Kami's 9x9 Accordian Album

Now funny thing about this accordian you can see on her blog... is that this was the one of the most fun I have had, bugging my SIL in using her "pretties".

As she puts she is a collector... well her collection was getting a little too big... so I helped her downsize... Lucky her!!

I think we did an awesome job, check it out and see for yourselves!

:-)

Our Rose

I love the Silhouette paper pack from Close To My Heart. It is elegant and sophisticated. I added a little bit of Notebook paper from CTMH as well, added the right touch. I added a pocket to put the poem in that was read at her grave site. Adding hidden spaces is fun, try it and see what you can come up with!!

Sorry this is short, I had allergy testing yesterday. I am still feeling a little uncomfortable... everything but 2 places puffed up like big superballs, my skin and eyes are ultra sensitive... Trust me, it wasn't any fun.

Busy, Busy Bee am I...

Oh, My is everyone still stuffed from Turkey Day?? I still have leftovers in my fridge. :-) Saves on our food bill that's for sure.

I hosted a Ladies get together with my sisters in laws and friends (& scrapper in training my niece) over Turkey weekend, and got a lot done!! I am so proud of myself... My picture bin is slowly getting empty, which means I am catching up!! Yippeee!! My niece over this weekend has moments of boredom, but she over came it by taking miscellaneous pictures... Some are blurry as she bounced about, but some are rather interesting in the way she would tilt the camera or get onto the subjects level. Interesting isn't it the eyes of a child... I had to add a snippet of a self photo of her, as she took a lot of photos that are going to come back to haunt us... or should I say everyone else but me... as it was my camera... Heee heee hee... *witchy laugh*

Now these layouts are just a few that I did over the Ladies Weekend... I will post more as I go... didn't want to overwhelm anyone... :-)

My sister & my son... she is his Godmother, so I thought it only fitting to get a layout done about them as well...

Now I am sure that everyone has lots of photos and is trying to catch up like me... Right??? LOL, Well, this was a way to get those miscellaneous photos when you only have one of this or one of that but didn't want to throw it away or even frame it... so I just found a way to incorporate them all into a year in review layout. I really like how it turned out!

Summer Days, Oh I wish for warmth... and its not even a full Minnesotan winter yet... sad huh...

Now, this layout since I just had a few from the weekend these were taken. I wasn't quite sure what to do... I still haven't even came up with a title for it... as you see, its still pretty blank... :-) I think the boys looking out the windows in black in white like this was pretty slick!

Are you ready for Snow?

Snow, Snow, Snow...

Left Layout using Aspen paper, SOTM All decked out, Stampin Up scallop punch, Snowflake stickers (got at Target sorry don't recall the brand) & clear sparkles.

Right Layout using Aspen paper, SOTM All decked out, Stampin Up scallop punch, Snowflake stickers (got at Target sorry don't recall the brand) & clear sparkles.

Stamp set Gloria, Paper pack Everlasting, acetate, acetate markers

Paper pack Aspen, Acetate over the snowflake paper, stamp set is Bundled Up, fun flock

Perfect Day in Wyoming

Wyoming layouts using Perfect Day, sorry photos are blurry as the lighting wasn't that great for taking pictures.



Love this Perfect Day paper pack, have been trying to catch up on our last year's vacation to Wyoming! :-)

Floral layouts aren't only for Girls :-)

Every year my boys and I go to the Renaissance Fair, we love the atmosphere and the food isn't that bad either! It's a day of laughter and fun!! I took lots of pictures and this is just a few of the layouts that I have completed, but it gives a general idea. These papers are retired from CTMH, but they fit into my theme perfectly that I have used absolutely NO embellishments at all, that's right no ribbons, brads, eyelets etc.... I think they turned out beautifully.

Creative Club Display Board

I have been scrapping a lot lately and getting ready for a big crop this weekend my sister in law and I do together. This is the display board for my monthly club that I will be displaying as well as a few things we have done in the past.
2 p Layout, 2 Cards, Calendar, Candle, Clipboard...

Let me know what you think!

Notebook & Silhouette Layout

This is the layout my monthly club will be doing, I think it turned out really nicely!

Meow layout & Creative Challenges

First of all, I am sorry I haven't posted in a while!! Things around my home have been just crazy. Kids going and coming, Stress of layoffs or serious job cuts, kitty injured her front paw by jumping from places to high for her, classes for work, volunteering at the school after work...and my list can go on...

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This Kitty looked identical almost to Bella... So cute..

Okay a lot of you have been waiting for the October Creative Challenge! This month's Challenge is using sparkles & rub ons. You can do a 2 page layout, single page layout, card, something out of the box etc. All entries must be in before Oct. 20th so we can vote by Oct. 31st. Winner will win a $10 gift certificate to Archivers!!
Please email me a picture of your project to creativewhimsyscrappin@yahoo.com

Creative Comments Challenge starts today as well... Oh don't we love the first of the month!! So many great things start for us to win!! The winner will win a set of 5 cards, each a different design, inc. envelopes.

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Good Luck to you!

A Walk to Remember

I love this photo! My husband & son were walking to to the park one fall afternoon, and the colors were intense and the smell of the leaves, freshly cut grass and the crisp of cold air. It was a perfect day!! The look these two gave each other was priceless. They didn't even know I was there as I got out of work early and surprised them... Again it was a wonderful day!! ;o)

If I was to do this photo over again, today, my husband & son would be about the same height and my son wouldn't be smiling... He is going through that I don't want to smile phase. And he would never hold hands with dad, thats just not "manly". :-)

I kept my layout simple as I want to have the Memory of the "Walk to Remember" and every time I see this photo I feel tears in my eyes how blessed I am! I may not have had the daughters most mom's wish for, but even with a house full of "guys" (including the furry kind), my life is full and I wouldn't trade a moment of it for anything!

