Sweet SIgns Of Spring

This is from the May Kit at Scrapbook Obsessions. YUMMM. Basic Grey PORCELIN. be still my heart and that PRIMA SEW CUTE! THOSE PRIMA FLOWERS ARE AMAZING.
I added some of my own touches to it so you might wanna say I spent the evening with TIM HOLTZ. I used his distress inks and his distress stickles all over that butterfly. made for a nice effect I think.
I used pop dots under it to give it dimension. (so I could put my lumpy bumpy flowers and twigs under it)


Bella as you know is on spring Break. She learned something new today.
REFORMAT........ I will tell you more on this later. ya ITS GOOOD! hahahahha THANK GOD I HAD GOTTEN MY PHOTOS FROM EASTER OFF MY CAMERA. I SPENT MOST OF THE MONDAY FIGHTING THIS reader (HAS A SHORT SOMETIMES IN IT) to get the photos off it onto my computer and im soooooooo glad I did. I also got the ones off moms too so I could do a surprise for her.... so much for that. (if you guys ONLY KNEW THE WEEKEND WE HAVE HAD MY POOR HUSBAND IS READY TO MOVE US AND TELL NO ONE WHERE WE ARE GOING AND CHANGE OUR PHONE NUMBER, IM READY TO LET HIM!!!!) I did get most of the pics though. THANK GOODNESS. Well I have lots to do. John is still working and we promised to take Bella to the park. we are still working on flying this kite lol.
(and I am still looking at all these boxes on my scrap desk and I have 3 MAJOR PROJECTS FOR PEOPLE I HAVE TO GET DONE a memorial album a anniv album and still stuff from Christmas EEEK!) SEEE YAS!

Happy Easter!

We had a wonderful Easter Sunday! Bella woke up early to see what the Easter Bunny had Brought. She had gotten that cute little short set also she has on and a basket full of yummies, and a new carnival game for her Wii. lots of colored pencils and writing things for her to practice with for school and books for reading. SHE LOVES to read and does so good with it.




We had a great meal John cooked ham, I cooked green beans, skillet corn, pink eye purple eye peas, rolls and yummy deviled eggs it was all yummy. Carol and Norman drove over from Pensacola it was sooo good to see them. Carol Brought Strawberry shortcake BELLA ATE 3 big bowls of it. (SHE ALSO WANTED IT THIS MORNING FOR BREAKFAST!!) she keeps asking me is it lunch yet mama so she can have some more the kid lovessssssssssssssssss strawberries!


Grammaw was here too.

Bella and Norman Played the Wii Did I mention that Bella WHOOPED THE SNOT OUT OF HIM IN BOWLING ::SNICKER:: sorry Norman I think Bellas exact words were I SMOKEEEEDDD HIM!
We won't harrass him too bad about it or his baton twirling.. hehehe he was pretty cute though. WE all went outside since it was BEAUTIFUL OUTSIDE and rather windy since we had tornados coming (that wasnt so great) but it was gusty so Bella wanted to fly her little kite. SHe has a big kite that some other really sweet friends of ours (HEY MISS LIZ! WAVING FRANTICALLY!) gave her that is hanging on her wall in her room! but we are waiting to go to a big field with no trees notice our yard and all the big treesss! to fly it. so we flew this little barbie one in the driveway.
she had sooooooooo much fun. IT was much better this day since there was more breeze around and john could help her. Yesterday was hysterical watching her run up and down the driveway. (PLUS IT WORE HER LITTLE TAIL OUT AND SHE SLEPT GOOD. THink we are gonna do that some this week on spring break hahahahaa!!!









I LOVEEEEE this picture of Carol and Bella. Has to be my favorite!

She was sitting in her lap taking a rest, Kite flying is hard work ya know ;)



Later we went to Eva Caroline's and hunted Easter eggs. (Bella's very best friend in the whole wide world) Are they not just the sweetest ever) They have been best friends since we moved here. They were both about 2. not quite 2 actually. so adorable they were. so have actually grown up across the street together. Both only children. HOPE they always live across the street from each other and can be close like this.

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter. Today we are just chillin' Bella has spring break this week.
mama is on the phone with the insurance company.....
I have projects due and tonight is shot night. John has to work we had tornados last night so he has some minor things to repair today. I hope everyone is safe and had no damage. WE ARE ALL OK AS you can see :)
I didn't post all the photos because I will be scrapbooking them :) have a great day.

go fly a kite

Bella got a kite from grandma yesterday and couldnt wait to fly it... There was not a lot of wind so, She made her own. LEG POWERED WIND haha.



she had such a good time. weather was beautiful.

