Scrap Your Heart Out Club Layouts...Grace

Sorry that I have been MIA most of the summer. I have been studying for my PA Real Estate License all summer, and the end is near. I now have an agent job, and what makes me laugh is selling $20 paper packs is a lot less intimidating than selling a $250,000 house!

I went to a Creating Keepsakes Convention this summer and learned some fabulous new techniques. I encorporated what I learned into my club kits. Here are two layout we will be working on. The first one is detailed, using stamping techniques on the chipboard. The second layout is easy peasy, just using paper and stickease. I thought this would be great for back to school layouts for the high school kids, since I have two going to high school this year. Not to mention 5 other grades as well. Enjoy!

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Another Cat Story

I love my cats...I really do. I love cats so much I have 7 of them. What I don't like is the presents they leave me. Last week, as I just took a sip of my freshly brewed coffee, I see, out of the corner of my eye, a black fuzzy thing walking across my kitchen floor. It appeared in my eyesight the exact moment the coffee cup touched my lips. Can you guess where the coffee landed? Yup, on me, on the floor, on the counter, NOT in my mouth where it was supposed to be. So what was this black fuzzy thing you ask? It was a bird, flapping its wings while my cat, was batting at it. After I screamed, I yelled for my husband to get out of bed and get rid of it!!! I yelled for my teenage son to get rid of it!!! No one responded (no I'm not surprised) so I mustered up my courage and swept up the bird and deposited it outside.

We are in the midst of All Star Season with Little League. I have been busy with the boys at the games, so I have not been very crafty lately, However, I finally had some time this weekend and played with some new papers. some layouts are Close to my Heart, while others are a mixture of various brands. I hit a sale where the papers were just .39$, so who could resist a sale like that!

All Before Coffee

I dedicate this story to my upline, Carol, who loves to hear of my interesting days. I got up at 6am to let the dog out. I discovered a present from one of my 7 cats on our front porch. Can you guess? No not a mouse this time, but a bunny! Stinkin cats! I schlepp on my flip flops still in my pj's and take the poor bunny out to our wetlands. Note that since it has been raining in biblical proportions around here, I am quite wet up to my ankles and it's chilly outside! As I come back inside, I hear my oldest cat hacking up quite the hairball. I think just great, another mess to clean up. I proceed to feed the fish, the cats and the dog. Mind you, coffee isn't even on yet, but hey, I'm on a roll. While I am feeding the cats, I fold the laundry from the dryer and put more clothes into the dryer. Then I remembered I did an adorable layout yesterday and just had to post it now. So here is Matthew at just 15 months (he is now 3) discovering his image in the mirror. And yes, I now have a cup of coffee in my hands.