Warmer Weather Finally....

here in Ohio...Supposed to be super nice for the next couple of days, so I'm hoping to get some more yard work completed...With all the rain and cold weather we had it put me behind in planting...I actually waited till after Mother's Day and we still ended up with a frost so I did loose a couple of plants, but I had plenty more to take their place...I've noticed that as the years are going by and with camping it's harder and harder to keep up with weeding out the flower beds...There's so many things I enjoy doing in the summer that there's not enough summer to do them all...It seems something has got to given, but what...Therefore I was thinking of eliminating one of the flower beds, but then I can't decide which one for various reasons...
I have several rooms in the house that need painting so I'm also having that taken care of...The one ceiling in the bedroom needed quite a bit of work so that's been started...The painter will be back sometime next week to complete that and and then move onto to the bedroom side walls...I'm sure he'll be here quite a bit throughout the summer until it's completed...
My DGKs have had various sport activities ending, so there was basketball, soccer, lacrosse, and softball...My Nikon took some awesome pictures...I have yet to go through a pick out the ones that I want to scrap...
Haven't been to crops too much as with the high price of gas, I've been sticking close to home...but I've managed to make some cards during that time...something that's needed to be done for quite some time...
My grandson and I will be taking a trip to Florida shortly where we'll meet up with my dad and sister and eventually my youngest daughter will join us for a couple of days...looking forward to the R&R and having that quality time with my grandson...
Between camping and the Florida vacation I'll miss being on line with the great gals from AMR...and no matter what you really don't catch up with what you've missed...you can try, but it just doesn't work, at least not for me...
Once again this month I got a great package from my scrap pal, Sabrina...She finds the neatest things...and all though we've never met IRL, it's like we just click on pick out stuff for each other...She's got a wonderful family and I really enjoy reading her blog...she has such a wonderful way with words...
Think I'm going to try and make a few more cards and will be posted a few of the ones that I've already made...Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful week coming up...

It's Been Ages...

Planning posting some tutorials tomorrow after doing some yard work...

All cards were made using left over scraps..

This was my favorite of the bunch


Generic birthday card as you can see...

I liked both of these cards, but I thought the thank you one needed something else, so I added a button flower on it...

There was a challenge to use ugly paper either in a card or a layout at AMR...this was my ugle paper and I made the card beneath it...

since I've updated...Things have been hectic...weather has been lousy...Finally made it out to the camper for a nice long weekend plus...Weather wasn't the greatest on Monday, but Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday were sunny with wind...The campfire was great and we even had all the makings for the smores...My oldest DD has a new way of making them...well at least new to me...Reese Peanut Butter Cup, the cooked marshmallow, and of course the graham cracker...mmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmm good...Park wasn't as busy as it has been in the past...I'm sure the high gas prices might have put the damper on things for a lot of campers...

This week is full with standard yearly doctor's appointments and Thursday evening I have a school board meeting...Hoping to get my flowers planted tomorrow...supposed to be sunny and around 62...Been working on cards more than anything...plus I have a few tutorials that I can post...so I'm off to upload somethings for your pleasure...Have a great evening and a wonderful week...

AMR Reminder: They are having their June online crop on the 5th of the month...If you've never visited please stop by for an afternoon evening of fun, challenges, and good company...lots of RAKs will be given away to some lucky people...If you've been to one of their crops, hope to see you back again...While your are it, don't forget to check out the AMR store...Stacey the owner has some great stuff with reasonable shipping charges and a fast turn around...

Gloomy Sunday Here in Ohio

It's a gloomy Sunday here and as a matter of fact May has been like that since the first...Cloudy, windy, and rainy has taken it's toll on me...I'm ready for hot hot hot...I'm sure that's what I'll get along with the humidity when I vacation in Sarasota soon...

I've managed to make some cards, finish some layouts, organize, crop and update my blog with my scrappy friends from AMR and then some...Much thanks to the girls for their simple directions...

Finally got to see my DGD in her final lacrosse game and also see Taylor at here soccer practice...Sydney is into softball and hopefully will have some games coming up in the near future...

I've also be trying to change, for the better, my style of scrappin...When I first started I was self taught and was totally clueless as to what I was doing...Now with the help of the talented girls at AMR I am definitely improving, but I have a long ways to go...

I've been going to crops with my friend Suzanne...Her late husband and I grew up together and we've been scrappin together for several months now...One day this week she is going to take me to an outlet store that I've never been to, so I'm looking forward to that...She does some awesome work...It's nice when you have someone cropping right next to you when it comes to my not being able to make decisions about stuff...

