Sitting Up!

Hi friends! Hope you all had a nice Labor Day weekend! Sure was hard to get back in the groove again and go to work this morning! We had such a nice weekend with the kids. They had friends over on Friday and Saturday and then the rest of the weekend I cleaned the house, watched movies scrapbooked and relaxed! Nice for a change huh?

Speaking of scrapbooking I tried hard to get a lot of pages done for Angelina's baby book. I did get a few pages done but not as many as I had hoped, but at least I am back at it. I can't hardly believe that she has grown so much. In my previous post you can see how big she is getting and then you look at this page and OH MY! Where's the baby? This page was so much fun to scrapbook because on this visit Lena sat up for the first time on her own! Being so far away from her we miss a lot of the milestones but it was so exciting to see her sit up here for the first time! I think the first picture is such a scream! Mike and I were talking about it last night...it almost looks like she's yelling at her feet..."hey guys! help me out here!"

All the paper for this layout is My Mind's Eye (including the embellishments) but the cute little purple fuzzies...aren't those fun? Yes, well I picked them up at Scrapfunattic (gotta love those chicks)!

Thanks for peekin in on me! Looks like we might be getting some rain from that tropical storm in Texas later this week! Have a great week...hope it goes fast for you!

Lena's Baptism

Hi friends! How are you this beautiful Sunday morning? We have so much to be thankful for don't we? Today I feel so blessed because of our family. So I thought because of that I would share Lena's baptism pages with you. God blessed us with this beautiful little girl last June and our hearts haven't been the same since! I was so proud of Whitney on this day, a single mother making these choices for her child. As the priest was making the blessing on Angelina I looked over at Whitney, my eyes welled up with tears, and at that moment she looked at me the same way. We didn't need to say anything because we were both full of the love of the Holy Spirit and at that moment Angelina became forever a child of God! How do you scrapbook that? I wanted to make a simple page using a very pale shade of pink so that is the base of the layout...in these pictures it looks more white, but really it's pink. The brown is from SU and it's Close to Cocoa. The bottom edge of the brown paper I used the EK boarder punch called Apron Strings, and added a little bit of rhinestone bling from Prima on the side there. The faith BINGO card is by Jenny Bowlin and the little rhinestone hearts I picked up at Michaels.

Oh...by the way did you notice the background change? Yes...I thought it was time to "move the furniture around"! My creative little mind likes to change things up every now and then. Thanks for peekin' in! We got our AC fixed on Monday this week! Thank God because this week has been terrible for heat here...one day the heat index hit 115! Can you believe that? Sheesh that is hot! The kids have 2 more weeks of summer camp and then school will be starting shortly after that....can you believe how fast this summer has gone? Haley will be a sophomore and Sidney will be in 7th grade! Where oh where have my little ones gone?

Have a fabulous week friends! Take care of you!

Goodnight Moon

I just love this picture! She looks just like her dolly...they both have their little arms up! So sweet! This is new paper that I picked up at the new scrapbook store on the West side...Frozen In Time. They had a lot of new things in stock...they are a smaller store but they really try to carry a variety of things. This paper was a challenge for me to use because the little worm and moon were already on the paper and it is so difficult to decide how to lay out your photo and what accents you will use on the page. I didn't want to over do it so that's why I ended up with a few buttons. The title is cut with the Alphalicious Cricut cartridge and the border on the red paper is one of my newest border punches called Apron Strings. I absolutely love this punch! I had such a hard time finding it anywhere and so I called the friendly girls at Scrapfunattic and asked them to special order it for me...what a great group of gals over there!

Well friends it is a hot and sticky one in our house today. Our AC went out last night and the house is about 90 degrees upstairs! Thank the Lord we have a basement. We've been hanging out down here all day. Certainly makes you think about all of the things that you take for granted. Hopefully we can get someone over here tomorrow to take a look and see what's going on. I am praying that they can fix it without it costing too much money.

Thanks for peekin' in friend. I hope you have a wonderful week!

100% huggable

Don't you just want to kiss those little chubby cheeks? I know I do! I remember this day...I was so excited to get these pictures. You never know with a baby how good your pictures are going to turn out because you just have to be so quick and take a million of them so you can have a good group to pick from...plus our little chubikins doesn't live here so we have to try to squeeze in picture time around all the other things that her mommy wants to do when they are visiting...but I digress...here is the low down on the page...

