Saturday, September 1, 2012

Our Little Twinkies

Its been a while since I posted any pictures of my twin grandsons, Jaden and Benjamin.  I realized this and thought to myself, wow...I could I have done this?  So this past month, I've been working on layouts of the twins.  I looked through their albums and realized that their second year album is almost complete.  Just a couple (exaggeration!!)  more double page layouts and that album will be complete.  

So, going through the digital photo files I have on the computer, I found these photos of the twins.  The photos were taken by a friend of Kevin's.  She loved calling the twins, "twinkies!"  So I thought it was kinda appropriate to use it as my title.

This first set of layouts are of Jaden.  He's the oldest of the two, by about 5 minutes.  He kept finding Kevin's cell phone and kept saying, "Here Daddy!"  


 This next set of layouts are of Benny.  The only thing he was interested in it seems was his snack.  He was my little mischief maker. 

So, as you can tell, the layouts are the same.  The photos are the same.  The only thing I did differently is the arrangement of the photos.  


This is what I did and products I used to complete this project.  My inspiration came from the plaid pattern paper by Laura Ashley.  I love plaids and I love the crispness of this plaid.  I purchased this paper back in 2005.  I've been waiting to find the perfect layout to use and this was the perfect project. I was afraid I wouldn't have any complimentary colors to go with the pattern paper. But to my surprise, CTMH's Spring Iris (retired) cardstock matched perfectly along with CTMH's Topiary and Sunkiss Yellow (retired). The sketch I used for this project came from Allison Davis' Sketch Support blog, #13 double page layout. The banner I cut out using my Wishblade and then used some embroidery floss to tie the banner together. The flowers came from my stash and I used Martha Stewart's butterfly punch.

I hope that my sharing has given you some inspiration. Thanks for joining me here in my Rubber Room!  I'm so glad you popped it!  And I hope you continue to enjoy your Labor Day weekend. Stay safe!

I'll meet you back here soon, with more layouts to share.
Happy Scrappin'!!!
Hugs,
Leanne




Friday, August 31, 2012

Kickin' Up Dirt

Good Morning!!!  Once again I have neglected my duties as a blogger.  I do so apologize, but I can't say it won't happen again, but I'll try to do better.  Today is Friday, August 31, 2012.  It seems our summer of 2012 is winding down and the children are heading back to school.  Here in California City, the children started back a couple of weeks ago.  Our lazy days of summer are coming to an end as we head into the Fall/Autumn season.  Hopefully, the temperatures will start dropping soon, but with the temps dropping, the winds will be picking up.  So, either way, high or low temps, Santa Anas coming in...I'll be safe and secure right here in my Rubber Room.

Its been a busy month here.  I went to crop a few weeks ago. In planning on what to work on at the crop, I planned out several different projects to take with me.  I gathered up my papers, and sketches.  I chose the stamps I thought I might use.  I printed out the pictures for those layouts.  Now I knew I wouldn't get all these projects completed, but it gave me a wonderful head start for the month ahead.  I didn't realize till later, how much faster I can scrap when I am so organized.  I thought I was doing a pretty good job before...but this one little organizational tip, helped me accomplish so much more than I ever expected. 

So, let me share with you some of those layouts.  This first layout is of our grandson, Matthew.  He's about 18 months old and my husband, Dave thought it might be fun for Matty to go for a ride on the ATV.  Matty sat in the comfort of his Poppi's arms and helped drive the ATV around the backyard. He wasn't too sure if he liked riding this thing.  So, he found comfort with his thumb.


I've been wanting to do this layout for a while.  Thanks to the crop I went to...to help me accomplish this.  A big big thank you goes out to Amy Hurtado for organizing the crop and another huge, gigantic thank you to Amy again for sharing so much with all of us.  Thank you Amy!  I am looking forward to the next crop.

