Life in the White house

DT call at Memorable Seasons

2011-12-12T10:30:00.002-06:00

New Design Team members search

Memorable Seasons http://www.memorableseasons.com/

is holding a Design Team search until Dec 31. A decision will be made by Jan 5.

Memorable Seasons is an on-line scrapbook store, gallery and message board dedicated to documenting all the seasons in your life. We are searching for one more designer to complete our team.

To apply, please email the following to momawhite99@yahoo.com

1.links to your online gallery, blog and/or resume, if available

2. your full contact information: name, phone number, email address, and mailing address. Include your message board name if you sign up for the gallery under a name other than your given name.

3. a short paragraph or two about why you want to be one of our designers and what you would add to our team

4. a list of your current scrapbooking commitments – other DT work, etc

5. and then attach the following items

photos or scans of 3 total projects to include

• your favorite layout

• one card

• one altered item or an additional card

We prefer those who are not currently on a design team affiliated with a store. Manufacturer, sketch site or kit clubs with no stores attached are okay. Additional details can be found here.

Design team members will receive a monthly kit sometime after the 10th of the month. You are required to create and share at least 4 projects using mostly the items in your kit on the 1st of each month. One of those 4 projects must be a card. You will also be required to choose a layout of the week, issue a DT challenge and post to the blog on a rotating basis with the other DT members. Other requirements include active participation on the message board, on line crops, occasional happy hour duties, creating a layout based on a monthly sketch and any other promotions that may come up. Term is 6 months with an option to extend by 6 more months and a limit of 1 year. If selected to join our team your initial 6 month term will begin in Feb 2012.

Dec Kit Club Reveal at Memorable Seasons

2011-12-04T17:31:00.001-06:00

Oh girls-this month I got to work with the December kit for my reveal and let me tell you what-this kit is GORGEOUS! Jill is the MASTER of mixing papers to come up with a beauty of a kit. And all for $24.99-WOW-such a great deal. I tell ya you gotta sign up-you wont believe how cheap her shipping is!

Here's a link with all the info about the kit club

http://www.memorableseasons.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=9147

And now I have a picture for you of it

We sure hope you get in on this kit club you sure wont be disappointed. And if you already arent hanging out with us over on the boards-wont you come join us and show us your creations-we would love to be inspired by you!

toodles,

Tami

Time to be grateful

2011-11-22T11:55:00.001-06:00

So today its my turn to issue a journaling challenge over at Memorable Seasons and here it is

Hello ladies, with Thanksgiving quickly approaching I thought I would make this months journaling challenge quick and simple. Now remember ladies as much as we all love scrapping and creating beautiful designs-its the story or words about the picture that are very important to those that we are leaving the creations for.

So for this months challenge I want you to journal about something or someone you are grateful for.

THAT'S it!

I used my Kit for this month. When I saw the tree and that it was only half of a tree. I decided to use these photos of my Uncle from my mom's side of the family and journal about his & my dads relationship and how strong it still is even though my mom is gone.

Remember you have til 11/30 at midnight to get your creation loaded to the gallery and linked back here to qualify for the monthly drawing. Cant wait to see what you create girls!

toodles,
Tami

Sketchy Thursdays and a sniff sniff

2011-11-07T12:47:00.000-06:00

I just love when I see a sketch and RIGHT away I know what I wanna do. This happens alot for me with the sketches over at Sketchy Thursdays. While I have been able to play along with them much lately-I am excited that life is slowing down for a bit so I could join in this week. So here's the sketch

So when I saw it I immediately thought of a layout I have been wanting to do for quite sometime. And what hooked me was the lil paint splatters in the top right corner. Why you ask--well I wanted to do a page of my oldest son on his first day of the 8th grade and also a picture of his first day of kindergarten. Which for me was rough last year when that day came cuz that meant that would be the end of his time at his elementary school (they go K - 8th grade) and then would come high school-YIKES-soo not ready for that! Ok so it was last year but I still totally can feel the emotion I had on that day so I figured better get it scrapped while I can still feel and journal they emotions I felt that day. Those lil paint splatters to me represent my tears that I keep to myself becuz my boy is growing up. Thats why they are hidden behind the photo and just peek out a lil bit!

Now onto the fun stuff-I chose to break out my new goodies-Little Yellow Bicycle's Head of the Class line. Looove the design of this stuff and the quality-WOWZA!!! Of course I got it all at a GREAT price becuz I got it at my FAVE scrappy store MEMORABLE SEASONS. So here's what I came up with

you have until Wed at midnight to join the fun over at Sketchy Thursdays-hurry hurry!

toodles,

Tami

Memorable Seasons challenge

2011-11-04T09:15:00.002-05:00

Its my turn this week for a challenge-did you know that we have 2 challenges a week over at Memorable Seasons? All you have to do is post your entry in the gallery and link it back to the forum to be entered in a drawing for a monthly prize. Wont you come join us? Here's my challenge for the week

Hello ladies. So we have been seeing alot of work being done with strips of paper or borders as some like to call them. And in my kit this month I got this sheet of paper

and also this set of border stickers

so I thought how economical it would be to just those on a layout-and fun too I might add.

So I cut out a few of the strips straight, I also cut out the bottom border with the owls and fussy cut them, added a few from the sticker sheet and what a fun colorful combo I ended up with. And just for an extra added touch I scrunched some of the strips, angle cut one, and cut the ends of one with my deco scissors. So other than the base of my layout I only had to cut into one sheet of paper for my circle-the rest was from the two items listed above---NOW that is stretching your papers girls.

So hopefully I have inspired you today incase you are ever wondering what to do with that one sheet that usually shows up in a collection. Now let me see you strip it down and give me a layout for this challenge!

Remember you have until the end of the month at midnight to qualify for our monthly prize drawing! Now hurry and get ta scrappin!

toodles,

Tami

1 TUff kid with a sketch

2011-08-17T11:38:00.003-05:00

Well I finally got to play along with a Sketch from over @ Sketchy Thursdays. I just looove their stuff. So here's the sketch this week

These are some pic's of my youngest son after his last baseball game - he had to play catcher the whole game and the heat was HORRIBLE that day. SO in place of the circles they had on the sketch I chose to use some messy paint becuz to me it mimicks how messy he was after the game. And the stars well of course they represent him becuz he is my lil star player =)
So here's my take on the sketch-Thanks for looking

toodles,
Tami

On the Hunt with a challenge

2011-05-23T11:42:00.005-05:00

I decided once again to join the fun over at Once Upon a SKetch.

