Sam Summer of 2008

I like doing POOL layouts for the kids. We spend about 85% of our waking hours at my parent's house, in the POOL!! Sam is a total water rat, as my dad would say. He is the LAST one out!! I finally finished this today. It's not part of the SCRAPSISTAS challenge, it's part of MY challenge to be CAUGHT up. I am about 6-9 months behind for 2008. Otherwise, I'm good to go!!

Challenge 5

Boy, I am behind!! HOWEVER, I did a much better job at duplicating the Challenge. Heather was nice enough to tell me how to print my pictures in order to do the 12 or 6 per page. Never thought to print them wallet size!! AND, I figured out how to do that today!! Better yet, Aaron surprised me by restoring 7 years worth of pictures from the DELL PC. I haven't checked the external hard drive yet, BUT I am confident it worked this time. I'll get 6,7,8 done soon enough!

I am still a double layout girl, so the 2nd page follows my typical GET IT DONE QUICKLY motto!

Catie is always bored....

It's a shame that Oxford did not start full day full week kindergarten this year. Poor Catie missed the start date by 3 days. She's bored out of her mind here. There's NO ONE to play with on our street. I just don't know what to do for her. I am not satisfying her need for company her own age. Maybe we need to move to a LARGE subdivison packed full of kids!!

Scrap Challenge 6...

Again, I stuck to my old style. It's just easier for me! I'd have to print a 12x12 collage page in order to get 12 perfect squares on it! I'm going to make every effort to follow the challenge. If I can't, I'll at least try to do a page! I have a hard time pulling everything out and working at home due to so many interruptions. It just frustrates me and I hate being frustrated!! Is it cocktail time yet??

Last Year Layouts

These layouts have been sitting in my plastic 12x12 storage box since LAST May, when I unofficially gave up scrapping! I didn't do ONE page until the ScRaPsIsTaS started up! Anyway, I have a few FAVORITE tools that I use often!! One - the flexible ruler, which you will see often in my work! Two - my Martha Stewart flowery border punch, mostly used on my sister's Bridal Shower Thank You notes from last April. THREE - my Sizzix flower die cut, which was the inspiration to make my sister's Bridal Shower Invites (which I am VERY proud of still!). A few years ago, my husband bought me the Xyron sticker maker. I think it sat in the box untouched for over a year until I started the layout with the flowers. I was obsessed with running each one thru the sticker maker!! I can't say it's a FAVORITE tool to use, but it was FUN at the moment!! One day, I will BUY the refill pages I need to get the pages INTO Catie's book!!!

Scrap Challenge

Ok...I believe I completed 4a - the one using circles. Had I figure out that using the printer is actaully REALLY fun, I would have printed my copy then cut the circle around it. However, I did the page at a Friday night crop, so it's a moot point!! Here's my version of 4a....I did not do Challenge 3 because I couldn't bring up the images before I left that night. I DID, however, do THREE 2 page layouts that night. I hope it counts for something!

Scrapping

I've been TRYING to scrap with the ScRaPsIsTaS, but like most things, I get distracted. When I scrap, I want to have TOTAL Traci time. That never happens here!! I went to Maggie's on Friday night with my friend Sarah, who I have not seen in almost 2 years!! She brought 2 teachers from Holly Elem and a sister-in-law of one of them. Unfortunately, my husband didn't get home from work until 6:36pm - using up almost 1 1/2 hours of my scrap/talking time. He doesn't understand that every MINUTE counts! It starts at 6pm, I want to be there at 5:59pm ready to go!!! He was 10 minutes from home, when some dumb ass had to hit a deer on Rochester Rd, leaving it half alive. No one would move a muscle, per Aaron. I'm going to post the 2 of 3 layouts that I finished. I would like them to count for at least challenge 4. I was unable to bring up the picture of #3, but I know I failed b/c I didn't use masks or the Cricut!!