my latest layout

here is a layout that I re-did :) The original had no pic and I really wanted a picture on these gorgeous KI papers!

my baby was rak'd!

My 15 yo Cheyenne had a great mail day. She opened the door to find a rak from her favorite scrapbooker of all time! (Look at the label) What will she be up to today? I bet she is going to make a page about her mail day from the big "E"!

Technicolor Toot Unleashed

Here is my layout designed with the new product by Tenika Morrison! http://www.tenika.com/Technicolor.html
This is using Mod Squad - Tri-Design Transparencies (City of Groove)
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Technicolor Transparencies by ScrapWear Designs

Taken from Sophia's blog

I just loved reading this on Sophias blog so I thought I would add it to mine as well. I want to print it out for the fridge.

A wonderful poem written by Audrey Hepburn when asked to share her "beauty tips." It was read at her funeral years later.
For attractive lips, speak words of kindness...
For lovely eyes, seekout the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day.
For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone...

Scraps Ahoy Idol - Round 2

here is my Scrapsahoy Idol layout for Round 2. This was a fun one! We had to write an essay and also create a layout that is non holiday but using holiday colors. Here is the link to see the layout and my essay on ironing in your scrapbooks. If you want to vote you must register on the message board before you can see the ballot box. The entries are all awesome! Come check them out! TFL!

the PERMENANT results!

Ok so my guess the # of rod RAK winners are ..... Celeste, Deborah and Andie! They were all close to the actual 29 rod count.
Here are before pics and the after results. It isn't all that different (more fuzzy) than when I styled my hair before the perm but now I don't have to be in the bathroom curling it for 30 minutes :)

this weeks blog

so, what could be new here? Hmmm... I have finished the Scraps Ahoy Idol contest layout for Round 2. I just have to finish up my essay. Remember to vote for your friend Karen {me} which starts on Sunday the 30th.

Also... just as a tease, I have added a sampling picture here of the new manufacture I was talking about. You will flip when you see the designs. How fun and exciting. I just love NEW scrapbook products!


My list: 1.essay 2. layouts 3. more layouts 4. project 5. cards 6. article 7. update our twin club website 8. design the new parent group's website
Not too bad if it doesn't get to 10! Wait! That didn't include laundry, shopping, floors, clean the shower and tub, toilets as well as cooking. Argh!

The kids are all doing well. Cheyenne is back into the swing of things being back at home. We will be going to Madison soon. The twins have not seen a zoo before so that should be tons of fun for them. The girls are crawling (FAST) and walking around furniture. The coffee table is gone and now the hall tree must go! No coats needed in the summer anyway, right? What is next?

2peas blog challenge - describe your childhood bedroom. I have beautiful walnut dressers for all of my collections. I collected smurfs and owls. Both at different times thankfully. I know, how could a 12 year old collect owls!?! I had 2 twin beds because my older college aged sister would come home at times to visit. The bedding was a gosh awful mustard color but I did love that ribbed stitched feel of them. I still find these same bed coverings at thrift stores and have at times contemplated buying them just for the memory of it. I had my stuffed animals on my bed as well. I loved my monkey!