I mean a great sketch with a journaling challenge is soo right up my alley. Isnt that why we scrap-so the stories dont go untold?

Anyhow this week we were given this awesome sketch and we had to type our journaling. Now I must say this is a challenge for me cuz I make it a habit to handwrite my journaling. Its just a lil personal touch I like to have on the page. But after completing this challenge it sure is alot easier to type it up and you can get alot more journaling on there too. Cuz I am sure you can tell from my post I always have alot to say-LOL!

Onto my lo-well at our old house we lived by the woods (as we called them) and we used to go ride our 4wheelers alot there. Well one year it finally dawned on us why dont we have our Easter Egg hunt there-DUH! The kids soo enjoyed it and it became a new tradition for us. So thats the story on this one. I worked with the Crate Paper Neighborhood line-love the colors, it has just enuff pink in there not to be too overwhelming and well since we had our hunt with the neighbors well it was a no brainer-heheh! The egg doiley was such a steal at Wally world during Easter season only $1 for 40 of them. Gosh I will never use them all but hey ya never know I might just be sharing them with you.

Well there you have it for today-thanks for stopping by. Stay tuned for more goodies to come later in the week. I am working on a lo with stars---AHHHH my fave!

SKetches and spots-fun fun

2011-05-11T12:12:00.002-05:00

So this week over at Once Upon a Sketch they posted another awesome sketch and the journaling challenge was to journal on a journaling spot. EASY PEESY huh!

Well as soon as I saw the sketch I knew exactly what I was gonna do-GOSH I love when I get instantly inspired like that. I had just gotten some of the Jillibean Dutch Mustard Soup papers. ANd can you believe I just bought some journaling sprouts-what in the world is wrong with me??? Those things are awesome-I have since bought 3 other sets-yep I am addicted. But I have an obsession with journaling spots so this challenge was a great way to dig in and use some of them up. Did you know they are not just for journaling-they are great for an embellishment for for your title placement-if the area you want to put your title is too buzy well stick a journaling spot in there to ground your title.

So off to my lo-well I have had these pics of my son - who btw is now ten, for along time. I love his lil sweet self in the photos but i absolutely HATE HATE these kind of cheezy backgrounds. As long as I have had children I would never let the photographers use those dumb things. Anyways his g-parents took him one Sunday after Church and had his pic made, so the background police wasnt there to put a stop to this. Well he looks so dang cute with his lil feet crossed and his chubby lil hands clapping I had to scrap them anyways. On my lo I combined some old JB pp with the new Dutch mustard soup becuz I wanted to focus on the #2, since he was two in the pictures. And with that came the sketch having 2 photos, and I carried the theme into my stitching-I did 2 lil hand stitches different places on the lo and 2 different fonts used in the title. Hope you enjoy and just maybe learned a lil something today.

Being a Mom is a Dirty job

2011-05-06T12:28:00.004-05:00

Well this weekend is Mothers Day and of course Saturday is National Scrapbooking Day. So over at Memorable Seasons are having an online crop. We arent having a BUNCH of challenges just a few to get you going and try to win some prizes. We understand that its Mothers Day weekend so we dont wanna overwhelm you with challenges. So if you need to get your scrap on come join us.

Here is my challenge for the crop.
Being a Mom we have all kinds of dirty duties, mopping, dirty laundry, clean up sick kids and so on and so on. So my challenge to you is to scrap from the phrase
"Being a Mom is a Dirty job". That is sooo wide open for interpretation. As for me I took it literally and scrapped some photos of me and my boys and the local Mud Bog during the County Fair. I took them by myself, cant remember why Dad wasnt there but anyways we had a good time.
Here's my example

I took some brown acrylic paint mixed it with a lil bit of water and went to town splatting it all over the page and add some photos and journaling and WHA LA! I used some Echo Park, playground, walk in the park and lil boys line. Dont they just mix together so well.

Now I must add that I am soo addicted to the challenges over at The Paper Variety and this week their challenge is to get messy- so yes I too had that in mind when I was making this page. I loooove love to paint, mist etc on my lo's. So if you do my challenge well you can use it over there too-DOUBLE goodness!
Now get on over there and join us for a wee bit of fun.
toodles
Tami

Busy Busy week

2011-05-05T10:38:00.002-05:00

Well I havent been scrappin this week (insert shock face) LOL!

Its been a busy week here at the White House, we have had baseball practices, basketball tryout preparation, school awards banquet and church. And today is Cinco De Mayo-WHOOP WHOOP!

Tonight I am making Tami's Mucho Nacho Bellgrande and a Margarita cake, cant wait to taste that cake. Now if only I could find my sombrerro-LOL!

So this Saturday is National Scrapbooking Day--BTW my Hubs asked why are they having that "I thought that was everyday at our house" CRAZY GUY! Anyways there are numerous online crops all over the Cyber world and of course we @ Memorable Seasons are having one too.
You need to get over there today becuz we are releasing our challenges this afternoon so that you can get a jump start on all the activities for the weekend. And while your there dont forget to sign up for my Bingo game-trust me its not your average Bingo game-LOL!

Toodles,
Tami

May Dt reveal and some polka dots

2011-05-02T09:51:00.004-05:00

Helloo May!

Today is reveal day over at Memorable Seasons

And this month I got to work with the Pink Paislee Hometown Summer collection--its OH so fun! And so versatile-these are not your average summer papers ladies. You can do soo much with them and I let me say I am soo sad that I ran out that I am gonna pick up some more. they will work perfectly for some Easter lo's--yes I said that Easter lo's.

So heres a picture of what we got-and yes I fell down on the job and didnt take a pic of the backsides of the paper-SOrry for that!

So when I opened my box from Jill-it also contained my purchases for the month. Well there it was the perfect addition to this line-the LillyBee Stationery. See look

Here's my first lo and I used the green Lillybee as the background now thats a good pop of color for these not so good photos-buy hey thats me I will scrap them anyways! Cuz its all about the moment right? Good photo or not! And remember I live will all boys-so any photo of an everyday moment is a good one for me! LOL!

