Thanksgiving Day!

Thanksgiving 2009 was fantastic in our home!  Well actually it was at Noel's grandmothers home, but it was still fantastic!  Ms. Daniele's sister and her partner came from France and it was such a please getting to meet them.  We had a great dynamic group of 14 with all of our friends and family.  Below are some photos.  I will ass more later.

Fancy ham and cheese rolls.

 

Ms. Daniele preparing the silverware.

 

Fruit Basket

 

Ms. Daniele

 

Appatiffs!

 

Noelle & Henry from France

The Spread!

A Gift From The Kiddies!

I finished up my Practicum Hours the Thursday before Thanksgiving and I loved it!  I had such a great time working in the classroom with the little rugrats.  They were so full of energy and taught me so much!  Before I left they sneaked around with their teacher and put together a gift for me. It was a homemade bag with goodies to use in my teaching career (or in school...hehe) and also some books for my first classroom library.  The BEST part of it was the little booklet of thank you letters from the kids.  They made me cry like a baby (check out the last photo...he told me good luck in my marriage).   I LOVED it!

 

 

 

 

Changes All Around

I need a new start.  A bit of a refresher.  Something different, exciting, and fun!  I am making major changes to my blog.  You may notice that I have changed the title and I am currently working on changing the look of the layout. 

In the past this blog included only things about my scrapbooking.  Now it will include everything I do.  I am planning to take cake decorating classes soon and sewing in the summer.  I would really like to learn these two hobbies!  In addition to that stuff, I will also still be chronicling my scrapbooking and will now be adding photography stuff too!  I had different blogs for each of these things and it just gets too complicated.  Lastly I am adding recipes and opinions about the ones I complete.  I can't wait to get it started!

Happy Hobbies!!

A is for Autumn & a FREEBIE!

So, fall is almost here and Isabel Mendez with Crisdam Designs knows just how to bring it in with a bang! Check out this layout which gives you a sneak peak of the new kit that is coming from Isabel! It is titled "A is for Autumn" and you are going to love it.



As a gift to you, I am giving you a basic template that I created to make the above layout!

ACOT SUMMER CROP and a freebie!

Begins today at 3:00PM!!!

www.acherryontop.com

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Now for the freebie! I created a digi-page of my nieces first ballet practice but I had to make an embellishment to go on the page. I had nothing ballet related. So, I created some ballet slippers. Here is the page:



Here is the freebie:

Some Recent Kits at ACOT

These are some amazing kits from some amazing designers at A Cherry On Top. Go to the digi section and get these today! You won't regret it!

ACOT Summer Crop!!

It is time again for anther crop at A Cherry On Top! We love the crops over there because there are so many things to do. We play games, host challenges, fast scraps, and give away points; tons of points!!

The dates are August 28-30, 2009. You can find all of the information you need on our message boards. Stay tuned for game rules, challenge requirements, and contests!

Great Scrapping News!!!

So I have some great news! I was recently selected to become a part of the Creative Team for A Cherry On Top. I was actually selected as a member of the Digi-CT. I am so excited!! This site is amazing! I became a member of the message boards and a regular member of the site about two years ago when I swapped from paper to digital scrapping and I have never looked back!

Some of my recent layouts....

Here are some layout I have completed recently.

The first is of a rabbit that hang out in my yard! He is our real live Easter bunny! hehe The layout was created using the collaboration kit made by Isabel Mendez. See previous post on where to find it.



This layout was created using "Happy go Lucky" by Shabby Princess!

SOOO many annoucements and a CT Call!!!

Yay! Crisdam Designs has a new store at Elemental Scraps, woohoo!!!

FROM ISABEL'S BLOG:
As you might now Elemental Scraps went through a makeover this past weekend. The site is finally up and running and by the way, I just love the new design, it looks so fresh and inviting! And for my grand opening I did a cute collaboration with Angie Kovacs and my entire store will be 30% off. The offer is good through April 12th.

Click HERE to visit my new store.

