It's a Beautiful Boy!!!

Hey everyone! I haven't posted in quite awhile...or, as it looks, I haven't scrapbooked in awhile either!

I have been scrapbooking as in getting myself together for a swap I am in. I'll post those layouts soon. I am now 6 and soon to be 7 layouts behind not to mention the cards I should be working on!

But ... I am a new grandma!! My daughter had a 9lb 15 oz baby boy on February 1st. His name is Greyson Charles Brunke and he is absolutely beautiful! We are all so in love!

So, I will be scrapbooking soon, and a lot I'm sure, but for now I am enjoying the newness of him and finishing up my swap. You will see lots of layouts featuring Greyson so stay tuned!

It's 2011!!!

This is going to be a great year!!! My new grandson will be arriving any day now. He is my daughter's first born and we are all looking forward to meeting him. My youngest daughter will be leaving next week for a 6 month student exchange in Australia (not near Brisbane!); my step daughter just got engaged; and this is the year of a monumental birthday for me! I'm going to drink it all in and enjoy...and of course take lots of pictures for a wonderful 2011 Scrap Book!!! Woohoo!!!

I am also embarking on another challenge with some of the ladies from last years challenge and my wonderful friend Roz. We are joining Jenn and Roxy from last year and a few newbies. Our challenge is 52 layouts this year plus 2 cards per month. Roz and I are going to work our way through Helen Onulak's Scrapbook Challenges using the how-to books (thank you, Helen) and we are going to make every card in the Wishes how-to book! We can do it!!!

Okay, so it's already heading into week 3 of January 2011 so I best get my butt in gear!! Wanna join? Put a post in my comment section and I will link you up.

Happy New Year, everyone. Bring on the challenges!!!

And the very last....

Roz designed this layout in the swap I was in. As soon as I saw it, I knew the pictures of my grandson Peyton would work great! I'm not counting these as part of the challenge but I thought it would be a great visual to end the challenge with.

Thanks, ladies. This was a lot of fun! We could continue on for next year?

My final tally was 121 Pages for 2010! I really feel like I accomplished something and got caught up on my scrapbooking!!

Happy New Year!

The finale Part 3

The finale Part 2

I love the way this 18 from 1 lays out. More embellishments would have been nice but I was afraid that because of the busy-ness of the paper, anything else would have been lost.

The finale!!! Part 1

I have had such a great time doing this challenge! I agree, Jenn, let's do something for next year too! These pages are done using the 18 from 1 paper pack. The subject is a trip to England when I joined my husband who was there on business! We had a great time driving all over northern England! I finished these earlier this year and thought I had already posted them! I was very excited to see that I hadn't posted them because this finishes my challenge!!

Thank you all so very much for your complements ~ they have inspired me, challenged me, and made me feel warm and fuzzy! What great scrapperfriends we can make!!

Happy New Year, everyone! On to next year's challenge!!!

My Grandparents

My grandparents played a huge part in my young life. I would like to put together a heritage album someday; hopefully these pages would be a great starting point.

This first layout of my grandmother at age 18 and my grandfather's prize car were created using a kit from In a Pinch Designs. The next layout is a CTMH paper pack Grace using the Childhood Portraits stamp set. I have since put a journal piece in detailing my wonderful memories of summers at my grandparents home.

Thanks for looking.