STM BLOG CHALLENGE FOR MONDAY

"Here's a FUN Blog Challenge for all of you. We're all talking about what we went on our Christmas list and wishing for this and that. But what if YOU were a scrapbook item, just what would you be and why? Blog about it, make a layout about it, for now, fantasize!"

Jozzie gave us a FUN blog challenge today. Hmmm which scrapbook item am I.....
IM probably patterned paper... You can do so much with it. IT is bright.. it is thick it is thin (kinda like me depending on if IM on steroids or not heehe) it is versatile it can be used to decorate a page or enhance a project. You can cut it and it and it looks even better. You can add things to it and dress it up or you can trim it down and make it blend in to the page. It comes in a variety of styles and colors it can be toned down with sand paper or it can be fancied up with bling. IT is a sturdy background to a page but is always noticed. It is reliable and always in style. It will enhance any project.

Are you "Keepin up with the Jones'

SO if you have been to the site Scrap that Moment, I am sure you have noticed that we have more than a couple of Jones' girls on that Design team. The Jones' girls have some major MAJOR happnin's up our sleeves cuz well.. when you have more than one Jones girl on a design team.. THere is always major happnins haha. We have major mo jo and major action to share and we are all bustin at the seams to get it going. I am so excited to be a part of this adventure and cannot wait for you to see what all we have in store FOR YOU! I will assure you that YOUR SOCKS will be KNOCKED slam off! Keep your eyes peeled and watch the Jones girls cuz you never know what they will be up to next ;) If you are not familiar with the Jones Girls. Check us out at SCRAP THAT MOMENT. Where Kara Jones, Heidi Jones, Tabitha Jones and Nancy Jones all kick it with the scrap that moment design team!

Usin' Your stash...

OK sorry I havn't posted. We all have looked like a nyquil commercial in the making around here.. coughing, sneezy, stuffy head, fever so I CAN WHINE AND COMPLAIN yeah that is all of us.. we are in competition to see who is the most pitiful... I won yesterday by default but have company today soooooo, today John is kickin my tail! Bella is oblivious. HOW can kids feel crummy, run fever and still hang from a ceiling fan in such perfect form is Beyond me and John and I just stare at each other like .. she will fall in a minute.. stick a pillow under her or something.. cuz I have no energy to get her down maybe it will just wear her out or something.... its like benadryl is kid crack...whats up with that anyway.. but it is the only thing that dries up her yuck nose. OH well.

WE HAVE to get over this quick we are supposed to go to the playgroup day on Tuesday and it will be so much fun I WANNA GOOO! So we are focused and are soakin up healing vibes! SEE this is what happens when I go to wal mart!!!!

SO who has just a bunch of paper and stuff YOU JUST HAD TO HAVE it was the greatest thing ever and well errr you still havn't used it yet? :: im raising my hand high:: well just cuz of this we started the "use up your stash challenge" at Scrap that moment. We are using up some of the stuff we have so we can buy more! Sounds logical to me! John told me I had to have a big old dent in this stuff I have in here so I can get the new stuff that I am dying to get.. NO fun is he. DOESN'T HE KNOW that is all part of it! ::SIGH::

SOOoooo We are using up some of our older lines ... keep in mind it is still gorgeous stuff just not the NEWEST fresh on the market. SO WHO wants to try this with us? You never know You just may win a rak for your participation! The rak monster shows up in the craziest places around here!

Here is on of the pages I did for this challenge and IT GOT PUB'D! (www.scrappintrends.com) in their e zine, so see it doesn't have to be the newest paper to get pub'd people! This paper isn't THAT old but it isn't the newest either. I love the colors in it, and it was perfect for these photos.

SO if you wanna see how we are using up our stash... click on the SCRAP THAT MOMENT USE YOUR STASH CHALLENGE.

