MK&S with Flowers

Hi :  It's been awhile !!!  I carved out a little time to put together a scrapbook page.  I used this gorgeous paper line by bo bunny called Aryia's garden.  I've only been able to find  the collection pack!  I used some Tim Holtz distress stain  (Picked Raspberry and Tumbled glass ) and water to make it drip down the page, some Dusty Attic chipboard corner which I painted with gesso and Peeled paint distress ink, and  a few idea-ology industrious sticker.   Simon Says Monday Challenge is- " Splash it on".  So of course I'm entering in on the fun.  I hope you like it!!

Baby Girl

Happy Friday all:  I've got that Spring cleaning bug.  You know the one where you go room to room and go through everything.  I'm always surprised at how much stuff there is to go through.  I'm cleaning, and organizing, and then I found pictures.  So the whole cleaning thing stops.... I found this picture of my youngest Colie and I knew I had to  make a page.  I just left everything  I was organizing where it was and started playing.  I probably won't get any more cleaning done today but I'll have another scrapbook page.  I love challenges I'm entering this in the Tim Holtz 12 tags of 2016, and Simon Says Monday challenge: Inspired by a song - Isn't she lovely by Stevie Wonder.  Hope you like it.

BFF's

Hi All- Have you ever had one of those pictures you know your going to make a page for and it sit's out for awhile and you don't want to put it away because you know your going to use it.  After 2 years of sitting on my craft desk I finally used it.  The one in the middle is my youngest  Colie and these 2 girls  Kris and Cheri are still her best friends five years later.  So girls here's your page

 I'm entering this in the Simon Says Monday Challenge (Best Friends)

Sisters

Hey:  Lately I've been in a scrapbooking mode.  I actually go through phases.  Anyone else?  The hard part is if I start looking through pictures next thing I know 2 hours have gone by and the hubby wants dinner.  Oops!!   My friend Pam Schoos is a  really talented photographer, and she would take my three children out and take their pictures so thanks to her I have some beautiful memories.  This picture she took of my daughters when they were 10 and 5 (I think).  I have a pack of Bo Bunny paper pack (juliet).  I love the Gabrielle Pollacco style of scrapbooking.  So I did this page in that style.  Hope you like it.

Entering in:
Simon Says Stamp blog/ Monday challenge:
Use a stamp challenge and blog hop.

Morro Bay

Hi: For us this year was a traveling summer. Mostly we go back and forth from Texas to Colorado. Mainly because that is where our 2 oldest children live. This summer included a California road trip/camping with my some of my husbands Awesome family. Actually we really didn't camp, we stayed in a hotel and would drive to their campsite everyday. This is the kind of trip I love!!! For me it's stopping in places I haven't been before. We drove from Oakland California down the coast to Pismo Beach. In another post I'll tell you about the places we saw on the way. I want to tell you about one of the stops on the way back to Oakland to catch our flight. We stopped in Morro Bay. This is the quintessential quaint seaside community!! The views are beautiful and it has Antique stores and restaurants lining the streets. We had to have breakfast at The Famous Frankie and Lola's which is this tiny little restaurant where we waited a half in hour in line and it was totally worth it!!! We had of course the famous Lola's French toast,brûlée, soufflé flambé and Fried green tomato benedict. We ate out on the patio with a great view of Morro Rock.

. Thanks for looking. I'm entering this scrapbook page in - Simon Says Monday Challenge Blog The Challenge is- Stamp and Punch/Die Cut

Tickets

Hi: The Simon Says stamp blog Monday challenge I playing along this weeks theme is tickets. The first thing that came to mind was movies, then traffic, then concert. Well all week I've been working on a scrapbooking page for the concert that my husband Scott,daughter Nichole, and I attended last Friday. The concert was at Windstar casino which is only a couple of hours from our house so we left early to go checkout the casino, pool, and check into the room my husband had booked for us. You see the Keith Urban concert tickets and weekend was my birthday present from the two of them a few months back. We got there a little after lunch; checked in and went exploring. This was my daughters first experience at a casino. After a little while and I mean about an hour she and both of us decided it wasn't our way to have fun. Although for my daughters first experience she actually won money. A rare thing we told her. The pool at the resort attached to the casino was beautiful; one of those you walk into no steps. They had lounge chairs in the shallow end so you could sit in the water to get your tan. So thats were we spent the majority of the afternoon. Then it is time to go to the concert and I asked my daughter you have the tickets? Yes she says and pulls out 3 8 1/2 x 11 sheets of paper that our tickets were printed on. I remember when you got real tickets to go to concerts, sporting events, even the movies. Anyone else?? When I was a teen and in my early 20's I had a cigar box with them all in it. Sadly I didn't take them when I left and I'm sure my mother threw them out. Sad I know, but nothing I can do about it now. As I was making this scrapbook page I had to cut down the paper to get to the ticket. The interesting thing about this is you had to take the whole sheet to the concert the barcode they scanned was at the bottom of the page. Here's my scrapbook page.

We went to the gate where the checked our purses (backpacks), and climbed the bleachers to our seats and yes we had actual seats with backs and everything. The concert was amazing and I felt spoiled by my hubby and daughter!! I have to admit though I was thinking I love Keith Urban but, Come on an outdoor concert in August in southern Oklahoma I was expecting it to be hot right. Nope it was about 70 with a constant breeze. A more beautiful night I could't have asked for. Thanks so much Scott and Nichole (Colie)!!!! Love you both!!! Thanks always for looking!! Hope you like it.

Kit pages

Hi Everyone: A couple of years ago my husband and I met our oldest daughter Kasey and her boyfriend Andy in Denver,Colorado for the USA Pro Challenge. We had brunch at Tamayo's on Larimer square. From where we were sitting you could look down and see the race. I snapped this picture with my little blue camera and loved it instantly. A couple of weeks ago I found this kit at The Scrapbook Diaries (thescrapbookdiaries.com) by one of my favorite designers; Gabrielle Pollacco. I knew the colors and chipboard would work perfect for this picture. Gabrielle totally inspired this piece; but I don't believe in making exact replica's of other artist work so I used the items as I saw them. I've had these little bicycles for awhile now and I love the whimsey they give to the bottom of the page. I found this ribbon ( top left corner)called pull bow ribbon and you can make a flower in about 2 seconds. I thought this would be the perfect place to test it. It takes ink really well. The items I used are all from different companies. I sure Simon Says carries some of these products. I used: paper- prima, marion smith, bo bunny. Chipboard- blue fern studios, scrap fx. Embelishments- maya road, and Mon Ami Gabby. And for Ink/pens- Tim Holtz distress. I'm going to enter this page in the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge (simonsaystampblog.com/monday/challenge/) The Theme this week is " Anything Goes". Would love your opinion!!

Skiing scrapbook page

Hi All: Since there's snow on the ground here in Texas I decided to go old school and scrapbook today. I have several boxes of pictures that have been sitting around for years!! I started digging through and realized my neglected photos have become unorganized. I had them all in envelopes with dates, events, holidays, etc.... You get the picture. I know my youngest has gotten into them, as well as her older sister. The fact is I will have to reorganize them. For today though I went looking for winter themed pictures. I ran across a set where my 2 oldest and their friend went skiing. Now to find the right paper. I decided to use a couple pages of Bo Bunny's Altitude. I made 3 photo mat's using Tim Holtz's Alterations die postage stamp die. I also used a couple stickers for the Altitude sticker sheet, and a adorable snowflake made by Jodi Norris. And Since the challenge on Simon Says stamp Monday Challenge Blog (simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge) is No Rule I'm entering this page. Actually I think I bought this paper there!! Hope you like it!!