I'm back and trying to post faithfully. Two New Layouts!

Hi there Merry Christmas Eve! I love today, relaxing and all the family around. Well usually. I am missing Dad today. He is in SC and I am in TN - not far but too far for my needs and wants today.

Well I've got two layouts to share today. The first one is from my friend over at Scrapping 'Til Dawn. She makes the greatest layouts for me to play with in PSP. I haven't visited her in a while, but I did these pay few days and grabbed some new things. I can't wait to share them layouts. The template for this one is called Broken Arm. She is doing a Boo-Boo series! I LOVE IT! I moved some things around from her original template, to make it work for what I wanted to do with the little boy for the tag. I know she is happy when people make it there own - and I love working with her stuff! So easy and fun to play! Here is the first one:



And the second one I have lost the link to her site. As soon as I find it, I'll update this page. She makes layouts only for tags. So this one was just in my heart as soon as I saw it! Hope it makes you smile too!



That's it for today! And I wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

Kathy and her Supervisor

My sister in law, Kathy, helps a lady that breeds Maine Coon Cats. Well this picture is a perfect example of what Kathy does. She was preparing to give the first shots to the newest litter of kittens and she had a supervisor! Miss SnowBerry decided to see what Kathy was doing. She checked out each needle, each bottle as it was put down and even sniffed Kathy's hand at one point. We think Kathy must have done well, because SnowBerry didn't object and watched intently. If only all supervisors were so quiet and so adorable!

Kathy's Halloween Costume

Now some of you know this but my crazy sister in law, Kathy, works at a Hospital in the cafeteria as a Cook. She really enjoys working there. Well one of the things they can do is dress up for Halloween! So.....of course....Kathy did! She dressed up as a Zombie Doctor. She wore a green surgery smock, and we spray painted her hair green and SPIKED it! She carried Calla Lillies and blacked her face. When she got to work she was going to put on a mask. We took a few pictures of her here on the couch! She looks so cool in person. Hope you all laugh as much as we did. And we all hope her co-workers and anyone who sees her in the Kitchen laughs too!





Happy Halloween!

Spaghetti, Meatballs and an Update!

What a title that is! GIGGLING Well I have been in and out of it recently. Lots of pain, having doctor appointments all over the place and such. And I got laid off from my job! So things are weird right now. But even with all of that I have to play sometimes! So I made Spaghetti and Meatballs Cupcakes!!! Here are some pictures of them!





They are from a book called Hello Cupcake you can visit their website at http://www.hellocupcakebook.com - how wonderful the recipes, ideas, everything is there! It was so much fun making them and now I get to show them off too!

I'll try to be a better blogger but it isn't easy recently - so forgive me if I am gone for bits.

Flowers and Bugs!!!

I love seeing the new things that people can make and then I get to play with their creations and create something unique to me!

The template is from Scraps of Enchancement. Please be aware that this blog does have some adult content - it is very tasteful - but I, as others do, appreciate knowing this beforehand. She has some lovely templates as well as very unique and beautiful wordart!

The scrap kit comes from Janni Scrap Designs - it's called Perfectly Pansy.

Thank you ladies for your generosity and beautiful work. I apprecaite it more than a few words on a blog can say!

More Cities of the World - Acapulco, Copenhagen, Glasgow, London and Venice

As always thanks to the generosity of Scrapping 'Til Dawn. I will never be able to thank her for her overwhelming generosity and creativity! These have been fun. So far the ones I am choosing to do are for friends. The layouts shown here show pictures that they took. I have removed the personal pictures that they asked me to remove before posting them on my blog.

The first one is of Acapulco. She goes back every year!



The second on is of Copenhagen. This one was special because my Dad visited here during his time in the Navy. This picture is one from a friend when she visited.



The third one today is of Glasgow. This one was fun too with the picture that a friend took when she visited there years ago. She was thrilled with the layout when I presented it to her.



The fourth one today is of London. This was cool to do as well. The picture is one a friend took years ago.



The fifth and final one for today is of Venice. This was really special to do. The friends took this picture ages and ages ago when they visited and they were so happy to get it done up in a layout that they can keep forever.

Memories - Friends and Relationships

Hi everyone! I wanted to show you all what I made with recently. And I have some sweet sweet people to thank for their lovely shares. I got the graphic on a group I am on called Women for Jesus Who Love PSP! They are the sweetest bunch of women and share from their hearts. And the layout I used is from As the generosity of Lori - here blog is at Doodles By Lori. She shares many many freebies and this particular set comes in some lovely colors. I immediately thought of this graphic when I saw them! Thank you, Lori, from the bottom of my heart your for generosity in sharing your creative talents. I am handicapped and use a wheelchair often (I hardly ever find wheelchair related graphics) and finding this graphic a while back I honestly didn't know what to do with it. The minute I saw this set I knew! This is my version of your set with that graphic. The tag in my mind shows the past memories and the future memories of two good friends regardless of their physical differences. My best friend, Martha, is a rock to me with my disabilities and never ever has made me feel disabled or useless in any way. It is fabulous to have the type of friendship that we have and I feel truly blessed by it.

