Time to show you what I have been up to!

I found a great Scrapbooking forum the beginning of February. I have really taken a great liking to this site! The people are great there!
The crops are AWESOME! As a matter of Fact I won one of the drawings for the crop we had the end of February! I have not gotten my prize yet but I have heard they are terrific and knowing Jodie the owner I am sure they are!

When I joined there they had just started a sign up for a Dt contest that was different then any I had ever seen! This Dt contest is one where each week has a challenge which is put up on Monday and the layouts must be done on Friday and then the next Monday, there are eliminations and a new challenge! It is stressful but the end result is that I will have some great layouts either way!

We cannot post our layouts anywhere but in the layout on the site and here on our blog, so I have decided to show you my layouts. We are now into the 3rd week and Surprise! I am still in!! Hope showing you week 3 does not jinx me! LOL!!

NOW before I show the layouts I do want to tell you where this Wonderful site is...
You need to come see all the layouts and see how beautiful the site is.. ( I don't know who designed the site but it is striking!!!) SCRAP4LIFE The Gallery is on fire!!

Week #1 our challenge was to use Bling or glitter
My Layout is Ice Prince



Week #2 got harder we had to have prominent use some kind of clear element in our design—transparencies, ghost letters, acrylic items.
My layout is Maui.. Grand adventure


Then when we did not think it could not get any harder
Week #3 the challenge is to create a layout using a self-made embellishment. In addition to this, you must use 4-5 photos AND use a mixture of black&white and color photos! EEEKKK!!

My Layout is A Perfect Match-
Journaling reads: My sweet Britton, I remember like it was yesterday, when they first put you into grandma's arms. So tiny and so perfect. I can remember how nervous mommy and daddy were to do everything just right. They could not have been prouder of you. The funny part about them worrying is that I know God picked them especially for you! We would never have guessed back then that you would be diagnosed mildly autistic, But it does not matter because God made you and mommy and daddy "a Perfect Match" because they are so good at helping you to learn and to overcome! Thank you God!




I hope you liked them and I hope you will check out Scrap4Life
Please remember to think of me 9 am Monday morning when the next Challenge
is posted! That is also when we find out what 10 are eliminated
and which 11 go on!

Happy Wednesday!

Its Wednesday! Are you like me and don't like Wednesdays? Don't know exactly why just never like Wednesdays! Seems like a blah yucky day! Okay tell me I am crazy!

I would like to ask all you scrapbookers, cardmakers, papercrafters a favor! There is a forum that needs some help! I am on a Dt there, it is a very very small site that has no store and no sponsers. The site cannot get sponsers right now because it is so small that no one is willing to sponser her! I would like to see the site build up, so that Jean can get some sponsers! Please go over and visit, peak around, post a couple posts, say hello! Make her day.
Also I did want to add the if you have a store/site and want to sponser Jeans site, it would generate more business to your site! Even just through my blog too and through her site. Please help Jean build her dream! Thanks in advance!
The site is Jeanartdolls rubberstamping and scrapbooking

I tell you what between now and the end of March everyone who goes and joins and posts at least 10 posts will be put in a drawing for a Rak. I have a brand new Rhonna Farrer stamp I got a duplicate of and some ribbon I also got a duplicate to start. With every 5 that register I will add to the Rak. BUT you must come back here and Post and tell me that you have registered and your nickname (member name)!

Okay I think I will show you some more new layouts

Happy St. Patricks Day!

Just wanted to share with you today a layout about LUCK!

I also thought I would share that the baby album went over well and I thought I would share the rest of the pages also!

A baby book!

I am working hard on a baby album for a shower for a sweet couple that just adopted a new baby girl "Emma Joy". They attend our church and have waited a long time for this!
I have 10 pages done and ten to go! So I thought I would share the pages I have done with you!

Naming our Farm house on the Hill!

First I have to say that I hope hubby doesn't have a bird because I forgot to ask him last night what he thought of the name I finally choose but I really think he is going to like it too!
This is a photo of a Moose skull that we had at our house in Mn. and I liked it so much we brought it with us when we moved back to N.Y.. It was somewhat common for Mn. but unique for N.Y.
Are you starting to get any ideas towards the name?

Well what I came up with and I will be Painting a sign for it... is
MOOSE HILL
I am excited about the name I finally choose! I really like it!

