Monochromatic LO

This is a little flower I sell in my etsy shop. It's hand embossed and then hand chalked for a soft look. I just love them!


















I've been participating in a member challenge on the website Scrapwords for quite some time now. I pick a new color every month for everyone to get their creativity flowing. June's color is pink so this is the layout that I did. I just posted the July color and I chose "clear". I have always wanted to do something with an acrylic album or something clear besides a ghost letter here or there so this should challenge me quite a bit.

Check out Scrapwords forum under Member Challenges and look at all the monthly colors. Everyone has awesome ideas for mono layouts! Great job everyone.

Have a super day!

A Fun Contest

I just began a new fun contest on the Scrapperie site. It's called the Gauntlet. It should be alot of fun seeing who stays and who goes each week. I feel like it's the scrapbookers American IDOL! These ladies do awesome layouts so I don't think I will be in the running too long but it's great to see what the challenges are each week.

I am going to the Michigan Mega Meet with my daughter Friday. I can't wait. I loved going last year and she has never been. We can take in all to goodies and try to control our spending. Yeah right!!! I want it all LOL.

Thank You Notecard

I just designed this notecard to use as a thank you card for anyone who has graciously donated to my Breast Cancer 3-Day personal page. I'm really happy with how it turned out. I have never painted with ink on paper before so I tried a touch on the leaves. I think it made the flower image pop out. I also used a glue dot to apply the clear acrylic flower over the stamped image to give it some dimension. I have really enjoyed making these clear flowers for my Etsy shop.


Thanks for taking a peek today. I am currently working on a peach monochromatic layout for http://www.scrapwords.com/. They have some great ideas on this site!

Darlene

Crazy Michigan Weather

We have had another snow fall here last night. Luckily I've been doing most of my walking indoors on the treadmill. We got a few inches of the white fluff again and it makes it very hard to walk in the neighborhood....it's pretty slippery. I walked outdoors last Tuesday in very windy conditions and going up those hills, against the 35 mph. wind, was a killer!!! I figure it's important that I experience all weather conditions just in case September weather isn't going to be sunny and warm :-) I'm glad I'm doing all my stretches. If I don't stretch I think I would feel this training more than I am. I'm very out of shape. My leg muscles feel a bit tender but nothing to complain about! I have to say I feel much better moving around and doing something positive and important and I benefit also. Hopefully I will firm up and loose some weight too. That would be wonderful! LOL

Attended my first Meeting

My daughter and I have decided to participate in Michigan's Breast Cancer 3-day. We went to our first Getting Started meeting this past weekend. It sure was a wonderful opportunity to meet get people who have been affected by this disease.

I have just begun my training program. I walk on my treadmill routinely and do my stretches as suggested. I still have a long way to go to be ready to walk 60 miles but I know I can do it. I want to do anything I can to help eliviate this disease for my grandchildren and future generations. I decided to do a scrapbook page. I titled it Focus on the Journey. I used stamping techniques and some of my own flowers that I have designed (ggam.etsy.com). The journaling reads: I have just committed to participate in the Breast Cancer 3-Day in Michigan on Sept. 26-28, 2008. I am slowly beginning my training so that I will achieve my goal to cross the finish line after 60 miles of walker. I'm taking it 1 step @ a time! What a wonderful feeling it is to be sharing this same goal with hundreds of dedicated women and men.

Thank you for looking and have a great week everyone!

A Winter Layout

I went to a scrapbook weekend with my daughter Heather at the end of February and completed a few projects. This layout was done because my wonderful husband Tom surprised me with an Eddie Bauer down coat to keep me warm. I wasn't expecting such a great gift and he knew I was always cold. I freeze when we go upnorth to our cabin in the woods in Michigan. I am forever warm now that I have this coat. I also wanted to experiment with the new flocking colors that are available. I used white and also glitter on some of the chipboard elements on this page. I hope you like :-)

I just love mini books!

I have so much fun making these mini books. What I like the most about them is that you can use up all your little paper scraps and embellishments along with any miscellaneous pictures and still keep a theme going. I came up with this idea because my husband Tom is such a silly guy and he always makes me laugh. Laughing makes me happy so I thought I would share a little happiness with you today. I hope you enjoy! TFL