A Little Off Topic

This is our newest addition. Louie... our new baby orange tabby kitty.

We love him already and he is the perfect addition to our family.
Oh and this next picture of our big puppy Fudge who is very very jealous so we had to give him some loving too. :D

home sick so of course I scrapped....

These three were done with We R memory Keepers papers and a lot of the slice. I LOVE that thing. I can't wait to get more cards for it.

The rest of the LPS bo bunny add on kit. I was able to get eight layouts from just a few papers and embellies. The alexander one is only the sticker page. I couldn't let those decorated stickers go to waste. :D

Scrapapolooza recap

I had the BEST time at Scrapapolooza in Springfield MO. It seemed like it lasted 15 mins instead of 13 hours. The food was awesome not just your usual crop pizza fair but fancy items like strawberry spinach salad and parmesan crusted chicken.



I managed to complete All these layouts below and one extra that I spilled liquid glue on so didn't get a chance to take a picture of as it was in quarentine to dry out. That will teach me to not pay attention to what I am doing. I screwed off the lid instead of taking off the cap. GRRR.. it wasn't a complete disaster but I am not happy about it.



I wanted to quickly put into concept how long my day was just for prosterity. I left at ten til 7 am and got home right at 11:30. WOuld have been a long day if I didn't have so much fun. The scrapping was like a quick dream. I took my laptop and watched six movies. Vicki Christina Barcelona, Reign of Fire (got bored with it and changed it 3/4 through it), Juno, Twilight, Dodgeball and The Duchess (only got about half or a smidgen more then had to leave). I even had a mini five minute massage which is making my (Spelling?) feel bruised today.



Here is the first batch. I used up the last of my Life perservers April add on. Five layouts. This one I used quick through twilight. I wish I had more because I like the dreamy look to the papers.

At the tail end of the crop I started working with the June LPS add on kit. It was to be a mini book but I like the papers themselves. they are bo bunny. I only got to do three but I am feeling I can get at least five more pages out of the kit.

Personal Scrapper is having a layout a day contest with daily challenges for inspriation. One this week was to do a graduation layout. I haven't been to a gradution in years so I decided to take a pic of each of my diploma's and scrap how I completed my HS and AA degree.

This is the beginning of the free papers and kit we received from the crop. The first four were of a kit that was to make a two page layout. I didn't like the sketch. It called for too many pics and I didn't have any I felt fit the paper. I do not think I am the best scrap booker out there BUT I do think I am very frugal and can totally strech a kit out. I think these four pages are a great example. The only extra items are a couple of the pop up stickers. So I took what would have been a two page layout and turned it into four pages.

Here was just individual sheets of paper given to us. I personally think this was old stock but I suppose they didn't have to do anything really. :D

Here is the start of the layouts I did with the Feb kit from Personal Scrapper. It is WERMemory keepers Tiffany papers. I have not had a kit from there that I didn't like or even better love and I often get the add on kits too. This month I thought it cute and pretty but I hated working with it. The papers were on the too girly side and I was glad when it was all gone. I felt I scrapped it almost the whole day. And being frugal I couldn't waste it. Though I made myself toss out some larger chunks i normally probably wouldn't. I know i could have put it away but I personally like to use all of a kit before moving to the next one. It is a quirk of mine.

I do like or even love every single layout so it turned out to be an awesome kit. I ended up being able to do Eight single page layouts and two double pages. With very little added from my stash except some cardstock. It ended up working well for photos for my book and easter egg dying pictures i had. Also there is one that is of John and Alex and it turned out very pretty even for two males in the photo without being overly girly (In my opinion anyway lol)

Also the majority of these were done with challenges from PS in mind. Like a use a black and white photo with color or use a sketch etc.

So all in all I made 28 pages (26 -- one is not posted here remember the glue incident and two double) in a thirteen hour crop. I really felt i could of done more. A little disappointed but the fun way made up for it. They are having another in Sept. I plan on being there for sure!

Lookie lookie what came yesterday!

THe Boys were even excited for me they just had to be in the picture!! I played with it a little but had to run into the next town over for birthday supplies for DH. I am totally taking it Saturday and will use it a ton I am sure :D I am just trying to figure out how to better conserve paper on it. I hate wasting. :D

Also barely less then 24 hours to Scrapapalooza... I can't wait... thankfully we have birthday activities planned otherwise today would be forever!! I am sure work will be. Four hours of waiting for the weekend. :D

Lastest work and This Saturday Plans

This is a mini book I have made for my best friend in MN. It is pics from our recent family photo shoot at JC Penney. And done with material from an add-on kit from Life Perserver scrapbooking kits. I think I should have not done the stickles flower on the bottom but once dried can't really take it off. :D

Journaling Junie had a challenge (#55) where you were to do a layout using a sequence of photos. I just happen to run across these old photos going through a photo box and had just gotten this paper from Personal Scrapper. It was perfect. lol. I don't usually brag on my work but I like how this one came together.