That is about all that is going on here on this Saturday. Using up our stashes and posting in the gallery and uploading in the forums and wiping runny noses. GEE aint it grand :)

Treehouse Memories THAT SPONSOR

AT Scrap That Moment. Here are my design Team submissions: (those are bugs bunny house slippers in the box by the way)

2 posts in one day I KNOW

But this is very very important.
As you all know from my previous posts. The toddler teacher at Bella's school that we here have come to know and love has cancer ... Everywhere pretty much. IT isnt good. Her platlet count dropped under 500 and they are doing transfusions they got it up to 6000 but she is still losing alot of blood. The cancer is absorbing the chemo so it is not really working. They are going to try one more time to do a transfusion and if that doesnt work..
they are running out of things they can do. SO Im asking everyone PLEASE pray. She has a 5 almost 6 month old daughter (claudia) and her husband and her mom that love her so much. SH ehas lots of friends also and everyone is banding together tonight in prayer. I ask you to please say a prayer for her and her family. Thank you all so very much.

For more information you can go back to previous posts and read the dx and our pages for kathy campaigne that is still going on. an effort to make a scrapbook about her life to give her daughter.

All kinda stuff goin on!

Been Busy busy! FIrst off I wanna thank the team at Imagine Create Scrap for picking my layout as the winner of the SEI layout contest! I am so excited and thank you all so very much!

I couldn't post on my blog yesterday I tried to upload the photos from Bella's first play group but it wouldn't let me. SHe had so much fun. Look at what SHE DROVE... she rode this over and over I was in shock after the HUGE dramatic episode with the Barbie Jeep and we ended up returning it cuz she kept calling it the "bad Jeep" and "scary Jeep" SO obviously she is over that now.

SHe also loved playing the video games and riding the whale, and playing on the big playground. SHe had a great time to say the least and met some wonderful new friends.

ALSO TONIGHT! Be there or you will really miss out! Chat with JLYNE HANBACK tonight at Scrapbook Dreamer. 9 pm our time in Alabama! You all know Jlyne from her site Scrapsubmit but also her AMAZING WORK that is published ALL OVER . SHe is on the Bhg Scrapbooks Etc. magazine design team, she is also on Chatterbox design team just to name 2. SO go check that out and tell them Hello. She is a very sweet wonderful talented lady and you will enjoy what she has to say Im sure of it.

Don't forget also this week is the week at SCRAP THAT MOMENT we upload our new THAT SPONSOR projects. This months sponsor is TREEHOUSE MEMORIES and let me tell you there is some SERIOUS eye candy going on in THAT GALLERY. CONGRATULATIONS to Heather for her page making THAT SPONSOR page! You go girl!!

SO go get inspired checking out the new uploads.

pssst...... My upload day is Thursday so be sure and check it out ;)

ALSO wanna give a HUGE shout out to Laura and the gals over at Scrapbook Chalet. SHe previously owned another site, but man she rocked this. The site is gorgeous and Im so impressed with everything. SO be sure and check it out and say hi on the message boards.

I guess that is enough for today (told yall I had alot going on) See ya tomorrow:)

Toots and a flood

I got a toot whehewhehew I made the cover of Scrappin Trends E magazine whehewhew IM so excited. My pal Kari Roach is on there too! Her's is the one of the gingerbread house. VERY CUTE! SO EXCITING! CHECK IT OUT! SOme of my other pals are in there too. Jeanne and Jaci and some other familiar faces. MAJOR EYE CANDY in that ezine Im telling you! Just click on the link (the word scrappin trends above) and then scroll down ... recognize the cutey in the top left corner? She is holdin' a lil pumkin. I also have another page in there of Bella with the baby pot bellied pigs at the pumpkin patch. (she didnt appreciate them oinking at her) You can d/l the Ezine to your computer its a huge file but SOOO WORTH IT.

ALso got my projects back from creative concepts scrappin stampin and stationery magazine today. I have 3 projects coming up in it too. SO it is pretty exciting right now.
It wont be out until Jan 1st and you can check itout at your local Hobby Lobby.

THis week at Scrap That Moment That design team will be flooding the gallery with designs from Treehouse Memories. Their paper is amazing! ALso a huge shout out to my Bud HEATHER (aka lavaguirl at our house haha) she made THAT SPONSOR page for Treehouse memories at Scrap That Moment! Be sure and check that out. My upload day is Thursday Cannot wait to show you the designs with this awesome paper.

Hope you have a good day I will be uploading my pages to my blog as well so check back often :)

forgive my blog I had a gremlin...