Now you all know I am a challenge freak-HECK thats the only way I get any scrapping done these days-so I had this challenge that is due tomorrow in the back of my head for the use of polka-dots (which is my FAVE BTW) so I thought this would work perfectly for this too. And the best part of this page-I didnt even use a sketch-OMGSH are you shocked? I know I am!!!!

So if you wanna join in the POLKA Dot challenge over at the Paper Variety just go HERE better hurry that challenge ends real soon.

And dont forget to hop on over to Memorable Seasons Store and do a lil shoppin

toodles for now
Tami

Location location location

2011-04-30T11:06:00.004-05:00

SO I have completed another challenge over at Once Upon a sketch
I loved the sketch soo versatile of course. Gosh I am really hung up on their sketches over there. These photos are of my husband at our condo in Gulf Shores. I am sitting down at the pool with the kids while he is up there watching football. I went waaay outta my way to make sure when I made the reservations that we would be able to watch our beloved Tn Vols play while we were at the beach. So when we were done with our game me and the kids went to the pool and he hung out watching all the other games that day. Some people think why would you scrap that well I wanted my kids to read the journaling and maybe someday they will be gracious enuff to think of others when doing the same thing.

I got to use up some of my fave line Cosmo Cricket Snorkel(which I am holding onto the rest REAL tight cuz its almost gone-insert sad face) and it mixed really well with the Studio Calico County Fair line. Hope you enjoyed looking!

Toodles
Tami

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

2011-04-26T10:53:00.002-05:00

WOWZA I had 27 comments on my blog post for the MS Spring Blog Hop. Thanks to all you ladies who participated and to those of you who decided to become followers. Now its up to me to keep you entertained with each new post--hope I can live up to that!

So I am guessing you wanna know how is the winner for the special prize. Well I needed a lil help fromthe Random # generator and it gave me #25--which would be

Tammy

congrats girl-now email me your addy and I will get you some goodies!

Stay tuned ladies I aint done typing yet today! =)

toodles,
Tami

Step into Spring Blog Hop

2011-04-20T08:00:00.000-05:00

Hello and Welcome to my blog! Today we are celebrating the beginning of a new season with the Step into Spring Blog Hop brought to you by the Design Team from Memorable Seasons! If you did not start your hop today on the Memorable Seasons blog, please jump back over there so you do not miss anything.
Today we are looking at the word S-P-R-I-N-G and taking you through all the steps for creating a fabulous layout using an exclusive sketch created for this blog hop by Liz Chidester , which was the first step! And of course that would be for the letter S. If you have followed each step you should now be on the letter N.

And its my turn, so we have seen the sketch, picked the papers, used on packaging and inked everything up. So what comes next?
N= needs embellies

How appropriate that I "Miss Gaudy" get to do the embellie part of the lo. Now now girls don't be scared. This is alot easier than you think. Think of it like getting dressed for work, church or wedding. Ya know you have the outfit now you need some accessories to jazz it up.

So when deciding what to accessorize with I usually pick a bunch of stuff that would work well with the lo. So here's a photo of where my lo stands after the prior steps. Looks a lil naked dontcha think?

Here's some photos of the stuff I drug out to play with for my embellishments.

Now you dont have to drag out that much stuff but I wanted to show you a variety of stuff that would work. Remember there are no rules to what you can put on your lo. Heck I like to put "not normal" stuff on there it makes it more interesting and fun to look at.

So this first photo I pulled somethings and played around here in this first photo and I dont like it. The 3 buttons on the circle or the lil bunch at the top of the photo-just not working for me.

So here's the next take on it. Its getting better-we'll just keep playing around

Now here are some good rules to remember when adding embellishments to a page.
1. When you have busy, bold pattern papers-less embellies is a must. You dont want the page too too busy so that we are pulled away from our photos. Cuz isnt that whats this is all about?
2. When you have small pattern papers, 1 photo with a plain background aka wall, white background, black ground (you get the picture) well to me thats an open road to go embellishment CRAZY!
3. Now not all of us have "The Camera" so all of our photos arent just perfecto. So when you have something in the corner or the sides that are distracting from your photo-try putting some embellishment to cover it and watch how it draws your eye to the subject of the photo. I have done this on this lo-notice how I covered the staircase?
4. Lastly my own personal piece of advice--have fun with your embellishments-keep them packed in close together on your lo-it draws you to the photo better that way, and layer layer layer girls.
5. When making a cluster put the biggest item on the bottom and start layering from there making sure each piece shows thru-this is my FAVE thing to do. Besides I have an obsession that everything must be touching each other-ok now you know something weird about me--hehehehe!!!

And here is my example up to this point. Remember the rules stated up above-becuz these papers are soo bold and busy I decided to go with just a few embellies, but I did layer them up for added impact.

I have my photos and papers picked and have them placed as I have interpreted Liz's sketch, repurposed some Prima packaging, ink'd everything and dressed it up with embellies. Now we are off to Telah's blog to see what's next.

Be sure to leave me a comment telling me what you think about this step. By doing so, you will be one step closer to a fabulous Memorable Seasons prize as well as getting your name entered in for a RAK from me! Also, be sure to hop all the way until the end, where you will be taken back to the Memorable Seasons forum, where you will see a complete reveal of all the Design Team's finished layouts!

Creative Scrappers 2nd chance #147

2011-04-12T18:03:00.004-05:00

So I read the post from Kristine over at Creative Scrappers that Mr Linky wasnt working for sketch #147. YIPEEE cuz we got a second chance to get this done in time for the challenge. So of course i jumped on it. I got to work with some of my new fave paper from Teresa Collins--Sports Edition II.

This is the youngest son-who choses to wear his Dad's baseball # and lucky for me Dad let me snap these pics (soo soo rare) and this sketch was perfect for these photos.

So first of all here's the sketch and following it is my take

TFL!!

A day of happinees and a wee bit of sadness.

2011-04-11T14:50:00.003-05:00

Well today is my youngest sons 10th birthday. Double digits--make me sad. It only puts him closer to the teenage years. He is the youngest that means my days of having "children" are becoming no more. Soon I will be a mom of young men. UGH!
I think this has been secretly bothering me for a couple of weeks becuz without hesitation I have been scrappin his baby pictures (which BTW are looon overdue for scrappin) with such ease. Since I started scrappin late in their childhood I have this thing about saving these photos for the just the right paper or just the right challenge only becuz there arent as many to scrap as I would like. See I was a digi camera rebel for waaay too long. The first ones were soo horrible and the camera I had was one awesome 35mm that I had for years and it took such good pictures, until the day it gave up. Of course that day came at one of our low points economically wise so I had to make do with some disposables (worst pics EVA).

