Wonder Woman

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Yep yep!! This is me... scrapping photos months later! It's the first day of March and this page is for Halloween 2010!! It was a fun one done for the March Template challenge @ TLP! GREAT free template from Amy Martin!

Love Life Together

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Another page for my letters album... this one is using the prompt- send love and of course, I was sending my love to Eric! By the way, just in case you didn't know-- Sara and Crystal host these prompts on each of their blogs and everyone is more than welcome to play along or work at your own pace-- which is what I've done!

And, ... and this excites me... it made GSO at DST today!!!

I Won't let Go

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I am absolutely in love with this song by Rascal Flatts-- I won't let go! You can find the music video here.
This page is for the Grow With Love: February Letters edition. It's Day#5- Get Inspired with Musical Lyrics.

Wow!! This page made GSO at DST. I'm always floored when that happens with my pages!

My Loves

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This page is for the Grow with Love: January Letters:: Day 4 ... the prompt was about scrapping ourselves right now, what we, the scrapper loves! And by the way, right now I'm IN LOVE with the journaling bling by Jenn Barrette that's currently available at the lily pad! LOVE IT!!!
My Journaling:
Today is Wednesday, February 23, 2011. My life right now seems to be revolve around work, TV, scrapbooking at my family. We will skip the work part since that is pretty boring. It’s winter, so we’re usually stuck indoors which means, TV addiction time. I’m in love with American Idol, despite the new judges. I spend all weekend waiting for Glee. And even thought we record it, I still refuse to miss it. I will also watch any law and order type shows, just because they are a decent waste of time. Now, as for the computer... scrapbooking and gallery surfing is what I like to do best. So far this year I’ve done about 25 layouts which is a HUGE accomplishment compared to every other year. Then there’s photography. I love to take pictures, even though I have plain point-and-shoot camera. Every time I take a photo, I think about how I will scrapbook it, even kit ideas that’s how obsessed I am. I’m also trying to get my body healthy again, so I’m cooking more, which I love. I can’t believe we ate out so much last year!! I also love playing the Kinect... it’s such a great indoor workout that doesn’t feel like exercise. At the end of the day, I love going to bed with Eric and Rylee. Hearing that little chatterbox tell her “Once upon a time” stories is just a priceless part of my day. As it gets warmer I’m sure my loves will change. Less TV, more outside time which means, more family time which is my number one love of all.

Hindsight

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This was a very tough page for me. It's one that I needed to do, because it's something that I think about every single day. I actually started it weeks ago, I just had a hard time with the journaling. I wanted to be truthful and honest with myself and sometimes that is very hard to do.
This was for Day3 of the January Letters from the Grow with Love series by Sara and Crystal

This page made GSO at Me So Scrappy! It's always shocking!

Bibbity Bobbity Boutique

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This is my first Rylee page from our Disney trip... I should have millions more!

The journaling is about her special treat while @ WDW_- going to the Bibbity Bobbity Boutique for the full royal treatment: hair, nails, dress, shoes! She loved it. They thought she was so cute, they put her in the front window and did everything!

Your Prince

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This is another page for Rylee's book... which consists of things I'd like her to know and remember when she get's a little older!

Journaling:
Wait for your prince charming. To my dearest, Rylee: In your life, you will come across many boys. Some will seem perfect, some will break your heart. Always remember, if they seem too good to be true, he probably is. Wait for that special one. Only you and God will know when you’ve found him. But be patient. All good things come to those who wait.

Live for Today

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This is just a simple page, using a simple photograph and some awesome wordart from Sahlin Studio!

Adorable

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This picture was taken in March of 2010. Another album... the Capturing Life album. Title inspired by the wordart by Sahlin Studio for the February BYOC!

Dream Big and the Song Album

New Project!!! 

Yes, yes... another project!! It's no secret that I'm in love with music. I can't stand the quiet, so no matter what I'm doing, you can probably bet that I'm listening to music. I can truly say I love all types... with the exception of most rap... just not my thing. Sometimes I'll hear a song, and think... hmm this is what I want Rylee to know. Well, by the time she starts listening to music, the songs I love will be long put away on the back of the shelf somewhere, so what better way to save them, than to put them in an album. I orignally saw this idea at DST like sometime last year. Sara (Zinnias & Swallowtails) did an Lyric album for her daughter and I think it's such a great idea. So, yes, of course, I stole it!! Still need to come up with a name but this will be a forever on going album so that's no biggy right now.

Now, I bet you are wondering why in the world am I doing so many projects at one time. Truth is, I have a hard time doing one thing at a time and this is true with everything in my life. Sometimes, I get stuck working an album or I'm in the mood for something different, and with more than one project in the works, I'll have a turning point... a direction to look to. Album ideas are endless, and I'm kinda ocd that I prefer themed albums with organization not just a mix of pages thrown into a book, which is good and bad I guess. Order is nice, but it can be complicated, and mean I never get stuff printed.

So... here is a page for Rylee's Lyric Album. I originally heard this song on American Idol, sung by David Cook. When I went to search for the original singer it was impossible. Then I searched a little deeper and realized this song was written for that season of Idol. But I feel in love, it has such a great meaning.

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Here's a video to the song at You Tube!
YouTube - Dream Big - David Cook [HQ]

This page made GSO at Me So Scrappy!

R.Y.L.E.E.

