I Heart Faces

So I know... I've been a bad blogger.I am promising to do better from now on....starting with this lovely post of my darling niece for a photo contest on I Heart Faces blog (www.iheartfaces.blogspot.com).


This weeks challenge was all about "Excited" and I knew this pic I just took of her all dressed up for her very first Halloween was just perfect for it. She's so stinkin cute that I just had to share!

Jinkies Batman! It's been FOREVA!!!

Ok, well I know I've been neglecting my blog just to keep afloat with my life lately, but I am pleased to announce that my life seems to be much smoother. No more busy schedules, soccer games, college courses, family issues, etc.

So I took some time to sit back and scrap once again. I made this cute acyrlic album and had such a blast with it! I can't wait to jump back into scrapping!

Create your Own Album

.... and it's not a scrappy album. This one is crazy cool!!! I found it on Emilie Ahern's blog and had to give it a try. :)






Follow these instructions:

1 - BAND NAME Go to "wikipedia." Hit “random article”or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 - ALBUM TITLE Go to "Random quotations"or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.

3 - COVER ART Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4 - Use Photoshop or similar software to put it all together.

Tryin' Out!

So it's been awhile. I've been kinda quiet on the scrappy scene lately...but I've been keeping myself busy for sure! And I finally decided to come out of my scrappy hidey hole and give a DT call a try. I'm not holding my breath on having a chance, but it felt good to get out there and just try out.

Here's a little sneaky peeky of one of my creations for the call. :)

Rediscovering my Scrappy Mojo

It's been a long hard road for me to rediscover my scrappy mojo as of late. First, I had a taste of just how mean the scrapping industry can be. It made me not even want to walk into my scrapping area and took away the love of scrapping that I have had since I discovered it a few years back. I forced myself to try to get past it, but it never seemed to work.

Then I lost my sister in law. Before the cancer, she was a stamping addict. She sold me all of her stamps, inks and such when she lost use of her arm. After her death, it made it even harder to get into the groove.

But I knew I had to push past it. For her. So today I created my first page in honor of Jana. Even though I'm not a huge stamp fan, I used her stamps in several places on this page. And check out that paper from The Paper Element. It's part of their newest line, Blue Flannel. :)

It felt good. :)