Treva's Craft Corner

More Rehab

2012-02-09T10:54:00.004-05:00

Today I'm sharing another LO that I oompleted for DH's accident album. It uses pictures of him the first day of his rehab at a facility. All of his previous rehab had been done when he was hospitalized and at home. This was mid May almost six months since the accident. The title and embellishments were cut with the Slice, recently I've used it more than my cricut. I used a MS punch for the butterflies and the paper is from the Michael's Recollections line.

One Less Screw

2012-02-08T12:41:00.006-05:00

Today I'm sharing another completed LO for DH's accident album; I have mixed feelings about the LO but I'm not redoing it as DH wants me to finish the album soon. The LO uses pictures from his leg a few days after his last surgery where the doctor removed one of the screws in his knee because he was experiencing pain and it was prohibiting his rehab progess. I used thickers, misc paper, a flower from my stash and the journaling tag was cut using my slice. It is also one of my latest LOs for the Anytime, Anywhere, Scrapbooking Experience challenge being hosted by Tiare over at iClassygirl.

Hello Wednesday

2012-02-08T09:40:00.003-05:00

Today I'm asking you to pray for someone very dear to me and family. My aunt is in a battle for her life and we as her family are struggling to keep the faith. There are many things that I could say right now but my heart is heavy and I'm too emotional so I just ask that you pray for her and and our family that we are able to accept the will of God.

Blog Award

2012-02-03T09:46:00.007-05:00

Happy Friday!!

Today is Friday and I'm sharing a blog honor that I received from Kenya over at
Krafting Love. Please stop by her blog as she has some beautiful and amazing craft projects. Thank you Kenya for the honor and your inspiration.

Liebster is German and means 'dearest' or 'beloved' but it can also mean 'favorite'. The idea of the Liebster award is to bring attention to blogs with less than 200 followers. So, in the spirit of good fun I am passing this award on to five other bloggers. Please stop by and visit them.

The Rules are:
1. Show your thanks to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them.
2. Reveal your five picks for the award and let them know.
3. Post the award on your blog.
4. Bask in the love from the most supportive people on the blog share-other bloggers.
5. Finally and the best rule of all..........have fun and spread the Love.

My five picks for this award are:
Helen: A Taste of DC
Nubian: Nubian Crafter
Sharon: I2BZ2W8
Cheryl: My Cre8tive Paradise
Shelly: Chelle's World

If you visit their blogs you will surely find some inspiration.

God's Gifts

2012-01-31T10:05:00.006-05:00

Today is my son's birthday and he turned 28! Happy Birthday Justin if you just happen to stop by my blog. Today's LO is being submitted for a sketch challenge over at
Colorful Creations. I used pictures of my children taken as a Mother's Day gift to me several years ago. My children are indeed my most precious gift from God. I almost always mix and match paper and embellishments so I rarely know the specific manufacturer details. I did want to mention that the tag used on the LO was one I received in a swap last year.

Wedding Card

2012-01-24T10:24:00.006-05:00

Today I'm sharing a wedding card that I made for someone that recently got married. I'm also submitting the card as part of the January's Sketch Challenge over at
Mema's Crafts. The card was easy to make espcially since the sketch was provided. I used a white card base with rounded edges, misc. paper, mini rhinestones, ribbon and a Jolee sticker (weddig bells). The inside sentiment reads congratulations and best wishes.

Kappa Kamp

2012-01-17T12:58:00.007-05:00

Today I'm sharing a LO that I completed for the Anytime, Anywhere Scrapbooking Experience hosted by Tiare over at iClassygirl.com. This is the third LO for 2012, I'm still working on last week's LO which I hope to complete by the end of the week. The pictures used in the LO were taken last summer while we were in Indiana attending the Kappa Alpha Psi 100th year celebration. DD went to a basketball camp hosted by former NBA player Johnny Newman. I used misc. paper, the basketball and wall decor and more cartridges.

Happy MLK Day

2012-01-16T13:30:00.002-05:00

I hope you had the opportunity to provide some sort of service in honor of Martin Luther King's birthday. I didn't feel much like serving so I didn't do anything. Today I'm sharing some ATCs that I completed for a challenges listed over at Scraps of Color.

Christmas Past

2012-01-15T11:40:00.005-05:00

I was going through some of my pictures and LOs last week and I realized that I had hardly scrapped any pictures of DD when she was a baby. So today I'm sharing a LO using her Christmas pictures from 2002 when she was just a year old. My how time flies and I miss that little girl!

Together for Christmas

2012-01-12T10:18:00.009-05:00

Today I'm sharing another completed LO for DH's accident album which I'm hoping to complete by the end of this month. I'm also submitting this LO for a sketch challenge over at Colorful Creations. Although I've shared this particular photograph before I just completed the LO using the photograph today. This picture was taken on Christmas Day 2010 which was day twenty of DH's hospital stay. I used misc. papers and embellishments from several different page kits.

Flowers

2012-01-11T15:37:00.002-05:00

Yesterday was my birthday and boy did I have a heck of a day. So today I'm sharing a picture of the beautiful flowers that my son sent me. I'm so thankful for my children as they bring joy to my heart when I most need it! My daughter gave me a nice card and charms for a braclet that she gave me for Christmas so I'll probably just add those pictures to my "Smash Book."

New Clothes

2012-01-05T09:44:00.008-05:00

Today I'm sharing my latest completed LO for the Anytime Anywhere Scrapbooking Experience hosted by Tiare over at iClassygirl.com. The LO uses pictures of some of the clothes that DD received for Christmas. I used misc. paper, buttons, a chipboard flower button, sassy fiber strands (CTMH) and (2) differnt cricut cartridges for the title.

