Amazing Grace

Calender pages

Life has been so busy lately and I haven't had time to do anything scrapbook related but every year I make a calender for my Mom's Christmas gift. Here are a few of the pages:
The first picture is of my Mom with the 3 oldest grandkids.


This is the 5 of us at the Nelson Pioneer Farm where we had the reception. The bottom picture is of big Sister Erica getting her dance in with Tyler.
Tyler and Emma took their wedding clothes on their honeymoon with them to get pictures on the beach. They turned out so good. And the water behind them looks wonderful.
This past Easter we took pictures of my Mom with all the Grands. All of the girls in the first picture and the boys in the bottom picture.
Here is us 5 kids with Mom and Dad
My Grandma Phillips is in this picture. All of the pages are pretty simple. Mom is more into the pictures than the scrapbooking part of it. It was a great way to use up some of my older papers and scraps. The next 6 calender pages will be next week.

It's called CHRISTMAS

This video is all the buzz right now. I believe in CHRIST and Christmas, I'm praying you do too.
To avoid hearing my playlist over the top of this video you can scroll down the right side of my blog and when you get to the black box that says Playlist, click on the stop button and you will be able to listen to the video with out the extra music in the background.

Scrapbook Retreat

A couple weeks ago Erica and I spent the weekend in Tennessee, Illinois at the Camp LaMoine Christian Womens scrapbook retreat. We always have so much fun and especially this year since Erica has moved over an hour away, it gave us a full weekend of talking, scrapbooking and enjoying the great outdoors.
We get to spend time with Roger's cousin Judy and her friends. We're so thankful Judy invited us to the retreat 3 years ago.
In between eating the wonderful meals they prepare at the camp and walking around the grounds, it's beautiful in the fall, we get some scrapbooking done. You've never seen people pack in so much stuff. Some of the ladies move in large wood storage pieces and plastic carts for all of their supplies. Here's Judy scrapping away.

Pictures of Erica

Here's a layout I did last weekend at the scrapbook retreat Erica and I went to. It was a quick and easy layout, just like I like them. Sorry for the glare on the pictures. I guess I didn't take the flash off. I love the calender spot by Jenni Bowlin, a quick way to add the month and day with out writing it out. I hate my hand writing. You can see more of the calender cards here. And some of the other Jenni Bowlin embellishments.

Puppy Pictures

I know you've been patiently waiting for puppy pictures. It's been a loooong time since I posted pictures of our sweet sweet puppy. I know, she's not a puppy anymore but she'll always be a puppy in our eyes. You can tell from the look on her face that she's not amused with her costume. But she makes the cutest Bumble Bee. She's pretty good at getting the costume off by herself but if she needs help she just gives Tyler her sad puppy dog eyes and he helps her.
She doesn't like posing for pictures either and she can pout with the best of them. But I did get a few pictures. Hope you all are having a Happy Fall.

A new card

Here's a quick and easy card I made over the weekend. You'll find all of my cards are quick and easy. Life's to short and I have to much scrapbooking I need to do to put hours into a card.

I just love the little Jenni Bowlin calender cards. They add just the right touch. And they would be great on a scrapbook layout too. You can go here to order more Jenni Bowlin embellishments. Or just contact me at www.papermemories4u@yahoo.com
Happy Scrapping!

A few treats from the weekend

This past weekend I had the pleasure of spending a few days with Deanna from Creative Hearts Retreats. I was a vendor at the weekend retreat she held in Des Moines, the ladies had a wonderful time and Deanna is a great cook. There was lots of laughs, fun, food and prizes. I did get a chance to create a few things.
The cappaccino cup is quick and easy to make. They make great gifts with a sample of coffee beans, hot chocolate or tea tucked inside.
The pumpkins turned out adorable. The picture isn't doing them justice. They are quick and easy to make with a scallop punch. You can make them with any size scallop punch you have. Wouldn't they be cute at the Thanksgiving table? Today I think I'm going to try and add them to a card. It would make a great 3D embellishment.

Going Green

Everyone is going Green it seems and as crafters we already look for scraps of this and that to use in our crafts. Why not use the packaging our craft supplies come in. Here is the package that brads came in.
Take out the insert, lay it on top of the paper you are using. Trace and then trim the paper. Insert it into your package and embellish. Very easy and a great way to use up scraps. I added Dove chocolate treats to my package.
Wouldn't it be wonderful to say I gave this to a friend? OH, Come on, we all know me and you know that chocolate was gone as soon as I took the picture.
Have a great day and go scrap something!

A little peek into Miss Taft's class room

Roger and I went to Marshalltown to visit Erica a few weeks ago and she let us have a little tour around the school and her class room. She hasn't had time to add any personal touches to her class room yet but she has had time to organize. Wonder where she gets that from.
Here is her VERY small desk. Low man on the totem pole gets small desk. She doesn't spend much time at her desk so it doesn't need to be very big.
Every good Christian school teacher teaches respect for others, yourself and God.


The bookcases and cubbies needed some organization and the kids helped clean out and organize each of their cubbyholes.
Hopefully next time the kids will be in class and I can get a picture of them with Miss Taft.
They have a field trip to Carroll's Pumpkin Farm this week. I'm not sure who's looking forward to it more, the kids or Miss Taft.