A little 3 foot tall blonde blue eyed gremlin that deleted my blog for me. YES I was fit to be tied but rescued most of it and revised some but cannot get my slider to go back at the very top like it was so it is on the side now :( That is ok. All is forgiven although I cried for 20 minutes and threatened to send her off to Aunt Jeanne for a week or two (HAHAHA) she would love that.. that is no punishment.

I GOT some WONDERFUL NEWS ON KATHY!!!! SHe went to her new dr. THEY SAID IT IS TREATABLE!!! Her chances are still not that great but AT least there IS A TREATMENT and hope. SO thank you all for your prayers. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE continue them. She started chemotherapy yesterday and will continue to do so at providence. I told her about a friend of mine telling me about going to Texas to the cancer center but she has hope for here if she isnt seeing any improvement soon she said it may be an option. SO KEEP THOSE PRAYERS going MAN ISNT GOD WONDERFUL! SO amazing the things he can do. ALSO THANK YOU SO VERY VERY MUCH for the pages yall have been doing. ABSOLUTLY GORGEOUS pages I have gotten and some sweet cards for her as well. I now have 11 pages to take to her. (We didn't get to take them today but we will be taking them by tomorrow to the church so Mrs. Sally can take them to her this weekend) Bella has a yuck nose so we stayed in today and honestly my joints are screaming as well with the temperature drops.

Our neighbors David and Diane Carter are coming over for dinner tonight. They got a pork loin from some benefit or something and asked if we would like to eat with them so we are making the fixins and we were going there but we decided to have it here instead. Here is a SWEET SWEET photo of them with Miss Gremlin Britches... Bella . They are the sweetest people ever we just love them to pieces and Thank God he sent us to be their neighbors. Well I must go finish the gravy. Priase God and tell him ThANK YOU for Kathy's wonderful news! Please continue to pray for her and if you would like to make any pages for her or donate supplies Please feel free to post it here or shoot me and e-mail. hugs!

The pumpkin patch

Well Im still getting the hang of this scanner. It cuts the bottom of the page off, but it does get 95% of the page scanned in one scan HOW MUCH does that rock! Epson is amazing. I love this scanner. Early anniversary present from hubby.
These are just a few photos of Bella from when we went to the NICHOLS-BOYD Pumpkin Patch In Mississippi where we used to live. A REAL pumpkin patch. NOT just a church parking lot full of pumpkins. Which is really cool when you live in town, but it just isn't the same as going out into the field and picking your own pumpkin and getting to see and pet the animals that reside there. This is the patterned paper from the fall line of Flair designs and making memories chipboard letters. LOVE the Flair patterned papers. I got these from scrap that moment as part of my payment for being published in the Scrappy chick magazine for the fall issue. You will be able to see it pretty soon. I have more pages to post just not as much time as usual.

I am working hard on the pages for Kathy campaign (our friend and teacher for the toddler class at Woodridge Baptist Church learning Center that was dx with terminal cancer through out her pretty much entire body) I have gotten 7 pages ready to take up there tomorrow. Thank you all for your generous donations of supplies and or pre made pages. If you are interested in making a page just simply reply here on this blog. Thank you all so much. I am taking her your notes of encouragment as well. Your continued prayers for her and her family are deeply appreciated. She was released from the hospital (sent home with "this is all we can do for you") but has another apt. with another dr, well it was yesterday now. I should be getting an update hopefully tomorrow. She is spending as much time with her family as possible esp. that beautiful baby girl Claudia (5 months old) and her husband Jason. Please remember them in your prayers. It is a very heart wrenching situation. I know they all appreciate your ongoing prayers.

One tired, full of candy cowgirl...