This page was so easy to put together! I just decided what size I wanted to print the photos out...seriously that was the hardest part! The patterned paper is from a Die Cuts With A View paper slab and the title is cut using the Alphalicious Cricut cartridge. I used the EK Success Threading Water border punch on the red cardstock piece under the larger black and white photo.

We have a slightly busy weekend but I will try to make it out here again to post some fun stuff. Thanks for peekin' in on us! Take care of you friend!

Lena's Scrapbook

Well friends it has been a busy few weeks since I have posted last. I was trying to get as much done as I could for Lena's scrapbook and I have it about half way done. Here are a few pages that I finished.

I just love these pictures. I can't believe that I took these pictures! They just turned out so great! I have always admired pictures like these. When my kids were little we didn't think about taking pictures of their hands and feet! Sheesh we missed all the good stuff! Whitney is holding Angelina's hand in the picture above. Great memories. I pulled out some old paper for this one, the patterned paper is from Daisy D's, I am so sad that they went out of business I really liked their line.



This title was done with the Cricut machine. Simply was cut out using the Jasmine cartridge and then I inked the edges for that oh so slight distressed look. Sweet was cut out using the Tear Drop cartridge. I don't know if you can see them very well but I used some acetate hearts from Heidi Swapp and added those cute little safety pins. I have had those things for so long and wasn't really sure I was ever going to use them.



These pictures were taken the same day. I just love tiny little babies. They sleep real hard so you can move their hands where ever you want and they will stay put! That is what I did here. She just snoozed away while I took an endless amount of pictures. This page I called the "too cute photo shoot". I got the idea from one of the magazines I have piled up here in the scrap room. I just love the way the title is all different shapes and blingy!



Well thanks for peekin' in. I should have a few more things posted later. I have pictures from Lena's first birthday...they are so cute...cake was EVERYWHERE!

Talk to you soon friend!

Catchin' Up...

Hi there my friends! It has been a few weeks since I blogged and I thought I better touch base with you! I was recently able to participate in the PJ Crop out at Scrap Funattic...they just moved to a bigger store just down the road from where they used to be and I love it! They have a lot more room and so you you know what that means right??? That's right! more scrappin' goodness for us! While I was there I finished 6 pages for Angelina's book. You see friends I am trying to play catch up and get as much done for her book as I can before her birthday. Whitney and Thomas are both coming home very soon! We are so excited and what is even more exciting is that we will all be able to celebrate Angelina's first birthday together...and all the Johnson family too! We are going to have so much fun!

So check this out...here are a few pages that I finished at the crop. This first page are pictures that I took last July. Whitney was looking at Angelina and talking to her and Lena was so focused on what mom was doing she wouldn't take her eyes off her! She almost tried to talk back to her! What a crack up!

Here are a few sweet pictures of Grampa holding his little "nibblet" as he calls her. My goodness she has changed a bunch since these pictures!



Scrap Funattic had these fun little fabric circles...I can't remember the name for them right off hand but I guess quilters use them...I thought they were the perfect touch for this page layout. Do you like the pink little stick pins? They had these in a little package for $.50 I think...fun little embelly for cheap!



Well thanks for peekin' in and checking in on me! I have been working on Father's Day cards. I found this great little slab of boy paper with the perfect colors and have been trying to make up some cards. It is so hard for me to make masculine cards! I am so used to making pink frilly cards...but now that my mojo is going a little bit it should get a little easier! Can you believe that Father's Day is only a week away? Sheesh...where does the time go?
Talk to you soon!
~T

8th Grade Lake Day

Hi friends! How are you today? I am doing great...the sun is shining! I thought I would share a few of the pages that I made for Haley's school book with you.
It is tradition that after the last day of school Fr. Eck takes the 8th grade class out to the lake to go skiing. It was a really nice day...a little chilly but not too bad. Several parents went and we BBQ'd for the kids while Fr. Eck showed them how to ski. I wanted to use bright sunshiny colors so I used the summer line from Karen Foster.

