Been MIA but still busy!

So I have been gone for quite some time now! I won't put you to sleep with all the deets. I'll just break it down simple like.

No money

Almost foreclosed on

Bankruptcy

Moved

The good news is now I have my own little scrap space! The master bedroom in our apartment has two closets and one is a fairly large walk-in. As soon as we saw it the hubs asked if I wanted it for a craft room. I thought he was joking but when we moved in he asked what color paint I wanted! I'm so stoked! I haven't done too much yet since I'm still trying to get things organized. (I think we all know how long THAT can take! lol) My good friend Marilyn is going to come over to try and whip me into shape. She also just moved and got her scrap space all set up in a matter of hours so I'm hoping she can help!

Anyway, I have made quite a few cards. Here's a little looky at 'em.

Christmas in July!

This was for a AMR challenge

Stars and Stripes?

Another AMR challenge

Birthday card for our nephew

Annv. card for a friend

Birthday card for my FIL.

He says he's not turning 61, he's upgrading to "version 6.1". lol

Birthday card for my father.

Just a card to have around 'just in case'.

I'm proud of myself for this one. I cut that flower out with a craft knife. Love it!

Oh and isn't this just the cutest kidlet ever!

This was at a baseball game during the National Anthem.

He's sure an American child! Hmmm great LO idea!

Good time with great friends and a sparkly LO

Last night I got to go out to dinner and Karaoke with some pals from my mom's group. I sang Only in my Dream by Debbie Gibson and If I Ain't Got You by Alicia Keys. I'll never be on American Idol but I'm never the worst person in the bar and that's all that matters to me! lol

I finished another LO that I'm pretty proud of. I think becoming a member of the All Moments Remembered message board and cropping with Marilyn (melonscraps), Christina (inara) and Laura (tigardlilly) has really made me become a better scrapper. I'm not afraid to try new things and go with my own ideas anymore! Thanks gals! I have more LOs floating in my head right now than I ever have! I think I should start a sketch book so I don't forget about them. Yet another thing to add on the "to do" list. That list is way long people! LOL

So here she is!

The pics are not that great since I took them at night but oh well!

CS~ Stampin' Up

PP~ DCWV Nana's Nursery

Stickles

CB letters~ the paper studio and MM garden party

Forgot to put a cute pic of the kidlet in my last post so now you get two!!

Playin' catch up again!!

I don't know why I find it so hard to keep my blog updated. It's not like it's really hard or something. Either way I'm sorry!

I actually completed a layout last week! I love it! It's the of the first layouts I have ever done that is totally my own design. Most of the time I scraplift at least some portion of my layouts and the others that were my own design I didn't love. This one I sooooo love!

I think this layout best represents my style. I don't know what this style is... but it's mine! ;)

I just spent Saturday night with some great scrappy chicks! Like always I didn't get much done. I did get a good start on a layout that I'm hoping to finish tonight. We shall see!

POTD (photo of the day)

So I'm hopping on the photo a day bandwagon! I had heard of people doing this last year and thought it was a wonderful idea. I had planned to start at the new year. Welllllll, let's just say I'm lazy and leave it at that. So true to my form, better late than never!

I'm gonna play a bit of catch up here.

4/1 @ the zoo

4/2 - sick little boy because a friend who brought their sick kid to the zoo. Ugh!

4/3 - Yep my baby's a genius!!

More to come!!! So check back!

Dilemma and new visitors!!

So I have a dilemma. Years ago my family threw a 70th birthday party for my Grammie. Our friend took photos for us and I was supposed to make a scrapbook of them. Well fast forward 5 years later and I still have the photos. I did do some pages but they are really bad. Here are a couple of the not too bad ones. Never mind! I just went to upload them and realized they are all terrible! So I am thinking about stating over. Do you think I should even bother? I mean it's been almost 5 years! :sigh: I think I will but not do it in 12x12 this time. Maybe on a smaller scale I can do a better job? Okay, okay, I'll share one so you can see how bad they are

Sorry the photos are so bad. It was late when I took them. Check out the use of the deco scissors!!! LOL Too funny! So a I have new visitors this week! Flat Marcia and Flat Kim are her to see the Portland metro area. Can't wait to take them down to the tulip fields!

I sent Flat Cini off last week but no word if she got there yet? We had a pretty good time. She didn't get to do anything big but she was very helpful when it came to picking out scrapping supplies! lol

Hope you all are having a great week! The weather finally cleared for a couple of days here. The poor trees are so confused! lol I can't wait for summer weather to get here!!!

I am doing the Photo Of The Day thing but I will probably only upload once a week. I'm just not very good at this blogging thing. :rolls eyes: Sorry! ;)

That's one handsome scrubby(scapbookers hubby) right there! ;)