Anyways I saw a challenge for lots of handwritten journaling with a sketch of I knew when I saw it - it was perfect for the only picture I have of me and him when he was a baby. Oh gosh the amt of emotions I had swirling thru my brain during pregnancy--it was soo good to get them down on paper after all these years. I wanted it to come out just right and even now that I have finally done the page I am still not sure it sounds like I meant it. But it is done and boy did it feel good to get it done.

So if you have something like this on your mind-trust me this challenge is just for you. Hop on over to Once upon a sketch blogspot and get 'er done!

Here's my take

Gettin Sketchy Thursday with EP

2011-04-06T12:01:00.002-05:00

Okay so I am soo hooked on this line of pp by Echo Park--you know the For the Record. And this weeks sketch over at Sketchy Thursdays was perfect to work this paper is small bits. Ya know so I can stretch it as far as possible =) Yes I could just go buy some more but I am trying to be frugal and make my purchase last longer--just like I do that large bag of shredded cheese I buy every stinkin week and then have to police it--cuz its ridicously expensive-LOL!!!

This lo is about the storyteller on the train ride we took at Christmas time. Yes I am scrappin Christmas-SHOCK I know. But for some reason when I saw these pps they made me think of these photos. This sketch works so well for it too-all those layers-its like the pages in the story to me. Kinda a weird thing to scrap but I couldnt resist cuz I loved her outfit and she was one of the best storytellers I have ever heard!
Anyways on to my lo----here it is! Would love to hear whatcha think ladies?

Happy Hump Day & toodles
Tami

MME and Frances

2011-03-25T10:17:00.007-05:00

Well I got the new MME Stella & Rose line called Hattie. And OHHH how I love these colors! The name will kinda throw ya-it sounds like some girlie stuff. But its all blue and some gold with a bit of gray thrown in there. And I am soo in love with this new line. And of course if you want a really good deal on some of it you need to go to Memorable Seasons and snatch it up before its gone. Ya know Jill puts all the new stuff in the store @ 20% off when it first arrives. So hurry over and get you some.

Once again The Paper Variety has posted a fun challenge so I used my MME to make it happen. They are playing a game of tic tac toe. And I chose to go on the left side of the board 3 down. The requirements were, use 2 flowers, use a baby theme and make a layout.

This is my youngest son on his arrival home from the hospital. Frances is the woman that took care of my hubby when he was a baby and his younger years. He truly adores this woman and with the arrival of our son he just felt it wouldnt be right if he didnt get to meet Frances. She is a very kind soft spoken woman and I was so blessed to have met her and have her wrap her arms around my son--it was like we received her blessing that day. Sad to say she is no longer with us her on earth but I know she is watching from up above and enjoying the show.

Now if you wanna join me in the game of tic tac toe this week you need to hop on over to the Paper variety blog and get to scrappin!

And as an added bonus-you can go to The Scrappiest blogspot-Liz has some awesome sketches over there and that was how I jumpstarted this one!

Homecoming with Teresa Collins

2011-03-20T13:08:00.005-05:00

Well my friend Joni directed me to a fun blog. Its called the Paper Variety. And guess what they are having a sketch challenge right now. Well of course I couldnt resist--and I wanted to Dive in to my Teresa Collins Sports Edition II collection. These papers are soo versatile and of course they have some of my fave color combos, red, black, royal blue and gray.

Now if I was a much better computer/blog guru I would put a link on here for you to the blog but I am still working on learning these things from Joni (she's my computer professor =)

Anyways heres my take on the sketch--Oh wait first the sketch

Bo Bunny luvin

2011-03-18T11:30:00.002-05:00

Well I pulled out my U BUg Me line once again-as it is slowly dwendling away-insert sad face. They are having a sketch challenge over on their blog. I always love their sketches so I wanted to give it a shot. Here's my take on it

If you wanna join me just HOP on over to their blog and check it out!

My Dt challenge for the Throwdown

2011-02-25T14:23:00.006-06:00

Well this week is my turn for the Throwdown challenge over at Memorable Seasons. Whats a throwdown you say---Have you ever watched it on Foot Network. Its kinda cool--Bobby Flay seeks out people who make some awesome dish and then he try to copy it but also make it his own at the same time.

So we are doing the same thing with a scrapbook page and this week its my turn to issue the challenge---OH soo fun!

Well for my throwdown I want you to think Baked Spaghetti. Its a great hearty meal and not alot of ingredients required--but oh the possibilities to make it different everytime!

So we need some meat, noodles and sauce right? Then is when the fun begins... Did you know that I have kids that wont eat spinach So guess what when I make baked spaghetti I put spinach in there-great way to get them some green vegetable--BTW zucchini works great too.

So here we go with my take

Okay for some reason photobucket is not cooperating and half of my lo is cut off-UGH!

So we have the one photo-check
lots of layering-check
embellie cluster-check
non scrappy item---see the yellow strip with the numbers and some staples, well those are the dry cleaner tags they put on my husbands pants and of course I save them

So here's your challenge ladies
one photo
layering---must have at least 5 pattern papers on your lo
embellie cluster-must be more than 3 items
non scrappy related item--only one is required

Come join us here MS board--then you can see the full picture of my lo and meet lotsa new people.

I sure hope you will come join us for this challenge and cant wait to see what you create---now get ta cookin girls!
Toodles,
Tami

Pride

2011-02-09T17:25:00.005-06:00

WHOA I am such a bad bad blogger. I need to make this my new years resolution--NOT becuz if you know me I wouldnt keep it-LOL!

But here I am today to share a lo I did last night. I like to call it artsy fartsy-hehehee
I have just been a scrappin machine here lately and this one that I did last night I must say is one of my new faves. The pictures arent the greatest but it is some photos I wanted to scrap. Now u know I had to use a sketch cuz I am a sketch aholic. This one is based off the sketch over off the blog called Sketch Thursdays. Diana and Heidi always have the coolest sketches over there. I do them alot but dont seem to get them posted in for the challenge but low and behold this week I will make it in on time. Why do I like their sketches soo much well its cuz they leave sooo much room for you to put ur style on it. This one I wanted to just play around with my paint dabber and boy oh boy did I. I love the messy look of paint--so I swiped the cardboard and then did some BIG swipes as kind of a mat for my photos. I think I should have brought it further out on the right side but hey its art-RIGHT? Then when it was all glued down I decided to dab it sum more-fun fun!
And can you believe I used some flower paper for a football lo-WOWZA--so not me but I do love how this turned out. So thanks again Sketchy Thursday for always leading me in the right direction.

