HOLY STICKLES! THATS FANCY!

OK so I haven't updated my blog in a while. Sorry. I figure yall are tired of hearing the same thing. I mean you know already most of it. haha. BUT I have to say IM pretty excited today. AMERICAN IDOL STARTS TONIGHT!!! Now we get to start PLAYING American Idol with Bella. SHE LOVES to stand up in front of us and AUDITION for John and I to GO TO HOLLY WOOD. I dunno if YOU remember or not but I had even done a layout about it.


I used the prima paintables paper and all my sakura pens and colored the buildings and cut them with my exacto, I took stickles and blinged some of them up a little

Each little building I opened and wrote behind it and put a photo of Bella and her little self singing and acting her little plays she does. We acted out the whole scenario of YOUR GOIN TO HOLLYWOOOOOD!!!


I evennnn got a note back from "CK MAGAZINE" Saying how incredibly imaginative this was but because of copyrite laws... they couldnt use it but how much they enjoyed this page. HEY that was good enough for me!! I felt like I was goin' to Hollywood.

I have been working on these two layouts for Tracy at Treasures to Scrap, for a while. Transparency's bumfuzzle me. (write that one down that is a technical term) my spell check wouldn't even cough on that one.
IT is almost impossible to take a decent photo in a home setting and get it to come out decent. especially if you are me. but this is what I came out with after a day of screaming and trying well more than a day. IT had rained, then was cloudy, then I took my shot and well, anyway...
There are lots and lots of stickles used in this post here my blog friends!

This is Fancy Pants Designs papers and overlay, Tim Holtz distress stickles and regular stickles, I used My Minds Eye Transfer titles on top of the overlay and then put stickles over it, I added wrights rick rack, scrapworks chipboard with more you guessed it STICKLESSSS, Making memories tiny alpha stickers to save the date.
here are a few detail shots



You know how I told you Bella got LOTD at Treasures to scrap. WELL GUESS WHAT.
THE LITTLE STINKER WON LAYOUT OF THE WEEK! YA! SHE is walking around in all her glory now. She has told everyone about her new scrapbooking success. I think we need to make her a crown. (she expects one anyway. she is 5 afterall) boy I think when she grows up she is gonna have a rude awakening. but I wont ruin it for her yet.


Here is the other page I made for Treasures this month.


Keep in mind these look a thousand times better in person. I dont have my CS anymore and cannot get my picassa to make this look right. This doesn't compare to real life.
The enamel charms I painted by hand and used stickles on top of to give them that extra oompf.
This is also Fancy Pants overlay on fancy pants papers, basic grey buttons, Stickles, Distress stickles, off ray ribbons, chipboard snowflake, doodlebug jewel,

Here are a few close up details





I have been enjoying the Wii Fit (I guess enjoying is the word you use) every day. It is helping my balance and I can see progress well until today. I opened up the boxing one. Most of the things on there have a TRY IT and a demo. That one didnt. I didnt realise I was supposed to be playing when the little dude was laughing at me and saying are you there? and sayin You havnt even broken a sweat have you?
I can only do it in 10 min at a time episodes but I had a hugeeee hugeee accomplishment. I walked the tight rope. If You have a wii fit you will understand what Im talking about and this is a great feat. You have to walk this rope between two buildings and jump over this metal t hing that is tryin to eat ya. well for the first week I must have had magnets in my underwear cuz it always was chasing after me. FINALLY (my 5 year old) showed me how to jump it. yay! so I made it all the way across.
I do the balance stuff on it more than anything. losing weight would be a great thing. I have lost a good bit but balance and eye coordination is the most important. (you can look at those stickles and tell Houston! It ain't as easy as it used to be!!!
But if I do a little bit on it every day. It is getting easier.
Oh and one more funny. Bella learned it doesnt matter how old you are YOU NEVER forget how to hula hoop. yes her mama kicked her tail at hula hoop. THAT MENTAL IMAGE WAS JUST SPECIAL FOR MY BROTHER!!! HE CAN THANK ME LATER!

It will make a mama proud!!!

