The Rest of My Saturday Scrapping

My kitty had to get in on the playtime.....

That is DJ - (a.k.a Pom Pom Kitty because his favorite toy is pom poms from the craft strore) He will sit on my lap every time I am at the computer.... A couple years ago he broke our new printer by pulling a spring out - even Epson couldn't figure out how he did that one

I tried my hand at hidden journaling. On the back of a plastic tag in an envelope I wrote with a Slick Writer pen then slid it back into velum envelope. I liked the colors in this design - they were all in my son's outfit. Andrew at that age was so funny. We were "freaking out" because he didn't crawl - he would get up and rock then lay down and either drag himself or roll across the floor. The doctor wasn't concerned but as first time parents we weren't so sure. His poor cheeks were always red from the carpet.

This is a very special photo to me. My "Grumpy" (grandfather) as he was leaving to fly back home to Pittsburgh from Omaha. When we lived in Pittsburgh I was glued to him spending most of my day by his side. He was a piano player so worked in the evenings and that left all his daytime for me! I loved the way this page turned out. I used white chalk to stamp on the Bazzill to make it blend in with the Basic Grey - Two Scoops paper. The pattern on the paper in the border is a spot on match for the pattern in my jacket. Of course I used more Thickers - they are great! The hat I am wearing is what he bought me at the airport. I wore it for weeks after that!

I Had a Very Scrappy Saturday!

Hello,

Hope you are having a blessed Sunday.

I spent most of Saturday scrapping and making up for last week of feeling so bad and doing NOTHING!

I tried some new stuff and was happy with the results. I love those "thickers" chipboard letter stickers. I used them everywhere!

When I was at Hobby Lobby milling around killing time before a doctor appointment looking for something like "Magic Mesh" and I saw plastic canvas on sale for 4 for $1 and thought that would be great on some of my boy pages so I picked up several colors to give it a try. It turned out great on the page I did of my boys in the tub. Had a little trouble securing it since I was out of my Herma glue so I hand stitched the edges with regular thread which worked.

I like scrapping all the different eras at the same time. It might drive some crazy but it challenges me and I don't keep with any color theme in each scrapbook - I just do what is right for the photos I am using on that page. That's what makes me happy and what I like.

Thanks for checking out my blog. Have a good one!

Scrapping Friday

Haven't been doing much scrapbooking this week. Today I managed to complete 4 pages. My hubby is working tomorrow so I guess I'll try to do a couple more.

Trying to do a little organization every Friday. I'm so inspired by many of the Peas posting their amazing rooms and ideas. One day I'll have a room back but until then my goal is to hide or make less of an eyesore my area in the dining room. I know it can be done but it looks like I'll have to spend a little more than I want to right now to get it more hidden. I have quite a bit of supplies and my working style is to have everything in sight but I really don't like that in a common area so I am still brain storming what will work best for me. Our house was built in teh 50's so that means very little closet space so that's not an option and our laundry room isn't climate controlled so I can't store much in there. Any suggestions will be welcomed.

I worked on organizing my ribbons today. Started out using the foam board in the boxes I bought on clearance at Staples a couple months ago then ended up using the clothes pins in the jars for the rest until I ran out of clothes pins. Guess I'll finish in a day or two. Thank you Patter Cross for your suggestions and encouragement to me with organinzing and scrapbooking.

Anyone in the Atlanta area check out this link for an upcoming crop! I can't wait.

http://twopeasinabucket.kaboose.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&thread_id=2514038 hope to see you there.

Have a blessed day!

Suz

I'm Back!

Sorry haven't posted in SO LONG! I'm finally feeling better.

The weather here in Atlanta area has been so crazy. I am praying for those who lost so much or were injured in the storms/tornados that came thru here over the weekend. It is just horrible the damage. The one that hit right downtown did so much damage to famous buildings - so I'm sure you all have seen it on the news.

I have to say that the Buford Staples store is awesome! I had went to the Duluth Staples a couple months ago and wanted a HP printer and told the salesman what I wanted to do. He directed me to a Brother. It had a phone which was nice because we were going to buy a separtate cordless phone. I brought it home and the photo printing was dreadful (I sound like Simon on AI) but it really was. I tried to like it and finally when I was up at the Buford Staples buying some storage items I asked their sales staff it I had a dud or that was the way the printer worked. The woman told me to bring back the printer then next day and it would be swapped for an HP Photosmart C7280 All in One. She said I should have never been sold that printer to do photo/scrapbooking. I was there the next day and am SO PLEASED with this printer. It has the extra ink color so the photo color is so vibrant! I would tell anyone that this is a great printer. Thank you Buford Staples for standing behind your sales and providing excellent customer service!

