I'm sooo Sorry Deb!!

For putting the wrong name on when I credited you for the overlay I used to make my papers.

To clear things up..... When I posted on Aug 11 about My first papers, I put Lori instead of Deb. Deb is the talented lady behind The Scrappin' Cop. I'm so sorry for that, I guess that's what I get for trying to post while my kids are still up and trying to talk to me.

I'll hopefully be back later to post more.....

Hugs,
Michele

Hi everyone, I finally finished my new kit!

Sorry I haven't posted in a few days. I've been trying to get my new mini-kit finished. I was a little stumped on what to put in it, so it too me a lot longer to put this one together than it did my last one.


Bri only has 1 more day until she starts kindergarten, and she is soooo excited. We met her teacher briefly last Friday, and tomorrow is her back to school night (why they call it night when it starts at 2pm is beyond me.) and she's looking forward to seeing her teacher again. Every one she sees, she tells them that her teachers' name is Miss Twiss. I'll be taking lots of pictures on Thursday for her first day, so be prepared....lol


Like I mentioned, I finished my new mini-kit (as I get better, I hope to be able to put together bigger kits, but it may take me awhile). I'm not sure I like it as well as my first one, but here's the preview for Trouble:

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And here's the two LO's I made of Zack in the t-shirt that inspired it...

The template I used is from Renae, it's Template 4. It actually has a lot more details such as flowers and borders, but they didn't look right with my little trouble maker. The word art is from Elegant Word Art by Bethany, you can find this word art here. The papers are by me.

This one is a scattering of 2 of the papers and some elements from my kit.

I hope you can find some use for my new kit for the trouble makers in your life!

Hope you all have a great night!

Hugs,

Michele

The view out my window

yesterday and the day before, looked like this:

and that was at 9:30 in the morning!! Luckily the rain is moving out today and I actually see the sun this morning.

My LO for today is of Brianna's first 5yrs:

Credits for this go to Marlene at Sindiego's Scraps for her papers from her SweetHeart kit. The template is another of Renae's great templates, it's her Template 23. Renae also has a new kit that she's giving, it's in several parts, but here is the link to the first paper pack of Mimi's House.

Thank you to those who have downloaded my first kit, I hope you like it!!

I don't have much going today, so I'm going to see if I can get the mini-kit I started the other day finished. Hope everyone has at great day!!

Hugs

Michele

My first Mini-Kit...

I finally am feeling brave enough to share this! I finished it the other day, and did the last fixing last night. It's my first mini-kit, called Little Brown Puppy. I made based on a shirt my grandson had on in a picture, and I didn't have anything in my "stash" that I wanted to use with it, so I made my own....

Here's a preview:

(drop shadow for the preview only)

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This has 4 papers, 3 frames, and 6 elements. I hope you can find a use for it! Please let me know what you think of it.

Thank you to Renae for encouraging me to make this!!!

I'll be back to post more later...

Hugs,

Michele

Such a gloomy day today....

weather wise atleast. It was beautiful shorts weather yesterday, highs in the upper 70's low 80's. And today I woke up to drizzle and grey, overcast skies. Didn't see the sun at all today, I was going to take a picture, but it was too depressing...lol.

Today was only the 2nd day of school, and Dustin missed the bus.... Well technically it was my fault he missed the bus. I was writing a note for him to take to the nurse, and he got outside and downstairs just as the bus pulled away. Guess I need to work on being more on the ball in the mornings, especially since starting Monday his bus will get here at 7:30 instead of 7:45, that 15 min can make or break me in the mornings. And since I'm a walking zombie until I get my first cup of coffee down, mornings kill me.

Bri had her Kindergarden assesment today. The teacher that did said she did pretty good. She can write Bri without seeing her name, but she still needs to see Brianna to write the whole thing. She counted well, and was able to recognize most of her upper case letters. What happened to the time when that's what you learned in kindergarden, not what they wanted you to already know going in? We also met her teacher, who seems like a very nice person. Bri is sooo excited, that she can hardly wait for next thursday.