Here's a close up of the title, foam thicker letters with a little bit of rhinestone bling.

Here is the second page. There were only 10 kids in Haley's class and only 4 girls! Gotta love small schools!



I wanted to zoom in on this picture of Father. Can you believe his is in his 80's? He is such a wonderful priest!



Well thanks for peekin' in! I am so glad that you stopped in! This weekend Haley has a huge variety show and they are having 3 performances...can't wait to share some pictures with you!

Take care of you!

The 7 Sorrows of Mary's Heart

Hi everyone! We are having such beautiful weather today I just can't believe that we are supposed to get snow tomorrow. But I am thankful that the sun is shining! Today I am taking the kids to the movies. We are going to see The Diary of a Wimpy Kid. The previews looked really cute...we shall see. I decided to change my blog background...again...because St Patrick's day is over and since I am going back to work next week I am sure that I won't have much time to redo the blog background again for a while so this is neutral enough that it should last me for a while...unless I get a wild hair! *wink*

This week I have been working on Haley's school scrapbook trying to catch up. This is a page that I started when my friend Lynette came over to scrapbook and I just couldn't get my mojo going. I hadn't scrapped in a while and was just stuck on my idea, then when the layout idea came to me I was stuck trying to find the right paper! But I didn't give up I just kept going and this is what I came up with. Once I got over that "creative hump" the rest of the pages I worked on were simple. Funny how that happens huh?

I thought with this being lent I would post this layout first. When Haley was in 8th grade her class performed the 7 Sorrows of Mary's Heart and Haley was Mary. They all did such a great job, it was a very moving performance! The larger picture is a little out of focus but even still I thought it was the best choice for the focal point on the page. She just stands out to me with the blue vale and white clothing. Over the years of taking pictures at the kids programs I have had some pictures not turn out as well, but that doesn't stop me from including them in the scrapbook. I mean if most of your pictures are in focus and there is one, like this one, well I would rather use it for the memory then not include it. The title is done with the Stone Script Cricut Cartridge and the jewel embellishments are clear brads from Hobby Lobby.

Here is close up of the "out of focus" picture. See...not too bad.

I just love my little Epsom Picture Mate printer! This is how you put many photos on a page and get away with a single page layout!

Hope you are having a happy friday! Can you believe Easter is just around the corner? I just ordered an Easter stamp set so I will be working on Easter cards just as soon as they get here! Take care of you!

Our little rocker

Hi friends! How are you today? Hope you are having a great week. I am enjoying spending time with my girls. You know it seems like we are always going somewhere or have something that we have to do whether it is school related or not so it is just nice to take some time and just enjoy being together playing games, watching movies and just having fun. I think the kids really needed a break from school too. I know Haley really needed the break, she has some really tough classes and sometimes it can get hard trying to juggle all the responsibilities as a young person so I am so glad that she could take a breather and just regroup. When they get back there are only 7 weeks of school left...can you believe that? Where did the school year go?

Here is a fun page that I did of our little godson. He is such a fun little guy! This was taken at Christmas, his mom told me that he really loved pretending to play the guitar so we got him this one. Look at him rock out!! I was out at Scrapfunattic a month or so ago and saw this paper and knew immediately that this would be perfect for this picture. The paper is by Making Memories and the chipboard embellishments are Me & My Big Ideas, I found them at Michaels. I made the photo black and white to downplay the background a little and make the photo 5x7. Every time I look at this page I can't help but laugh!

Still hoping the sun will come out some time soon! I hear that today and tomorrow it is supposed to be in the 60's and then Friday changes over to rain then Saturday...SNOW! What the heck? Then next week back into the 60's. Strange huh?

Thanks for peekin' in! Take care of you!

School Pages

Hi Everyone! How are you today? I tell you I am really ready for some warmer weather but I don't think that's gonna happen since that old ground hog saw his shadow the other day! We are supposed to get more snow and ice here and man I hate driving on that stuff!

I am still trying to play catch up with the girls school scrapbooks and slowly but surely I have made a little head way. I knew this would happen but school scrapping has slowed way down for Haley since she is in High School now. There just aren't as many school functions to take pictures of. She is in choir and I have gotten pictures of each of her concerts but you know how embarrassed they get when mom pulls out the camera?

