Series of Layouts-Friends #3

Hey y'all! (That is southern for Hello)

I love being from the south. Currently it is still in the upper 80's and I am loving it. We were watching a game on Saturday (Iowa vs Penn) that was being played in Pennsylvania and it was 53 degrees and raining. Poor Pennsylvanians. But at least you can tell season from season in the north.

Anyway, here is another LO I did of a wonderful woman in my life...y'all know her..it's my girl Brick. She told me once, "Girl, you know I'm from up north."
I had to stare at her for a minute and I said, "Girl, you from Tennessee!"
She said, "That's north of here!"
We both died laughing!!! She is so funny. I remember the first time I ever laughed with her...til I almost peed in my pants. We were at our small group's Bible Study (of all places). We were in the break room area where we would set up food and I remember she had me bent over from laughing. I cannot for the life of me remember what we were laughing about, but I knew at that moment she was going to be my friend forever. How neat is that?

Since then, we have become bible study partners. She sharpens me. This is my layout of her. I used Cosmo Cricket for the patterned paper and Sassafras for the chipboard clouds. The circle flowers are Scenic Route. I painted them with Tim Holtz paint and added some bling. The butterflies were puched using a Martha Stewart punch.

Thanks for looking. Have a wonderful glorious Monday!

Point Blank Period's 1st Challenge

Hello Blog Buddies!

Okay, I am taking a break with my friend series to post my first Point Blank Period layout. Point Blank Period is a blog you can find by clicking here. The ladies over there are so stinkin' talented! I am loving the layouts that have been done. The blog challenge is only ONCE a month and very creative. My girl over here sent me the info and I am so glad she did. Here is my take on the Challenge prompts:

My son took the photo of me. Not bad for a 6th grader. I did quite a bit of embossing. I use the Zing by American Crafts for embossing powder.I used very fluorescent neon colors for the pink and green. I threw in a few Sassafras stickers and Basic Grey chip board. I like how this turned out. It's....different. Thanks for looking.

Series of Layouts-Friends #2

Here is the layout I did of my girl, Renee. Renee has visited twice since we moved to FL. We have so much fun on her visits. On this last visit we scrapped, went to a rec football game, and we were supposed to go to the beach but that did not happen. It rained that weekend so we ended up going to the movies instead. We saw All About Steve with Sandra Bullock. The movie had terrible reviews, but we decided to see it anyway. We laughed so hard! I mean the kind of laugh that no sound comes out your mouth, you're stomping your foot, slappin' your thigh and tears start rolling down your cheeks. (sigh) Those are the fun times!

Everyday and every night we scrapbooked while we watched Tyler Perry plays and laughed even more. I love it when Renee and I can get together. We have way too much fun!

This page is dedicated to her. Please make note of how hard she is laughing in the bottom photo! I was having a "wardrobe malfunction" and she was crackin' up laughing about something while my "sweet" husband just kept snapping pictures!
LAYOUT DETAILS: I have been trying to incorporate circles (I see that on Sasha's LO's often, thought I'd give it a try). I used October Afternoon Cherry Hill. I also used a mist and a cherry mask from Heidi Swapp. I think the chipboard stickers are from Basic Grey Lemonade.

Thanks for stopping by have a wonderful Wednesday!

Series of Layouts-Friends #1

Hello to All,

For the next 4 posts I will be featuring a layout of my friends. You know the kind of friends that get in the trenches with you. I have several ladies who are really good to me and I will be working in the future to add them...the problem is I don't have current pictures of them. I may have to dig through the stash of old pics and work some magic.

Anyway, here is the LO of me and my sister.

The journaling says:
My Sister Michelle is my BEST friend. She knows my every secret and she loves me anyway. She is one of the greatest gifts God has ever given me. She is kind, gentle, SMART, funny, beautiful, faithful, a great mother and godly.

On the back of the pages I right more personal stuff that talks about how they effect me, change me and make me better. True friendship and real love make you better.

Y'all, I LOVE my sister. She is amazing.

Hope you like the LO. Thanks for taking a look!

First Day of School LO's

Hello Foxes! I had a ball last week when my girl Renee came for a visit. She and I scrapped for three days over the holiday weekend. We watched like 7 Tyler Perry plays and laughed. We caught a movie (All About Steve) and laughed our heads off. She also made Lemon Bars...my favorite. I found my husband eating the last Lemon Bar and I had to demand a brother give it back! He had eaten most of it but those last two bites were mine! I don't know what he was thinkin' eatin' the last one. Anyway here are my school LO's.


Thanks for stoppin' by.