In honor of Bri's excitement for the day and the dreary outside, I'll share some pool LO's that I've done of Bri and Nathan.....

Credits for "Making A Splash" go to DSP for the word art; and 3's_enough at Midnight Scrapping for both her Template #51 and her kit Pale Spring.

Credits for "Taking the Plunge" word art again goes to the designers at DSP (I can't find my file that tells me which designer, SORRY!!); the background paper is from Cool in the Pool by Jamie Heyl, also at DSP; and the template is Genie's Template #9 which she made for Sindiego's Scraps.

And this one of Nathan I made from the the Cool in the Pool Kit by Jamie Heyl (see above for link); and the word art is from also from the designers at DSP. I extracted Nathan on his tube from the original picture, because the pool water was cloudy that day, and this looked sooo much better!

Well I'm off, the big kids are at grandma's tonight, so I think I'm going to either go stick my nose in a book or maybe do some scrapping if I get motivated enough.

Hugs,

Michele

Oh what a day

the last 2 days have been!! I didn't post yesterday because I'd spent most of the day trying to get school supply shopping finished, because today was Dustin's first day!!

We spent a good hour or so in Walmart walking up and down the aisles looking for things on the list. Managed to find everything but 2 or three items, which I finally tracked down at the Office Depot. Then we had Back to School night at Dustin's school. He has 3 teachers this year, so he changes class rooms a few times a day, but that will help prepare him for middle school next year. His home room teacher seems really nice, and hopefully will be a little better at letting us know when his medicine isn't helping him keep his concentration in class than the one he had last year. He seemed to be in pretty good mood when he got home, so I'm guessing his day went pretty well.

Brianna's turn is next week, although she has entrance exams tomorrow. Why a kindergardener needs an entrance exam is beyond me. I did manage to get most of Bri's school supplies yesterday too, all I need is a box of ziploc sandwhich baggies and a package of safetypins..what the safety pins are for I have no idea.

Spent today doing yard work for my grandma. I did good today, I usually only manage to get the lawn mowed, but today I got both the front and back done, and even got all the weeds pulled out front. So needless to say, right now I pooped, and am ready for bed...lol

My LO for today is the one I made my mom for Mother's Day this year. I went through all the pictures I had and scanned the ones of us together. You can tell how often I'm not the one taking the pictures, the most recent one I have of she and I together was taken on Christmas in 2000....

Credits for this go to: Meryl Bartho at DSP for her Arty QC template; and Marlene at SinDiego's Scraps, the papers and elements are from her Daughter Kit. I unfortuantely cannot give the designer the credit they deserve for the word, it's one that I picked up somewhere and can't remember where, so if it is your's or you know who made it please leave me a comment and let me know, so I can give credit!

Hope everyone has a great evening!

Hugs

Michele

My first papers...

I did it!! I made my first digital scrapbook papers the other night! I was quite proud of myself...lol

I've been meaning to put together a LO of Nathan and my handsome little grandson, Wesley. There's about 7 1/2 weeks between them, and it's been fun watching them grow. Here's the LO I made...

Thank you to Renae for her Template 14, it's great!!. I got the inspiration for the colors of the papers from Wesley's little undershirt. Thanks to Deb at The Scrappin' Cop for the overlays to help me make the papers.

Here's another LO I made with Renae's Template 14, it's of Miss Bri fishing with my dad. The papers are from Marlene over at Sindiego's Scraps made the papers, they're from her Gone Fishin' Kit.

I hope you like my lo's for today!

We didn't too too much today, getting into the back to school mode. Nathan is getting better at crawling everyday, he's starting to try and sit up by himself. He kind of leans to the side on his arm. He actually pulled himself up to stand the other day, but hasn't done it again. I'm off to finish getting the kids bedtime routine started, have a good night!

Hugs,

Michele