Fresh Flowers

2012-01-04T11:52:00.003-05:00

Today I'm sharing another LO for DH's accident journal, it uses pcitures of some of the fresh flowers that he received while he was hospitalized. This is actually the 5th LO that I've completed this year. I am on a roll, still trying use my stash of misc. stickers, paper and embellishments. I have completed all five LOs without turning on my cricut! I'll share some of the LOs here on my blog, others will be shared on other sites and some will go directly into the album. Some of the LOs for his accident journal are too graphic to share publicly.

Christmas

2012-01-01T18:56:00.003-05:00

Happy New Year! Today I'm sharing one of two LOs that I completed today. I'm sharing the Christmas LO that I completed using pictures taken of DD and her cousins on Christmas Day. I was a little under the weather so I didn't take any pictures so I had to use pictures DH took with his cell phone.

Out on the Town

2011-12-29T11:10:00.011-05:00

Today I'm sharing my latest LO in the Anytime Anywhere Scrapbooking Experience series that is being hosted by Tiare over at iclassygirl.com. This is LO#8 in the series, I used the picture that DH and I took at a Diamonds and Pearls event. In an earlier post I shared a LO using a picture of me and two of my friends that we invited to go with us this year. I used some handmade paper that I have been trying to use up for quite sometime and for the title I used some naked chipboard letters (thickers).

Happy Holidays

2011-12-25T10:49:00.003-05:00

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year. It is my hope that you will be richly blessed with endless love and continued bountiful blessings. I hope your holiday is filled with many fond memories to be cherished throughout your life.

Sight Seeing

2011-12-17T15:33:00.003-05:00

Today I'm sharing another LO from the Anytime, Anywhere Scrapbooking Experience being hosted on Scraps of Color. The pictures used in the LO were taken in August when we went to Bowie, Maryland; we toured the town's museums and mansions on Sunday. It was quite an educational experience and DD was able to earn a badge for the girl scouts.

Glitter Ornaments

2011-12-15T11:43:00.005-05:00

I finally did it, I've had these ornaments for over two years ssying I was going to do something with them! I decided I wanted to give them to my daughter's teachers for Christmas so I finally took it on last night. These are small so I'm planning to make a Michaels or Hobby Lobby run to see if I can pick up some larger ones. I have to finish this project tonight since tomorrow is the last day before winteer break starts! I think they came out just fine, all I need to do now is to get up enough confidence to try apply some vinyl.

Fabulous

2011-12-14T10:18:00.003-05:00

Today I'm sharing a LO that I completed for the ANYtime, ANYwhere Scrapbook Experience that I'm partiicpating in over at Scraps of Color. This is week 5 LO which took me a while to complete just because of life situations. The pictures used in the LO is of me and two of my friends at a recent function hosted by DH's fraternity and the Deltas. It was a fun night of food, fellowship and fun; I spent most of the night at the blackjack table.

Color Me Chocolate

2011-12-06T10:39:00.009-05:00

Today I'm sharing a card that I made to send to someone very special. I'm also submitting the card as part of December's "Color Me Chocolate" challenge over at
Mema's Crafts. This is my first time participating in their monthly challenges, if you're looking for some inspiration, you may want to check out her challenges and tutorials. For this challenge your project had to use chocolate/brown, white and either pink, teal or red. I used the cricut wild card cartridge for this card and it is one of the cards shown in the Cricut Cardmaking book.

Christmas Tag

2011-12-05T14:28:00.004-05:00

Over at Scraps of Color last week's theme for the Holiday bloggers was "Tag, You're It." We were suppose to create and post a holiday tag, I created this simple tag and will be using it on one of my holiday gifts! I cut the sentiment from the simply charmed cricut cartridge and the little ornament was from a sticker pack and the paper from an old DCVW holiday stack (trying to use my scrap stash) I'm not sure how many more I'll do because I need to get my Christmas cards done along with some other projects.

Girls Rock

2011-12-05T14:13:00.006-05:00

Today I'm sharing a LO of DD at a recent aikido training seminar. She's pictured here with Sensi Stephanie Yap 6th dan, who has her own dogo in South Florida. The seminar was hosted by Aikido of Virginia Beach.

Holiday Crafty "To Do" List

2011-11-26T07:33:00.003-05:00

Today as part of Scraps of Color Holiday Bloggers I'm sharing my "to do" list. I really need to get motivated to get this done or something might not get done. I only have five items but theyall can be quite time consuming. This is a busy time of year because we have so many activities to attend. While everyone else was probably having fun enjoying all the shopping deals I was stressing trying to find a dress for next week's Diamonds and Pearls event; I just need to lose weight! I'll try to share the completed projects as long as I'm not too stressed after finishing them!

Happy Thanksgiving

2011-11-20T20:02:00.006-05:00

Today I'm sharing a card that I made for a challenge over at Scraps of Color. We're celebrating Thanksgiving by showing our gratitude. We are creating LOs, cards and lists showcasing our gratitude through our passion for papercrafting.

No Limits

2011-11-16T16:35:00.003-05:00

Today I'm sharing my first LO of the Anytime Anywhere Scrapbooking Experience being hosted on Scraps of Color. I am now a believer that pagekits are the key to more organized and efficient scrapping. Now I've just got to work on getting some together, I just have a hard time since I usually scrap around my pictures. This LO is of DD and DH practicing her tennis skills. I chose this title as a testament for my daughter to demonstrate the resilence of her father. I wanted to demonstrate to to her that despite life's limits you can still excel to new heights. My DH is no longer able to run but he still wants to be a part of all that she does. They just don't go to the courts without me!

Third Grade

2011-11-03T11:16:00.002-04:00

Today I'm sharing a LO that I created for a Weekend LO Challenge over at Scraps of Color. I really liked this sketch, I used paper and embellishments from a Cloud 9 page kit that I picked up at Marshalls on clearance over a year ago. The title was cut from the font on the birthday cake cricut cartridge.

