More Decorations and more Raks!

Wow can't believe how fast the week is going! I drew from 10 names this time and the winner of Fridays drawing is mustangkayla~~ Congratulations~

My grandson was being quite the little card today and so I could not resist sharing a few photos with you!

Fabulous Friday! ESPECIALLY for LORA!!!

Congratulations LORA!! you are the only one that came to visit yesterday so You WIN! leave me your addy on a pm over at 2 Sassy Scrappers! And remember I am not mailing any Raks out till the end incase you win again, so I can save in postage!!1

NOW I am finally finished with My layout for week three of the contest over at Scrapstreet so I can show it to you! Actually this weeks challenge was to make a layout and three cards all with Stars on them and a paper in common! they are suppose to look like a set! WOW a challenge! more then I thought! Would have been easier if I had more of the paper I wanted to use in the layout! So I would love it if you wanted to go to the Scrapstreet Star contest and vote for me! Course that does mean if you don't belong to Scrapstreet you will have to join!!!

Happy Birthday Day 2

Okay my party hat is on now! SO remember
everone too keep posting to win a rak!
sorry I never got the layout up yesterday I am really being picky with this one!

AND SORRY THiS post is so late today! HERE IS MY DAY SO FAR! I had a migraine last night so could not finish the layout, woke up with it still today! IT was calming down a bit so I decide to go outside and put seed in the birdfeeders and I can't explain how I did it very well but end up cutting my thump open on the rusty pipe that the one bird feeder is on.

Well it did not need stitches, I knew that right away even though it was bleeding but guess what was not up to date! So off I went for a tetanus shot! Then while waiting in the doctors office the headache comes back full force so I am back to suffering from a migraine but I have to finish my layout and matching 3 cards!`

So I am drawing a name quickly! I was going to take photos of Noah doing it but Sorry just not up to it so I am just doing it quickly now!
AND THE WINNER OF THE FIRST RAK IS......
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Congratulations JENN.... Now remember all three will be entered into the April 16th final Drawing! JENN if you will Pm your address to me at Scrap 4 life! I will not send your gift however till after the final drawing so as to save postage in case you win the final too or if you win any more SO KEEP POSTING!

April 16th my blog will be 2 years old! SO I am having a blog party and everyone is invited! AND YOU GET THE GIFTS NOT ME!!! SO LET'S start the PARTY

April 16th is the 2nd year Birthday of my blog and I am doing a year long birthday bash! EVERYONE IS INVITED! Starting today you will be entered into a daily drawing for a rak for a prize each day till the 16th when you make a comment! Some days you might have to answer a question or something like that! THe final day the big day I will take all the names from each day plus double count on posts from April 16th for the grand prize!

SO the clowns are getting the Balloons ready and I am getting all the gifts ready! SO come and join me for the first drawing! I may come back and edit this later to add a layout I am working on so for today if you post early before the layout and come back then post again you will get 2 chances!!!

MONDAY MORNING MESSAGES!

Happy Monday! WOW AM I BEHIND! Guess I have been busy with Contest and such!

First before I forget, ON My LAST post I talk about a RAK! WELL some have commented about being in the drawing but I need to remind all that In order to be in the drawing I need a link to your entry from my challenge!

NEXT there is a birthday bash to invite you too! IN 9 days my blog will be 2 years old and I am going to give away away a week long pile of raks starting on THIS WED. April 9th Thru to my blog birthday which will be the GRAND RAK on April 16th which 2 years ago just on a side note was Easter Day (A day of New Life and a First day of blogging for me, how interesting IMHO) So make sure you are here on WED to POST YOUR COMMENTS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T WIN IF YOU DON't POST! OH AND FOR THE FINAL WIN I AM GOING TO TAKE EACH PERSON WHO COMMENTS AND PUT THERE NAME INTO THE DRAWING FOR EACH TIME THEY POST BUT ON THE AUCTUAL BIRTHDAY IT COUNTS DOUBLE! OH AND AS AN EXTRA CATCH I MAY EVEN POST MORE THEN ONCE A DAY IF I FIND SOMETHING WORTH BLOGGING ABOUT! I may even giveaway something not scrapbooking like a handpainted item too! LOL!

I want to make it really fun!

NOW one more thing the Scrapbooking contest I entered on Scrapbookstreet.com well I made the vote through Week 2. AND now I need to work on week 3 but will leave you will the layout from week 2! Thanks for looking! WOuLD YOU HAVE VOTED FOR ME? LOL oh don't worry you got to vote for 7 others besides me! LOL

Happy Tuesday!!! WiN A RAK!!!!!!!

I thought I would share how GOD touched me on Saturday!
Saturday I was in charge of a Ladies Brunch for a Zone Ladies Days out for Our District . This involves 8 churches from our district.

