Memories ...

When I found these old photographs of my family back when we celebrated the Holiday's with our mother, I knew that I had to preserve the memories.  I can't tell you what year these are from but I would guess sometime in the early 1990's.  What wonderful treasures and I smile as I recall them.  I can almost hear the laughter and smell the scent of the tree.  My heart fills with joy.

This is the last of my six 2-page spreads planned for my Scrapbooking event.  I hope my guests enjoy creating them.  Isn't the lace wonderful?  It's gorgeous in real life and I am so glad that I found a spot for it on this page.  The pattern almost looks like Christmas trees when you see it up close.  How appropriate!  I used various stamp sets that I have which celebrate the Season.  Taken with Teal and Sahara Sand were the primary colors pulled from our Holiday Lounge designer series paper.  The Bella Blue paper along the bottom is beautiful.  Using both Very Vanilla and Whisper White cardstock added a vintage look that complimented the lace.  Circle, star, tag, and square punches made the embellishments simple.

Thank you for spending time with me today.

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A History Lesson

If you have never been to Greenfield Village, I encourage you to visit.  At our school it is traditional for the second grade class to visit at the end of the year.  The kids dress up in period clothing and experience a day learning in the one room school house.  That includes fetching firewood and water from the well outside.  They all enjoy the day and gain a better understanding of how blessed they are.  This thankfulness and humility is a lesson to be learned by all of us.

Tea Party papers gave this page an old fashioned appeal.  This time I used the soft lilacs that come with the collection.  Coupled with So Saffron polka dot paper the results are eye-catching.  Once again, Mod Podge was used to "glitter-fy" chipboard.  This time birds from So Tweet were sprinkled with Orchid glitter from our Fine Cosmo assortment.  I thought the owl was a perfect choice for such a studious boy.  The Sweet Pea Stitched Felt flowers from our current Occassions Mini catalog are only available through the end of the month. You can order yours 24/7 with the link on the left.  Old Olive striped and Crushed Curry polka dot ribbon with a few buttons here and there finished the look.  One of my newest stamp sets is called Three Little Words.  Don't you just love the font?

I have updated the post below with color charts for your reference.  Thanks for spending time with me today.  It was nice of you to stop by!

The One That Didn't Get Away!

Hello friends.  We are lucky enough to live where there is a pond in our backyard.  Brendan loves the outdoors and fishing is his favorite summer activity.  He digs his own worms, baits his hook, casts the line ... he does it all.  I couldn't be more proud!  These photos are perfect for this page.  That's a bass he has on his line!

I still struggle with photographing my scrapbook pages.  If you look in the catalog (page 162) you will see how beautiful the Bella Bleu Designer Series Paper truly is.  Trimmed sheets of the Sweet Pea paper adds the color.  Splashes of Taken with Teal spice things up.  The Chocolate Chip corduroy buttons hold the ribbon and help direct your eye to the "big catch". 

Our Circle, Large Star, and My Way punches add embellishment.  The yellow stars are on Dimensionals.  Some elements received a stitch or two of brown floss.  "Way to go" and "Congrats" are from Starring You and Four Square stamp sets, respectively.  And "Things I Love" is from ... well, Thing I Love stamp set!

Be sure to visit my friend Ginny's blog to see more ideas with crepe paper.  Click here! 

I hope you enjoyed today's visit.  Thanks for stopping by.
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Lookee Here!

I'm so excited!  The UPS man has left me a "present" - that's right, a big ol' cardboard box filled with Stampin' UP products.  WOOT!  Stamp sets, papers, accessories - oh, my!  I can't wait to get started.  The Designer Series Papers are just gorgeous!  And the Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware is going to be fantastic!

I have been asked by many of you, "When are you going to host another scrapbooking event?"  The answer is VERY soon.  That's why I have all these wonderful new papers and such!  Check out the April schedule on my website (you can get there by clicking on the link at the left).  I will post my pages as I complete them.  If you are not available to attend the event as scheduled, kits are available for purchase so that you can create these wonderful memories too!  Finished cards and kits for cards viewed on this site are also available for purchase.  Just leave me a comment or send me an email!

Don't forget, the end our our Sale-A-Bration event is days away!  Don't miss this opportunity for fantatastic FREE merchandise!