Here is the last of the Halfway Cafe. Nothing left but one slip of patterned paper! And a few brads I didn't need after all.

I am WAY WAY WAY excited to be going to an all day crop this Saturday.

Here is the agenda:

The Scrap-genda:9am -- Event begins10:15am -- Big screen demo by Allison Davis from Creating Keepsakes: Getting Creative with Paint10:45am -- Scrapbook Generation treasure chest prize drawing #111:15am -- Big screen demo by Allison Davis: Circle CrazyNOON -- lunch1pm -- Big screen free mini-class with Allison Davis1:30pm - Scrapbook Generation treasure chest prize drawing #22pm -- Allison Davis paid class ($15): Live Out Loud layout2:30pm -- Free mini-class by Scrapbook Generation3:30pm -- Big screen demo by Allison Davis: Flower Frenzy3:45pm -- Scrapbook Generation treasure chest prize drawing #34pm -- Allison Davis paid class ($15): Summer Days layout4:30pm -- Free mini-class by Scrapbook Generation6pm -- dinner6:45pm -- Scrapbook Generation treasure chest prize drawing #47pm -- Big screen demo by Allison Davis: Ink It Up7:30pm -- Allison Davis paid class ($15): What I Love Most layout8pm -- Free mini-class by Scrapbook Generation9pm -- Scrapbook Generation treasure chest drawing #59pm -- Layout contest entry deadline9:30pm -- Layout contest winners announced10pm -- Event concludes

And the email detailing the days vendors, food, and general info.

I am sending this to the e-mails of those who ordered the tickets ... if you need to forward to a family member or friend that you ordered for, please feel free to shard. We're not sending out hard tickets, you can just check in under your last name. If you ordered for multiple people, they can check in under your last name as well. For example, my list will say - Louzader, Chris; Louzader, Chris (guest 1), Louzader, Chris (guest 2). Don't forget to check in so you can receive your goody bag from Scrapbook Generation! Doors will open at 8:30am. If you'd like help unloading your vehicle ... go ahead and drive up to the orange cones ... there will be 3 to 4 Star/Bass on air personalities that we should put to work :-) helping you to carry your goodies/supplies!! As for seating, it is really hard to have a seating chart for SO many croppers, so, I suggest a person or two from your group arrive and save seats for the number that you will need. Hopefully ladies will not leave a bunch of gaps, so we can fit all croppers in :-). We will have some extension cords and power strips available for electrical needs. Scrapbook Generation will have a store on site for your shopping pleasure as well. We'll have a few vendors on hand to take a look at while you stretch your legs. If you need a quickie chair massage, we'll have that too!! We'll have tons of bottled water, a variety of sodas, and iced tea throughout the day!! Sinatra's Coffee will be on site selling some of their delicious brews :-) !! Our menu for the day provided Dining By Design is: Breakfast ... breakfast pastries and fruitLunch ... turkey and cheddar sandwiches, potato chips, tossed green salad with ranch OR raspberry-walnut vinaigrette, and chocolate chip cookiesDinner ... Parmesan crusted chicken breast, strawberry-spinach salad, fresh baked rolls w/ sweet cream butter, and lemon squares An exciting addition to Scrap-A-Palooza is a chocolate fountain provided by The Total Bride with ALL sorts of goodies to dip and delight!! And, of course there will be a nut and M&M mixture sporadically throughout the day AND, maybe even a little late afternoon pizza surprise :-) !!

The countdown is on -- just three more days! Three more days of planning and packing which is half the fun for me!!

And I am still waiting on three packages in the mail to make the time perfect. My LPS kit, a Lime Rickey kit from a new kit club place, and MY AWESOME SLICE. It looks to be delivered on Thursday... UPS don't fall me now. lol :D

Sorry the photos are blurry...

These are the layouts I did over the weekend and today. Personal Scrapper is have a Layout A Day (LOAD) contest and today's Challenge was do scrap something happy. My version is Happy Bubbles found below.





















This is a lift from Erica at PS. I am not sure a link will work.
























This is a lift from the PS website. I am not sure if the link will work but I will try http://cs.personalscrapper.com/photos/monthly_kit_designs/images/141809/original.aspx

The picture above is how a frugal scrapbooker can even use the cover of a paper stack in a layout :D

This was a lift for a challenge at scrapbookdeals4u but I really don't like it it turned out so I didn't submit it.