It's been a long time!

Hello!
I know it's been a very good while.  I was actually without my computer for the first 2 weeks of the month.  We spent Christmas with my brother-in-law and his family and my laptop caught a virus at the hotel where we were staying (I'm still unsure how McAfee got disabled) but my laptop was wiped.  Thank goodness the tech was able to save my pictures and documents.

I have also been busy around the house here as well doing New Year's cleaning and reorganizing.  I finally realized this morning that I hadn't posted my ARTastic DT submission based on the following artwork by Renoir called:  Luncheon of the Boating Party

Diva Demands:
1. Scrap a celebration = 1pt
2. 3 or more people in the layout = 2pts
3. Food somewhere on the layout = 3pts

Here is what I came up with:

These are pictures that I posted last summer of my brother-in-law's and his family's annual visit.  We usually have a barbeque out in our backyard when they come but last year, we decided to go to our local Japanese restaurant for hibachi!  We had great fun as usual.  There is still time to join in on the fun over at ARTastic.  I would love to see your interpretation of the painting!  
Happy Scrapping!

It's Beginning to Feel a Lot Like Christmas!

The project today was to get the tree up and decorated.  I can't believe how long that took!  Temple and I somehow hung the lights wrong and we had to pull them all off and start again--you would not believe I got to the point where I was literally screaming with frustration!!!  After many hours, the tree was finally finished.

Whew!!!  I don't know what made it so hard this year because there was a moment there when I truly thought of just taking it down ;D.

I just want to show some special ornaments on our tree.



Have a Blessed Evening.

Happy Halloween!

Today, I joined in on the fun over at From Screen to Scrap!  This month's movie inspiration is the Tim Burton movie....'The Nightmare before Christmas'


Added criteria for an extra 7 Bonus Points and you must have a minimum of 3 of the below items, but use all items and receive a bonus 3 pts = 10 pts max

Note: Each item is worth 1pt:
1. Pumpkin/s
2. Large moon
3. Jack - Skeleton
4. Spooky tree
5. Fence
6. Yellow/purple colors
7. Large Swirl

This challenge is perfect for all your latest Halloween photos!!

I decided to do a digi LO of Temple and her best friend, Tatiana!

I managed 4 of the 7 criteria:  the fence, pumpkins, swirl and purple and yellow background!  Stop on over at From Screen to Scrap and play along!

Have a Blessed Evening!

ARTastic December Challenge

Good Morning!  It's that time for a new challenge at ARTastic!  The inspiration art piece this month is this awesome painting by Boticeli:

There is so much to take in about this painting--the rich colors, the celebration of the Saviour's birth and the struggle between good and evil represented at the bottom of the painting.

The Diva Demands were:
1. Angel/s = 1pt
2 Gold embossing (Somewhere on the page) = 2pts
3. A Stable=3 pts

I went in a different direction with the challenge and used more muted colors:

This is a picture of Temple dressed up as Saint Ann (The Virgin Mary's mother) at Church for All Saints Day at the beginning of November.  I used gold heat embossing in the tag of the Nativity.  My stable is in the lower right and my angel heralding the arrival of Jesus is at the top of the LO.

Here are some close-ups:

I would love to see you join in on the challenge this month.  Stop by ARTastic and check out the wonderful LOs my DT members have done!  See you there!

Have a Blessed Day!

Hugs, Robin

Another Got Sketch 106 LO

Here's another LO I did over a week ago that I forgot to post!

This is my great-nephew, Josiah!  Josiah is my niece's son and he is 5yrs old and truly adorable, charming, and extremely intelligent.  My brother who is Josiah's grandfather unfortunately and unexpectedly passed away 6 months before my niece was born, but it's amazing how strong bloodlines, the genes and the Grace of God are because Josiah looks so much like my brother and has a lot of his characteristics! 

Have a great day!

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!

Got Sketch 106

Hello!
I signed up for the Got Sketch 106 class that started November 1st.  So far 4 sketches have been posted and I've only managed to get the first one done!  It's a double page sketch which was great because I have a gazillion pictures of our trip home to NYC over the Columbus Day weekend!

Have a wonderful evening!

ARTastic November Challenge

It's November and that means another ARTastic Challenge!

Inspiration will come from this wonderful piece by Chris Wake - Beach!

Diva Demand:

Either a sandcastle, bucket and spade or beach towel =1 pt

A few Seagulls = 2pts

A family beach photo or similar = 3pts

I chose to do a LO with pictures of Charles' brother and his family who were here in August for their annual trip to visit my mother-in-law and our family.

So hop on over to ARTastic and join in on the fun!
Have a Blessed Evening!