Happy November!!!

So are you thinking about Christmas yet!!! just in case you did not realize it, Christmas is around the corner!!!
November 1st is also sketch reveal time on the Paper Secrets Blog!!! The manufacture that we are spotlighting is OCTOBER AFTERNOON!  Go to the blog and check it out!

Here is my layout for the sketch! This is my daughter Mindy and my grandson (her nephew) Noah!!

Lets see what you can do with OCTOBER AFTERNOON and our sketch!!!

Its been a rough month so far

October in the Kithcart home has been filled with sickness, two boys with double ear infections and hand, foot and mouth disease, another one had a severe case of hand, foot and mouth. Now they are finally all kids are well but I have bronchitis.  

But I stilll got to scrap!!! oh and I majorly cleaned my scrap area!!! 

My layout for Paper Secrets middle of the month sketch  was done with Jillibeans Macho Nacho Soup.

Check out my layout and then hop over to the Paper Secrets blog and see the sketch and challenge!!! 

oh and check out Paper Secrets on Facebook!

Such a gorgeous fall day!!!!

Fall has hit in all it's splendor and it is sure pretty here today! The summer flew by and I expect so will fall and soon I will be looking at snow!

Over at Paper Secrets the first October sketch is up! It is a great sketch to work with and I loved using the photos of my youngest grandson Dylan on the sketch and our visit to the state fair!  Head over the Paper Secrets blog and check out the sketch and all the DT's samples!

September Challenges!

Paper Secrets September challenges are up! So get out your Authentique and start scrapping! Here is my 1st challenge!

walking the beach

time for another syao entry! this time I used a photo of my daughter and her hubby walking the beach in Florida!

I used a border punch for my technique
I also used 3 homemade flowers
3 pattern papers
bling
ribbon
and a doily

Dylan and Grandpa

Dylan sure can wrap grandpa around his little finger! He surprises me because he is quite a mouthy little three year old. I don't understand where they learn it so fast although I know how his mom is. I just wish I knew how you stop a three year old from being mouthy.

I think he is a pro at getting his way with grandpa because of his cystic fibrosis!

I did a layout for syao contest with a photo I have of Dylan getting grandpa to give in to him!

MY butterfly bush

Lately I have been having some fun taking photos of the butterflies that visit my butterfly bush! I was disappointed one day that I was grilling and looked out to see a yellow swallowtail. My choice was to burn dinner or take photos. Well the budget said don't waste that food so I missed the swallow tail!

Since then I did have a black swallow tail come visit and got some great photos of that!

I also got some photos of a monarch! which some I have already scrapped! hoping to make it a two pager by doing the swallow too!

I used corner punch for my technique and also the butterflies were painted purple and then embossed
i have 5 buttons
3 + pattern papers
butterflies
banner
ribbon
and a pin

another week another syao layout!

got this layout done by the skin of my teeth! it is due in 1 hour and 8 minutes~ lol at least I have enough time to post it but I am tired!

for the techniques I used paper punch, stitiching and distressing
the items I used
chipboard
pennant
3 + pattern papers
ticket
ribbon and twine

August Already, where has the summer gone?

Can you believe it is August Already!!!!

Well the first of the month means new challenges at Paper Secrets!

we have changed things up a bit this month and the challenges will be found on the Paper Secrets Blog!

Now also check out Paper Secrets on Facebook and if you have not already make sure to like us!

26 weeks!

I have done a layout every week for 6 months (26 weeks) . I am amazed at myself!
SYAO has really kept me motivated!
here is this weeks layout

145 points... winner name drawn

145 points were earned in my little blog contest! Sandi actually posted comments all but 2 days of the month!!!! It amazed me when I figured out the numbers! Then I used a number generator!!! I really appreciate all the post. Oh and Lisa I have some computerized spam but I will try take of the word verification and see how it goes!

Thank you all for participating in my blog challenge and my challenge on Paper Secrets!!!!
Now if the winner would send me a pm on Paper Secrets with your snail mail, a little about yourself what you like/don't like I would like to get a prize out to you!!!

whoops I guess you want to know who you are! Congrats to Tallulah!

Wow another month gone by!

My July Stash challenge is up on the Paper Secrets site. Check it out here . Here is the layout I did for it!

As far as my bonus challenge for June I hope you can give me a few days to figure it all out! I promise to have it done by thursday at the absolute latest.

