Oh Christmas Tree

I finally got around to creating a scrapbook page of my tree. I extracted the tree from the original photo and put it into a layout using the "Night Before Christmas 2" kit from ScrapKitten. It's a very cool kit. I love the ornaments. You can't see my black cat in the picture but she's in there under the tree.....It won't look like it does for very long if the two cats continue to play in it the way they have been... Oh well, it's not going to be up that long anyway. The font I used in the layout is called Christmas. The ornaments are all Disney except for about 10 that my mom and kids made for me.

Let It Snow

I am not very good at keeping up with my blog so a little over a month and I am posting again. It has been a busy month as I am looking for new employment. End of the year isn't the ideal time to look for a new job but that's the way it goes I guess. I haven't done too much in the scrapbooking area lately either. I find it a bit amazing that if one doesn't define themselves as their position at work, how can it be so hard to just get by???? I have always defined myself as a mother of two, grandmother, sister....etc, not as xyz employee or manager or whatever... So, if that's the case I don't understand why I am having difficulty functioning...rebel without a cause so to speak. I guess I have time to ponder that....

So, we had our first snow of the season...first snow dropped over five inches on us and I had a blast watching the dogs outside. Murphee and Daisie absolutely enjoyed the snow, Murphee a little less than Daisie but at nearly 14 years old, she's allowed. So, I created a couple scrapbook pages of them while they were outside. I used "WintreeWeather" by Linda Walton of 3Scrapateers and the metallic elements were by Claudia Cochran.

I haven't done anything with Thanksgiving because when I left my sisters, I picked up the wrong camera and the family photos are on my camera still. I won't get it exchanged with my sister until Christmas so I guess I will be scrapping both Thanksgiving and Christmas at the same time.

I finally got the Christmas Tree put up and will probably scrap that later as well. I kind of want to wait and take pictures of my kids and sisters trees and scrap them all together. I got a cool new kit from ScrapKitten called "Night Before Christmas2" and I can't wait to use it. ScrapKitten is having their Grand Opening and they are having a special 48 hour sale...buy $10 worth of product and get a coupon for $10 but hurry it won't last long.

Hmmm.....

 

Okay, so the first post I tested with loaded the title and sample that was included....ooops.  Seems to work okay though.  So, I can write a blog entry without actually being on the blogspot website.  Hmmm.  I guess this may not be too bad...

So, I went trick or treating with my grandson and created a scrapbook page.  I created it with a Mega Kit from RakScraps from October of 2006.  The font used was Haunted....

 

Gabe is such a little monster...He was quite cute though.  I hadn't seen him in a little over a month and when he recognized me he came running with his arms wide open.  Great way to grab the Nanna's heart.  He didn't let me put him down after that....boy am I old.   *whew*  Had to rest several times.  I forgot what it's like to carry a little one around for long distances.  I sure enjoyed him though. 

Family Reunion

We just had our family reunion and it was good to see everyone. It seems a shame though that there are so many family members that we only see once a year. We had family there that we actually haven't seen for 15 years. So long in fact that I wasn't sure in fact who they were. It seems like the older members of the family are much closer to each other than the younger ones and our kids don't have near the experiences that I remember when I was growning up. Makes me wonder what will happen after Grandma is gone. She is the rock that is holding the family together. So, here are a couple of the pages that I put together from the reunion and there will be more to come. These were created with an awesome kit called Naturally by Marguerite S. of Hooked on Digi Scrap. I love the quilted look and feel of the papers and the muted tones are so versatile to work with.

Busy Scrappin Day

It's been a busy scrapping day. I haven't scrapped that much this month so far so I spent some time catching up and now it's time to catch up on my blog. Lot's of activity this month so far. July 4th holiday brought Scott, Katie and Gabe over. He is so cute (not that I am a predjudiced grandma or anything) and it was a pleasure for me to watch his reactions for the parade and get to play with him. He is so much fun. Then there was Styx, Reo Speedwagon and Def Lepard concert on Sunday. Whoo hoo what a blast that was. I'll be scrapping those pics soon.

So, only with children will you see one walking across the driveway and then breaking into dance. That's just what Gabe did....accidentally I am sure. I think he was balancing his self on the gravel but it sure looked like he was dancing. I just couldn't prevent myself from scrapping his preciousness when I saw how this picture turned out. I used Spring Rain kit by Cindy Doerksen of Hooked on Digi Scrap. I just love the colors in this kit...they range from warm to cool colors and are so versatile. Fonts used were Britannic Bold and Broadway. Thanks for stopping by.