I've been busy....honestly!! Scrap swap spoiler!!!

Wow, its been so long since I've put anything up here but I have been scrapbooking, honestly!! I'll start with a Close To My Heart Swap I'm in. If anyone is in the Funky Swap #2, and you don't want to see what you will be getting...don't look!! Everyone else, jump in and enjoy!!!

This first layout is all about the Dad's we love!!! My dad is the classic 'dad he didn't have to be'. He is my step dad but since the day he rescued us, he's my only dad! He's loved me, supported and encouraged me, and has been a great 'papa' to my kids!! Love you, Dad!!!

Materials used: All CTMH - Back Country PP, Treetops Stamp Set, O

live big brads.

And these are a few of my other favourite boys! My husband and two of our grandkids spent a day at a camp this summer. What a treat building sand castles, swimming in the lake, making smores, laughing, enjoying the sunshine. Little Jackson took quite a liking to 'Grandpa Bubba' and followed him everywhere!

Materials: all CTMH Tinkerin' PP, Little Boys SS.

82 out of 120! I think I'm pretty close...just need to post!!

Rebecca's Pregnancy Journal

I had such fun putting this together. And I was convinced that the baby was a girl! Well, I was wrong! There will be another precious baby boy joining our family early in the new Year. It will be such a thrill to watch my beautiful daughter raise a son!

Most of these pages are done using Topstitch paper pack as well as some very old b&t paper - colours are Heavenly Blue, Baby Pink, and Chocolate. I had lots of fun paper piecing with the Made for Each Other stamp set. Some of the embellishments are not CTMH.

78 out of 120 Layouts! A very special thank you to my friend Roz for helping me out!!!

A Wedding Album

My daughter's best friend is getting married in a few weeks. Quite awhile ago, I did their wedding invites for them so I thought it would be fun to give them a matching album. This is CTMH 9x9 accordion album. The paper is from C**** M*** (I don't usually buy their paper but thought this was very pretty), stamp sets and embellishments Close To My Heart.

Sorry for the blurriness..and the colour is actually black & white with some green ribbon. Not sure what's going on with that. I have to label what size pics go where but I'm excited its finished in time.

Honestly the last ones...for awhile!

I've been very busy finishing up a few projects and I will post them shortly! But I'm going to put up two more layouts featuring my newest little....and then in about 6 months I'm going to post lots more layouts featuring another newest little!!! My daughter is expecting in January and we are so excited!! I really wish my dsd (darling step daughter) and dd (darling daughter) lived closer but scrapbooking layout after layout will have to do between cuddle times! Enjoy!

Halfway there!!!

This is one of those layouts that are of the 'whew, finally finished' variety! All CTMH product; some may even be retired!

The above two layouts use contraband products...except for CTMH Buttons!

Love how this turned out. Used Veranda paper, with Authentic stamp set and flowers created by my friend Roz!! Layout 'scraplifted' from Shawnee Elliott.

This is my new niece...well, not so new now but she was a few months old when these pictures were taken. Used Topstitch Paper Pack with the layout idea from Kimberley Smith.

Back from Convention! Wow!!! My mind is still exhausted from taking it all in! But Washington, DC is beautiful and I would recommend anyone/everyone try to spend some time there! Roz and I had so much fun being tourists for a few days. We came away with some unforgettable moments!

These layouts make it 60. Which means I am halfway to fulfilling my goal of 120 layouts this year. Which also means I need to get my butt in gear. My projects are all lined up in my head but they aren't doing any good there!!

The rest of S.Africa

I am at a complete loss as to why these pics are all on the side!! Sorry, Ladies!

I've been very busy getting more of my scrapbook area organized, my England trip layouts finished, and a bunch of scrapbook pages into the actual scrapbooks! And of course getting ready for Convention...in 6 days!! I'm getting excited! Watch for layouts of Washington sometime in the future!!

South Africa layouts - finally!!

I love a challenge!!! And this challenge has been fantastic! My husband travels for his business so on the rare occasion I get to go with him. Six years ago, I went to South Africa with him for the trip of a lifetime! It was such a wonderful trip full of adventures I never thought I would have the opportunity to have....5:30 a.m. safaris, experiencing the exotic flea markets, feeding elephants - memories to last a lifetime. And finally, scrapbooked! Here are a few of the pages I completed while I was in Winnipeg at a scrapbooking weekend with my friend Roz! I'm not sure why some of the layouts are sideways!

45 layouts completed & posted! 75 to go...better get busier!!!