Scrapped Again Last Night

It was a rough night last night being the 2nd anniversary of Kevin being wounded, so I retreated to my scraproom and got a few things done.

The first layout is designed using the Swirlydoos kit again. I so loved this kit! It also follows the sketch that Beggahuna puts out for them each month. It is Kevin and I at the tea gardens last November.


This one is Moe and I at Vegas a few years back. I had a blast playing with paint and glimmer mists on this one. It's simple, but I still like it.


And this is a journal I have started. Since I am becoming a grandmother, I have decided to create an art journal full of tips and ideas for my daughter to help her raise her children. This is the first project I have ever sewed and I have Donna Downey to thank! She is one of my inspiration gurus, lol.


This last is the first page of my journal. It sucks. I wasn't going to put it on here, but I am hoping that, through time, I get better and it becomes obvious, lol.

Another One

I mentioned last night that I had another layout and here it is:



Lucy Edson did a tutorial over at
The Color Room on using the photo frames in PS Elements. I grabbed a photo of Breezy and Chris and I just love how it turned out.

This layout was also done using my Swirlydoos kit. I added some small mosaic tiles around the photo to add some dimension as well as the Dusty Attic embellies.

If you haven't noticed yet, I am a simple scrapper, lol. I wish I could be more eclectic, but I always end up with something straight and clean.

Anyway, I do hope to scrap more today so we shall see...

So Long...

I haven't scrapped in so long. I just haven't felt inspired in the least to do anything in my scraproom. But the other day I got my Swirlydoos kit in the mail and finally - FINALLY - something made me want to scrap! This kit is just gorgeous and it is so my style.

I actually designed two layouts today, but it was dark by the time I finished the second so I don't have a photo of it yet. Here though, is Breezy and Kevin as we were heading to the stage for Kevin's Purple Heart Ceremony:



This photo was taken by Rebecca Droke of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette and is one of my all time favorites.

So this layout is the first time I have ever used Dusty Attic products. I AM IN LOVE! I took the border that is along the bottom of the photo and painted it green first, then dabbed some copper over that and topped it off randomly with some Tim Holtz "Frayed Burlap" distress ink. You can't really see the effect, but it looks great in real life.

This second layout is one I did back when we first got here, but I never uploaded it. Honestly, I don't like it. I imagine I am going to end up either adding to it or starting over. I just think it's top heavy, but I can't find anything in my stuff to throw on the bottom. If I were home it would be different, but I am very limited here in Texas.

So anyway, here it is:



This is my niece, Christina, back when she was younger.

Tomorrow I will add the other layout I did today and who knows...maybe I will even do more before uploading :)

Yay! I scrapped!

We have been in Texas almost a month now and things have been pretty rough. We are staying at a Fisher House and today a woman came in to teach everyone how to scrapbook so I asked Kevin if I could go scrap for a bit and he was ok with it. It wasn't long, believe me, but I did get a quick layout done. And here it is...

7 Gypsies Printer's Tray

I fell in love with this thing the very first time I saw one all decorated. I finally picked one up at Scrapbook.com and I rushed to get it done last night for my parent's anniversary. I did plan to make it more creative, but there just wasn't time. I want to get a couple more for myself, so maybe next time it will be a little more detailed.

What fun though. And it's the first 'project' I have ever completed.

Believe it or not...

I did two more layouts since yesterday. I have been under a lot of stress lately and it's the only time I can forget for a few minutes so I am running to my scraproom as often as possible. Anyway, here they are:

This first one is Breezy, Kevin and I at the Alamo this past summer.


And this next one just cracks me up. Kevin and I went to some drive through safari in Texas a few months ago and this ostrich came running over to the car. Kevin - being the drama queen that he is - acted like it was going to kill him and started screaming bloody murder. It was just such a hilarious moment!


My family sure is crazy, huh?

A Couple More

Kristy, one of the DT members over at ScrapMuse, turned me on to Sketchy Thursdays and I fell in love with this sketch:


And here is my take on it:



This is Dolly from over at Busch Gardens in Tampa, FL. She is a very friendly giraffe, lol.

This next layout is of my nephew Michael. He took this photo a while ago and actually sent it to Kevin when we were in the hospital:



I just noticed the "H" in "what" is crooked so I will have to fix that, lol.

And I think I am going to take a short, little nap now. Maybe when I get up I can scrap some more.