Ms Diva!

Once again, I share with you a LO I did of Temple!  On one of our trips to Disney, she persistently asked for a Disney dress (ie, costume!), and I kept telling her no - 1) because she grows so much and so quickly that I think it's a waste of money, and 2) because she would wear it a couple of times before moving on to the next thing.  I told her that she could get shorts or a t-shirt, you know something that she'll get some wear out of before she outgrows it.  We went into one of the shops that sells Disney clothes and she found the sundress that she's wearing in the picture.  Not only is it cute (and practical!), she loves the dress, so she wears it!  This is a perfect example of  "Mother Knows Best!"

Here are a couple of closeups

 Thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!

Saturday Share

Hello!  I hope you are well!  I've been doing a little scrapping this week.  As usual I created a LO of my favorite subject, Temple!  It's hard to see the name of this LO--it's Sweet Cupcake.

This is a picture I took of Temple a few months ago when we visited the Kennedy Space Center.  She's wearing her father's hat.  I also photoshopped the photo to give it that retro look to go with the hat!

Here are some closeups:

The above is a Stampin' up punch.

Thanks for looking and Happy Scraping!

Some Stuff!

Hello!!!  I know I've been gone for a very long while.  My first issue was my extremely demanding job, which has now been taken care of--I resigned!  My last 2 weeks were the longest 2 weeks I had to live through, but I am proud to say, effective July 1st, I am now a stay-at-home-Mom!!!  And if you ask Temple, she'll tell you it's the best job Mommy has ever had.  My job kept me so stressed out and tired that I wasn't doing much scrapbooking.  I did manage to do these projects over the past few weeks:

Charles grilled us up some lobster and shrimp kabobs a couple of weeks ago and Temple grabbed my camera and took pictures. 

We visited Kennedy Space Center earlier this year and what a fun time we had.  I used my June Studio Calico Kit to create this double page which was perfect for this LO.

Finally, I wanted to share with you the Father's Day Card I made for Charles which was from both Temple and me!  Temple was so funny when she signed the card because she signed her full name!  Charles laughed and exclaimed, "as if I didn't know who she is!"

I won't stay away so long again!
Happy Scrapping!

Water Babe!

We were down in Daytona Beach a couple of weeks ago, and of course I took pictures of Temple!  She's on the swim team this year and out of all of the sports activities we've had her in over the years, I think she's found her sport.  The team will have their first competition on June 11th, and Coach Kate has the team perfecting their freestyle technique.  They've also started to learn the breast stroke and the back stroke.  It amazes me how Temple just zips through the water!!!

I digress!  Here's my digi layout of her at Daytona Beach:

Thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!

Temple's First Communion

Temple finished her 2 years of sacramental classes and finally participated in her First Communion along with 19 of her fellow Sacramental Classmates!  It was a joyous time for us!

That's Grandma Arvis in the picture with us!

Thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!

Another Club Got Sketch LO

I loved the sketch Valerie Salmon created for week 3 of the class:

Temple had cowboy day at school last month and I just had to get pictures of her before she left for school.  They were perfect for this LO!

Sunday Stuff!

Wow, time flies so fast that I can hardly keep up!  Today is Temple's 8th birthday!

Yesterday we had her birthday party at Jungle Quest.  She and her friends played in the Jungle playground, climbed the rock wall and zoomed along the zip line! 

Here is her invitation:

At the appointed time, we then enjoyed pizza and birthday cake in one of the private birthday rooms where she had her own hostess to take care of everything!  Is that not the best way to have a birthday party for your child?  We just showed up and then we left!!!  Temple and her friends had a great time!  Here are some photos of Temple enjoying yesterday:

 Here's Temple and her friend Taylor Ziplining!

Temple climbing the rock wall!

Crossing the rope bridge which is new at Jungle Quest and something that the kids all did and pronounced one of their favorite things!  I later asked Temple why was that and she said that it was challenging and dangerous!!!  Out of the mouth of babes!

And here is her thank you card that was placed in the party favors water bottle that was also included in the birthday package!  The water bottle was also filled with other goodies that the kids got to take home.  The other added benefit of having her party at Jungle Quest?  She had so much physical activity that she was knocked out by 8:00pm last night!

The festivities continued today -- my mother-in-law, Charles, Temple and I had brunch at IHOP where Temple opened her final gifts from Charles and me and my mother-in-law.  Temple made her rounds around our table to once again thank us for a wonderful birthday!

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!

Got Sketch 106

I've managed to finish another Got Sketch LO!  This time I used pictures from our vacation in July of Charles and Temple!

The bright yellow colors in this LO just makes me smile!
Have a blessed evening!

Saturday LOs!

I just posted a LO at Soul Scrappers where the challenge was to use a B&W photo.  Since I love B&W photos, this was not a hard challenge:

I also scrapped a LO from a sketch that I got at Scrapbook etc.'s website.

