Scrappy Dayz are here again!

just trying something new

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I've recently become something of a Pinterest addict. I'm trying to make my posts have a button on them.

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Tea Card

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Six Months

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Happy Birthday to my girls!

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Cathy is 6!

Lizzie is 26!

Heaven Blessed

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Made this for a challenge at http://alacardmonkey.blogspot.com/2012/01/break-out-new-stuff-for-monkey.html

False Alarm

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coffee card

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Elements of Style

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I found this great sketch here: http://365cards.blogspot.com/2012/01/day-307-super-sketchy-sunday.html

cowgirl Cathy

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Family photo

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cute little gnome

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gnome sweet gnome

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Merry Christmas!

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stocking card

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Oh Snow!

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Happy Thanksgiving!

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My little stamper girl

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You Go Girl!

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Teacher gifts

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My children, 7th grade, preschool, 3 rd grad, kindergarten, and 5th grade

hand sanitizer

post it note holders

Chore charts

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Not fancy, but hopefully will help my children get their chores done so they can get on with some fun.

On the Grow

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another cased card

Cherish Friendship

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cased from somewhere, love it though.

Cathy's pre-kindergarten dental visit

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checking out a fire truck

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Image from here: http://melonheadzillustrating.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-memory-of-my-hero-my-dad-xoxoxo.html

I'm gonna be a grandma

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The image is from Melonheadz. This is my daughter, Sabrina. She is due in February.

Today was a fun day!

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I took today off and spent it with some of my family. We went to the pool for a little while, but thunder sent us home. We had a good time while we were there though.

I also went to Hobby Lobby and got some cute things to put in Cathy's newly redecorated room.

While I was there I found a cute sign for my scrapbook room:

This evening we went to the movies. My grown up girls went along with my best friend and my Mom. We had a lot of fun. We saw Friend's with Benefits. Oh my gosh, I laughed so hard. It is super funny!

Chocolate!

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My digital studio- Stampin Up

Sunny Fun- Thank you

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Sunny Fun-Stampin UP

totally tess with a cupcake

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Totally Tess, Stampin Up

sew loved

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Images from Stampin Up my Digital Studio

Welcome to your new home

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again, not sure where this great image came from. I'm going to have to figure out a way to keep track of where I get the images.

flower card

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I can't remember where I found this adorable image. I will try to find it later and post on here.

get well card

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this adorable image came from here: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4ABdsKe4wtk/Ta3mI9qptQI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/Ze77Af4uBss/s1600/sliekjestamps%2B106.jpg

Don't have a heart attack, but I have scrapbooked!

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It's a bad picture but I wanted to share it since it has been soooo looonnnnggg since I have done a page. It felt good and I have more to work on.

I found the adorable sketch here: http://melonheadzillustrating.blogspot.com/2011/06/sprinklers.html

Happy 4th of July!!

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This was cased but I loved it so I used it for my 4th of July cards this year.

I also love this quote from Erma Bombeck

You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism.

Happy Independance Day!!

Got to make my cards...

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I really need to get my behind in gear and make my 4th of July cards! I can't seem to find the time and energy. Maybe because my peeps are taking my time and energy?! Oh well, I can't think of a better way to use both. Here are some new pics of my 5 youngest peeps.

Nicholas

Patrick and Cathy

Totiana

Sarah

travelling gnome

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You rock

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My little pirates

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I'm there for you

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First Edition on MDS. I love how you can make the images bigger or smaller depending on your needs.

first edition

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I printed this on My Digital Studio (stampin UP)

Another super cute card from my secret stamper pal

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New Stampin UP Catty

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Got mine today and I LOVE IT! It is awesome! Wait til you see it. I want, no I NEED one of everything!

Also, been thinking about my blog and wondering if anyone is still visiting. Is it just me or do all bloggers think this?

super cute card from my secret stamper pal

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You Are in my Thoughts

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Cute kitty card

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http://ssdschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/05/sorry-were-late.html

I found the adorable image on this site: http://sliekje.blogspot.com/

Recess card and hand sanitizer holder

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Love the new Recess stamp set from Stampin UP.

Hand sanitizer holder

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Found the tutorial here:

http://dawnsstampingthoughts.typepad.com/dawns_stampin_studio/2011/04/mini-hand-sanitizer-holder-video-.html

spring card with hand sanitizer holder

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a different use for the Holiday Happiness stamp set.

