Yes, I'm still here....

Here are a few scrap pages that I've done recently.

Here's a couple pages of Ciara, 17 years ago. The journaling reads:
When Ciara was in kindergarten her hair was very long. In school the other girls would play her hair so much that she would have trouble concentrating on her school work. So one day she asked to have it cut. We cut it first to her shoulders then up to her ears. Ciara loved it!


Here's a close up of some of the flowers I used. The second page was part of a challenge on Scrapbook.com. What an addicting site that is!

Here's another page I created for two challenges. One was to use a template and the other was to scrap your pets. So I combined the two.


And a close up of the flower I made...Isn't it cute!?

coolie-oh

This is the coolest present that I could ever think of to give someone. A picture of themselves LOL Once upon a time, I was a model (believe it or not) My daughter took one of my old pictures from my portfolio and then recreated into this fabulous art. She added shells, lace, yarn, scrapping paper...anything she thought would work. Is it not the best!! She gave it to me unframed, so we went to Goodwill and found this terrific frame for 5 bucks! I think the frame works great with the picture. Her artwork is now hanging proudly in my craft room.
Thank you Ciara
xxxx

kisses

Can you beat that picture :-) This is has always been one of my favorite pictures of Ciara and Liyah. Then I came across this quote and the 2 just needed to be scrapped together. Lucky for me, I just got a Quickutz Silhouette! I was able to write out the quote in Photoshop then copy and paste it into the Silhouette software which in turn cuts out the letters for me. Lesson learned is to use a font that does not have such skinny lines.


The flower was made from part of the batch that I had bought from Overstock. I think they went quite well with the ribbon paper from American Crafts. I also added some dew drops, lace and velvet ribbon.

The word kiss was cut out twice, layered, glued onto the page then I put a coat of crystal effects for more dimension.
oh ~ and ps, this is mostly digital...can you tell?

2004 and counting

Here are a couple of pages that I made highlighting Ciara's delight in a 'photo shoot' These were taken quite a few years ago, so I am very glad I still had them hoarded away on my computer.
The first picture was taken in our back yard by my garden of tulips, in the spring of 2004. The layout is a freebie frame set that I added quite a bit of glitter to. Yup, I added all that stuff by hand!


The next picture is the one we used for her Senior picture. They grow up way too fast.


Again, more glitter plus primas and pearls.

Ciara 4 months

Well I'm catching up, only 21 years and 9 months to go before I'm caught up with Ciara's scrapbook.
This page uses some adorable Heidi Swap paper, Sizzix's Wingo Zingo Alphabet die that I bought at Michael's for $4.00. Yup, you read that right, 4 bucks! I also bought a package of cutting pads and the extender platform for $4 each as well. I certainly couldn't pass those up!
I also used Stampin' Ups! Heart to Heart punch and the Round Tab punch, a flower from the Pretties kit and some ribbon from Michael's dollar bin.
Hope you like it :-)

Big Brother

This was a fun layout using a freebie kit from Digital Scrapbooking The page is all digital except for the half pearls, the heart charm and the butterfly.


Didn't the butterfly come out great? I printed out the butterfly from the kit, cut it out, pop dotted it on then put on some jewels. It's amazing what you can do when you think out of the box a bit.
Thanks for stopping in,
Michelle

Sweet Baby

Today's scrap pages are brought to you by Ciara, who requested I work on her album. I guess I should get rolling since she's 22 now and in these pages she's a newborn. Gosh, 22 years...that's along time ago!
The papers are all from Stampin' Ups Bella Rose collection, the rub-ons from Heidi Grace and the Sweet Baby from Thickers. I've also added some photo corners, half pearls, ribbon and some vellum punched out with the eyelet punch from Stampin' Up.


The black and white picture is me and was taken exactly 52 years ago...yes, exactly ~ It's my birthday today :-) What do you think? Does Ciara look anything like her mama?
thanks for stopping in,
Michelle

long winded

Today I'd like to share a bit of our fun filled life. The story involves my daughter, Ciara, our pup, Liyah and a stray dog that Ciara named Ewok. ~ Ciara brought Liyah for a walk and didn't get too far when two lose big dogs, one being a pit bull, decided they didn't like Liyah. Luckily for both of them, Ciara was able to get the dogs off of Liyah, picked her up and ran home with her. I don't know who was shaken up more, Ciara or Liyah. They were both very lucky! Liyah only had a one inch puncture wound behind her ear and a very swollen neck. We called Animal Control who took pictures and Ciara gave her statement. What happened to the dogs after that, I have no idea but I haven't seen them in a week. Liyah has just finished her pain meds and most of the neck swelling has gone down. So I decided it's a good day to go give the owners our vet bill. Boy was I a nervous wreck! I could barely get my words out, but it looked like the owner was just as nervous. I think she was relieved, when I gave her the bill, that it was only $80. She said she would bring the money to me after lunch...well it's 4:15, do you think they are still eating?? So back up a bit. About three days after 'the incident' the dogs owners 10 year old daughter knocked on my door. So I answer and she has a small dog with her that is in some major need of a grooming and asks if I know who's dog it is. I've never seen it an I am wondering why on earth she has come to my my house. This girl was actually outside when the attack happened and was able to pull one of her dogs away so I'm sure she knows that our family is not that happy with her family. So I tell the girl, I have no idea who's dog it is but we'll take it inside and call Animal Control. Boy, I'm out of breath writing all this and I'm sure you are getting bored. So to make a long story short, we got to play animal groomer while we waited for the Animal Control to come. We gave him the name Ewok because Ciara thought he looked like an Ewok then gave him a nice bath and combed out his fur. Hopefully by now he has been reunited with his owners, if not I'm sure he is making someone a wonderful pet. ok, I'll stop blathering now. I hope you're still awake!
Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle
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I think I have Scrapbook fever. My upline has a contest going to create a scrapbook page. What better reason for me to try my hand at it. I think the hardest part was to figure out what I wanted to use as my subject. A baby daughter will work. Once I figured that out, I was on my way.


The photos are of my daughter (obvi) when she was not even 5 minutes old. The photo on the right is of her being shown to me the first time...ahhhh. top left is me holding her, bottom left is her dad holding her.
I'm sorry Vivian, this is not a total SU! project. But you must forgive me since it was my first time. The papers are all from my stash except the Rose Red, from SU!, framing everything. The butterflies and little tiny hearts are from K & Company.
Now what should I scrapbook next.....