Jillibean Flutterbys

"When in doubt choose kraft"

Sometimes you just need some butterflies in your life. They encourage you to change and to grow. That is what my mom and sister do. I love this photo of the 3 of us, together at Thanksgiving. Check off another one done for 2008-2009. I hand painted all the butterflies and just had to add a little glitter. Thanks for looking.

Products Used: Jillibean Soup ~ Cold Rasberry - Cinnamin Stick, Fresh Raspberries, 12x12 Kraft, Harvest Flowers, Bean Brown Alphabeans, dark brown twine, Prism Cardstock ~ Dark Crabapple, Expresso, Making Memories ~ mini copper round & square brads, We R Memory Keepers ~ Antique Brass snaps, Doodlebug ~ Stick with it "Fancy That", Martha Stewart ~ Ultra fine Glitter - Brownstone, Tim Holtz ~ Antique Photo Distress ink, Water Colour Pencils ~ Design

The Key to Success

"If you start behind you'll never get ahead."

Have you ever had a goal you never thought you would complete? We all start out wanting to scrapbook every photo we take. I have discovered that in my world this will never happen. I have a goal for this summer to completely scrapbook from Sept. 2008 ~ Sept. 2009. I have made a great start on both the fall pages and the spring pages, all of which I will share with you.

This week was my DS's grade 8 graduation. I thought I might share a layout of his first day of grade 8, September 2, 2008. Thanks for looking and tell me what you think.

Products used:

October Afternoon - Garden Chair, Ducks in a Row Label Stickers, All My Memories - striped ribbon, Tim Holtz Grunge Board Key, Antique Photo Distress Ink, Kaiser - Star Rhinestone bling, Basic Grey Mellow - Harvested, Seasoned, Creative Impressions - narrow black ribbon, 7 Gypsies alphabet ribbon (?) E.K.Success - Tiny Alphas, Zig Writer - black, Martha Stewart border punch

Scrapbook & Cards Today

Did you get your's?
Everyone did a great job on this issue ~ So bright and cheery. Thanks Catherine & Kerri & your whole team for doing a fabulous job.

I think my favourite creation in this issue is "Summer" by Roxanne Jegodtka.

I love the little brads covering the sun. This is a great layout for any event because you can get so many pictures on your page without it lookig messy.

I love Sarah's cards too.

Check out her blog "Only in Hollywoodstock"
If you haven't recieved your copy of this great FREE magazine you can download all it's summer goodness from Scrapbooks And Cards Today

Grade 8 Grad.

Well he is finished ~ elementary school that is. We have had the wonderful privledge to ride this rollercoaster from grade 2 - 8 and everyone has arrived alive. He heads off for 6 weeks. That's right 6 weeks of Army Cadet camp (all music all the time) and then HIGH SCHOOL ~ HEAVEN HELP ME!

Doesn't he look handsome? Congrats buddy - we are so proud of you.

My Sunshine

How I love to add flowers to my pages. This is a layout of my DD. I love these photos even if they are a couple of years old. I blanket stitched the brown cardstock and did a plain running stitch around the flower. I inked everything - of course. The buttons are all stitched on too.
Thanks for looking & let me know what you think.
~ Kim ~

Product List: Bazzill Cardstock- Mocha Divine, Core'Dinations Cardstock ~ February Gold, Scenic Route Patterned Paper ~ Grafton James St., American Crafts Brown Felt Thickers, Jillibean Soup ~ Minestrone Olive Oil, Kaiser Rhinestones ~ Deep Yellow, Flowers - Petaloo, Heidi Swapp, American Crafts & Prima, Buttons - Variety Unknown, DMC embrodery floss, Vintage Photo Distress ink, Dew Drop Brilliance ~ Coffee Bean.
(My Hubby was so happy ~ I didn't buy anything new for this page)

Chocolate Chip

We have discovered a new friendly little family member...

Living in a hole in the front porch...

Introducing "Chocolate Chip" ~ Chip is going to provide LOTS of great photos for layouts - maybe even a mini-book.

My daughter & I spent a beautiful, first day of summer laying on the front porch, waiting for Chip to appear (which he did repeatedly). Both of us with cameras, so we got lots of beautiful pics of him. Even though Chip would run off , he would always come back with his little cheeks full. My daughter finially decided that he would be more interesting eating our peanuts. He was a little pig. We are going to have fun watching him all summer. By the way ~ Chip is driving the Cat crazy.

Piggytail Princess

So here it is ~ My first real BLOG POST!!!

I have to admit I am still not sure about this blogging thing. I think posting every few days is a good idea and we will go from there.
This is a layout made with scraps and bits from my stash. The paper is left over pieces from a class I taught last year called "A Whole lotta Hoopla" (image below) for All About Scrapbooks & More.

I really did not have a lot left ~ but I hate leftovers. Anyhow isn't my niece cute? Here she is playing with her dolly. I love using flowers as an accent so you will see a lot of them on my "girly" pages.

Thanks for looking and please tell me what you think.

Product list: We R Memory Keepers - Hoopla Paper line, American Crafts - Thickers & Ribbon, October Afternoon - Ducks in a Row Journaling sticker,Bazzill Cardstock, Flowers by Petaloo, Heidi Swapp & Prima, Jewels - Kaiser, & Brads & silver embellies - unknown.