She's Baaack

Lie Fhung has returned from her vacance w/hubby in romantic Paris. She's already got a Paris-inspired kit out called Palais Royale! Looks really super with architectural shots.

Above are my layouts. One is of Versailles (r) and the other is Jardin du Luxembourg (l). Fhung really captured something about old France in this kit. I feel like I'm actually there! She sent me a postcard from Paris and I'm like 'who do I know who would actually be in in Paris'? It took me a minute to realize it was her! I've been to Paris twice but boy I haven't travelled abroad in over 10 years (which is still a privilege I appreciate).

Faery Child

My latest Hailey LO...I guess I'm just into extractions and blending modes, no matter how much I drool over other people's style. It was fun to play with various shades of silvery green gray. I used funky freebie paper by Sunday Bevacqua (toned way down) who is a new designer at PDW. The kraft type paper was made by me! Yes, I actually designed some paper! More on that later....Click the photo for full credits...

Venting - updated

Well thanks to everyone who sent 'hugs' thru the internet. The house is still a mess but I'm over it. At least I have one!

Steinway...

I am in love with my bunny! He's such a character and is always there when I need him. Being a single Christian w/no hubby or boyfriend, I am subject to bouts of loneliness but as soon as I hug dear Steinie I just feel blessed. God knew I needed him and I appreciate him soooo much!

First LO done w/Jan Crowley's wonderful new Portobello Road kit, which she gave to me (little did she know I was gonna buy it anyay!). Second is done w/commercial overlays by Amy Jo Smith and elements by Maya @ Scrapbookgraphics. The hearts are my own. Deckled frame and paper on lower third by Lie Fhung.

Cheapo Wal Mart Lamps - FIRE HAZARD

OK, I was sick yesterday and it was really God that I stayed home. I kept hearing this popping slapping noise but couldn't figure out what it was. It seemed to be coming from the back patio and at one point I thought I saw sparks.

I called the fire dept expecting they'd send a plain clothesguy to check it out. A few minutes later I heard sirens, then this humungus fire truck pulls in the back lot and 4 fire guys jump out all dressed to the nines in full fire fighting regalia and weilding axes.

Uh, you guys didn't come here for me, did, ya?

Yep.

They didn't find anything but later that night I heard the sound again and smelled something burning. Sure enough it was this cheapo Walmart light sitting on the dining room table - I jiggled the cord and this big flamey thing shot out and the cord broke in two. I don't even think Steinway (my bunny) chewed on it.

Thank you Jesus for alerting me to this problem. My house and my precious bunny rabbits could have burned down.

Hailey Redux

Here she is again....you must know I have over 60 pictures of her as Little Miss Whitehall! The paper printed a blurb naming some other kid as the winner - we got on the newspaper to issue a retraction.

Click picture for credit. I used Iron Orchid Designs 'Sweet n' Trashy' and 'Redemption'. The little wrought iron gate is crafted from their Enamel embellisments.

There's Just Somethin About Mary

Boy, I slaved over this one. I'm so envious of those scrappers who are masters of cute and intricate element placement so I'm trying to learn more by practicing...hope I pulled it off.

Mary is my friend's granddaughter and she's a total ham...click pic for credits but the main feature is Iron Orchid Design's Sweet n' Trashy paper pack..

Now this is my kind of Pink!

I'm so excited. I really needed some pink cause I've been taking so many pictures of Hailey and Angel but I really can't stomach icky pastel pinky poo stuff!!!. Luckily IOD just came out w/this fab new paper pack called Sweet n' Trashy. It's pink, but a really cool vintage-shabby pink w/tons of character. It also goes really well w/Nancie Rowe Janitz's Summer Afternoon elements. Nancie has a great paper pack too - a little bolder than the IOD version but just as cool. Both available at Scrapartist!

ScrapbookGraphics Toys

Well I blew $35 bucks at Scrapbookgraphics. I really wanted that 'Day at the Spa' kit. Turns out my money was well spent.

The LO below is Angel and her uncle Lamar - now he's a goofy kid but I got this shot and it looks totally artsy cool so I paired it up w/Anna Aspnes Esther paper pack which is hypnotically beautiful and full of gorgeous brushwork. I just added a sanded overlay and string! Anna is definitely a must have for artistically minded scrappers.


Here is another Anna Aspness paper from Esther. This is Hailey, the new 'Little Miss Whitehall 2006'. Now Hailey is not at all prissy and she is prone to saying some off the wall things but she's also got a lot of personality and I think she charmed the judges socks off. When it came time for her to join her escort for a walk down the 'runway', she snapped her fingers and pointed to the spot next to her. Girl know's how to train her man already! I was amazed at how beautiful she looked in the photos...she sort of reminds me of the Olsen twins. Anyway she took to her new found fame quite well...

Here's Hailey at her ballet recital. I couldn't get any good shots of the performance - they all came out w/horrible demon eyes but I made up for it afterwords w/a little photo shoot. The little tutu was so cute and she enjoyed hamming it up big time. All the stuff is from the Scrapbookgraphics Day at the Spa kit (yep, this paper is by Anna Aspness too). I'm not a kit person at all but I knew this one was a winner and it's chock full of amazing stuff.

Here's Angel at her first Birthday. She was freaking out cause mom left the room and this is a shot of her and mom (Sabrina) when she came back to comfort her daughter. I loved the wave paper because it echoed the theme of calm and peace. Also from Day at the Spa.

2 Peas Drama births DigishopTalk.com

Well, there's a new site called www.Digishoptalk.com (DST) - I guess people at 2 Peas got upset cause all their posts mentioning other sites and designers kept getting deleted. So Shannon Beiger started this site and it's really growing like crazy.

One thing I like about DST is they have forums for blog freebies, store announcements and sales. It's like when you get the Sunday paper and you just want to space out an look at all the ad flyers. I enjoy this. And it's better than people trying to promote their stuff in the middle of forums dedicated to conversations between scrappers or constantly battling 2 Peas over TOU violations.

Great work, Shannon and everyone else involved!

OK, Let's Get Real

Boooohooo...I am really having an identity crisis w/this blog. This is supposed to be my happy upbeat scrapblog but I don't think anyone even reads it. Besides, 'happy and upbeat' is not really 'me'. I am not a perky person at all but I don't want to be all gloomy and morose either.

Does anyone else have this problem?

Well after throwing a fit over how time consuming this blog is I just spent 3 hours adding new stuff to it. My excuse is it helps me learn HTML. Plus it's nice to go to my blog and have all my favorite links right there. Plus it just looks so nice and pretty!

If I ever had time (or spent less time digi-surfing) I would try to create a blog freebie. Now that would be fun....I have never designed anything and it sounds like fun...