SCRAPPIN WITH FRIENDS

Birthday Wishes

2009-11-15T08:23:00.001-05:00

We had family over last night for Mark's Birthday, I can't believe my Baby Boy is 17!

Fall Banner

2009-11-12T14:15:00.002-05:00

Here is my completed banner, I thought it came out really cute

Who needs to get something done?

2009-11-10T14:36:00.002-05:00

Do you realize that there are only 45 days till Christmas?

Do you have Christmas cards and projects you need to get done?

If your answer is YES like mine then it's time for a crop.

SOooooo I thought it would be a good idea to schedule one.

South Quay Baptist Church

November 21st

9 to whenever we get tired of each other

I haven't decided on the menu yet,

we usually all just bring something to share

and something to drink

If you need directions let me know

Sunday Share

2009-11-08T07:54:00.001-05:00

Project Create

2009-11-07T08:52:00.000-05:00

New project posted, check it out!

Don't Forget...Hope to see You

2009-11-06T05:34:00.002-05:00

If you live near, I hope you are coming to my Fabulous Gold Canyon Party tonight at 7:00 hosted by Mandy Vann, you can check out her blog here to get the latest.

If you need directions e-mail me at scrapinwfriends.aol.com

Swine Flu

2009-11-03T07:04:00.004-05:00

I received this text message last night from my niece, I thought it was so cute

So I took this
And made this

Happy Tuesday!

It was a streach for both of us....

2009-11-02T05:01:00.005-05:00

I didn't get very good pictures and it's really hard to see, but can you guess what we are dressed as?

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Smartie Pants!!
& The Beauty Queen

These pictures were take on my neighbors beautiful porch, our fall fest was canceled because of the rain, so we went to a few of our friends homes, had a good night.

2009-10-31T07:44:00.001-04:00

Halloween Challenge

2009-10-27T07:26:00.002-04:00

I didn't mean too, but I posted the Halloween Challenge on the Project Create blog, so head on over there and check out Judi's Fabulous Layout! I hope everyone is having a great week. I am busy busy every night this week, so i will get the next challenge posted soon.

Happy Tuesday!

Another Halloween Card

2009-10-21T19:47:00.004-04:00

One more card for your viewing pleasure.

What are you going to be for Halloween?

Early Boo!

2009-10-20T17:00:00.005-04:00

I have done a lot of Halloween stuff using a free kit of goodies I won last year. It is along the lines of the challenge so I thought I would share.

This is a little treat bucket and card.

Sam wanted a bucket so we spooked up this one.

Recycle Reuse Layout

2009-10-17T10:28:00.004-04:00

Here is my mail recycle layout, I should have taken a picture of the card before I cut it up, but I forgot. The insurance company sent Mitch a very late Birthday card, so I cut it up and made this layout for Samantha's album. Sorry I was so late posting it. Happy Saturday!

Next challenge is Halloween card or layout, the deadline is next Sunday and I promise to post on Monday!

Cool Tool and it's FREE

2009-10-14T09:54:00.009-04:00

I was blog hopping this morning and found this link to scrapbook.com. It is a very cool tool if you are stuck on what colors to use in your layout, you simply upload your photo and it gives you color schemes and products for your projects. and you can view a layout sketch of your photo.

Very Cool! Scrap On People! Scrap ON!!

I have a very exciting announcement coming soon!

Here is a hint

Time is up

2009-10-14T07:24:00.004-04:00

Way up actually the deadline was the 11th! It's been a long week already!

Those of you that participated in the Recycle Reuse Challenge send me an e-mail with a picture of your creation, so I can share it with everyone. I'll be posting mine later today!

Happy Wednesday!

Sunday Share

2009-10-11T07:34:00.008-04:00

I thought I would share something I made during my blogging hiatus. I made Samantha a birthday album. Here are a few pages of that.This is the cover of the inside albumThis album was kind of unique I took the plastic Roxy bag her comforter came in and made kind of a bag to hold the album, it's hard to explain, but this is the outside cover of that.One of my favorite pages

A very long post..............

2009-10-09T07:43:00.018-04:00

Happy Friday everyone! I have had a lot going on lately and wanted to share a quick blessing.

As some of you know we found out last year that Mark has a severe case of scoliosis. (this is an actual picture of Marks back 74% curvature)

after that the CHKD specialist (Dr. Fox) noticed that Mark had what are called Café-au-lait spots and wanted us to have an MRI done to make sure he did not have a Neurological disease called Neurofibromatosis, I didn't know alot about this, so I googled it (not a good idea) when his MRI came back clear we were all very happy and the doctor told us we were blessed. And shared no other information with us at all!!!