So, about this layout. I used one of Susan Stringfellow's sketches. I've had these papers forever.  I believe they are from Bo Bunny, but don't quote me on that.  The blue cardstock at the top of the layout is CTMH's Sky.   I cut the clouds out with my Wishblade and pop them up with some pop dots. The tire tracks on the right side I also cut those out with my Wishblade and the ATV in the lower right corner is from "NotSoCute Stickers."  The letters in the title are from DCWV's Nana's Kids.  I just used some brown acrylic paint and painted them to blend better with my layout. In Susan's sketch, she had a big circle on the left side.  Now normally I would cut out a circle and maybe even scallop the edges, but because this was such an outdoorsy type layout and what's the coolest thing about ATVs?  Of course, its the tires.  So, I blew up a sticker of a tire and used that on the left side.  I love how it turned out!

So, that completes another layout for Matthew's second year album.  I believe I have one more double page layout to do to complete his second album. 


Thanks for joining me here in my Rubber Room!  I'm so glad you're here!  And I hope your Labor Day weekend is absolutely wonderful!
I'll meet you back here soon, with more layouts to share.
Happy Scrappin'!!!
Hugs,
Leanne

Monday, August 6, 2012

Locks of Love

Good Morning and welcome back.  I hope you had an enjoyable weekend!  I was able to spend some quality time here in the Rubber Room and completed a couple of projects.  

Our new Fall/Winter 2012 Idea Book/catalog has gone live.  So many new and exciting things are happening. The Idea Book has 148 pages of artwork and products.. There is something for everyone  I am so excited, I can't wait to try all the new products being introduced.  If you would like, you can order from my website.

So, every month I have a workshop.  Each month I feature one of the new Workshops On The Go. (WOTG)  This month's kit is Clementine.  Check out page 29 from the link above to see what is included in the kit. With the WOTG kits, there is an instructional guide.  It gives you step by step instructions on how to complete two unique beautiful pages.  I always like to take the kit and step it up a notch.


All of the products used for these 2 pages are from Close To My Heart.  I also pulled some things from my stash to use on these pages.  I use various tools to cut some of my embellishments. For instance, I used my Spellbinders scalloped circle dies to create the scalloped border.  I also used Martha Stewart's butterfly punch for the butterflies.  The heart lockets I cut on my Wishblade, then ran it through my Sizzix Big Shot with my Cuttlebug embossing folder. The flowers at the bottom of the pages, I cut using my QuicKuts die and used the Cuddlebug "Swiss Dots" embossing folder.

The photos are of my granddaughter, Deborah.  Her hair was half way down her back and she decided she was tired of having it so long.  So, she decided she wanted to donate her hair to "Locks of Love."  I knew Deborah was growing up to be a beauty, but when she cut her hair, I truly realized how beautiful she actually was.  My baby girl is growing up.



Thanks for joining me here in my Rubber Room!  I'm so glad you're here!  And I hope your week ahead is absolutely wonderful!
 
I'll meet you back here soon.
Happy Scrappin'!!!

Hugs,
Leanne

Monday, July 30, 2012

Whoops A Daisy

Happy Monday Morning!

I hope you all had a terrific weekend! The weekend here went by so fast! I spent the day at the commissary on Saturday.  Thank goodness, the store wasn't crowded. The meat department has a little television and the butcher let Matthew pick what movie to put in the VCR. Matty selected "All Dogs Go To Heaven."  So, he spent the whole time watching television as Kelli and I shopped.  Then once we got home, I had the lovely chore of putting all those groceries away.  Luckily enough, I had Kelli here to lend a helping hand.

My Sunday wasn't as eventful as Saturday.  I did manage to work on a layout though.  Its not completed though, but that's ok.   I'll keep plugging along and it'll be done before you know it.

The layout I would like to share with you today I completed the beginning of the month.  I've had it planned for a while, I just never put it together.  But when I noticed I was so close to completing Deborah's second year album, I just on this project to get it completed.

I used Close To My Heart's "Whoops A Daisy" paper pack (retired), along with Hydrangea and Bubblegum (both retired) cardstock and ink pads.  I cut some of the flowers on my Wishblade, but the other are from CTMH, or Prima.  The crystal flourishes are from "Say it with Crystals." The crystal buttons are from CTMH and I used Martha Stewart's butterfly punch for some the butterflies. And the color crystals in the center of the flowers are from CTMH. 
Thanks for joining me here in my Rubber Room!  I'm so glad you're here!  And I hope your week ahead is absolutely wonderful!