Happy Fall

2011-11-01T11:46:00.004-04:00

The leaves are turning, temperatures dropping and the holiday season is upon us. Yesterday was Halloween, next week is Veterans Day and then Thanksgiving and the list goes on! Today I'm sharing one of the cards that I made using the scraps from the page kit that I used for the Fall Fun LO. It is a simple Happy Fall card that I'm planning to send to someone this week!

Fall Fun

2011-10-27T10:34:00.007-04:00

Over at Scraps of Color I have been participating in a "Use Your Stash" challenge. Its a three part/week step where you make page kits, create a LO using your page kit and the last part/step is to use your scraps. The last part is still a work in progress for me. I have way too many scraps and I just can't seem to get rid of them. So today I'm sharing the first LO using the page kit I made from my scrap stash. I decided to use a fall theme since I knew thats something I'd use fairly soon. The pictures in the LO of DD selecting her pumpkin and dressing it once she got home. She calls it her princess prirate pumpkin!

SOC Anniversary Blog Candy Winner

2011-10-24T11:34:00.003-04:00

Congrats to:

Dainty Diva said...
A great way to remember the good time shared with sisters. Love the layout.

Thank you to DaintyDiva and everyone else participated during our weekend of celebrating sistahood!

SOC Anniversary Blog Hop

2011-10-21T06:00:00.012-04:00

Celebrate Sistahood Blog Hop In honor of Scraps of Color's 7th Anniversary, myself along with some talented papercrafters, have teamed up to honor and celebrate sistahood and the wonderful women in our lives who make us laugh, cry, shout, scream, play, live. We honor through our creativity and sharing our stories during this blog hop. Each sistah blogger will inspire you with her creativity and will also be offering up some blog candy! What is blog candy you ask? It's a giveaway! So sit back and get ready to be inspired with the Celebrate Sistahood Blog Hop. Just start here, check out what I've created, follow the rules for entry and then move on to the next blog hop participant for your chance to win again and again. Be sure to visit each blog between Friday, October 21 and Sunday, October 23 for more inspiration and chances to win. This hop closes on October 23, 2011 11:59pm est. Winners will be posted on each blog on or before October 28, 2011. So be sure to check back!

For this hop I created an 8x8 LO using a photo from a recent scrap-cation that I went to in Hagerstown, Maryland. We had so much fun scrappin', learning, chatting and eating that some of us barely went to sleep! I created an 8x8 LO because this LO will also be included in my Mirror Mirror Challenge album. I have met some special sista-friends as a result of scrapbooking. Scrapbook friends are a cut above the rest!

Now what's a hop without blog candy? Feast your eyes on this wonderful Colorbok Nature's Garden Theme scrapbooking kit. It includes over 200 pieces which includes an 8x8 album, stickers, paper, tags and other embellishments. All you need to do to qualify to win this wonder blog candy is to leave a comment on this post, post will be accepted until the close of the hop on October 23 11:59 pm est.

Now just hop on over to the remaining blogs for some great inspiration and the opportunity to win some scrappin' goodies.

Tiare: iclassygirl.com
Treva: scrappint.blogspot.com you are here
Patricia: triciatreasure.blogspot.com
Da Shawnna: creativedaze.dashawnna.com
LaShawnda: lashawndawrice.wordpress.com
Margaret: margaret-ilovecrafting.blogspot.com
Tina: parablesproductions.blogspot.com
Cyndi: nashvillesscrappinsisters.blogspot.com
Teniera: giftsgalorebyteniera.wordpress.com
Karen: in-the-spirit.blogspot.com
Kate: kateblue.blogspot.com
Yvonne: grantinfavors.blogspot.com

Retreat Projects

2011-10-18T11:16:00.003-04:00

Today I'm sharing two of the 'make and take' projects that we completed at the retreat earlier this month. The mini door hanger was made using CTMH products including the new cricut cartridge. This was my first time using a quilling tool for the formation of the flowers, tweezers will work just fine too! The other project was glass etching, this was the second time I tried etching. I like the end result better this time. Thanks to Sharon and Lisa for providing the supplies and leading the demos!

Breast Cancer Awareness

2011-10-14T11:43:00.003-04:00

Today I'm sharing another completed project from the retreat last weekend. I made these awareness ATCs as part of a challenge over at Scraps of Color. They will be distributed to people affected by breast cancer. Did you have your mammogram yet!

Blog Candy Winner

2011-10-14T11:31:00.003-04:00

Congrats to prazdance, the winner of the blog candy. Thank you to all the particpants, stayed tuned for more blog candy next week. I will be participating in a Scraps of Color Blog Hop next weekend.

Blog Candy - 100 Followers

2011-10-11T09:57:00.003-04:00

As promised, I'm offerning blog candy in celebration of reaching 100 followers on my blog. It includes: (1) one 8x8 Wausau Crinkles cardstock paper pack, (2) Accordion Albums and (1) Embellishment Pack. Blog candy posts will be accepted from now until Thursday, October 13 11:59 PM EST. This offer is being extended to only blog followers who leave a comment on this post. Thank you for visiting, the winner will be chosen and contacted on Friday, October 14.

Happy Monday

2011-10-10T13:30:00.004-04:00

Its Columbus Day but I'm at work, I'm thankful for my job though! I see that I now have 100 blog followers so I'll post my blog candy tomorrow as I went to a retreat over the weekend so I need to get back into the swing of things. Today I'm sharing one of the projects that I worked on while I was at the retreat. It is a chipboard mini of my DD's 10th birthday party. I like the final project and she did too, I guess thats all that matters. I'll share more retreat projects later this week too.

White Linen

2011-10-05T11:45:00.005-04:00

Today I'm sharing a LO where I used one of my latest little tools, the SEWeasy. The verdict is still out; I'm not sure whether I like it or not but I guess since I can't seem to get my sewing machine going this is it. The pictures in the LO were taken in July 2010 at an All White fundraising event that DH and I attended. The photographer wasn't very good so the pictures aren't that good. I completed this LO for an All Stitched Up challenge over at Scraps of Color

Blog Candy

2011-09-29T10:18:00.004-04:00

I have 99 followers, so I'm doing the happy dance! As a special thank you to all of my followers I am going to offer some blog candy once I reach 100 followers. So tuned and pass it along!