Bless you!

Bella is achhhhooo! aaaaachoooing! as she calls it. Poor baby. She could do the perfect nyquil commercial for kids right now. I should have known something was up this past week, when twice she took a voluntary nap. That is just unheard of.
She did the same today. I can say though she is still in good spirits and it has not stopped her ever quest of stalking the ice cream man.
He better hit our street today because she is camped out waiting for him dollar in hand!
(not like we don't have ice cream in the freezer but it is not the same as the wagon of cold treats that roam the neighborhood with music blaring) can't say I blame her. My heart goes pitter patter when I hear that melodious tune hit the airways.ahhh the sweet sound of spring.
It is almost Easter. You know what that means. Awesome candy. John brought home a new kind last night to my hearts wonderment and amazement. (and butt size expansion)
Reeses Peanut butter Whoppers. OMG why did they come out with these? To torment me. THats why.
Thank GOD he got the small box Thank GOD.
I couldn't sleep last night. Must have been the whoppers.
So I scrapped with the April Kit from Scrapbook Obsession. YESSSS Im still working with it. I had been sick and well yall know all about all that jazz then went to the dentist to FINALLY get my teeth fixed from all the damage this blame interferon is causing (need teeth to eat the whoppers! priorities yall!) and had allergic reaction to the Amoxycillan. (that was fun NOT!)
So Im still catching up. So anyway, Here is my Achoo' Kleenex cover upper







I only have photos of three sides of it right now. I am charging the battery in my camera. The other side has 1 2 3 on it. SO I will get the other side of it posted for you to see later. sorry. Here.. eat some whoppers. You will feel better about it in a few seconds :)

OH By the way, If you are in Hobby Lobby The latest edition of Stamping Stationery and Scrapbooking has 3 of my layouts in it. pages 47, 52 and 62 so check it out!
Happy Scrappin'

Do You Hear What I Hear?
Bella and Eva Carline BOTH wanted to listen to the music but only had one set of headphones. They came up with a creative solution to share them. I had to snap this adorable photo and include it in her scrapbook.
This LOVESHACK Patterned Paper by Bo Bunny was THE perfect paper to go with it. YOU can find it in the OSS Paper storeI inked all the edges of my patterned paper and used stickles on the chipboard to make it all girly and fun.
I used Bo bunny chipboard on the flower and added an epoxy sticker to top off the chipboard swirl. I used stickles to the dots on the epoxy sticker to make it just glittery cute.

Bo Bunny Brads hold the 7 Gypsy photo turns in place and of course I have to add some bling up in the corner.
BO BUNNY NEVER FAILS to let us down with such adorably cute papers,
THIS LOVE SHACK PAPER WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN!

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Happy Monday

Ya know Bella has been playing Mario Cart on the Wii so much with John... by the time she gets old enough to drive,Im scared her skillz may be a bit tarnished... well I saw this video on Youtube and well, I will let you judge for your self.

Not alot happning around here. We had storms like crazy this past weekend. Rain wind tornadoes now the temperature has dropped. I have got more scrapping done just waiting on my stickles to dry. So how is your day?

Prayer Request For Brittney

I have a special prayer request for a very beautiful girl. My cousin
Brittney Williams.
She had surgery a week ago to have a cyst removed on her ovary and we just discovered it was cancer. SO I am asking that you all please keep her in your prayers. As of right now they think they got it all when they did the surgery and it as all confined to the tumor and that she doesn't have to undergo any kind of extensive radiation or treatments but will be finding more out as she gets more test results back. She is only 18 years old, just is started college got excepted into a sorority and is so excited about so much right now. She is a tough girl but has a strong faith in God. She is very sweet very positive and has such a charming happy outlook.
so if you would just take a minute out of your day to say a prayer for her and her family, her mom is a talented scrapbooker,you can see her blog here I know as a mother that it would totally devastate me to go through this. I would rather it be me than my child. so please so an extra prayer for Jan. I cannot imagine going through knowing your child is having to deal with all this. Knowing Jan the way I do, It is tearing her apart inside so please just put in an extra word for her.
if you check out her blog shout out a word or two for her if ya would. xoxoxox tell her I sent ya. Thank ya so much!

Here is a layout that Jan did of her Beautiful Daughter Brittney.


She used the Scrapbook Obsessions kit for April. I thank you all so much and knew I could depend on you my friends to keep them in your thoughts and prayers.
We have been having some wicked weather. I hope you all are safe and sound tonight.