I'll meet you back here once again, tomorrow!
Happy Scrappin'
 
 
Hugs, 
Leanne




Sunday, July 29, 2012

This look like a job for SUPER KID!!!

Happy Sunday to all you!

The artwork I would like to share with you today is of my grandson, Matthew.  He wanted to be Batman this past Halloween.  We tried to make other suggestions for him to chose from but he was very insistent about wanting to be Batman.  So, we got him a Batman costume and he was as happy as any little boy could be.  

When Close To My Heart introduced the new Spring/Summer 2012 Idea Book back in February, I knew I would use Matthew's Halloween pictures.  So, this the project we did this month (July) for my monthly workshop.







So, the products I used came with the Workshop On The Go kit.  The kit consisted of Superhero paper pack, Superhero Workshop Stamp Set, Comic Badge Buttons,  Dimensional Stars, Superhero Complements Rub-ons, and some red, off white and navy blue brads.

I used a sketch from Sketch Savvy for my layout.  Susan Stringfellow does an absolutely terrific job coming up with so many creative sketches.  And they fit my style of scrapbooking perfectly. Check out her blog and tell her, Leanne sent you!


Thanks for joining me here in my Rubber Room!  I'm so glad you're here!  And I hope you're  having the best weekend EVER!

I'll meet you back here once again, tomorrow!
Happy Scrappin'
Hugs, 
Leanne

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Stepping Out

Good Morning Friends and Fellow Scrappers!

This must be a record, three days of posts in a row!  Like I said in an earlier post, I have a lot to share.  I also said I was planning on spending the weekend here in the Rubber Room creating.  Once again, life has interrupted that plan. I am about to head off to the commissary.  Its a necessary chore, and of course we can't live without it! LOL

What I would like to share with you today is a 2 page layout I did completely from my stash.  I probably have enough paper and embellishments to last me a LONG time.  Other than purchasing the Workshop On The Go each month, it's been a while I purchased anything new.  I keep telling myself, you need to use up what you have. 



I love these photos of my grandson, Matthew, taking his first steps.  He had been trying for so long to take those first steps, and I am so glad to be there with a camera when he did.  

As I said earlier, every thing on this layout came from my stash. The green gingham I've had forever.  It from CTMH B&T papers and had been retired for quite some time now.  But you can never go wrong with gingham on a baby's page. The big scallop circle is from LYB's "Baby Safari" along with the multi colored polka cots paper.  I cut the baby shoes out with my Wishblade, in addition to the scalloped trim along the top of bottom and the title.  I even hand stitched on the layout to tie everything together using embroidery floss.  The flowers and buttons also came from my stash.  I believe the buttons are CTMH and the flowers I purchased in bulk off of ebay. A big thank you goes out once again to my friend, Susan Stringfellow for another terrific sketch.  Check out her blog here.  I used Sketch #6 for this layout.

Thanks for joining me here in my Rubber Room!  I'm so glad you're here!  And I hope you have the best weekend EVER!

I'll meet you back here once again, tomorrow!
Happy Scrappin'
 
 
Hugs, 
Leanne




Friday, July 27, 2012

Playing Dress Up

Hi again!
TGIF!!!  I am sure a lot of you are saying that! With the upcoming weekend almost here, that means, I get to spend a bit more time in the Rubber Room.  I've got some projects to work on and I am so excited to get to it!  'Cause coming Monday morning, I'll still be in the Rubber Room, but I'll be cleaning instead.  

The layout I want to share with you today, is of Deborah, just 3 months shy of her 3rd birthday.  She loved to play dress up. It didn't matter what the article of clothing...she would wear it.  She loved in particular this one jacket of her Poppi's.  I am unsure what attracted her to it, but she loved none the less.  