IF you could see my face right now you would see a big ol jack ol lantern grin on it right now. NOT ONLY is my neighbor NOT blowing off his driveway and it is after 8 am (I could get up and praise Jesus but let's not get crazy or anything) I don't feel like dancing. So I will praise QUIETLY with a smile from right here :)

SO you ask "Nancy what are you so happy about this morning?" well I will tell you. IM a proud mommy. IT doesn't take a lot to make a mommy proud of her babies. We all know that. You little susie could draw a straight line with a red crayon and we would all applaud and send huge abounds of applause across the internet that would make you think she shattered a world record cuz that is the kinda friends we are y a know. well this is kinda like that but better so GET YOUR CLAPPIN HANDS READY FOLKS :BIG CHEEZY :GRIN:

(my sister in law and nephew are about to just groannnn so get ready)

MY BABY GIRL WON LAYOUT OF THE DAY AT TREASURES!!!! IM sure this means absolutly NOTHING to you. BUT TO HER she is gonna be on cloud 99999999999!


She was soooooo excited to see her page up on the website.


She is so funny. She designated herself that she was on the design team. and she has this ONE DRESS (it is too little but she tries to wear it every time she creates) That she HASSSSSSSSSSSS to wear because she is on a design team. I keep telling her.. DO YOU SEE MAMA WEARIN A DRESS????? I don't think so. SHe said "but its my special project" Im thinkin "oh boy kid you got ALOTT TO LEARN!!!" We will work on that part!

This photo was last year at national scrapbook day mind you.

That dress wont go over her head now but SHE INSISTSS she try. we had to hide it!!! she gets sooooo mad because she can't find it. (I PUT IT UP TO KEEP THOUGH)
I see a scrapbooker in the future here! Maybe she will carry this tradition on and appreciate these 55 million scrapboooks she will have hahahaha!


There has been SO MUCH going on at Treasures To Scrap. First ... The server crashed last weekend. yeah what a night mare. all weekend long through monday. Spend countless hourrrssssss with Tracy online and on the phone trying to help her get answers. EVERYONE worked so hard to help restore boards and Gallery's to how they were. We got it looking pretty good now but not all the Threads are there yet. So that is where I have been. we have been putting in countless hours trying to get it fixed. So sorry I haven't blogged. Between that and interferon and LEAF BLOWER MAN. (don't ask ...)

Be sure and stop back by tomorrow I will do my best to have some layouts up. THe sun is ACTUALLY OUT TODAY so I will HOPEFULLY get to photograph them and get them uploaded to my computer! whehew! yes john got me a little thingy for my camera so I can upload photos again THANK YOU HONEY!!
hope you have a good Thursday! OHHH ITS THURSDAY! McDReAMY comes on tonight! :giggle:

Good way to start out the New Year!

So did you eat your Peas? Your Cabbage? Nahh me either. Didnt work last year. We were still poor as ever hahaha.
BUT SInce it was my birthday yesterday John splurged and got me a steak! You know my most favorite thing in the world is a big nice thick juice rib eye (sorry Di I can feel you cringe as you read that) and potatoes nice salad and big glass of tea. I had leamonade instead since I had all that protien I figured I woudlnt kill my kidneys entirly. Bella got us up Early POUNCING us in the bed to watch the parade. Then John brought me my present (a 2 gig card he had gotten on sale whehew) I found that I have video on my camera (If I would have read the directions I would have known that sooner but I mean that would have been too easy huh) so I keep eating up the memory in my camera. So I thought that was really sweet he sacrificed to do that for me. I was so happy to be alive for this birthday... that it woudlnt have mattered. I took a LOOONG nap after watching the parade. Got up and checked my messages. Thank you for all the Happy Birthdays and well wishes I was shocked at all the messages wow! Thank you thank you!!!
We watched movies and foot ball and Bella played with all her Christmas presents.
WE ate our big steak supper then I finished watching the Monk marathon.
Today I went and got a MUCH NEEDED HAIR CUT THANK YOU LORD!

I just got an email from Jamie Pieterson that my article is up at Scrapbooking.com whehew!
if you wanna take a look check it out HERE
its about scrapbooking for beginners.

Here is a photo of Bella I took New Years Eve. She was looking for THE NEW YEAR.
SHe saw the fire crackers and thought it was supposed to be some big thing happen like the whole world was gonna change. I told her I kinda hope it would but it might be kinda scary if it did. Maybe this year in 2009 the world will change for the better. but.... I got a bad bad feelin.... it will get worse fore it gets better.

Here is the photo check out them jammies.

HOW'D YOU SPEND YOUR NEW YEARS EVE?

