tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73389534246889897602024-03-05T06:28:23.235-05:00My Two GirlsJennie H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09740091609827213191noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338953424688989760.post-40089845379206147052011-06-28T17:33:00.000-04:002011-06-28T17:33:41.829-04:00In a FunkI don't get it, I just came back from a great vacation with my family to Disney World for the first time ever and I am in this terrible, horrible funk! I don't know what it is but I am feeling so down and dumpy and depressed. I keep wanting to think that it is "after-vacation blues" but I don't know what the deal is!<br />
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You know, people always say the grass is always greener on the other side and I think I have a touch of that going on right now. Watching families in Disney and looking at the happy parents and kids and then I look at my family and kids and think, "Where did I go wrong?" Don't get me wrong, I love my kids and my husband but I just don't feel that "bliss" that I feel I should be feeling. I feel like my children fight from the time they get up in the morning and they will do whatever they can to get under each other's skin. Whether it is name calling, hitting each other, or just being down-right nasty, this is what they do every day! My oldest child is grateful for nothing and takes everything for granted (at least this is how I feel. I am sure this isn't the case but I feel like it is often). She doesn't yet get the whole concept of money and how much we actually do for her and sacrifice for her on a daily basis just so that she can dance and do what she loves to do. I am actually getting a second job just so I can support her and still have a little "fun money" for other things. Everything that I do daily revolves around her and her schedule and yet I get this mean, obnoxious little girl almost daily! I know inside of her there is this wonderful heart and very caring person in there but it is so tough some times to see this and remember that this is a little person that I am dealing with. She wants to be so grown up so fast and I am not handling the attitude and the greediness too well. I allow myself to get aggravated and nasty right back with her and I know this is not the answer.<br />
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Looking at the way my 3 year old behaves as a result of watching and listening to her older sister, I get just as discouraged and annoyed. I don't know what to do with her! She is feisty as all get out and she does exactly what Kayla does. Today she told Kayla that she was dumb and she hated her! Where does this come from?! I know she has learned it from Kayla! It is so not nice! I did not teach my children to behave this way and I just can't wrap my mind around where I went wrong in teaching them how to treat others!<br />
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Watching the people interact in Disney, I really took notice of the couples that were around us. It was so sad for me to watch married and unmarried people around me with such love and affection for each other and then look at myself and see really nothing. Where did I go wrong in my marriage that I am just co-existing with my spouse? I wanted to be in a place where I was absolutely in love with the person every day of my life and where I would look forward to the time we spent together, this just isn't the case. This is not easy for me by any means to sit and write. I am writing this as a way of coping and dealing with my feelings and emotions. Just like in raising my children, I wonder where I went wrong in my marriage. After 15 years of marriage in addition to 5 years of dating, we just exist. We are roommates in our house and we communicate basically when we have to. Our schedules revolve around the kids and work and rarely do we ever meet up, if we do, it is for a quick minute or two at dinner and then it is off again. This isn't anything new in our relationship, it has been building for about four years now and I have thought more about it lately than I ever have. I feel like a failure and I am not sure how to get that spark and romance back...will it ever come back. It is really scary to think that I am going to spend the rest of my life just existing with this person that I have spent more than half my life with. I don't know if we will ever get back to the way we were especially when we rarely talk. When you have let things go and neglect your relationship for so long, can you ever get it back? I know I am mostly to blame for all of this but at the same time, marriage is a two-way street. I notice more and more that he seems to want to spend less and less time with me. We both have neglected our marriage and we both have chosen to do nothing about it. This is what is so difficult for me to process. Watching people this past week who you could tell were absolutely, totally in love with each other and then here we are fighting. Not good for the morale. Hmmmm. I know he loves me and I do love him, but as I lay awake at night I wonder if that is enough to last a life time when there really isn't anything else.Jennie H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09740091609827213191noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338953424688989760.post-13258711447433459452011-06-08T13:15:00.000-04:002011-06-08T13:15:40.586-04:00One More Obsession!So in my previous post I mentioned that there were very few things that I am obsessed with, well this is another of those obsessions:<br />
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://pinterest.com/jennieg%22%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://d3io1k5o0zdpqr.cloudfront.net/images/pinterest-button.png%22%20width=%2278%22%20height=%2226%22%20/%3E%3C/a%3E"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615890963959200706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZALuxbK5bJCQiNQEg9DNXj-vvnEZqoe0aCY29mwm_n6kR4D_48QkbFs8vIgJOm5ycxBNzQBtkohmwCy2ATFWMZNgyArP18dEkB6seL8Y5rsRCheiZm4iqPMkOEDoIDpp_ash7b-lDm53/s320/pinterest-button.png" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 26px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 78px;" /></a> I am in LOVE with this site. Basically what Pintrest is it is a virtual bulletin board so to speak. You can "pin" anything that you have an interest in onto bulletin boards that you create! For example, I have been working on several designs for wedding invitations and when I find something I like I drag the image to my Pintrest icon and I can "pin" it to one of my saved bulletin boards. You can follow other people's bulletin boards as well. When you follow a person's boards you can choose which of the boards of theirs that you would like to follow or you can choose to follow them all. It is great to follow a person's boards because when you log onto the site, you come to a home page where you can see all of the items that have been pinned by those you are following. You can then take any of their "pins" and "pin" them onto any of your boards! I love it because it is just such a wealth of fabulous ideas and images!<br />
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Your boards can range from ideas for the home, fashion, crafty, pretty much anything you want! I am in LUST with this site! I think this past Sunday I pretty much spent my entire day playing on it!!<br />
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If you have a chance check it out! Please make sure that you note, you have to be "invited" to a part of this site. You can ask for an invitation, which is what I did, and when they decide to make space for you, you will receive your invitation to join. I <em>PROMISE</em>, you won't be disappointed!<br />
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Thanks for stopping by! :-DJennie H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09740091609827213191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338953424688989760.post-22263725812327271552011-06-06T18:17:00.015-04:002011-06-06T18:39:10.685-04:00Obsessed!So I have to admit, I am kind of a nerd!! I started reading this series back before they even became popular.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8N7nWY6vXQURPLI2vvpBk_F5JZx0TIJy35neuLAw8AJ8VzHE7elfEETJQoXmZAczBnqFRxgOYCyZrAKlgcVLz7dqkFSUuEzkKobK4kXuVhspQ2PdFTW1w5xgUPTTUdYwsRicpaiE29l4P/s1600/twilightcover.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615234985558284498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8N7nWY6vXQURPLI2vvpBk_F5JZx0TIJy35neuLAw8AJ8VzHE7elfEETJQoXmZAczBnqFRxgOYCyZrAKlgcVLz7dqkFSUuEzkKobK4kXuVhspQ2PdFTW1w5xgUPTTUdYwsRicpaiE29l4P/s320/twilightcover.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNSDNidL-W_zvIbA1mV1Q2hpCSGINNWeeIPNTJiMMk-1bL4nJXyp87k4wg08yXg4iytUTQpVNXADCECTHejzmoVfdbaJUDlAs97Im7oWv257LxmEpgsJeGOYIEdWX3MLlzkz2WbEqLfYcv/s1600/newmooncover.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 224px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615234978817834338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNSDNidL-W_zvIbA1mV1Q2hpCSGINNWeeIPNTJiMMk-1bL4nJXyp87k4wg08yXg4iytUTQpVNXADCECTHejzmoVfdbaJUDlAs97Im7oWv257LxmEpgsJeGOYIEdWX3MLlzkz2WbEqLfYcv/s320/newmooncover.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2WXeQU3urMrxzZoZLM15xxrTqReiFHllSKsZwKGy-FffjequKd0UnNDHKkAbYWlKe-5mgAVdeyD0C3IpyN4m0iVAmJPxkBuFIUHIp5u-EVPNWH8tqjPBwyi71vVbmXZpTiBG7_C_TZkll/s1600/eclipsecover.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 212px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615234974677885794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2WXeQU3urMrxzZoZLM15xxrTqReiFHllSKsZwKGy-FffjequKd0UnNDHKkAbYWlKe-5mgAVdeyD0C3IpyN4m0iVAmJPxkBuFIUHIp5u-EVPNWH8tqjPBwyi71vVbmXZpTiBG7_C_TZkll/s320/eclipsecover.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilBcV1syvRpgIft9hWkEGEmaGjxcvELGRsItBFQf70BxRWf68HvIs4xn1T6_X77P26g9qMqK0wJJXLJXyJQzk7g2OlYOrl-O_AG3umOTR4CCcubGOXJSD4tUmM6hpHBRuAG7D2CghLn5PW/s1600/bdcover.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 209px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615234965923584178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilBcV1syvRpgIft9hWkEGEmaGjxcvELGRsItBFQf70BxRWf68HvIs4xn1T6_X77P26g9qMqK0wJJXLJXyJQzk7g2OlYOrl-O_AG3umOTR4CCcubGOXJSD4tUmM6hpHBRuAG7D2CghLn5PW/s320/bdcover.jpg" /></a> I started reading the series not only because it looked good but also because I am always looking for good books to "suck" my students into reading. When I started <u>Twilight</u> however many years ago, I was captivated right away!! I quickly read the first book and moved onto <u>New Moon</u> but I can say that I had a more difficult time reading through this one for some reason. I put it down for about a month before going back to it. I am glad I did! I finished <u>New Moon</u> and <u>Eclipse</u> just in time for <u>Breaking Dawn</u> to be released. I had been trying to convince my friends and sister that they <em>NEEDED</em> to read these books but they all thought I had lost my mind! Finally my sister-in-law picked up <u>Twilight</u> and she was quickly sucked in!! <em>My first victim!!!</em> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I convinced her to go with me the night <u>Breaking Dawn</u> was being released in bookstores. We went to the bookstore to hang out until midnight when it would go on sale at a discounted price! I was sooooo excited! I felt like a teenager hanging out at the bookstore with all these teeny-boppers!! We had fun and I realized that I am very grateful for no longer being a silly teenager!<br /></div><br /><div>I think I finished <u>Breaking Dawn</u> in about 2 1/2 days! It was so good! I have convinced more friends and my sister as well to read this series and I think they are glad they did! </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I have seen all of the movies several times and probably could recite <u>Twilight</u> by heart if I had to! I am soooooo looking forward to seeing <u>Breaking Dawn</u> in November (not that I am rushing my summer or my life, just looking forward to seeing it!)! There are few things that I am obsessed with in life, but this is definitely one of them!!<br /><br />Click Here <a href="http://youtu.be/uycOpnYnd5g">http://youtu.be/uycOpnYnd5g</a> to watch the new trailer! I CANNOT WAIT!!!!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Thanks for allowing me to share my obsession with you!! Be back soon!<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div></div></div>Jennie H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09740091609827213191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338953424688989760.post-55535766745095828552011-06-02T12:11:00.010-04:002011-06-02T12:40:35.156-04:00My Scrapbook RoomHi!<br /><br />I just wanted to stop in real quick and share some photos of my scrapbook room that I have been working on for about a year. The basic pieces have been complete since probably July of last year but I am still working on the organization. I have to say, I absolutely LOVE my new space!!<br /><br />We live in an old 1950s Cape Cod and our upstairs was finished when we moved in. It has the old slanted ceilings and the previous people added some cool features in the two rooms up there, like pocket doors, built in drawers, and built in shelves. There are cute little features that have been to my benefit organizing scrapbook supplies!