Thank you Robin!

So I participated in a Secret Santa Swap on A Page At A Time, and I received a fabulous package from my scrappy friend Robin today. She did me right I must say - loading up a box with goodies from Basic Grey, Heidi Swapp, Doodlebug Designs and Autumn Leaves. I can't wait to break into all these yummies! Thanks again Robin!

This year's christmas project.

So last year, I went totally crazy and made 90 homemade Christmas cards and two albums as gifts. The year before, I made three albums as gifts. This year, I am cutting back on my workload and have decided not to send Christmas cards at all (GASP!) and am not creating any gift albums. Instead, I am making perpetual calendars for various people and I am creating nine sets of greeting cards (10 cards in each set) for various friends and family. The set below I created to be auctioned off on Christmas Day at our family charity auction.

You got to join the next sketch class at Feeling Scrappy!

We are halfway through Sketchapolooza II at Feeling Scrappy and it is so much fun! The design team worked so hard on putting together a wonderful set of sketches and the new class forum is awesome. I definitely suggest checking it out next time around.  Below are the layouts that I have made based on the sketches created by the magnificent design team. Thanks Jayne, Stacey, Amy and Becky!

An Attitude Of Gratitude.

So this week's challenge on Feeling Scrappy was to create a layout about a person you are grateful for and list 10 reasons you are grateful for them. I chose to do the layout on my little brother Kevin.

Reinventing a family tradition.

When I was growing up, my grandma always took us grandchildren apple picking each Fall. It's a tradition I will always remember and truly miss about my childhood. Well, this past weekend, Andrew, Ashley, Justin and I took Sunday to drive the Mt. Hood scenic drive. So, we took the chance the while on the drive to stop at one of the many orchards to apple pick. Here's the layout I created about our apple picking adventure and I also created it for the Fall challenge over at Feeling Scrappy.