We are safe. I know you all (family and friends) have been calling and thank you for the concern. Sorry If I havn't called back. I have been in and out for dr appts. and you know the weather and I don't get along so good. So I came home and kinda crashed. So I apologize on that. ((((hugs))))xoxoxoxox

Finally I post....

Sorry I have been so long updating.. I still have good days and bad days. I am trying to scrapbook in between but it is still VERY SLOW GOING. It is taking alot longer to do things than it used to but I seem to be enjoying the process alot more than I used to. I notice things alot more I guess.
Hard to believe how big Bella is getting. She is being such a help. She cracks me up on a daily basis. John is doing really good. Staying busy as always. He takes such good care of his girls!
Bella loves to come back here and scrapbook with me (whether Im in the mood or not lol)She also is a Mario Cart Junkie You should here her and her daddy play. I get such a kick out of listening to her tell her daddy to "eat her dust" or to " BEAT THAT" I can always tell when she is winning or losing. If she loses she will say "hmmph! ok! LETS BOWL." (she rocks at Wii Bowling don't let the little turkey fool you into thinking she can't play)

WE have our taste of the world event at her school this weekend, and I SOOOOO HOPE I get to go,( Have I mentioned how good my hubby cooks? our class is in charge of the "Delectable desserts from around the world" but I'm not gonna hold my breathe. It is also shot night, and food smells, sounds, light, air well anything for that matter sometimes standing make me sick. depends on what day it is.
This last bout with shingles then the staph, MRSA I really havn't been the same since. I guess it just takes longer to recoup? Everyone keeps reminding me Im not 20 anymore (yeah like I need a reminder THANKS FOR THAT)

enough with the boring stuff on with the fun stuff.

I did get some pages done
with this months kit for Scrapbook obsessions: which is the awesome cosmo cricket Girl Friday line!

I know the color on my page is a little off. My eyes are still kinda wonky. I have new glasses, and photoshop and they are not in sync yet. so if you can kinda just turn your head to the left squint and then ..... ughmmm yeah. ok. maybe?
not so much? ok well here... try my glasses on. maybe that will help. ok well it was worth a shot!!

Im not even through diving into this kit yet. Here is the first page I have made so far:


This is from when Bella's K-5 class went to the corn Maze. She loved feeding the lamb "right out of her hand" that was all she talked about (and the piggy races)

I have another layout put together but not finished. (shot night got in the way) But Hopefully I can work on that today. I also have another really CUTEEE project in the works but I have something else I have to wait on before I can finish it (grrrrr)
but soon enough soon enough. story of my life these days.
I may have to regroup and do soemthing else if it doesnt hurry up.
(come onnnnn sunshine!!!) soooo in the meantime....

I also wanted to show yall some layouts I had made I havnt posted in a while so sorry this is one big post. I did these for One single Seed. You all know that Treasures To Scrap the site I have worked for forever, (HEY TRACY!) has moved. We are now. ONE SINGLE SEED
Bo Bunny is the highlight this month for the sight and I wanted to share a few pages
with their product.


This page is made with their "MY DARLING" line. It went well with the photos from The Childrens Museum field trip Bella went on. I used some aging techniques in Photoshop on the photos to make them look that way (for the non scrappers out there looking) I used a paint pen and painted in the word that was in the background paper and outlined it in the stickle glitter paint. I had alot of fun making this one. I love how she has her pinky stuck out in that second photo on the right hehe.



This is made with the "Sweetie Pie" line. It is so hard for me to believe my baby is gonna be 6. So I had to do a page telling her just that. She looks so grown up in this photo. (in her cute little outfit her Aunt Karen and Uncle Windale gave her she was modeling for us) I took chipboard letters and added stickles glitter glue to them to add sparkle to them to really make them stand out and 5 buttons on the side of that big flower to add up the 6 on top of that flower. Say it isnt so... she really cannot be turning 6 this year. WASN'T SHE JUST BORN????

I am working on more pages with my kit from Scrapbook Obsessions and also I will have some other yummies to show you later. I have just not been blogging or anything else much lately. Hope you all are enjoying spring weather and staying healthy and happy. I hope your eyes and head dont hurt from tilting your head to the left and squinting and wearing my glasses hehe)
I am still getting caught up, still kinda shaky but getting there.
OH YEAH before I forget again......

OH and Happy late Birthday to my Sister in Law (Bella made you a card I will scan it) and To my mother in law I hope your arm feels better soon! (Bella made you a card too)

Happy St. Patricks Day

I hope you find in your pot of gold everything you wish for this year.

