My First Blog Train...

 Happy September everyone!

    I'm giving a blog train a try lol. Here is my contribution to the DigitalScrapbook.com community blog train. 

You can download it here.

You can find the other contributions to this month's blog train here

    I hope you enjoy it. I went puppy/dog themed because we recently got a new pug puppy to go with our Basset Hound and terrier/chihuahua mix.

Meet Moose

Willow was not impressed to be kicked off of her pillow.

I hope everyone has a wonderful September!

Michele

National Dog Day

 In honor of National Dog Day, I wanted to share a few layouts of my furbabies. All the templates and the kit used to make these are by Marisa Lerin at Digitalscrapbook.com

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Saturday!

Michele 

Life moves faster than we imagine...

     I opened up my blog the other day, and I was honestly surprised to see that it was even still here lol. It's been almost 13 years since the last time I made a post. So much has changed, we've moved, moved some more, and then moved again. My kiddos have all grown up on me. One has gotten married and now has 2 of his own ( I am a VERY proud Mimi), another has graduated high school, and is almost 21, and this fall, our last two boys just started their Senior and Sophmore years. I guess time flies when you're having fun... but I really wish it would slow down just a little.

       I recently found a wonderful website, DigitalScrapbook.com, and am working my way back into my scrapbooking, both making layouts of my kiddos, grandkids, and furbabies. I'm trying my hand at designing again...we'll see how that goes lol. But, in that vein, Marisa at DigitalScrapBook.com, put up a Mini Kit recipe challenge a few weeks ago, and I threw my hat in:

You can find it here. Please let me know if the link doesn't work.

I made this desktop with this kit:

I hope to post more often, and maybe throwing some designing in here and there.

Have a wonderful Friday, and a safe weekend!

Michele

A few layouts and a Freebie....

Good evening all!! Wow! It's been a really long time since I've posted lol.

I'm posting tonight with a few layouts, and the links to a great template my friend 3's Enough at Midnight Scrapping has put together, and asked if I could host the converted pspimages.

She called it a "spur of the moment" template and just calls it House Template lol, although her reasoning behind that is good.... her photo at that inspired it, is one her daughter snuck of her working on putting up siding...

The kit she used is Dream a Little Dream by Doreen Stolz

Here is the layout I put together. It's the first picture that's been taken of my sister and I together in several years...

Word Art: Elegant Word Art by Bethany

Kit: Romance Kimeric Kreations part of the Summer Surprises Blog Train

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This download will expire on July 31st, so get it while you!

Happy Scrapping!

Michele

A word art for you.....

Hi All!!

Boy, have I been a bad blogger!!! Things have been going, going, going around here. School got off to a running start, and then cold season hit our house early.

But since it's been so long since I posted, I wanted to share a word art I made from a saying on my nieces' t-shirt:

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I made this layout of Brianna with it:

The template I used is from my good friend 3s_enough at Midnight Scrapping. The template was a limited gift for completing her blogversery challenges.

I have soooo many layouts to share, that I have no idea where to start lol! I'll save them for another day though.

Happy scrapping, I'm off to see if I can catch up on some more layouts, have a great evening!!

Hugs,

Michele

Good Evening!

Hi All!

I hope you had a wonderful weekend in your part of the woods. Things were fairly quiet here. Had a lot of sunshine and some evening showers, the kind that seems to blow out all the stale air from to much sunshine and leaves everything feeling fresh and clear.

I don't have anything new to share with all of you this evening, except for a few layouts that I'm playing catch-up on from not being able to scrap for almost 2 months...lol

Tonight I'm sharing Dustin layouts, because it doesn't seem like I share all that many of him. Granted he doesn't get as many photos taken of him, but he never seems to be around when I drag the camera out...lol

This first is of him and his baby brother taking a dip....

The template is from my good friend 3s_enough, and it's her

Template #187. The kit I used is from Take A Dip by Digi-Designs

by Nicole and the Word are is from Bethany

at Elegant Word Art by Bethany.

This second one is of him playing catch in the backyard. I was surprised that I was actually able to catch him in the air when he jumped to catch the ball! And of course Nathan had to sneak into the middle of the game and do a little "Nah-nah I got the ball" taunt...

The template is also from 3s_enough, it was her June Participation

gift for submitting a layout to her. I used pieces from 3 different kits for this one.

The kits are He's All Boy, from myself and 3s_enough; Spring Training

from Miss Erins Scraps and Take Me Out to The Ball Game from

TLC Creations.

And lastly, one that I made just for me....lol

The template is 3s_enough's Template #152; the kit I used is called

Simplicity by Daniella Peuss - unfortunately I can't find the site for Daniella that I got

this from, so if you know where to find her work, could you leave a comment or email

me please? The word is from Elegant Word Art by Bethany.

That's about all I have to share right now. We're starting the count down to the first day of school...2 1/2 weeks and it's back to school for the kiddies! Even Zach! He was able to qualify for the school districts head start (preschool) program, because he has a slight speech delay. Mainly he has problems with his enunciation, but it's enough of a problem that he needs more help to correct it than I am able to give. We learned when they took his tonsils and adenoids out in February that he has a small notch in the back of his pallate. The ENT said it wasn't enough to require a surgical fix, but it seems to be big enough to cause problems with his speech :0(. But all that aside things are going well for our household!

Have a good night, and happy scrapping!

Hugs,

Michele

Happy Birthday to...

My Mom!

I love you mom and hope you have a wonderful day!

Hehe...sorry, had to get that out of the way! Sorry I've been away for so long! I finally got my new power cord, and have been trying to get back into the swing of things with my scrapping and other stuff.

We've been busy around here in the mean time! Going to the park, the pool, and we've even gone camping! I can't believe we're already half way through summer break, in the count down to when school starts mid-august. I don't think the kids are ready to back, but I'm ready for them to go....lol. Don't get me wrong, I love my kids, but after having 7 kids in the house all summer, it's been an interesting venture to say the least.

I have a few more layouts to share with you today, and a surprise at the end if you make it that far...lol

This one is of Dustin and Nathan playing peek a boo on the play area here....

The template is from my good friend 3s enough at Midnight Scrapping. Its Template #174, and the papers I used for the mat and the text boxes are from He's All Boy.

This next layout is of my kiddos and my niece and nephew playing in the dirt at our campsite at the lake....

The template is also from 3s enough, it's the landscape version of Template #134. I used one of the photos that I took for a background. Its the first time I've tried that, and I thought it came out pretty well.

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I better go get started on the list of errands I have for today. Have a great day and Happy Scrapping!

Michele