Happy 4th Everyone!

What a beautiful day it is to celebrate the 4th. I hope all of you are enjoying the day with your friends and families. We are going to Jason's Aunt and Uncles house as we do every year. We have a cook out then lay a quilt out on their front lawn and watch the towns big fire work show. We don't do our own because exploding things and my kids don't mix well.

I have been very busy over at Serendipity Scrapbooks hosting the Last Serendipity Scrapper Standing. It has been so much fun and the ladies in the challenge have blown me away with their scrapping skills. This is one reason among many that I have not been able to post this months Serendipity Alter Kit. This Kit is so girly and it was perfect for me since I have mostly girls in my family. I created the Mini album for my niece Jessica because it was just to perfect for her. The title through out the album says,"Don't hate me because I am Beautiful" and if you know Jessica this fits her to a "T".

You have to admit that the Boa and that big Butterfly are just adorable. Even my cat Gypsy likes the boa, I had to keep chasing her down to get it away from her.

I also created 2 Layouts, 2 cards and a small gift bag. Here are the layouts and the bag, I will share the cards later.

This Layout is of my little sister when she did Dance. The paper was just perfect for these pictures. The swirl below the pictures is a transparency that came in the kit. I covered it with Tim Holtz Crackle Paint and then added Diamond glaze. This is now one of my favorite Techniques. I did a picture frame this way also, and I will share that later also.

Thanks for stopping by and please have a safe and fun 4th.

Last Serendipity Scrapper Standing!

I meant to post this before now but have been busy getting it set up. Better late than never!

I am hosting Last Serendipity Scrapper Standing at Serendipity Scrapbooks. I know a lot of you have seen and played in contest like this before. I also know that the whole Quantity vs Quality thing throws people off. I promise that this contest will be as fair as it can get. Just check it out and give it a try. The first challenge starts in the morning and you can sign up through the first challenge but after that there will be no sign ups.

Here is some more info that I out on the Message board! Check out the prizes!

Welcome to the Last Serendipity Scrapper Standing. If you like fast paced challenges and think you can out last, out scrap and out play with the best of them, than this is the contest for you.

LSSS will start on June 15th and go through July 17th. And of course there will be no challenges on July 4th so we can all have the day to celebrate with our families. Challenges will be posted every other day. You will then try to get as many layouts done of this challenge as you can because there will be an elimination at the end of each challenge.We have AMAZING prizes. First Prize will consist of a package worth $ 75-$100; Second Prize will be $50-$75 and Third Prize will be a value of $35-$50 So far the prize packages will include Glitz, Hambly, Kaisercraft and SEI and we have some more lined up.

If you can hang with the best and you think you are top scrapper then sign up now. If you don’t know about it and are a little scared then sign up anyway a good push is all you need. Oh! and by the way no one will be eliminated on the first challenge. We will let you get hooked before we let you go So what are you waiting for sign up now. Please sign up on the sign up thread! Thanks!!!!

I have also posted the rules and a supply list. Its all under Last Serendipity Scrapper area!

Kinda late but here they are!!!!

I am so sorry that I haven't posted this months layouts for Serendipity but life happens and it gets busy quick around here! So with out farther ado here is my layouts for this month! I really loved this kit and used almost all of it! Its June's "Just Enough Please" and trust me its plenty!We also have a Stay-acation Crop going on over at Serendipity this weekend. There is already pre crop challenges up and the rest of the challenges will be posted on Friday. You should really join in because we really know how to throw a good crop and Kristen really knows how to put things on sale and gives awesome prizes. Hopefully I will see you there.

Serendipity June Kit Sneak Peeks!

With everything that has been going on with my mom there has been very little me time and very little to smile about. So when I opened up the box and seen the kit Kristen had but together and sent me I was so happy and it really made me smile for the first time in weeks and it also meant that I got some me time! It felt so good to just sit down and scrap and let everything else drift away for a little while. I loved this kit so much that I used almost all of it!

I worked with the June" Just Enough Please Kit" and here are a few sneak peeks for you!
Thanks for stopping by and make sure you come back on the first to see all my creations with the kit!