I've worked on a couple of pages this last week and my style is evolving. I guess that is good but I'm still always going to be "me" & only follow the trends that I like. One that I'm not too fond of right now is the "wings" and "crowns" I just don't get it so don't expect to see any on my pages.

I'm still posting most of my layouts on TWOPEAS but I started putting a few on acherryontop.com and those people are so nice and I received many comments on all the designs I posted. I don't know why but it really brightens my day when I get a little praise on a layout. "Peas" seems to be a little click-ish and only praise the most popular. I'm hanging in there with them as I love the site design & hope that my "pea praising" everyone will be contagious and others will take the time to do it too!

Have a good one and take the time to support your fellow scrappers with a little praise today!

Saturday

I thought I was finally feeling better and yesterday evening started feeling worse again. These kidneys are really getting me down. Thanks for everyones prayers and thoughtfulness.

Other sad news for our family:

I worked on a digital LO for my dad as his brother's wife passed away (didn't want anyone to get confused with the other sick aunt that many have been praying for). She had cancer for quite a long time. LO posted above - the photo isn't that great but it's a special memory for my dad. The brothers don't get together in person very often as the physical distance is great (GA, Alaska, PA) but they talk often and are very close that way..... Dad asked me to make a card for each of them using the photo - I am working on that for him now.

Pea Praise

Thank you to everyone who continues to encourage my scrapbooking with "pea praise" and "pea email". Being new to the digital and posting traditional LO it's such a blessing to hear that I am doing something right. Thanks again!

Scrapbooking this Week

Well it's been a rough week for me. My kidney problems have been flared up so I'm feeling really bad right now.

My sister picked up the 12x12 digital layouts that I had printed at Costco and they turned out absolutely amazing! They are really inexpensive at $2.99 each + tax. The quality was not compromised for the inexpensive price. It's worth getting a membership there just for that! The pages had depth without the bulk. I worked on a couple digital pages today just because I got excited about getting more processed. I wouldn't ever give up traditional scrapbooking but when I don't have the right supplies for a certain LO then digital will be given a shot instead of running to the store and spending money on more "stuff". I'm really good at that ha ha....

I've been working on a lot of baby layouts. It's nice remembering those times since my boys are grown men. It still breaks my heart all little Brandon had to go through in his early life.... but he was a fighter.

I get a pang when I think of the photos and scrapbooks I lost but it's bitter sweet making them again. I found a lot of negatives recently but it's a lot more costly to get them developed than the digital prints so I'll get a little done at a time. That way I can keep up with the scrapbooking part too.

Hope you all have a blessed day and stay warm.

Rainy Day

It's a rainy day here in Georgia. We need it so no complaints here....

My dad is trying to get my mom back in rehab because one ankle is broken and one is sprained. She is having a hard time getting around and doing anything. Thanks for your prayers for her recovery.

Worked on one layout last night. Scrapbooking really helps me unwind. I am so thankful for it.

What do you all think of American Idol this year? There are quite a few talented people. I was worried about Big Brother being on at the same time but this season of BB is a little too wild for my tastes especially the After Dark on Showtime.

Well off to the doctors.

Take care and have a good one.

A Happy Scrappy Week

I've been really getting the Layouts completed the last 2 days.....

Yesterday I had a free class at Archiver's (I'm sounding like a company rep I know but I'm so excited to have the creative juices flowing again for paper crafts). The class was on stamping. It was fun using all the different products and trying all kinds of techniques. I want to buy EVERYTHING but I'll have to settle for a little at a time. I have so many ideas and so little funds. Have to find new ways of funding my "habit" maybe a yardsale soon.....

Anyway, after the class went to the workroom and started on 5 layouts. Met a couple nice women who meet there every Tuesday to share ideas and hang out.

These are the layouts completed today.

Pray for my mom as she fell last night and broke her foot. Many of you know that she had back surgery and heart attack last year and this is the last thing she needed. Thankfully she didn't get hurt worse.

The card above is the one I made Friday at the Make and Take.

Have a good one!

Archivers

Make sure you stop by Archivers Sunday if you haven't already been there to make this great card for free!

