Got my fingers dirty

I made time for me today. Something i seem to be forgetting to do lately. Im not sure why I dont set this time aside for me, but I dont. After today I remember why I love and need this time. I am going to set time to scrap and make cards for 1 hours once a week. Now i know you are thinking one hour is not much but to me to see 1 hour of free time in my day and get the chance to scrap would be oh so nice. plus we all know that once you are in your scraproom / cave / nook and working away, we neverreally want to stop. Today I made a card for a challenge on a great blog. This blog is called Digi Haven it can be found here... http://digihaven.blogspot.ca/ They use digital images that you print from home in place of stamps and make cards with them. These girls are really good at what they do. i would love for you all to join in the fun too. here is the card i made. the image is from ___________ gotta find her name going to update in a little while.

MY very first Blog Award!!! Im so excited... I want to Thank My dear friend and fellow scrapbooker Joann who's blog you v=can see here for thinking about me and nominating me for the this Liebster Award. Joann is a true inspiration to me. Somehow she is able to fit time in her day to scrap everyday and also post it on her blog along with a sketch for you to join in. her blog is a great place to go to and just get loads of ideas for card making and scrapbooking. When you get a chance you are going to have to check her blog out. I am sure you will love it just as much as i do. Thank you again Joann for nominating me. The origins of the Liebster Award are somewhat unclear,but the general consensus is that it originated in Germany. Liebster meaning "favorite" or "dearest", to showcase bloggers with less then 200 followers. Upon accepting the award the recipient must then pass it on to five more blogs of their choice. Now here is what you do as a presenter of this award: 1. Thank your Liebster Blog Award presenter on your blog. 2. Link back to the blogger who presented the award to you. 3. Copy and paste the blog award on your blog. 4. Present the Liebster Blog Award to 5 blogs of 200 followers or less who you feel deserve it. 5. Let them know they have been chosen by leaving a comment at their blogs Here are the blogs I am presenting to. 1. Denise at Scrappycardsbyd.blogspot.com 2. Jenn at jennjunk.blogspot.com 3. Sue at ngsiosixpack.blogspot.com 4. Sharon at sharonscraps.blogspot.com 5. Tracy at tracyscrapheap.blogspot.com Now ladies please choose 5 blogs you feel deserve this award and thanks for all the inspiration on your blogs! Please pick one of these Liebster awards for your blog!

Summer is just about here. My girls have a week left in school and then it's vacation time. I am so looking forward to being able to just scrap anytime I want. Right now it is hard because all my scrap stuff is in my basement and I can't bring it up because i run a daycare and do not want my daycare kids to get into it all during the day. Now that its summer (I close my home daycare during the summer) I am able to get my scrap on. I just posted this months contest and challenge I hope you all can join in the fun.

What a great month!

It's official... I am back scrapbooking. It only took my youngest to turn two so that I could find the time but I'm back. I had the best time the beginning of the month in Maine. I went to point sebago for a scrapbooking retreat. I used to go every year Now that my little one is old enough I was ale to go back. It was a wonderful time and I got the chance to see some of my great online friends from northwest scrapbook friends. If you live in the northeast part of the US you should Deffinely look us up and join in the fun. My friend Laura got to come along with me. We had a last. We got there around 2:00 Friday afternoon and stayed there until Sunday around 12:00. I was able to get 14 layouts done and 9 cards. Felt so good to be ale to just sit and scrap and not worry about what the kids were doing what I was going to cook. To just sit and scrap. Ahhhhh Anyway I am already registered to go back next year. Although this time we are going to arrive on Thursday instead of Friday. Another whole day to scrap woohoo. I have lots planed for my blog so be on the look out starting in June. Happy scrapping...

Where did the year go?

I feel like this year went by way to fast. It's sad to say but I did not get many scrapbook pages done this year. It was just this month that I was able to pull out my scrap stuff and make a new space to be able to scrap. Now that I have this I really need to get myself back into the swing of things. I also made sure to get back into my fiskateer grove. They always help inspire me.

What are some ways that you get inspired? How do you get yourself out of a funk?

What are your wishes for 2012 (scrapbook / craft related)?

A great start to July!

July is Starting off with a bang!

I got to take my girls to New Hampshire and spend a week with my mother. We went to the beach and got to see a great Beatles band called Help. be sure to check them out here
so you can see where they are playing next.

My girls joined a new colorguard. They are just in love with this guard. Their team mates are all so nice as well as the staff and other parents. looks like its going to be a great year for them.

Now as for scrapbooking I have not got as much done so far this month as I would like to. I do have 1 two page LO that I finished. I am in the process of doing this months LO challenge on here as well as the card challenge.

ok so i know thats a really bad picture. i will have to get a better one on here for u. In the meantime I can not wait to see what you all come up with.

Been way to long

It really has been way to long since I had a chance to scrap. Having a new baby in the house and trying to run a home daycare just put a stop to all my scrapbooking. I am now on my summer break and will be going back to teaching this fall. This I hope will give me some more free time to scrap once again. With the new addition to the family i have lost my scrap room. I now have all my scrap stuff in big totes. So my question to all of you is this... how do you store your scrapbooking supplies so that you are able to find all of your different papers and embilshments with ease. I will also be posting a sketch challenge for the month of July as well as a card Challenge. Can not wait to hear what you all have to say about storage.