This is last year's 8x10 of Sidney. I always hang them up in the frame on the wall for the year and when they get the new one for the next year I scrapbook the older photo and we do it all again. So far that has worked out pretty good.

I loved this paper! I thought it fit her personality in the photo great and the colors where so much fun. I can't remember what line this was from but I picked it up at Scrappin Time in Derby. The "5th grade" title is done with the Cricut Alphalicious cartridge. The arrow and the stars are chipboard pieces that I covered in the same green cardstock as the title. I used zip dry to adhere the chipboard pieces to the cardstock then used an exacto knife to cut around the shape. Then I used my Basic Grey nail files to file of the edges and a little bit of chalk ink to keep that distressed look going. I thought it needed just a little something so I added the jewels to bling things up a bit. Here's a closer look...



At the end of the year they always take a class photo. I just love these...I wish they would have had these when I was in grade school...maybe they did and mom just didn't get them. Later down the road the kids are going to love looking back at these!


This was a fun little page...so simple but just right. The blue apple paper is from a Karen Foster line and the yellow school bus paper is Junkitz. Those fun little embelly's on the side are little wooden pieces that I picked up at Michael's. I used a white gel pen to write her name and grade. Here's a close up...


I have been such a busy little bee lately but I have been trying my hardest to work out every week. I found the greatest workout so far! I love it and I am really starting to feel it! If you have a Wii and are looking for a fun workout you should check this out! Very fun! I have such a hard time finding something that keeps me interested...lots of workout things tend to get boring to me but not this one!

I am so glad that you peekin in! Hope you are having a good week so far! Take care of you!

A gift for Thomas

Hi everyone! How are you this week? Getting everything done for Christmas? I am telling you it has been nuts here at our house trying to wrap up some last minute things. This weekend Haley and I made carmel puff corn for her friends. We bagged it up in cute little reindeer holiday bags for her to take to school. Tomorrow is her last round of finals and that will end the first semester at BC! I can't believe how fast the time went. Sidney decided she wanted to take flavored candy canes to her friends and I am so glad that she did because Momma is pooped! Saturday some friends and I went shopping and we shopped from 9:30-9:30! I can't believe it but I got all the stocking stuffers and had a great time with my girlfriends so it was worth it...plus I am sure that I walked off some of those holiday goodies I have been indulging in *wink*

Check this out...



This is a page that I made for our son. He was home in September for our Granddaughter's baptism and we got this picture of him holding her. Isn't it the cutest picture? I just love the expression on her face! She is holding the penguin that he got for her when they went to the zoo...she just loves that thing! I knew months ago that I was going to do something for him with this picture. So I bought one of those scrapbook page frames at Michael's...they are spring loaded on the back so if you have lumpy embellishments on you page it won't matter it will fit! The whole project is matted on white 12x12 cardstock, then the top and bottom edges of the hot pink cardstock are cut with the Fiskars Threading Waters punch, the patterned paper is from the My Mind's Eye Party Time glitter slab (Hobby Lobby). It's kinda hard to see but the orange "frame" (I cut this myself so it's a little crooked) is Bazzill Bling and the lime green strip of cardstock is punched out with the Martha Stewart Doily punch.


Have you ever used Dew Drops by Robin's Nest? They are so fun! That is what I used to accent the scalloped circle below. Pretty fun huh? They come in so many colors and they give you a different look then using a brad. Just nice to change it up sometimes.



Well, thanks for peekin' in. We are supposed to get a crazy winter storm here this week. Our daughter is supposed to be coming home with her little one for Christmas on Christmas morning but I don't know if that will happen if we get the weather they say we might. We shall see. I sure want to see them open their presents this year! Merry Christmas to you all!

