More blog candy

Ok Ladies, here is even more blog candy. Make sure you enter to win before Jan. 27th. I was on a roll last fall but haven't won anything for a while. Go to ALL PINK GIRL to enter this one


You can win Martha Stewart punches at ABC Toys and Crafts
And the Daily Marker has a great give away too. Stamps, pearl bling, ink pads, card stock. We can all use free stuff to help supplement our crafts. So enter to win!

Free Blog Candy

Who doesn't like free these days? And free scrapbook supplies are even better. We all have to watch our pennies lately so go to Posh Designs and sign up for the free scrap goodies.

Kitchen Remodel

You know how you start one small change in a kitchen and it becomes a complete remodel? Well, thats were we are right now. Our old frig is on it's last leg and fading fast so we decide to get a new frig. Well if we're getting a new frig., this would be the perfect time to put in the door I've been wanting for the past 6 years, to the basement (right now you have to go thru the kitchen, dining room, family room and office to get to the basement stairs). If we're putting in a door to the basement all of the cupboards will have to be moved on that wall, (upper & lower cupboards) and if your moving cupboards you will need to paint, and why not replace the floor, and boy the counter tops are looking really bad. Yada Yada Yada, and that is how our not so small change has become a complete remodel. Oh, and we're getting a new stove sometime too.
Here's pics of the guys are moving cupboards and Emma and I "try" to help a bit.

Birthday Card

I love my border punches and in this card I used 3 different ones. Its a great card to use up scraps. I'm trying to make all of my cards this year and I was able to make several cards like this using up the stripe paper. I've used this paper on so many projects. I'd love to see the cards you make using just scraps.

Christmas ornament with the Cricut

I know Christmas is over, but I was so busy before Christmas I didn't have time to post.
This year I added a Puppy Tree to our collection of Christmas trees. I took matt & shiney pearl white bulbs


and cut dog silhouettes with black vinyl on the Cricut. I pressed the vinyl onto the bulbs and smoothed out the edges with a bone folder. The picture didn't turn out very well but the bulbs look great on the tree.
I made homemade dog treats and sprayed a clear coat to make them shine. I also made the dog tags with the Cricut. I used rubons for each of the dogs names. All in all I think it turned out pretty cute.

More calender pages

I'm a week late but here is the last 6 months of pages I made for my Mom's calender for 2010.
In these pictures we have Andrea & Lindsey, the bottom picture is Alex and Emily


This was taken when Roger and I were in Hawaii in Feb.
Erica sitting at her desk in her class room and the bottom picture is the outside of the Marshalltown Christian school she teaches at.
Carson and Kenzie decorating foam leaves.
Tyler and Kyle wearing Andrews hat.
Uncle Richard, Aunt Janet, Aunt Betty Ann
Aunt Marcia, Uncle Irvin and Mom (Arlene)

I still need to add a picture of Uncle Irvins house at the bottom of this picture. He passed away this year.

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.