Scrapping

I'm trying to focus on getting more layouts done. At this rate I'll be caught up several thousand years from now! One of my goals is to get my wedding album done, here is one of the first layouts. This layout was done as a challenge. I was sent 5 things in an envelope that I had to use in a layout. The most challenging item was the tiny, mini puzzle pieces. I used them as the flower centers. Thank you Laurie for the envelope items. I used the masking technique that Scrapperlicious taught me for the title. I used a combination of a gold paint dabber and Ranger Black Soot distress ink to mask the title. The stamping is done using a gold paint dabber. Scrappychicdesigns suggested trying paint dabbers on stamps to me. The picture is of my beautiful bridesmaids, hence the title "Beauty"

Prima Marketing: Pattern paper and whispers; Ranger Ink: Gold paint dabber and Black soot Distress Ink; Queen & Co: Felt Fusion, scrolls; Lil Davis bookplates; Making Memories: Green celery and pearl paint; Fancy Pants Designs Glitter Cuts; 7 Gypsies, acrylic stamps

Itaska

Michael, Adam and I went to Itasca State Park at the end of July. Opps, almost forgot, Lacy came with too. Brandon and Ryan met up with us later in the week at Crow Wing Lake. It was our first long camping trip with Dakota and all went well.














Standing by the headwaters. Can you believe that is the beginning of the "Mighty Mississippi"


Camping at Crow Wing Lake ~

Boys kayaking

Cannon Valley Bike Trail

Our second camping trip with Dakota was to the Cannon Valley bike trail. We weren't very impressed with our campground but the bike trail is beautiful.











We put up our "add a room" for the first time and love it. Lacy loves the new porch so much that she insisted on sleeping there all night.

25 of my Favorite Things

Blog assignment 25: 25 of your very favorite things!

1. My children and husband
2. Being in love with my husband
3. Praise and worship music
4. Animals
5. Flowers, any and all
6. Coke, not diet, the real sugary coke
7. kittens
8. Italian food
9. Chocolate
10. Riding my bike
11. Scrapbooking
12. Watching movies
13. Clinique
14. Camping
15. Reading
16. Garage sales
17. Thrift stores
18. Antiques
19. Campfires and roasting marshmellows
20. Mexican food
21. Being a nurse
22. Surfing the internet
23. The beach
24. Bubble baths
25. The mountains

Happy Birthday to You!!!

Happy Birthday Tiffany!!!

You say it's your birthday
It's my birthday too, yeah
They say it's your birthday
We're gonna have a good time
I'm glad it's your birthday
Happy birthday to you

Yes we're going to a party party
Yes we're going to a party party
Yes we're going to a party party.
(Lennon-McCartney)

Birthday's ROCK!!! Sure, I'm not happy about the ever increasing number of candles on my cake, but it definitly beats the alternative. I always wanted a summer birthday, but mine is January 24th, which makes today the "5 month" anniversary of my ** birthday so......

You say it's your birthday
It's my birthday too, yeah

Vent Time
Blog assignment for June 23rd Vent!Say what you want!Vent Time

Why do people take up 2 parking places?? It doesn’t make any sense to me. If they don’t want anyone parking close to them, they need to go out further where no one parks instead of taking up valuable parking spaces!!

Does the grassy areas along the roads look like a trash can to you??? Me either, so who are these people who think they are trash cans!!! Every gas station I have EVER gone to has “trash cans” it’s a great place to throw the trash into. STOP tossing your trash on the side of the road!!!

NO SMOKING….SMOKING ZONES are situated AWAY from doors, there is a reason for that. What good is a non-smoking building when you have to walk though a cloud of smoke coming out? I’m sorry it’s raining and you don’t want to get wet, but try an umbrella. I’m a nurse, I see people with lung cancer who have never smoked but they were exposed to second hand smoke. It’s your choice what you want to do to your own lungs but leave mine alone.

Okay, off my soap box.

A Perfect Summer Day

My perfect day…..hmmm

Relaxing by water with my family is the ultimate perfect day. The best place to be would be by a lake, a mountain stream or the ocean. The weather would be perfect of course, not a cloud in the sky, 80 degrees with no humidity. Someone would be serving us our favorite foods, no dishes to do. We’d swim, sun, hike, maybe a little volleyball. We’d capped the day with a bonfire and s’mores.