Cards I created for Holiday Impressions

............. The Workspace is clean !

After much procrastination the my space is organized and ready to create in!

.................My Messy Workspace

I clean it and mess it up, clean it again and well you know, arrgh ... with every class I teach, another box of stuff that sits until I get to it....that is I need something and can't find it.

Hopefully over the next couple of months I'll decide to do about it??

......................mother's day crop

I was invited to teach a "special" Mother's Day layout for a friend at her beautiful home to enjoy lunch and good conversation with her friends. For a few of the ladies this was the first time they scrapbooked. They did a great job and all were excited with the end result. We also create a card with the scrap paper and stamps. All Prima products were used supplied by Cari and Stampin' & Scrappin' Time.

...................So happy to be a Mom

A layout of Sophia dancing in our flooded back yard when she was four. The sun was setting and life was sweet. The joys of young motherhood are timeless.

.........................Inspiration..........Coffee!

Paper Arts Club challenge was to create a card inspired by a printed box or brochure. My card was "literary" a Starbucks brochure.

..............................Newport, Rhode Island

I took the dogs and went to visit Sophia last week to enjoy a some time together. We had cocktails and dined at all the Newport Harbor Restaurants she worked at. 22 Bowens is her next gig and living in Newport is going to be fun, fun, fun. I can't wait for summer!

Spring Fling Cards

Another wonderful event. Good friends and beautiful cards taught. Here are my 5 card designs using Memory Box papers and rubber stamps.

My Girl

Sneek Peek for Spring Fling

Art I found on Esty and I want it!

Me and my Girl!

My Husband Birthday Card

I'm learning how to use my new Copic Markers!

Here's a before and after card.

(Amuse, SassaFrassLass & Wordsworth stamps used).

Marco Island

One of my favorite pictures from spring vacation.

Nature, graphics and color...things we live for.

sUMMER rOSE

Far East

After 5 weeks in Singapore & Thailand, Sophia returned with wonderful photos and stories. Can't wait to scrapbook this album!

Too busy to make much artwork!

Seth Graduated from Watson School of Engineering at Binghamton University.

Sophia is in Singapore studying cooking for 4 weeks and 1 week in Thailand.

I'm only scrapping pages to teach at crop. Too many other things to do!

My Easter Outfit Avatar

I waited 3 years to do this!

I did wait 3 years after Seth & Sophia went off the college to redo their rooms. We are planning to sell our home in 2 years and I want it "de-personalized" to sell! I watch too many TV shows on why you should do this.

I'm packing up all their treasures for them to take to their new homes, someday. Decorating is my true passion.....on a shoe-string budget!

Sophia is in her junior year at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, R.I. and is in the Culinary Program. I decided to redo her room this year from high school going-on's to an orange branch. It's still in progress but I think she will like it. She's traveling to Singapore and Taiwan this summer to study Pan Asian cuisine. This room pays homage to the trip. I love asian influences.