Little cuties, getting so big

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Happy Birthday, Mojo Monday sketch and Use it Tuesday!

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http://mojomonday.com/Sketches/Mojo190Sketch.gif

I like how this card turned out. Everything is Stampin Up except for the little star and the image. I made this card for two challenges, mojo monday and the Use it Tuesday challenge to use your bling. I didn't bling it up a lot but the brads are glittery and the star is too.

http://useittuesday.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-7-bling.html

"cased" Morning Cup Card

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I made this card for my Mom for Mother's Day. I cased it, but she loves hot tea so it was so perfect for her.

Cased Flower Card

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I made these for my kids teachers

Happy Easter!

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Our new furry and feathery family members

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Welcome to our Chicken Coop

baby bib card

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I cased this off of the Stampin Connection website. Can't remember who made it first, but it wasn't me! LOL I thought it was so cute but it was very hard to punch out the neckline. I ended up breaking two of my stampin up punches and had to hand cut it

cute little nurse

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I got this adorable image from my secret stamper pal. I made a thank you card (as well as this card) for the ER staff that took care of my 5 year old a couple of weeks ago when she swallowed a penny

A note to their sick big sister

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This picture just makes me laugh!

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Happy St. Patricks Day!

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St. Patrick's Day sign

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I love making these things. I have all kinds of ideas for other signs.

Happy Umbrella Day

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This is a little late, but since very few people know about this weird "holiday" I think it will be okay. The image is a digital image I found online somewhere and thought it was super cute.

Easter Blossoms Easter card

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Love this set! I used the new dsp Springtime Vintage from the Stampin Up Occasions mini catty.

Teacher Note card

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I made these up for myself for when I need to write notes to my kids teachers.

Easter Blossoms spring card

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I cased this card here (and she cased it somewhere else but I don't know where)

http://www.stampinconnection.com/photo/easter-blossoms-cased

Discovering Nature

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Cathy and Patrick checking out a lizard (in Grandma's hand, I don't touch those things!)

Happy Valentines!

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I made this plate when I was a little girl.

Most of my gang eating our yummy Valentine's dinner.

Valentine display. I cased the "love u" sign here: http://www.stampinconnection.com/photo/love-u-sign?xg_source=activity

Goodies from my Secret Stamper Pal

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I got these great goodies from my secret stamper pal. She even sent some cute things for my little gang of cupids (I don't have a picture yet).

Happy Valentines Day!!

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I may have cased this, but I'm not sure. I look at so much stuff sometimes I have a hard time remembering. This is all stampin up

Greeting Card Kids Valentine - MDS

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I printed this image from My Digital Studio. I love that I can make the image much bigger than the stamp would be. I used all Stampin Up on this.

Happy Belated Groundhog Day

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One Little Word

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http://aliedwards.com/2007/01/one-little-word-3.html

I have been reading about Ali Edwards One Little Word challenge and I have decided to come up with my one little word for 2011. I wish I could get blogger to copy and paste so you don't have go through the link but it won't work. But, it is a good article so please go there to read about it.

My word for 2011 is going to be Control. I want to have more control over my life, my attitude, my interations with my children, with others, my finances, and all the parts of my life. Sometimes I feel like life is flying by and I don't want to get left behind.

What is your One Little Word for 2011?

My Digital Studio Valentine Card

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I love how you can make the images as big or little as you want. This stamp is actually pretty little on the stamp set but with MDS I made it a lot bigger. The only part of the card that is computer generated is the image. The rest is all "real".

Use it Tuesday 2-8 1st challenge!

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http://useittuesday.blogspot.com/2011/02/challenge-1_08.html#comment-form

Here's a card I made for the 1st challenge on Use It Tuesday. The challenge is to make something using an image you have not previously used. I used Kimono Kids by Stampin Up. I have had this set for a while but never used it until now.

I also used this color challenge from here: http://stampinpretty.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f95df9288340147e16066d8970b-popup

Mojo Monday 2-7

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Aviary stamp set- Stampin UP. All stampin Up supplies.

Finally!!! A New Post and a color challenge

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Todays color challenge is from the awesome ladies at Pals Paper Arts (I have their button on my side bar). I've been browsing around their website and they have some great stuff. Here's a link:http://stampinpretty.typepad.com/pals_paper_arts/

My card was inspired by this sketch http://www.stampinpretty.com/2011/02/ppa79-sweet-summer.html.