Scrapcetera

2010-11-05T10:58:00.005-05:00

Have you seen these kits. My dear friend Sarah has started a kit club and a long admirer of her work I knew the kits would be FAB! And she def has NOT disappointed. She is having a giveaway of her FAB Nov kit its is filled with some goodies. I am soo wanting that Lilybee fall line thats in there. So yes of course I am trying to win it and then with the New Year I must become a kit subscriber-her kits are full and small on the price. If you havent been there go here---
http://www.scrapceterakits.com
tell Sarah I sent ya! THX

Oh Happy Day

2010-09-17T12:11:00.002-05:00

Well everybody these days seems to be in love with Echo Park Paper CO and guess what so am I! I purchased the walk in the park collection and WOWZA-everything you need is right there. I created this lo and the only thing from my stash is of course some cardstock and the lil pearls on the butterfly. Can u believe it I didnt even need Thickers for a title. Now for those of you how dont know me -that is like a RECORD for me. I always feel the need to add sum more embellies-ya know junk it up. But these pps and stickers have it all. The best part they are soooo reasonably priced. I finished this lo on Wed night and cant wait to work with it some more this weekend. I am soo in love the new collections they have released for holidays-cant wait to get my hands on ALL of them-but shhh dont tell my hubs-hehehe.

This lo is about my son Tucker and his friends Bailee & MAddie. They used to be our neighbors when all the kids were born-well the Calhouns got a job transfer and left us and then 2 yrs later we did the same. We have tried to see each other at least once a year since they first moved. Well lucky for the kids this summer while Tuck was in town visiting his g'parents, Tonya & the girls came in town and they got to spend the day together. I was sad becuz I couldnt be with them but at the same time very thankful they could be together. Stay tuned for a ton more lo's about this day-thanks to Tonya for taking pics for me. luv ya BFF

toodles, Tami

Gettin Sketchy

2010-09-07T11:00:00.006-05:00

Well I had a challenge before me to scrap a lo based on my outfit. This is part of the Scrap u courses over @ Scrap-Friendzy (you should come join us) So I chose to scrap from my outfit that I wore on College Colors Day(my fave workday of the year)
The lo is based on the awesome sketch by Diana over at Sketchy Thursdays (love those sketches to pieces-they have produced some of my best stuff) I decided this time to keep the lo very simple (very very hard thing to do for me). So I used all the elements from my outfit---denim of course from my jacket, the bling in the flower and the dots for the title-from my shirt and my jacket, the orange from my shirt and the vols trim matches my watch, and just in case you are wondering "What on earth is that black circle in the flower" Well its a tire, I save all the ones I find laying around. (My oldest tears apart every car and truck he ever gets-DRIVES ME CRAZY) I used it becuz it represents the black on my flip flops (BTW is not in the pic) and of course it goes with my photo-LOL! Thanks for looking and hey maybe you should give it a try too-its soo fun!

Okay so I didnt realize the pic's were so small that you couldnt read the journaling. Let me explain the lo-cuz I hate when I see peoples work and you dont understand the lo. One year we had to take my dad's Explorer to Knoxville for a game (cant remember why) anyways the last thing he said to me was "Dont put all that UT crap all over my Explorer"---YEA RIGHT! So we took a picture and framed it for him and put it on his desk at work-hehehehe

Meet Lucky

2010-09-07T10:54:00.002-05:00

Well here's another lo about my Tucker. He has been fascniated by caterpillars and every year when school starts they are everywhere. So everyday for about the first 2 weeks of school, when I pick him up from afterschool care he has a new pet. For some odd reason he always names them "lucky"-why I dont know cuz trust me they are not lucky-they never live long. I saw a sketch over on the Bo Bunny blogpost and thought it would be perfect for these pics and of course these pps that I have been HOARDING-I finally made myself cut them and I am so glad I did!

ready for school

2010-08-13T08:24:00.005-05:00

Well now that my kiddos are back in school its time for me to go to school. Scrappy school that is-LOL! Over at Scrap-friendzy they are holding Scrap U-what's that you say. Well its a month long online crop. So bring ur supplies and come join the fun-there are PLENTY of seats available! You dont wanna miss it!

Its a Cali Thing!

2010-08-12T19:23:00.003-05:00

So this is a photo from our beach trip last year. My kids were soo amazed that their mom knew how to do this with the boogie boards. Well growin up in Cali with a brother who surfs-it just came naturally to me. This is based on a sketch by Kristine Davidson that was done for Scrap Sussies. i will def be using this one again!

Scrappin with a sussie

2010-08-11T08:31:00.008-05:00

So last Friday night I got to go to my monthly crop with some good friends I met here online. I have been goin now for about 6 months and I look sooo forward to it. I am so intrigued watching others and how they progress on a page. (Goofy I know) Well 2 of them are on the DT at Scrapbook Sussies and I have been eyeing the kits that work with for about 2 months now. And boy are they packed with goodies! So I decided to go over to Scrapbook Sussies and check out their blog and there's some good action goin on over there. In fact this morning I just saw they are looking for a guest DT-I think I might give it a whirl I mean who wouldnt wanna work with those awesome kits. I found a sketch they had posted for July so I'm gonna go home tonight and see if I can whip one up and who knows maybe she will like and they will pick me! Wouldnt that be cool! So if you havent ever been over there go go go check it out! Trust me cuz "I Scrap with sum Sussie girls" and it's GOOD STUFF!