Blog posting!!! PUTTING THIS AT THE TOP till challenge is over

I seem to have gotten so bad at blog posting! So I am going to do something about it! I think I need encouragement to post more! Maybe comments would help so I am going to post a challenge to win some blog candy! But first I would like to share that the June challenges are up on the Paper Secrets forum! My Dt challenge is a Lyrics challenge this month! Here is my layout for that challenge!!!!

NOW to check out the actual challenge you will have to go to the Paper Secrets Forum! Now for my blog challenge.... I will give a scrappy gift/candy to one lucky winner. Here is what you must do! #1 follow my blog ...... #2 leave a comment....... What can you do to win extra chances for the drawing? #1 I will give you 10 extra chances for doing my challenge for July at PAPER SECRETS Here is the link to my challenge ... SUSIEQ's July challenge #2 For each day during June that you leave a comment I will give you one extra chance for comment (only one per day an please comment on the most recent post on that day, if I have not posted anything new than comment on the old post and feel free to let me have it! lol) (NOW you see that this is my way to motivate me, because if you don't comment on a new post and have to post on and old post, I will feel silly so when a new comment comes through it will remind me to get my butt posting! LOL) I hope I did that so that it makes sense! IF not let me know~ lol~~~~


IF YOU ARE A RETURNING POSTER FOR THIS CONTEST PLEASE POST ON THE NEXT POST .

my youngest ballplayer

I had to show you some photos of my youngest ballplayer (although not the youngest grandson) Noah is 8 and really loving baseball!

I am so please to say that my headaches are getting better, I am losing weight and I am starting to get use to the new med so not as sleepy all the time!

I am so excited!

I am so excited over all the great layouts created from my challenge! I am glad my bonus challenge and the Paper Secrets challenge are random challenges cause I would be lost if I had to choose which was best! It would be totally impossible!

I got up my week 20 layout for the SYAO2 contest! I cannot believe it has already been 20 weeks! WOW!
I will say the title is a bit off  kilter but my head was not great! but I am happy it is done! I am starting the new med twice a week tomorrow so hopefully soon the headaches will be much better although I might be a bit sleepy! lol

I think I will be getting some great photos in a day or two as the pool is finally filled and now it is just a matter of getting the chemicals right! Phew it has been a rough year, first had to replace the liner, than the pump quit and since it has been quite dry we had to rotate back and forth between our two wells alot filling it! but hopefully we will get lots of use and I will do lots of laps!

So many photos to scrap

well I saw my neurologist  yesterday and from looking at the testing done while I was in the hospital (I had insisted they call my neurologist and so part of the testing they did was ordered by her) She was not happy and said if I get that severe a headache again I need to come to her er which is a 2 plus hour drive! but anyways she was able to diagnose me! I start a new med and it is extremely important I lose some weight (I guess those nasty headaches and the fact I could go blind are a great motivation for me) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiopathic_intracranial_hypertension it could have been worse and so I am going to try hard to lose the weight . the biggest problem right now is the new med has made me sleepy.  hoping to scrap tomorrow and forget all this illness stuff. I usually have my worst headache in the morning which I am told is typical. so I plan to scrap tomorrow afternoon if all goes well. Still have some June challenges from Paper secrets to get done!!!  I have some photos I am dying to scrap! Like these

Ups and Downs

I have been up and down as far as the headaches. Been headache free and also some times of severe headache but tomorrow I will be taking a long ride to see my neurologist at Strong Memorial and I have a good feeling she will be able to give me some answers!!! thanks for all the prayers and good thoughts.

Over the past three days I have done some scrapping off and on! So now i finally have 2 layouts finished!

Thank you again for all the prayers and good thoughts and I will plan to add more tomorrow after my visit!

I scrapped!

Yes I actually scrapped! This is not to say things are better, because the headaches continue! I missed church, actually I missed most of the day! But I hoping that tomorrow's appt. or thursdays make a difference! I look forward to your comments! Here is the new layout!

could use some help!

I want to put the original post with the challenge so it stays up the top of the blog! If you know how to do that please let me know! I could probably figure it out but I have not been headache free since I got home! Right now it is only about a 2 on the pain scale so I am handling it okay! Actually going to try to scrap since I don't know what tomorrow will bring and I want to get this weeks SYAO challenge done! So far I have missed 2 of each of my grandson's baseball games and that kills me but hopefully soon I will be better. Hopefully tomorrow we will

home again

I am home as of yesterday afternoon! Still have some questions and the Nurse practitioner is not happy with some of the med changes but hopefully things are improving! Hoping to get some answers Monday when I see my specialist monday. If not then thursday when I see my neurologist! here is my layout for the latest SYAo challenge I am happy with all the wonderful comments since I started the contest!