My friend Tara Rented us some lanes at the bowlin alley so we had us a little celebration there. It was soooooooooooo much fun. Since it was her sister Debbie's birthday today and my birthday new years day it only seemed appropriate.
So here are some photos:


How cute is she??!!!


I HATE taking pictures of myself but since my friend Beverly died and earlier this year my friend Aleida died I vowed I would take more photos with my bella and well.. I havent so I took some tonight.




Here is the bowlin alley


Bella had an AWESOME TECHNIQUE for throwin that ball rofl!


she tried to move the ball over with her body to make it get all the pins (after she had thrown it hahaha)




Bella and Brayden (her boy)


Brayden Bowling.


HI FIVES



Taras Victory Dance. SHE had it goin on, Chick can bowl.





Bella and my honey.




Some more of our crew!

HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEARRRRRRR

SO what did you all do for new years eve?

January pages for Scrapbook Obsessions.

This month at Scrapbook Obsessions we had the caaaautest kit from my little bicycle.



January 2009 Kit
Little Yellow Bicycle Vita Bella Double Sided Patterned Papers
Tim Holtz Grungeboard Nature Alphabet & Shapes
Making Memories Paint
Little Yellow Bicycle Vita Bella Ribbons
BoBunny Buttons
Heidi Swapp Foam Stamp Diamond
Don't miss out on the upcoming January 2009 kit by Pre-Ordering TODAY!


ITs about GOOOOONE so if you want it you Better HURRRY!


HEre is what I did with the kit!

I made THIS:
(forgive my layout photos... My computer crashed I got that virus from facebook and lost my photoshop cs3 and I cannot find my disk anywhereeee or my reg number so Im using picassa and well. I cant figure it out yet so My layouts are not looking as good with it so bear with me ok)


This was a gift for my neighbors David and Diane they do sooooooo much for us and they saw one of these that I had done a while back and she wanted one. sooooooo I had to do one fo rher for chrismtas. so. I made it without the photo of their house so when the weather gets pretty they can put their own photo on it.

*THE Canvas is not included in the kit.



THe journaling on this one reads:

Life is not always fair you see,
It can really break your heart.
Sometimes you will ge bumps and bruises,
you have your mama's luck for that.
Keep a brave face forward and a tough sense
to get back up and try again. But,
if the tears come, and they will,
Don't be afraid to shed them.
It's ok to cry sometimes.
and Mama will cry with you!
xoxox
It is hard to see in the photo but I used tiny pearl bling all the way across the top and bottom. I will try to get a better photo to put up of this.



Bella played Mary in the church play this paper was perfect to use I added stickles and some flowers to make it more girly and kinda go with I also stamped with heidi swapp harlequin stamps (included in the kit) with lavendar and peach inks in the back ground and used glimmer mist to make it sparkly to give it a more christmasy and vintage feel.

I had fun with this kit. I got some layouts done and a Christmas gift made. I have a few more I want to do.

I also want to show yall the NEWEST ADDITION TO THE JONES HOUSEHOLD!
Her name keeps changing. It started off as Mindy lou now it is Barbie after a horse Bella rode at the Fall festival....





MY BROTHER and SISTER IN LAW DID THIS TO US I MEAN GAVE THIS TO BELLA. ;) SHE LOVESSSSSSSSSSSS IT. she talks to it constantly first thing she did this morning was run go see it it was ok. for those of you that dont know, this thing really moves it's head around to the sound of her voice or the noise in the room, if you pet her she will wag her tail and whinney, when she gets on her she will make galloping sounds and bounce up and down, she really makes chomping noises like she is eating the carrot, she wiggles her ears and blinks her eyes when you talk to her. Its kinda freaky but amazingggg. SHe was flirting with Guido (our austrailian shepherd)through the window... Guido stares at it through the window wanting to know why that "dog" gets to be in the house. rofl. we splained to him it was not a real dog. but he aint buyin it. poor guido. I wish Bella wasnt allergic to guido so he could be an inside dog but... my child would be a big ol welp.
Im thankful for the horse actually Im thankful that she didnt get ROCKBAND for the Wii!!!!! (He threatened me I mean told me he was thinking of getting her that so yeah I was happy to see the horse instead SHOCKED to say the least but ya happy it wasnt drums... we already had a set a drums whens he was 2 but luckily she sat on them a couple weeks after she got them)
so anyway. Bella had AN AMAAAAAZINGGGGGGGG CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR. Thank you again to EVERYONE> I will be working on Thank yous soon. I am trying desperatly to catch up on design team Projects and everything I have been sick most of the month of December and part of November so Im sooo behind.
these shots are still no fun but tolerable.
Hope you ahve a happy new year.