<br /><br />Here are some pictures:<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">These are pictures from the entry way in my room:</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiInLLAoJ_TgLzJUyvOWnCAGHr3GgErbrg8qQJNy9WLg9yh3YQSqK5rSh4lLOWkJZYlJEKLF2qUs3YJOudzL8rVUmVxn9NXPPImfbNOYQg-46W1bVeqUW-wIfl25tjFHxn2SzNi7vqvQCn0/s1600/IMG_0511.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613659713282118274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiInLLAoJ_TgLzJUyvOWnCAGHr3GgErbrg8qQJNy9WLg9yh3YQSqK5rSh4lLOWkJZYlJEKLF2qUs3YJOudzL8rVUmVxn9NXPPImfbNOYQg-46W1bVeqUW-wIfl25tjFHxn2SzNi7vqvQCn0/s320/IMG_0511.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtLZFD0ztaHYs2qdz0xU6ENw25vhfmjaRwLkgG9T-n5Yw-Bwjo6id2wgx3QcGzjjQM9GaARDKL7ZIbmjC8VvdTqqlwgSOBo2iMvrahcs_P8UNLwhI0DK1vL-KsXzC2KnArdoxxYfYI3fFi/s1600/IMG_0513.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613659709986045298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtLZFD0ztaHYs2qdz0xU6ENw25vhfmjaRwLkgG9T-n5Yw-Bwjo6id2wgx3QcGzjjQM9GaARDKL7ZIbmjC8VvdTqqlwgSOBo2iMvrahcs_P8UNLwhI0DK1vL-KsXzC2KnArdoxxYfYI3fFi/s320/IMG_0513.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZmg-vnKF9Z8tz0rDMeH11kf6JhLDXlOLb-3Vl9YmLFC2SKX-MWZCmRBSK4fyZ6R-_Y5jZTYbehM7mjsUm1LKPzaUKmL56tCz75ZYAbrXzV8cDom7YDjOPU8AF-ataM2p_BdjlX2YmVX_/s1600/IMG_0512.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613659417767473874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZmg-vnKF9Z8tz0rDMeH11kf6JhLDXlOLb-3Vl9YmLFC2SKX-MWZCmRBSK4fyZ6R-_Y5jZTYbehM7mjsUm1LKPzaUKmL56tCz75ZYAbrXzV8cDom7YDjOPU8AF-ataM2p_BdjlX2YmVX_/s320/IMG_0512.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ytSvFYB9DqIWx0wrkAyHkg2mCWOVzvSafY5dhaKiQjRFW6GirKh4_230NeGqd8ADEjfoU8dTqwi_f2-1NjbFtKzdaljljSlgtMFZGenuxJZhyCAg2lIDx3P5DIDQ6HSqVfCuhnPVgSYB/s1600/IMG_0510.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613659270980269282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ytSvFYB9DqIWx0wrkAyHkg2mCWOVzvSafY5dhaKiQjRFW6GirKh4_230NeGqd8ADEjfoU8dTqwi_f2-1NjbFtKzdaljljSlgtMFZGenuxJZhyCAg2lIDx3P5DIDQ6HSqVfCuhnPVgSYB/s320/IMG_0510.JPG" /></a><br />I would have never imagined green, hot pink, and black working together but I absolutely love the color combination!! I feel like when I go into this room, it is a happy, comfortable, creative place!! LOVE IT!!<br /></div><br /><br /><div align="left">I have plenty more things to share but didn't want to make this a super long post! I will be back soon with more pictures of my room and some ideas on how I organized things. Maybe some one out there has some ideas that you would be willing to share that may work in my space as well?!?</div><br /><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><br /><div align="left">Thanks for stopping by!</div><br /><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Jennie H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09740091609827213191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338953424688989760.post-71335449669334589022011-05-04T17:59:00.016-04:002011-05-25T09:03:04.286-04:00Cards for JamesHi Everyone!<br /><br /><br />I have FINALLY been allowed to download pictures onto Blogger! I don't know if everyone else has been having these problems or if it is just my computer illiteracy! Glad to be back though!!<br /><br />So my friend Shane has been doing a card drive for a sweet little boy in her son's kindergarten class. Here is James's story (taken from his <a href="http://www.carepages.com/carepages/raceboy">Carepage</a> - written by his parents)... "We wish that we didn't have a story, but the truth is we do. A few days after Christmas James experienced belly pain which was thought to be constipation. After visiting the pediatrician for an exam, we were sent for an x-ray. The x-ray confirmed a mass of some sort. At that time we were sent to Children's Hospital for an ultrasound which showed a 13 cm tumor in the left kidney. The probably diagnosis is a Wilm's tumor. James was originally scheduled for a left nephrectomy, however, the plan ended up changing due to a finding on the MRI. James has a small spot on his right kidney. This could be a "rest" which would be an insignificant finding -or it could be a bilateral Wilms tumor. Since we don't know for sure, he is being treated as though he has a bilateral Wilms tumor. The standard treatment for this is 6 weeks of chemo then surgery. James is a sweet, fun loving 5 year old with a big heart!"<br /><br />Shane has been collecting cards for James and delivering them to his family. Just think of what a big smile these will put on this cute little boy's face! So, I need your help to make this card drive a success and put a smile on the faces of this family. All you need to do is create a card (or cards) with an upbeat cheery theme (please...no get well soon cards) and send them to Shane...<br /><br />CARD FOR JAMES<br />c/o Shane Rieder<br />862 Gorham Drive<br />Cincinnati, OH 45245<br /><br />*PLEASE INCLUDE A PIECE OF PAPER WITH YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, EMAIL, and THE NUMBER OF CARDS YOU SENT because there will be drawings for PRIZES!<br /><br />She is also collecting cards for James's family ~<br />Sister ~ Grace (3 years) and<br />Parents ~ Matt and Heather<br /><br />Here are a few cards I have made so far for the family:<br /><br />This one is for James:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8db1Yp4us0QSm2RqL6_t_5zm8mxZqxKPwaVhkUr99F3pOhvOEuPLGpouEMXXmGITD3Ar1OZQps9uxcIGjm9HXUoj9F8P864SFllvJr_3xz7vA99jMCJDkUx97VqY5_Ji1UmLmQtIMX_Ng/s1600/IMG_0598.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602987644707818642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8db1Yp4us0QSm2RqL6_t_5zm8mxZqxKPwaVhkUr99F3pOhvOEuPLGpouEMXXmGITD3Ar1OZQps9uxcIGjm9HXUoj9F8P864SFllvJr_3xz7vA99jMCJDkUx97VqY5_Ji1UmLmQtIMX_Ng/s320/IMG_0598.JPG" border="0" /> <br /><p align="center"></a>Loving the Hero Arts Monsters!!</p><br /><p align="center"></p><br /><p align="center">Here is another card for James:<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLttKwdWaFdbCyh8LMSRBSCypnXRXzZ9d_uWGWJBXPw4N6zl2T6dj_eYvu1GJLaQuxn8q55WCHnaVRwo4KBjsRbAOS4am3nHAErSeuSIdg04Vtvqsf_gJXWsQ_9JQAK5Q6AG0eZfFS0cpo/s1600/IMG_0594.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602985709197442978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLttKwdWaFdbCyh8LMSRBSCypnXRXzZ9d_uWGWJBXPw4N6zl2T6dj_eYvu1GJLaQuxn8q55WCHnaVRwo4KBjsRbAOS4am3nHAErSeuSIdg04Vtvqsf_gJXWsQ_9JQAK5Q6AG0eZfFS0cpo/s320/IMG_0594.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><br /><p align="left"><br />For James' sister Grace:<br /><br /></p><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghFgOc3EwhXVOgBoaHRLxhQBXWmd7HwL9wBZ-YoJaR0jiosVHEN9yx0e3CwX-C7UXOkNwi9_LS18qeX2-uUTT40Y17HZqETJIKKZSXKxuUM0It4F59FBpw-HKHwC7WgLnm6LgV5HF9KYM4/s1600/IMG_0589.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602985701969857778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghFgOc3EwhXVOgBoaHRLxhQBXWmd7HwL9wBZ-YoJaR0jiosVHEN9yx0e3CwX-C7UXOkNwi9_LS18qeX2-uUTT40Y17HZqETJIKKZSXKxuUM0It4F59FBpw-HKHwC7WgLnm6LgV5HF9KYM4/s320/IMG_0589.JPG" border="0" /></a> Again, Hero Arts stamps!</div><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGvGcl2EJ2_E2I8pyntX_wK3ixtnkZk_o8LATMzwHgYw5jgQH4kMnMmYG6EDV5KZ3_3OuiDg-BkDbameaFCkwGFZKihWgGKzg3GHJFsRte6zZKoWERD3NNMBOI6CN8COZzJGNnWjCeOH8P/s1600/IMG_0592.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602985308104049218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGvGcl2EJ2_E2I8pyntX_wK3ixtnkZk_o8LATMzwHgYw5jgQH4kMnMmYG6EDV5KZ3_3OuiDg-BkDbameaFCkwGFZKihWgGKzg3GHJFsRte6zZKoWERD3NNMBOI6CN8COZzJGNnWjCeOH8P/s320/IMG_0592.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZGae254h3c1CGviIgTr_SUHqHLjt5q_Ep9KSYl9uuVBwRfB4AADqaF_JQAm5AgtOA25mu8ACZkQaXyyatF9xFZ23FZeV1CzqWOLw3wdvW1Dr3wz3EJn2nrh8e7crPBi3W6CGFFwPKZAi3/s1600/IMG_0595.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602985298919488546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZGae254h3c1CGviIgTr_SUHqHLjt5q_Ep9KSYl9uuVBwRfB4AADqaF_JQAm5AgtOA25mu8ACZkQaXyyatF9xFZ23FZeV1CzqWOLw3wdvW1Dr3wz3EJn2nrh8e7crPBi3W6CGFFwPKZAi3/s320/IMG_0595.JPG" border="0" /></a> LOVE these butterfly stamps and background stamp from Hero Arts!<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_a8TVJ3WUfxMolJ7B8KQlxOUREjcBAhG2uoMQVYElX5rmIAcwK6atHWOOxfLbbLNO97hsaQ2f71u8pSxLPBgjwEPZFmOS2W1qGL8DtckmcmqRmitDr74EHY8aGE2X1pD7TL3OJIyp4NM/s1600/IMG_0596.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602985031701221378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_a8TVJ3WUfxMolJ7B8KQlxOUREjcBAhG2uoMQVYElX5rmIAcwK6atHWOOxfLbbLNO97hsaQ2f71u8pSxLPBgjwEPZFmOS2W1qGL8DtckmcmqRmitDr74EHY8aGE2X1pD7TL3OJIyp4NM/s320/IMG_0596.JPG" border="0" /></a> Close up of the butterfly sprayed with Perfect Pearls and Chipped Saphire Distress Ink.<br /></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="left">Card for James' Parents:<br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDgFQdqCUg4iWKpGriKhCPiQodjw1UE5jCRR_1UHKsPixufTQ-FSATaOlgYxHWxVDAU8GZCtMdgMua5DzZFYj0iPVpCHcqwswzmGSJ-8qXuuYoRCtZIcIH1h2IPweHXuUPY92q2weB-7a9/s1600/IMG_0599.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602985026488357650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDgFQdqCUg4iWKpGriKhCPiQodjw1UE5jCRR_1UHKsPixufTQ-FSATaOlgYxHWxVDAU8GZCtMdgMua5DzZFYj0iPVpCHcqwswzmGSJ-8qXuuYoRCtZIcIH1h2IPweHXuUPY92q2weB-7a9/s320/IMG_0599.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Hero Arts Background stamp with distress ink and Perfect Pearls.</div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy8Q-n7ybiPGBQw7rMGepPuu2flRbW50WwiePi_9Sejvfip6Iu1acvvBUbBN8gTUz50GzK0n3aADKnm6AUrdywVeaLpuzkuxJb-GSX4RMm9ILXEuVVPPR3AmBciYAy2VX-ZicwiASkHDBC/s1600/IMG_0600.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602984811021280066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy8Q-n7ybiPGBQw7rMGepPuu2flRbW50WwiePi_9Sejvfip6Iu1acvvBUbBN8gTUz50GzK0n3aADKnm6AUrdywVeaLpuzkuxJb-GSX4RMm9ILXEuVVPPR3AmBciYAy2VX-ZicwiASkHDBC/s320/IMG_0600.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Just a little bit of time to create but hopefully put huge smiles on this families faces for a little while.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcjCFjCup5ShazjFvtpOLb4oQDzOcAoWwyWtNF5j0-aNIDgjMo4r2H55sn4YWDXhB3kiawdqaeAIek2Ba0p7QVgz-VXfjm-6q6myrWuSxu_x9mqnw_9b9r3UOgYPS8sN-9V1-7snPNuIma/s1600/IMG_0607.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602984680525995570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcjCFjCup5ShazjFvtpOLb4oQDzOcAoWwyWtNF5j0-aNIDgjMo4r2H55sn4YWDXhB3kiawdqaeAIek2Ba0p7QVgz-VXfjm-6q6myrWuSxu_x9mqnw_9b9r3UOgYPS8sN-9V1-7snPNuIma/s320/IMG_0607.JPG" border="0" /></a> Thanks for stopping by! Have a lot more to share now that I have figured out how to upload photos again!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Jennie H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09740091609827213191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338953424688989760.post-11466255049021940842011-05-03T18:34:00.002-04:002011-05-03T18:36:34.609-04:00Trying to BlogHi!<br />I have tried now 3 times in the last week to get on here and share some of the work that I have been doing but I am not having any luck! Every time I try to upload pics to share the Blog refuses to upload them! I am wondering if anyone else is running into this problem or if it is something that I am doing?! I am so frustrated. If anyone has any ideas, I would GREATLY appreciate it!!<br />Hopefully I can figure this out soon as I have lots to share!!<br />See you soon!Jennie H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09740091609827213191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338953424688989760.post-89004054043557535982011-04-03T10:52:00.002-04:002011-04-03T10:58:08.127-04:00Quick Share<span style="color:#000000;">Hi! Just wanted to pop in real quick and share a cute little card I made for a birthday party yesterday. Love the little Monster set from Hero Arts! This is the only "boyish" set that I own so it was fun creating with him!!</span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikOF4ADtEHLmMwIpE_zs61cmiQwSienQ-WeWrKje5fFkF7RDQsdHer7d1DcX12GGAhYsp1OW2KfaO9F8q_d2BKCFy-v4NqddToUpd5essWBOyQsi96p061DNLVOQtvVdwakoxAi4ZBzq9/s1600/Cute%252C+Quick+Card+003.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 243px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591370619794824754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikOF4ADtEHLmMwIpE_zs61cmiQwSienQ-WeWrKje5fFkF7RDQsdHer7d1DcX12GGAhYsp1OW2KfaO9F8q_d2BKCFy-v4NqddToUpd5essWBOyQsi96p061DNLVOQtvVdwakoxAi4ZBzq9/s320/Cute%252C+Quick+Card+003.JPG" /></span></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgErchtKItmL49DAITy1S5f3xZ_SyDP3we77N7pqH6BWfbehqORgGYLfD3ZRf0cL9q7httetOKsQFeDHc1rPtVPOIDyAXeoW8-L7nTgfyiS3Zzm_S-s4Tjfrj4X9mTfWfq9K9S9cJrQWOpO/s1600/Cute%252C+Quick+Card+002.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 262px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591370613705564210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgErchtKItmL49DAITy1S5f3xZ_SyDP3we77N7pqH6BWfbehqORgGYLfD3ZRf0cL9q7httetOKsQFeDHc1rPtVPOIDyAXeoW8-L7nTgfyiS3Zzm_S-s4Tjfrj4X9mTfWfq9K9S9cJrQWOpO/s320/Cute%252C+Quick+Card+002.JPG" /></a> Not sure if you can tell or not but I popped up the balloon, a trick I learned from Heather, and I added some Glossy Accents to the balloon!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Thanks for stopping by, I will be posting again soon some other projects I have worked on over my Spring Break! <br /><div></div></div>Jennie H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09740091609827213191noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338953424688989760.post-5954925548372531922011-02-17T16:48:00.004-05:002011-02-17T17:04:06.021-05:00Goings OnJust wanted to pop in and say hi here! It has been a whirlwind of a few weeks here. Audrey got sick last week and I spent two days home with her as she recovered. It was nice to spend two days home alone with just her snuggling on the couch and watching Dora the Explorer (although I was insane from Dora by the end of the second day!). It was nice though to spend some time with her alone.