I thought I would see what condition my condition was in.....

I am such a bad blogger!! I haven't posted anything in what seems like forever! Its not that I haven't wanted to post, its a time management thing. Also, alot of time, I don't know what to say. I have so much going on in my life...and I could post here and tell you all about it...but I really don't want to bore you to death. So please except my apologies, I can't say I won't do it again...'cause I can't guarantee it.



I've done a few layouts...but nothing like I was doing last year at this time. I feel I am going through a bit of burn out. I think after 10 years on non stop scrapbooking...I could be feeling a bit burnt out. I've also started back into my genealogy. I have attempted several times to take all the information I have and load it into my Family Tree Maker program. I have even saved it to disc. But the disc won't load and with the crash of September 08, I am back at the beginning loading all this information. Its a mighty chore when you have six 4" thick notebooks full of information on all those ancestors.



Did you know it was my genealogy to lead my to scrapbooking? I have so many pictures of relatives and ancestors, that I needed a way to share it with the rest of my family. You know know how blessed I feel, when my children and nieces and nephews write to me and ask me about our great great great grandfather. And to be able to put a picture with that name...what more could anyone else ask for?


So, I am taking a hiatus from scrapbooking for a while, and concentrate on compiling my family tree into the computer. I am still doing my monthly workshops, so I will be posting layouts for that. Check back if you're interested in genealogy and would like to compare notes. I'm not sure how I'm going to post, except tell the story of the branch I am working on at the moment. But in time, I am sure I'll find some creative way of posting.


Now I do have some layouts, I want to share. As my good friend, Bethany from Elegant Word Art would say, if you like what you see, leave me some lovin'!


The picture in this layout are of my three children, Michael, Kevin and Kelli. Kelli was about 9 weeks old here. She looks so grumpy is right before the picture was shot, we grabbed the pacifier out of her mouth. She wasn't too pleased about that! The paper I got from Sticker Planet. It was on sale and can't pass up a buy like that! I cut "Family" out with my wishblade along with some of the stars. I pulled alot out of my stash to use. And this is the first time I've used used "Say it with Crystals" bling. My good friend, Jenn sent them to me. They add alot to the page don't you think?



This layout is just a redo of one I had already done. I changed it a bit, but its basically the same layout. You know, when I have two in the picture I have to make a layout for each of their albums.

This is a two page layout of my granddaughter Deborah. She loves to play out doors. And what better way than to play in her Barbie jeep, telephone and all! I wonder where she learned to do that? Papers are from DCWV, Nana's Kids Slab. Title and journal squares I did on my Wishblade and the assortment of flowers and brads and buttons all came from my stash.

That's it for now...I still have more layouts to share. Hopefully, as I tire from entering names into the computer...I'll come back and post some more.
Thanks for looking...see ya next time.

Inky Hugs,
Leanne

Finally...Gamma Got Some Pictures!!

I have a son who lives in Oklahoma with his wife and three girls, Ivy, Allisson, and Emily. Emily was born a little over a year ago...and I have yet to receive the first picture of the child. Well, either Michael or his wife, Lisa, decided to send me some pictures. So, I decided to share with all of you the pictures he sent. I will try to explain each pic...hopefully it won't get too confusing.

This first picture is of Ivy and Allisson. I am not sure of the dog's name. (if that is a dog!!) LOL You can tell from the date on the pictures of when these pictures were taken. The next two pictures are of Ivy, Michael's step daughter. She's bright little thing. Mike tells me she makes the honor roll at school each semester.

These next four pictures are of Allisson. She's a cutie patootie!

These last two pictures are of Mike's youngest daughter, Emily. She sure looks alike like her daddy! She reminds me alot of Mike's grandmother, Kathleen.

She too is a cutie patootie.

Thanks for letting me share in my excitement. Let's see how long it'll be before I get some pictures. High school graduation perhaps? LOL

Until next time...

Happy Scrappin'

Inky Hugs,

Baby's First Halloween

Hi again!

Welcome back. I wanted to share the final page of Deborah's first year album. I am so excited to have this album completed. But you know...I have learned never to say I am completed or I am done. Cause all of a sudden, I'll have an idea hit and off I go and this album could be just that. Clear as mud? LOL Lets just say, I am finished with it at the moment.

I completed this layout using a sketch from "Got Sketches" blog. It was a sketch challenge on one of the many yahoo groups I belong to. We couldn't get that baby to smile for nothing. She was so tired. But we did take her to two places that evening and then off to home and to bed she went. Everything, from papers to stickers I have accumulated over the years and I just pulled everything out to complete this page.