Oh yea here's the go to spot ~ http://scrapbooksussies.blogspot.com/2010/08/guest-designer.html

Gettin Trashy and need ur VOTE PLEEZ

2010-07-17T09:36:00.007-05:00

Well I am still surving the camper of the year contest over at Scrap-friendzy and this week we had to get trashy. Oh such fun for me-I love using the unusual on a scrapbook page. So we had to use 2 things that would normally be thrown away or already had been-YUCK! Lucky for me I have been picking up these metal washers and stuff at work. See where I park at work is right behind our shop and one day I was like hey I might could use this on a page. So I have been saving them. Also on the page is some fishing wire - that I just happen to trip over the other day while walking in the house. Well seems Bo was puttin some new line on his pole and the old stuff conviently didnt quite make it to the trash-LOL! So if you like my page please go vote-you have until tomorrow to get it in-C'mon u know you like it right? Now get ur tail over there and vote......:)
Oh yea here's the link

http://scrap-friendzy.blogspot.com/2010/07/coty-contest-week-5-voting.html

Thanks

I's a SURVIVOR~!

2010-07-07T09:42:00.006-05:00

Woot woot got the news this morning that I survived another round. I have entered a competition over at Memorable Seasons call Last Scrapper Standing. This last week we had to do a layout with white space and an embellie cluster-MY ABSOLUTE FAVE! I love to get gaudy with embellies and this week it paid off! Each week it keeps getting tougher but u know me I LOVE a challenge! Here's my lo from last week. If you havent already joined you need to come on over and participate. Its too late for the final prize but Jill has graciously donated a prize each week from a random drawing-a gift certificate to her store-WOOT WOOT free shopping-NOW who doesnt love that!

voting is now open

2010-07-03T10:23:00.002-05:00

Just a lil reminder the voting is now open over at the scrap friendzy camper of the year. So get ur tail over there and vote. My entry is just below this post go check it out before you vote! Thanks

PLEEZ VOTE for my mud magnet

2010-07-02T18:39:00.004-05:00

Well I am scrappy camping this summer. I havent entered a really fun contest over at Scrap-friendzy. You should come and join us. This week our challenge was H2o-we had to scrap something to do with water. Include in the lo, paper cut in a wave pattern, some paint splatter and clear elements. Well I did my paper in a wave and my journaling, then I glimmermisted to the max with some ink dropping (cuz here in the south we have red clay mud) then I splattered a bunch of brown paint and for the clear elements I put 3 lil clear bubbles at the bottom of the wave pattern. In my journaling I talk about having to wash these muddy clothes and I thought the 3 bubbles represented the washing machine-LOL!

So if you like it go on over here... http://www.scrap-friendzy.blogspot.com/ and vote for the top 3 of ur liking. I would appreciate ur vote so I can move on til next week.

Well my fire is burnin out so gotta go get some more wood-toodles~~~ LOL!

Just realized I forgot to mention-voting starts tomorrow morning! THX

Lost of goody news today!

2010-06-14T13:19:00.002-05:00

Well my girls just wanna have fun-made the top five list-WOOT WOOT!! I also survived the camper elimination over at Scrap friendzy. So even though its a Monday I am one happy camper today-hehehe

Scrap with a song

2010-06-10T18:20:00.002-05:00

When I saw this prompt I immediately thought of my 40th b-day party. This pic of me and Heather is one of my faves. I love that song Girls just wanna have fun - in fact when it was popular I had a license plate frame made with that one there-dang it too bad dont have a pic of that!

feeling the blues today

2010-06-07T12:28:00.009-05:00

Well today I have the Monday blues today. My Bff Tonya and her girls are coming to Memphis this week and I cant even get there to see them. Since we moved away we have seen each other at least once a year til last year. And I vowed that this year I wouldnt let that happen but sometimes as they say life just gets in the way. But it is only June so I am trying to be positive in knowing that I still have 6 months to keep my promise.

In honor of her I created this lo of our kids who have been the bestest of friends since Tucker was born-they love and they fight but they are always just the same-hooked at the hip. We have always joked and said they should get married someday cuz they act like an old married couple-LOL! I used the sketch from last week over at scrapbook challenges. For some reason that kite just spoke to me as if the Calhouns just flew away but they are still in our hearts. It is also the challenge this week over at Scrap Whispers to use the theme about flying so I thought the kite worked perfect for this one too-purtty awesome-2 challenges all in one lo. Well at least this post helped me bring my smile back. Hope everybody has a FAB Monday! toodles xoxo

NSD blog hop

2010-04-30T14:20:00.004-05:00

Well it is finally here NSD and there are soo many online things to do. The first thing I have done in honor of this day is join the blog hop over athttp://scrapbookchallenges.ning.com/ Pamela has created a sketch just for the weekend celebration and its a goody. I cant wait to get started on it. Also if you have a moment go hopping on the blog hop too-great ladies to meet along the way. This is where you need to starthttp://www.pamelasworldofscrap.blogspot.com/ I have helped you out a little by posting here sketch here for you and if you join make sure to tell her I sent you-THANKS and enjoy . Oh wait heres one last stop for you and I will be back later with my take on the sketch-HAPPY HOPPING!

I'm back with my take on the sketch-I just love this one. This is my oldest son cooking breakfast with my apron on. Thanks to my babysitter for capturing this hilarious moment. When I saw the photo I immediately thought of the nickname that my babysitters son gave Bo when he was 5 yrs old(he is now 13) so thats the reason for this title. Now get going and get yours done!

TOOT TOOT TOOT

2010-02-17T13:12:00.002-06:00

I must share the great news I received last night. One of my lo's was featured on Cosmo Crickets Facebook page yesterday(the one pictured above) To some that might not mean much for me its HUGE! As I venture around the online world of scrappin I have read about people being "featured" by a manufacturer and I never had the courage to submit a page. Well thanks to Julie Bonner and her wonderful sketches I felt a whee bit worthy of submitting this one. And WOWZA they took it. The funny thing is I didnt even see it and lord knows I am a FB stalker! =) Heather over at Simply Obsessed posted a congrats to me and I was like WHAT! To be featured by a Manufacturer is a sign of good stuff to me-not that I am trying to become some designer or anything but it sure is a nice pat on the back! It was only a little over a year ago I learned what a sketch was and how to use it-someone told me about the 52sketches site and I was hooked the first time I clicked on there. I truly feel like my scrappin has grown tremendously becuz of Julie and her awesome sketches and all the nice helpful ladies over there. Oh how i miss that place. So Julie if you are reading this give yourself a HUGE pat on the back from me and enjoy this acknowledgement with me!

What's your word

2010-01-13T21:43:00.004-06:00

After reading the blog by Ali Edwards I did some thinking and realized the perfect word for me to concentrate on this year and apply to every aspect of my life would be "patience". Most important with my children but also in all aspects of my life. I know the Lord has a plan for us all I just have to have the patience to wait for it and take it as it comes.

