Here By Grace

  So. I've been having myself a lot of fun since I've been on Winter Break from school and I'm getting a ton of scrapping done! (Yeaaaaaa!)  You know, all I need is my music bumping to get me in the mood and I'm a happy camper! Well, my DT assignment for Say It With Letters was to  alter these fabulous "DIVA" letters and I loved doing them.  I have the perfect little Diva living in my house, so I thought I'd give them to her when I was finished. I did them using Basic Grey's Infuse papers because they match Brittany's room perfectly.  I also used some yummy glittery shimmery chipboard by Making Memories that you must get in time for your Valentine's Day creations!

And how about your New Year's Resolutions?  Do you make them? Do you keep them?  Do you scrap them?  I always seem to make the same ones every year.  You already know 'em: 1. Lose Weight 2. Eat Healthy 3. Stay On A Budget ... and the list goes on. How is your commitment to stick to them? I usually do very well with mine... until around the end of January!(LOL!) Have a Happy New Year's!

Take Care and Be Blessed!

I Ate Too Much!

I hope everyone had as wonderful a Christmas as I did! Everything was just perfect!  Family, friends, lots of delicious food, good music, laughter, and tons of love for all! I've eaten way too much for any normal person these past couple of weeks,  so today I'm back on my program of sane eating and walking on my treadmill. I don't know about you, but it's just so easy for me to gain weight! I mean you would'nt think that eating crazy for a week would throw me off so bad, but it did! As of this morning it looks like I'm 7 pounds heavier than I was last week! EEEEEK!

Now it's gonna take me a month to get rid of what I gained in a week!  It ain't fair I tell ya!(LOL!)

Surprisingly with all of the excitement of Christmas, I  was able to get a ton of projects done!  Here are a few things I did for Scrap-Tastic using the January kit which will be for sale shortly.

**And if you haven't had a chance, you need to get on over to Outta This Funk cause my girls have got some serious inspiration and a challenge with a prize for you to check out!!

Well, I'm headed to the mall to see what sales I can catch! Take care and Be Blessed!

Real Simple

Real Simple; the name of my favorite magazine, and what I desire my life to be right now!  Today is my 5th grade class Winter Party and I really want you to pray for me to get through this!(LOL) The kids are super-excited, the parents are too excited, and the teachers are so, so tired! This is the one day of the year that I dread...really, I do.  Well, I've gotta change my thoughts and think positively because I know that whatever I'm thinking will become a reality if I don't change it.  So I'm gonna talk about my favorite magazine, Real Simple.  This is the December Issue and it's just wonderful! Whenever you get a chance, go cruise the Real Simple website for some immediate uplifting! The layout I'm featuring is one I made last year for a challenge about what I wanted for Christmas.  When I asked myself the same question this year my answer was still the same! Well, go hug someone today and smile at a stranger! Take care and Be Blessed!

Inspiration Anyone??

                                                                                                                        If you're looking for something to pull you out of that scrapping funk, then I've got the perfect cure for you!  Me and a few of my most incredibly talented scrappy friends have joined forces for one important cause...to inspire you and to help you get outta your funk!   Now, we all find ourselves in a funk at one time or another...and we hope that this is the place where you'll be able to get your mojo back!  Before I give you the link, let me share with you the amazing "Inspirational  Team":

*Anna Estrada Davison

*Cari Locken

*Dee Gallimore-Perry

*Jen Nichols

*Kristy Lee

*Melissa Phillips

*Michelle Hubbartt

*Natalie Goward

*Peggy Severins

*Teri Anderson

*Wendy Malichio

* and me!!

Sounds good, right?  Well be on the lookout for tons of challenges, sketches for layouts and cards, tons of project ideas, and good clean fun!! So, stop by and give us a "hello"!  There could be something good in it for you!!  Oh, the name of the site?  Outta This Funk!  I hope to see you there! Take care and Be Blessed!

How About a Givaway!

How would you like to win both of these alterables?? Well, all you have to do is go Say It With Letters and leave a comment. That's it! Really! So go HERE and do it ASAP because a winner will be chosen on Sunday!

Lots of good scrappy things going on, but I'll have to wait a bit to share, so stay tuned! I did this all about me layout for Paper House and I must say that I'm loving those butterflies! Their colors are absolutely and they're great to work with! You really should check out some of the fabulous products Paper House has. They're very versitile and easy to work with.  Well, I've gotta go, but take care and Be Blessed!

Cold, Cold, Cold!

Well, I guess I'm happy now cause not only am I feeling like Christmas, but it's also beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here! Today St. Louis started out so windy and cold!  And on my drive home from work, it started this sleet and snow thing! So, when I picked up Michael I was a bit stressed to say the least!  But when he saw it was snowing, he started singing "Frosty the Snowman" in the happiest voice ever!  Is he cute or what?  Let me tell you that after an afternoon of me working on an art project which consisted of 66 5th graders working with paints, magazines, glue, and tracing full body shapes - hearing Michael sing his happy little song from my back seat made all the stress of this day just melt away!  This must be what you call the magic of Christmas!

So, at work we've started playing "Secret Santa" where you draw names and give little fun, cheap gifts to someone every couple of days up until Christmas.  Well, the other day someone gave me a really cool Christmas CD.  Since I love it so much, I started thinking that maybe I'd give my person a CD too!  Well, after some snooping I found out the kind of music she likes and made her a CD.  Being the scrappy chick I am, you know I couldn't just give it to her in a regular case, so here's the case I made for her using some of my old favorite Christmas papers from Making Memories and some chipboard from Scenic Route.  I used a CD template by Coluzzle which made it super-easy to make.

I hope you're having fun this season making scrappy gifts too! Take care and Be Blessed!