Tuesday, October 28, 2008

I'm a bad blogger...

Forgive me-I'll be back real soon, if I ever get my router up and working again.

Monday, October 6, 2008

Whimzy


Whimzy
Originally uploaded by wlrph
I love those pics of her ;)

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Some new layouts-




sorry for the bad pics-this cold has my head in a fog


these are all with the new Kenner Road kit from September-so loving what she is doing-of course I added a few vintage game pieces & encyclopedia pages of my own.
The second layout is a photo of my grandfather as an infant-taken in either 1918 or 1919-I have discovered this was the worst months for deaths from the flu ever-so I've been wanting to do a layout highlighting that-when I got this PP Vintage Moon transparency with my KR kit, it just seemed like it fit. The other is a layout of my son being his usual germ-a-phobe self eating without his hands because he couldn't was them at the park :)

I've found my new favorite kits....I think

check out Kenner Road at www.kennerroad.com
 
I'm so in love with her kits-hope its a success for her!!

Sunday, September 21, 2008

I wonder


I wonder
Originally uploaded by wlrph
my grandfather is in the middle in the back-WWII

Like a deer in headlights


Like a deer in headlights
Originally uploaded by wlrph
quick layout this weekend, TFL

Monday, September 15, 2008

quick layout..


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Originally uploaded by wlrph
..just took like 10 min, but I like it

TFL

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Here's my Dad..


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Originally uploaded by wlrph
..handsome lad wasn't he. You've been gone way too long, can't wait to get to know you better someday.

I miss you Dad.

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Picture Perfect



When I found this quote-I knew I had to use it for this picture. Add to that the old sewing book I found, just itching to have a page ripped out, a price tag, some lace, embroidery floss, and buttons, and you have this layout. Used Daisy D paper & Bazzill cardstock, CI rub-ons. Thanks for looking :)


Monday, September 1, 2008

woohoo-I'm published, kind of

four of my layouts on www.scrapbooking.com in the Sept e-zine. Just click search and type in my name and you'll find them, I'll post links later

Friday, August 15, 2008

I've had an awful day..

..at work, but on a good note-I won a 22 inch LCD TV- (or rather DH did, but he doesn't have to know now does he :) )

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Another milestone....

well, today is the first day I dropped Asa off at school then I went to work. It seems like he's farther away than ever. I am glad he's liking it, just wish Carlee could've went with him.

Monday, August 11, 2008

Updates...

Asa's back at school today-he threw up again this morning, but seemed ok with going after that.
 
Carlee kind of has a cold, and I gave her some medicine for it yesterday afternoon-which made her sleepy. She got in the bed and asked me to lay down with her-which I did, then we both fell asleep. When I woke up, Asa had learned to ride his bike by himself with no training wheels. He only got his first bike at the end of June-and had never ridden one before then. Danny said he asked him to take off the training wheels yesterday-and that's all it took-he can fly on it-and so far no scraped knees.

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Altered....


shadowbox
Originally uploaded by wlrph
...made this for my new msg board friend from Idaho-Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Crackle Paints, Metal Tag, page from old encyclopedia for background, coffee ring stamp, old typewriter computer font, Hemp string

Sunday, August 3, 2008

What would you do with one of these???


altered
Originally uploaded by wlrph
This came in the mail to me this week from a drug company-advertising for a new anti-fungal (no wonder drugs are so high). I started to put it in the trash, then I thought hey-why not try to use my newly acquired scrapping powers on it!!

It came like this.


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Originally uploaded by wlrph
It came flat in an envelope-looked like this-it has a flimsy rubber band in the middle the pulls the sides today when it isn't being held flat.

After paper was applied


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Originally uploaded by wlrph

I cut out the two pieces of paper-I stuck them to the calendar-the edges didn't really look good, so I covered with ribbon-better than nothing.

Then I added some small pics I had taken of the kids yesterday, some Maya Road ribbon and embellishments, random buttons given to me by my Granny, and Making Memories ledger letters.

I traced it while it was flat


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Originally uploaded by wlrph
then I cut out two pieces of patterned paper to apply to the calendar.