I use Sketch #13 from Susan Stringfellow's blog, Sketch Savvy.  The papers are Close To My Heart's "Adorable." (retired). I used Martha Stewart's Punch Around the Page, along with my Spellbinder's dies to make the scalloped circles.  The buttons along with the pearls in the center are from CTMH.  The white flowers and butterflies are also from CTMH. The pink and brown flowers are from Prima Marketing.

Thanks for joining me here in my Rubber Room!  I'm so glad you're here!  And I hope you have the best weekend EVER!

I'll meet you back here once again, tomorrow!
Happy Scrappin'

Hugs,
Leanne

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Time Flies

I can't believe its been its been almost two months since my last post!  I do apologize.  Life has a way of interfering with my best intentions.  The past couple of months, I have alot of ups and downs, and a lot of bumps in the road.  But I am happy to report, that road had brought me through to the other side with barely a scratch.  But have no fear...no matter what obstacles I may encounter, I am still here in the Rubber Room, creating lots of layouts.  

I am happy to report, I have completed my granddaughter's 2nd year album.  I will be sharing with you in the next few days/weeks those layouts.  I have one more layout to do to make her third year album complete. As far as my grandsons' albums, I am just as close to having their 2nd and 3rd year album completed.  Its just a good feeling to have the albums done.  

As you can probably tell, I don't scrap in order.  I love to jump from working on one album to working on a totally different album/project.  Then all of a sudden, I realize, I have all of these albums done or almost done. 

What I like to share with you today is a 2 page layout I did a few months ago for my monthly workshop.  I used Close To My Heart's "Lucy" kit.  The layout is of my granddaughter Deborah, celebrating her 6th birthday.  



I'll have more to share in the next few days.  So, stay tuned.  

Thanks for joining me here in my Rubber Room!  I'm so glad you're here!  And I hope you have the best weekend EVER!

Until next time...
Happy Scrappin'

Hugs,
Leanne

Friday, June 1, 2012

Cruisin' Right Along

Welcome Traveler...
If you've clicked your way here from my monthly newsletter or from my posting on facebook, or just cruisin' the web, welcome!  Are your flaps up or are they down?  No, I am not talking about airplane flaps, although my husband would say his are down.  He works on airplanes.  So it natural for him to think about airplane flaps.  And I am not talking about mud flaps either.  Although, since we're CRUISIN' Route 66, we should have mud flaps installed on our cruisemobile.  Right?

I am talking about Close To My Heart's Flip Flaps. These interactive Flip Flaps are the perfect way to add extra photos, memorabilia and hidden journaling to your scrapbook layouts. Flip flaps are plastic sleeves with adhesive that attach to page protectors and allow you to slide in photos or other artwork. The Flip Flaps helps you take a simple 2 page layout and expand it to an extra page or two or three.

This layout is a compilation of photos of the different attractions along Route 66. So many pictures to capture the essence of Route 66, There is over 2,000 miles of road winding through the countryside of 8 states, starting in Chicago and ending up in Santa Monica. So much of the road is gone now,so I turned this layout into a dedication to Route 66. This interactive layout, which is actually the equivalent of 8 pages, allows you to open the flaps to reveal the story inside. Come on...lets cruise below...

Once you lift the 8"x12 Flip Flap at the top of the page, underneath is another 8"x12" page.

Now lower the 4"x12" Flip Flap on the bottom of the page and underneath is yet another 4"x12" in addition to another 12"x12" page. 
But wait...there's more....

If you open the 6"x12" Flip Flaps on either side of the layout...you have almost a whole other layout. 

I used Close To  My Heart's Cruisin' paper pack, along with CTMH's
Cruisin' Complements Silver Foil Images.  The CTMH's colors for this paper pack are: Cranberry, Juniper, Twilight and Honey. 


Thanks for joining me here in my Rubber Room!  I am so glad you stopped by! I hope you stop by again.

So until next time...
Happy Scrappin'
Hugs,
Leanne
          

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Paper Piecing Layout

Have you ever wondered, what if I tried something new with my pages?  Have you ever challenged yourself to step out of your comfort zone and give something new a try?  I love trying new things.  Sometimes, they work out and sometimes they don't.  But I never let those little somethings set me back.  I just learn from them and then I keep moving forward.  If I don't step out of my box/comfort zone, then I feel like all my pages start looking the same.  