<br /><br />I went back to work on Thursday to get called into the Principal's office and told that I would not have a job at my school for next year. I have been surplussed. I now have to update my resume and interview at different schools in Cincinnati Public Schools. I am guaranteed a job in CPS at this point unless the district starts to cut more money and more jobs and then I may not have a job in the school district I have worked for my entire professional career! I have been here for 14 years! In a way I am glad that this has happened, it has given me a kick in the butt to go out and find something that I may be happier in. That may be a new school within the Cincinnati Public School District or that may be a job outside the inner city. I have options. I have to be proactive and go out and find something that is going to make me happy. I don't want to just settle to have a job. I would ideally like to get out of teaching altogether but unfortunately that is not in the cards for me! Bills to pay suck!! Some day!<br /><br />To add to the black cloud hanging over me, I broke a wisdom tooth this past weekend and I had to have oral surgery to get all four wisdom teeth pulled out! Needless to say I was not happy! I know people have this done every day but I was honestly scared out of my mind! I try to play tough guy and in my brother's words, I tried to "Man Up"! But I was scared to death! The last time I went under general anesthesia it was a result of complications in my pregnancy and spent 3 days in ICU. So as you can see, I was pretty scared to go under again. You have no idea how excited I was when the nurse came in and woke me up! I spent the day in bed cuddling up and I am glad to say that I am not in too much pain! I am so glad for that!<br /><br />I am hoping that this black cloud is now gone and we can get back on our happy road! Kayla will be competeing in Saturday in her first dance competition of the season! She will only be dancing 4 of her 7 numbers which works out fine, get those nerves out now! I am looking forward to spending the day watching her and her teammates dance!<br /><br />Also looking forward to a 3 day weekend with my girls!! Hoping that at some point I can get a few scrapbook pages wrapped up that have been laying on my desk for several weeks waiting for me to get back to them!! I will post them soon!<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by!Jennie H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09740091609827213191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338953424688989760.post-90406680799603343992011-01-18T18:58:00.002-05:002011-01-18T19:03:20.314-05:00New Blog!I just wanted to stop in and say a BIG, HUGE thank you to Kristina over at <a href="httphttp://twohappymamasblogs.blogspot.com/">Two Happy Mamas </a>for creating my beautiful new Blog!! Kristina did an awesome job and it was all complete in about a day! You ROCK Kristina!!<br />Just wanted to share and send anyone who is interested over to their website! These ladies ROCK!<br />Thanks for stopping by!!Jennie H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09740091609827213191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338953424688989760.post-19037610008368447972011-01-17T14:58:00.005-05:002011-01-17T15:09:25.958-05:002 LayoutsI have been working on part of my New Year's resolution by setting aside some time every day to scrapbook. It may not be a lot of time but it is time! I have found that laying my things out and starting on it and then going back to it whenever I have a few minutes is working AWESOME! I have completed 2 pages in the last week and have started another! I am loving it!<br /><br />Since Kayla's new competition season is right around the corner (3 weeks away), I decided that I better get last season's pictures scrapbooked before I have a ton more to do! Here are my creations for two of her dances. The pictures are not that great but I am hoping with my new camera coming soon, my pictures will soon ROCK!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWJ4TVoL_pEfP_LtymjZjSpAspq8-xKS-khxMBlcJot8RBxn0uLf4cAAI9677o33uYMKeDz3PbOkUA7YP4svnCDiGCi_89uB64XSxEXaWB-51dHO56K61bUlaSTUmuvArgeo-G7cMMEEum/s1600/PICT0250.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 256px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563247531836621618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWJ4TVoL_pEfP_LtymjZjSpAspq8-xKS-khxMBlcJot8RBxn0uLf4cAAI9677o33uYMKeDz3PbOkUA7YP4svnCDiGCi_89uB64XSxEXaWB-51dHO56K61bUlaSTUmuvArgeo-G7cMMEEum/s320/PICT0250.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd4akX1YnBDdSob1tO2RkyLCuBXrUs40hV-TKZ-2Uf3-nAn04WZhx_ysApEBzVw-p7eT6AtZkduPbUku1G2qeyVFDTUq_io7-VctZrMwWUEXqVyxh5IOsah8_zDQOyhiedoqiaKf3wWFFL/s1600/PICT0248.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563247522086506290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd4akX1YnBDdSob1tO2RkyLCuBXrUs40hV-TKZ-2Uf3-nAn04WZhx_ysApEBzVw-p7eT6AtZkduPbUku1G2qeyVFDTUq_io7-VctZrMwWUEXqVyxh5IOsah8_zDQOyhiedoqiaKf3wWFFL/s320/PICT0248.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkgnVlLskg-t3tQ00Ho4yeqBpPOCg4D5FQ4AR0dpAIKk00HLzipUbr4HgCaRmhhOtnWdoeIjmd-HklHSzdsOyAIzatiZC0xViJskXI9Ql9Vz5h09Ns2UABXNGdhyphenhyphenYYiIgEahHAoijJUkTS/s1600/PICT0244.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563247514267413090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkgnVlLskg-t3tQ00Ho4yeqBpPOCg4D5FQ4AR0dpAIKk00HLzipUbr4HgCaRmhhOtnWdoeIjmd-HklHSzdsOyAIzatiZC0xViJskXI9Ql9Vz5h09Ns2UABXNGdhyphenhyphenYYiIgEahHAoijJUkTS/s320/PICT0244.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjif2q1CYO5CcKmYa7rz1dKNP5WpnCGVzkLNe_Ep4Yhew5jaAgqZQQO0I46ZPZxXrCdzwVMuy6Fgl2j2jLeYp2qCjm3CbDWYPmCtpL6EMsna6tXzoWKyZGb9M17_McgcSP0OC-iADpdmH4i/s1600/PICT0242.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 272px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563247509382604738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjif2q1CYO5CcKmYa7rz1dKNP5WpnCGVzkLNe_Ep4Yhew5jaAgqZQQO0I46ZPZxXrCdzwVMuy6Fgl2j2jLeYp2qCjm3CbDWYPmCtpL6EMsna6tXzoWKyZGb9M17_McgcSP0OC-iADpdmH4i/s320/PICT0242.JPG" /></a><br />Well, this is all for now! Thanks for stopping by!!<br /><div></div></div></div>Jennie H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09740091609827213191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338953424688989760.post-45856158963583540512011-01-04T18:56:00.015-05:002011-01-04T19:26:57.747-05:00Happy New YearHi!<br /><br />I have been really wanting to get back into the blogging seeing as I have seriously fallen behind. Unfortunately I can honestly say that I have not done too much crafting lately and that is what my blog originated as, a place to share my craft. I know people say that if you REALLY love scrapping or crafting, you will find a way to fit it into your life but really I feel like I am exhausted by the end of the day! It is my goal to get out of my rut and get back into the swing of things!<br /><br />Over the summer I was able to create a new scrapping room all of my own, well actually I did create a space in my room for Kayla to sit and create with or without me. I am very fortunate to have this cozy space in my home to do what I love to do. I took a lot of time planning and decorating it and I honestly need to spend some time enjoying it now! Since it is a new year and time to make changes for the positive in our lives, that is what I am going to do. I have this AWESOME table to create at and I am going to plan to set aside a small bit of time each day to creating. It might be a card, a layout, or an actual craft. I can leave it lay and come back to it every day. Who knows, maybe I will get so involved that I will spend hours completing the entire project or layout!!<br /><br />I haven't spent a lot of time scrapping or crafting but I have been spending a lot of time doing what I call "Blog Stalking"! I have been reading different Blogs and getting ideas for cards, layouts, and photography tips as I "stalk". One thing that really jumped out at me as I have been doing this is Ali Edwards's idea of "One Little Word" I have been thinking a lot of this concept and absolutely LOVE it! For those of you that are not familiar with it, the idea is that you choose a word that you want to spend an entire year working on, it is a word that is only about YOU. For more information, here is the link to <a href="http://aliedwards.com/2010/12/one-little-word-2011.html#more-8036">Ali Edwards</a> post explaining it way better than I can. I think that the word that I am going to focus on for the year is PEACE. I feel like I keep coming back to this word over and over again as I have been thinking of this concept. I feel like I need to find PEACE within my life and everything around me. Sometimes I feel like I am surrounded in chaos in my day to day life ~ from rushing out in the morning for work, to the craziness at work, rushing to pick up children, and getting Kayla to dance. Home life seems to be as chaotic ~ rushing through dinner, homework, bath, and bed just to get up in the morning and start all over again! So with all of that said, I strongly believe that I can benefit from PEACE in my life. One goal with this concept is that I want to create PEACE through spending time doing things that I LOVE, one of those being scrapbooking/crafting and then also writing. This is also where my Blog comes into play. I want to be better about getting on here and putting things down on "paper", I tend to feel so much better and feel like I can deal with things better when it is out in the open. I am hoping that through many things I can achieve that PEACE in my life that I am looking for. I know this is a process and I am sooo looking forward to this process! I am even hoping to pick up one of those beautiful necklaces featured in Ali Edwards post with my word on it. I think this will help me keep my focus daily even when I am feeling caught up in the chaos, something to ground myself, you know?<br /><br />Well, since I have rambled on and on here, I am going to step away for the night and head off to my scrap room. I am hoping that I can interest Audrey in a Dora DVD so I can get something started!<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by!Jennie H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09740091609827213191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338953424688989760.post-71845260774292578102010-09-06T14:48:00.008-04:002010-09-06T15:05:08.338-04:00Cards for KidsI have been away for away but I have been busy creating! I have wanted to join all of the great people that have been helping Jennifer McGuire out with the Cards for Kids drive and I finally got several cards finished. I wanted to make sure that I made everything perfect for these special kids. Here are the cards that I created:<br /><br /><div align="center">First up for the girls is this adorable octopus. On the outside is a joke that says, "What lives at the bottom of the sea and carries a lot of fish?" The punchline on the inside says, "An octobus!!"</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUhLM-RLkN0umMqXpQTsq6GLJAm52MYnqGCc5hTZZa7Mod3ZznaU4FQ_MOTvL7Q41sMHUlZzJf2wqdeKyDHsrRJMo_6bOXO45vweYzVnzXmL_xzLnNdOHl9rPVMKj17Ma0BKvos6zlJG_h/s1600/Scrapbooking+Pages+231.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513875495681394770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUhLM-RLkN0umMqXpQTsq6GLJAm52MYnqGCc5hTZZa7Mod3ZznaU4FQ_MOTvL7Q41sMHUlZzJf2wqdeKyDHsrRJMo_6bOXO45vweYzVnzXmL_xzLnNdOHl9rPVMKj17Ma0BKvos6zlJG_h/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+231.jpg" /></a> I showed this card in a previous post and I did not like how it turned out so I made it a little better! Instead of handwriting the joke, I typed it on the computer and placed it inside a bubble. I thought it looked better this way! I created pink for the girls and blue for the boys. The joke says, "What kind of monkey flies to school?" Punchline says, "a hot air baboon!!"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJkcIciGk_PMxvl_LXzw221pNMarmH9HNVqNjWgPJCkhtjThXZe3miq0rwNLiwj9uJCrlM4p_SAEiyO-00XvkCTI31X_MFXOcQws2ZpbivO5suuv8H75BfgA9VCqXJU6oAdpbom7k0tgr7/s1600/Scrapbooking+Pages+229.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513875394798772642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJkcIciGk_PMxvl_LXzw221pNMarmH9HNVqNjWgPJCkhtjThXZe3miq0rwNLiwj9uJCrlM4p_SAEiyO-00XvkCTI31X_MFXOcQws2ZpbivO5suuv8H75BfgA9VCqXJU6oAdpbom7k0tgr7/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+229.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYnWdVJhn0byrk2A9AxjZxoxhxUsQh1WFi_qxvOegYHGE6jdBT5-rAu9j-BE84pq0aN31TXEG5iOvJAm_m53anbnzRK_ZHYAzd_LgJYm13UiEAftiSv6P1oNmLIc5S3XP3SQ23e_7VRczJ/s1600/Scrapbooking+Pages+228.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513875384189139378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYnWdVJhn0byrk2A9AxjZxoxhxUsQh1WFi_qxvOegYHGE6jdBT5-rAu9j-BE84pq0aN31TXEG5iOvJAm_m53anbnzRK_ZHYAzd_LgJYm13UiEAftiSv6P1oNmLIc5S3XP3SQ23e_7VRczJ/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+228.jpg" /></a><br />This is the punchline for the next card, I can't figure out how to reverse the order!! Sorry!!