I scrapped a page about my word so that I could remember it and why I chose that word-I plan to apply that word to all areas of my life. The lo is based on an awesome sketch by Diana Fisher over at Sketchy Thursdays. So tell me whats your word?

Let's get scrappy

2010-01-04T13:07:00.004-06:00

Well thanks to Facebook I stumbled onto something really fun going on in the world of s-booking. Scrap-friendzy is having a sketch-a-thon. They will post a new sketch everyday in the month of January and have a prize drawing at the end of the month. You dont even have to complete every sketch to win. So far I have kept up thanks to the weekend. We will see how well I can do during the week. I have posted my first 3 entries below and my absolute fave is the one about Bo-called courage. I took these photos of his arms becuz i was soo paranoid about those dang bruises. I even took him to the doc so she could document they were from football-I was scared someone was gonna see him and report me for child abuse-LOL! If you get a chance stop in here http://www.scrap-friendzy.com/forum/ and have some fun!

2009-12-18T13:35:00.002-06:00

As the weekend is approaching I am seriously beginning to panic! I still have 3 gifts to get before we head back to Memphis for our family Christmas dash. I wish I had a helicopter it would make our weekend much more enjoyable. We have to drive to Collerville to be with Craigs dad for christmas and then off to Bartlett to spend the night with his mom and have breakfast and christmas with her. Then (Big SIGH of relief) off to Southaven and let the fun begin cuz we will finally get to be with my big wild and crazy family. Its my fave part and shhhh dont tell but its my hubs too! My cousin has a new sweet lil girl and I cant wait to get my hands on her. I always get so excited to be with my family - trust me its never a dull moment!

I was going to try to make some gifts for christmas this year but time was not on my side-unfortunately. So I have to go tonight and get something-i hate shopping last minute. I am one of those people who puts alot of thought into a gift and hates to just pick something up. This is how busy I am - I have 3 scrappy lo's completed and havent even had time to photograph them and get them loaded. I am so impatient that I never do that. Its my fave part of scrappin is loading them on the site and reading peoples feedback-it just fuels my fire. Thats why wherever I am a participatant(spelling??) I always make sure to give feedback(plus it counts for my good deed of the day-hehehe) I am always asking my kiddos what was your good deed of the day - well they dont even ask me anymore cuz they know what I will say-LOL! But if I get to do something else I make sure they know it! =)

Tonight I have soooo many errands to run and dang it -it's raining! OMgosh I just remembered I havent even gotten my Christmas photo cards made-lordy I hope Wally world has 1hr service. Crap I gotta get off here and go check! See what I mean-this life is crazy-but hey at least we arent bored!

Talk soon and photos to come!

2009 what a year

2009-12-16T13:19:00.002-06:00

First of all let me warn you I am feeling a lil sappy this week-why I dont know??? Most of you wont find interest in this post but I have to do this while the memory is still in my head(my memory is slowing fading)

On a good note there are many things we accomplished this year, even in this recession we were still able to do these things and that is a compliment to me myself the family banker-LOL! Finally in my 40's I am doing better at saving $$$-about time! I am proud of the fact that we finally got to take our kiddos to the beach and had a blast, we also were able to take them to a UT football game (dad's secret desire) and we also went to the Chattanooga Choo Choo train for a Christmas ride(my secret desire). They both played basketball and baseball this year. Tucker played football for his second year and Bo opted to sit out this year (still trying to figure out why cuz he is a natural at this game). I for the first time in my life of 42 years kept a new years resolution and lost 32lbs (was wishing for more but not giving up yet). I have scrapped over a 100 pages this year - thanks to the 52sketches52weeks website. Which also opened up a whole new world for me as far as scrapping. I have been a guest designer and won numerous prizes thanks to the world of online scrapping. I am still going strong and throughly enjoy scrapping the life of my lil family-not stopping now! My oldest son Bo started the 7th grade this year-GOSH cant believe I have a child in middle school. My youngest started 3rd grade and has the hardest teacher in the school but they love each other(Thank goodness) for the 4th year in a row he is in the same classroom as his best friend Brian. My most favorite accompliment for the year is that we have finally found a church home after a 2yr search when we moved here we now have a place that fits us. My kids love going to church and this year have participated in just about everything they have to offer. I think my mom would be proud-she was always so strong about going to church. I have reconnected with many old friends and talk regularly thanks to facebook(yep I am addicted)

Losses we have endured-well we lost my loving uncle Bones this year-he lost his bout with cancer-that was a really tough thing for me becuz it hurt my father dearly and I cant stand that. Thankfully thats all I have for this category.

We have been very blessed this year-through all the ups and downs "HE" has brought us through. With God are things are possible.

My hubs and I were married 10yrs this year and I look forward to many many more years to come. We are getting better at the working together thing-well I should say me-cuz honestly I wasnt to keen on the idea in the beginning but I am dealing with it better-of course he never had a problem with it. All in all I still love him just as much as the day we wed.

Okay so thats pretty much whats running thru my brain at the moment-sure more will come flowing out later so with that... stay tuned people..........

2009-11-06T14:08:00.001-06:00

Just wanna share a bit of goodiness with ya...................

There is an awesome giveaway over on Lindsays blog -better hurry and get over there. You probably wanna become a follower as well-she is a very inspiring mom and s'booker.....

http://lindsaysthreelittleblessings.blogspot.com/2009/11/october-afternoon-card-and-holiday-rak.html

Simply Obsessed Birthday Bash

2009-08-09T14:25:00.003-05:00

Come join the fun over at Simply Obsessed they are having an online crop for their Birthday-Can you believe it? There will be lots of challenges with great prizes-you dont want to miss it! Come here and join us @ Simplyobsessed.com.

Time and Energy gone

2009-06-12T23:46:00.002-05:00

Well I started the evening with the intentions of getting at least 2 pages done. But mother nature messed up my evening. Nana called and said a tornando touched down in Southaven and it was headed our way. So we had to get everything prepared and that messed with my scrappin time. I did finish one page for the 52's site and I got to use my prize rak from memorable seasons-Jill is so awesome.

Got lotsa home chores this weekend - my hubs turns 40 on the 23rd and we are having a birthday bash next weekend. So of course my weekend will be busy getting ready which means a whole lotta indoor and outdoor chores-YUCK! Oh well maybe more scrappin on Sunday.

