Dragon Fly at the Library Lake

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Noise from Childhood

Blog Prompt: Describe a 'sound' from your childhood. What was it? When did you hear it? What does it bring to mind?

This prompt was a bit of a challenge. I sat here thinking and thinking. The only thing I could think of is music. There was always music playing in the house and also because I played some instruments. I played the guitar, the accordian, the clarinete and the hand bells. Out of all the instruments that I played I remember the hand bells the most. I would play them at church. I remember going every Thurs night for practice. Then I would play at church on Sunday and sometimes they would have a strawberry festival where we would play outside and they would serve strawberries. We also would travel to New York City to play during the Christmas holidays. I did not have hand bells to bring home so I looked forward to the Thurs night practice.

Scary Movies

Blog Prompt: August 13 is Alfred Hitchcock’s birthday. In honor of his birthday, name the movie(s) that scare you the most.

The Alfred Hitchcock movie that scared me the most was "The Birds". I first saw this when I was younger. To this day whenever I see tons of birds outside I'm afraid they are going to attack.

Another movie that scared me was the movie called "Zombie". My parents were watching it when I was little and the part where they ate people really scared me.

My Celebrity Look-Alikes

Check out this fun site myheritage.com where you can upload your own photo and look for celebrity look-alikes! Apparently, the generator thinks my photo most resembles Neve Campbell… yeah right! I wish that were true in real life. You can create a collage of five celebrities that most resemble your photo.

CT - Creamsicle Mudslide

Right now Creamsicle Mudslide by Brukhart Scrapzone Designs is on sale for 3.99 at deco-pages. You can purchase it here.


Here's 2 layouts I made using the above kit.

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CT for Karla's Kaleidoscope

Here's the kit I'm working on for Karla. You can purchase it here.

Here's my layout. I recolored one of the yellow papers pink to match Victoria's swimsuit.


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Got a lot of Scrapping done.

We had a brown out last night and then I had no internet access so I got a couple of layouts done while I had no internet.

The first 2 layouts are of my friend's daughter. She turned 9 this month. These were photos taken at her birthday.


My cat finding a sleeping place on my new piano.


This is my best friend Debbie. For the Race challenge I am doing they wanted a girl talk layout so I made this for the challenge.

Adult Songs

Oh my, it's been forever since I actually listened to regular music that when I heard this song Sexyback by Justin Timberlake I couldn't stop bopping to the music. It's about time I changed the song on my blog. This song just makes me want to dance. The beat is awesome. No more Barney for me!

What Does Deco-Pages Mean to Me?

Challenge at Deco-pages is to do a layout that describes what Deco-Pages means to you. Here is my layout I made for the challenge.


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Fonts: Bookworm and Artistamp Medium

Thank You Bonnie

My friend from South Africa (Bonnie) made the girls a beautiful pocketbook. We received them today from the mailman. The girls love them. Thanks for making my girls so happy. Here's the layouts I did for the girls scrapbook.


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Fonts: Bookworm and Kids

Falling in Love 2003

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CT LO for Karla's Kaleidoscope Designs

This is the kit I am making layouts with for Karla's Kaleidoscope Designs. You can find this kit here.


This is the first layout I made using this kit. This is of Victoria and her cousin at Sesame Place. Font used is Bookworm.

Beaded Alphabet

I went crazy searching the web for these beaded digital alphabets. They are the cutest things. Can't wait to use them. If anyone else is looking for them. I finally found them here for $2.

Found Money

Blog Prompt: How would you spend a found $20 bill?

Really only $20? That doesn't buy you much these days. It certainly couldn't even pay one of our bills. Okay, maybe it could buy us 2 packages of pull-ups that we so need like tomorrow. These kids are going through diapers like there is no tomorrow. I so need to get them in underpants and potty trained but I just don't want to deal with the extra laundry. I am already behind in laundry. Mom hasn't come in over 2 or 3 weeks now. She used to help me out but now that summer is here well, she just loves the summer. The heat, pool, boating, beach, etc. I just haven't seen her and I'm drowning in chores.

