Some Exciting news!

As everyone knows I am a member of the design team at the Chalet. However, Laura, the owner has decided to do away with the Chalet. I am so honored to have been on the design team there and thank her and all of my team mates for a short but fun time!

The exciting news??? SHE IS GIVING ME THE CHALET! woohoo! So I have teamed up with my good friend Carrie from Oregon and her good friend Kim from Washington and are designing a fun place to scrap called the Scrap Shanty! We are putting on our boots and getting back to some good ole down home scrapping again!

So be sure to stop by and say hi to us at www.scrapshanty.com!

Fun Happenings at the Chalet

Be sure to come by daily as there is something new for you EVERY SINGLE DAY this month!

I started the Scrap Scurry game on Wednesday and it lasts until next Wednesday. Rack up your points, get some layouts done and win some prizes. Whats more fun than that?

There is a chat tonight and challenges listed almost daily!

I posted an original sketch that I designed and challenged everyone to use it. Im so impressed with what I have received so far! Keep them coming girls!

ALSO new, new, new SKETCHES for you every month on the first! The design team worked really hard to create sketches just for the Chalet members so be sure to stop by, check them out and print them off. We would LOVE to see your creations using our sketches!

Its here! The August Kit from the Chalet

Jump on over and snatch it up! You will love it especially if you have a girl! This months kit is French Twist from Autumn Leaves! You WONT be disapointed!

Here is one of my layouts I created with the kit! Be sure to stop by and grab one for yourself! Also be sure to stop by the gallery , there is a ton of inspiration from the other design team members too!

Port Aransas

We had the best time visiting Port Aransas in the summer. Usually we make that eight hour drive over the Thanksgiving break but this year we decided to try soemthing different!

Our first day there was filled with fun. Makayla was NOT afraid of the water in the least! She jumped right in and started having fun! She laid down and let the waves rush over her and had a blast playing in the sand.

The second day was spent shopping, flying kites, feeding sea gulls and playing on the beach some more. It rained off and on the entire week but that didnt stop us from having fun.

The 4th of July was POURING down rain and we werent able to take the boat ride to watch the fireworks like we wanted. We were bummed but still made the best of it. We crossed the ferry and parked in the ride share parking lot and had the best view of the fireworks! We couldnt have asked for a better time! We decided that the fireworks were just about over so we headed to the ferry. It was great luck that we happened to be the first on the ferry and got to watch the rest of the fireworks from it. Right as the ferry took off we were in the middle of the bay when the grand finally went off. It was really impressive.

Probably the best night we had there was the night we decided to take the dolphin tour! We went out on a boat for two hours and watched for dolphin and they didnt disapoint. They were right on the side of the boat spitting water up at us and looking for handouts. The highlight of the trip was the "petting zoo" they had set up in the center of the boat. T Joe the deckhand had all kinds of fun ocean critters for the kids to play with. He had puffer fish, sea stars, sea slime, hermit crabs, little fish of some sort, a live sand dollar and Makaylas favorite the seahorse. She had a ball playing with all of the animals and didnt want to leave. Its all she talked about for the rest of the trip.

The rest of the trip was so much fun! All day long on the beach soaking in the sun and watching Makayla have the time of her life. ahhhhhhhhhhh I wish we never had to leave!

Im on a DESIGN TEAM! woohooo!

I made it! I tried out for the design team at the Scrapbook Chalet and I MADE IT! HAPPY DAY!!!

I am joined by some very talented people! Charlee who has been my friend for many many yeard, Tammy Gray who is right now the guest design team member for Creative Imaginations, Jozzie, Dawn who makes some amazing digital kits, Suzanne and Becky T who is an amazing and well published designer!

I couldnt be more honored to be on this team! Be sure to come visit me there and be inspired by our work!

Guest DT for ScrapAddict.com

I was so excited to get the news in April that I was chosen to be the guest design team member for ScrapAddict.com. I have been a member there for many years so it was a true honor!

I received my Hog Wild kit and immediately went to town with it! I had so much fun creating two layouts of Misty's kids! Its an honor to be a part of an amazing team!

Let me know what you think of them and be sure to stop by http://www.scrapaddict.com/ to see the rest of the amazing design team!

I knew I was going to be bad at this!

Please forgive me for not updating this thing. I am going to spend the rest of the night posting several blog entries to catch everyone up on the last couple months! YIKES!