Stay at Home Weekend

Hello,

I'm having one of my nights - still sick with a cold on top of a sinus infection and it's settling in my chest! I can't lay down without coughing..... so I'm up at the computer leaving "pea praise" for my fellow scrappers....

I've counted lots of birds the last couple days. The bluebirds are crazy - getting ready for nesting season soon. We have a bush that they all gather in - it's almost like they are decorating it there are so many of them. I'm going to try again to get a picture. I need to get the old 35 mm camera out (and have it cleaned). It has a huge telephoto lens. I like the digital but nothing beats my old camera I got for Christmas back when I was 16. All the settings were manual but it took the best photos!

I worked on 5 pages today - I'm getting faster. DS was at the computer and I was at the table. We bond while doing separate things as long as we're in the same room..... Still jumping around in all different eras. Sorry for the poor/dark photos but the flash was glaring on the photos. I was really pleased with the way this years Christmas pages turned out. I kept it simple since I was using so many photos and the title stickers were $1 at Walmart before Christmas and they really worked on the layout.

I've been neglecting my quilting habit so I decided to try to "quilt" a little on the LO of DS that is titled "TWO Fun". I was pleased with how it turned out but learned as I was going. I would applique each section separate because I had to bend the 12x12 some as I was stitching around each letter - this is ok for fabric but paper isn't as forgiving.... I will keep practicing this style layout.

I am going to be working on a bunch of pictures from our time at Piney Point when I was young. My grandfather, Ed Horgan, was a piano player and one of his jobs was at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship in Piney Point MD. I have such fond memories of the place and the people and can't wait to preserve the memory.

Well, Bob our German Shepherd wants to go to bed so I'm going to take some more cough medicine and try to rest.....

Have a blessed Sunday!

Great Backyard Bird Count

Just a reminder for everyone who might be a "birdy" like me that the Great Backyard Bird Count starts today. To download the checklist for your neighborhood go to:

http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/

I have Wildbirds Unlimited Winter seed in my feeder. A finch tube with thistle seed. Several suet cakes: one with berries, one with mostly nuts, and one with bugs.

Have fun and hope you all get lots of great birds.

Happy Valentines Day!

Hope you all had a great Valentines Day! My hubby didn't make it back into town - oh well we have the weekend. I'm coming down with something anyway so wouldn't have been much fun anyway.

Tuesday I tried working on a several layouts at one time instead of my usual one at a time looking for just the right elements until completion. I was able to "crank out" 5 pages (would have been 6 but I didn't cut out any of the letter "i" for one of the layouts when I was up at Archivers yesterday. I'm supposed to go up there to make a free card tomorrow so I'll make it then if I'm feeling better. If I don't get any better it'll have to wait til next week. I guess I've learned to have the letters on the work station to make sure I have all I need. I love the big die cut sizes they have for letters - my little sizzix letters are nice but since I only have one font and they are smaller I like using the ones at the store. When I have time to kill I may buy a bunch of cardstock and make letters all morning and have them on hand in many colors/fonts.

As you can see I'm working on a lot of old family photos/layouts. It makes me sick to think of the scrapbooks and photos I lost when our kitchen flooded but I've learned a lesson in protecting my photos with copies and am trying to figure out how to preserve my albums. I'm trying to figure out how to scan the traditional scrapbook pages but it's not easy since my scanner isn't 12x12.... any suggestions? I'm learning the digital stuff but slowly...

Well need to take some night cold medicine and head to bed.

Experimenting with New Techniques

Hello,

Hope you are enjoying the weekend and taking some creative time for yourself.

I had one of my nights that my back was hurting so I decided to get in some scrapbooking time. I finished 3 simple pages and was pleased with the results. I'm really getting into chipboard. My albums are getting a little bowed so if you have any suggestions on what to do to ease the problem let me know.

I've been inspired by postings to work on organizing my scrapbooking and craft supplies. It really makes it much easier to find time for working on designs and makes clean up a snap! I have all my stickers in a CH binder and I can flip thru and find just what I want or what I need to buy....

I am just loving the Bazzill cardstock from QVC. I guess I was creativly stiffled by f Joann's, Michael's and Hobby Lobby (though Hobby Lobby is the best of the chains) so long I didn't know all this cool stuff was out there except on the web and I never took the time to explore much. I just love getting my hands on something and seeing what others are doing.

I'm just loving being obsessive about scrapbooking again!