Today on Oprah was a show that was very good that I think everyone should watch especially if you or a loved one has been diagnosed with a significant life altering illness such as multiple sclerosis. Montel and Dr Oz take you through the emotions and the different emotions as well as the things you need to know to be prepared.
Montel williams Battle with Multiple Sclerosis

They also have information from Magic Johnson, Fran Dreshner, and Scott Hamilton on how they handled getting their diagnosis of life altering illness and how they handled it.


I have great hopes in the future for research to one day put an end to these horrible diseases. If nothing else I think this show at least got some awareness of what its like. I know it is very misunderstood since one person has it and leads a totally normal life then the next person is debilitated. So it is very misunderstood.

come one come all!! we are gonna have alot of fun! lots of projects! GAMES! SALES!!!!
YES I SAID IT SALES!
so come on and have fun with us at ONE SINGLE SEED! Its not till next week so IM HOPINGGGGG I GET TO PLAY AND HAVE FUN WITH EVERYONEEEE WHHEWHEW. we will see. if not i can support from bed lol.

ALSO CHECK OUT ALL THE NEW PRODUCTS SHE HAS JUST GOTTEN IN O M G!!!! IM about to burst here!!!! JUST CLICK HERE

holy cow the new kit is up at SCRAPBOOK OBSESSIONS. I have missed sooooooooo much since I have been sick.
check out these girl friday papers from cosmo cricket YUMMMMMM! I cant wait to get my hands on them
and that maya road mini album but you know im a mini album girl I lovee love love them

I am feeling a little better. BUT it is shot night. every time I take my blame shot more pop up. I broke a tooth off and they will not fix it till this blame mrsa and shingles are healed grrrrrrrrrr. they are scared it will get in my blood stream. so i look like some kinda crack head redneck. It is awful,

I have sooooo many pictures to share with yall as soon as I get them uploaded. but right now I have got to lay back down. This medicine makes me so dizzy.
dont forget to check out this kit
it is so adorable. You still have time it doesnt start mailing until march 15!

updated update

well the newest update is the shingles we thought were all over my chest.. were not shingles it was actually m. r. s. a. if you are not familiar. ughmm look it up. its scary. it is a staph infection that is resistant to alot of antibiotics. luckily i had it topically. so it was just on my chest. I had shingles everywhere else on my face and neck. Then my MS has gotten kinda out of control so IM still not scrapping yet.
sorry I have not updated. I do have a few photos I need to upload and things I need to put up.
I just have been literally in the bed and have not been up much except at night. Have not updated have not done much of anything.
I do feel alot better it is im proving. Looks so much better. I can stand light and I actually sat in the living room tonight and watched part of CHUCK on tv, (This is huge I cant go in living room the light in their hurts my eyes so bad) sound hurts everything hurts.
so this is improvement.
so hopefully soon.
Thank you all for the prayers for me and for my family. Very much appreciated!

Sorry no update shingles all over

Sorry I havent updated I have and am still very sick with these shingles. This is the worst I have ever had them. I am covered more like chicken pox in my hair, my ears inside and on the back of ears, side of face, nose, one on corner of eye, (really concerned on that one)eyelid (that one too) down my neck ALL OVER my chest down my chest and ughm in between the girls, on stomach, a few on shoulders and back some on arm, my right elbow, inside crook of my elbow
on my left knee and on the inside of knee and on top of my feet. so when I say all over I mean it. all over.
so needless to say. I have not been scrapping. I have not been doing much of anything,I haven't gotten out of bed but to go to the dr and that is horrible. To bathe and put on clothes is torture. pure torture. They gave me special liquid phisohex soap that is sup to be gentle and help but omg it even hurts. we got into the more agressive infectious disease dr finally we have been trying then they told me i couldnt see him cuz i saw the other one in same practice. then they said i could but he was out of town...
John pitched a fit and got the other one finally to call him after explaining what i had and what was going on and how bad it was and in my throat so he was on phone with him all day on off yesterday, the one that is young and loves a good difficult case to call him. they changed ALLL MY MEDS (even though we just put out money we dont have but I dont care right now they coudl chop my head off just make it stop)
I feel a little better today but its still disgusting and itchy and it hurts to say the least. the steroids are making me have liek hot flashes and get sweaty so that makes it itch worse. so its just a mess.
I have to take the interferon the neurologist said I cannot go off it. this rebif interferon is the kind that works for the types of lesions I have on my brain stem so .. This is something I will have to continue to fight with.
We appreciate your prayers, I will get the things scrapped and finished and stuff when I get human again cuz I sure dont look anything close to human right now.