So hard to say goodbye to a dear friend

How do you put into words what is going on in your heart. How do you say goodbye to someone when you just are not ready to.



Beverly Todd was taken from us way too soon. December the 23 she had a brain bleed (aneurysm) and was taken to the hospital where she went into a coma and never returned. on December 24th after many prayers and dr efforts were made she was taken from life support. Her organs were donated as Beverly would have wanted done on December 25th. She is survived by her husband and 4 boys.
How do they deal with this? How do you begin to move on?

Beverly was an amazing person. She had an infectious laugh and sense of humor. She kept me cracking up. When I was diagnosed with M.S. at first she said omg nancy then she said "well girl you will do anything for me to come to the states wont you." Again I cracked up!She never got to make that trip...
We talked about the differences between England and Alabama. I told her I would make her cornbread and she gagged at the thought, I would laugh and she would snarl at me.
these are the things I will remember about her.

NOT TO MENTION her AMAZING scrapbook skills. She started a blog with my dear friend Colette. Called Pen Pals. I am so very Thankful she did. It was a journaling challenge blog. NOW HER FAMILY HAS THOSE LAYOUTS. THOSE PRECIOUS WORDS forever. her thoughts on paper of what she felt in her heart and her dreams and feelings and things she wanted for them.











I hope the blog continues. I know she would have wanted it to.
Im at a loss for words right now. I just am still in shock. I have shed more tears in the last 24 hours than I thought I could and I still am. I fell so just full of tears for her children and her entire family. I will miss her. omg will I ever miss her. I knew something was up. I talked to Di she told me she had gotten an email and I told her I had a bad feeling because I had not heard from her. Also her blog had not been updated. She had not responded to emails and had not written me in a while which was unusual. Di said same thing. we both had that pit in your stomach feeling that we just knew she was gone. She talked with Adam and got confirmation it was true. But it still just doesnt seem real. I still cannot find the words to say goodbye to my dear friend. I know she will live on in her beautiful boys. she loved them soooo very very much. She loved her garden.




she loved scrapbooking. she loved her friends. she loved her family.
and we all loved her.



I find it fitting to put her layouts of the things she loved here. and her cards. she was on Di's card sketch team... this was the last card she posted.



All of the pages and cards in todays post were made by Beverly.


I still can't find the words... I don't know what else I can say. I miss her. I will miss her forever. I will miss her scrapbooking her laughing and joking, her friendship her sharing. I am a better person for knowing her. I thank God for bringing her into my life. I don't understand why he had to take her from everyone so soon... I guess the good lord needed some scrapping done up there...

I miss ya Bevvy!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!!!

I hope everyone got everything they wanted from Santa and had good food and full bellys (I know we did!) Bella had an AMAAAAAAZING CHRISTMAS. SHE got SOO MUCH STUFF (and were not through yet! Grandma McCrary hasn't been here yet so You can imagine we are gonna be doing it alllll again!!) Nana and Papa "clause" were here and omgoodness. she has been having sooo much fun. They are still here I dunno about were duh. I love them so much. Bella is having a blast getting her Nana and Papa time in. She only gets to see them twice a year ussually so she is attached to them like a growth. Nana bless her sweet heart is gonna probly be glad to go home and get some rest. SHe has been in the floor playing from the time she has gotten here and I KNOW she is hurting because the weather has for lack of any other word sucked! its hot one minute storming the next then cold then hot then raining. she has Rheumatoid Arthritis and it just breaks my heart into a million pieces because I KNOW she is hurting and not a thing I can do about it. (but drug her haha we have like a pharmacy between us I know sad huh)
ANYWAY HERE IS an ADORABLE video if you can see it. I dunno how to fix it where it is lighter the photo is sooo dark but they are playing Beauty parlor. Bella got alot (yeah thanks soooo much for that Nana and santa) of play make up for christmas. Most of it was lipgloss but these two set things had eye shadow and stuff in it too and omgosh it is soo funny. Nana is helping her to use it ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL UP before she leaves so she doesnt get in trouble with it (like a good nana does)
here is the video

IF YOU KNOW HOW TO LIGHTEN IT UP LET ME KNOWW PLEASE! I have alot of video on you tube of her opening christmas and you cant see any of it because it is so dark. you can hear her fine but not see it grrrr.

