FINALLY!!

I am back in the craft room...finally!  Just a couple of layouts to post for now, but hopefully a slew of cards in the not-too-distant future. Welcome to my new followers - I hope to spend some time perusing the creative work of my fellow papercraft bloggers soon.

 Layout using the May You and Me kit by CTMH

I've mentioned it before, but I LOVE the Close To My Heart flip flaps that allow extra photos and hidden journaling to be placed on a layout. If you have questions, let me know!

 Layout for the This is My Story scrapbooking Bible study

Thanks for stopping by!

Marie with a :)

Back in The Craft Room

Whew.  What a year 2011 has turned out to be.  Lots of major events have had me missing-in-action from the papercraft world.  The most recent event was a hysterectomy, but I am happy to say that I am well on my way to recovery and am back in the saddle craft room again!

I particularly liked having one of my sweet daughters spend a couple of evenings making cards with me.

At first, I simply made another dozen wings cards with bits and pieces I all ready had cut out.

Then my sweet friend DP left a bag on my door, with some precut cards and papers for me to assemble some quick and easy Mother's Day cards.

This same sweet friend joined me in the craft room last night and we created some "You're Sweet" and "Hot Diggity" cards. The Hot Diggity cards were inspired by this card that I saved to my CASE file but it doesn't have a name with it...so if you know who the creator is, please give credit. The "peaches" card was inspired by the amazing Debbie Carriere You really need to check out her blog!

And tonight I finally finished the layout of my parents that I started nearly two months ago!

My mom was (and is) such a tiny and beautiful lady!  Growing up, I always thought she was the prettiest mom I knew.

Hopefully I'll get back to posting at least once a week.  But even more than paper crafting I miss WALKING...and I even miss HOUSE WORK!  My family has been wonderful but sitting around, reading, sleeping and eating (and watching countless episodes of Murder She Wrote) gets boring :)
Happy Mother's Day!  And thanks for stopping by,
Marie with a :)

This is My Story LO 3 using Wings paper

Has it really been 2 weeks since I have posted?
Life has been a bit crazy around here.

Lots of stuff going on...some really exciting and some rather sad.  My mother-in-law is in hospice with not much time left.  The HH, kids and I have been reflecting on some of our favorite times with her and realizing that her love language was most likely giving, and that her grandchildren were the apples of her eye.  The reminiscing has left me even more determined to complete my "Story of Me" album  - not just for my kids but for my grandkids as well (should the Lord ever bless me with any!) My friend Sandra and I created our third layouts more than a week ago but I simply have not had time to post.  Here's mine:

The large flower above was created using a square punch and a corner rounder.  For the larger inner circle, I used the new CTMH spiral circle punch.  I am so excited about all the things you can do with a spiral circle punch!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Marie with a :)

This is My Story LO 2

Here's another layout for my This is My Story album:

I will be journaling on the jounaling pages (7 Gyspsies) but thought I'd post first :)

I created the flower paper using re-inkers (sorbet and juniper, separately) in the new spray bottles and then stamping with the new Universal Backgrounds (script) stamp.  I was very happy with the results! I used the rest of the juniper in my spray bottle to color a cream ribbon so it matched . Simple and easy!!

 I will be stamping the names and birth dates on each rectangle once I get the accurate info from my parents.

Thanks for stopping by! Happy weekend to you.

Marie with a :)

This Is My Story Scrapbook

A dear friend and I have started the Lisa Whelchel Scrapbook Bible Study called "This is My Story."  It's supposed to be a six week study but we decided with how long it takes us to create a layout, it will be a twelve to twenty-four week study for us!  Here's my first layout which tells about my name (it's not finished - still needs the photos and journaling.)  I'm really hoping to persuade the HH to create a scrapbook about himself as well.

I'm glad that I embossed a few extra butterflies when I made my Unscripted Card the other day. They came in handy on this layout because I think the butterfly signifies change/transformation and I am planning on journaling about transformation.

and this last photo is of my sweet friend Sandra who is doing the Bible study with me.

Thanks for stopping by!

Marie with a :)