I go back to this dude on Wed. so Hopefully Either I will be lots better by then or they do something to make it go away.

ITS CONTEST TIME!

Treasures to Scrap has a new contest up for February. Here is your chance to win 100.00 in product from the TTS STORE! Check out the details HERE
This is going to be alot of fun!! SO many kits to choose from!

I think I am finally about to get over this round of shingles. They will get almost gone and then move somewhere else though so Im scared to stop taking the steroids. i start tapering down off them and I get a couple more to pop up. so I guess It is just inevitable. I have been in kinda a daze this whole week though. They will do that to you though. They arent as painful (on me) depending on where they are. I know when they are on my face neck and ears they hurt the worse.

The temperature bouncing back and forth also has been lovely lol.

I tell you it has been fun looking at all the new product coming out from C.H.A. though. That has kept my spirits up. SO much to look forward to coming out from the manufacturers. Now I just have to get well so I can use it all hahaa.

I have stuff sitting on my scrap table right now I JUST HAVE TO GET steady so I can scrap with it!

TINKERBELLA

I started on this layout a couple days ago. It has been inside my brain since she got this costume from her Aunt Karen and Uncle Windale Christmas, though. She is so expressive.
This kid cracks me up. You can see now, how scrapping makes me feel better. :)



"If I could climb into your imagination I wonder what I would find there...."
Bo Bunny "My Darling Bella"
Bo Bunny "My Darling Motion"
Bo Bunny "cut outs"
Heidi Swapp flowers
Bazzill paper flowers
Ek Success 3D embellishment
Stickles
Sei Buttons

All can be found at Treasures To Scrap she has cool stuff! (and its all on sale right now)Tell her a little TinkerBella sent ya! hehe!


I used the Cricut Deep Cut Blade and made chipboard letters with the Jasmine font added stickles, chalks and inks dimension for effect.


5 buttons because... 6 would be too many because, well she is 5 duh!
the jungly leafy twine ribbon stuff came from somewhere else but it looked good on there so I put it on there. I can't think of what you call that right now but it will come to me later. you know, when Im sleeping or in the bathroom or something.

Anyway I need to go finish the next project my scrap room looks like a disaster area and I haven't gotten good started yet. sigh. It will get worse before it gets better too! Will post more photos later. HAVE LOTS to show yall!


EDITED TO NOTE* Tracy has all the patterned paper in the paper store 70% off to make room for new arrivals. STOCK UP ON YOUR FAVORITES TODAY! INVENTORY IS MOVING FAST TREASURES TO SCRAP

SCRAPPIN AND A SALE WHEWW!

HUGEEEEEE Sale going on at Treasures To Scrap right now. THe Paper store is on sale for 50% off yes YOU HEARD ME CORRECTLY. EVERYTHING is 50% off cardstock and kits included. She is clearing out room to bring in new stock from CHA. (craft Hobby Association) they have their big shin dig goin' on out in California right now introducing all the products for next season so she has to make room for new inventory. SO NOW is the time to stock up and get the best deals!

ALSO STARTING ON FRIDAY there will be a CROP GOING THROUGH SUPER BOWL SUNDAY!
SO COME GET YOUR SCRAP ON WITH US!

Another card and a good mail day!!

I made another card with my scraps from the February kit from Scrapbook Obsessions. :)

I tell you I have had a blast with this months kit!!

Today has been a happy mail day.
Bella was thrilled.
SHE GOT HAPPY MAIL TOO! Remember she won LOTD then LOTW at TREASURES TO SCRAP?
WELL she got a BIG OL PRIZE PACK full of scrappy stuff she had sooo much fun. She
was in heaven scrappin it up. She was showing me all the goodies she got.
hehe.. (THANK YOU SO MUCH KACEE AND MRS TRACY that was sooo very sweet of yall it really was!!!! Bella just loves yall to pieces)



SO she did one of the challenges on the site today (with a little mommy help) and made this:



She is becoming quite the little scrap booker.
She made another page too all by herself but it got dark before I could take a picture of it so I will have to do that tomorrow.





Tomorrow is field trip day. John is going to take her though not for me:( Flu season is in full swing now and Dr said NO CAN DO. and tonight is shot night :(
sigh... Oh well I got a 2gig card for Christmas so maybe he will fill it up with awesome photos!! lots to scrap :)

SO you wanna see what Rotten looks like?