Recital Practice

2011-09-24T15:07:00.007-04:00

Today I'm sharing a LO of DD practicing for her upcoming piano recital. This is the first LO that I've done of her practicing the piano even though I've taken other pictures. I'm thinking about doing a mini of her using the pictures and pictures I have of her playing the clarinet. This LO started out originally for a sketch challenge and a monthly challenge; needless to say it just didn't work out. I'm beginning to think that I'll never be able to step out of the box with my scrappin' venture. The LO inspiration is from the The Sketch Inspiration site.

Blessed

2011-09-15T09:57:00.005-04:00

Today I'm sharing another LO that will be included in my DH's accident album. The accident was last December and I still have a ways to go before I finish the album. I do hope to have it finished before December.

First Day of School

2011-09-13T14:01:00.003-04:00

Today I'm sharing the LO that I completed for my DD's first day of school last week. As stated before I only took the one picture of her standing outside her classroom. I can't believe she's in the 5th grade, she's growing up way too fast! This was the first year I made a card for her and put it in her lunchbox and she was quite surprised so I used it on the LO too.

Genuine Love

2011-09-12T10:00:00.004-04:00

Today I'm sharing a LO of my children using some pictures taken in 2010. My son was visiting and decided to have these pictures taken as a Mother's Day gift to me.

Happy Monday! The start of another work week (thankful to have a job), second week of school and more birthday celebrations. Yesterday was my father'in-law's b-day and tomorrow is my nephew's birthday followed by another nephew's birthday next Monday.

Cards

2011-09-11T20:48:00.008-04:00

Its Sunday and we have spent the day remembering 9/11 and celebrating my father-in-laws brithday. Today I'm sharing some cards that I made for a project and a challenge over at Scraps of Color. The cards are being collected will be sent to miliary personnel. The breat cancer awareness cards were made for a Stand up to Cancer challenge issued by one of the SOC members. I am sending my cards to WI to be distributed at a survivor breakfast.

Happy Friday!

2011-09-09T13:54:00.002-04:00

Wow its Friday, the weather has been a bit gloomy all week so not too much creating! I do have several LOs that I want to share but I still need to take pictures. So today I'll just share a picture of DD on her first day of school, this is the only picture that I took and its her standing outside her classroom. So that means I'll have to be a little more creative when its time to scrap it! It was raining on Tuesday, we were running late and I couldn't put my hands on my camera so I had to use my phone!

Happy Birthday

2011-08-31T12:17:00.007-04:00

Today in honor of my DH's birthday I'm sharing one of the LOs that will be included in his accident recovery album. We are grateful for the progress made in this journey and thankful for the milestones. Although he'll never be 100% we still rejoice in all blessings. I'm also sharing one side of the altered CD that DD gave him.

Family Reunion

2011-08-29T11:32:00.005-04:00

Hello and Happy Monday. I hope that everyone is well and survived hurricane "Irene" with little or no damage. Prayers that power will be restored soon!

I've been trying to update my blog for sometime now but life has just been taking a toll on me! Today I'm sharing one final two page LO from our reunion in June, I had alot of pictures but no one thought to take a group picture (maybe next time) so I just scrapped some random pictures. I'll probably just put the rest of the pictures in a photo album.

Odom Siblings

2011-08-12T16:04:00.006-04:00

Happy Friday! Today I'm sharing a LO using pictures of my mom and her siblings. I guess I'm going for family themed LOs this month. Both of my parents have rather large families, my mother's parents had 12 children; six boys and six girls. All of my mother's siblings were in attendance with the exception of one sister that was unable to make it and one brother thats deceased. Odom is my mother's maiden name!

Sugar & Spice

2011-08-05T10:30:00.008-04:00

Happy Friday! Today I'm sharing a LO of my DD and my youngest sister. I used a picture that was taken earlier this summer at a family gathering. I used a LO challenge sketch posted this week over at Platinum Scraps. The sketch comes from www.sketchythursdays.blogspot.com. If you need some inspiration for LOs and or cards you should visit their blogs. I used the cricut cartridge Once Upon a Princess for the title and paper from the All Dressed Up paper pack I won recently.

Happy Birthday Mr. President

2011-08-04T14:26:00.003-04:00

I did have a project to share today but I decided to take this opportunity to say Happy 50th Birthday to President Obama. I'll post my LO tomorrow instead.

Field Day

2011-07-31T20:22:00.005-04:00

Happy Sunday, it was much cooler today and I was happier. I managed to get through the day without taking sinus medicine too. I'm scrap happy as I am sharing one of the final LOs for DD's 4th grade school album. I'm happy to report that I'm done with the album before she starts 5th grade! This is a LO using pictures of their field day; DD and her friends are wearing t-shirts that I made for them.

Cousins

2011-07-30T15:07:00.003-04:00

Today I'm sharing a LO that I have mixed feelings about, I struggled with choosing paper so I just decided to keep it even simplier than normal! It is a LO of our daughter with her cousins, she is the only princess on both sides of our family. I'm not fond of the picture either, it was taken in a hurry a few weeks ago after an evening church service. Maybe I should have tried to doctor it up or something, but since I didn't it is what it is!

Dad's Day

2011-07-28T15:38:00.003-04:00

This is a LO using a picture taken of DD and DH on Father's Day. We were just about to leave my in-laws after dinner and I realized I hadn't taken any pictures all day. She had given him his gift earlier that day while he was still in bed. We are thankful for his recovery progress, he was only using a cane when this picture was taken.