So these next two pages, I thought I would try something new.  We've all seen paper piecing. To me, I've seen where little objects are pieced together for an embellishment for a page.  For instance, putting a tree on your page, them attaching individual leaves to the limbs of the tree.  Or perhaps, you want to put a bird or butterfly on your page and the different components make up that bird or butterfly.  That is what paper piecing meant to me.   

Then I got an idea about doing a two page layout of nothing but paper piecing components.  Oh my goodness, did my Wishblade get a workout with this project.  




The children had such a good time, playing together outside.  This was the first time the twins were able to going outside and play.  They had just started walking and had such a good time.  I was so thankful for having a digital camera at that time, because I kept snapping picture after picture. 

Now, these pages are for Matthew's album, and I plan on doing the same layout but different pictures for each of the children's albums.  Now, I can't take all of the credit on these pages,  All I did was cut and paste all the elements. So, I would like to thank Josy Carson, for all the hard work she put into this digital design.

Besides converting all these files to .gsd files, so that I could cut them on my Wishblade, I used my Martha Stewart's "Punch Around the Page" punch for the outside border.  Then I used another one of Martha Stewart's punches for the bottom border.  I wanted to show the green field more as hilly or rolling hills, so I distressed the edges.  I've always love the crackled edge look, so I tried giving the fence a worn, weathered look to it.  You can't see if very well in the pictures. And the rest is all paper piecing.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.
Until next time...

Happy Scrappin'!!!
Hugs, 
Leanne 

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Happy May Day

Happy Tuesday!  
What a wonderful day this is going to be! The sun is shining here in the high desert.  The wind is blowing, but hopefully it'll die down as the morning moves on. April was one busy month.  I had quite a few deadlines I had to meet.  But luckily enough, I was given enough time where I could meet those deadlines.  


So, the month started off fairly quiet.  We planned for Easter and we had the whole family here for Easter.  The twins are getting so big.  I can't believe they are in kindergarten.  Matthew is playing baseball this year and Deborah is playing softball.  Its a great way for them to burn off some energy.  Matthew is turning out to be quite a little slugger. We have a new addition to the family or I should say to Kelli's family. The dog across the street from her was barking and carrying on to something underneath Kelli's car.  Kelli went out to shoo the dog back into her yard and Kelli looked under car to see what the neighbor's dog was carrying on about.  There sat the most precious little pup, just shaking up a storm.  So, Kelli scoops up this little pup and yes, you guessed it. The new little pup had found a new home.  The pup was far too young to be away from its mother.  But when Kelli found where the pup came from, the owners didn't want the pup back.  Turns out the pup was only about 4 weeks old. She was tiny enough to fit into our small little kennel.

So, this all happened on Easter Sunday.  So guess what her name is?  The children named her and its (wait for it)...its so darn cute...they decided to call her, Sunny Bunny!  Sunny for short.  Sunny because they found her on Sunday and Bunny because it was Easter.  She's a litte spitfire and so darn cute. She's doing well and she is finally old enough to start on her immunizations.

So with the beginning of each month, brings all new challenges.  And since its the beginning of spring.  My challenge for the first week to ten days, I did some major cleaning.  Don't you just love spring cleaning?  Well, I've always said, I love a clean house but hate to clean.  But now that the chore is done, it feels so good to have that behind me till next year.  

Which brings me to challenge #2 for the month.  You all know I hold a monthly workshop each month.  We select from the new Spring/Summer Idea Book, the papers we would like to work with.  March was "Florentine" paper pack, which I shared with you at the end of the month.  April, we were going to work with "Pemberley" papers.  I love this paper pack and got busy in March and completed the layouts before the March workshop.  I would love to share those layouts with you, but I can't.  Those layouts have been selected to be published in Scrapbooking.com magazine.  Which was challenge #3 for the month.  But I'll talk about that in a moment.  