<br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513875376666523810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWC6fON5qza1T2NQAGIbOenJSaF8o4MPIF5l6FtHHKoT8LUZ3qJDit9JNoH8epg3nzK8NWD1gvMF-jCb1oZTpXDnZIDOIzOdx4Nyze5NrKjcYYlYSOfaIhICuXwa_bI6BRhjoU5kbX_sEw/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+227.jpg" /><br />This whale card is also from another post that I didn't like so again, I changed it!! Instead of handwriting the joke, I typed it on the computer and placed it inside a bubble. Again, I thought it looked better this way! <br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj26AS3t9t-v0gyp6IpHUV6f7ts9Im8IpVJ5U0jv4O-_qwGlskrc67x5e93iDQ2QY60hixL9-kZEjacNN-cFiKTj0H79fRtl0aIQ3t2Dti19PABwqPMQ1oloH5rxH57_i-V16lHZCe4tx9c/s1600/Scrapbooking+Pages+226.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513875364698078642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj26AS3t9t-v0gyp6IpHUV6f7ts9Im8IpVJ5U0jv4O-_qwGlskrc67x5e93iDQ2QY60hixL9-kZEjacNN-cFiKTj0H79fRtl0aIQ3t2Dti19PABwqPMQ1oloH5rxH57_i-V16lHZCe4tx9c/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+226.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikZiJbyH8Z2nrj6zxtHf_YuzD7NFwELGjZo8GktoSdM8XDX2GhSIPEuMK2oAlFMJIsgjOHD2ssoW-27GejOdfMUcy0OPYge2PPYQBykXbTEZ2mk0reDfvhmES_urdJ8Jas604AUirwepus/s1600/Scrapbooking+Pages+225.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513875360658957698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikZiJbyH8Z2nrj6zxtHf_YuzD7NFwELGjZo8GktoSdM8XDX2GhSIPEuMK2oAlFMJIsgjOHD2ssoW-27GejOdfMUcy0OPYge2PPYQBykXbTEZ2mk0reDfvhmES_urdJ8Jas604AUirwepus/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+225.jpg" /></a><br />This robot card I thought would be cute and simple for the boys!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjewBPe1YXZZHfTMVDo43wj-H1qnK7WfPxuUFXMihH6Mlvs_wARTCIpaa3m0R7Ed48V8MZ4ka-0QS7uDkcbWV1blXl4TO0BX6OX-Nc0uApELXGhjOdheWDoztBE8FLiX8N_RHePrVhyHi1P/s1600/Scrapbooking+Pages+224.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513874976229850514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjewBPe1YXZZHfTMVDo43wj-H1qnK7WfPxuUFXMihH6Mlvs_wARTCIpaa3m0R7Ed48V8MZ4ka-0QS7uDkcbWV1blXl4TO0BX6OX-Nc0uApELXGhjOdheWDoztBE8FLiX8N_RHePrVhyHi1P/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+224.jpg" /></a> This is another simple card I made for the boys. (Sorry about the lighting, it doesn't look so good in this picture!)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgb4Y-HaSRemLHHV_s3SqLceSEvCz7PQ0QCm0Oz05gstTFVjiWUUwjbq9sgUA19Y4vcjddCcqUJSY92Oz2NXEJHaz3L2gTm5PFT7L6QLS8WNm05E46yJmi8ktybd9d-GBj3ZS7G19AMUIb/s1600/Scrapbooking+Pages+223.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513874966200957586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgb4Y-HaSRemLHHV_s3SqLceSEvCz7PQ0QCm0Oz05gstTFVjiWUUwjbq9sgUA19Y4vcjddCcqUJSY92Oz2NXEJHaz3L2gTm5PFT7L6QLS8WNm05E46yJmi8ktybd9d-GBj3ZS7G19AMUIb/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+223.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZDnAuw9-nePaLAPeV6QqrO0h_pBw26SPlP9sOsNeKm-x77U39S_bNn0In6Ax-K3IpZ78_MNjKtgtflk9bHcdtEqmng5vjYSN-bhA1wOZPSPibFuhBqcP1NVVL86MntVppz0Y8PAl5Tk51/s1600/Scrapbooking+Pages+222.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513874958315287442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZDnAuw9-nePaLAPeV6QqrO0h_pBw26SPlP9sOsNeKm-x77U39S_bNn0In6Ax-K3IpZ78_MNjKtgtflk9bHcdtEqmng5vjYSN-bhA1wOZPSPibFuhBqcP1NVVL86MntVppz0Y8PAl5Tk51/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+222.jpg" /></a><br />This is the girls version of the above card! I had to make it girly by adding bling to it, not sure you can really see it in these pics.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSmW5XAitK2KjWKKvQbb_-x7zMP0r-qKcOKa2JeV0op32qmeNyCUOR6313f9NlXYvwiVmtNLg0ACvn0P3fQR2OQXEaTJ38LrZ_YDzqmcXD6xSpy5dYosvFjVu4kPrXFFbOw2Iokz8edbB/s1600/Scrapbooking+Pages+221.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513874947594027442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSmW5XAitK2KjWKKvQbb_-x7zMP0r-qKcOKa2JeV0op32qmeNyCUOR6313f9NlXYvwiVmtNLg0ACvn0P3fQR2OQXEaTJ38LrZ_YDzqmcXD6xSpy5dYosvFjVu4kPrXFFbOw2Iokz8edbB/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+221.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ3zTwMbxWOaeDH5gZ0PGaf5J0mH7O_ZK6n0Ly3wvPbFbGnCem2mlyK2UpM_b9_cHXrd2D3mE_wD9KjuZFyYMDRE30sglS1JHmxSUX83aKfX7rJvNTLLJeCHYJK52g3wB1npCEwFFNbLoO/s1600/Scrapbooking+Pages+220.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513874940754280994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ3zTwMbxWOaeDH5gZ0PGaf5J0mH7O_ZK6n0Ly3wvPbFbGnCem2mlyK2UpM_b9_cHXrd2D3mE_wD9KjuZFyYMDRE30sglS1JHmxSUX83aKfX7rJvNTLLJeCHYJK52g3wB1npCEwFFNbLoO/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+220.jpg" /></a> </div><div align="left">I really enjoyed making these cards and I even got Kayla involved, I thought it was a great way to show her how important it is to give back to others and to send smiles to those in need. I hope that Kayla and I can continue to participate in this card drive and really make an effort to make these children smile!!</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">Until next time............<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="left"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Jennie H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09740091609827213191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338953424688989760.post-73042266942432246692010-07-11T13:13:00.005-04:002010-07-11T13:22:42.853-04:00Quick ShareHi!! I just wanted to share a quick few cards that I made!<br /><br />10 years ago, my sister was blessed with TRIPLETS!! I remember the day they were born and how tiny they were. So scary to see such little tiny babies and I rememeber being so worried about them. I am happy to say that over the past 10 years, they have grown into such wonderful little people!! They always brighten your day when you are with them!! Even though they are triplets, each is so unique and has such a great personality!!<br /><br />So with that came my challenge this year to create birthday cards that would suit each of their personalities!! This is what I came up with!!<br /><br />For Ashley I created a butterfly card. Of course I had to use Bo Bunny paper. I used the Hero Arts butterfly stamp and embossed with white. I then added some glimmer mist to the butterfly to make it shine!! Here is a close up.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhegqzySvIXQOuIjHf-__sFDZnSVnUcDJWByGbHsutmU5-0WwKJ9chvlf3fDlgPYwkbZgSGfT0nquphKcwCMcsL0gsvIXwYJ4lPK63TcOelix4t0HlX0UbZWEe8UZh2PpykS8wJVydXMu5I/s1600/Scrapbooking+Pages+209.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492698286767702898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhegqzySvIXQOuIjHf-__sFDZnSVnUcDJWByGbHsutmU5-0WwKJ9chvlf3fDlgPYwkbZgSGfT0nquphKcwCMcsL0gsvIXwYJ4lPK63TcOelix4t0HlX0UbZWEe8UZh2PpykS8wJVydXMu5I/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+209.jpg" /></a> and here is the complete card.<br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjru_kyilI3qguNrA-nC7ey3ey4N09-LfRaCbo8zorjlokz2MAQQYG-5zbqenbo-SFCma1enwDNmc3aBjn2iYr7aIoNgL5J786NfO_O9-bXCWQTN0MWh8FK1DhPF1LglkoFTl0dDmL40hmG/s1600/Scrapbooking+Pages+207.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492698277097877394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjru_kyilI3qguNrA-nC7ey3ey4N09-LfRaCbo8zorjlokz2MAQQYG-5zbqenbo-SFCma1enwDNmc3aBjn2iYr7aIoNgL5J786NfO_O9-bXCWQTN0MWh8FK1DhPF1LglkoFTl0dDmL40hmG/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+207.jpg" /></a><br />For Jacob, I had a difficult time. 10 years old seems to be a period of transition. I didn't want to make it too childish but at the same time he isn't quite a teenager yet!! Here is what I created:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUiiA6v58jkSLitgz4KMyYSFM53FswSORv9MJJgRmGPKYgifkUC-aFO94s5sjIgFujnwz6h6-lxEWbmJBSXUWyItc5yRpl15MeRmV3rUpNj764UwalEIRzIElh_o4sAnVdHuSvFdbtKO_/s1600/Scrapbooking+Pages+206.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492698263535182642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUiiA6v58jkSLitgz4KMyYSFM53FswSORv9MJJgRmGPKYgifkUC-aFO94s5sjIgFujnwz6h6-lxEWbmJBSXUWyItc5yRpl15MeRmV3rUpNj764UwalEIRzIElh_o4sAnVdHuSvFdbtKO_/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+206.jpg" /></a><br />Finally for Alex I created this cute girly card. Again I used Hero Arts stamps and then used my Copic markers to color her in. Here is what I came up for Alex:<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg07rwkO7lrY9VADVp_sYyHWOboFLU5fyFouYWKuXkZqmVMVkxGMfSjqSvFj6TUlrH3_NQS-xbAZ6OLdrcRoy1mnYJ7YnpmkN3C5hFUwADt2kkgF4DO5sthHzFgd9l4V95sVFr8TVsSCA9Z/s1600/Scrapbooking+Pages+202.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492698259632056914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg07rwkO7lrY9VADVp_sYyHWOboFLU5fyFouYWKuXkZqmVMVkxGMfSjqSvFj6TUlrH3_NQS-xbAZ6OLdrcRoy1mnYJ7YnpmkN3C5hFUwADt2kkgF4DO5sthHzFgd9l4V95sVFr8TVsSCA9Z/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+202.jpg" /></a><br />Well, that is it for now. I am off to get ready for the birthday party!!! Thanks for stopping by!!!<br /><br /><br /><div></div></div><br /></div></div>Jennie H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09740091609827213191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338953424688989760.post-80993068518117646222010-07-07T18:54:00.018-04:002010-07-07T19:20:34.177-04:00Cards For KidsSo I have been a stalker of <a href="http://jennifermcguireink.typepad.com/">Jennifer McGuire's </a>blog for sometime now and I have seen how she has a drive called Cards for Kids. She enlists the help of scrapbookers and card makers to help create cards for children and their families who have severe illnesses such as cancer, leukemia, etc. and are receiving treatments or are in the hospital for long periods of time. I have always wanted to participate but never felt that I could make cards that would live up to the unwritten standards that were in my mind!!! So finally after watching my friend Heather create cards for some time now I finally decided that it didn't matter how my cards looked, it was the smile that I put on a child's face that mattered!! I have been working on several cards and I am determined to make more to send along to Jennifer. Here are a few examples:<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3xfuUKlbxz5l1iv7Cr4q_ecZpRFLEdUH2djV-xof6Hi3XEjkXvHs3rtIOMUf6eThcMhkeG14hn5yBdsP5SNgmTH8v56IuL90aC0plu4Lhl3uos99E2k73IVzc9pTvg6imXyszsJdbEEF1/s1600/Scrapbooking+Pages+198.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491302995279376258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3xfuUKlbxz5l1iv7Cr4q_ecZpRFLEdUH2djV-xof6Hi3XEjkXvHs3rtIOMUf6eThcMhkeG14hn5yBdsP5SNgmTH8v56IuL90aC0plu4Lhl3uos99E2k73IVzc9pTvg6imXyszsJdbEEF1/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+198.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeV1-y9XQAkVd_V6_aRJC4f8FBtLTzzncmYeNR-Y5HrxWsPtGyR5f5gAVftKWh2BiJOxts6ad0osfUzWiVmhxOXdSSIeEmA4zjqOwOcrzDEMpULJvtKF3Cy30Uy6lxwh2QcSXZDADRu33c/s1600/Scrapbooking+Pages+197.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491302989966028674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeV1-y9XQAkVd_V6_aRJC4f8FBtLTzzncmYeNR-Y5HrxWsPtGyR5f5gAVftKWh2BiJOxts6ad0osfUzWiVmhxOXdSSIeEmA4zjqOwOcrzDEMpULJvtKF3Cy30Uy6lxwh2QcSXZDADRu33c/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+197.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgimg6PKzW_RNwuIGJsRPF7BE8b5ymk1BOUYWY3uuU188FXzaL7lSXOpgnmDTnhg57yifp6YDRSAfdYDSOzB-UCGEQ4iCAZjouxQIQheN4cG6ux_k6PG2lupXqqfGMj-9_SFde9fZEh1_dV/s1600/Scrapbooking+Pages+194.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491302979887393298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgimg6PKzW_RNwuIGJsRPF7BE8b5ymk1BOUYWY3uuU188FXzaL7lSXOpgnmDTnhg57yifp6YDRSAfdYDSOzB-UCGEQ4iCAZjouxQIQheN4cG6ux_k6PG2lupXqqfGMj-9_SFde9fZEh1_dV/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+194.jpg" /></a> I forgot to photograph the punch line!! It is: an eel-ectric guitar!!! LOL!!!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu7yuMwl2x5PryYQ4dWth4m5kbN8B_pdxTrLHWw0Q6XXqGaqJ1Mr0BOF3FWzGSipNqoTSiVTAN-T5uPHnCABNrKRJlrV0J07jsu_ieqjSl0NVQpt6EETqAedKrF5u1CJGZwYuzW4yoPsjb/s1600/Scrapbooking+Pages+201.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491302977999327506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu7yuMwl2x5PryYQ4dWth4m5kbN8B_pdxTrLHWw0Q6XXqGaqJ1Mr0BOF3FWzGSipNqoTSiVTAN-T5uPHnCABNrKRJlrV0J07jsu_ieqjSl0NVQpt6EETqAedKrF5u1CJGZwYuzW4yoPsjb/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+201.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-_FNlMZgEkmrgre18uxhElq3xXrd8jjVKnkEWPVHnfq8rlnOh5H8dkzP-g-s47KAi3eM9nYk4094vedJKphAU1VuoYIrKWrmGhH5uyhq6VZXXHXaOYolQXWhTbd0CgcRECZNU-1KTKM-/s1600/Scrapbooking+Pages+200.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491302966826034930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-_FNlMZgEkmrgre18uxhElq3xXrd8jjVKnkEWPVHnfq8rlnOh5H8dkzP-g-s47KAi3eM9nYk4094vedJKphAU1VuoYIrKWrmGhH5uyhq6VZXXHXaOYolQXWhTbd0CgcRECZNU-1KTKM-/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+200.jpg" /></a> These monkey cards are not completely done, as I am making a set of 13 so I can send one to each of the children in Jennifer's campaign. I am sending the blue ones to the boys and the pink ones to the girls!! (in case you haven't figured that out!! LOL!!)</div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div align="left">I am planning on creating a few more different cards to send to Jennifer for these adorable children before the end of August. I am also enlisting the help of Kayla. I thought this would be a great lesson for her and for giving back to those around us. I thought it would be a good lesson to teach her that we should care for and embrass everyone around us, even if we do not know them personally.