Tag Swap

2011-07-25T09:17:00.002-04:00

Happy Monday! Are you staying cool? This blazing heat is taking a toll on everything; I don't have the energy to move. I hope you're staying cool and well hydrated. Today I am sharing the tags that I received from a summer themed tag swap that was held over at Scraps of Color. I created the 4th of July tag.

Win Cricut Cartridge and Promarkers

2011-07-14T16:11:00.010-04:00

Head on over to Enfy's blog at Going Buggy. She's offering this nice blog candy in honor of reaching another milestone in the number of people following her blog. Good Luck!

Blog Candy

2011-07-13T09:16:00.008-04:00

I have been the lucky winner of some blog candy recently. I'm always cruising blogs and leaving comments and was pleasantly surprised when I finally won!

Thanks to Carole over at Paper Arts for the cute embroideried tote.

I'd also like to thank the design team over at Platinum Scraps for the paper pack, markers and set of spellbinders nestabilities.

Congratulations Kappa Alpha Psi

2011-07-08T07:22:00.005-04:00

Our week in Indiana is winding down and Indianapolis has been a great host city. Banners adorn sign/light post, street signs temporarily renamed, red carpet celebrations and great hospitality.

Bloomington

2011-07-08T00:13:00.007-04:00

On Thursday we went to Indiana University in Bloomington. Kappa Alpha Psi was founded at IU in 1911 so one of the themes of the grand chapter meeting was "Come Home to Kappa." They are the only historically Black fraternity founded at a perdoominately white school. I tell you it has been a beautiful sight to see and I'm not sure the campus or Bloomington was ready for our visit. I don't think they expected such an outpouring, there are over 35,000 people in attendence this week and I think most of them have gone or will be going to IU. I'm sharing a picture that I took a few miles before we arrived on campus. I have taken so many pictures I will probably make an album for DH and FIL!

Anniversary

2011-07-05T07:07:00.007-04:00

Today DH and I are celebrating our 13th wedding anniversary. We are on vacation in Indianapolis attending his fraternity's 100th year celebration. We have lots of fun events scheduled already so we'll probably have to postpone our anniversary celebration until we get back home! So today I'm sharing a picture of us yesterday while we watched the Indiana Indians lose to the Toledo Mud Hens. We walked in the Kappas parade to Victory stadium enjoyed a catered cookout, the game and fireworks!

Status Check

2011-07-03T09:05:00.003-04:00

I've been so busy that I haven't had time to blog or scrap. I'm actually entering this entry in the lobby of an Hampton Inn in Huntington, West Virginia. I'm waiting for DH to get himself together so that we can get back on the road to Indianapolis. He is doing better but still not 100 percent (he'll never get back to where he was). The car is overpacked as usual and we'll probably have to send our clothes out to be pressed. I didn't pack any scrappin' stuff but I will snap some pictures and share them while we're vacationing in Indiana. Wishing you and yours a safe, healthy and happy 4th of July. We will be going to a parade and baseball game tomorrow so stay tuned!

Freezer T-Shirts

2011-06-16T10:32:00.003-04:00

I've been busy making T-shirts for DD and her friends, I didn't have enough vinyl so I had to use the freezer paper method. I think they turned out pretty good for a first try! I made t-shirts for DD's twin day(front and back pictured above) and field day, I used the flamingo from Life's a Beach since their school mascot is the flamingo.

Monticello

2011-06-14T17:22:00.003-04:00

This is another LO for my daughter's 4th grade album, I can't believe the school is almost over and I'm almost done with the album. I have just a few more LOs and its complete! I have yet to finish her PreK and Kindergarten album, I have done grades 1-3 though.

Scrappin' Goals

2011-06-07T10:47:00.004-04:00

This is a LO that I initially started for a challenge issued by another Scraps of Color member. Wendi challenged us to create a LO about ouselves and our goals using her favorite colors (red, yellow and orange). Since I wasn't able to complete it by the deadline I decided to use it for my "Mirror Mirror" challenge LO for the month of May!

Happy Memorial Day

2011-05-30T08:56:00.003-04:00

Wishing everyone a safe and blessed day today. Thanking all those that have given their life in service to their country. Over at SOC the weekend card challenge was to create a patriotic card without using the tradional colors red, white and blue. I made this card using the Stand and Salute cricut cartridge and some paper from my scrap stash. Today I'm also thinking about family and friends that are longer here with us on earth.

Stress Buster Concert

2011-05-28T17:33:00.005-04:00

Its Memorial Day weekend and the school year is winding down. Our daughter's schedule is packed with end of the year activities for school and girl scouts. This LO includes pictures from a recent school band concert. The band teacher used the concert to showcase the talents of band students from three different schools in the district. The concert was billed as a SOL (Standards of Learning) Stress Buster. The students were busy this week taking their SOLs.

Gratitude Journal

2011-05-22T20:10:00.006-04:00

As previously stated I started this journal last June and have yet to finish. I'm determined to be done by the end of this month. I am thankful for books and air conditioning on days 24 and 25 of last June. I have five more pages to complete

Minds in Motion

2011-05-19T13:16:00.003-04:00

As the school year is ending I'm feeling the need to finish more LOs for DD's school year. This LO is of her class dance performance on Sunday. Minds in Motion is a collaborative effort with the Richmond Ballet, community leaders, corporate sponsors and school districts. It was a great experience for the children and the perfromance was great! The pictures aren't that great but I still needed to scrap the event!

Cards Using my Stash

2011-05-15T20:36:00.004-04:00

I've been trying to use my stash so I made these cards. I'll be sending them right out in this week's mail. Now that I'm all done with May's birthdays and anniversaries I need to start working on June. Since I've been working on cards I haven't been able to work on my LOs which is putting me even further behind. I just need more hours in a day so I can scrap more!