We had a theme of "TURNING YOUR SCRAPS INTO SCULPTURES" which is what we do in scrapbooking but also is what we can do with so many parts of our lifes!

The hall was decorated wonderfully, my centerpieces came out great IMHO and all was set! but barely anyone attended! WHAT HAPPEN, I don't really know but what I do know is
OUR SPEAKER DIANE BAILEY was awesome, she touched me, she touched others with what she had to say about "TURNING YOUR SCRAPS INTO SCULPTURES" Diane admits to being one of the least crafty persons but she turns her scraps into sculptures with the way she uses her gifts to minister to others, to worship the Lord. To that I can testify as I have seen Diane in action!

The guest Singer, Missy Jones was excellent also and the song she chose was excellent to tie into our theme.

My wonderful helper, Tina Larson was able to acquire some Tape sculptures from her High school students at Athens High school for part of our Decorations!

JUST wondering what Scraps that the Lord gives you USE TO TURN INTO SCULPTURES! THINK ABOUT IT AND IF YOU ARE NOT USING THEM.... REMEMBER how much you hate to throw away those scrapbook Pattern Paper scraps.... I am challenging you to make a layout out of scraps about turning "YOUR SCRAPS INTO SCULPTURES" I will draw a name for a rak out of all the links I get with layouts for my challenge. I will post the rak later! (Sorry but right now I can't think of a rak and I want it to be good!)

A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION... A CROP

April 4-6, 2008 at 2 SASSY SCRAPPERS

There will be lots of great prizes and lots of fun! BUT first you need to register and that is where the first chance at a prize begins! OH AND MINE!

EACH person that registers then goes to the link below and says they registered and says who referred them, which by the way is me SUSIEQ will be entered into a drawing for a rak. If you join now you will still have time to be entered more times because you will have time to get your friends to join too!

CHECK IT OUT HERE AT THIS THREAD on 2 SASSY SCRAPPERS

Leave me a comment letting me know you joined and what named you are under just so I know for my own curiosity!!!

Did a layout for a blog challenge!

Did a layout for a challenge on Tabitha's blog Zippity do dah but I killed two birds with one stone and also did the sketch challenge on Dragonfly Time


The Journaling reads "Somethings are better left unsaid"... I can still remember hearing my grandmother use this phrase when she found out my father told us kids that grandpa Brown was our "Step Grandfather". I am so glad I found out back then because it always made me feel x-tra special that you loved me anyways! I never doubted!

One week left to March! YEAH!!!

I am so glad that it is almost spring! Yes the calendar says spring but I mean really spring! I thought I would share just a few more Easter photos!


Darling Daughter Mindy and her hubby Michael. They have been married since 2001. I am patiently waiting for grandchildren from them! Hoping for the granddaughter I don't have yet!


My oldest grandson Jason and me! Jason loves this photo!
He says "that's a cool picture Grandma, I like it!" guess that means I better scrap it!

My daughter and me! I have been told many times we look alike but I don't think Mindy appreciates this comment!
That is all for the family shots but I do have one more photo I really want to share!


Last but not least: the poor misused dog did not get anything from the Easter Bunny so she is sadly watching Noah enjoy his basket!

I also wanted to share with you that I have recovered from the disappointed of not making the Dt on the other site, I like the other site as it was still small and building up and I wanted to watch it grow but I will still visit but I have not given up my quest! I have been on a Dt before and I know I am good enough and I know my devotion to a site! So I am off and running again! I have also decided that I may also try for some blogs as I frequent them and love so many! I love a good challenge and it gives me the Mojo I feed on!

Another site I belong to is having a contest for DT Scrapstreet members at this site will be able to vote for members layouts so Just remember I may need you to be my cheerleaders!
The first challenge was to look at designs from Paris week and get our inspiration from there! Here is my entry for Week #1

Lots of Easter Photos!

First the bad news! I did not make it to week 4!

Now for fun! HERE are some of my photos from Easter! Just want to say that my grandson Noah is hard to get good photos of unless you catch him naturally! SO watch for all the closed eyes and funny facial expressions on the little guy!
See my hands!!!

See the hat the Easter Bunny left in Noah's Basket! Isn't it a riot!

Looking for where the Easter Bunny hid the baskets!
This is not an Easter Egg Grandma! Where did it come from?
Trying to get an egg out of the bush!
NOW that is a strange place for an egg!
Found more! (right before the wipe out! oh the knee of those pants!!!)
Check out these faces! finally the last one is doable! not great but doable!






I have not done any photo editing yet so Noah's little sore below his lip still shows
his face is not dirty!!! If anyone has any suggestions how to get him to not close his eyes/squint and to not look away I would love them! Or do I just have to wait till he is older! LOL
Jason's photo came out Perfect the first time
Together and NOT FIGHTING!!

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!