If you happen to stop in and visit and I don't have your blog listed and you would like me to list it please let me know...I also apologize in advance if I left you off inadvertently...Please bring that to my attention also...

Have a great week...

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

Here's a LO that I did a couple of weeks ago and today is the appropriate day to post it here on my blog...Thanks for stopping by. The journalling reads as follows:

SOUNDS I MISS
Little did I know while growing up that some of the sounds that I took for granted, would someday be missing from my life…You’re probably wondering, what sounds could impact a person…My mother was an avid seamstress for as long as I can remember…We had a large wood dining room table, or at least I think that’s what it was, as I never really saw the top of it…Material, patterns, pins, and who knows what else…I can still hear the consistent sound of the pinking shears as my mother cut out her patterns…To this day, I still cannot duplicate that sound…My mother wore tongs, the ones that fit between your toes, or as we now call them, flip flops…I can hear the sound of the rubber meeting the heel of her feet…another consistent sound…I could never get lost in a store, for all I had to do was listen for the flip, flop, flip, flop of her tongs…Still don’t know how she managed to walk in those, as just putting them on my feet hurt my toes…My mother was not a morning person…and I learned quickly the answers to my questions by the different grunts and groans…A long mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm meant I’m not quite awake…a short mmmmmmm meant I didn’t hear you…and the list goes on…Now this is one trait I’m quite good at…just ask my kids…Along with the sounds of the grunts and groans goes the sound of the teaspoon hitting the sides of the coffee cup as she stirred in her sugar…Never missing a clink, clink, clink…By now, you’ve probably realized that my mother is an angel in heaven…While I can never duplicate those sounds, I can sit back, close my eyes, and still hear the sound of the pinking shears as they would glide across the table opening and closing, the flips and the flops, and the cling, cling, clang of the spoon…These sounds, along with many more, are sounds that I think about often and will miss hearing forever…

I'm Lovin It

Things have been crazy for me...I've been going to 2 crops a week...then I've been scrap happy at home plus trying to get all those other things done that need to get done...I'm trying to leave some luv on the blogs that I visit, but I'd never get anything done...So what I've come up with is to take one hour, visit blogs, AMR gallery and leave as much luv as I can in that short period of time...I get lost in the reading...I've completed about 4 more LOs and I'm really pleased with how they've turned out...I also managed to pre-cut some of my scraps to use for cards...Someone mentioned that it makes the card making process go a little faster...That will make for less to take to the camper when I decide to go...This way I'll have all these goodies and I can catch up card making...Just way behind in everything...Lots of progress in LOs as I can't stay away from the work area...Probably doing more picking and choosing and looking than anything, but I'm having fun....I'll be joining my friend Suzanne on Friday at the Olive Garden before we head off to crop...She really does some nice scrapping...one of these days I'll have to take some pictures of her beautiful work as she's not into the computer world...She's got a great eye for color and what makes things work...That's what I luv the most about the crops as there's so many others there, and since I'm not that great with deciding on what goes with what, you can always get another opinion or two if need be...Well getting kind of late here so think it's time to count sheep, that's if I can make it past the scrap area without stopping...

Happy National Scrapbook Day - Online Crop

AMR is having their online crop today at 4pm EST to 12am EST. It is being hosted by the AMR "Staff" - a collective effort! There will be challenges every hour or so supplied by AMR's very own awesome DT members as well as Stacey!! The super Christine Middlecamp will be chatting with us online a little later in the evening and we might even get to see her designs with the May kit today!!! You will also be able to see the DT's online tutorials as well in class section (http://amronlineclasses.typepad.com/my_weblog/)!! It is going to be an awesome day and there may even be a few surprises, so come join us in the crop forum...

Vintage LO

This is a picture from 1952 of my sister and I...I've had the picture for ages and knew I wanted to scrap it, but just wasn't sure how...I'm quite pleased with the end result...I had lots of ideas from the gals over at AMR...My mother made the dresses we had on and also the doily that I used on the page...Thanks for looking...

Vintage Layout You Tube Tutorial

I've been wanting to do a vintage layout for ages now...having no idea where to begin, I did a post at www.allmomentsremembered.com and got some ideas, plus I did a google search and came up with this video...It's about 5 minutes long and of course she made it sound quick and easy...enjoy...

http://www.everything-about-scrapbooking.com/vintage-scrapbook-layout.html