Teacher Appreciation

2011-05-06T17:45:00.005-04:00

I completed these two projects for DD's teachers for Teacher Appreciation Week. These projects aren't my originals you can find them on several crafting and informational websites. We sent flowers on Monday, thank you notes on Tuesday, desserts on Wednesday, I sent the bottled water w/tea on Thursday and today the post-it note holders, pen and a starbucks gift card.

Happy Friday

2011-04-29T15:31:00.005-04:00

TGIF, I'm so sleepy I can't wait to get home so I can catch a nap. I've been up since 3ish watching the royal wedding and I still have a few more hours before my work day ends. I'm posting pictures of some Mother's Day cards that I did for a swap on the cricut messageboard. I hope my partner has received her cards in the mail! I've challenged some of my other scrappin' buddies to make and bless someone else with a Mother's Day card so I'll be doing some more this weekend.

What We Have Wednesdays

2011-04-27T16:19:00.006-04:00

Wow, its the last Wednesday of the month and it is the first of our "What We Have Wednesdays." I stayed up late last night making these two cards because I wasn't able to finish my original project and I needed some birthday cards; one went in the mail today and I gave the other card to my manager today! The 'What We Have Wednesdays' is a challenge to use your stash to create a project. This challenge is the 'brain child' of our Sistas Scrap2 thread over on the cricut messageboard. So be on the look-out for this challenge to be posted the last Wednesday of each month. I used the Beyond Birthdays and Serenade cartridges, misc. paper from Michaels along with some ribbon and bling.

Aikido Seminar

2011-04-19T14:12:00.006-04:00

The pictures used in this LO were taken during DD's aikido training seminar in March. March was busy for DD in relation to her martial arts training since she tested, was promoted to 'brown belt' and her dojo hosted the Mark Larson seminar. She continues to make us proud!

Family Reunion

2011-04-16T19:02:00.005-04:00

I've been totally busy and haven't been able to share all of my recent projects. As usual life has me so I am running in a million directions. I wanted share these LOs that I completed from DH's family reunion in Chicago last summer. The summer is fastly approaching again so I need to step up my scrappin' so I won't get any further behind. I'm always taking pictures so there's always plenty to scrap.

GO RAMS

2011-04-01T16:41:00.005-04:00

We are still in a celebratory mood as our VCU Rams prepare to play Butler tomorrow as part of the final four in the NCAA basketball tournament. I wanted to share some of the items that I made to post in my DD's classroom (her teacher is a VCU alum too) and throughout our building today. My cricut was working overtime! They even relaxed our dress code so we could wear our VCU gear at work today and tomorrow in support of the team. The city has gone all out since this is a first!

March Madness

2011-03-25T11:51:00.003-04:00

Our city is celebrating as we have two teams Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and the University of Richmond (UofR) included in the Sweet 16 round of the basketball tournament. The t-shirts and fan gear are being purchased at records levels as this is a big deal and cause for celebration. This is a first for VCU to make it this far; I had to stalk the bookstore to make sure DD had her t-shirt for spirit day today at her school. GO RAMS!!!.

Mommy & Me

2011-03-21T16:30:00.007-04:00

The pictures in this LO were taken during a Thanksgiving Feast at my DD's school last November. I made this a separate LO from the feast LO; I plan to scrap feast pictures soon! This LO didn't require any journaling but I did add the girls names to the tags after the picture was taken. I used CTMH paper and one of Tiare's sketches for inspiration.

LOVE

2011-03-13T09:57:00.004-04:00

I'm moving right along with completing one LO per week, sometimes two. I finished this LO yesterday after initially starting on it earlier in the week. I used some of the family photos that we took last October. I used Colorbok paper, the few embellishments include mini brads(corners of the pattern paper), a button and the title was cut using the Opposites Attract cricut cartridge. In keeping with less is better I always want the focal point to be the pictures!

Daddy & Me

2011-03-08T05:38:00.005-05:00

LO of DH and DD using a picture taken just last month at the VCU Siegel Center. Its moments like these that you certainly cherish as they grow up way too fast! I used paper that I received as part of some blog candy, it is from Cosmo Cricket. Misc. embellishments and title cut using the Mickey Mouse font cricut cartridge.

Black History Bingo Challenge

2011-03-01T09:06:00.009-05:00

I created this LO as part of a Black History Bingo Challenge over at
Scraps of Color. The theme was to create a 12x12 LO that included explaining why you are Black History. This was a very good exercise for me and allowed me to use some of the pictures that I took while President Obama (then candidate) was on the campaign trail. I was a volunteer at a rally during one of his stops in Virginia. You had 13 ways you could get bingo by using the listed elements on your LO. One scrapper used all of the elements so she won the grand prize, all of the LOs were awesome!

First Day of School

2011-02-21T06:37:00.007-05:00

This LO is of DD on the first day of school, I adapted this LO from a layout in the Annie's Attic Scrapbooking With Cricut book. I'm still not convinced that this book was a good investment but since I used a coupon I won't complain. I like how the LO came out and it didn't take me long to put it together once I selected the paper. I can never really share specific details because I always use a 'hodge podge' of paper stacks, single sheets and misc. stuff that were previously purchased. I can say that I used the Old West cartridge for 2010 and Don Juan for the 1st Day!

I'm Grateful For

2011-02-18T18:31:00.007-05:00

I've finally been working on tryng to finish up my gratitude journal. In case you don't remember this was a challenge over at Scraps of Color that we did last June and I have yet to finish my 30 LOs. I've completed all of the journaling its just the actual scrapping that I haven't been able to complete. In these two LOs I scrapped about being grateful for the last day of school and my childcare provider. I will complete this project before June of this year though.

Happy 70th

2011-02-08T17:00:00.004-05:00

Today's is my father's 70th birthday and I'm bubbling with joy. I'm happy because I still have my father here on earth with me and because he has been a blessing to our family. He adores and cherishes his only grandaughter and treats her like she's the one and only. This is a picture of them on Sunday when they came to visit while we were having lunch at O'Charleys (her favorite restaurant). They were doing the children's menu activities. I am thankful for both my parents, I love them dearly and I probably don't tell them enough.