Thanks for stopping by. Now off to work on some of the grandson's pages for their books and possibly some of my own children's books.

Until next time,

Happy Scrappin'!!

Inky Hugs

Babies Dressed in Pooh Clothing

Hey everyone...

I just completed another layout this week. This layout is a remake of a layout I did for the design team layout I did way back in 2005 for my LSS. They kept the one up on display for the longest time. But because I have two babies in the pictures, I needed to do another layout so each could have their own layout in their albums.
This first layout you see here is the original layout I did for the LSS. They supplied us with limited amount of product and we needed to complete a layout. I had one sheet of patterned paper, but to do anything with it would have made the layout way too busy. So instead I cut it apart and use certain parts for the layout.

I love to work with striped paper but had none, so using the deckle edge cutter, I cut .5 and .25 inch strips and glued them down. The store was fascinated with the way I did this layout. AND it was preWishblade days, so everything was cut by hand or with a trimmer.

Now the remake, since I didn't have guidelines to go by, I was able to be as creative as I wanted. I used CTMH's Emporium paper pack along with the My Stickease. I used my Nestabilities to cut the scalloped circles and scalloped around the title. The bottle caps came http://www.just4funcrafts.com/. And the Pooh characters are made of chipboard and my good friend and downline, Pat, picked those up for me at Joann's. The big center pictures of Pooh were cut from the patterned paper and then topped with a round window charm. The font I used was from 2peas called MisterGiggles. And the bookplate is a new product from CTMH in the Spring 2009 catalog. I should mention the cardstock is Vineyard Berry and Crystal Blue and Sweet Leaf.

Thanks for stopping by and visiting. I need to get back to this final layout for Deborah's 1st year album. Once that is completed, her book will be done. YAY!!! So stay tuned!!

Inky Hugs,

Babies' Intro

When my children were born, we didn't have the luxury of having sonograms done, like so many pregnant moms do today. With my grandchildren's albums, I have used that picture they gave us of the sonogram as their introduction/first page of their album. So this is what I have done for my children's firsts page of their albums.

I used various scraps I had in my stash. And what I didn't have, I created within my Wishblade program. I am trying to learn Adobe Illustrator, but its a slow process! LOL

Thanks for looking, stay tuned for some more layouts.

Inky Hugs,

Busy Busy Busy...

Hey everyone!

Miss me? I do apologize for not posting more. I have too many priorities and not enough hours in the day. I keep saying one more then I'll post. Who knows what I mean when I say that to myself! LOL Anyhow, I have alot of share with you today.

First I want to share the layouts we'll be doing at my February Workshop this coming Tuesday. Now, if you like these layouts and would like to do them for your albums, just shoot me an email or you can visit my other blog (http://www.creativebundles.blogspot.com/) for more details.




I used CTMH's MRK Daydream paper pack. To make the tiny little balloons and party hats, I used Karen Foster's Scraparutus dies. The stamp set is Cupcake Sprinkles from CTMH and then embossed with Fiskar's embossing plates. Then I ran my White Daisy stamp pad over the top. I used Pop Dots to lift the cupcakes up off the page. On the second page I just the "1" candle out with my Wishblade. My good friend, Jennifer, made a file for me with the balloons and changed the color to suit my layout. I then made a cutting file and cut them out with my Wishblade. Did Jenn do an excellent job? Thank you Jenn for all your help. The assortment of buttons and brads came from Jenn's website, http://www.just4funcrafts.com/. I used liquid glass on the the tiny balloons and I really don't care for the look of them. But since the page is done, I won't change them.



Thanks for stopping by...I have more to post...so...stay tuned.



Inky Hugs,

Sweet Harmony Layout

Hi there!

As I have stated in my previous posts, I am dedicating my time to completing as many baby pages till the inspiration runs out. So that means I best get busy eh? I wanted to share with you today the 2 page layout I just completed of my grand daughter Deborah. She's 6 weeks old here and its her first professional portrait taken.

The papers I used are from Close To My Heart's My Reflection Sweet Harmony. I also used CTMH's new publication, "Reflections" for the layout ideas. I used my Wishblade to cut the scalloped squares, the letter "D," the center flower in Amethyst, and title "Simply Adorable". All the embellishments with the exception of the Prima flowers, and ribbon are from CTMH. The dotted organza ribbon came from my stash, and the thin purple ribbon came from http://www.reasonableribbon.com/ ribbon club selection. The two white flowers on the left layout, is also from CTMH, and the Amethyst flower inbetween was cut on my Wishblade and then embossed. I embossed the biggie flower and the Amethyst flower with my Cuttlebug embossing folder, "Swiss Dots."