Pre Order Basic Grey!

I just wanted to jump on real fast and let you in on a great thing! Beginning TOMORROW May 20th @ 9 AM PST and 12 pm EST the NEW Basic Grey Lines will be available for pre order in the Serendipity Store! Get them while you can, these are a hot item and by pre ordering them you guarantee yours! I have heard that these lines are to drool over so Get them while they are hot!!!!

Going ons!!!!

I hope everyone had a great and wonderful Mothers Day! With everything that my mother has been going through, Mothers Day was so much more important this year. I am truly blessed to still have my mother with me and I am so much more thankful for her everyday! Then yesterday she had go back into the hospital from complications from the surgery. Its nothing to bad and hopefully she will be coming home today.

Here is a card and matching bag I made her for Mothers Day, for some reason I am really into my card an bag matching. I guess its the OCD in me!

I also wanted to remind everyone that Serendipity has the May Meyhem going on this whole month with lots a sale and a new challenge or game everyday! It has been lots of fun! And Bingo will be starting today so you need to head over fast and get your list sent to me!

Also Come join us at Scrapperie this weekend as we celebrate with our Spring Into Summer Crop! Starting at noon on Thursday, May 14th, we'll have challenges, games and some other fun surprises to keep you scrapping all weekend long.

The majority of the challenges will be listed Thursday and Friday, but all crop challenges won't be due until Monday night at midnight- so you'll have plenty of time to finish them. The rest of the weekend will be filled with games, contests and other great activities that you won't want to miss out on! So, mark your calendars and invite your friends (because you just might win) and be here to celebrate as we Spring Into Summer.

I really hope to see you all at both of these wonderful crops. You really don't want to miss out on the chance to win. The prizes are awesome!!!!!

Serendipity May Kit "Just Enough"

As I promised here is all my creations for the Serendipity May"Just Enough Please" Kit. This kit is full of awesome yummy-ness. I created 3 layouts and 3 of my "best yet" cards. I love how all the pattern paper in this it works so well together. Also if you like some of the stuff you see but don't want the whole Kit, Kristen has added some mini kits but I am pretty sure that you should get them now because they won't last long!

Another thing going on over at Serendipity is May Meyhem a month long crop! I know when it starts getting pretty out side that we all tend to neglect our scrapping and the mojo seems to be missing. Well this crop is just what you and your mojo need. There will be games, Daily Challenges, Random challenges, Sales and Blue Light Specials. The Design team has come up with some awesome challenges and I know that all scrappers like a good challenge. So head on over there and pick up your cool blinkie and join in on the fun. Oh! and don't forget to sign up for Bingo! I am hosting it once again and its always lots of fun! See you there!!!!!!

Serendipity May Kit Peek!

Before I give you a little peek I want to thank everyone for the kind thoughts and prayers you have said for my mother and me. I have always said scrappers are the kindest people I have ever met and you all proved it once again. My mother is feeling better and has made a really fast recovery so far. Yesterday when I was up there with her its the most I have seen her smile in a long time. Hopefully she will get to come home in the morning.

Now for the peeks. I designed with the "May Just Enough Kit" and trust me there is plenty in this kit to play for awhile! Kristen has just packed these kits full of yummy-ness. The peeks just give you a taste of whats really in the kit. So enjoy and when you are done head over to Serendipity to get yours ordered before they ship! I am sure these will not last long.

I hope you like these very small but yummy peeks. I will share the full pictures and other creations on the first so make sure to stop back by to see it all. Have a great day!

Life Changing

I know its been a long time since I updated but there has been a lot going on. My mother was recently diagnosed with Larynx, lymph nod and lung cancer. 3 weeks ago they doctors went in to take her right lymph nod and to biopsy other areas of the throat and mouth to find the primary site. They did a quick freeze of the larynx while they were in surgery and it came back negative. Now the quick freeze is not 100% but we were feeling luck and thought maybe this was just left over from last time. Then on the Saturday before Easter we got a call that the biopsy of the larynx was positive and the whole thing had to be removed, This included the voice box. Of course this was a big smack in the face and totally devastated my mother and all of us. Her surgery was scheduled for the 21st, so Me and the kids spent every moment with her that we could before the surgery.