While I, of course, thank Lori and the sweet women at Women For Jesus....the biggest thanks I can muster and the most mentioned in my prayers is my buddy, Martha. Our memories together in the past, present and future keep me focused and proud to call you my friend.

Cities of the World - Rome, Paris and Cancun

Well I thought I was going to post the USA template that I used for Scrapping 'Til Dawn's design - but I'm having difficulties with it. Just my own stubborn brain doesn't like what I've done and I keep changing it. So, I've taken a break from it and I've moved onto some of her Cities of the World. I do not plan on doing them all, but I have chosen some ones I knew some things about and also did some up for friends and family who have visited. My versions are below. As always thanks to the generosity of Scrapping 'Til Dawn I got to play in PSP!

The first one is Rome! I made this for a friend, she loves the Trevi Fountain and has visited it many times! In her version I added a picture of her - but she asked me not to include on it my blog. So this one is just of the fountain.



The next one I did was of Paris. I used snapshots a friend took - she really enjoyed this layout.



And the lsat one for today is Cancun. Again using photos from a friend.



I'll be back with more in a few days.

Beautiful Sunset on the Island!

This template comes from Tracy at Tracy's Scraps. It was lovely to work with and I enjoyed it immensely. The scrap kit I used came from Crystal at Scrappy Inspirations Isn't it pretty? And the lovely lady comes from Mitch Foust! He is a fantastic artist and allows you to use his work with credit to his website for free without massive changes to his work. I thank everyone for feeding my frenzy for working in Paint Shop Pro!

I have called it "Temptation"!

I hope the creators of the template, the scrap kit and the lovely artist who created the lady like my attempt at this project.

The Last of the 50 States Series - I'm sad!!!

I'm sad this is done actually. It was so much fun travelling around my computer into the 50 States! We live in a beautiful country and this trip really helped me to remember that! My heartfelt thanks to the generosity and sweet sweet spirit of Scrapping 'Til Dawn. She is one of the best template creators! I love her ideas and her gifts to us! Well onto the last of the 50 States Templates. I will now be working on her United States Template! It's beautiful!

Vermont!



Virginia!



Washington!



West Virginia!



Wisconsin!



Wyoming!



Again my thanks to Deltapdawn for the lovely templates and her inspirations to me with my creating!

Texas and Utah in the United States of America Series and......

Well let's see....where to start???? MMMM.......I've been nominated for an award!! HOW COOL IS THAT? It is called Brillante Weblog Premio 2008 Award! The sweet lady who I have received all these lovely templates from - got this award for her great blog! She has nominated me and others on her website! WOW - isn't that the coolest? I am totally honored and humbled.

Now I've only gotten two more done in the series for the United States of America. But I wanted to get these out with the note about the award - so here they are!

Texas!



Utah!



Remember to visit Scrapping 'Til Dawn and see all of her great stuff! She is a Cities of the World Series now and has surprises in the works for something new and exciting! I can't wait!

The second half of my Aphabet Dog Series

Here is the second half of my Alphabet Dog Series. These templates were a purchased item from Terri Ann Hanks. Her blog is at Garden Scraps. She offers some wonderful freebies too!

These are my work with her templates. All items used are free items from the web or pictures of dogs from friends and family members.

I really enjoyed working with this series - each Dog has a unique personality, I think, for the word I used with each template to describe them for that letter.

M is for Momma!



N is for Naughty!



O is for Obstinate!



P is for Precious!



Q is for Quick!



R is for Rowdy!



S is for Sharing!



T is for Tenacious!



U is for United!



V is for Vocal!



W is for Wild!



X is for eXtraorindary!



Y is for Yankee!



Z is for Zany!

And a few More United States Templates!

WOW - I have a second post for today! I wanted to also get out my next bunch on the 50 State Series I am doing using the templates on Scrapping 'Til Dawn.

I have really enjoyed my trek across the country, if only on my computer! This has been a joy to do and I'm actually getting a bit depressed that it is almost done. I am handicapped and traveling is not necessarily easily for me; so this trip on the internet to the 50 United States has been so wonderful!

Here is my next bunch in the series!

Rhode Island!



South Carolina!



South Dakota!



Tennessee!



I'll be back in a few days with some more. And then when I finish this series, I plan on using another of her freebies - the United States map that she did! It's a lovely template!

And she was so cute the other day and stole something from me! That silly little What Car Are you? link! How adorable - you go ahead and grab anything you want - it's an honor to have you look at my blog!

Alphabet Dog Series

I've finally had the time to upload some my Alphabet Dog Series. These templates were a purchased item from Terri Ann Hanks. Her blog is at Garden Scraps. She offers some wonderful freebies too!

These are my work with her templates. All items used are free items from the web or pictures of dogs from friends and family members.

I really enjoyed working with this series - each Dog has a unique personality, I think, for the word I used with each template to describe them for that letter.

Here is the first bunch - I'll have more in the new few days uploaded and ready to share!

A is for Awesome!



B is for Beautiful!



C is for Caring!



D is for Determined!



E is for Elegance!



F is for Family!



G is for Graceful!



H is for Hairy!



I is for Intelligent!



J is for Jumping!



K is for Knowledgeable!



L is for Luxury!



M is for Momma!