Easter and Baby Braden

 I had some Easter photos to do but no Easter paper so I cut out some eggs on the Cricut. 

 I like this one the best.  I just made rows and rows of eggs.

I love the way this one turned out.  The paper is from a Martha Stewart pack of papers I got a long time ago.  I was so proud of myself for creating the folded flower.  It took me a couple tries and it is still not 100% but I was happy.

Stuff

 These pages are always  hard for me to leave alone.  I always feel like I need to add something to that big white space. 

 This is the first page for my December Daily.  I spilled some water on my desk so it got wet.  I am hoping that will flatten out in my album.  I have never done a page without a picture before. 

 Some super quick pages I did for our Bloomsday photos.  I took way too many photos as usual.

 The numbers for my December Daily.  I am planning on scrap lifting an page from Ali's Life Artist book.  I will tweak it a bit.  These are stickers from echo park.  I am a sucker for the cute stuff.

Busy Scrapping

 I haven't put any of my pages on here in a while.  These are a few I have done lately.  This one is a scrap lift from Elizabeth Kertchner's 52 challenge book.  I used up a bunch of old paper that I had.  I know I have said this before but just cut up that paper you have been saving.  I have had some of this paper for over 10 years.  Waiting for what. 

 I love the stickers on this page.  I believe they still have it at Paper Pals.  It is filled with birthday celebration stickers.  I love how cute they are.  I am a sucker for the cute.

 This one is another scrap lift from the 52 challenge book.  I don't think it is one of Elizabeth's and in the original LO it was butterflies and not animals. 

 I purchased the Amber Project Life and decided to do my 2009 photos.  I have scrapped a few pages from this year and I just add them in along with the Project Life.

 I got the Turquoise edition of Project Life to do my 2011 book because the Amber edition seemed a bit girly.  Now that I have it I really like it.  It just seems fancy to me. 

 I got these page protectors from Becky Higgins line and I am thinking it is the design F.  I was originally thinking of using them for photos of Abi's artwork.  I had taken a lot lot of pictures at this Easter party and these divided page protectors worked perfectly.

 I then used some We R Memory Keepers 4x4 divided page protectors for the pictures that I couldn't cut down to a 3x4 size.

Well that is about it.  I have been really going to town and trying to get caught up.  I still have 2008 photos to scrap.  I am caught up to April on both my 2009 and 2011 Project Life books.  I have purchased the paper for my December Daily but I haven't come up with what I want to do yet.  I should post some pictures of what I did last year.  I am thinking that I will end up doing it that way again.  I have also been smashing.  Yes my house work is going to pot.  Really I have mostly been doing all this while Abi is in school or at night when she is in bed.

Project Life Amber

I got Project Life the Amber edition about a week ago.  I have been doing my 2009 photos with it.  It is kind of a girly theme but I really like it.  I am using Turquoise for 2011.  I believe this is the only way that I am going to catch up.  I know we are not suppose to care about catching up but I do care about it.  I want my memories documented.  I forget so much.  I can not rave enough about this project.  So far I have gotten 2 friends hooked on it.

Last One

This is my last page to post from my retreat at the Lodge.  It was the first page I started when I got there.  I must admit that this was a redo.  I had scrapped these pictures and I really hated the page.  I know that is a no no.  I like this one much better.

Continued

More pages from the Lodge.  The top 3 were fast and easy.  The two page layout took a bit more time because I stitched a grid that the pictures sit in.  It really doesn't show up in the photo.  I also had stamped a title and I didn't like the way it looked so I covered it up.  The journaling is with a slick writer.  I believe that is what it is called.  I love this pen.  Not the best for small writing but if you are writing something larger the ink looks like you embossed your letters.  I really like it.  "I like it a lot."  Ta Ta for now.

More Pages from the Lodge

Just a few more pages from my weekend at the Lodge.  I have wanted to do the Daddy page for a while.  It is my goal to scrap all my daughter's first year.  I keep on saying I am getting close.  I have to break out of the habit of wanting to scrap every single picture.  It is just crazy.  I don't have the time for it.  I have already gotten Project Life for this year but have not printed off my 2011 photos yet.  I got the turquoise edition but I am thinking of getting the amber edition to do my 2009 photos.  Perhaps for my 2009 photos of my daughter.  The amber edition does kind of have a girly feel to it. 

More from the Lodge

Here are some more pages I did whilst at the Lodge.  I know they look so simple you are probably saying:  "Why didn't she get more done?"  Well I didn't so get off my back.  We got a cute package of paper goodness that I made one of my favorite layouts with.  It is the memories one.  Those little birdies make me happy.  Along with chocolate mini eggs.  Oh I could eat my weight in those little goodies.  Then I would have a migraine the size of Texas.  Would it be worth it? 

Palouse Divide Lodge Retreat

In February I got to go to a scrap booking retreat at the Palouse Divide Lodge.  It was wonderful.  I got 31 pages done.  I had a misguided belief that I could do more.  I don't know what I was thinking.  I am pleased with what I finished.  When I say 31 I am counting each of the pages from my two page spreads of course.  It takes a while to upload so I am thinking I will post a few at a time.  There is nothing very elaborate about these pages.  I just wanted to get them done.  I am happy with them. 

Let's get something on here

Well I have been kind of out of the blog world for a while.  If I get busy in one area of my life then another part falls apart.  I need to find a good balance.  These are a couple pages I did for Paper Pals as well as some cards.  I am starting to think that My Mind's Eye is one of my favorite.  I still love Cosmo Cricket. 
These two pages are actually going to go in my Project Life album.  If there are pictures that I really like and want to scrap separately then that is what I do.  I have one more cute photo to do for last years album.  I still haven't started on my 2011 Project Life album but I also haven't gotten any pictures for this year developed.  I need to get my act together. 
The Paper Pals Design Team also did another project using these really cool stamps but I am waiting to post that till it is posted on the Design Team blog.  Oh boy.  Something to look forward to. 

I WANT OUR LAPTOP BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am feeling so unconnected right now.  This is helping with my resolution of spend less time on the computer but I am missing out on keeping up with my emails and my blog.  I have a few things to post.  Some of them are already posted on the Paper Pals Design Team blog and others are not.  Angela posted my bio on there and then her and Karen said such nice things about me.  How uplifting to have people say nice things to you.  I should pay it forward.  Okay enough of my gum flapping.  Here is some stuff to look at.

This was a scraplift from Scrapbooks etc. pg. 33-August 2010. 

This was my latest Paper Pals assignment.  Of course you know what I am going to say.  I love this paper.  I especially love that orange honey comb.  There was a full sheet of banner stickers and I tried to use them on everything and there was still a lot left over. 

 Such a fast and easy layout. 

Okay if I was better at Photoshop I could blurr out my daughter's naked body better than that.  Sorry.  It looks like my 4 year old scribbled on there.