Bella wasn't real sure about this trick or treat stuff. She didn't like ringing the doorbells and she didn't like the scary costumes some of the kids were wearing. THEN... she realised they were passing out candy. HIP HIP HURRRAYYY is all we kept hearing from her the rest of the night and WHEN we go to nuther house halloweenin' and what about all those other houses we didn't go too SHe bet they had candy in there too! I told her we had enough candy to last quite a while from the 7 houses we went to. (yeah come to find out if you take a cute little kid from the neighborhood in which you are trick or treating THEY PILE ON THE CANDY) and most all of them knew that Bella was allergic to nuts so had plenty of things she could have. Then we went to Uncle David and Aunt Dianes and helped pass out candy there. We had made 110 treat/tract bags and ran out. Thank goodness we still had some loose candy when the two SWEETEST cutest little minnie and mickey mouse kids came up. WE flipped off the light just as they were walking up I felt sooo bad I called to them to wait we would see what we had. They had the costumes from Disney world like what mama wanted to get Bella that I told her NO PLEASE cuz they cost wayyyyy too much for her to just wear a couple times... but omgosh they were the most adorable children ever so we sacrificed some kit kats and sent them on their way.

Bella did not complain about going to bed last night she was plum tuckered and had her fill of Pink Gum (yall know that is her absolute most favorite treat that only good BIG kids get) so she can be bribed into child slavery with pink gum.. Not to mention the BIG BOUNCY BALL dispenser at Old Navy will make them Tinkle on a toilet that they are convinced will suck their hiney right off of her body if she dared sit on it... (it has the auto flush which she is NON APPRECIATIVE of) so anyway good tips for moms there for bribing 3 year olds huh! Well she is taking a nap so I have got to fold laundry and get a few things done before she awakens and becomes herself again. Hope you had a happy Halloween and hard to believe it is almost Thanksgiving and Christmas AHHHHH! I have to find a paying job or yall will be sadly dissapointed in yall's gifts this year.. IT will be a thought counts christmas round here haha.

Fall Beauty?

THis is what I did tonight. I wanted a fall page that showed the beauty of the fall colors. I think that this captured that. Still not crazy about the white line that is around the photo it seems distracting I may take it back apart and take that off but IT ain't gonna be tonight I tell ya. Has been a long day. Bella has been "painting" she painted the paper, the table, the floor and parts of herself. SO I am off to put her in the bathtub. AHHH to be three again....

masquerade chat

Tonight at 9 pm central standard time (my time) at Scrap that moment! IT is sure to be fun and we have a cool rak to give away. So come have fun chatting it up with the scrap that moment girls. Mask not required but we will be wearing them if you got em :)

Project Kathy and a Thank you

First of all THANK YOU SO MUCH to everyone that has been praying for Kathy and her family. I talked with Sally and another friend today and they are doing a blood transfusion on her to try to help build her up some.
We are going to start the Pages for Kathy project. We are making an album 12 x 12 with all about me pages and baby girl pages. THey are going to be 12 x 12 and just think girl colors. We are doing them simple so she can do journaling as she would like to on them.
IF anyone is interested in making pages or donating anything, just respond here or send an email. We need to get this done ASAP it honestly isnt looking good. Read the previous post you will see why time is not much luxury at this point. We will be giving this to her through the church and the school. As pages are done I will get them to Sally to take to her. That way she can journal on them or add the photos she wants us to add. You are welcome to put your name and address and words of encouragement on the back of the page if you would like. I have had numerous volunteers already and we thank you all. Please continue to pray for kathy, her husband Jason and her daughter Claudia (5 months old). We know God can work miracles. We truly need one for Kathy now. So please remember their family. Thank you so much

bad sad horrible news

Got really bad news.. Really need everyone to pray for this person. Her name is Kathy Paajanen. She is the toddler teacher at Bella's school. She just got dx with cancer in her breast, her spine, pelvis, liver, kidney. possibly lung, blood and throat they havnt gotten those back yet. They are pretty much saying nothing they can do... she has a 5 month old baby girl, Claudia. Her hubby is taking this horribly which I mean who wouldn't but he is just in bad shape. They are asking for everyone to pray.
ANd she is saying that if you find a lump a bump or anything to PLEASEEEEE go check it out dont wait. A couple weeks could be the difference between treatment and nothing they can do but let you try to be comfortable while you live out the remainder of your days.

Please keep them in your prayers tonight and hug your family a little tighter.

Scrap that moment Monday BLog Challenge

TOdays challenge on SCRAP THAT MOMENTS blog challenge is: WHat is your Passion. WELL I have 3 . My family, scrapbooking and photography. I love patterened paper and all you can do with it. I havent met many patterned papers I haven't liked. ESPECIALLY this crate paper IT IS TO DIE FOR!