This is the collaboration preview:




NOW FOR THE CT CALL INFORMATION!!!!


Have you always wanted to be on a digital CT? Well, now is your chance! Crisdam Designs is having a CT call and your invited to apply! Read the ad below and if it sounds like something you would love to do, send in your email!

Destined to be...

So today on the ACOT message boards, Kami for "Kreations by Kami" hosted a little contest! She gave us a sampler of her new kit and we had to use at least 75% of it on the layout. If our layout is chosen we get the kit free! Here is my layout!

Spring Flings & Sweet Dreams

Here are some layouts I created using the new kits from Isabel Mendez!

New Kits by Crisdam Designs!!!

I missed posting on the day she released them. I am still swimming in an ocean of work called school. However, better late than never! Here are the two new kits from Isabel Mendez.





Click on the photos above and they will take you right to the product at ACOT!! Enjoy!!

P.S. I decorated my blog with Spring Breeze! Whatcha think about it??

New Kits!!

I have great news! There are some new kits coming from Isabel Mendez and you will love them!!! Be on the lookout!!

An update and some layouts...

Well I just returned from Spring Break this past weekend and I had a blast. Nothing exciting happened, but I got to visit my family in Louisiana for nine days and it was much needed and very relaxing! My niece and nephew were great fun to be around and I even got to see my cousins Rachel, Ayden, and Drew. We had a extraordinary time!

Before I left going out of town, there was a crop over at ACOT. I love these things! They are so much fun and the friends you make while doing it is unbelievable. I won a challenge there and I had one of my layouts chosen to be represented in the "CT Spotlight there" I was so stoked about it. Here are some layouts from that weekend...

This is the "CT Spotlight" Pick

Free Desktop Layout for Valentines Day!!!

I hope you enjoy this! It's a free desktop layout I created using Crisdam Designs "Be Mine" kit. You can purchase the kit from A Cherry On Top. Hope you like!!



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First Post This Year and Freebie Contest!!!

Wow, what a year its been so far! I have started a new semester at school, in the Bachelors Program, and I am super busy!

However, to calm my nerves I am going to scrap. I am here with a great offer from Isabel Mendez! Her new kit is coming out Monday at A Cherry on Top and and she is giving it away free to one lucky scrapper! Don't miss your chance! Go over to Isabel's Blog and leave her a message on the post. She will pick a lucky winner soon!! Here is a preview!!

Oh my its been a while! Great new Kit by Isabel Mendez!!

Wow, its been a really long time since I have posted! I have been so super busy with buy our new home and finishing up finals. Then it was on to the holiday season. Life never stops! I just wanted to let you in on a new kit offered by Crisdam Designs (Isabel Mendez) title "ABC"! I love it and its chock full of school items. Its perfect for the first day of school snapshots. Here is a layout I created with it.



You can pick this up at Gotta Pixel in Isabel's shop!!

Beautiful Spirit

I just completed this layout of my niece! I love it! It was made with the holiday collab kit at Oscraps this month.

Warm Wishes

It's all about holiday season and scrapping those special times! This kit is fabulous and available at ACOT!

Included are:
2 Semi solid papers
3 Worn & torn papers
7 Pattern/textured papers
1 Lowercase alpha
1 Set of numbers and punctuation
4 Buttons
1 Candy Cane
1 Felt Christmas tree
8 Flowers (2 different styles)
4 Snow flakes (acrylic, silver, chipboard, glitter)
1 Chipboard word art (joy)
1 Sequins swirl
4 Bracket journal papers 1 Twig
1 Set of leaves
3 Chipboard buttons
1 felt hanging mittens
5 Baubles
1 Silver hanging clip
1 Paper owl
1 Frame
1 Paper Christmas tree
3 Pins (with and with out shadows)
4 Realistic bows
4 Realistic wrapped ribbons
1 Set of stitches
2 Chipboard swirls
1 Scallop snow flake tag

All files have been created at 300 dpi for high quality printing. The alpha and elements come in separate .png files, so no cutting necessary!