YEAH that would be it.

So we get a box in the mail today from NANA.

Nana always sends THE BEST GOOODY boxes in the mail. WE LOVE HER CARE PACKAGES from back home! (They always smell like her too) Bella was soooo excited. She came RUNNNING to the back "MoMoMoMMMMMMMMYYYYYYY!!! just bouncing up and down and up and down! we got a box we got a box and IT SMELLS LIKE NANA!!!!!!"


Then I could hear her SQUEALING all the way as I was making me way up there. THEN I REALIZED WHY when I saw Hannah Montana. Oh lord. Nana manages a bank inside Wal mart So she gets to see all those awesome deals. so yeah she RAK'D UP on Bella bug those after Christmas deals.
So This Should keep her busy for a bit.


I told we have to call her and thank her for this and a Thank you card would nice too huh? she said "I think so mom!"

Speaking of cards. I did another one last night.

I am still using the scraps from my Scrapbook Obsessions February kit. Working on some cards.

I leave you today on a very sad note.

A friend in the Scrapbooking world passed away this week. Her name was Janice Nielson. She was a long time member of several groups I was member of as well. She was a very sweet and thoughtful lady and a huge asset to the scrapbooking community. I know this time last year when I was very sick she sent me several cards in the mail and Bella a happy as well. SHe was very quick witted and always quick with praise and gratitude.
Janice will be so missed around the web. It already seems a lot drearier.
Prayers going out to her family and friends.
((((hugs))))) For more information On Janice or if you would like to make Thank you cards to send to her family to send out You can find that information HERE


Remember to Hug your kids and tell your family and friends just how much they mean to you because you never know, when the next breathe could be your last.

Thank you for taking the time to read about what matters most to me :)

Restockin' My card stash

I need to rebuild my stash of cards. I am getting low. I have backed off on making them for a while now. Well I had not been making a lot of anything for a while. I have a stack of things as well as still working on Christmas presents. Next time My mom heads this way she will be headed back with a car full of wrapped gifts yeah I know confusing but December was NOT a good month for me. SO... ANYWAY. IM NOT gonna post them though UNTIL AFTER because THEY ALWAYS SEEE THEM HERE before THEY GET THEM :P~~ even though a couple of them HAVE already seen theirs because they were for assignments. I figure I could surprise a few maybe hehe.

I DID take some of my scraps and make a couple of simple cards. These are nothing extra fancy but simple cards that will go together in a few minutes if you need a quick "thank you" to send out or sentiment.
I used my scraps from this months Kit at SCRAPBOOK OBSESSIONS.




A TIP FOR YOU! Something I started doing and this might be a good tip for you. I always have 2 sheets of 12 x 12 card stock so I take one sheet and I cut it down to 8 1/2 x 11 then you turn it to the 11 inch side and cut in half at 5 and half inches (that makes you 2 perfect invitation sized cards (that fit in the standard invitation sized envelopes like you get in bulk at wal mart) I keep a stack of these un folded pieces of card stock in a stack on my table in one of Bellas old shoe boxes (altered of course) so I can quickly make a card if need be with my scraps.

some more scrappiness

I have had alot of fun with this months kit.
I dont ussually do the white space or the white cardstock back ground thing.. there fore I had to take some ink to it... grunge it and distress it up a bit.
Bella and Brayden are the cutest little valentines ever. SO had to do this page.

Scrapbook Obsessions has this Kit for February and it is soooo adorable. I also used it for a LIFT challenge I was in. Bella loves this handed down dress. We literally had to hide this dress from her because it is tooo little. but she keeps putting it on. her Aunt liz got her the Bass pro shop hat and her Grandma got her this bunny that smells like chocolate.
so anyway I have really really enjoyed this kit!
I am going to make some cards with my left overs. It has alot of awesome embellies to make all your valentines goodies with! (Don't forget to make your sweetie something yummy!)



Here are some detail shots (check out those toes she painted her toe nails herself)





*THANK YOU FOR THE INSPIRATION FROM Dawne Carlisle I lifted her awesome layout in the lift the layout of the person above you challenge at Treasures to scrap.
Also Treasures is looking for YOURRRR awesome work in their gallery. Everyone knows that times are tough right now so why not come upload your pages and your work in the gallery and try your chances for layout of the day. each week lay out of the day competes for lay out of the week. each week lay out of the week competes for lay out of the month. WHICH IN TURN gets some pretty cool scrappy prizes! SO come upload today.

Did you see the new LOST episode?