It's late and I have no more energy so I am off to check my eyelids for holes-TOODLES!!

Tami

WOWZA giveaway!

2009-06-12T13:19:00.001-05:00

WOw Melissa is have a HUGE I mean HUGE giveaway on her blog
http://keepsakesbymelissa.blogspot.com/

better hurry and get over there cuz it ends today!
Good Luck!

I am in are you...........

Friday night Crop

2009-06-05T19:11:00.003-05:00

Yes tonight I am holding my own personal crop-WOOT WOOT! It's so quiet here in the house-I am not quite sure how to act. Craig took the kids to a Tractor Pull-another one of his surprise adventures. He is so good at doing that and they just love it. This has been a really loooong week but we finished at work on a good note-nice busy day! For those of you who dont know my hubs and I work together and these last 2 weeks have been tough-the car buz aint all that great. It's very hard to be the uplifter all the time-anybody else feel this why-PLEAZ tell me I am not the only one.

So I think we all are getting what we deserve tonight- a little fun for everybody. So I have now finished my first page-which is for the 52's site. Gosh I love that place-good sketches and the friendliest people. And I even won a prize a few weeks back-so what more can you ask for??

Well I am off now to work on somemore. Gonna try to complete a page for the site "Let's Scrap" another really good group of ladies and the sketches reaaaallly challenge me cuz they are just different-cant really explain it. So I 'll keep ya posted on how I do-BBL!!

It's Friday - WOOT WOOT!!!

2009-05-29T12:39:00.003-05:00

Well I am declaring today "My Good Friday" =-Why you say??? Well last night I got a little bit of time and put this page together thanks to the sketch over at the scrappiest. Love that sketch so simple and I was able to put this together quickly but I love love love the way it turned out. Mostly cuz I didnt "junk it up" - I have been not feelin to well about my stuff lately-wait did I mention that already??? Anyways I just love love embellies but I feel sometimes I get a little carried away and it ends up looking junky-so hmmmm maybe I should try to scrap in less time which would mean less junk-HAHA!!! Most of the products on this page are from a kit I bought over at "we scrap u scrap" great great kit and real good price-just a little high on shipping in my opinion(as if anyone cares)! Also I tried a new technique-thanks to Jodi's tutorial @ 52sketches52weeks. I made that flower from fabric-so cool & sooo quick! Get over there and check it out-I'm tellin ya its easy as pie and sooo dang cute!

So why else is it "My good Friday" well this morning I tried on a shirt for work that I bought last year (which I bought 6 by the way) and COULD NOT wear them. Well they were ordered from work so guess what - NO RETURNS- so u know where they ended up-pushed to the back of the closet. NOT anymore- I am wearing now as I type and quite comfortably I might add =)
Then I put on a pair of capri's from last year and lordy-wont be wearing these anymore-I look like a baby with a wet diaper-c'mon you know how they sag-hehehehe!!!! I cant believe I have actually been on a diet for 4 months and lost weight-after 27 years of fighting my weight -FINALLY-now if I can just keep it up. Not trying to brag on myself just I am a TERRIBLE dieter and have NO will power. I even got tears in my eyes the other day when I weighed and it said I lost 27lbs. So yes I am tooting my own horn today(dont do that much)!! Yea me!!

The last reason for "mgf" well I am here at work and we are really busy-finally!!! But most important my boys are both playing ball tonight-my absolute fav thing to do is watch my kids play sports! So my day is going well-hope yours is too!

TGIF
Tami
aka momawhite99

Scrapbook challenges sketch 145

2009-05-27T21:43:00.002-05:00

So I got some scrappin time tonight-WOOT WOOT!! Which I was excited becuz I found a new challenge/sketch group thru a blog hop on Friday. The sketch looked real easy and I had just the photos for it. It was such a nice clean one I thought I could do it without junking it up(that's the way I have been feeling about my stuff lately)well, it didnt work. Of course I had to stretch the sketch and add some extra goodies. Although I didnt keep it on a small scale I still like it and I didnt go overboard with "STUFF". So I am headed in the right direction-YEA!!! Humm just looked at it again and of course didn't leave any room for journaling-oh well maybe next time! So here's my take on sketch #145-ENJOY-I'm off now-gotta spend a little time with the hubster before checking my eyelids for holes-nighty night!!

Two for Tuesday

2009-05-26T15:28:00.002-05:00

As some of you know I used to live in Memphis and there was a radio station that always played 2 for Tues - 2 songs by the same artist in a row-I always loved listening to that. I am sure there are plenty of other stations around that do the same. But now that we are gone that theme still carries on for me in some shape or form. Well today my 2fer is 2 baseball games in one night-WOOT WOOT!!! i just love watching my kids play ball win or loose! I am a sports junkie like that! So guess what added bonus-NO COOKING tonight as we have a game @ 6 and @ 8:30. I am just hopin the rain holds off.

I was hoping to get some scrappin done tonight as I have a couple of lo's swimming around in my head (I am weird like that) and I am afraid if I dont hurry and get them done they will just float away-LOL!!! But I would much rather watch my kids play ball-so they will have to wait until tomorrow.

So what's your 2 for Tuesday would love to hear from ya!

I'm out-
Tami

2009-05-26T15:24:00.001-05:00

Happy Memorial Day

2009-05-25T15:27:00.005-05:00

Happy Memorial Day to all~! Thanks to our vets and those who are now serving-our freedom is becuz of you!

Although I am wanting my freedom right now-as I am stuck here at work-YUCK!!! I could be at home doing some real work today. We have a garden to plant if the dang rain will ever stop, more flowers to plant and nevermind my endless laundry pile-OH crap just realized gotta get them dang ball uniforms washed cuz of course we will be living at the ballfield tomorrow night.

I did get to do some scrappin this weekend. Gosh I love that 52's website. I liked the sketch so much I did 2 pages...... I find it funny that my mood at the moment seems to make its way to my lo. This last week was very busy-what else is new-so therefore my lo seems very busy to me. Well part of my problem is I have so much to tell and cant seem to shorten up my journaling-oh well! I also love embellies they are like costume jewelry-so they are a must for me and I literally have to make myself stop adding them so they dont look gaudy(spelling?).

Well this is my first official blogpost on my own blog-promise they will get better when I figure this stuff out!

Have a great Holiday

Tami