Getting back to my challenge #2 for the month...I like to stay ahead of things, so that I'm not too rushed to get things completed.  Its probably an unnecessary pressure I imposed on myself.  But I am always looking for some good challenges.  So, now that my Pemberley layouts are completed, I decided to work on the layouts for the next month's workshop. There is two reasons why I try to stay ahead.  1. I can work on the layouts in leisure and 2. I can prepare the layouts for the upcoming newsletter that corporate sends out for us.  So, for the month of May, the group decided to work with "Victory" paper pack.  I loved this paper pack.  Its so versatile.  You can scrap pictures from camping or fishing, or scrap about Scouts, or possibly military.  That is what I chose to do.  I decided it was time to quit procrastinating and start on Dave's military career album.  I've done a couple of layouts for his album.  But I really wanted to try to work in order on this album. So Dave and I sat down and discussed what to put in his album.  He has some terrific ideas.  I knew I had a major undertaking here trying to combine 22 years into one 12x12 album.  The challenge wasn't too hard to take on. What I found to be a challenge was to find certain elements I wanted to include on these pages.  Now, the Air Force did a major overhaul and reorganization back in 1993.  Commands had change their names, combined various wings and squadrons.  So, with the help of the internet and wikipedia, I was able to find some of the things I wanted.  But I knew I was lacking in some other areas.  Then I found this site, www.weservedtogether.com.  It was a wonderful site and so much info right at my fingertips.  I was so tired of researching and all I wanted to do was scrapbook.  My patience was running thin.  I contacted the admin office of weservedtogether.com and asked them for help.  They were absolutely the most wonderful helpful group.  They helped me find the things I knew I was missing. So, now that I have all my little ducks in a row, I could begin working on Dave's album. I had completed his Intro Page a while back.



 The next two pages, I decided to show the motivation of why Dave decided to join the Air Force.  So, I did a memorial page for his father and named the two page spread, "Life Father, Like Son."    


Luckily enough, these layouts came together pretty easily. And being the hoarder that I am when it comes to scrapbooking supplies, I had everything right at my fingertips.  The papers are from KandCompany and Karen Foster.  I distress all the edges and then inked them with Desert Sand ink. I got my inspiration from my friend, Susan Stringfellow and her blog, www.sketchsavvy.com.  I took two of her one page sketches and combined them into a 2 page spread.  So, now that I have the beginning of his album completed and all the "power scrapping" done, I was ready to tackle his Basic Training pages.   




Now, I used CTMH's Victory WOTG kit, along with the Victory My Stickease.  I inked all the edges with Chocolate ink and cut the corner stars on my wishblade.  The stars on the borders I use my Sizzix stars die. I also used some of CTMH's Independence My Stickease.  This set has been retired for a few years now.  Told ya I was a hoader!  I used one of the Abracadabra sketch from our how to book, "Magic."  Now, that I have the layouts done for May's workshop, this takes me to Challenge #3 for the month.

So, around the middle of the month, I got an email, congratulating me on having one of my layouts selected for their June issue of www.scrapbooking.com magazine.  I was thrilled.  This is the first time, my artwork has been selected for publication.  But with that priviledge, comes more responsibility.  I had to list all the products I used on the layout, I had to write about why I chose the pictures I did and I had to tell a little bit about me.  Now this is a very difficult task for me.  I hate talking about myself.  I would much prefer to let my artwork do my talking.  Maybe if I could write in third person, that would have been easier, but no...I had to dig deep and explain myself.  Saying, "because I liked it," or "because I wanted to," just wasn't going to hack it.  So, that was my challenge, which I did complete, but after numerous writings and erasings.

Challenge #4 - Earlier in the month, when I thought I might have a bit of free time. I entered a challenge that Erin from DCWV,Inc, posted on her blog.  She calls it "Stack-a-holics" challenge.  She selects a sketch from other blogs on the net, and we are to use that sketch and any of DCWV's paper stacks and complete a layout with it.  This is the sketch Erin posted:  It comes to us from a blog called, "Got Sketch."
  