I've been digging the 8 1/2 x 11 LOs lately, and I plan to do more--I think they're cool even though it still takes me as long to do this size as it does the 12x12!

Have a Blessed Evening!

School Days!

Temple took school pictures a couple of weeks ago, and of course, I had to scrap one right away!

 Here are some close-ups:

Have a wonderful Saturday!

Temple... Every Beat!

Happy Saturday Morning!

Just thought I'd share a Temple LO with you.  It's so funny how just a short while ago, she'd get so excited over another LO of herself.  Now she is soooo over it and couldn't care less!!!  When did that happen?  Luckily, she still enjoys the picture-taking, but what will I do when she's no longer interested in that as well?  Why do they have to grow up so fast?  Thank goodness for scrapbooking and the ability to preserve moments in time.  I'll also cross the picture taking resistance when it happens--I'll just make her ;D

Some close-ups:

I really like this crochet flower and the pearls that was sent to me by my good friend, Terry a while ago.  I was waiting for the right time to use them.

These pretty PPs are from Scenic Route.

Hope you have something fun to do today!

Happy Scrapping!

Temple AKA Missy

Temple had a very distinct personality right from the start.  She didn't cry a lot and she was always observant.  When other babies would feed off of each other when one would cry and the others would join in, Temple would look at all of them as if they were a science project to observe!  When she was a wee baby, I used to look at her giving me her "Look" and I would always go right back at her, "Look here, Missy!!!"  I used that phrase so much with her that Missy just stuck.  Though everyone knows Charles and I call her Missy, we are the only ones who do call her by her nickname.

Anywho...  I finally did a LO of  Temple and her nickname!

I once again, turned to Creative Scrappers for their sketch inspiration.  This is another sketch (#120) by Aphra Bolyer.  The pictures I wanted to use were portrait size so I rotated the sketch 90 degrees left.

Here are some closeups:

As you can see, I used a bit of glimmer mist!

I also broke out the Cricut for the heart, stars and word diecuts.

There's my circut again for Temple.

and to cut out Missy!

Thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!

Back 2 School!

Monday was the first day back to school for Temple.  This was no hardship for her because our girl simply loves school!  Of course I got pictures, and I decided to use another sketch from Creative Scrappers.  So this LO is based on Sketch #117 created by the very talented July Gaceta whose work I admire!

I really like the sketches offered by Creative Scrappers and the LOs created by their DT are wonderful!  You should go and check them out!

Happy Scrapping!

A Few LOs!

Hello All!  I know it's been a while but I have been experiencing some serious computer problems--I am just not computer literate and Charles who doesn't know much more than I was the one who got my laptop to work now.  I really have to take it in to Best Buy for a Geek Squad checkup.  My problem though is when is there a good time to do it???

I have a few LOs to share with you that I've done over the past week:

It was time to do a new LO of me--it's been a while.  I think it's easy for a lot of us scrappers to overlook scrapping ourselves, even though we know the importance of the scrapper to document the scrapper.

Here's one of (of course) Temple that I did based on sketch #115 by Aphra Bolyer posted on Creative Scrappers last week.  I really liked the design of the sketch and I had these pictures of Temple from our vacation that I thought would work well with it.

And finally, here is a LO that I did of my DH.  I think for every hundred or so LOs that I do of Temple ;D, I only do one of Charles--shame on me!

I mean his story needs to be told as well!!!  Here are a couple of close ups:

Thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!

School Days!

I've been meaning to post these school layouts of Temple for some time now.  I can finally put these LOs in Temple's scrapbook!

I must admit school pictures look far better now than when I was a kid!  And thank goodness because these pictures cost a fortune, and the school photographers know that the parents will pay just to have the pics of their little cuties!  And here are the pics to prove that we parents are complete suckers!!!

I love this picture of Temple on the pony!  I can't believe it's been 3 years since Pre-K!  Where does the time go?

Would you believe the outline of the fairy is one of Temple's Silly Bandz!!!  I layed the Silly Bandz on white cardstock and then got out my trusty Glimmer Mists and sprayed until I was satisfied with the results.  I then cut out the shape!

I created this LO for the ARTastic June Challenge which I totally missed!

This was the Inspiration Piece by Michaelangelo--The Card Sharpes.

Diva Demand for an extra 6 bonus points was:

Playing Card/s = 1pt
Shades of brown = 2pts
Feather/s = 3pts

And here is my interpretation of the piece:

I didn't have any regular playing cards in the house but Temple had some of her Disney cards left and fortunately one of the them was the Queen of Hearts with Tinker Bell!  I put glue on the flourish and then sprinkled glitter on it to make it stand out.

I used my Cricut with my Ashlyn's Alphabet cartridge to cut out the title and hearts.

I hope you all have a great Sunday!