</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">If you would like to participate in Jennifer McGuire's campaign, just click <a href="http://jennifermcguire,ink.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/06/new-cards-for-kids-card-drive-round-3.html">HERE</a> for information.</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Also, if you would like other examples of some CUTE cards for kids, click on my friend Heather's blog <a href="http://scrapbookbakery.blogspot.com/2010/06/cards-for-grace-and-prize-pack.html">HERE</a>!!!! </div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Hope you can participate and help put a smile on a child's face!!!!</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Thanks for stopping by, be back soon to post some more Cards for Kids!!!!<br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div>Jennie H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09740091609827213191noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338953424688989760.post-38079945010507943582010-06-10T16:04:00.007-04:002010-06-10T16:15:54.225-04:00Chaotic<span style="color:#000000;">Things are always busy here and it is rare that I grab a minute by myself without someone yelling or needing something! I decided to take some time to try to post some happenings around our house (although it may take more than one day to type everything, we shall see!!). </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;">We have been on break from dance for about two weeks and it is sad to say, but I needed a minute to catch my breath! With school ending for Kayla and the school year wrapping up for me, it has been pretty hectic. Although I am teaching summer school for a few more weeks my room has been packed and ready for our big move! We are moving to a swing building this summer in order for our school to receive a ginormous renovation. This has been in the works for about 8 years now and it is finally happening. It is crazy, let me tell you!! Boxes, trash, packing, UGH!!! As soon as summer school is over I will be in our new building unpacking, making my room presentable and ready for the next school year!! </span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;"></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Tom is always busy with work and it gives me a lot of one-on-one time with the girls. I need to get more creative with our time together! This is where I admire my friend Shane the most, she always has great activities planned for her children!! I need to get better! Tom works 6 days a week and 2 days a week he is up at Kayla's dance studio helping with renovations for a "new and improved" dance studio! It is going to look great when it is completed but we don't see much of Tom around here, he usually gets home after the girls are tucked into bed! </span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;"></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Kayla is loving being out of school even though she still has to get up in the mornings so I can go to summer school. She is staying with her dance teacher and absolutely loves it!! Tami keeps her super busy and it is great because she is exhausted when she gets home!! Once summer school gets out we will definitely have to do some fun things together. She has so many friends now and will look forward to hanging out with them over the summer!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Here are some pics of Kayla enjoying time out at Grandma and Grandpa's lake.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481239452598695378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSTlPxderlqfmWS5FTuWwuMHtrIH6-PxLHMCqZ2EEhumHKS3XoKEgD5_cGJUfYN6WnwdqzfwA5A7lclBJYkupL1Tyy2mYujfNjegKJUhDB9juMo1dQkbUgTHJTQFEgZanRZOflto8RDZFv/s320/Memorial+Day+2010+and+Audrey%27s+Stitches+065.jpg" /> Looking at the camera!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHAiu9o_fZoSl2tiMP4ACj6m4dNU5uaUDql_C06ere4FY4B5La7pLhGifpCD3fBGftYgK4u8hHkVU4OUB3L4We8OGM-1Byz_2WW4r_Yacq0zS2p_qdS9c6skKgJvQZgiw9-wpEC-n-k9J/s1600/Memorial+Day+2010+and+Audrey%27s+Stitches+046.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481239443677442034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHAiu9o_fZoSl2tiMP4ACj6m4dNU5uaUDql_C06ere4FY4B5La7pLhGifpCD3fBGftYgK4u8hHkVU4OUB3L4We8OGM-1Byz_2WW4r_Yacq0zS2p_qdS9c6skKgJvQZgiw9-wpEC-n-k9J/s320/Memorial+Day+2010+and+Audrey%27s+Stitches+046.jpg" /></a>Being brave and jumping off!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidYhD7Xvjg2abazKO_O8O7o1WXJBhgrZwXS2y8VWwVqdnJ1vN44yfQyVnhhloHzKemmix8DI9JzSFVXFOqtEC-i3y63JqomCoo6M3DYjv41dgdHD1UFSjsmfYy7Arrkh-X1TPdPO1TnFcZ/s1600/Memorial+Day+2010+and+Audrey%27s+Stitches+027.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481239435185917682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidYhD7Xvjg2abazKO_O8O7o1WXJBhgrZwXS2y8VWwVqdnJ1vN44yfQyVnhhloHzKemmix8DI9JzSFVXFOqtEC-i3y63JqomCoo6M3DYjv41dgdHD1UFSjsmfYy7Arrkh-X1TPdPO1TnFcZ/s320/Memorial+Day+2010+and+Audrey%27s+Stitches+027.jpg" /></a><br />Such a poser!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvbDPjn94EEN8YBX9VQvm9o9KgVykdY1bRA14OyhSmPn6RvL4x7JSzgHOJJYWneQdV_Ud9W-oEMrlNwnjPXdETdripYdWTvKa2Lpb5W6hqpYtLan2dmwgTXsL39_Q2rjAI8Os7-tTgNlrR/s1600/Memorial+Day+2010+and+Audrey%27s+Stitches+018.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481239427539154882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvbDPjn94EEN8YBX9VQvm9o9KgVykdY1bRA14OyhSmPn6RvL4x7JSzgHOJJYWneQdV_Ud9W-oEMrlNwnjPXdETdripYdWTvKa2Lpb5W6hqpYtLan2dmwgTXsL39_Q2rjAI8Os7-tTgNlrR/s320/Memorial+Day+2010+and+Audrey%27s+Stitches+018.jpg" /></a><br />Where soes the time go?! </div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="left">Audrey has already taken her summer hit! She was running through our living room and slipped on the rug by the front door and split her forehead open on the door! As you know, the forehead bleeds a lot and it just spread wide open! I was a mess, although I did keep it together for her in front of her! In the emergency room they gave us a choice between stitches or glue but said the glue would leave less of a scar. Being a girl, we wanted the least amount of scar as possible, so we went with glue. You would have thought she would have been screaming and yelling in the ER but she was AWESOME!! Thank goodness we have a "Kona Ice" truck which sells Hawaiian shaved ice and it had come around right before her fall and we had bought one. Kona Ice is awesome for keeping a 2 year old busy in the emergency room!!! The doctor and nurses couldn't stop complimenting Audrey on how well behaved she was!! She didn't drop a tear the entire time we were there! You know I took pictures and it will soon be a scrapbook page!!!<br />Here are some pics of Audrey and her little head!!</div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="center">Audrey out at Granpa and Grandma's Lake on Memorial Day<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVdsu3hqezqrxbl8sTGwQ0iLj9a-KuPTbr-5rGN4g1fVKT9Rb_rk6zCXWQw4o54w2OHxkx5Tc_irp2Chk59IbN4qYDhdgpq1phWxaRpO7yJ90Wdk1f3I3YX7-iq2w7o9Iz7154LtS3PIY/s1600/Memorial+Day+2010+and+Audrey%27s+Stitches+057.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481238932701294706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVdsu3hqezqrxbl8sTGwQ0iLj9a-KuPTbr-5rGN4g1fVKT9Rb_rk6zCXWQw4o54w2OHxkx5Tc_irp2Chk59IbN4qYDhdgpq1phWxaRpO7yJ90Wdk1f3I3YX7-iq2w7o9Iz7154LtS3PIY/s320/Memorial+Day+2010+and+Audrey%27s+Stitches+057.jpg" /></a>Her lovely cut</div><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh79uJVClgv0mAjALrtsIRYBeQX7KGv0CBYnzm9TXu2C1TWn7CcN4kAiz5B3WY9TXip-HrDUVikvY4zOK3NtiBfNVWXfyqLeTzyNaPuXCHCIlOHg3QvONeVJScAQlKaZq0ASmX7tQ7bVW13/s1600/Memorial+Day+2010+and+Audrey%27s+Stitches+011.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481238927444231218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh79uJVClgv0mAjALrtsIRYBeQX7KGv0CBYnzm9TXu2C1TWn7CcN4kAiz5B3WY9TXip-HrDUVikvY4zOK3NtiBfNVWXfyqLeTzyNaPuXCHCIlOHg3QvONeVJScAQlKaZq0ASmX7tQ7bVW13/s320/Memorial+Day+2010+and+Audrey%27s+Stitches+011.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTHbNMI8WRb8FaOyh3leGNSSKH56DEEFSf2CDNFXsZshLhTc2Z-mnIx01vWCLhx2BA8wm3YNT8MR-v7_2NyzcnVTrkvD-7ZO4S8wpfJtTCQc0ftjUFJlMUL6Np2LpmONi2ZuiI80Whu3N/s1600/Memorial+Day+2010+and+Audrey%27s+Stitches+008.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481238915359399074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTHbNMI8WRb8FaOyh3leGNSSKH56DEEFSf2CDNFXsZshLhTc2Z-mnIx01vWCLhx2BA8wm3YNT8MR-v7_2NyzcnVTrkvD-7ZO4S8wpfJtTCQc0ftjUFJlMUL6Np2LpmONi2ZuiI80Whu3N/s320/Memorial+Day+2010+and+Audrey%27s+Stitches+008.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdLGD4QRAfOhhJWjUbcENjTPiroSyjq7F1iFR8EyAD0teh-3POCtkfawut5ytQEpgjaVgeRTx0V6-2ZnnqRdjsQB9A6981S_BgU8UdiWiP_XIBQ3n9eUk8tcpbWo2mG8C4jmksqGN90uOm/s1600/Memorial+Day+2010+and+Audrey%27s+Stitches+004.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481238908922700418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdLGD4QRAfOhhJWjUbcENjTPiroSyjq7F1iFR8EyAD0teh-3POCtkfawut5ytQEpgjaVgeRTx0V6-2ZnnqRdjsQB9A6981S_BgU8UdiWiP_XIBQ3n9eUk8tcpbWo2mG8C4jmksqGN90uOm/s320/Memorial+Day+2010+and+Audrey%27s+Stitches+004.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWMyU33c2e-CB5_XzBETMhgYTZdvOPNKo30CT3z1jr3PS3MnFmjeTtYLTQqSwTmelMMuhzKgcKQbMHGSNS4WVHh2pwgND_zFaZc35aNV9dMUAM9e97IM7IxwTsfCD4e7f67c-f6Zgh7pzK/s1600/Memorial+Day+2010+and+Audrey%27s+Stitches+002.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481238902050944146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWMyU33c2e-CB5_XzBETMhgYTZdvOPNKo30CT3z1jr3PS3MnFmjeTtYLTQqSwTmelMMuhzKgcKQbMHGSNS4WVHh2pwgND_zFaZc35aNV9dMUAM9e97IM7IxwTsfCD4e7f67c-f6Zgh7pzK/s320/Memorial+Day+2010+and+Audrey%27s+Stitches+002.jpg" /></a> </div><div> </div><div align="left">Well, I guess that is all I have for right now! I have a lot of scrapbook pages to share and I might post those this evening if Tom comes home early, or we will try tomorrow!!</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">Thanks for stopping by.</div></div><br /></div>Jennie H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09740091609827213191noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338953424688989760.post-1350233955169550302010-03-22T13:08:00.000-04:002010-03-22T13:27:07.146-04:00Energized!<span style="color:#000000;">Hi! </span><br /><span style="color:#000000;">I have </span><span style="color:#000000;">been a horrible blogger lately and I know that! I feel like everything else in my life consumes me and when I think about sitting down in front of the computer to create a blog entry, I am just not motivated! </span><span style="color:#000000;">Call it being tired, lazy, a slacker, I don't know! Some times I think I feel like I have to have something creative to share and I know that is not true! My blog is here for my family and friends to stay in touch with all the happenings in our lives here but I feel like I have to show something!! </span><span style="color:#000000;">Well, I may show a few pictures at the end of here but that is all I have!! I honestly have not have had much time to be creative with scrapbook pages or with making cards! I have been working on Goodie Bags for Kayla's dance team though! I have created two sets of bags, one for Kayla's dance team and then one for the younger girls on the Prep Team:</span><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451508051810021698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHEWPlBxlUoBjzt_ZXa03IaG1UqwHo4juIOGZr3M3vZZFtNJapeomLOeh3a8x_M5L2WCI2cJB84eqLCDe1HpNJTHSByvPkTaHYUrq2mD2f_vHg77aBy4OgN0t1jxAxofwpGAARXz4bk0qc/s320/Competition+Indy+2-19-10+025.jpg" /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0CLmrKTh_5bUGft-vrHvwsyI61z5RFmYUVL2dwkKFyhNlnHVhObizLEyxBU20ls_kJ7qV11Fwjyy0BV3p_-0zdZXqN4jneIOWkV7Gh71smH8BHex01Sbg_ZJdf5SqPG_tlFCWlFw_sYL3/s1600-h/Competition+Indy+2-19-10+023.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451508043735441298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0CLmrKTh_5bUGft-vrHvwsyI61z5RFmYUVL2dwkKFyhNlnHVhObizLEyxBU20ls_kJ7qV11Fwjyy0BV3p_-0zdZXqN4jneIOWkV7Gh71smH8BHex01Sbg_ZJdf5SqPG_tlFCWlFw_sYL3/s320/Competition+Indy+2-19-10+023.jpg" /></a><br />This first set I made for their first competition. The message says "Dew your best and Blow the competition away!" I included a can of caffeine free Mt Dew, a Blow Pop, a horn/whistle to make noise during the competition, and then some small candy bars.</div><div></div><div>For the younger girls competition last weekend I made bags almost the same as these but with a different message tag design and saying. On the little girls I put "It's Your Time to Shine!" since it was their first ever competition. I included in the bags things that "shine". I put in these: roll on body glitter, shiny lipgloss, star suglasses that were all glittery, and Caprisun pouches and fruit snacks. They seemed to like it!! (I forgot to take pictures of them!!)</div><div></div><div>I have a great idea for our final competition at the end of April and I will share that after I create them! Love the idea but just as a hint, their Production dance this year is called "Junkyard" so it will be along the lines of a Junkyard!!</div><div></div><div>We have been super busy with all of the dancing and competitions but I WANT to get back into the swing of posting on my blog!! I have some things on reserve that I took pictures of over the winter so since I am on spring break this week I will try harder to get back on and do more posts!!