Note: I put my journaling on the back of this layout on a note card that pulls from the top.

Boy, Oh Boy

Mr. J had a sleepover with his friend after the fair, needless to say its been a long weekend already. And the house is destroyed. I have a 1/2 hour before bringing him home and resalvaging my house. The boys will love that!!

Pretty soon we leave to go to the Wisconsin Dells, for our family summer vacation... Haven't been there before, so we are looking forward to it... Anyone have any tips or suggestions what to do or see? I am anxiously awaiting the time to get away.
This layout needs a title and journaling yet, but I think it turned out really well. My son at almost 2 years old, he went through that "loved to take off his clothes" phase. So I have a before and after shot! He is so cute... when he was from infant to toddler his nickname was Furby, since his hair and big blue eyes just had that look... Now he is Peter Pan (for waking up with Peter Pan head, and not wanting to do his hair) or Muffin man for if there are muffins about he will eat them!

Beautiful Soul :Top Left
I love scrapbooking photos that have meaning to me. I look back over the years and reminisce the good ole days. This first layout is of my youngest sister, Miss K.

It's true what they say about the baby sister, she is the most giving of the three of us, never was one to be selfish when we thought she always got things we didn't, she always turned around and split it three ways. I look back on things and see now how lucky we were and that I am lucky to have a baby sister like her!!


Together: I have a picture of my sister and I, but don't want to add to this as of yet, its framed and I don't want to take it out as its on display. When it is on this layout the title will make sense... but for now we deal...

This layout is about my middle sister Miss H, she was a witchy girl growing up always fighting for her place. But no matter what, the three of us were a tight sisterhood. Even with 6 years separating us, we did have our ups and downs of course. But if you saw us now, we are still as tight as we were growing up.

We will always be there and have each others back when we need each other! And that is what I hope to see pass on to my children, that even though things may be rough at times. It all comes down to those patches in life where only family can be your rock, your laughter, and peace.

I love my sisters to pieces... if you can't tell... :-)

Busy Busy being Creative...

BonVoyage Card: I used scraps from varies projects and used ricrac ribbon on a dimensional elements arrow, turned out pretty cool I think!

This is my example for the Buttons, Buttons & More Buttons challenge for July!!

Buttons & Bows: I used chalk on these b/w photos to pop some color, to help tie them into the layout. Cute pictures!


Family Adventures Layout: I found everything but the main 12x12 CS at Archivers in there Clearance racks... I love things on Clearance!!


Summer Layout Left, used beads as the bling on this layout. This whoops a daisy paper pack is growing on me... Did this 2 p. Layout for June Club


Summer Layout Right, used True fit folios


Beach Babes Layout Left: Used the Laid Back paper pack
Did this 2 p. Layout for June Club


Beach Babes Layout Right


Peace & Birthday Cards has a Mardi Gras feel to these.. Needs a feather or two don't you think...

Sleep Little One Sleep Layout

Scrapbook Month Layout Contest at Scrappin' 4 Memories . Kami is having a contest, and it sounds like fun! Hope you can join in and get a layout done!

Kami this Layout still needs something...
Anyone have any suggestions??

6/7/08 Since I posted this I have sanded the top black portion to help tone it down... Looks really good! Thank you everyone for your suggestions!

Pretty Cool Layouts if I do say so myself!

Have a Favorite? Let me know which it is... :-)


This is the main page for our May Club Layout, the hostess of the month choose a layout she always wanted to try out of a catalog. Sorry to say I am not sure who the credit goes to as its her catalog and she took it with her but I remember this much the catalog was over 4 years old and the lady that did the layout was from Minnesota.


This is the second page for our Club Layout of Fingerprints.


My son's 9th birthday, I know my pictures are still not on here but I am working on it. Every time I think of it we are low on ink in the printer!


This is the second page, yes I tied 9 knots for his 9th birthday.



Using what you have on hand and mixing with scraps from my scrap bin, doesn't turn out all that bad!

My Challenge Layout

For the Black, Green, & White Challenge Layout, it took me a while to think of what to do for this challenge. Hence the name Challenge :-)!
But over all I like how it turned out.
The story of this is my older son was bored waiting for his brother to get done with his football, it was a cold, wet, dreary day. With all those birds just hanging out by the near by field eating pebbles & worms were a temptation.
I decided to follow him and take these candid shots of him chasing the birds from one field to the next. They even chased him a few times, I was laughing so hard. I even got a rare glimpse of a REAL smile from him on the way back!!



For this challenge when entries are received, those with the most votes will win a prize!! So Good Luck and have fun! See the other post on the challenge rules!

Color Challenge: Black, White, Green

May brings you for this month a Color Challenge Layout contest!

To qualify you must:
Be a 12x12 either a 2page layout or single.
You must show 1 or more techniques.
Follow the color challenge colors given.
Embellish as must as desired.
You may submit as many layouts of different techniques as you like.
When you email me the picture you must attach a note on the technique used & how you accomplished it. In case people ask.

All entries need to be emailed to me by May 26th. I will post them in a slideshow and you all vote on the best.

Happy Scrappin'
Tracy

~I will post mine as soon as I am done...