Cheese!

Here is Sidney's Third Grade picture. Both of the flowers are Heidi Swapp, the smaller one was white but I used my SU Tempting Turquoise pad to dye it! I am now caught up on her school pictures! The school picture from last year is still in the frame in the hall way so when they take pictures this year I will scrapbook that one and put in the new one.
I decided about 3 years ago to make both of the girls their own scrapbook of memories through out their school years. I bought new scrapbooks for each one of them a few weeks ago. This was a major purchase because I don't think scrapbooks are something that you should scrimp on. After all they take a majority of the abuse though the years. I needed books that would expand quite a bit (Haley's is already 3 inches thick!). I found a couple of really good quality albums by We R Memory Keepers, post bound and leather. The ones they had previously didn't expand far enough. As it looks right now I may have to make 2 books for each one of them (does this mean I take too many pictures?)
Well...thanks for checkin in on me! Later friends!

Bella Latte

This is one of my newest Bella Girls...Java Bella (thanks to an order Ms. Nikki placed a while ago *wink*). I used a few new tools on this little gal. First of all I colored her using Twinkling H20's, that is what is in those little pots next to the card. They are so much fun to play with! Mary and Nikki got me stuck on these fun little coloring tools (thanks for enabling me girls!). The little pillow on the chair she is sitting on is lime green flocking by doodlebug. You can't tell from this picture but it is fuzzy to the touch. Very cool! This stuff comes in all kinds of colors and it totally rocks! Now the scalloped circles were done using Nestablities. I just got these yesterday at Scrappin Time in Derby. I couldn't wait to use them! They are so much fun.
Yesterday Sidney and I had so much fun. We went to the movie Kit Kittredge. If you haven't seen this with your little girls you should go. If you missed it in your area it is definitely a must rent! We laughed and cried and laughed some more! Good flick! Then like the girls that we are we headed to a scrapbook store in Derby. I don't get over that way much because it is so far from my house. She had some fun different things that I didn't see at my usual scrap hang outs so it was really worth the drive.
Well chicks...check in with me later...I have some fun pics to post!

Third Grade...oh me oh my!!!

That's right girls...I am catchin' up here! This was Sidney's class photo from the year before last. How fun is this? I found this fun pencil paper and Third Grade stickers and thought it was so much fun! I absolutely loved Sidney's teacher that she had this year. She was a scrapbooker too! So of coarse we had a lot in common!
I am taking the day off tomorrow and Monday. Haley is up visiting her grandparents on her dad's side so Sidney and I are going to have a good time just the two of us. We are going to see the movie Kit Kittredge...based on the American Girl books and we just may do some scrapbooking tomorrow.
Have a FABULOUS FRIDAY FRIENDS!

Cutie Patootie

Here are some fun pictures of Sidney at summer camp's parent night. She was awarded the friendliest camper award. She also was one of 12 campers that received a medal for memorizing all of the weekly bible verses! Woot Woot!! Good job Sid! The theme for the evening was "Secret Agents finding Jesus everywhere!" so that is why she is wearing a "disguise!

Thanks for peekin' in today!

Happy Birthday Friend

This was a birthday card that I made for a special friend of mine. This was the first time that I used SU's Pink Pomegranate and I love how vibrant the color is! I used another smaller flower stamp in a light green color here and there between the larger flowers and topped it off by rounding the edges.
Hope you have a great week!

Oh Snap!

These pictures just crack me up. One afternoon Haley was messing around with this halloween wig that we have and I thought it would be funny to take some pictures. The patterned paper is by Elsie Love and I thought the colors were a nice complement to the photos. I couldn't resist when I found this rub on that said Oh Snap!! I thought it was perfect. I have been looking for this Fiskars punch called threading water (it will punch the scallops and holes all at the same time) and one day in Hobby Lobby there it was...singing out to me...Toni I am right here waiting for you to put me in your shopping basket...I couldn't leave the little guy alone...afterall he was the only one on the shelf!

Well girls I am getting a big dent put in my scrapbooking...since the retreat last week I have finished 40 pages! Holy Cow A Moly! Can you believe this?
Have a wonderful weekend. Talk to you soon!

Arggg Matey!

Yep...that's me this past halloween! All of the administrative assistants on my floor at work decided to dress up as pirates. We had such a great time! I thought the beard and mustache was a great touch...it was so funny...when my boss would come out to give me work to do he kept laughing and said he couldn't have a serious conversation with me...why not? The gals on the 2nd page are friends from another department. They were flies and their boss was the spider...pretty cute huh?