</div><div></div><div>See you soon and thanks for not giving up on me!!<br /></div><div></div>Jennie H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09740091609827213191noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338953424688989760.post-71487899772943089562010-01-17T16:10:00.000-05:002010-01-17T16:34:28.814-05:00InvitationsHi All!<br /><br />I am stopping by to get your opinion! I was asked to make invitations for a friend who is having a baby shower for her friend. The girl is having a boy and is getting the "Mod Pop Monkey" bedding from Babies R Us. So I wanted to create invitations that resembled that bedding. This is waht I came up with...<br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC_ARG7zBGj37wT5om38Ls3XSkfwIPNt6ai7XEv3rFNrMic21hhHwU7VQrBOexip23RV_SRax0PXqwLAvbBFGm8IsPF0jHGJUcsrK1cn_PH09_RdNHkiwEDBk2G65-L1dZ1bhigQLajccA/s1600-h/Scrapbooking+Pages+180.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427819984639598786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC_ARG7zBGj37wT5om38Ls3XSkfwIPNt6ai7XEv3rFNrMic21hhHwU7VQrBOexip23RV_SRax0PXqwLAvbBFGm8IsPF0jHGJUcsrK1cn_PH09_RdNHkiwEDBk2G65-L1dZ1bhigQLajccA/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+180.jpg" /></a> This card lays flat.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGtlT2rcYJWby8TlCzCeV2k8IqT5-0f7cyWT8zsyIRP2fZOzLHijiA28aHiO64kj8VLKEa2JApH-IpmPy99lK50UMD5ff7yV5tgf_groXOcABu47-Fg1UwYxOd5o0P66osCrS7usHZzHa9/s1600-h/Scrapbooking+Pages+181.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427819974437048482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGtlT2rcYJWby8TlCzCeV2k8IqT5-0f7cyWT8zsyIRP2fZOzLHijiA28aHiO64kj8VLKEa2JApH-IpmPy99lK50UMD5ff7yV5tgf_groXOcABu47-Fg1UwYxOd5o0P66osCrS7usHZzHa9/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+181.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB3BSqR19zkDxoAtwtAHBzqDvXKJhTD739jL7_A1s1S4UicF3Vl4zdUQPp0Mmp8iBQ5ffIe3BfIJtNfLcTu8fz02k4XKU2yHt-DVow31L1P2Ix96cwG94WAFM2t1rEGCwgf-K4hy7swfm_/s1600-h/Scrapbooking+Pages+178.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427819969111854434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB3BSqR19zkDxoAtwtAHBzqDvXKJhTD739jL7_A1s1S4UicF3Vl4zdUQPp0Mmp8iBQ5ffIe3BfIJtNfLcTu8fz02k4XKU2yHt-DVow31L1P2Ix96cwG94WAFM2t1rEGCwgf-K4hy7swfm_/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+178.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE0m9atYaO8XNX1NjXsjsHGde30X7xehtdcCoqvx-LNGkpwquNciSVJ0xKiazgyzWJ_QziUB7x-nAQKTdDzl24U_9n6kYuwzxwAmgu95hjG_NfL9-DEG0H_1rzRcy6613mZcNUw-GNsDuA/s1600-h/Scrapbooking+Pages+176.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427819962846588418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE0m9atYaO8XNX1NjXsjsHGde30X7xehtdcCoqvx-LNGkpwquNciSVJ0xKiazgyzWJ_QziUB7x-nAQKTdDzl24U_9n6kYuwzxwAmgu95hjG_NfL9-DEG0H_1rzRcy6613mZcNUw-GNsDuA/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+176.jpg" /></a> This card opens up and will have the invite information.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX9n2680x7eWV5lvJY9DdpKrgZpDuhu8zYpPXA-ABm_jqIsuH6VgDJd0sUVVwteOWutBdfjh-KuXq9mQpMcS3-m4U4FHs-fIiXnBnjAft__3EYSGqDaUACVeKji126JwPl1hHqqRMTsB1q/s1600-h/Scrapbooking+Pages+175.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427819954019880546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX9n2680x7eWV5lvJY9DdpKrgZpDuhu8zYpPXA-ABm_jqIsuH6VgDJd0sUVVwteOWutBdfjh-KuXq9mQpMcS3-m4U4FHs-fIiXnBnjAft__3EYSGqDaUACVeKji126JwPl1hHqqRMTsB1q/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+175.jpg" /></a><br />What I am hoping for from everyone is their opinion of the invitations. Which is your favorite, which isn't, is there anything that can be added to make them look better? I NEED HELP!!!</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Thanks so much for stopping by and giving me your opinion!<br /></div><div align="left">I forgot to add that I used the <span style="color:#ff0000;">Hero Arts "Bananas For You</span>" stamp, <span style="color:#ff0000;">Bazill </span>cardstock, <span style="color:#ff0000;">Bo Bunny</span> dot paper, and <span style="color:#ff9900;">Recollections</span> stamp for the invitations information!<br /><br /><br /></div><div align="left"></div></div></div>Jennie H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09740091609827213191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338953424688989760.post-6380801555657363792009-11-03T18:48:00.000-05:002009-11-03T18:53:58.755-05:00Halloween!Hi!<br /><div align="center">Just wanted to stop by with a few quick pictures of the girls from Halloween! I haven't had time to scrap them yet so just the pictures will have to do for now! The girls had a blast making their way through the neighborhood gathering lots of candy!! Audrey only went to about 5 houses but that was fine for her!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_533bemXeBk9j8axOi2Iu2vxyA-QoKDBcs-6na_dQMti2uWIXcpH2uHVQGlHNsZfX2YmL7umWlKB7_PVncm30F7N0uC_5cb6F_WcxZm-xuNTobGmj2BIhbtXjUuT4np5h6kA7hddlM7eb/s1600-h/Halloween+2009+009.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400028952357312434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_533bemXeBk9j8axOi2Iu2vxyA-QoKDBcs-6na_dQMti2uWIXcpH2uHVQGlHNsZfX2YmL7umWlKB7_PVncm30F7N0uC_5cb6F_WcxZm-xuNTobGmj2BIhbtXjUuT4np5h6kA7hddlM7eb/s320/Halloween+2009+009.jpg" /></a> My content little cheetah!</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv82Mk_PcOCINvme_JwLT-_oP_oDKlvVnJFRm8GUOuANkFcOpLaR0Q8bRmH3pENdd4bMmKK6OWtyBTrm6BkqaafpmA1Z_TNKGgalRpNQEbR5z-zKJNZ6T9R-ZWN-_COGHevVNGuDxYiOal/s1600-h/Halloween+2009+010.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400028946898348706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv82Mk_PcOCINvme_JwLT-_oP_oDKlvVnJFRm8GUOuANkFcOpLaR0Q8bRmH3pENdd4bMmKK6OWtyBTrm6BkqaafpmA1Z_TNKGgalRpNQEbR5z-zKJNZ6T9R-ZWN-_COGHevVNGuDxYiOal/s320/Halloween+2009+010.jpg" /></a> Love this picture of the girls together! Not often you can get both without someone yelling or making some sort of face!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ4uDfI4OtwUiNT1Jrl-ykDHJ85yqbK6Ft7AahlNQrRStO1pwGhq2kz47dNwT_-NUqGAFQzob1JJbSl-_aGoskUH-NfGwX2wELx9SGhJX3BwCqC4p5AuQX5buF3db3W3zqD9SeePrCx2Mf/s1600-h/Halloween+2009+001.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400028943604186162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ4uDfI4OtwUiNT1Jrl-ykDHJ85yqbK6Ft7AahlNQrRStO1pwGhq2kz47dNwT_-NUqGAFQzob1JJbSl-_aGoskUH-NfGwX2wELx9SGhJX3BwCqC4p5AuQX5buF3db3W3zqD9SeePrCx2Mf/s320/Halloween+2009+001.jpg" /></a> My little Lady!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidLLyav9FXGbtq4hCRon2V5zhwIwJdPq4SaFoll_srllvxlyLbzKBnTi1yIiuenQexY43MLjXm2AINNr-7WVsy6-IBDUM0qghqQrsYaWdWA-UllFWsQROgcHTZaaZRjsUL2K8ZSv5glzRC/s1600-h/Halloween+2009+002.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400028939330236050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidLLyav9FXGbtq4hCRon2V5zhwIwJdPq4SaFoll_srllvxlyLbzKBnTi1yIiuenQexY43MLjXm2AINNr-7WVsy6-IBDUM0qghqQrsYaWdWA-UllFWsQROgcHTZaaZRjsUL2K8ZSv5glzRC/s320/Halloween+2009+002.jpg" /></a> Cheetah!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEielVCMQ0VhRo9zF0go-nwbliLm8-xACt9EN5m0aOeknvZdXc8GM3hWFTzGm9K2YQGpQCDsZKCCg6eSGyZ-m0aJl81w2pTaul1sh8W3AquJxSZU03l1LlSuZGVG3rqHRM6tJIhECdameLGn/s1600-h/Halloween+2009+024.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400028929215976706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEielVCMQ0VhRo9zF0go-nwbliLm8-xACt9EN5m0aOeknvZdXc8GM3hWFTzGm9K2YQGpQCDsZKCCg6eSGyZ-m0aJl81w2pTaul1sh8W3AquJxSZU03l1LlSuZGVG3rqHRM6tJIhECdameLGn/s320/Halloween+2009+024.jpg" /></a> Daddy and Audrey!</div><div> </div><div align="left">Well, that's all my shares for now!! Be back soon, hopefully with those pictures scrapped!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div><br /></div>Jennie H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09740091609827213191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338953424688989760.post-70784622048749685802009-10-28T16:56:00.000-04:002009-10-28T17:07:54.760-04:00Halloween Treat Bags<span style="color:#ff6600;">Hi All!</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">I just wanted to stop by with a quick post showing some treat bags that I made for Kayla's Dance Team and her classroom. I absolutely LOVE these stamps from <span style="color:#000000;">Hero Arts</span>!! They are sooo freakin' adorable!! I learned how to make these bags from <span style="color:#000000;">Heather</span> who sent me to <span style="color:#000000;">Jennifer McGuire's</span> link for Hero Arts (If I knew how to add a link I would, sorry!). They were so easy to make and they were a simple idea for a classroom. I didn't realize until after I made these bags and after I posted them on my Facebook that I had created them almost exactly like Heather created!!! Sorry Heather, didn't mean to <em>totally </em>copy!!</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Anyway, here are the pics:</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyphenhyphenK9ppPZOxkkk2-vPicQL7pagnj-SDaBhhhcAEUh3kk4PHPkNpx-6Slq-l324KGp51fdOEfRpG1-QVFkrcAmgPtbNKqLUrNxiWVHltMXM8jfo7_7Nq5IGG4nJuCka7Kj6dVMI-Uqs0CwT/s1600-h/Scrapbooking+Pages+172.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397758295149331746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyphenhyphenK9ppPZOxkkk2-vPicQL7pagnj-SDaBhhhcAEUh3kk4PHPkNpx-6Slq-l324KGp51fdOEfRpG1-QVFkrcAmgPtbNKqLUrNxiWVHltMXM8jfo7_7Nq5IGG4nJuCka7Kj6dVMI-Uqs0CwT/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+172.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv4v-QosbrdggVF8buoXoRKlFaHZdZmGqTpkpGZjI8Ti4Zh2TTrfDYfL-0zabINGbXAy_129ZRAxX8fPAjJM8Zs6hq92T0sZUgGIfFbiQZTqi76x2Zw0u88Pt4FJiWgnwuHRERpZLUxxWN/s1600-h/Scrapbooking+Pages+173.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397758288515206514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv4v-QosbrdggVF8buoXoRKlFaHZdZmGqTpkpGZjI8Ti4Zh2TTrfDYfL-0zabINGbXAy_129ZRAxX8fPAjJM8Zs6hq92T0sZUgGIfFbiQZTqi76x2Zw0u88Pt4FJiWgnwuHRERpZLUxxWN/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+173.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja31OTQlw554KewiofwDAGxCWk9TcAzFEs-tSVGo7Mhc7gYnOAyBFewfAQdKga7Tonnzq07NCnFBgrBXObHdA2PlLqZcfDuLfsq1184so5_RvItDs-EMssz_vP-awzUjcwAvLcVLUaTowh/s1600-h/Scrapbooking+Pages+171.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397758285511814514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja31OTQlw554KewiofwDAGxCWk9TcAzFEs-tSVGo7Mhc7gYnOAyBFewfAQdKga7Tonnzq07NCnFBgrBXObHdA2PlLqZcfDuLfsq1184so5_RvItDs-EMssz_vP-awzUjcwAvLcVLUaTowh/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+171.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnQ4NzSHZc9zomr7WK2UK3ubPg2YwPH7Y6EXy2bE1yEyZp88Ul5FLKks8wJRRPmR3GI1cIkreWYbszhTznDZ6PNrqw3kfBD1eozEg5UYJCBI7bBS0k77mQskz1oTmDwLS7nz6bIgQYlgVm/s1600-h/Scrapbooking+Pages+168.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397758279511429170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnQ4NzSHZc9zomr7WK2UK3ubPg2YwPH7Y6EXy2bE1yEyZp88Ul5FLKks8wJRRPmR3GI1cIkreWYbszhTznDZ6PNrqw3kfBD1eozEg5UYJCBI7bBS0k77mQskz1oTmDwLS7nz6bIgQYlgVm/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+168.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">The stamps are all <span style="color:#000000;">Hero Arts</span>. I got the bags at <span style="color:#000000;">Target </span>and tied ribbon around the top. The ribbon came from <span style="color:#000000;">Michaels</span>.<br /></span></div><div> </div><div><span style="color:#ff6600;">Thanks for stopping by!! Be back soon for more shares!!!</span> :-D<br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Jennie H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09740091609827213191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338953424688989760.post-1436063821654139692009-10-25T20:20:00.000-04:002009-10-25T20:52:18.748-04:00I'm BAAAAAACCCKKK!!!!<div align="center">As promised (2 months ago!), here are pics from vacation!! Unfortunately I turned the camera over to my husband for part of the trip, the most important part, the beach, and they were not what I wanted! Should have had the camera myself! Oh well!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi15BmsoE8sbjbtHD8kjq8Hbsrktl68FBA-Y4T6w_cKvHJCLodXFtLhRmgiqeCr4FwNvzKN9mkIgHZZ9F0tFPhAqBStjM2Qj20Niwumye9kCGmQQxTiplSt_jg75ZoqONjgLQFCsKxHpIPE/s1600-h/Virginia+Beach+2009+081.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396698119044330594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi15BmsoE8sbjbtHD8kjq8Hbsrktl68FBA-Y4T6w_cKvHJCLodXFtLhRmgiqeCr4FwNvzKN9mkIgHZZ9F0tFPhAqBStjM2Qj20Niwumye9kCGmQQxTiplSt_jg75ZoqONjgLQFCsKxHpIPE/s320/Virginia+Beach+2009+081.jpg" /></a> Kayla at Yorktown in one of the farms. Love this picture of her! She looks all grown up, where has the time gone?!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4bmXfdk2u1nXKIz4sSp0fhCiHR1vIOitGiDMGdNojrrPkAFjbTQIRDhjlThos4sPDHLr46EnFJBJt96Mb5k5ofZxVquD3JWPaSOFIGRwK97_ZuV6bpknj7OOKQECYbLonQ0dmGYwVypIk/s1600-h/Virginia+Beach+2009+041.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396698115618446274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4bmXfdk2u1nXKIz4sSp0fhCiHR1vIOitGiDMGdNojrrPkAFjbTQIRDhjlThos4sPDHLr46EnFJBJt96Mb5k5ofZxVquD3JWPaSOFIGRwK97_ZuV6bpknj7OOKQECYbLonQ0dmGYwVypIk/s320/Virginia+Beach+2009+041.jpg" /></a>Kayla at the ocean. The girls had a blast and did not want to leave!</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQKjDQ_jgk3xiUsBkHW2tNAhlgkJbjXWH4QF6eh3gDcCakW0cOstogPV8W3jK9NHT4Jv_-bumvaLZdQDU4SYPnwbkmxeLzmxcN631F5G7hdK0yB8ypyR9XKuquHKkRmY9m_QR5fmc27Bhh/s1600-h/Virginia+Beach+2009+010.