Good news!

This month I am the guest designer over at Create My Keepsake. I am looking forward to this month's beautiful kit, "Country Charm". The kit features new Jenni Bowlin "Farmer's Wife" paper and embellishments, as well as some new release Graphics 45 "Fashionista" papers. I am so excited to get my hands on it!


As if that wasn't exciting enough, I was also asked to join the design team over at Citrus Tree Studio! I am really looking forward to this opportunity.

So that's the big news I wanted to share. What a relief to finally get to spill the beans!

If I could I would...

be doing this right now!

I will be back later to tell you why.

the suspense...

is killing me! I have some exciting news to share! I am hoping that I will be able to share more details in the next couple of days, cuz if I don't I think that I may burst!!!!!!!

Jillibean Soup goodness!

Here are a couple of projects I completed with some of the newest releases from Jillibean Soup. I love the bright fun colors, they were totally perfect to use for the layout of my little man. He truly is a wild child and brings sooooo much color to my life!

I was totally giving myself props for getting the corners perfect on the zig zag stitch. Hubby could not understand why this made me so happy. He couldn't relate at all. LOL!



A simple, but sweet card for someone special. Okay that's it for today!

Not TOO shabby!

I made this layout and submitted it to Scrapbooks Etc's. challenge blog. I also submitted it to Create My Keepsake as my March guest designer entry. For CMK I was supposed to create a layout using a soft color palette, at least one button, ribbon somewhere on the layout and distressing. The layout needed to reflect "Shabby Chic" style, which is one of my all time favorite looks. I found out on today that I was one of 5 winners chosen over at Scrapbook's Etc.'s site! Woo Hoo! I guess this layout is not too shabby after all.

Let's celebrate!

It was my blogs birthday two days ago! It's been one year and 77 blog posts since I began this little blogging journey. I have enjoyed the process of blogging and recording memories, staying connected with friends and sharing a few pieces of me along the way. I have not particularly enjoyed learning HTML! I must admit that I have murmured a few expletives a time or two (or ten) during the learning process. LOL I am glad that I took the time to educate myself, though, even if it meant a few hours of frustration. So raise your glass of whatever you may be drinking and say cheers to my little blog for it's birthday!

The desire to create

This is from Rhonna Farrer's blog.

The quote is by Uchtdorf and all I can say is amen & hallelujah to that!

12 of 12

Today is the 12th of February. I can hardly believe it! I have mentioned before that I do a monthly project called "Twelve of Twelve", but I don't think that i have shared any of my layouts yet. I am not even sure if I have clarified what "12 of 12" is. Oops, sorry! Twelve of Twelve was started by a woman named Susan. The idea is to take photos of your life on the 12th day of the month, then use 12 of those photos for a layout. Easy peasy, right? I love the idea of documenting the average day in life. Nothing spectacular or particularly amazing, just life as it happens. Like today, for example, I am home sick. Nothing extravagant about that. However, I did get my kit in the mail today from Jenni Bowlin! It's her new release stuff from winter CHA, the farmers wife. Oh, also, she is giving away a spot to Scrap Etc where she will be teaching again this year. You have till tomorrow at 12pm to make a comment for a chance to win, so hurry over!!

Okay, sorry, I got carried away. So, before March get's here I thought I'd share last months creation. It is a very simple design which makes it easy to finish. I think I might follow this template every month this year so that all of the layouts look cohesive.

Check out the blog and then consider joining me next month. If you read this early enough in the day you can even jump in now. Have fun if you decide to play.

Tricia

Leno and some layouts

We are back and boy were we tired! It was a whirlwind trip! I wish we could have stayed longer, but we did have a good time. When we arrived in Vegas this was waiting outside to take us to our hotel!
We stayed at the Paris Hotel. It was beautiful inside and out! In front ofthe hotel is an exact replica of the Arc de Triomphe. It was quite impressive!
I couldn't have said it better myself!
Here I am striking a pose in front of the Eiffel Tower. It measures half the height of the real one and has an elevator up to the top!
We did a bit of site seeing during the day and at night we attended a "VIP gala". I heard the longest, by far, rendition of The Star Spangled Banner I have ever heard in my life! Don't get me wrong, the soloist had a good voice, but good golly! The highlight of the evening was the guest speaker, Jay Leno. He was so funny! His delivery was great and his timing was perfect! It was obvious that he has been in the business for many years.
Well, that pretty much sums up the highlights, now onto the layouts!

Here is one I did for a wedding theme. The quote on the layout is by Emily Bronte. It says, "Whatever souls are made of, his and mine are the same." I totally related to this quote, so that is why I chose to use it.

This one is about moi'. The journaling reads: "Right now I am: 35, mother of 2, so in love {still}, happy, busy, creative."

Well there you have it! That's all for now, thanks for stopping by.
Tricia

Viva Las Vegas!

Yay! Hubby and I get on a plane tomorrow before the crack-o-dawn for Vegas. My mother is coming to stay with the kids. It is going to be a quick trip but I am excited to get away with him. We are staying at the Paris Hotel. I am very excited about this since it is my hearts desire to go to Paris someday. I am fairly certain that this is the closest I will get to the Eiffel Tower this year. One reason for that is the cost, which is a biggie. The other is almost equally as big. I don't have a passport (as I mentioned in an earlier post), so even if I had the money, they wouldn't let me across the pond. Oh well, it will happen someday!

Here are some cards I've made recently. I really enjoy making cards, much to my surprise! I used to be a "layout only" kind of girl, but lately the cards have been fun quick projects for me to do. I love that I don't need a picture and that I can use up all of those scraps that I've been collecting over the years.



These are my crazy peeps making faces at the camera. Those three are really too much some times. (smiles)

I have got a few more things I may get to post after we get back, but that's all I've got for now. I have got to go pack and get the kids off to Tae Kwon Do! See ya soon.

Ga-Ga for garland

Here is a cute little garland that I made for my daughters "new" room. I selected the colors from the new comforter she got for her birthday.

She really loves it! She can't ever find products in the store with her name printed on them. I know how she feels. Growing up, if there was something that has "Tricia" on it, it was spelled with an "sh" and not the way mine is spelled. So she is delighted to see her name splayed across her wall everyday, and especially delighted because I made it for her.

I promise to show more pictures of her room once it is completed. I still have to sew some curtains and frame a mirror for her vanity. Then the last, and most difficult task, is to have her clean it up (and keep it clean)!

I need a passport

That is what became evident to me through this quiz! (the things that I have done are in red)

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Held a praying mantis
9. Climbed a mountain
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo's David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone's life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100.Read an entire book in one day