Class Pictures

Hi Friends! How are you doing this holiday season? I hope that you are taking time to enjoy family and friends! There are so many things that we have to be thankful for! I have been so busy the past few weeks doing fun things with my girls! We did a lot of holiday baking last weekend and Haley and I made some carmel puff corn tonight! YUM-O-LICIOUS! It is so much better than carmel popcorn! We also made Oreo truffles! One of those little suckers and you go right to heaven! They are so good. So you ask...are you sampling everything? Well...yes but I have managed to get my butt on the treadmill several times this week...just feeling guilty for eating too many sweets! A friend and I did palettes 2-3 times a week before school started this fall and when Haley started golf things got crazy so we ended up dropping that and we walked in the parking garage everyday on our lunch hour and now that it has gotten cold we of coarse aren't doing that right now so I am on the treadmill. Sometimes I find it hard to stay on for so long. Yes, I have the TV right in front of me but still I have issues...I have to tell myself "come on crazy girl...keep working...keep working!" LOL! So anyway my friend and I decided that we are going to pick back up with palettes 2 times a week starting in January and then the other three days I will hop on the treadmill. Sounds like a good plan huh?

I did manage to squeeze in a little bit of scrapbooking too. These were easy pages because the pictures are 8x10's so there is not really any journaling to do and little embellishments. I usually try to pick colors that complement what the girls are wearing. I used chipboard letters from Maya Road to state the grade they were in and I sprayed the letters/numbers with glimmer mist to change them to a pretty glittery version that blends well with the layout.






Here is a close up of the chipboard.



And here is a close up of the embellishment that I made to accent Haley's page. I have found that you can make so many fun embellishments with stamps and it saves you money too! Here is a close up of the stamped embelley that I made.



I stamped the image on off white cardstock, then punched the image out with my circle punch and inked the edges for an antique look. Then I used one of the circle Spellbinders dies to cut the scalloped circle and inked the edges of that.

Well, thanks for peekin' in! I will post some of our baking fun from last weekend soon! Can you believe that Christmas is next week already? Where oh where does the time go? Hope you have a great weekend!

Hugs ~Toni

Great Great Granny

Hi Everyone! How are you? This chilly weather is nice isn't it? I mean I am not a big fan of cold weather but it is November! I love to have a fire going in the fire place and enjoying the basement family room with my peeps!

Here is a page that I finished up the other night. This is Angelina's Great Great Granny. How many little girls can say that their Great Great Grandma held them? Amazing huh? And because of that fact I thought this picture deserved a page all its own. I make the photo a 5x7 and found the perfect papers by Heidi Grace to complement the colors in both what Angelina and Grandma are wearing. The words at the top and bottom are rubons from Creative Imaginations and what other word could describe this picture except Precious? My thoughts exactly!

I am actually going to get some scrapbooking done this Friday night. I am packing up and heading to one of the local scrapbook stores for a crop night. I am not sure what I am going to work on yet but I am leaning on playing catch up with the girls school books as I have fell WAY behind on that. I have to get my ducks in a row tomorrow night and then will be on my way on Friday. I think my oldest is going to tag along and see what she can get done also. Good mom and daughter night huh?

Stay warm...I am sure I will have something new to post soon! Take care of you!

July 4th 2007

Hi Friends! How are you today? I have the day off today in honor of Veteran's Day and naturally I have an action packed day. Whitney is coming in this weekend with Angelina **yay!!** and we have an appointment to get her Christmas pictures taken so I am off to find a cute little Christmas dress. I am looking for Red velvet because we have this sweet picture of Whitney when she was about 8 months old in a red velvet dress and I thought that would be a fun scrapbook page to have the two photos together! And what would a Christmas dress be without little black patten leather shoes? I tell you it is so much fun dressing a little girl!

I worked on these pages last weekend...the chubbykins in the upper right corner on the second page is my brother in law's youngest...isn't that picture a hoot? There were 4 pages to this layout but I thought I would share these two with you. I love this paper! It is Scenic Route's Liberty line and the little chipboard embellishments are also from the same line. I used my Spellbinders circle die cut to make the circles then ran some red cardstock through with the scalloped circle die to matt the circle photos on. I thought the photos needed just a little matting to pop.

Thanks for peekin' in on me! Hope you have a great day!

Sweet Pea

Hi friends! How are you? Hope you are enjoying this Friday evening! This is a layout that I made for Angelina's book. I can't get over how fast she is changing! These pictures were taken on the 4th of July when she was just 8 days old. I was so excited to use this paper because the polka dots on the paper match her dress perfectly! The title Sweet Pea and the pea itself were made with the New Arrival Cricut Cartridge. Both patterned papers are from the October Afternoon line.