This link is a reputable site and explains the two different types of NF.

So back about a month ago Mark started telling me he was having dizzy spells, we finally got an appt. to see the family doc. and he suggested we go and see a neurologist at CHKD, so I was like ok he is going to do a little exam tell me something easy to fix it (we think he has low iron, going to check that soon)

BUT instead he tells me that Mark does have NF and he wants to do an MRI of his head to check things out. Well you can just image that that hit me like a TON of bricks. I could not understand why Dr Fox would tell us he was clear of NF, I guess he was checking for NF-2 So the neurologist tells me that he has NF-1.

Mark has 5 of the 8 signs. This disease strikes 1-3,000 people and is Genetic. There is no cure and no medications or anything, it is just something Mark will have to live with for the rest of his life. There is so much unknown about how it affects individuals or how quickly. Mark is Ok with it, the thing that bothers him the most is his back, it hurts almost all the time and the only thing that can be done for that is exercise.

We had MRI on his head Tuesday night and thank the Lord that came back fine, so we wait for a year and go back to Dr Frank and see if he has progressed at all. In the mean time we keep an eye on his neurofibromas he has about 5 right now, they are small so we need to make sure they don't change. And I have am having his eyes test by an ophthalmologist as the disease causes glaucoma.

That is a very heavy story for a Friday I know, but I feel like I need to let people know about this disease, because obviously it can go undetected for at least 16 years as in Marks case.

God has blessed us once again and I Thank him everyday!

Wordless Wednesday

2009-10-07T10:01:00.001-04:00

Sentiment Needed

2009-10-05T20:56:00.003-04:00

I made this card using a Heidi Swapp Sticker and some Michael's dollar ribbon and a little ink.
I really like the way it came out I just don't know what sentiment to put on it, any suggestions?

World Card Making Day

2009-10-04T07:15:00.008-04:00

The five of us had a great time, I think we could have stayed all night,but someone was using the fellowship hall so we had to go. A couple of us got our Christmas card started.

Here is mine. I had accidentally made this snowflake background I was trying to ink the snowflake on a scrap piece of paper and when I lifted it up, it gave me this great background, so I used it on my card, stickled the snowflake, threw on a Happy Holidays rub on and Voila!Here are a few more I madeWhat did you do on WCD? Share with me.

Happy Monday!

Recycle-Reuse

2009-10-02T11:16:00.007-04:00

So I was blog hopping this morning and thought this was very very interesting and a very good challenge. The challenge is to create a card or layout using a piece of mail.

So everyone interested, give it a try and e-mail me a picture of it.

I will give you until October 11th.

Don't Forget tomorrow is World Card Making Day!

Some of you will be joining me to start on your Christmas Cards

should be a lot of Fun!

I found this card and loved it's simplicity, so I am going to do my own spin on it.

I love the color combination

Happy Friday!

My 2009 Beach Book

2009-09-30T19:27:00.006-04:00

This is a little chipboard book I picked up for 6 dollars while on vacation, thought I would share.

Those are my feet on the beach, thought it would make an interesting cover picture.

This was my favorite page, we celebrated our 24th wedding anniversary while on vacation

Project-Create-Fall Challenge

2009-09-28T09:34:00.004-04:00

Here are a few things i made
A card a flower arrangement and a layout of Sams 1st day of school

Here are a few adorable cards Judi whipped up. Very cute and very Fallish!

I love her handwriting, I wish I could just write on the front or even inside of a card.

Thank you Judi for participating and I will be posting the next challenge soon.

Come Scrap with ME!

2009-09-25T05:00:00.001-04:00

Even though my mom will not be here

(she will be off in Calif.)

I have decided to have a crop, it just happens to be on

World Card Making Day!

So if you can join me on

Saturday October 3rd at

South Quay Baptist Church

from 9 till we get tired

You don't have to make cards, you can work on what ever you want. I would love to have you join me.

Bring a dish and your favorite beverage!

E-mail me if you have any questions!

Question

2009-09-24T09:43:00.005-04:00

Happy Thursday!

I was thinking the other day, I know scary! I Thought it would be nice to have a separate Blog for Project Create, that way I could still post about my Fabulous Interesting Life! LOL! Or I can keep it on my original blog.

I will have a direct click link from my blog so it would be super simple to access. Click on the logo to the right. Please post your opinion.