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396698108577067442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQKjDQ_jgk3xiUsBkHW2tNAhlgkJbjXWH4QF6eh3gDcCakW0cOstogPV8W3jK9NHT4Jv_-bumvaLZdQDU4SYPnwbkmxeLzmxcN631F5G7hdK0yB8ypyR9XKuquHKkRmY9m_QR5fmc27Bhh/s320/Virginia+Beach+2009+010.jpg" /></a> This is the only half way decent picture of the girls together at the ocean!<br /><br /></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="left">We had a great time at the ocean and hope to go back some time real soon!!</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">Things have been crazy busy around here with the beginning of the school year, new dance team year, and just the daily hustle and bustle. I keep thinking I need to get on here and post but I get busy doing other things and then when I have time, I'm too lazy to get on! Oh well, going to try to be better!</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">I have gotten to spend a lot of time scrapping with the girls the past two months so I do have a lot to share! It has been nice getting together one Saturday or Sunday every few weeks to catch up on everyone's lives and to catch up on some much needed scrapping!! It's been nice! Here are a few pages that I have been working on:<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWM__B6iE2HNLme7EK3EvGo4jivN2S7I0DKPUvSonoUpzE6IYGmfuhjUowkOzYxDqTbNcUO-Jrq2W9AVT1v7ODrCG2ByA9v9gQiCBPUHXCELSft-U978waBwdIanIP5t60M3sh7Kus8V3/s1600-h/Scrapbooking+Pages+159.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396698081849544594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWM__B6iE2HNLme7EK3EvGo4jivN2S7I0DKPUvSonoUpzE6IYGmfuhjUowkOzYxDqTbNcUO-Jrq2W9AVT1v7ODrCG2ByA9v9gQiCBPUHXCELSft-U978waBwdIanIP5t60M3sh7Kus8V3/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+159.jpg" /></a>I LOVED this paper from <span style="color:#ff0000;">Basic Grey</span> so much that I stepped out of my box of using pinks and actually used it on one of Audrey's pages! I am so glad that I did because I LOVED the result!!!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7VSCsXYja224sB5jObmahZQKA8AyyeKabmPasdp88cNc0wT1kApCRSE1GkqSjCJlcgbHQt_ejD7RDMXDupUg_mRK_SytbQsWkhyg9nhFTFWcmfsfpejbA1k6LRYxFZE_Zk4yOYxPaoQvG/s1600-h/Scrapbooking+Pages+158.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396698074613905522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7VSCsXYja224sB5jObmahZQKA8AyyeKabmPasdp88cNc0wT1kApCRSE1GkqSjCJlcgbHQt_ejD7RDMXDupUg_mRK_SytbQsWkhyg9nhFTFWcmfsfpejbA1k6LRYxFZE_Zk4yOYxPaoQvG/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+158.jpg" /></a> This is what I came up with! The photo does not do the colors justice! I love the bright blues, yellows, and oranges in the paper! It worked perfect for Audrey's swim page, it brought out the colors in her swimsuit as well as her ducky!<br /><br /><div align="left">Well, this is all for now!! I will be back MUCH SOONER than 2 months for my next post!!! I have lots of dance pages that I have been working on to share!! I also have been working on some Halloween ideas for Kayla's class and for her Dance Team girls! Can't wait to share!!!</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">Oh, one more thing, I have been put in charge of "spirit" at Kayla's dance studio. This includes making noise makers for the competitions that run from February until May as well as "Goodie" bags for the girls for the competitions. I have a few ideas but was wondering if anyone out there that my happen upon my Blog has any ideas, I would GREATLY appreciate any help!!!</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">Thanks for stopping by!!! Be back soon!! :-D<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /></div>Jennie H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09740091609827213191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338953424688989760.post-4221616324730893532009-08-17T16:17:00.000-04:002009-08-17T16:20:31.014-04:00VacationI haven't fallen off the face of the earth just to let you know!! I am still here. We went on vacation last week toVirginia Beach. I have losts of pictures to scrapbook now!! The girls had a blast hanging out with all the cousins and family while we were there. Unfortunately I have not been very creative lately so I don't have anything to show!! I will post pics and maybe some pages in the next few days!<br />School starts tomorrow and I am so bummed! Where did the summer go? It is so sad to say goodbye!! I know we will have some nice weekends ahead but I'm going to miss much of my time with the girls, although there were some days where I felt insane!!<br />That's all for now!! Be back in the next few days with pics!!Jennie H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09740091609827213191noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338953424688989760.post-52046308098161817552009-07-28T21:19:00.000-04:002009-07-28T21:42:33.358-04:00Travel JournalsJust wanted to share a super quick project. I was reading <span style="color:#ff0000;">Scrapbooks Etc.</span> and saw the idea for these cute <span style="color:#ff0000;">Travel Journals</span> for kids to take on vacation with them. They showed a chipboard book with the name of the destination on the front and hand decorated by a child. The child could take this <span style="color:#ff0000;">Travel Journal</span> with them on their trip and write down the exciting things that they did and saw on their trip. Well, since we are leaving for Virginia Beach next week I thought this would be a GREAT idea for Kayla! After thinking about it, I also thought, since my sister is going with her 4 children, why not have them over this week, since it's going to rain AGAIN and have them make one too!!<br /><br />Last night I made a trip to <span style="color:#ff0000;">Hobby Lobby</span> and <span style="color:#ff0000;">Michaels</span>. At <span style="color:#ff0000;">Hobby Lobby</span> I found some small journals that I am going to have the kids decorate with a beach theme and then tie ribbons on the spiral. Each day they can write about what they did that they enjoyed. I will have them attach a small pen that they can keep with the journal so they can write every day.<br /><br />I ran over to <span style="color:#ff0000;">Michaels</span> and found these ADORABLE chipboard albums in these cute fish shapes!! They are <span style="color:#ff0000;">Crayola Chipboard albums</span> made by <span style="color:#ff0000;">Colorbok</span>. I thought it would be a great idea for the kids to decorate the albums and then when they come home from the beach, they can have small photos made and just add them to the books!! Oh, and did I mention that these CUTE books were on slae for ONLY 60 cents at <span style="color:#ff0000;">Michaels</span> this week?!! How could I possibly pass that up?!<br /><br />I made one for Audrey to show the kids as an example and then I am going to add her photos when we get home. I am also going to make her a small journal to write down what we did each day!<br /><br /><div align="center">This is the before of the <span style="color:#ff0000;">Crayola Chipboard Album from Colorbok.</span></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjklnEgB6w0BjTYUDxdLxYTjrttWuZ_RQPXX8jUWf7ezzHgwwosuhNAEkPHFR0pr3DTxK-a1-ytYgageTwRhH-vdoggiGINnOO2KZO7IZAZs1Gpbd5Un4t0mWkmZRj0CTjywifCnwpzkm_L/s1600-h/Scrapbooking+Pages+143.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363686475877367234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjklnEgB6w0BjTYUDxdLxYTjrttWuZ_RQPXX8jUWf7ezzHgwwosuhNAEkPHFR0pr3DTxK-a1-ytYgageTwRhH-vdoggiGINnOO2KZO7IZAZs1Gpbd5Un4t0mWkmZRj0CTjywifCnwpzkm_L/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+143.jpg" border="0" /></a> Just a photo of the packaging in case you are wondering!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn38XEumagLFxlCx6VIe9EoMFLgK2SV2YlSaWTz7JugV4cXQa79yyIqHlXXNLcWKsXEEqVwLmX2dfASsKihcnW24MMYYpi7cf8-t9F5JFBbqZldxl3XOyBmdqESc-aNot7Q2G_J_BgqHFe/s1600-h/Scrapbooking+Pages+145.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363686473479234242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn38XEumagLFxlCx6VIe9EoMFLgK2SV2YlSaWTz7JugV4cXQa79yyIqHlXXNLcWKsXEEqVwLmX2dfASsKihcnW24MMYYpi7cf8-t9F5JFBbqZldxl3XOyBmdqESc-aNot7Q2G_J_BgqHFe/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+145.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />This is my example that I made for Audrey. I placed the date and the destination on the front using <span style="color:#ff0000;">Doodlebug</span> letters.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7hYAW05hsd7cZt9njvpPJNTzH74gcS1P-STT__Q7IKNYhx0FLfbMkLhF54LYLKZhKPqzQUivRqB6dY5foTEpXSwoIKxtQ39wtQmH6dAxsmfPS3C0mB4F7EW5lBzzuwbB3oODbnfDKnF5g/s1600-h/Scrapbooking+Pages+146.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363686461540887266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7hYAW05hsd7cZt9njvpPJNTzH74gcS1P-STT__Q7IKNYhx0FLfbMkLhF54LYLKZhKPqzQUivRqB6dY5foTEpXSwoIKxtQ39wtQmH6dAxsmfPS3C0mB4F7EW5lBzzuwbB3oODbnfDKnF5g/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+146.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Another picture of the front. I also attached ribbon around the ring that holds the album together.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF7Uba_k6_mO_OQl8ih2jQe5JDi7iKwYxM8NkcfK-pIxsUqZqevOew9dJzP4ufJNnxxs_Ap2O6F-UHZEoe-tgl36YQ0H-esXfBPLyIXUIlAApQ6IxyXq1NetddwaSGRZSFpUoUb2PU49JQ/s1600-h/Scrapbooking+Pages+147.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363686459662381522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF7Uba_k6_mO_OQl8ih2jQe5JDi7iKwYxM8NkcfK-pIxsUqZqevOew9dJzP4ufJNnxxs_Ap2O6F-UHZEoe-tgl36YQ0H-esXfBPLyIXUIlAApQ6IxyXq1NetddwaSGRZSFpUoUb2PU49JQ/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+147.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />These are the inner pages. I just traced and cut out the fish and then used adhesive to adhere them to the chipboard. There probably was a better way but this is what I went with!<br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbUmg9yZcazvAhKOegQaiVI9WpR5zvqiHGP9Ct_TyO55xo7tR5rGP5QaP-rlBWlc1-u-1JbDihyphenhyphenqmfAuDSo8kaZXnfV8YuPhXjqD8N87r3J-i9CtPXlIUh84ovJYqkx9ik-LniU4nonn9J/s1600-h/Scrapbooking+Pages+148.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363686454245710834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbUmg9yZcazvAhKOegQaiVI9WpR5zvqiHGP9Ct_TyO55xo7tR5rGP5QaP-rlBWlc1-u-1JbDihyphenhyphenqmfAuDSo8kaZXnfV8YuPhXjqD8N87r3J-i9CtPXlIUh84ovJYqkx9ik-LniU4nonn9J/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+148.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />I am going to attach googly eyes on each of the pages but did not have time today to run back to <span style="color:#ff0000;">Michaels</span> to get them! I will post final pics after I put those on! I will also post pics of the whole group creating their own!!! I hope things run smoothly, thte kids range in age from 4-9, so it could be interesting!!! Oh, and I will post final pics of the journals that we are going to create as well!!! </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">See you soon!!!! :-)<br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Jennie H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09740091609827213191noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338953424688989760.post-8539932702485243162009-07-21T16:08:00.000-04:002009-07-21T16:16:24.892-04:00Dawn McVey's Color Challenge Take Two!!!Ever have one of those nights where you are trying to go to sleep but all you can think about is scrapbooking or creating something new? Well last night was one of those nights for me!! Those of you who know me know that I cannot leave things alone! I was not happy with the card I created for Dawn McVey's Color Challenge last night and that was all I could think about!! Since I am fairly new to card making I don't feel that I do well with them, not like scrapbook pages. So after laying in bed last night and thinking about it, I had to get up this morning and create something new, and what I feel is better! So again, here are the colors Dawn gave everyone to work with...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheWbM_31HoAnVCc4y705B8zYzPFTAqyKoxHgYbL_4QYXzF_I-5daNEHUFvAQ3DPZVaOWsZ34jQvrarQn8oHRUlBjb9Jq9G1vm3hDRNKKFCem2RW5G_espxE_gQcMg855hZJHKxb1eDKIw3/s1600-h/6a00e54ef2e29988330115711b77a7970c-500wi.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361008379089908178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 178px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheWbM_31HoAnVCc4y705B8zYzPFTAqyKoxHgYbL_4QYXzF_I-5daNEHUFvAQ3DPZVaOWsZ34jQvrarQn8oHRUlBjb9Jq9G1vm3hDRNKKFCem2RW5G_espxE_gQcMg855hZJHKxb1eDKIw3/s320/6a00e54ef2e29988330115711b77a7970c-500wi.jpg" border="0" /></a> and here is my new and improved project!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSPJA4vqEyOlgD7ektflB-rY9oof5DRlFbLHR1IUwUF2hidnTzr46hYRnEiNWl2fLdqcG4RGodvQHxb9OdX6yefH1CQhzKw6Aff2ve253hNzkW1fUn5IlFFXx_Yar8mbJlM8ijW_V-OLri/s1600-h/Scrapbooking+Pages+137.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361008378999801730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSPJA4vqEyOlgD7ektflB-rY9oof5DRlFbLHR1IUwUF2hidnTzr46hYRnEiNWl2fLdqcG4RGodvQHxb9OdX6yefH1CQhzKw6Aff2ve253hNzkW1fUn5IlFFXx_Yar8mbJlM8ijW_V-OLri/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+137.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrXVZ7A_DWvEZHkNdPV4whvIXCTUKIlx6sFCuUODdxl8yv2u9SBYEsSbsHJ3-171adZsWtmVFHiUma9IlwAfjiOPOXNOGYujULQ36GeWCUN-nI8GvMSw4IGdALIGDl_QsVCpC4PUsBhQVI/s1600-h/Scrapbooking+Pages+140.