Happy Monday

2011-02-07T12:10:00.003-05:00

We had a busy weekend celebrating our daughter's 10th birthday. What an exciting time she's in double digits now and I've got lots of pictures to scrap. She celebrated with her friends at Panera Bread and Build-a-Bear Workshop on Saturday. On yesterday which was her actual birthday we went out to lunch with my parents. We had so much fun and everyone had a blast since we haven't been able to visit my parents in a few months and DD is always showered with lots of love when she gets to see them!

Pumpkin Pickin'

2011-02-04T06:55:00.004-05:00

I'm having a good time trying to complete at least one LO a week which about all I can sneak in right now! This is a LO that I completed of DD choosing her pumpkins last year! The LO was inspired by a LO posted in an old quarterly Scrapbooking magazine sold at HL. I used the cricut cartridges Simply Charmed and Old West for the first time so of course I was happy.

Update

2011-02-02T04:25:00.004-05:00

I AM PARTICIPATING IN A NO CRAFT SHOPPING BAN!
No craft shopping for the this whole month so that means no shopping and not being enable by others. I have to use what I have, can even buy adhesive; I should have enough as I don't get to scrap as often as I'd like to. No in store, online or window showpping for 28 days.

Its February already, the second month of the year and there's lots going on. My baby girl turns 10 and my father turns 70 so thats two reason to celebrate. We also celebrate Black History month although I celebrate it everyday. Its also American Heart Health month so I'm wearing red on the 4th in recognition of women's heart health. February 14 is Valentine's Day so we'll see what that holds for the loves of our lives!

So whats on your plate for February? Is your calendar filled with b-days, holidays and special events. I'm wishing you much love, health and happiness!

Jamestown

2011-01-31T05:41:00.004-05:00

I created this LO for my DD's 4th grade school album. The school's 4th graders went to Jamestown for a Fall fieldrip as part of their Virginia Studies (Social Studies) class. I used the Cursive 101 cartridge for the first time for the globe; I'm on a roll using some of my cartridges for the first time!

V-Card #3

2011-01-28T12:54:00.002-05:00

This is the third card from our weekend card challenges for this month over on Scraps of Color. The challenges this week was to create a card using the colors pink and silver only. I had some problems with this since I don't have my paper stash readily available. I used the Opposites Attract cartridge for the first time as well as one of my MS border punches.

V-Card #2

2011-01-20T21:08:00.004-05:00

This is my second card for the valentine card challenge over at Scraps of Color. This week's challenge was to create a card using non-tradional colors (no red, pink, purple or black). I used some paper that I picked up in Hobby Lobby, a fiskars border punch and a stamp that I got from the Target $1 zone a few years ago.

V-Card #1

2011-01-14T07:38:00.008-05:00

I finally got to do a little scrappin' not much but just a little! I've been working on a LO of my DD's most recent dance routine and I finished this card last night. This is the first in several for a weekend card challenge over on Scraps of Color. The challenge was to use red, white, and black paper only and at least one heart. I cut the double heart from the wedding cricut cartridge and then applied some rub-ons and added glitter.

Stylish Blogger Award

2011-01-02T22:22:00.005-05:00

I must first thank Tonya from Riley's Creations as she offered me this award sometime ago when time just didn't permit me to pick it up. I am thankful for all blog awards.

Earlier today, Karen over at Still Young and Croppin' was kind enough to present me with a blog award again. As you can see in my previous two posts I am currently unable to scrap as life has dealt me a hand that requires that my energy be directed to being a caregiver for my DH.

This is a pay-it-forward style award. Here are the rules:

1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded you this.
2. Share 8 things about yourself
3. Pay it forward to 8 bloggers that you have recently discovered
4. Contact those bloggers and tell them about their awards.

So here are 8 things about myself:
1. I have two children and they are 17 years apart in age.
2. I am the proud owner of a kindle and a new DSLR camera.
3. I have currently taken up residence with my in-laws.
4. My favorite colors are red, purple and brown.
5. I have alot of unfinished scrappin' projects.
6. I buy and collect more than I scrap.
7. I recently became a caregiver to DH while he recuperates from an accident.
8. I am an early riser.

Here are the 8 bloggers I would like to share this award with (and it was so very hard to choose only eight):

I have more than 8 bloggers that I'd like to share this award with so I'm offering it to all my blogger friends collectively and not individually. So if you like it just pick it up and enjoy!

Happy New Year

2011-01-02T06:28:00.003-05:00

Wishing you and yours a healthy and happy 2011.

This is only the second day of the year but I'm off and running at full speed as I've got lots to do! DH came home from the hospital on Friday so that was a blessing having our family back together as the new year came in (even though DH and I both were asleep) when the clock struck 12! I have to sit down long enough today today to map out our schedule since school starts back tomorrow for DD, I have to go to work and I have to coordinate DH's care during my absence. Please continue to pray for our family during this next phase of our journey.

I do hope that someday I'll have the time to scrap again as I'm still taking pictures almost everyday! Besides I got a new camera for Christmas and I hope to enroll in a class at some point to learn how to use it. I got my first DSLR which is a big deal since I don't think I've mastered using point and shoot camears yet!

Update

2010-12-19T10:45:00.003-05:00

I'm just taking a few minutes to post an update as to why I haven't updated my blog in a while. On Monday December 6 my DH was in a very serious car accident and I have basically been by his bedside at the hospital every since. This means no scrappin' for me in a while, even after he is released from the hospital it will be long recovery journey. I have cried and wondered why so much over the last two weeks but I'm still counting my blessings. I'm grateful to my heavenly father for not taking my DH away from me and our family. I'm thankful for family and friends that have prayed, visited, sent flowers, cards and have offered to help us. Please know that if I don't return calls promptly, remember a special day or engagement it is because I'm doing all I can to keep my family in tact during this junction in our life. I'm wishing you and yours a healthy and happy holiday as I've already received the best gift, my DH's survival.

