Braelyn & Daddy

I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend. It was nice here, we did some shopping and managed to keep the kids in check!

I did this page for a challenge over at Tally Scrapper. I lifted the general idea from a page I saw on page maps. I had to go search out this scrappers blog and oh my word - she is awesome! Do take some time to check out her blog, I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

At any rate, I am happy with how my page turned out. I used momenta papers and strips of cardstock from my scraps stash.


Now if I can get back to coming up with my own ideas, life will be good! Enjoy your Monday folks!

PageMaps & A Cherry On Top Contest

I am pushing the limits with this one, but I honestly have not had any time to scrap this week. It's been absolutely crazy around here! It seems everyone is sick, many are hospitalized and I am spending my time doing what I can to help ease the stress for others. But, I had to take time today to relax and chill or I would have been wiped out.

PageMaps has a blog contest sponsored by A Cherry on Top. The sketch is awesome, as always. When I first read about the contest with the theme appreciation, I couldn't decide if I wanted to scrap about being adopted or grayson meeting his great grandmother, he is so much cuter - so I went with the latter. :) I created this page using my Spring Forward kit (except the staples, they are from Beach St) - I adore the colors and they are perfect for this page! The font is Tabitha, one of my current fav's.

This picture will always hold a special place in my heart. I am so thankful they got to meet each other, if only for a short time. My grandmother lives in NY and cannot make the trip down to NC, understandably. So when I was taking my mother up for her sister's funeral, I knew I had to go by and visit my grandmother. Grayson wasn't in the best of moods after having spent 12 hours in the car, but he endured and I got some wonderful pictures of him spending time with my grandmother. The journaling is below in case you can't read it (or you can click for a bigger image). Hope you enjoy & TFL!

The journaling reads:

I am so thankful that you got to meet grandma. I was afraid that it wouldn’t happen because of the distance between our homes. The reason for our trip was less than ideal (Aunt Linda’s funeral), but it meant the world to me that I got to go ‘home’. I hope we get to visit again soon so you can spend more quality time with your great grandmother, but I will forever be thankful for the time you did get with her. Grayson & Great Grandma April 2009

PageMaps Blog Scrapdango Sketch Contest

Scrapdango & PageMaps have a contest up on the PageMaps Blog. I am a sucker for Becky's sketches - and of course when I saw this, it was no different. This sketch just spoke to me... Somehow, I just knew it would work perfectly with the January kit I picked up from Citrus Tree Studio.

Now, with all that out of the way, I'm super excited to share it... Everything on the page (except the bling & mini-alpha stickers) is from the kit - it's a collection of 7gypsies, prima, bazzill & making memories.

It was a plus that my sewing machine still works after my son dropped it (who would have thought he could pick it up and get it out of the case to begin with). But, thats another story...

So here you go, my pitiful puppy sofee. She gets all excited to ride, but then when she gets in the car she is scared to death. Doesn't she just look miserable?! Poor thing!