HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Here it is - Thanksgiving. A time to reflect on all the good things in our lives, to remember our family members, friends, and those who cannot be with us. As we head into this holiday, please remember that their are so many sailors, soldiers, and Marines overseas who are fighting the war and will not be with their loved ones this year. Because of them, we have the privelege of being safe with our families here in the United States. I wish each and ever one of you a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving! God Bless!

AS PROMISED - TWO MORE PAGES

Hi all! Hope you had a good Monday! My husband and I spent the day looking at new couches for the house and I think we have it narrowed down. It was nice to do something fun together. So, here are the two pages I promised this morning! These are pictures of my two kids - my son was a ghoul and my daughter was a snow queen. I used basic black for the base of each page, old olive to back the pictures with, and ran ribbon across the top and down the sides. It is a double sided May Arts ribbon that I just love. I used my corner ticket punch on the pictures. The spiders are cut out using a die cut machine. The eyes are tiny black brads from my stash. I did my journaling on tags that I cut out of shimmery gray cardstock to look like tombstones and I added some bat ribbon I had in my stash to bring out the Halloween feel. The bats I actually cut out of some DP because they were dimensional and I just love how they look flying at the top of the page! I love these two pages because my kids were having so much fun together. I hope you enjoy them as well. Oh, and to answer the question of size - these are 6x6 pages that will go in a really cute popup album that I will show you all completely put together as soon as I have finished all the pages! So, there you have it!

ENCOURAGING BLOGGER AWARD - THANKS SHANNON!

Happy Monday everyone! It was truly a very busy weekend here laying the new wood floors in my house. I have to say, this is a very long and hard process but we are more than halfway there and should be finished with them this week - yippee!! Meanwhile, I was tagged by a very special blogging friend Shannon for the Encouraging Blogger Award - how nice is that?!! I love Shannon's blog, she is uber talented, so go and check her out! And, I will now tag some folks who have been very encouraging to me in my blogging efforts! Here they are:

(1) Kathleen at My Happy Place. She is extremely talented and shows many SU! projects and ideas which I find extremely inspiring as a SU! demo myself. She is always willing to share her awesome creations and is a warm and friendly person.

(2) Charmaine at Oodabug Alley. Charmaine is one of the most creative people I have every "met" - there is not a project she has done that I have not fallen in love with. She is very friendly and I love "talking" with her. Charmaine just had a beautiful baby boy so go over and congratulate her!

(3) Heather at Witty Title Here. This girl has got it going on, let me tell you! She is very very creative and I love her projects!

(4) Pam at Stamping With Serendipity. Pam does wonderful work and I look forward to visiting her blog every single day! She is wonderfully warm person who I love to "chat" with.

(5) Debbie at StudioBeeCreations. Debbie does amazing things on her blog and she has such a great sense of humor - she always puts a smile on my face!

These five women are very encouraging to me because they always take the time to visit my blog and leave very nice, encouraging comments which makes me want to keep on posting and creating. Thanks to all of you! Of course, there are several more I could have listed, but I am following the rules!! I will post some pages a little later, promise!

I HAVE BEEN TAGGED - AND I HAVE MORE PAGES TO SHARE!!

Happy Friday everyone!! I feel ssooooo much better than I have the last ten days! Thanks again to all of you for all the nice comments you left for me - it really lifted my spirits to read them! So, I have been tagged by Becky - check out her blog, she does fabulous work! Here goes:

1. If you could have $100.00 worth of scrapbook paper or assorted embellishments, which would you choose? Definitely paper - I cannot seem to get enough of it!

2. If you had to choose between using only stamps or ribbons, which would you choose? I really do love ribbon, but I love my stamps too, so I would have to say stamps.

3. If you knew how to do both awesome cards and layouts but could only do one for a whole year…which would you do? Definitely layouts since scrapbooking is definitely my passion.

4. Would you rather own a scrap booking store or have your own scrapping room at home? I have wanted to own my own scrapbook store for a long time and I am still looking into the idea - it is a HUGE risk but I think it would be soooo much fun! And, I love to have a scrap room at home to call my own...is it greedy to want both - LOL!