I have been working really hard at my photography skills with lots of help from Tracey WHites book and calgaz showing me how to use my camera haha. I have seen alot of progress. I LOVE my camera and all its functions and it takes the best photos. BUT the person behind the camera has to kinda know what they are doing too. SO I had to make myself practise. Bella doesnt seem to mind too much.

Hope you have a wonderful Monday and if you get a chance stop by the boards on Scrap that moment. You will find all kinds of challenges there from blog challenges to scrappin challenges or kick back and muse with us in our daily musings and tell us about your day and whats on your mind. The gallery is FULL of amazing projects and scrap work if you don't find inspiration there then man Something is definitly wrong with ya ha! SO many talented people scrap there and I love them sharing their work. Be sure to say hi and give us a shout.

Till tomorrow .... :)

I scrapped today

This is the new crate paper called COWGIRL. Is it not precious? Also the new BIG chipboard from Fancy Pants I JUST LOVE THIS CHIPBOARD it is awesome! The photo was taken across the street on my neighbors front porch in the afternoon sunlight. This is one of my favorite photos. Thanks for lookin :)

SANDYLION ROCKS

OK so I had gotten very frustrated cuz I was working on a project for legacy magazine and couldnt find the paper I needed. I had gotten it long long time ago and have no clue where. OF COURSE I needed like 4 more sheets. SO I contacted the customer service department at Sandylion to find out where I could get this paper.. thinking they had a listing for stores that may carry it. The lady was SOOOOOOOOO nice and SOOOO helpful she said ya know, That will take alot of time..so I will just send you some. I was floored. JUST send me some? I was like OK SURE. (Thinking she was just fluffing me and then gonna forget) well YESTERDAY I got THIS In the mail. I am soo excited! ALSO got the coolest letter from them too. SO HOW MUCH DOES THAT ROCK. THANK YOU SANDYLION and Shari McTamney in their Customer Service department. In the day and age when Customer Service is NON existence THEY SO ROCKED on this one! I was totally shocked and impressed! THANK YOU SO MUCH. YALL ROCK!

Forwarding on the challenge..

My friend Annette forwarded me a blog entry from another friend of hers that did a challenge on ~~>
This front page of the Parade. IF YOU HAD ONE DAY TO SPEND WITH SOMEONE WHO'S GONE... Who would it Be? What would you do?

Wow perfect timing Annette. I Definitly would choose my daddy. NO doubt without hesitation. I miss him more than words will ever say. There is no word to describe how much I miss him. I went home last Saturday and took Bella to the Pumpkin Patch. We went down "daddys Road" I call it. The road that he was killed on and later renamed the BObby McCrary Memorial drive. I tried to explain to Bella that this was her Pawpaw's road. She asked the normal 3 year old questions.. "Did He build it?' no I replied, "he didn't build it. "Then why is it Pawpaw's road?' "Becaus,e he was such a special man that they named it after him." "Oh ... CAN I have some more pink gum?"
We were traveling down that road (you have to so you can get to the pumpkin patch) and taking photos. I wanted a better photo of his sign for the book I am working on of his life. I havent gotten too far it hurts my soul. I did work on the page last night for my That Design Team sponsor pages for next months sponsor on Scrap that Moment. It is hard but IT is going to be a beautiful dedication page. I want to add happy pages too though so BElla will KNOW the man we loved so much. Not just that he died.