Lots of activities going on here this weekend! Sidney has her first marching band parade tomorrow in Cheney. Then we head back to the school to help build the float for the Kingman parade coming up soon. I am so proud of her! She has been playing the flute for the past 2 years and she is really getting good! I am sure I will be posting pictures tomorrow sometime. Sunday we are serving lunch at the Anthony Family Shelter and Haley has a end of the season golf banquet Sunday evening! And we are already looking forward to next weekend...Whitney and Angelina are coming home for a visit! We are definitely going to be kissin' some baby cheeks next week!

Thanks for peekin' in friends. Hope you are out enjoying this unseasonably nice weather!

Hugs~ Toni

Halloween & Dad

Hi Everyone! How are you doing today? Hope you had a great weekend and a safe Halloween! Speaking of Halloween here is my Lady Liberty!

Isn't she cute? We decided to try to make our costume this year as inexpensive as possible and Sidney was such a good sport! We did by the cool headband and face paint but as you can see the rest of the costume was a sheet. She spent the night at a friend's house...there were 7 little girls in total at the party. They had a blast!

This is the first year that Haley didn't go trick or treating so she stayed home and gave out candy with us. We didn't have too many trick our treaters this year...so the last few kids that came to our house got several pieces of candy!

Here is a page that I worked on this weekend. Mike is the best step dad I could have ever asked for! He loves both of my girls just like they are his own. He has always been very involved with their school activities and is always there to help with homework too. Here Sidney was having a bit of trouble reading so he just sat right down there on the floor where she was reading to help her sound the words out! We are so blessed to have him in our lives.


Now for the scoop on the page. The brand of patterned paper is Love Elsie from the Roxie line. I wanted to give the notebook paper that torn look so I used this notebook punch from Stampin Up...



Here is a close up of the the little journaling box. Isn't it cute?



The journaling box is made from a Teresa Collins stamp. This is how it looks when you take it out of the package. Just stick it on an acrylic block and bam...good stuff!

Thanks for peekin' in! I always love to hear from you so leave a comment if you want to!

Hope you have a great week! Hugs ~ Toni

Meeting my Aunts

Hi friends! Hope you had a great weekend. Sure was beautiful weather here, and I have to say that I just love fall! All the beautiful colors and crisp leaves on the ground! I can't believe that Halloween is already next week! Both of the girls have fun activities planned. Haley is going to a party on Friday night and Sidney is spending the night at a friend's house with a bunch of other girls and they are going trick or treating! Fun stuff huh? This year has been full of all kinds of new things for me as a mother! This is the first year that I will not be taking them around to trick or treat. Kinda sad when I stop and think about it...but then again I am sure there will be lots more new fun things ahead to experience also!

So what do you think of the new background? Here's the best part...everything was free! Gotta love that don't cha? Check them out you might find something you like.

This is a page layout that I did for Angelina's book. This page completes the day that she was born! I can't believe how on top of things I am! I wanted to make this a very simple page so I chose paper that was very busy and you can't actually see it in this photo but there is glitter all over this paper also...very girly huh? The patterned paper is from the Die Cuts With A View paper stack called The Blossoms & Butterflies stack. I picked this up at Hobby Lobby on a half off sale...AND **ENABLER ALERT**just so you know they are having a half off sale starting tomorrow on all of their single and packaged sheets...you simply must go and check it out. I went in last week to see what new stuff they had (paper wise) and they have a bunch of new yummy paper in sets. I am definitely going tomorrow!

Well thanks for peekin' in! Have a great weekend!

Meeting my Grandparents

Hi everyone! Are you so happy that this work week is over and another weekend is here? I sure am! I am looking forward to spending some time with my kiddos!

This is one of the layouts from the day Angelina was born. I wanted to make just one page with the grandparents. I chose paper from the Basic Grey line called Oh Baby Girl. This line is a few years old but there are a few online stores that you can still find it available at. I got the layout idea from this month's issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine. What is funny is after you start looking at things outside the box you can make a scrapbook page layout from just about anything that you see. It doesn't have to be a scrapbook magazine you can just see how they lay an ad out in any magazine to pick up ideas. The trick I found is just to keep yourself fresh. If there is a few weeks between my scrapbooking then I sit there for what seems like forever trying to come up with the perfect layout. But lately I have been trying to scrapbook at least one page a week and that at least keeps my creative juices flowing.