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361008371814868850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrXVZ7A_DWvEZHkNdPV4whvIXCTUKIlx6sFCuUODdxl8yv2u9SBYEsSbsHJ3-171adZsWtmVFHiUma9IlwAfjiOPOXNOGYujULQ36GeWCUN-nI8GvMSw4IGdALIGDl_QsVCpC4PUsBhQVI/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+140.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs4tQ38bEYuEadFmBTGDLJOh68gsfVne-okPfdS9Hknr570ivoiPewJbyF5ir3Jw8wAMoRE95oAeA0taZM_w6aJNJbaBKPpDscAp8bq9K4gVorxRDnZDNAeT6m155SmQlhzSJJhDqrnHu2/s1600-h/Scrapbooking+Pages+142.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361008365090825458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs4tQ38bEYuEadFmBTGDLJOh68gsfVne-okPfdS9Hknr570ivoiPewJbyF5ir3Jw8wAMoRE95oAeA0taZM_w6aJNJbaBKPpDscAp8bq9K4gVorxRDnZDNAeT6m155SmQlhzSJJhDqrnHu2/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+142.jpg" border="0" /></a> I apologize if the colors are difficult to see, they are soooo much prettier and vibrant in person! I was VERY surprised at how good the colors actually look together!!! At first I thought, "Yea right!" and then after playing, I REALLY like it!!!</div><div> </div><div>So thanks so much for checking out my NEW and IMPROVED project!!! See you soon! :-)<br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Jennie H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09740091609827213191noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338953424688989760.post-90192228285005931152009-07-20T21:14:00.000-04:002009-07-20T21:18:56.439-04:00Dawn McVey's ChallengeSo I decided today to finally work on a challenge from Dawn McVey's Blog. I am a huge fan of her Blog and all of her beautiful projects and I am always thinking about joining in a challenge but never have. So today was my day to be brave! Here are the colors that she gave everyone to work with...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhegz3dTZbihqm9CCwHwg_HQcTBI4eM52nJBftyPA1hXVQsEYGwF_peNaNgXYr3mUx5FKaL5ALhqkIF2eUiMnQrALLgBqnGa4u3If8m-UzkiPaJJConahbeT4FYKaAip-8qXXrM_fDFiP81/s1600-h/6a00e54ef2e29988330115711b77a7970c-500wi.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360715970835189010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 178px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhegz3dTZbihqm9CCwHwg_HQcTBI4eM52nJBftyPA1hXVQsEYGwF_peNaNgXYr3mUx5FKaL5ALhqkIF2eUiMnQrALLgBqnGa4u3If8m-UzkiPaJJConahbeT4FYKaAip-8qXXrM_fDFiP81/s320/6a00e54ef2e29988330115711b77a7970c-500wi.jpg" border="0" /></a> This is what I created.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQi32T6-1-PyxLePblaowaxB5z2YA63u4Rbu5kSryJEHWENUahHhb5ChAQrZqqDFq3IXdXEIcWXb-OboEHsV_PF-d3tQID41tJ6jcEsrrQ_3RCR-UTC4z2ORGanE7r9Dmd0S1Bc6XLav4p/s1600-h/Scrapbooking+Pages+134.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360715969616661410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQi32T6-1-PyxLePblaowaxB5z2YA63u4Rbu5kSryJEHWENUahHhb5ChAQrZqqDFq3IXdXEIcWXb-OboEHsV_PF-d3tQID41tJ6jcEsrrQ_3RCR-UTC4z2ORGanE7r9Dmd0S1Bc6XLav4p/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+134.jpg" border="0" /></a> Here is a side angle that shows the colors a little better.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZG6Nsu-2SsY0Fvvulx18RMKMUsbx1JPXfTaR2dcgcqo58armd28DW131Fd8HLm1drcka9zY8VcGbgYQZfwTkdFDWqsdIPGBDysMQezNRxwizMutflTR0Vfhzm2SK1qK8iNzJtcRVb9TH_/s1600-h/Scrapbooking+Pages+136.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360715964999331602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZG6Nsu-2SsY0Fvvulx18RMKMUsbx1JPXfTaR2dcgcqo58armd28DW131Fd8HLm1drcka9zY8VcGbgYQZfwTkdFDWqsdIPGBDysMQezNRxwizMutflTR0Vfhzm2SK1qK8iNzJtcRVb9TH_/s320/Scrapbooking+Pages+136.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Thanks so much for stopping by!! I might play with these colors again in the morning when I have a fresh eye!! See you soon!<br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Jennie H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09740091609827213191noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338953424688989760.post-23595520474300412252009-07-20T14:25:00.000-04:002009-07-20T14:49:52.919-04:00I think I messed up!!! :-( I entered the <span style="color:#ff0000;">American Crafts Designer Challenge</span>, where they are looking for new designers for their company. Well, I was under the impression that all entries were due by midnight tonight because on the challenge that is due Thursday, that is how it works. Well, when I went on their site to get the email information to send all my projects to, I saw it says, "Due by July 20"!!! It doesn't give a time but says BY...I hope I didn't mess up!!! I hope I didn't blow any opportunity that I may have had!!! I am NEVER late for due dates and I am so afraid I blew it!!! I am BUMMED! I guess as Heather says, at least you got a lot of scrapping done! I guess that's the positive way to look at it!<br /><br />Well, just to share with you, these are the projects that I created for American Crafts contest. When I downloaded these images I downloaded them backwards because they never end up in the original order and for some reason they are still mixed up!! Please bare with me!! I will figure this whole thing out one day!!<br /><br /><br /><div align="center">This is a close up of part of the 2nd layout I did for the challenge. I used the <span style="color:#ff0000;">American Crafts Teen</span> line on this page.<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguk1VmFJKu5FXRopeCUPZhziivtsYEGzCoPYVrScJNxihEYaMe3tJgXlJ0afoPw4W_XwAOyLbZBeQAIzA155IITBjNLm7U0M1atUKRo6nXPA7KJAIsQRxlfkguPPsCHSgxf2jMaSkE1-Ij/s1600-h/American+Crafts+Layout+2+Close-up.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360611649061795714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguk1VmFJKu5FXRopeCUPZhziivtsYEGzCoPYVrScJNxihEYaMe3tJgXlJ0afoPw4W_XwAOyLbZBeQAIzA155IITBjNLm7U0M1atUKRo6nXPA7KJAIsQRxlfkguPPsCHSgxf2jMaSkE1-Ij/s320/American+Crafts+Layout+2+Close-up.bmp" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>This is the entire layout using the <span style="color:#ff0000;">American Crafts Teen</span> line.</p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcDUxe5_TBlSALQ4yxGRpE31KFeHsQenh3mqQPxpO7tzMUbZ1Y-repVFqqWcTKdkcyllCO0w0iwESQbsHMViP_Qls6WXeaPd_VHFHJ7tDrYwcne2m6L9Hp6KYouMpNAHuWVXktQSnb1BHi/s1600-h/American+Crafts+Layout+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360611641862258162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcDUxe5_TBlSALQ4yxGRpE31KFeHsQenh3mqQPxpO7tzMUbZ1Y-repVFqqWcTKdkcyllCO0w0iwESQbsHMViP_Qls6WXeaPd_VHFHJ7tDrYwcne2m6L9Hp6KYouMpNAHuWVXktQSnb1BHi/s320/American+Crafts+Layout+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />This was the first layout I submitted. It is a close-up to show the stickles that I used on the flowers to sort of make them pop. I used the <span style="color:#ff0000;">American Crafts Everyday</span> line on this page.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji8MwgHb7KMJNOokg3VcVMwntKhQkIoF0BSVBL9bibvQGcyf6rGV_sCESa05guImSHITM_IEzC9Xutzip91jBhIAaVE-6f7ACeSLN0RxcGHaT9N4EJhM-XD4URwc1v2qJXrno603HqIpqA/s1600-h/American+Crafts+Layout+1+Close-up.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360611636120046770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji8MwgHb7KMJNOokg3VcVMwntKhQkIoF0BSVBL9bibvQGcyf6rGV_sCESa05guImSHITM_IEzC9Xutzip91jBhIAaVE-6f7ACeSLN0RxcGHaT9N4EJhM-XD4URwc1v2qJXrno603HqIpqA/s320/American+Crafts+Layout+1+Close-up.bmp" border="0" /></a><br />This is the entire layout my first submission using the <span style="color:#ff0000;">American Crafts Everyday</span> line.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHtarbpaP2mO3yyBM_Y9uvRez9x2UykcMh5lUwuBr8Y72WA57UupHIUSlaWwLj1DxkXieMHnyE9HdNMf7ilGg9nxdsyUtq8Ju3SzWZNvlFhWXxuYL3XHlcbwldMJ4qYAw9gjsDcUbSPcp7/s1600-h/American+Crafts+Layout+1.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360611629206340642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHtarbpaP2mO3yyBM_Y9uvRez9x2UykcMh5lUwuBr8Y72WA57UupHIUSlaWwLj1DxkXieMHnyE9HdNMf7ilGg9nxdsyUtq8Ju3SzWZNvlFhWXxuYL3XHlcbwldMJ4qYAw9gjsDcUbSPcp7/s320/American+Crafts+Layout+1.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is a magnetic picture frame from <span style="color:#ff0000;">Bazzill</span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span> I bought this frame completely blank and you add whatever you want to it and you use magnets!! It was sooo fun to work with. For Kayla's frame I used the <span style="color:#ff0000;">American Crafts Backyard</span> line. Loved the paper and the <span style="color:#ff0000;">Flair </span>that goes with it!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUzO010V9tW5-HuUimi7NrT_fAWDcoij76bEKFVePUyirpmIiFfYwy4-GBGgZafqE4TNYIvVyUe_syi31y8OhiLIOBp2dPUEj1tVyzHpKDiy28M1d3Qf5p2NC3tYMcsC_dy5P-85wBngB0/s1600-h/American+Crafts+Project+-+After+K..bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360611625976199618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUzO010V9tW5-HuUimi7NrT_fAWDcoij76bEKFVePUyirpmIiFfYwy4-GBGgZafqE4TNYIvVyUe_syi31y8OhiLIOBp2dPUEj1tVyzHpKDiy28M1d3Qf5p2NC3tYMcsC_dy5P-85wBngB0/s320/American+Crafts+Project+-+After+K..bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />This is the same frame from <span style="color:#ff0000;">Bazzill</span> and I made Audrey one using the <span style="color:#ff0000;">American Crafts Teen</span> line. Loved the bright colors of this paper and it totally matched Audrey's swimsuit!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizK2TkmUa5YK6-PuXx8wbd3cF8zJBMhzTTgiUlemMR6Qyu55H-vGktzCjK-PNcfEsW07tMz7yh7P7dKutI6kUuh6pQIPAIZtQtwxE3Uv_SeH8mOdRDPV8J2A-F0Rt55h3ycI2JYzZW2MDK/s1600-h/American+Crafts+Project-+After+2.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360611002197920210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizK2TkmUa5YK6-PuXx8wbd3cF8zJBMhzTTgiUlemMR6Qyu55H-vGktzCjK-PNcfEsW07tMz7yh7P7dKutI6kUuh6pQIPAIZtQtwxE3Uv_SeH8mOdRDPV8J2A-F0Rt55h3ycI2JYzZW2MDK/s320/American+Crafts+Project-+After+2.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This pic just shows how I attached the magnets on the back of the paper and then you just stick the paper and embellishments wherever you want on the frame!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicqg6kYUBXTjGtQTcwaIRmabeRrUarey3_wQLkqqMsUxQABCkatNlMCzrQ1qV7X80-952LlsWH2Ln_pLWd10QaIsLHu3th0Ix6X0AxS61Gz1n21fQQmNhOBhXcWNt3HqwMNQB7LOr4Q0R-/s1600-h/American+Crafts+Project+Showing+Magnets.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360611003203306610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicqg6kYUBXTjGtQTcwaIRmabeRrUarey3_wQLkqqMsUxQABCkatNlMCzrQ1qV7X80-952LlsWH2Ln_pLWd10QaIsLHu3th0Ix6X0AxS61Gz1n21fQQmNhOBhXcWNt3HqwMNQB7LOr4Q0R-/s320/American+Crafts+Project+Showing+Magnets.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is the basic <span style="color:#ff0000;">Bazzill </span>frame that I started with. I think what I am going to do is use this frame for each season and switch out the papers and the embellishments according to the picture that I have in it!! So much fun!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGJq5ZsiOERv87c-0B9RT8AnjWpCH8WEpx3cb6mdSqWuPj0vcQoxlz9CKzZ6jics-dyF5ge_kLdxeOpYNPSS_At64dI3OJZ90Uhx7BiggrYrVaEArTkDVcfSP_9LoZjjCY_ATLdp1FmRAN/s1600-h/American+Crafts+Project+-+Before.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360611000776447202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGJq5ZsiOERv87c-0B9RT8AnjWpCH8WEpx3cb6mdSqWuPj0vcQoxlz9CKzZ6jics-dyF5ge_kLdxeOpYNPSS_At64dI3OJZ90Uhx7BiggrYrVaEArTkDVcfSP_9LoZjjCY_ATLdp1FmRAN/s320/American+Crafts+Project+-+Before.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is the card that I made for the challenge. I used <span style="color:#ff0000;">American Crafts Moda bella</span> line. Loved the bright colors in the paper and love how fancy the cards look! I used <span style="color:#ff0000;">a Hero Arts</span> stamp and embossed it on to the coordinating <span style="color:#ff0000;">American Crafts</span> paper.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMv22L_lKChTQ0NDJ1nFhojAqbMM3DsHR6dA-6-s0XKlcRS03n9FokW983R1MiMVwBh3RMMos03KDCp6ivUldVCm3gUOgm9eGsyxoIEDWCzl09xReT8AIqZo30f5WzXCRNhPcsdlJz8loa/s1600-h/American+Crafts+Cards+Close-up.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360610995995785570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMv22L_lKChTQ0NDJ1nFhojAqbMM3DsHR6dA-6-s0XKlcRS03n9FokW983R1MiMVwBh3RMMos03KDCp6ivUldVCm3gUOgm9eGsyxoIEDWCzl09xReT8AIqZo30f5WzXCRNhPcsdlJz8loa/s320/American+Crafts+Cards+Close-up.bmp" border="0" /></a><br />I made a set of 6 cards. I think I will use them as a gift for someone!<br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI5gMI_AKIvLcdT49w-JQvpKbUJ7btuHpHEFjjKifrX-b0qkl7XMNkfuq-zlQJVQO-77CZNcilvUj9owv_t4jugElGDDG_FgRaLv1wjBedSQVz2XHWmBsL7-tYupXLo7dJ8LYWE3wKg9yq/s1600-h/American+Crafts+Cards+Close-up+2.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360610989851551554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI5gMI_AKIvLcdT49w-JQvpKbUJ7btuHpHEFjjKifrX-b0qkl7XMNkfuq-zlQJVQO-77CZNcilvUj9owv_t4jugElGDDG_FgRaLv1wjBedSQVz2XHWmBsL7-tYupXLo7dJ8LYWE3wKg9yq/s320/American+Crafts+Cards+Close-up+2.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So even though I am REALLY worried that I missed the deadline for the challenge, I did get a lot of work finished!! I am going to enter their other challenge for this week but I am REALLY having a hard time thinking of something to create!! I know I will come up with something though!!</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">Thanks for reading!!! Be back soon!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Jennie H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09740091609827213191noreply@blogger.com0