MME and Frances

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

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

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

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

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

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

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