End of the Year Post:)

So i made it through 2008.

i am happy that we all got through it in one piece.

My DH still has his job, we are still above water financially, the girls are thriving and i am happy.

This year we have been through hospital stays, loss of family members, scary medical moments, scary financial moments and the one thing that had held it all together has been our family bond.

i love this crazy bunch of individuals and wouldn't want to be anywhere else but with them!

Next year we are looking forward to an ACTUAL vacation, a wedding (WOOOOHOOOOO) and lots more of the same craziness that makes our lives so COOL:)

SO here's to the new year. It will most definitely be better AND worse that 2008.....and i welcome it with open arms!

Stampin' Up Only:)

Sketch from www.thescrappingspot.com

Supplies: Paper, Cardstock, embossing powder and stamps: Stampin' Up.

Sketch from the January Ck Insert.

Supplies: Cardstock, paper and hardware: Stampin' Up

Letters: Misc.
Sorry for the wonky scan....i haven;t had time to take pics so i had to scan...BLEH!

Supplies: Cardstock, paper and stamps: Stampin' Up.

Embossing folder: Cuttlebug.

All cards used supplies from Stampin' Up.

I am on a mission to ink up all the stamps, use up all the paper and fill in as many blanks in my scrapbook as i can!

Sketches from the Scrapping Spot:)

Snow pics from last year:) 

Supplies: Pattern Paper: BG Mistletoe and Pear.

Letters and Journal spots: HS

Stamp: Fontwerks

Ink: Versacolor

Ribbon: American Crafts

Chipboard: K&Co.

I do a Tree and Ornament page (or five) every year:)

Supplies:

Pattern Paper: BG MIstle Toe and Pear

Ribbon: American Crafts

Hardware: Stampin' Up

Ink: Versafine

Stamp: Studio G

Finally Christmas, reverse images!

............and then they sit back and enjoy. An actual spontaneous quiet moment caught between Zoe and Devyn. Makes it ALL worthwhile.
The finished product:) Zoe made me add more "colored" lights because the tree is pre-lit with white lights. Ours is not the most coordinated or designer tree, but it is full of wonderful memories that we get to re-live every year:) i LOVE that!
Our precious tree top angel. I is the heart of our tree and though it is OLD and not very fashionable, we LOVE it and would never, ever trade it for another.
The decorating frenzy begins. i TRIED to organize, but the usual chaos kicked in.
so this was the start of the tree. we set it up and were too tired to put up the ornaments:)

Tis the Season:)

.....to be running around like a chicken without a head.

This week we have had so many doctors appointments and errands to run that it has totally thrown off my schedule.

soooooo...though there is no scrappy-ness NOW, there will be soon.

cause i have some AWESOME pictures to scrap!!!!

Card Bonus!

After i was done with my last few projects i finished off the paper scraps with these two very simple cards.

supplies: chloe's closet paper

                 ribbon from the dollar store

                 Studio G dollar stamp.
and i am done for the day:)))))

My scrapping process Part Two:)

4. I add a little of the pattern paper for interest. The way the stamp is designed left a gap in the embossing pattern, so i wanted to cover it up a bit.
5. I added pictures plus embellishments at the end. i used a big title cut out of white cardstock with my cricut to coordinate with the white embossing and to cover up the dead space in the bottom picture. The title also ties all the pictures together visually. I also added a subtitle with a HS word and a little more inking around the edges.
6. The final product. I added a few corners cut with a paper shaper (my favorite tool) and a sticky spot from American crafts at the top to journal. EASY PEASY!
This is what my table looked like after i was done:)

Thanxs for looking and i hope that this even a little bit helpful!