Now I would like to share something else I am excited about! A new stamp system
I think is awesome and I want badly and some totally awesome stamps too! This is
a really great company and they sell kits too!
The Unity Stamp Company

also make sure and stop by their blog and leave a comment for a chance at a great prize! http://theunitystampco.blogspot.com/

I am so ready for SPRING!

Thinking of spring makes me miss my gardens in Minnesota! The house we have for sale in Minnesota has the most beautiful gardens, some because of what was there when we moved there and some I added to it!

Let me take you on a walk through my gardens in Minnesota!~

I hope to make my gardens here at the house in New York just as pretty! Which by the way I have been wanting to come up with a name for our little farm home on the hill and I finally did! BUT if you want to find out what it is you will just have to come back tomorrow because THAT IS TOMORROWS POST!!!

Ok lets get started on our walk!










Well I don't know about you but the walk made me thirst so if you head over to the patio, I will go get us some lemonade and we can sit and relax and just take in the fresh smells of Spring! (HEY! WE CAN DREAM CAN'T WE! I really am ready for Spring!)

It's PARTY TIME!

I am having a BLOG PARTY!
it was suppose to start yesterday but leave it to me to forget and start a day late!

Hi my name is Sue and I live in Upstate N.Y. I have 3 grown children and 3 grandsons! I also have a wonderful hubby!
I am a avid scrapbooker and decorative painter!
I Love the Lord with all my heart and know that if it weren't for Him I would not have made it through many crisis in my life!
I love making new friends and I love sharing with friends!
I made some treats in honor of the Blog PARTY! I am sharing the recipe so you can make them to!

Candy Bar Cookies

1 cup Packed brown Sugar

2/3 cup butter or margarine

¼ cup light corn syrup

¼ cup peanut butter

1 tsp. Vanilla

3 ½ cups quick-cooking rolled oats

2 cups semisweet chocolate pieces

1 cup butterscotch pieces

2/3 cup peanut butter

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a 13x9x2 baking pan with foil; extend foil over edges of pan. Set aside. In a medium saucepan, cook and stir brown sugar, butter, and syrup over medium-low heat until combined. Remove from heat; stir in the ¼ cup peanut butter and vanilla until smooth.

For crust, place oats in a very large bowl. Pour brown sugar mixture over oats; stir gently until combined . Press mixture evenly onto bottom of prepared baking pan. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until the edges are light brown.

Meanwhile, in the same medium saucepan, cook and stir chocolate and butterscotch pieces together over low heat until melted. Stir in the 2/3 cup peanut butter until mixture is smooth. Slowly pour mixture over hot crust, spreading evenly.

Cool in pan on rack for several hours or until chocolate layer is firm. (If necessary, chill until chocolate is set.) When firm, use foil to lift out of pan. Cut into bars.

Thought I would share a few of my creations!

Come here to my blog during the blog party from March 7th-through the 14th and leave a comment on this post or any post after this post through the 14th and get entered into a drawing to win a RAK.. YEP that is right BLOG CANDY!!!!
Here are my favorite picks for prizes but I won't turn down any prize you offer me!
1. $60 Gift certificate to Mikarose (pretty dresses) donated by Liza. (prize #54)
2. $25 Target gift certificate provided by Mommy Bytes. (prize #117)
3. Bead Dangle Photo Tile Necklace with heart from Elemental Memories (prize #7)

4. Judy at “Welcome to My World of Dreams” will be donating a $25 gift certificate from Amazon.com. (prize #60)
5.Pirates of the Caribbean portable CD player
Provided by: The Geeky Housewife

Spending time with Family

A few years back I was on the Social Concerns Committee for my area Church district. This year I have been asked to head the Committee although we have not yet been able to meet as the District Superintendent has been unable to due to some other conflicts but I feel strongly that one of the biggest things affecting the family today is the loss of time spent together.

I remember when my children were teens and my daughter came home from school one day and was talking about a discussion in health class that day.
She is now 31. She said they asked them to raise their hands if they sit down to family meals at the table, her and one other person raised their hand. My mind was blown away back then and today I just can't imagine!