I had to select a DCWV stack that I already had.  Remember now...I am the world's biggest hoarder.  I buy these kinds of thngs when they are on sale. So, I selected "DCWV's Grade School stack and of course, I changed the sketch a bit.  So, this is my submission to DCWV's April's Stack-a-holic Challenge.


So, that was my month all wrapped up, right here on my blog.  Now, to move on and get started with my challenges for May.  But before I can enter my rubber room for a month long of scrapping, I need to get the laundry started. 

So, until next time, 

Happy National Scrapbooking Day on May 5!

Hugs, 
Leanne










Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Place des Pyramides

I have shared with you in the past, the pages I have completed for my Paris album.  But as usual, I have put that album aside for a bit, but this past month, I thought I might complete another couple of pages for the album.  I am a little over half way there in finishing up this album.  





This month's workshop we are using CTMH's Florentine WOTG.  These papers reminded me of Paris, which then reminded me I haven't work on that album for a while.  So this two page layout, I am featuring our visit to Place des Pyramides in Paris.  The statue of Joan of Arc is located in the middle of this square. 

I used Susan Stringfellow's, from Sketch Savvy, 2 page sketch.  The title  is part of the Florentine My Stickease collection from CTMH. I also used CTMH Bouquet Assortment and their Bitty Opaques Pearls Adhesive Gems.  I cut the flourishes out on my Wishblade.  

So, another couple of pages to add to my Paris album...YAY!!  I still have more pages to share. So stop by soon and see what other pages I have completed.

Until next time, 
Happy Scrappin'!
Hugs, 
Leanne 

Monday, March 26, 2012

Launching a new site

As many of you know, I am a Close To My Heart consultant.  I joined CTMH 10 years ago.  Well, starting April 1, with the help from Close To My Heart a monthly newsletter is being launched.  I am so excited about all the new things coming up within CTMH. 
 I am also happy to announce, that you can shop 24/7 from my website.  So, if you would like the monthly newsletter sent to you, please email me at Kit20296@aol.com and let me know you'd like to be included.  My website is scrappingamma.ctmh.com and is available right now for you to start shopping.  If you have any comments or questions, please leave me your email address and I'll get back to you.

Until next time, 
Happy Scrappin'!!

Hugs, 
Leanne

Kick This

 As I have mentioned in earlier posts, this years goal isn't a number like in years past.  I decided to come up with a theme for each month and do as many layouts as possible.  For instance, January was birthday, and I shared with you the layouts I made for Deborah's and Matthew's birthday at Chuck E. Cheese.  February, I was suppose to complete layouts for Kelli's and my weddings.  Except I did a lot of planning during the month and did not do the first layout.  My bad!!  Then March rolled around, and this month the theme was sports. Now, I thought about doing a 2 pager for Deborah playing soccer. Haven't quite gotten there yet, BUT the good news, I completed these layouts. There are of Matthew and Deborah playing at the park with their dad, with a new soccer ball their grandmother  from New York sent them.  They had such a good time.  




The papers used on Matthew's layouts came from my stash.  I've had them for quite a while and I don't remember who made them.  The foundation page is CTMH's Topiary cardstock. And the embellishments came from a digital scrapbooking kit.  I did a "print and cut" with my with my Wishblade for the oversize soccer ball.  The grass border came from a retired kit from Close To My Heart, "Lazy Days of Summer". The title "Kick This" was an overlay I purchased from scrapbook.com.

Now Deborah's pages, the foundation page is CTMH"s Pear cardstock and the patterned paper is from My Little Yellow Bicycle's "Baby Safari."  The rest of the embellishments are just like Matthew's pages.  Now I know both of these layouts, the journaling hasn't been done yet.  I leave that up to Kelli and she hasn't done it yet.  But once I put a little pressure, she'll get it done.

My pile of layouts, I've been wanting to share with you has been dwindling down.  But I keep completing more and more. 
So stay tuned for my next set of layouts.  
Thanks for stopping by, 
Until next time...
Happy Scrappin'!!


Hugs, 
Leanne