The top of my creation


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Originally uploaded by wlrph

{AWW}


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My Man


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Cutie


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Best Buds


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Hard Work


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first time he got to use a weed-eater

Sweet


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Kind of cool


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Originally uploaded by wlrph
I'm happy with it-it'll keep me entertained at work :)

Friday, August 1, 2008

My boy is now a man.....

....or at least he thinks he is-he got to use the weed-eater for the first time today-then, in the tradition of his father before him, he got his first yellow-jacket sting. Go figure

Monday, July 21, 2008

New layouts from the weekend

These were for challenges/sketches at the Kits & Pieces
forum for their "Make room for MORE" Crop coming up this weekend.

This first one is a Journal-A-Lot challenge-where 1/2 of your layout is supposed to be journaling-Graphic 45 PP
This next one is for a Background challenge-I painted craft cardstock with gold & pewter metallic paints-then I took the metal theme and ran with it. I raided Danny's garage for various metal elements-and then took some Tim Holtz alcohol inks and and colors all the metal - the journaling says "Tough as Nails"
and this last one was an adaptation of a sketch by Julie Fen-fai Balzer - it really changed from her original-and is way more colorful than I usually do, but Carlee was helping pick out the stuff for it

Friday, July 18, 2008

NOTE: to self

Buy 7Gypsies Savannah
7gSavannah
 
 
& Karen Russell Acrylic Stamps after CHA!!

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Karate belt test yesterday.

And once again they did great-I love the respect and discipline the class is teaching them. You wouldn't think a Mom would love to see her kids fighting!!








Friday, July 11, 2008

Hehehe-I'm a little excited today

Scrapbooking.com is going to put three of my layouts in their e-zine. How cool is that!!!

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Crack Shot




MME PP & Rubon

MM Cardstock

TH Distress inks

Monday, July 7, 2008

She's got the look




Graphic 45 PP

HS chipboard

MM Paint

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

My first real mini album!!


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Originally uploaded by wlrph
I broke my bind-it-all out today-and this was SO SIMPLE to do!! It only took 4 pages of Teresa Collins' FABULOUS Journal-it papers, two Zutter 8x8 chipboard covers, one pkg zutter cardstock pages in black-and a few narratives stickers, some heidi swapp chipboard alphas-and it was done!! I'm so prou of myself for finishing an idea instead of leaving it half done!! WOOHOO!!!

(and I used one of TC's fabulous leather album closures too-AWESOME!!)

Inside front cover


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Originally uploaded by wlrph
TC PP
MR Sheers
Narratives stickers

UNO


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Originally uploaded by wlrph
TC PP
HS Journaling spot & Chipboard alpha
MR ribbon & slide

Ladderball


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Originally uploaded by wlrph
MR Sheers
Inkessentials white pen
TC PP
Narratives stickers

Ladderball journaling


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Originally uploaded by wlrph
TC PP
HS chipboard alphas
Narratives stickers

Washers Journaling


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Originally uploaded by wlrph
TC PP
MR Sheers
Narratives stickers

Washers


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Originally uploaded by wlrph
TC PP
HS Chipboard alpha
Kaiser rubons

Baseball journaling


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Originally uploaded by wlrph
TC PP
Narratives stickers

Baseball


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Originally uploaded by wlrph
TC PP

Catch


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Originally uploaded by wlrph
TC PP
Kaiser Rubons

Catch journaling


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Originally uploaded by wlrph
TC PP
Narratives stickers
HS Chipboard alpha

Basketball journaling


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Originally uploaded by wlrph
TC PP
Narratives stickers
MR Postal acrylic

Basketball


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Originally uploaded by wlrph
HS Chipboard alpha
TC PP

Soccer


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Originally uploaded by wlrph
Tc PP
HS Chipboard Alpha

Soccer Journaling


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Originally uploaded by wlrph
TC PP
Narratives Stickers

Frisbee


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Originally uploaded by wlrph
TC PP

Asa's Birthday at Chuck-e-cheese

Asa's Birthday at Granny's

Asa's birthday at Mama Ida's