when i started scrapping years and years ago, there was one scrapper that always caught my eye in the magazines and idea books … and that was erin clarkson (terrell). she has always had amazing layouts … with such attention to detail and layers and texture. her style is very linear and fun … and…

a few weeks ago, i was invited to be a guest designer for the little shop of sketches. one of their designers, jessica, is one of my loyal blog readers. and she passed along my info to the site's owner, tanya. they provided me with this sketch to base a layout on … and you…

have you been by the jillibean soup blog lately? they have a great schedule set up each week. and one of the features is "soup sketch" every tuesday. this week is soup sketch 2 (SS2), brought to us by summer fullerton. here is the sketch.   and here is my take on it.   i've been…

challenge time again!  i think it's kind of funny that we always plan these challenges as soon as we finish the previous one. so we give ourselves two weeks. and yet, i think 90% of the time … both mary and i leave it until the night before. lol! love that we're both procrastinators like…

here we go … some of my favorite summer layouts from years past. keep in mind … these are all old layouts. most of them done about 3-4 years ago. most of the photos were from 5 years ago. but i'm thinking i scrapped all these at least 3 years ago.   i think i did…

figured since i had shared a few pics of nikolas and ayana … i had better share a few of haley. don't want to play favorites. took these today. had a few more i wanted to share … but my computer is acting super slow. so these three will have to do for now.   i…

every now and then, i get to watch my neighbor kiddos while their mom is at work. so yesterday, ayana had "crazy hair day" at preschool. her mom asked me if maybe we could put her hair up all crazy. the girls would have been good at that … but they had to get to…

still trying to actually get something finished enough to share. i keep starting more new things. might make more sense to actually finish a few things first. what can i say? lol! anyways, did come across this older layout that i never shared.   definately a different type of layout for me. the chipboard owl…

i think i've been in a blogging funk this past week. or maybe that's because i really don't have anything to share. i feel like i can't post without a picture. and if there aren't any pictures … there is no post. lol!   this is what i was working on last weekend. i did 6…

took these photos last week … and they totally crack me up. i think i've mentioned this before … but my girls love to play ball in the house. not outside … but IN the house. soccer is the biggest sport. next up would be volleyball. and then there is softball. alyssa had found this…