5. What is your CURRENT card making or scrapping style? I would have to say it varies so maybe eclectic? Hmmmm....this one is a hard one!

So, there you have it. Now, I have to tag four people but everyone seems to have already been tagged so if you have not, consider yourself chosen! Now, here are two more pages to share today. The pictures are of my kids carving their pumpkins with Grandpa keeping a watchful eye out to make sure they are doing it right! I love these shots because this is the first Halloween that my children have ever spent with my in-laws and I just love the fact that they have this memory now! I used some pumpkin DP from my stash because it was perfect for the layout and then I backed one picture in apricot appeal (it really looks like a light orange to me) with strips of the same along the bottom of the page. I used pumpkin pie for the other picture and stripped the same paper but layered it vertically this time. I stamped pumpkins on the creamy caramel tag I had and colored them in using my stampin write markers. The tag is inked on the edges with apricot appeal and then I added some cute May Arts ribbon from my stash. The pumpkins are die cuts that I popped up on dimensionals and used for my journaling. Both pics are mounted with brads - black and orange, how appropriate, huh?! I also added some of the same ribbon to my son's page because well, I love ribbon!!!! Again, I personalized my journaling by handwriting it out. I truly love these pages for what they represent to me and my family. I hope you enjoy them too!!! We will be putting in the wood flooring in our new house this weekend so I will not have time to blog but I will be back on Monday with new pages. Have a FABULOUS weekend!!

I AM ALIVE - AND HAVE TWO MORE PAGES TO SHARE!

Hi all! Feeling a bit better today although definitely not 100%. This has really hit me hard - I cannot believe how long it is taking to feel better. I think the medicine has finally kicked in though since I can breathe better now and actually swallow without extreme pain. So, I think I am on the mend at last. Just in time for Thanksgiving too! Now, on to the pages I want to share today! These are the kids playing on the old iron cows, yes, cows at the pumpkin patch. They are really neat to see - the details are pretty amazing. The other picture shows the kids in this giant iron pumpkin which was awesome for them to climb on! Both pages are based in creamy caramel and I used some fall DP I had from my stash that I brought along. I used my large oval punch and a pumpkin die cut to journal on - I love journaling on these small tags because I think it adds a real personal touch. The ribbon is double sided and perfect for fall, and again from my stash so I am not really sure who made it. The pictures are backed in old olive and I used my corner rounder to soften them a little. I did add a few fall embellishments that I had also. Voila! There you have it - two more pages to add to my MILs book! Have a great day!

HERE ARE SOME MORE PAGES - AND AN UPDATE ON ME!!

Hi all!! Thanks so much to all of you for your wonderful well wishes - they mean a lot to me! I am still pretty sick and have been confined to bed for the last three days - seems I have strep throat on top of the bronchitis so I got yet ANOTHER antibiotic to combat my new cooties - YUK!!! But, I decided I could read blogs and post on mine. So, here are two more pages - hope you all enjoy them! Again, sorry for the poor quality of my pictures but I have limited resources right now. These pages show the kids getting ready to head off into the corn maze .My niece was too funny. She kept picking the corn and saying she wanted to have some popcorn and was very frustrated when she looked at it and did not see any! My kids were ready to race through but sat still long enough for me to capture a quick pic of them before they took off through the maze! It is hard to see, but on the left picture I used my new piercing template from SU! and I am in LOVE with it! It really makes the page in person and I got soooo many comments on it when working on this page at the crop! The DP I used is actually bamboo but it sort of looks like corn stalks when used with the pictures so I went with it!! And, I used some of my cool buttons - love them!! So, there you have it - I will share two more tomorrow! Right now, I am off to take a look at all your blogs because I am going through withdrawals - lol!!

CAN'T SEEM TO CATCH A BREAK....

Spent the day yesterday in the hospital - seems I have a very BAD case of bronchitis. I could not breathe, had a very high fever, and just felt like death warmed over. Sooooo, I have all kinds of drugs and have done nothing but sleep. Just wanted you all to know that I should be able to post two new pages tomorrow - Tony has the camera at the house and that is where my pics are! Back to bed for me. Hope you all are having a better weekend than I am!