A fun day with a friend who shares the same passion

Last Friday a dear friend took the day off work to spend it with me.  I have been home for a week and thought it would be great to spend the day together.  Not to mention scrapbooking to our hearts content.  Here are 5 cards I made that day using the mini deck - Material Girl from Cosmo Cricket! I just love it. TFL!

Crate Paper Email Mondays

I am super excited.  My layout titled You Are My Son Shine is featured on their blog today. :D  Here is a link to their blog.  Be sure to check it out and all the other wonderful pages!  http://crate.typepad.com/cratepaper/

Basic Grey and Crate Paper

The new Kioshi from BG is so feminine and sweet.  The new Paper Doll from Crate Paper is super girly and I am loving both collections.  This one is from the Kioshi

And this is one from Paper Doll

I admit both have taken a ride on the girly side but I am not complaining.  TFL! Have a great week.

I've Been A Bad Girl

A lot has happened in the last little while.  We all get caught up in our daily lives and blogging was put on hold.  I was recently diagnosed with an incurable disease. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.  Yeah that's quite a mouthful.  It's SLE for short.  Basically it's a disease that effects my antibodies.  My antibodies can't distinguish good or bad tissue so it's attacks both.  It can attack my joints, skin & organs.  I am now on a treatment and slowly starting to feel like my old self.  Although this is incurable at this present time the treatment can help me maintain a healthy lifestyle.  I am thankful that I have scrapbooking in my life.  It's been very therapeutic and helps take my mind elsewhere. 

Below are a few things I have been working on.  Enjoy and TFL! :D

And here are some cards!

Some Misc. Pages

I have been so into cards lately that I actually had a loss of mojo when it came to doing pages.  I am happy to say that I have it back and below are the 2 pages I did.  The first one titled Blink Of An Eye is my DS on the eve of his prom night.  It was a hard day for me because I had to come to terms with the fact that my baby boy was growing into a young man.  The PP's are from Bo Bunny's Kitchen Spice Line. The 2nd page titled 42 Years I'm Still Amazed was for the Scrapbook Star online crop this past weekend.  I used the gorgeous PP's from BG - Origins.  TFL!

My Reveal for the Online Crop At Scrapbook Star

Scrapbook Star online crop is now open.  Be sure to check out the wonderful challenges! Here is my challenge...Let The Race Begin.  To make a page, card, altered item in under an hour.  HEHE that's quite a challenge for me but if you are prepared with your papers, embellies and title then it's quite easy.  Hope to see you there and remember there are prizes to be won. :D

Scrapbook Star Online Crop!

Hi ladies.  It's that time again.  Be sure to check out Scrapbook Star for an awesome online weekend crop. Here is a sneak peak of my challenge which will be revealed tomorrow night.  This month's theme is "Olympic".