of the guys in our lives, whether it be our significant others, grown up sons, fathers, anyone who is male and not usually the subject of our pages. I had a lot of fun doing this page! I did things that I wouldn't normally do, like: work with a white background, no flowers! and lots of empty space! I think it turned out well though. It's always good to get out of your comfort zone.

Ok so this second layout was one I did of my dear Creedence. I have taken so many adorable pictures of her and had yet to put a single one into a page that I just couldn't stand it any longer! I chose this one because of the cute face she was making. This was also taken on her 6 months birthday, another reason to scrap it! Now it is a really bad picture because I am still learning how to photograph my layouts. There is a glare on her face but everything else turned up halfway decent.

Let me know what you think! I'll be back tomorrow to give you more!

Take care -Amy