My mother under went an 8 hour major surgery on the 21st. I have spent almost everyday up at Vanderbilt with her since the surgery. Today is the first day I have had time to post and update.

She is recovering well but it still a long hard process. She is a little depressed but as long as we stay with her and keep her smiling she is okay. The worse for me is the fact that I will never hear my mothers voice again. Yes, I am very blessed and lucky to still have my mother but to never hear her laugh or hear her say I love you again is really hard. Even before we are born its our mothers voice that sooths us and just hearing it makes everything okay.

I know we will get through this. Whats that saying? What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Well I have to hope that's true.

Thank you so much for stopping by and please take a moment today to tell the people in your life that you love them. Trust me they can never hear it enough!

Today is Autsim Awareness Day!

As many of you know my son Will has Autism and if you know me at all you know Will is my light in this world. He is a huge joy to anyone and everyone that knows him! I could not imagine my life with out this little boy and because of him I am such a better mother!

So since today is a day to help others become more aware of Autism, I wanted to share some statistics with you.

It effects
1 in 150 children
4:1 ratio of boys to girls
1 in 98 boys
Fastest growing developmental disability
100 billion annual costs In ten years the annual costs are projected at 200-400 billion.
Cost of lifelong care can be reduced by 2/3 Rd's with early intervention
A family with a child with autism will fund 3 to 5 million dollars of services throughout the lifetime of the child.
More children will be diagnosed with autism this year than cancer, diabetes, Downs Syndrome and AIDS combined.
Autism receives less than 5% of the research funding of most of the more prevalent childhood disorders.
Approximately 1 million individuals in the US have autism

Incidence vs. Private Funding (2007)
-Condition - Incidence - Private Funding
*Pediatric AIDS -1 in 8,000- 394 Million
*Leukemia- 1 in 25,000 -310 Million
*Muscular Dystrophy- 1 in 20,000- 175 Million
*Juvenile Diabetes- 1 in 500- 130 Million
* Autism -1 in 150- 42 Million

These odds still blow my mind! And I Promise you if Autism has not touched your life it has touched someone that you love life. There is no known cause or cure for Autism but it can be reversed in some cases. Now these cases you see on TV most of them can afford the best and get the best but us normal everyday people can not afford 12-18 hrs of therapy at 100.00 an hr and no insurance does not pay well for Autism. There are also the cases you see where the mom spends all her time with her child and does the therapy herself but again most people have other kids and a lot have more than one with autism.

So that is just some info I wanted to share. Have a great day and hug someone with Autism today!!!!

Happy April Fools Day!

I hope you are having a great April fools days! Have you played any jokes? I did on my baby sister but that's all the jokes for me today. I would love to have played one on my husband but he is so hard to play jokes on and I am such a bad liar that it will never happen.

Its the first of the month so as always I have some really pretty eye candy for you! This month I worked on the Altered Serendipity kit! I love these colors! I love the mini album! I love this kit! I worked very hard on this album. I made it for my sister who has a birthday coming up. The album doesn't really have a title but through the album it says " I have watched you grow into a Beautiful Women!" I also did 2 layouts and a card.

I hope you like it all and Thank you for stopping by!

Quiet Weekend....

What a quiet weekend I had. Sydney and Jason went to his sisters wedding while I stayed at home with Will since he was still not feeling great. They said the wedding was beautiful and the reception afterwards was pretty cool. Sydney danced with everyone there and had a ball. I really missed them both so much while they were gone. Here is a couple pictures Jason took with his phone. Now notice Sydney's hair! Her daddy did a wonderful job on it! I was so surprised. Also don't you think I am a lucky women with a handsome husband like that?With Sydney gone this house was so quiet and I had a lot of time to scrap. I managed to get 6 layouts done with the help of a little on line crop I found at Life Preservers club. This was a great crop and I met a lot of great people. I had so much fun! Check out a couple things I did. I will share others with you later on this week.
Well thats all I have for you right now! Thanks so much for stopping by.