How do you explain something like that to a baby? I know he knows her. But the first thing I would do is tell him everything about her and John. Tell him How I met John and How he saved me and takes such care of me. How he loved me back to reality and made me wanna get on with life somewhat and that IT Was OK TO LIVE. I will tell him how I always saw him ,well see him, all over Bella. Her mannerisms and things she says, and I know he is whispering just what for her to do to get on my nerves and pay me back haha.
I wouldTell him that the Atlanta Braves won the world series right after he died and I Know he had to have put in a good word for them cuz they sucked so bad the year before. Tell him how much mama misses him and we all miss him. How I lay awake at night wondering what it would be like if he were here, and how life just isn't the same without him here and how life went so crazy after he was taken from us. Tell him I know he didn't want to go but I know he had to. Yes, tell him the bastard that did it is in jail and not to fear I will not rest, he will serve out his ENTIRE sentence and he better pray he never sees the light of day from anywhere but behind bars if it is my last breathe in me. SO HELP ME!
I do think about what it would be like if he was still here.. Would I live in Alabama? Probably not.. he wouldnt let me take that baby to ALabama, he would have had me arrested or road blocks set up and an amber alert in full force before I hit the Rankin county line. (ha ha) But also living there wouldn't be so hard for me if he was still there. Would I have gotten so sick? I know he would spoil Bella totally rotten and take her riding in his old truck. He would let her play with his glasses, Teach her inappropriate songs like he taught me, How to belch the Abc's and let her change the channel on the tv with the remote. (Something we were never allowed to do.) I know he would sneak her a never ending supply of pink gum and grin as she smacked it, enjoying every chew of the flavor it holds. He would get pure delight out of her cowboy boots and how sassy she is in them. He would giggle at her ways and her sayings. She would be his buddy no doubt. We would walk along that road they named after him and Id ask him what he would change about his time he spent here. He always asked me that when something happened good or bad.. what would you change. I'd hug him tight and tell him just how much I love him and wish he was here and How much I miss him and He would grin and say HEY it aint that bad, it could be worse. Then he would say "Dang your a good lookin kid, cuz you look like me." wink at me along with his mischievious grin he always had,


and probably toss me a lifetime supply of pink gum.

What about you? Who would you like to see? What would you Say? What would Yall do?

I got tagged!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Thank you KIM!!!! hahahahaha thats ok ILL get you back :)
The tag is 5 Random things related to the number 5 and 5 weird things about me.

OK 5 RANDOM Things related to the number 5:
1. It is 10:55 right now.. coincidence I think not Lol (does that count as 2 cuz there are 2 5's in 55? Ok fine!!!!
2. I have 5 things picked out in this new Oriental Trading book I got today :)
3. I have 5 projects due for Scrap that Moment that I am working on.
4. OH this is good one I have 5 toots that will be coming up YIPEEEEE 3 for next hobby lobby 1 for legacy and I cant say yet where the other one is to but you will know it when I can say yipeee!
5. I have 5 outer pieces of the letter l'sin front of me but No inside letter L's so I have the stencil look of it but not the innerds (make sense) chipboard letters. Makes me crazy! Im always runnin out of L's E's and a's


OK 5 weird things about me.. This should be easy lolol

1. I eat black eyed peas with My spaghetti
2. I eat ranch dressing on my pizza and my french fries and anything else that is dippable.
3. I scrap better at night than during the day for some reason
4. I find it hard to throw away magazines esp scrapbook magazines.
5. I love olive juice ... out of the jar of sliced salad olives the green kind but I dont like pickle juice and everyone says its the same but IT IS NOT! ( I discovered this when I used to get hiccups REALLY bad when prego with bella it was the only thing that got rid of them ... still works)



OK I TAGGGGGG:: DIDI, kimberly rae,Anam, staceyface, becky Thackston, Kara, Teri lynn, Jozzy and JEanne (hahahahahaha I know you will call me on this one bwahahahha love ya mean it)

Photos from the patch

We are still recouping at the Jones res. can't go and do anything it seems anymore that one of us doesn't get sick. Here are the photos I promised if BLOGGER will cooperate :)
Bella loved this tiny pumpkin. She wanted to ALTER it she said hahahaaha My daughter what can I say. She looked everywhere for her perfect pumpkin to take home with her. She loved looking at the Green ones too. Actually we did take home a green one as well.
THey had lots to do there from a old fashioned rope swing, a corn box kinda like a sand box.. and a hay maze. SHE had LOTS of fun! (check out those cowboy boots isn't she stylin') SHe thinks she is something in them boots now. WE have our Tuesday Night Girls Chat AT Scrap that Moment tonight. You should come check it out. We always have lots of fun. Hope everyone back home is safe from the storms last night. IT got really bad here too at one time we had 4 tornadoes and the sirens kept going off all night. SCARY! BUt everyone is safe and sound. Just didn't get much sleep last night haha.