Time? Where does it go? Last post July - how does that happen? LOL

Well, the kids are back in school. They are both at the top of the food chain at school this year - Michael 8th grade - Maddie 5th grade. Back to school for me means back to crazy. Early mornings, helping at school, lots of homework, working at the karate school (both Michael and I), student council (both kids), chorus for Maddie, basketball for Maddie, did I mention LOTS of homework? I do miss the lazy days of summer.

I have been extremely busy putting together a ScrapPink Event with a friend of mine. For those of you who don't know about this cause - it is sponsered by Scrapbook Etc. It is a scrapbook event with proceeds going to Susan G. Komen. I have planned this event twice before for local scrapbook stores. This year we decide to hold it at my friend's scraproom that we use once a month. We have been planning for sometime and this upcoming Saturday is the big day. We have so many raffle prizes that have been donated by local business that it is almost crazy!! I am humbled by the amount of places that have come through for this event. I can not wait! Even Maddie is going with me! I will update with the amount that we collect. Wish us luck!

Layouts!!

Finally some layouts!! We had a great time as always and as you can see I got some layouts done! Some I created from scratch and some I had from past classes and was finally able to add pictures and finishing touches to. Either way I came home feeling great about the work I got done. Yeah me! I must send out a thank you to Gina for the Brush Lettering on my Halloween layout and Carrie for the awesome winter and 4th of July 2 page layouts!

More cards...I just can't seem to find time to get much crafting done. It seems that the garden, grass or the swimming pool is always calling my name.

Hopefully all of that will change this weekend. I am headed to my "girls" weekend. A group of us try to get together once a month. We meet up at one of the girls businesses which also houses her scraproom. It is a great room above the business that has been converted to a large scraproom that can fit approx 8 - 8 foot tables. We all bring food, drinks and snacks to share. We even sleep there! We always have a great time and hopefully I will have layouts to post!

Saturday, June 13th, Michael received his 3rd degree black belt in American Karate. He started karate a few months before he turned 5. He earned his 1st degree at the age of 8. His 2nd degree at the age of 10 and now 3rd degree at 13. This past year he also earned the title of Assistant Instructor. This is a title given to students that help with lower belt classes - the students must be 15 years old. Michael earned this title at 13, because last year he assisted with 627 classes. We are so proud of him and his accomplishments.

I must start out by wishing my mother a Happy 80th Birthday! She is so special to all of us! She has 3 kids, 8 grandkids and 5 great-grandkids. We love you, Mom-Grandma!

This is a card that I made for my patient (the middle is a pin). She finished her treatments a couple of weeks ago and is officially a survivor! I am so proud of her!!!

The inside of this card reads: Hope your day bubbles over with fun.

........These are pics from Maddies tournament in Wisconsin. The team took first place (2 games on Saturday and 4 games on Sunday)! As you can see Maddie hurt her foot. She was going up for a shot and was pushed from behind resulting in her losing her balance on the landing (not to mention that the girl who pushed her landed on top of her). She was out the rest of that game and the following Championship game, but when the team won they made sure to include her in the celebration. This is a great bunch of girls and they have really come together as a team. Way to go Team USA!!

Just a few more cards that I finished. I challenged myself to use old techniques. Paint, chalk, stamps...I love new products, but still want to show my old ones some love.
It is hard to see here, but this card has some bling on it.

I used chalks and stencils from Pebbles inc. on this one.

I used my watercolor pencils, however I did mix in a new cuttlebug folder. All in all, not a bad day!

Easter Cards

These are some Easter cards that I made for my chemo patients. The one one the left was for the little boy, the inside is shown below.