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!?

Bocci by the Sea

The new issue of The Daily Scrapper is ready to check out. This issue is packed full of tutorials, interviews, articles and I have a hybrid-digi layout in it's pages. fun! Check out my tutorial here on how I create this page.

Every summer my family has a reunion at my parents house at the beach. Usually we will play volley ball in the sand, but this year we decided to try our hands at Bocci in the sand. That's me showing off my form.

Turning 50

Today's post is a layout that I made last week using the Sweet Nothings Simply Scrappin' kit. Isn't it adorable! and yes, that is me and I did turn 50 a couple of years ago, So since I was in the scrapping mood....here ya go. I love the colors that are in the kit and the elements were all so cute, it was hard to just pick a few.
My parents gave me a beautiful Bougainvillea bush to celebrate my birthday and sadly it got hit by a heavy freeze we had this winter. Hello! this is Florida, we aren't suppose to have such cold weather. Luckily it's bounced back with gusto, so I've been trying to prune it back into an acceptable shape.

That's me hugging my Dad out by the pool. Then my Mom decided to show off her hula hooping skills. Not too bad for a Mom of an old lady LOL (that would be me)
That's my Dad and husband with a bit of help from my daughter planting the bush.
Thanks for stopping in and have a great weekend.
Michelle

Caught in the Act

Poor kid. LOL Here's my son 23 years ago...holy smokes does time fly! yup, 23 years ago. He has now graduated from college and has started off on his career in finance. I am so proud of him. Love {kisses} and hugs Colby.
This layout originates from the challenge June Color Play contest on DigiShopTalk We are challenged to use some very fabulous colors along with one of their many prompts. As soon as I saw the prompt for National Potty Training Awareness Month I knew exactly which photo I was going to scrap.


I decided to title the page, 'Caught in the Act' and then put the photo into the layout as if it's 'caught' behind the wire. An added benefit to the wire was that it covered up his boy parts. The page is all digital except for the twine on the tag. Can you believe it!?
The was a free kit called ~ Bee My Honey from Andrea Dickinson.
Thanks for popping in,
Michelle

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.

Beautiful Bella

Aren't these flowers gorgeous? I wish I had kept the wrapper for the box they came in. I can tell you that the middle of the flower is made from a button that I bought at JoAnn's. Did you know there was a tool to cut the shank off buttons? Amazing!


On to Beautiful Bella ~ she is my sweet kitty that my husband gave me for Christmas. She will be a year on Saturday but still acts like she is a kitten. I scrapped her playing under my curtains. She will entertain herself with practically everything.


thanks for stopping in. Isn't she the cutest?

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

60's flower power

Boy, was this page fun!! It all started with the fabulous paper from Heidi Grace. Isn't it the grooviest!? I love these pictures of me with my little pixie hair cut and missing teeth, could I be any cuter? I used lots of elements on this page, primas, dew drops, lace, chipboard, and how about the neat border punch up in the left top corner where a bit of journalling is. Isn't that pretty? gee, I ask alot of questions, don't I.
thanks for hopping over :-)
Michelle
ps. To see the details, click on the picture to make it larger.

Disney two page

I've been in a scrapping frenzy. There are so many memories that I need to document and so little time! Isn't this paper gorgeous!? I found it at my local scrapbook store and right away knew it would go with the colors in our Disney pictures.
Butch and I went to Disney's Animal Kingdom with his brother and his brother's son. It was a gorgeous day, except for the normal Florida lunch time rain shower. I love the picture, above, of Butch and I walking. Me talking and him listening!! How cool is that!


Thanks for taking a break from your day,
Michelle

Another Scrap Page

I'm still working on the scrapbook of me. Here I am at age 5 with two of my three sisters on Christmas. My other sis was probably napping since she was only 3 weeks old. I used a design from Scrap Maps for the overall design. There is a mixture of Stampin' Up! Papers with Christmas paper and trims that I purchased after Christmas last year. Nice :-)
Thanks for popping in,
Michelle

Scrapping Michelle

I've been out of the card making loop and have been working on my scrapbooking. Not your ordinary scrapbooking but 'hybrid' scrap booking.

I am so addicted! Hybrid is doing your scrapping on the computer (which would be called digital) but then adding some dimensionals after printing out your page. Most of these pages have crystal effects or pearls on them. It's amazing how real looking these pages have turned out. See if you can figure out what is digital on the pages and what is real.




I hope you have enjoyed peeking at my layouts. Let me know what you think.
hugs,
Michelle

Colby's First Page

.Here is the 12 x 12 scrapbook page that I've been working on recently. It's my son's first few minutes of his life. He's now 25 .. I guess I have some major catching up to do!!
thanks for stopping by!
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Moving on in history

I finished two more pages of my scrapbook. Again I used Carrie Stephens elements. For dimension, I printed out the buttons, layered a few of them together to make them thicker, then covered them with crystal effects. I also dug out my embroidery thread for a few of the buttons but then realized I could just use a marker for the same effect. Lazy girl, huh.

I also added glitter to the scroll design so it's much more sparkly in real life. All the pictures that I have been using were actually developed by my Dad. He had an old fashioned dark room in our basement. He also had some Playboy centerfolds hanging in there. First naked ladies I ever saw.
Thanks for visiting :-)
Michelle
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Fall Fun

I haven't gotten into scrapbooking yet, but once I do, I'll be very prepared. These are title bars for a scrapbooking swap that I am involved in. I'll send these in and in return I'll receive back one of my title bars, some border strips, a journaling square, tags and several other goodies!

A shout out to Caroline Sharkas for dragging me into this great swap and for letting me borrow your stamps. Thank you so much for your friendship!

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.....