Precious Pictures

Here are some pictures we took with my Grandma. This was a once in a lifetime chance to get a picture of my Grandma with all her grandkids (including great-grandkids and a great-great-grandkid). We even took a 5 generations picture of my Grandma, Mom, Me, Beth and Ethan. These pictures are so precious, especially since my Grandma's health has been getting worse.

Been Spending

I've been spending some money lately on stuff that is really needed, and some not really needed. I ordered Andy's computer and he'll have it in time for school. I also ordered my sleeper sofa and it will be delivered on Saturday. I also had fun very early this morning ordering some scrapping stuff off of HSN. I also had to pay for some car repairs and bills, so that was nothing fun at all.

I'm going to be working on my scrap room the next few days and hope to get it organized soon so I can start creating!

Very Quiet

The house is very quiet tonight. Larry and his family left this morning for a week in Virginia, then they'll be heading back here for a couple of weeks. Russ left this morning too, and won't be back until next year.

I'll be working on organizing my scrap room this weekend. When Larry gets back, he's going to build me shelves in the closet. Can't wait til the room is done!

The House Is Almost Done!!!

Larry has been helping me rearrange the house and giving it a real good cleaning (kinda like spring cleaning in July). We've only got the kitchen to finish, then we're going to start setting up my scrap room! Larry is going to build shelves in the closet so I will have plenty of room to store my supplies.

Kate is heading to Virginia tomorrow, and Russ will be heading there on the 15th. We won't see Russ and Kate again until next July. Larry and his family will be leaving ont he 15th as well, but will be returning after a week. It sure has been nice having them home!

Well, I'd better head back to work.

I'm Finally Posting Again

Where has the time gone??? Russ & Kate and Larry and his family are home right now. We are enjoying our time together. We went to the zoo Friday, so I'll post pictures later.

Larry and his family are staying at my house, so there is never a dull moment. We are rearranging the house, so that's been keeping us busy too. I'm actually going to have my own scrap room, and Larry is going to be making shelves for the closet. I can't wait until that's done and I can start organizing my scrapping stuff.

I did receive my Cricut Circle welcome kit! I can't wait to start playing with French Manor! I plan to make a copy of my membership certificate and doing a layout about it. I'm also looking forward to the future charms for the bracelet.

A Lot Has Been Happening

Since my last post, a lot has been happening. Beth got engaged and has actually bought her wedding dress. We have almost everything booked too. We are going to be making Save The Date cards, so I will post a pic when we get one done.

A week ago, my Grandmother fell and broke her hip. She had surgery last Friday and was moved to a nursing home yesterday for rehab.

I'll try to make another post soon.

Krop For Kids - April 17

I attended the Krop for Kids on April 17th with Wendy, Sheila, Lorna and Chris. We had a lot of fun, and here are some pictures.

Here is a picture of Wendy and me.



Here is a group picture: back row from left to right: Lorna and Wendy; front row from left to right: Brenda (me), Chris and Sheila.



These two pictures show how the cropping area was set up. Don't you just love how the balloons make flowers?

Chicken Recipe Card

Here is the recipe card I made for a swap I'm in. We are exchanging chicken recipes. The blue cardstock is Bazzill, the patterned paper is The Paper Studio, and the ribbon is from Hobby Lobby (I don't know the manufacturer because I threw away the empty spool). I used the Animal Kingdom Cricut cartridge to cut out the chicken head.

Layouts Completed Last Weekend

The weekend of March 12 - 14, 2010, I went to a weekend crop at Sauders. It is so much fun, and I was able to get a lot of layouts done. Here they are:

The cardstock for this layout is Bazzill. I used the Don Juan Cricut cartridge for the title, and the Indie Art Cricut Solutions cartridge for the die cuts.

For this layout, the patterned cardstock is from the DCWV Blossoms & Butterflies stack. The solid cardstock is Bazzill. The title was cut using the Hello Kitty Font Cricut cartridge.






The paper used for this layout is from Creative Memories.

All the cardstock on the following layout is Bazzill. The title was cut using the Blackletter Cricut Solutions cartridge.

For this layout the patterned cardstock is from the KI Memories Little Guy stack. The red cardstock is Bazzill and the title was cut using the George (I think) Cricut cartridge.




I used Creative Memories paper on this layout.

All the cardstock for this layout is Bazzill. The title was cut using the Pooh Font Cricut cartridge and the ape was cut using the Animal Kingdom Cricut cartridge. I used my Gypsy to weld the letters for the title.

All except for the title on the following layout are from Creative Memories. The tile was cut from Bazzill cardstock, and I don't remember which Cricut cartridge I used.




All the cardstock on this layout is Bazzill. The title is cut using the Plantin Schoolbook Cricut cartridge.

The patterned paper on this layout is from the KI Memories Little Guy stack, as well as all the buttons. The light green cardstock behind the shaped patterned paper is Bazzill.






