To & Fro

Today's the start of me driving to and from the high school 3 times a day. I start the day by getting Juliet to summer school by 7:15 and then I'm back with Jonathan at 11 for wrestling practice. Now comes the lucky part. Both kids are in wrestling, so I don't have to go back up to the school til 4. 

Show & Tell Your Favorite Thing(s)

 

 Have you tried scrapbooking with one of those "Scrapbooking Kits" ,you know the ones that get mailed to you with paper and embellishments from different companies, all rolled into one kit?  This is my first month to ever play/work with such a kit. I made my own before and used that but this is the first time I ever ordered one. 
   The kit I picked to use is from Clique Kits. Each month they have a different kit all ready for you. For June the theme is Show & Tell Your Favorite Thing(s). When I first saw the kit I was a little scared, I don't normally use black & white and bold bright colors but that's why I got the kit in the first place right, to try something new and expand my creativity. Luckily I already had in mind what I was going to scrapbook. I scrap in order as much as possible or else I get too unorganized and right now I'm doing our Disney Cruise from 2005. Yeah I'm a little behind. 

   My first layout is Donald Duck and my kids. My kids love Donald, mostly my daughter. I had so much fun making this page. Adding the black and white to the bold colors was a little uneasy at first but I love how it turned out.  Can you find the hidden Mickey??

See the video here

 

     Join me to see others use the same kit, in doing so you can win a $10 gift card from Clique Kit, all you have to do is go to each of the blogs below and comment on their Show & Tell posts. Good luck :)

 Clique Kits

                                                                                Gia
                                                                                Jody
                                                                               Erica
                                                                               Lacey
                                                                            Stephanie
                                                                               Madge
                                                                               Charity
                                                                               Rosann
                                                                               Shayne
                                                                                Alisha  *You are here*
                                                                               Danielle
                                                                                 Tyra
                                                                                 Tess
                                                                             Cassandra

         Mariah   

June Clique Kit

I've been wanting to try using a scrapbooking kit to help me jump start my scrapbooking. I had made my own kit back in September but realized my stash of embellishments was/is very sad. I did finish the kit and still need to do a kill a kit video and show you the layouts I made. Hopefully I can do that this week. Until then I joined Clique Kit. Here is my Unboxing video of the June kit. Enjoy.

2 Days

    It's amazing what just 2 days did to my family and I. I had so many plans and ideas for this blog and then BAM 2 days after my last post my world turned on it's head. Well really it kicked me down and had me flopping like a fish out of water. I don't want to get into the details just yet, but for those who thought I'd just take it and do what ever you say, think again. All that has happened has made me stonger and more determined, something that those who hurt me and my family did not see coming. And best of all my kids know I will always be in their corner and will be working on making 2014 a GREAT year and the rest of our lives for that matter.
     I do still have a few ideas for this blog. I am still going to scrapbook, I am determined not to have this turn of events take away my love for this hobby.
     I hope you join me in this new chapter of my life, until then I want to wish you a very blessed New Year. 

My September Kit

Hey guys I hope you had a great summer. I've been busy all summer and didn't lift my paper cutter once. What do you say let's get back in the swing of things okay. To start off my "Back to Scrapbooking" I decided to make myself a "kit" I was looking to join a kit of the month group but as I was cleaning my office this summer I've made it my goal to shop my stash and make a kit out of my own stuff. Take a look at what I've come up with. 

Okay, so who's with me. let's shop our stash and get some of those memories in our scrapbooks.

Monday Music Challenge

My son is off at camp for the week, so my daughter has her best friend over (I'm sure for the week). I asked them for some songs for today's challenge. Oh teenagers , gotta love them. I narrowed the list down to Bruno Mars' Count on Me.   I think it's fitting and says a lot about their friendship. love you girls. 

Challenge 18- Double Duty

Today's challenge is to do a Layout and then do something with the scraps. You can make a card, another layout, anything you want just don't throw those scraps away let's use them.

I'll be making a page and hopefully 2 cards after I pick up the kids from school.