Ok...back to the ingredients for my page...the lime green strips of paper were left over from another project and are not from the Basic Grey line....and actually I can't remember what line they came from. In the upper right corner I used silver metal arrows and brads, from Hobby Lobby, to add a little something different to zing this page up. The purple flower is from Bazzil, the white center and pink flower are both Heidi Swapp.

The title "Meeting my Grandparents" are the letters that came with the Basic Grey paper kit. After I got the letters situated where I wanted them I traced around them with a brown marker to make them pop out on the page a bit. I got this idea from the Embellish Online blog. Check them out here, they have a great blog and a fabulous online store too. Thanks for the idea ladies!

Let me introduce you to miracle in a bottle also known a Un-du. Sort of embarrassing to admit but when I put this page together I was a little tired and I put some of my journaling strips on in the wrong order...now come on there have to be some of you that has done that too right? Well thanks to this great little product I was able to safely remove the adhesive without tearing the paper and reposition my journaling strips! Who ever created this product was a genius! Here is a close up of Un-du if you don't know what it looks like. It is really a handy item to have in your scrapbook room. You just never know when you might need it!

Well thanks for peekin' in on me today. Hope everyone is well at your house! Take care! Hugs ~Toni

Heaven Sent

Hi friends. Hope all is going well for you this week. I decided this past weekend that I was going to finish scrapbooking the day that Angelina was born. Man...when I set my mind to something! I really didn't have that much more to put together but it is just getting the layouts together that take so much time ya know? I had a stash of baby paper for quite some time now so all of this patterned paper is pretty old and I am not sure exactly where I got it...my guess would be Hobby Lobby though. I got the page layout idea from this month's Scrapbooks Etc. I just love that magazine! They have a few pages towards the back all of sketches. When I started this layout I picked out two pieces of patterned paper that I wanted to use together and the foundation is a very pale pink cardstock. I cut the scalloped pattern in the word paper using a very old Creative Memories cutting tool, in fact I am not really sure they sell it any more! The title Heaven Sent and other white title words are actually velvet stickers by Making Memories. I just love the font!

I will be posting a few more pages baby pages over the next few days so stay tuned!

In other Toni news...Wednesday evenings are very exciting for me! A family friend of ours helps to head up the RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) classes at the church and he called and asked me if I would be interested in being a sponsor for a young gal that is taking classes to become Catholic. I am very honored that he asked me, just the fact that he thought of me for this opportunity makes me feel so good. I have gone to 2 classes now and attended mass with her on Sunday. She is a really neat gal and I think will probably be a friend for years to come. Well, I better head off to bed, Haley has to be at school at 7AM for a test! Yikes that is so early for Mama! The kid loves to get to school early to socialize!

Thanks for peekin' in...hope everyone is well at your place! Hugs ~ Toni

21!

Hi friends! Here is a fun little layout that I have had ready to scrap for sometime and just haven't gotten around to until now. This was Whitney's 21st Bday a few years back. I thought that a girl should be decked out in all the necessary 21 gear so I bought this really cute crown that said "I'm 21...where's the bar?" And what girl can be with out a wand and boas on her birthday right? I thought so too! So we celebrated at PF Chang, one of her favorite restaurants, and check out the cake! I had my favorite cake lady make this up. Whitney loves leopard print so I thought it would be fun to have that on the cake. Man...when we took this cake out of the box people from the other side of the restaurant came over and commented on how cool the cake was! AND it was just as yummy as it was fun!

But anyway down to the page ingredients. I spied the layout in the Page Maps book...LOVE IT! And all of the paper is from Hobby Lobby as well as the ribbon and rick rack. The flowers are by Sandylion and the best thing about them is they come in many different colors and they are very inexpensive.

Hope your having a great week so far...here's to hump day tomorrow...hope it goes by extra fast! Thanks for peekin' in friend!