All the cardstock on the following layout is Bazzill. The title was cut from the Storybook Cricut cartridge, and all the die cuts were from the Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut cartridge.




I used my Gypsy to plan everything on the mat to cut out with my Cricut. The Gypsy sure makes it easier to cut and helps to not waste paper.

Two New Layouts

I went to a crop yesterday and only got two layouts done because I was too busy talking with a couple of the ladies I haven't seen for about a year. It was fun though! Here are the layouts I did.

Simple Stories Kit

I received my Memory Works order, which is the Simple Stories kit. I think I'm going to like this just to put a quick scrapbook together. The page protectors, most of which have places to hold 4x6 photos, will be easy to use. The kit also came with page elements, such as titles and journal boxes. This will be perfect for when I feel like I have scrappers block.

You should check this out. If interested in buying, please let me know.

Valentine's Day Cards

I spent this weekend making Valentine's Day cards for an exchange I'm participating in on the CKMB. Here are the cards I made. Sorry about the spacing, but the scans added extra spacing.

Club CK

I just signed up today for a premium membership for Club CK, and it sure looks like the mb is going to be a fun place again! It is so much better than the last "improved" mb. I have a hard time pulling myself away from its. You should come and check it out.

Thursday, January 14th

I got a pleasant surpise when I got in my car for work this morning. Beth left me two messages on my windows. Here are the pictures.

Also, today is Lawrence's 16th birthday. I sure wish he lived near us so we could celebrate with him.

I also wanted to add some scrapbooking things to this post, so here pictures of the Hello Kitty I cut from the Hello Kitty Greetings Cricut cartridge and SpongeBob Squarepants that I cut from the SpongeBob Squarepants Cricut cartridge. SpongeBob was kind of hard to assemble since some of the layers were small.

Evening Plans

Since there really isn't anything on TV tonight, I think I'm going to spend the evening with my Cricut E. I need to make some Valentine's Day cards, as well as a Get Well card. Beth will be home, so I won't have to worry about watching Ethan. It's going to be nice to be able to spend an evening crafting!

Another Monday

I really dread Mondays. It seems like the weekend goes too fast and it's time to head back to work. At least today didn't go by as slow as most Mondays.

I'm getting ready to get my Cricut E out and do some cutting.

Snow

Yesterday was our first snow storm of the year. I was hoping it would snow enough so I could stay home today and do some things on my Cricut. I don't plan to go anywhere this weekend, so maybe I'll have time to pull out my Cricut and do some scrapping.

It Was A Nice Christmas

Russ & Kate did make it home after a two day delay in Washigton D.C. They arrived on Monday, December 21st, instead of Saturday. At least they were able to be here for Christmas.

Beth and I made four types of cookies: chocolate chip, cut out sugar cookies, Reese's peanut butter cookies and M&M cookies. Ethan likes every one of them.

Everyone liked their presents! That makes it nice since there are no gifts that need returned.

Christmas Will Be Here Soon!

I can't believe that this time in 2 weeks, Christmas will be over. I'm not even ready yet! We were going to put the tree up today, but Beth got called in to work. We'll put the tree up tomorrow. We are also going to try to start baking cookies tomorrow as well.

We're all excited that Russ & Kate will be home on the 20th! It will be nice to see them again.

I'll be doing a lot of shopping this week. I'll be getting my bonus on Monday, then look out stores! It will be nice to finally be able to get all my shopping done.

Busy, Busy Weekend

This past weekend was a very busy one! I went to Sauders for a weekend crop on Friday and Saturday. I met Wendy and Sheila at Chili's at Spring Meadows at 9 a.m. on Friday and then we headed to Wauseon to hit Walmart and get breakfast. After breakfast, we headed to Sauders to start scrapping! They served a burrito/taco buffet for dinner, with a wonderful Chocolate Fluff dessert. Michelle from Wisconsin joined us about 4 p.m. We scrapped until almost 2 a.m.

Saturday morning we got up about 8 a.m., had breakfast and headed back to scrap some more. We went to The Barn for lunch, and I was stuffed! I used my Gypsy for every single thing I did. It sure is so much easier to cut things on the Cricut using my Gypsy! I left to head home about 4:30 p.m. so I could get home to start getting stuff done for Ethan's birthday party on Sunday.

Ethan's birthday party was at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday. It was a cool day, so we had to be in the house. It was a little crowded, but Ethan had fun. We grilled hot dogs on the grill, had potato salad, macaroni & cheese and chips & dip. I decorated a SpongeBob Square Pants cake and Beth made cupcakes. We served vanilla ice cream squares with the cake / cupcakes.

Here is a picture of the card I made for Ethan at my weekend crop. I used my Gypsy to cut out the bug (from the Stretch Your Imagination cartridge), balloon (from the Stretch Your Imagination cartridge) and the 2 (from the Don Juan cartridge). I used the Cuttlebug Happy Birthday embossing folder on the orange cardstock. All cardstock is Bazzill.