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Well, this is page #3 in Rylee's book! I fiddled with this page for two days until I was finally satisfied with the outcome! I used a template from Grow with Love: Kids by Sara Gleason and Crystal Livesay and it's
Prompt #3: Word Play.

The goal was to create a page using the letters in your child's name to describe them... an acrostic. The lists below each circle was an afterthought because I realized with the elements and papers, it was really hard to see the actual words.

WOW!! This page got me the first ever GSO on the Gallery Standouts Blog!

How it Began

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My Little Cupcake

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This is my first of MANY layouts using the February BYOC products from The Lilypad. I create this using a template by Amy Martin for the February template challenge!
The photo of Rylee was taken Mother's Day 2009. Someone, I can't remember who, bright these chocolate, bright pink cupcakes. They were nasty, I mean they tasted like paste. Just Gross!! But Rylee loved them. Her face loved them too. That pink icing stayed around for a little while too! No matter how many times I scrubbed your face, it was still pink!

The Lilypad BYOC- February!!

O.M.G.

So I've been playing along with the monthly lilypad challenges and I actually one two of them. I never, ever win! I thought random.org just didn't like me! I won the product challenge (staple) and the BYOC challenge--- which was a BIG one! The prize for the BYOC challenge is the following month's BYOC products... ALL OF THEM! It's incredible and I actually won them!!! Tears came to my eyes when I realized I had won, and that is no lie!!

If you haven't seen the February collection then shame on you. It's Incredible! I feel bad, like I'm taking advantage of the designers by getting all of it free. It is 35 products!!!

If you want to get in on the action with this month's challenge, then go here!

Free to be Me

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Wow! This layout feel together easily. Love this kit, and this prompt from Sara and Crystal is a great one. I got to explore me, in a positive light instead of always seeing the bad! The lyrics around the actual journaling is from a song by Francesca Battistelli "Free to be Me"! LOVE that song, Love most of her stuff! At the top of the journaling paragraph is the chorus from the song, then my journaling:
No matter how old I get, I never feel quite good enough. I tend to be a pessimistic person anyway, but I always feel inadequte. But you know what, Life is not about the have nots but about the haves. I am blessed. I am a good person. I am a Christian. I am faithful. I am loving, caring, considerate, compassionate, and occasionally OCD person. I am loved. I am blessed.

This page my GSO at Me So Scrappy on Thursday!! Everytime I see my page get recognized it shocks me!! I'm like.. "wow, they liked little ole me"

To be a Mommy

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This was a tough-- yet-- easy page to complete. I used the Grow with Love- Kids Edition- Template 10- {{Prompt #1: Remember... did you always?}} which is by Sara Gleason and Crystal Livesay available @ TLP.
Journaling:
When I was a little girl, of course I knew I wanted kits. I wanted 3:: Boy, Girl, Boy! And then, in high school, after having seizures for almost 10 years, I thought that it would be horrible of me to bring a child in this world that could possibly have epilepsy and have to deal with that disease forever, as well. So, at 16 I decided that I would not have kids.
Then, you came along. Miss Rylee Lynn, you’ve changed my life forever! Before you, I was dead set on not having kids, but now I don’t know what I would have done without you! You, and your dad, are the best thing that has ever happened to me. I was blessed to have been seizure free all during pregnancy and so far, there have been no signs of seizures in you. I pray that it stays like that forever!

U R Silly

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Oh my goodness. When Rylee came out of her bedroom that night with this makeup all her face, I cracked up!! It was a gift from the Bibbity Bobbity Boutique as Disney World and until then, we did a pretty good job of keeping it away from you. But somehow you found it, and covered your face in it!!

Wild Thing

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I have always loved this photo! I may have even scrapped with it before, not sure! lol. But when I saw the fun colors of this kit, I had to have it. And it just goes perfect with this picture of Rylee being tickled on the couch!
Credits:
Z&S- Paper Garden Vol. 1
Valorie Wibbens and Heather Hess- Wild About You
Heather Hess- TheJacque Font!

Good Times

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This was apart of the January Scraplift Challenge at TLP and I lifted this layout from Sahlin Studio!
Journaling:
Here we are at our Walt Disney World hotel, the Caribbean Beach Resort. These were taken while exploring the resort soon after we checked in. I have absolutely no idea what is going on in these pictures nor why you all were laughing uncontrollably! I know Mom and Shelby were posing for the camera while sitting on a cannon. Then I believe Taylor jumped on the back of it, and there was some talk of him making the whole thing fall over, since it wasn’t exactly bolted in place above the lake. Either way, these were some of the best “unposed” photos from the trip and I’m happy to have them.

This Moment

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I Love this photo! Yes, it's my daughter, so of course I love it! BUT I LOVE the texture, coloring, everything on this photo. I actually originally edited it sometime during the Summer 2010, but it's just now making it's way onto a page. This was one of the first photos that I played with textures, like real textures from a professional photographer/designer online. Sorry, right now I can't remember whose textures, but I know the rest of the photo editing was done using actions from My Four Hens.
Anyway... The journaling:
Miss Rylee. This photo is one of many from your third birthday portrait session at Sears. You were such a little lady. No goofy or silly smiles on that afternoon, you were all about business. That could have been because we bribed you with a carousal ride after we were finished, but no matter what method we used, none could have produced a better result than that musical horse. photos turned our gorgeous!