Baby Jade Arrives

Guess I'll have to get the title on this layout. Really, I didn't notice that it was missing until I looked at it on my computer. The journalling block says "Girl" and I was going to leave it like that. Now that I look at it on my computer . . . it needs a title. The rest of the line is from Basic Grey. Jade is almost 16 years old. I guess this one was a long time coming.

A Love of Puzzles

I think I scrapbooked these pictures a long time ago; but, when I look at them now, I see so much in the look on Lucas's face. I wanted to do another page . . . but now I am not really happy with it. We'll see if I save it or redo it again.

Ponytails

I did the unthinkable again. I pulled out old pictures and scrapbooked some of them. I found the original two pictures first . . . did the page and then found the little one (where Lucas is wearing a dress, has ponytails and painted toenails). I used old paper, old letters, old chipboard and then combined some new stuff with it. I Glimmer Misted the photo anchors and used some newer ribbon. The arrow is from the Basic Grey stickers that I used on my "Girl" page. Boy, do some of these old pictures bring back some forgotten memories. I guess that is why we scrapbook . . . so that we don't forget all of this stuff.

Today is Mother's Day

This is probably my favorite page of the weekend. I used some Wild Asparagus and found my coveted Wilma Basic Grey Chipboard letters. I Glimmer Misted them with various colors to find the right shade and then Glossy Accented over them. Again, it is a simple page; but I wanted to see the roses that my children got for me for Mother's Day this year.

Spittin' Flies

Man, am I bad with product names. I look at them thinking I will remember them to blog them and then . . . poof . . . gone. Anyhow, this is the line Trisha used in one of her classes. I think the papers are called "Dude" and they matched so well to the boy's clothes. We had so much fun on our first bike ride of the year except for the swarms of flies. After about the millionth time, I had to stop and take a picture of the guys literally "spitting flies". I also had to include a rub-on of a fly and a picture of my shadow riding my bike. It seemed like the only way to include a picture of me in any of these memories.

Pull Up Your Pants

The Graffiti Paper by B-Zoo ended up working the best with these pictures. My biggest problems was that I couldn't find the right blue paper anywhere. Since I wanted to see just how short Nathan's legs looked with his pants sooooooo low, I wanted to { } that picture. And yes, he has the "L"oser sign behind his head. Also, this is one of the only pictures of him with his eyes partially open so I made it a bit bigger. Let's see if I can get the journalling . . . it ways: This will rack it up as one of the most stupid fashion faux pas' of all time. Waist band under the ass . . . what the junk. I will continue to protest this way of wearing your pants. Boxers cover your butt, but your pants don't and then your shirt has to be long enough to cover your butt that your pants don't cover. Eventhough Nathan is over 6' tall, his legs look about 2' long because of the way his pants sit. Anyhow, I used some old chipboard letters again and journalled around the pattern.

21

A little bit of Basic Grey and a new {}[] punch helped to make this page. Simple and uncluttered probably because I loved the pictures. Besides, I whooped his butt. One thing I can still beat one of the kids at. Bit of journalling under the wavy paper. Another memory.

Opening Day

Very plain page about Mother's Day at the race track. Just used some grey cardstock and black for tires. Used some old rub-ons for the arrows and old chipboard letters and black and white pens to fill er up.

Shooting Hoops

It was a wonderful day except for the cup of hot coffee that spilled on my lap on the way to work first thing this morning. Quick change and then back off to work. I got slurpees on the way home, made chili for supper, dyed Sky's hair, played some 21 with Lucas over at the school (whooped his butt), got some pictures and printed them already; along with the racetrack pictures from Mother's Day and pictures of the flowers the kids got for me for Mom's Day. I'm pooped right out . . . but happy for spending some great time with the kids . . . be it helping with algebra, watching Kevin Costner in The Guardian or peeling potatoes for the kids . . . we had fun!

Everyday Life

This is a very simple page done with Fancy Pants paper letters and a saying. I put everything on black cardstock and painted it a bit with acrylic paint. This was my favorite page of the weekend and it only took me a bit of time to do. I keep looking at my pages and have come to the conclusion that I take pictures of every day life and put them on paper. I occasionally take out my kids to take pictures because I want to see them in every stage of their lives and preserve what they look like. However, there are no formal "photoshoots". I mean, I wanted to make sure I had a picture of Lucas with his long hair and then laughed the day I saw him dipping his strawberries in the canister of sugar with his pants pulled way down and his Family Guy boxers sticking way out. While I love some of the stuff people do with their pages, I really don't have the time (or maybe the creativity and talent) and energy to make each one a work of art. In other words, this is the scrapbooking of a very busy mother whose therapy is scrapbooking.

Family Roots

Laura said she missed my heritage pages so I dragged out some old pictures and did this page. I will check with my mom as to exactly who all of these people are. I used Wild Asparagus, Prima flowers and lace and some left-over bling. I was kinda happy with it when I was done.

I Am A Mother Because Of You

Lucas needed a picture of me for school, so I decided to make a copy for myself and do a page. Lucas and me just before Mothers' Day 2008. I used Wild Asparagus paper and Prima flowers.

Oopsie Daisy

A dare is a dare. Everyone at the Spring Fling expected me to wear jeans and a t-shirt--so . . . I dressed up. It was quite the sight for everyone. I had to take a few pictures so that I would remember just how silly I looked. I painted some chipboard daisies and for some reason OOPSIE DAISY seemed like the perfect title. CRAZY DAISY!!!

Kristen asked me to publish a few pages from this album that I showed her in the store. This is a Prima chipboard book that was embossed with these words. I used various media to draw over the words that I wanted to highlight. I also used a pack of Prima paper inside and various ribbons and Prima ribbon. It is a neat book that will take time to complete. It is about the person I am and how things that have happened to me in my life that have shaped me into the person that I have become.

Growing Up

I had to try something new again. I took this picture while I was tickling Lucas the other day. He slid down onto the ground and I took the picture from above. I loved the way his eyes looked. They were so blue; but the color in the picture was so red. All I wanted to get across was just how beautiful he is inside and out and that he is growing up way too fast for me. Once in awhile I want just want to catch the real Lucas in a picture.

Celebrate

Again, with all of the new paper arriving at the store and me getting a few photographs last week, somehow I managed to get a couple of pages done over the Prima Party weekend. This page was really easy since the background was from the same line as the patterned paper. The three patterned papers are a part of a quad from the same line. I used the three on the background and the fourth quad was the two flowerful corners that I also used on the page. Then I added some new Prima flowers, leaves and ribbon.

Busier Than Ever

Well, tonight I will try to upload some pages. I have only done two in the past few weeks since we have been so busy at JSI with the Crop and Prima Party. I have some great pictures to scrapbook and want to do Trisha's 6 x 16 Build a Book. I have three nights off so I plan to get something done. It will probably be cleaning the condo, but scrapbooking would be much more fun.