Be prepared for some news, vacation photos and layouts! I have a TON of catching up to do!

Check this out:

Join Creative Imaginations and their Artists for a once in a lifetime opportunity as a Guest Designer for the month of August 2007.

This weekend, Scrapbook Chalet will be hosting contests and chats in conjunction with Creative Imaginations.

Register on both websites; Creative Imaginations {www.creativeimaginations.us} and {www.Scrapbookchalet.com}.

Specific details regarding this contest will be announced during the chats at Scrapbook Chalet this weekend. Please join Marah Johnson { May 4th , 10pm est, } and Cheryl Mezzetti, DT Coordinator {May 5th, 10pm est } for more information.Upload your designs following the challenges presented sometime before Sunday, May 13th to both Creative Imaginations and Scrapbook Chalet {you must upload to both sites to enter} There will be specific folders represented on each website.All challenges must include at least 80% Creative Imaginations product.

With thousands of products to choose from, let your creative imaginations run wild.

The winner will receive:

1. $100.00 retail value in product of their choice from Creative Imaginations {product is subject to availability.}

2. Guest designer will have their work as well as a small bio and photo featured on the CI website.

3. All work uploaded will remain the property of CI for possible use in their newsletter or promotional material.Winner will be announced on Monday, May 14th.Good luck!

Sneak Peek of My Chalet Contest Entry

Ive mentioned before that I am involved with a contest at the Chalet. Each week we are given a challege that we have to complete and then the members of the board vote to see which layout they like best. WELL I have surprisingly made it to round FOUR! YAY

Last weeks challenge was hard... H-A-R-D... hard! It was a scraplift of one of the DT members there Jeanne. Super cute layout but I struggled with it all week. FINALLY, literally twenty minutes before it came due I had it finished and uploaded. shew! You can see it in the Chalet Gallery.

This weeks challenge was SOOOOOOO easy! It was a challenge to create a layout based on a super cute ad!

I took one look at that ad and knew this was going to be easy. The colors struck me, the layout struck me and it was all mapped out. I finished it in record time! NOW the hard part. I HATE being the first one to upload to the gallery so I am holding off for a bit. I CANNOT get a good picture of it to save my life! soooooooooo I am going to show you a sneaky peek of my latest layout. Please leave comments and let me know what you think!

It will be uploaded in the Chalet Gallery sometime on Friday or Saturday!

Devins Artwork

WOW WOW WOW was all I could say when Devin came home with his most recent art project.

I dont dote on him nearly enough so I HAD to share this with everyone! He literally had to scratch the surface of this paper off just enough to create the skull you see! ISNT IT AMAZING?

I am sooooo proud of my kiddo! One day soon I will have to take a picture of the clay figure he made me. Its AMAZING! Its a tree stump with a fish swimming into the middle of it. Really great work! He made Papa an outhouse...LOL Its so cute!

I really am going to get better at updating this sill blog of mine so be sure to check back often! AND LEAVE some COMMENTS! I like to know what you think!

Amazing Photographer!

WOW I have one heck of a photographer! Just look at what she was able to do with Makayla at our most recent sitting. It was sooooo much fun playing with the little chicks and ducks. I swear in the one picture it looks like she is the "chick whisperer"! Thats what the title of that layout will be anyway!

Feast your eyes on these! I am sooooooooooo thrilled with them!

Its a contest entry!

So the Scrapbook Chalet is hosting a contest that I decided to join. I actually made it through the first round! YAY!



The challenge for the second round was to create a layout using a Becky Fleck sketch that they provided. It was out of the box for me because it was round! I did it and am actually pretty happy with the results!

Texas Bluebonnets

I have sooooo much to update here and need to get it done soon. I promise I will soon. I am creating a new banner for my blog as well as getting a ton of new layouts ready to share. I promise one day I will be better at updating this thing!

Sooooooo Michelle and Maddie came in for a visit this week and the first thing we did was try to take the girls out to get their pictures in the bluebonnets. OH WHAT a FIASCO that was. First of all, you CANNOT contain TWO 2 year olds. Its just not a thing thats going to happen easily. Especially when the first thing they do is run to the nearest cactus and sit in it (poor mads)!

BUT we did manage to get this ONE shot of the two of them together. This is it guys so be happy you have this to look at!