HEre are some photos though for those that cant see.
Nana and Bella playing beauty parlor.

The hannah Montana fingernails (yeah thank you nana for THAT! not roflmbo they are sooo funny though they wont stay on so we have to chase em all over the place)

This is 3 of her babies. SHe got the Make me better baby (it cries and has fever and you have to give it medicine and a shot (like her mommy *meaning me) and she smiles and giggles it is so cute) then papa gave her the cabbage patch baby with the pony tails, my friend cand gave her the one with the cupcake sprinkles on her face.

Bella checking out her Easy bake oven, make me better baby and THE STUFFF (stroller and the swing and hi chair schtuff that goes with a baby doll) That is what she asked Santa for. 3 things. Jesus got 3 gifts she gets 3. (yeah notice the pile of presents under their they just didnt say santa on them lol)

This is the stockings lined up after Santa filled them. He made a mess he knocked over the fire place screen and some pictures that were up and had snack cakes thrown all over the place like he made a quick escape. I THINK he must have heard papa snoring and thought it was a bear and took off (hehehe)


Hannah Montana clothes, purse (with her face on it) and pj's)and a sleepin bag.

PROOF she walks all over her nana... hahahaha SHe was walkin on Nanas back! Nana is layin on Hannah montana. Bella has on her Hannah shirt and way tooo much make up after playing beauty shop all day hahaha.

Bella and her boy, Brayden (is ne not the cutest thing everrrrr!) He gave her a watch! with BUTTERFLIES on it! she gave him buzz lightyear crayola color pack thingy. they were soooo cute!

presents Bella wrapped for us (old navy shirts for each of us) SHE Picked the colors and WRAPPED HERSELF!!!

This is the santa plate and cup My aunt Irene (well she is Bellas GREAT Aunt) she is my mama's sister for those of you that don't understand all that.. she is my moms only sibling so she is very special to us. LOVE my aunt reene. SHe gave Bella this santa set a while back for Christmas we use it every year to put santas cookies and milk out on and Bella was sooooooooo excited to see that he ate her cookies she made him!!!


I tell you I HAVE AMAZING friends and Family. My friend Rita, sent this American Girl doll "Josefina" she is the Mexican Princess I cant reme right off the top of my head what year... but anyway and some little ponys because her daughter ABBY loves them so much. Bella loved THIS! THANK YOU SO MUCH I am still just in awe of their thoughtfulness that was so extremely sweet! THANK YOUUUUU! I cant say it enough to all my friends and family this year!
My friend Theresa omg she HAND MADEEEEEEEE these barbie clothese for Bella!!! they are gorgeous. I have a better photo let me go find it!

You can see on here. I was telling her one evening about how expensive barbie clothes had gotten and how my mom used to make alot of ours and how I wish she could still do that. Because frankly the styles now that are on alot of these are ughmm well kinda hooka lookin. lol (kids clothes too can I just say that as my 5 year old is dressed like one with all the make up in previous photos but just know that is just for play she will not be goin to wal mart that way IM JUST SAYIN!) SO dont be slappin me too hard. ANYWAY Theresa said YA KNOW..... I have barbie doll clothes ugh what you call em not recipes...ughh I hate this medicine. I cant think. PATTERN (thank you papa) so anyway she had patterns for them so she said she would make them for her. I said oh girl you dont have to blah blah.. well a few weeks later in the mail thats what I GOT!!! SOOO exciting!!!



My friend Miss Emily and her family sent Bella this sweet baby and clothes to change her into. Bella has had so much fun with her. THIS Was the present she picked to open on Christmas EVE!!! so Miss emily you should feel very priveledged. SHE LOVED the packaging it was in. SOOO GIRLY hahahaha just like my girly girl Bella. DEFINITLY a girly girl! Her aunt Liz and Aunt Karen will be soooo proud of her girlyness!

Nana gettin her ultimate bella make over hehehee

She is just FANCY all fixed up.
OK I will show more photos later. I have to get more of them uploaded. I am working on the videos now. trying to lighten them.
THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH to all my friends and family I havent started on my chrismtas cards yet so the Thank yous will be late as well but we will get them!!!

Love and hugs and Hope you all had a fantastic Christmas.