Thanks for stopping by. Until next time!

Hugs and Smiles,

Baby Face

Hi there! Welcome back to my Rubber Room...

I just completed the layouts for this month's workshop. This month we are using CTMH's Emporium paper pack along with CTMH's "Connections" stamp set. I used the instructions CTMH gave for their Workshop on the Go, but changed it just a tiny bit. These pictures I have showcasing in the layouts are of my twin grandsons, Benny and Jaden. Their first year album is a 9x9 size. So, all I did was reduce all the measurements to accommodate a 9x9 layout. Also, when I was placing my order, I needed to order enough pewter brads for all the gals in the workshop. Only problem is I forgot to include myself in that number. So I improvised and used some prima flowers and itty bitty brads instead. I love the scallop edge on the layouts using ink and a brayer...just watch...I'll be using that technique again!

Now, when I do one layout for one of the twins, I simply have to do another. So, with these layouts, the same goes. The first two layouts are of Benny....these next two layouts are of Jaden. Same layout, just different pictures.

Now, the title "You've got the cutest little baby face" came from a blog that I subscribe to. This gal Bethany is so creative. What she can do with a saying a fonts...its remarkable. She saves her work as a png file. Well, I have Adobe Illustrator on my computer and have no idea how to use it. Well, I decided, Sunday morning, to give it a try. I clicked and clicked and clicked some more. And the title of my layout is what I changed. Thank you Bethany for giving us a great foundation to create some awesome titles and sayings. Bethany's blog is http://elegantwordart2.blogspot.com/. She has loads on there, so happy browsing.

That's it for today. I need to do some major housework with the rest of my day. The twins are coming home tonight, and I do like to start off the time they are here with a clean and tidy house. Its not always that way, when they leave on Sunday morning...but at least we can start off the time right.

So, until next time.....

Happy Scrappin'!

Inky Hugs,

Leanne

Our Baby Girl

How many times do you do use a particular sketch? Once, twice? Well, I am preparing for my workshop and my order hasn't come in yet...but I really wanted to try out this layout with something other than the papers they were designed for. And in keeping with my New Year's resolution, of working on all the baby albums...I started off with my granddaughter, Deborah's album. I am almost through with her first year...but have plenty to do for the boys' albums. I am using a combination of papers in this layout. Some are Close To My Heart, some are from K and Company and the rest is just from my stash.I made a gsd file of the flowers and cut them on my Wishblade, along with the title on the second page. This next page, "First Day," I completed about half of it last year, but had to put it up either because I was out of ink for my printer, or I needed new blades for my Wishblade. Either way, it didn't get completed till this past week. When Deborah was born, she had the worse case of jaundice. It was so bad, they kept her an extra day in the hospital. The pictures are from the first day she was in the incubator. Such a big baby for such a tiny bassinette. Deborah weighed 9 lbs, 10 oz when she was born.
Thanks for stopping by and permitting me to share. I'll have the workshop layouts completed in the next day or so, since my order was just delivered. YAY!!! So, until next time...Happy Scrappin'!! Leanne

Happy New Year!!

I know, I know...I am about 2 weeks late in wish all of you a Happy New Year. That just seems to be the way my life is going. I did want to share with you the layouts I started way back in November, but had to put away to prepare for my workshop and then all the holiday preparations. So, it wasn't till I got all the decorations put away, and the house put back in order, that I finally sat down at my table in the rubber room and finished up all 8 layouts. Let me explain what I did here. This first layout, is the same for all four of the grandchildren's albums. The next set of layouts are the individual layouts for each of them. The layouts and embellishments are all the same...the only thing I changed was the pictures.

I used a variety of products. Mostly CTMH's cardstock. I had cut alot out on my Wishblade and others I just had on hand.

Now, I've decided to work on all the baby albums. I have to convert Deborah's newborn page to a 12x12, so that is my latest project at the moment. Then I plan on doing the 6 month old page for the twins. Those will be the layouts we'll be doing at this month's workshop. I'll make sure I share them when I get them all completed.

I should get back to it so I can get them done. Thanks for stopping by...until next time...

Happy Scrappin'

Inky Hugs,