I think it turned out ok but holy man... not going to try that again anytime soon! I do have other super cute photos of Makayla in the bluebonnets all alone (Maddie had to leave to get the cactus plucked from her rear) so I will get them edited and up on the blog soon! I PROMISE!

Sorry, I know its been forever!

Im so bad about keeping up with writing. I actually hate to write and think I am horrid at it.

I havent been up to much lately. Right now I am working on an ABC album for Makayla. I think it will be easier to learn the ABC's if she can associate things in her life to the letter. So I am taking pictures of things that she has and likes and am putting them on a scrapbook page for her. It will be her own personal ABC book... I think she will like it. So far I am thru "R" and will probably finish the pages tonight and will have to get the photos added along with blinging up the pages. I am using all the new Daisy D papers!

I had the best thing happen to me yesterday. A lady made my day! She looked like a total grouch when pulling up to the window of McDonalds. I placed my order and then she handed me my receipt and said "have a nice day and a better tomorrow" that totally made my day! I wish everyone would be so kind in this world!

So thats my update for today... this month and maybe next *giggle*

Caring People- Tracey's Auction

I joined STM a month ago yesterday. I really didnt know anyone there but my friend Charlee from the jungle told me about the place so I thought I would check it out. I instantly fell in love with the members there. They are so sweet and sincere that I couldnt help but to fall in love with the place.

Shortly after I joined another girl joined named Tracey. Her layouts immediately impressed me. She is increadibly talented. The kind of talent you wish you were born with, taletned. Shortly after joining she told us of a problem her daughter had medically and was seeking prayers. It was so sad hearing what this poor child had endured already in life and only now to require more surgery. I felt so sorry for her and wanted to do something for her but couldn't think of anything.

A few nights later Charlee and I were yacking on yahoo! and I had mentioned an altered canvas I made for an auction on another site for a scrapper that had lost everything in a fire. That immediately prompted Charlee to ask Lynette if we could host an auction on the STM site. Because of legalaites she couldnt but Deborrah stepped right up to the plate and offered her blog to host!

HOW awesome is this! Deborrah is taking sign-ups on her blog. She sends me the information and I am coordinating all the projects, photos and communications. Then I send the information back to Deborrah who is going to set up everything on Ebay for auction. Charlee is going to coordinate all the shipping of items. What an increadible world we live in to have all these people, strangers, work together in order to help a fellow human in need. I am so impressed! Its not every day that you can get so many people to help a fellow stranger.

Sooooooo, I have created my project for the auction. I am loving how it turned out and realy hate to part with it. Why is it that I do that all the time. I will probably end up bidding on the dog-gone thing because I like it *giggle*! I hope all of the items sell and that we raise a ton of money for Tracey and her family in their time of need!

Groundhog Day

I have always loved groundhog day for some reason. One day I hope to be in PA to see phil the groundhog make his yearly prediction. This year was the first in many, many years that I have heard him make an early spring prediction!

Phil Says Spring is Right Around the Corner!
Phil's official forecast as read 2/2/07 at 7:28 a.m. at Gobbler's Knob:

El Nino has caused high winds, heavy snow, ice and freezing temperatures in the west.
Here in the East with much mild winter weather we have been blessed.

Global warming has caused a great debate.
This mild winter makes it seem just great.

On this Groundhog Day we think of one thing.
Will we have winter or will we have spring?

On Gobbler's Knob I see no shadow today.
I predict that early spring is on the way.



I have a really cute layout idea in mind for this and hope it doesnt escape my brain before I can create it. What do you think of groundhog day and will you be doing a layout about it?

Birthday Challenge

For my very first blog entry I decided to complete the Scrap That Moment challenge issue by Jozzie. I think this somewhat describes me but not to a "T". I think I will have fun doing these challenges with STM!!!!!! Thanks girls for inspiring me as much as you do!!!

Your Birthdate: April 26

You lucked out the the skills to succeed in almost any arena. Put you in almost any business or classroom, and you'll rise to the top. You're driven and intense, but you also know when to kick back and cooperate. Your ability to adapt to almost any situation is part of what's going to make you a success. Your strength: Your attention to detail Your weakness: You can be a little too proud of your successes Your power color: Turquoise Your power symbol: Arrow pointing up Your power month: August

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?