And here is my card:

I used all stampin up goodies. Totally Tess, cottage wall dsp (I colored all the white in with riding hood red to make it work better together). I also colored the white dots on the ribbon but it is hard to see here.

Stamping/Scrapping Resolutions 2011

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Wow, it still feels weird to write 2011 although I haven't had any problems getting it right but when I see it written down it's like, WOW can't believe how time is flying. I saw some scrappy/stampy resolutions on this blog : http://stampwithjodie.typepad.com/my_weblog/

And thought I would use them for myself (with a few changes).

1. Post twice a week on my blog, maybe more if I can squeeze in the time.
2. Mail out 5 to 10 cards a week. I love getting fun mail and I know others do to. I especially want to be better about mailing Thank you cards. Not just for when people give me something but when they do something nice even if it is just good service. Good service seems to be hard to find anymore.
3.Make at least 2 scrapbook pages during the week and 4 on the weekend. I really need to get caught up on my scrapbooking. My kids are cute so much (lol, no modesty here, ha ha) that I am getting a lot of pictures that need to be put on paper.
4.Visit my blog buddies blogs more often. I miss seeing what everyone else is posting. I might need to cut down on my facebook time a bit.

more decor elements

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this is the view going down my stairs.

Happy Birthday Elizabeth and Cathy!

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Two of my girls have a birthday today. Lizzie is 25 and Cathy is 5. Wow, the years have flown by.This is Lizzie's newborn picture and this is her now. Beautiful then, beautiful now.

This is my other little darling who has a birthday today. Cathy is my little snuggle bug. She always has a hug and a kiss for me and comes up to me at least once a day to say "I just love you, Momma".

Now that all the mushy stuff is done, lol, I need to share that Elizabeth has a major fear of clowns. Because I'm a "mean" mom, lol, I have to cash in on that fear when I can. So, that being said, her birthday card is pretty scary.

The card is one of the recordable cards that Stampin Up sells now. I have had a scratchy voice so I recorded the creepy message inside. I said "happy birthday Elizabeth. There's a surprise under your bed." Then I laughed in a creepy way. I feel a little guilty, but that's how we roll here. LOL

Happy Birthday to two of my beautiful girls!

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Cute things I made using Stampin Ups Princess Party Kit.

kentucky derby pages

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a couple more pages I made for my sister's album

Ryan's baptism

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another page in my sister's album

Christmas morning

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It was a little crazy at our house.....

Pages for my sister

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For Christmas I made my sister a scrapbook of things her family did all year. I took most of the pictures off her facebook page so I was able to scrap things that I wasn't at.

bazaar items

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Okay, the kids weren't for sale, but I wanted to put a picture of them on here. They went caroling at a local nursing home today with our girl scout troop. They did a great job.

purses my Mom made for me. I sold a few but was happy to have some left for me too.

Another Christmas card

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Cathy playing in the snow.

Another one of the cards I made for this year. I used the same supplies on this card as on the last card.

My daughter, Toti, made this for our front door. Please don't pay attention to the horrible looking door, it is going to be painted as soon as it is warm enough.

Happy Birthday Sabrina!

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Today is my second oldest daughter's birthday. She is 19. The years have flown by.

Singing Christmas card

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Our Christmas tree

This card is all stampin up. I used the ornament punch, the decorative label punch, and the Contempo christmas set. This card sings. I used the Stampin Sounds card from Stampin Up. It plays "We wish you a Merry Christmas".

Wall art for my son's room

2010-11-23T23:08:00.000-05:00

I decided the decor elements would get lost on my son's walls (his walls are green and he has a lot of empty space) so I stamped all over framed canvas' and then put the decor elements on. It took a long time for the ink to dry and I didn't wait long enough before I put the decor elements on so they peeled off a little but seem to be sticking now. I like how they turned out.

Happy Adoption Awareness Month

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Definately decorative decals

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oh boy, the last of the baby boy album

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more baby album, almost done

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baby album

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More baby album

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Happy Daughter's Day!

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My oldest, Elizabeth
Sabrina
Totiana

Cathy and Sarah
my "bonus" daughter, Jessica
Another "bonus" daughter, Chrissy
and another "bonus" daughter, Stephanie

I am so blessed to have so many lovely young ladies call me Mom. They are all awesome and wonderful. I also have two awesome sons (don't want to leave them out).

Baby album for a friend

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Happy Booklovers Day!

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things can only get better

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some cute pics

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