But seriously, I probably would purchase some more digital kits. I am such a collector. There are so many kits out there for free but some kits that you have to pay for are certainly worth it. Check out this cute kit I just purchased.

You can find it here. I'm such a sucker when I find such cute kits. Maybe it's because I have small kids to scrap for. There were others that I wanted but this one I just had to have. I really had to limit what I could purchase as funds have been very low lately. I certainly need to stay away from the digital stores.

On another note, I could certainly stop in Walmart and pick up a few things. Why, oh why do they have the children's clearance rack right next to the diapers? I am such a sucker when it comes to this. I am always checking the rack out. Just the other day I got 3 cute short set outfits for the girls that had Dora on them. It was both the shirt and skirt for only $3. You cannot beat that at all. I did get them in a size 3T though and they are a bit big on the girls so I just pinned the skirt/short. The girls loved them since they have Dora's all over them.

Karla's Blog Challenge

Backyard Buganza is 60% off, Create and Collect Event!

Karla is running a Create and Collect Quickpage Event now through August 7th at her blog. You can pick up Backyard Buganza for just $2.38 during the challenge. That's right you get her fun new kit that includes 20 textured background papers, 4 tags, 3 weathered wood signs, 2 pieces of weathered wood. 1 weathered wood star, 3 beetles, 4 butterflies, 4 badges, 1 id. tag, 1 magnifying glass, 1 butterfly net, 7 frames, 3 ribbons, and 1 rock border for just $2.38. What a steal! This kit is inspired by her son's sense of adventure and love of the backyard. This kit is perfect for both masculine and feminine layouts when scrapping those great outdoor shots.

Here's two ploppers I made for the challenge. You will receive these if you participate along with tons of others from our CT team and others who participate.

Ideal Picnic

Blog Prompt: If you could plan the ideal picnic for your family, what would it look like? Be sure to include the following: Food, Location , Activities.

The ideal picnic. Let's see. It certainly would not be today. It was over 100 degrees. My air conditioning couldn't even keep up. At one point my house reached 80 degrees and I had it set for 74! This humidity is crazy. So anyway, the ideal picnic would be where the temp is about 70 with a little bit of a breeze. It would be at a shady park location. Especially where the children can play. It needs to be in the shade so they can go on the slide without it being extremely hot for them to sit on it.

All 5 of us would attend. My husband would suggest the picnic. I hate suggesting things all the time. Not only that he would be willing to go. Not as if I dragged him. I hate when he goes somewhere and I drag him because then it's really not enjoyable.

We would have this big blanket to lay on the ground. Big enough for all 5 of us to sit on. The picnic basket would be filled with all sorts of yummy foods. The kids would, of course, have their favorite - Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich and they would have all sorts of snacks including strawberries and chips. To drink we would have iced tea and Diet Coke. Both my husband and I are not alcohol drinkers so the soda would be good for both of us.

The kids would not fight and they would play on the swings and slides without any assistance from me and their daddy. This leaving me and my daddy alone for some quite time, of course, watching them from sitting on the blanket. Maybe even catching some smooches.

The day would end without any tantrums that they had to leave. Lately, everywhere we go the tantrums start because they don't want to leave and are having a great time. It really ruins it for the next possible outing.

Creative Team

I was accepted for another Creative Team. I will be designing for Karla's Kaleidoscope Designs. Stay tuned for some really cute layouts using her kits from me.

SNL29 - ABC's

SNL29 (Saturday Night Live) is all about abc's this month. You sign up for a letter and then you create a quick click for that letter and whatever else you want to make. Here is the quick click I just completed. My letter was S. Here are the colors this month. Find out more information about this challenge here.

August Challenges

It's August. Time for new challenges. Complete 4 challenges and receive kit below. Find out more details here.

August - Club Deco Kit

Can't believe it's August already. The new Club Deco kit is so cute. The theme for August is Country Potpourri. Check out some of the kits below. Cost to join is $36 for the year. Or you can get a 3 month trial for $15. If you decide to join in the comment section please note that I referred you (mom2triplets04) as I get a referral credit. Join this club here. You certainly will not regret it.