Family Affair

We are off and running gearing up for the start of my husband's family reunion on Friday, being hosted here in Virginia.  I'll be so glad when next week this time arrives as we will have said our goodbyes and won't have to think about this particular reunion for another two years and it'll be someone else's turn to host.  So in honor of celebrating families all of my posts this week will be about family reunions.  I'm actually trying to complete some LOs from previous reunions to showcase during the reunion, no one knows I'm doing it so if it doesn't happen it won't be a problem.  Today's LO includes a few pictures from the 1998 Clack, Perry, Henderson (CPH) reunion hosted in Atlanta, GA.  The reunion was held just a few weeks after we got married!

Hello Tuesday

Today is Tuesday and I'm so looking forward to the end of the work week, just because I feel like I need a break already!  If I didn't need to save my beloved PTO I would take me a sanity day this week but with two upcoming family reunions, plus our little getaway at the end of next month I've got to tough it out!  Today I'm sharing another LO that was inspired by the Anytime, Anywhere, Scrapbooking Experience challenge hosted by Tiare over at iclassygirl.com.  The LO uses pictures taken during a recent Pan-Hellenic picnic where the participating sororities and fraternities of the area got together for some food, fun and fellowship.  The LO title was done with thickers and the little tabs were cut with my SLICE and the flourish is recollections.  I'm scrappin' my stash!

Weapons Training

The President was in town today and he got soaked as it started to rain "cats and dogs" as he came out on stage.  I didn't even bother to go out of the house until he was back on the plane leaving as I didn't want to get caught up in the traffic.  Today I'm sharing a LO for my daughter's aikido album, last month they had a weapons training session in the park.  I'm scrappin' my stash, trying to use items that I've had for quite some time so this time I used a paperclip embellishment for the first time,

Father's Day

The year is really flying by we are two weeks into July already!  I hate the fact that I may have to step  away from scrappin' for a bit while I get my house in some order.  I just really need to devote some much needed time to taking care of home and I'm just not "superwoman."  So today I'm sharing the LO that I created using some of the pictures that I took for Father's Day.  The sketch from the LO is my latest in the Anytime, Anywhere Scrapbooking Experience Challenge hosted by Tiare over at iclassygirl.  Over at Scraps of Color we are also scrappin' or stash and this month we are using metal; so I added a metal heart to this LO.

Hello July

I am happy to report that I met my deadline and have finished our daughter's 5th grade album!  We have been at a family reunion so I had to bring the remaining pictures and some scrappin' stuff with me.  I packed in a hurry so of course I didn't have what I wanted to use once I got started but I managed to finish after a trip to the store, I spent less than $10.  I finished three layouts this weekend, today I'm sharing the layout that uses miscellaneous pictures taken thoughout the school year.  I normally try to use pictures that haven't been used in previous LOs.  This simple 2- page layout uses glittered background paper (99 cents from Target), cardstock from the DCWV rick rack paperstack, colorbok letters for the title and embellishments from my stash.

Last Call

I have been on a roll trying to finish our daughter's 5th grade album and I'm happy to report I am down to the final two 2-page LOs.  This has indeed been a task trying to get this done by a self imposed deadline; I meant to share this LO yesterday but as life would have it; I never got around to posting.   So today's LO is of our daughter receiving her culmination certificate and  the principal's award as part of the last call  of their culmination ceremony.  We are so proud of the person she's growing up to be; we've just got to keep her covered in prayer.  The paper is from one of the DCWV stacks and the title was cut with the SLICE.  The embellishments are from a Jolees sticker pack, another simple LO done with a sketch from the Anytime, Anywhere Scrapbooking Experience Challenge.  The challenge is being hosted by Tiare over at iclassygirl and the completion of this sketch brings me current with this challenge!

The Last Days

Hello Monday, today's LO uses random pictures taken of our daughter her last two weeks of elementary school.  The original idea was to document the last 10 days by photographing her as she left each morning but it just didin't work out that way.  The sketch is another one in the Anytime, Anywhere Scrapbooking Experience challenge being hosted by Tiare over at iClassygirl. The pattern paper is from the DCVW grade school stack and the title was cut with the cricut (can't remember the cartridge) and other misc. embellishements.  I'm always trying to use my scraps and my stash only purchasing whats necessary!