Blog Candy Winner

2010-12-06T14:54:00.007-05:00

Thank you to everyone for your kind comments during our recent blog hop. The winner of the Sistas Scrap Too Christmas and Countdowm to the New Year Blog Hop is Nedine aka Hi. Please email me your mailing information so I can get your package in the mail. Thanks again and stay tuned for the next blog hop.

Sistas Scrap Too Christmas & Countdown to the New Year Blog Hop

2010-12-04T06:00:00.012-05:00

Christmas is coming and so is the New Year! To get you in the spirit of the season, the divas of SST have come together for a Christmas and Countdown to the New Year blog hop! There are 17 blogs in the hop, so make sure you use the links below this post to hop to all of the participating blogs. No worries if you miss one, you can always go back! These 17 divas have a lot in store for you. From exquisite creations to offers of blog candy, you will enjoy hopping your way to all of the blogs involved! Don't forget to leave some blog love for the creators -- they love getting feedback on their designs!

Christmas Gift Bags
I made these simple holiday gift bags using plain brown lunch bags. Inspiration for this project was found on www.okieladybugsscrapnmore.blogspot.com, she also included a video tutorial. I just used miscellaneous sheets of paper, paper scraps, along with other embellishments. Since I used pattern paper I decided not to use a lot of other embellishments. I did use ribbon, bling, buttons, stickles, floss and the cuttlebug on one of the bags along with punches for the handle holes. This is a quick and economical ways to personalize your gift bags not just for Christmas but anytime!

Gift Tag
My original intent was to make individual gift tags for the bags but I decided instead to just create one large holiday gift tag. I cut the tag using TBBM using the cricut and acetate (packaging from cricut cartridges). I colored the tag with alcohol ink and embellished it and added some ribbon.

Blog Candy
*Making Memories 81/2 x 11 Embellishment Paper Pack
*Making Memories 5 x 7 Mat Stack
*Making Memories Pastel Flowers
*Creative Café Card/Envelope Pack
*Tsukineko 4-Pack Versa Magic Dew Drop Chalk Ink
To be entered into the drawing for this candy all you need to do is leave a comment on this post by Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 11:59 PM est. The winner will be chosen randomly and will be posted and notified by noon on Monday, December 6, 2010

Thank you for participating in the Sistas Scrap Too first ever blog hop! Remember to visit all of the blogs and leave blog love -- you never know where you'll find candy!! Here is a linked list of all the participating blogs:

1. Treva's Craft Corner
2. Stampin' Dymonz Creative Space
3. Nubian Crafter NC
4. My {Life}, My {Blog}
5. Step Into Nita's World
6. Sweet Lil Scrapper
7. P-Kaysunshine Creations
8. Sharing My Stuff
9. Yaya Philly Craft World
10. Cassie's Crop Corner
11. M. M. DeZigns
12. Made By Dee
13. Riley's Custom Creations
14. It's A Family Affair!
15. Cuttin' Up
16. Stamping On The Road
17. In Shelly's World

Thanksgiving Bounty

2010-12-01T15:33:00.005-05:00

This is a LO of a sampling of our Thanksgiving dinner, we had 13 family members in attendance and we had an abundance of food, fellowship and fun. My daughter had fun helping her grandmother prepare the family meal which will be scrapped separately. Shame on me because I didn't take alot of pictures of anything but the food!

Practice Makes Perfect

2010-12-01T14:06:00.003-05:00

In case you hadn't heard, our daughter decided she wanted to be in the band this year. We're not totally convinced about her commitment to this new venture but we're supporting her. This is a LO of her practicing her clarinet one evening for her school's upcoming holiday concert.

Hello Cards

2010-11-29T14:03:00.002-05:00

In an effort to continue to use my scraps I made these simple greeting cards yesterday morning! Don't be surprised when you receive one of them in the mail! I will be cranking out more of these this week as my schedule permits. I may even make some to give as holiday gifts.

Gratitude Tags

2010-11-29T13:45:00.002-05:00

I am happy to say that I completed several LOs and cards over the Thanksgiving holiday! This is a LO that includes handwritten thankful messages from each family member on Thanksgiving Day. This will be the second page of our Thanksgiving dinner LO, I hope to finish the other page tonight.

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2010-11-23T15:32:00.009-05:00

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Image Coloring

2010-11-16T11:36:00.003-05:00

I have been trying my hand at coloring (I'n not that good) but I am believing practice makes perfect. I'm posting a few of the cards that contain images that I colored for Friday Night chat challenges over at Scraps of Color. This is why I haven't been scrapbooking because I'm doing everything else! I don't have any fancy markers just color pencils.

Fruits of the Spirit - Week 2

2010-11-15T16:37:00.004-05:00

Wow, I finished week #2 ATCs in a timely manner. I am still in awe since I'm so far behind in my scrappin' life otherwise. I'm hoping for peace and calm next week so that I can complete some outstanding LOs! This week I'm not planning to do too much outside of the ATCs and a few cards and maybe a few pages in my gratitude journal. Its really bothering me that I haven't finished my gratitude journal so I'm going to try to finish it by the end of this month!

Artist Trading Cards (ATC)

2010-11-08T12:59:00.007-05:00

Do you recognize these words, any of them look familiar? Over at Scraps of Color we're doing a Fruits of the Spirit ATC challenge this month. This is a picture of my cards from last week, I am amazed that I even completed them all last week before the next set of words were posted! It is not a swap so I don't have to send them to anyone which means its a big deal for me to stay on task and complete them weekly! The chore for me is to fit everything into such a small space; now I have to come up with some type of notebook to display them in.