So when my grandsons come to visit we try to spend as much family time with them as possible! Playing in the snow, family dinners of course and even this past weekend we took them bowling.. NOW there was a blast, My oldest grandson Jason 6 years old had a 103 (okay I admit there was bumpers up for the gutters) but hey! Noah ran over once and bowled in the lane next to us and helped the little boy bowling in the other lane! WHOOPS fortunately they laughed with us! You have to know Noah! He is a monkey!

I will end with some photos! BE SURE AND SPEND SOME QUALITY FAMILY TIME THIS WEEKEND! it doesn't always have to be quantity as long as it is Quality!

Oh and one more litte point, my sweet friend Nikki and I had lunch yesterday and were sharing some thoughts and one thing Nikki pointed out is that sometimes with our children we think we are listening to them but are we really? OR ARE WE JUST SAYING UH HUM YEAH YES, are our ears really tuned into them? GREAT POINT NIKKI! I sure do love Nikki, she is a great friend and a wonderful MOM!

I need your help! For a friend!

My scrapfriend Denean is in need of Prayers for her little girl Elena and also for herself! I have copied some of the information from Denean's blog here so you know what is happening but what would be awesome is if you went to the blog and left her a comment letting her know you are praying! A little web space to call my own

Elena has been diagnosed with Amblyopia. Amblyopia is the eye condition noted by reduced vision not correctable by glasses or contact lenses and is not due to any eye disease. The brain, for some reason, does not fully acknowledge the images seen by the amblyopic eye. She started wearing a patch for two hours a day, and her eye improved some, so the Dr upped the patch wearing to six hours a day. This has been a bit of a struggle. Six hours is an eternity for a five year old.

Since this was not noticed at her previous check ups, and has seemed to suddenly appear, the doc wants to run some tests to "rule out" some explanations. Elena is going for a CAT scan of her eye and brain on Thursday and she is very nervous. Please pray for peace for her, that she will realize its not so bad and pray also that the scan is clear.

Thank you all so, so much!

Where did my snowman go so fast?

Yesterday Jason and I built a snowman! He really fell in love with it! He just kept repeating "Grandma even made legs for him!" I sure do love playing in the snow with the boys! I got some awesome photos too but I will share those another day!

I am happy for a warm day but Jason will be sad that Motorcycle snowman is gone so fast!

The weather forcast not so good.... We're getting a real taste of spring across my area this fine Monday afternoon with plenty of sunshine and temperatures that have risen well into the 50s, unbelievable in Upstate N.Y.! (NO WIND!) It all seems too good to be true and it is because here is the headlines for the weather on our local channel!
Multi-Faceted Storm Tuesday Into Wednesday ***Winter Storm Watch In Effect From 7AM Tue. to 12PM Wed.*

also for now they are giving flood warnings too....

7 Random THINGS About ME!

I have been tagged again... I don't have much luck with these
because usually those I tag don't do them but I will give it
a try!

Seven Random Things About Me
here how it works:

1. Link to the person that tagged you and leave a comment
on their blog, so that their readers can visit yours.
Scrapping Servant tagged me!

2. Post the rules on your blog.

3. Share 7 Random facts about yourself on your blog.

4. Tag 7 random people at the bottom of your post, linking
to their blog.  Let each person know by leaving a comment
on their blog.

Here are my 7 Random Things about ME!

1. I love playing with my three grandsons!

2. I would love a granddaughter. (hint hint dd!)

3. I have been on 3 missons trips! Albania, St. Kitts and to a
Childrens home in Georgia

4. I have Trigeminal and Occipital Neuralgia

5. I have a photo of my grandmother 8 generations back who was
full blooded Indian

6. Many times people have asked if my daughter and I are sisters (my
  dd hates it when people think she is still a teenager but yet she
  hates it when people ask this question also! I LOVE IT!)LOL

7. If I hurt someones feelings (which I never do on purpose, so
 accidentally) I get so upset that I beat my self up for
 days and cry to.  I am always worried about offending people.

And now I am tagging
Denean http://alittlewebspacetocallmyown.blogspot.com/
(check out her beautiful banner!)
Leslie http://www.dragonflytime.typepad.com/
Tabitha http://zippity-do-dah-tabitha.blogspot.com/
Spink http://spinkeeshy.blogspot.com/
Nadia http://nadiascraps.blogspot.com/
Jenney http://scrapbookinggal.blogspot.com/
Nancy  http://myfiercewonderings.blogspot.com/