In Remission LO

I am slowly but surely working on my very own scrapbook all about ME for the first time since I started scrapbooking 13 years ago. Why do we do so much for others and not for ourselves? That would be a whole separate blog post LOL!!

I found these photos of my mom taken in 1987 when she was in remission from lymphoma. Her cancer came back in December of 1988 and she passed away in March of 1989. She was given a bit more time with us and mom and dad took advantage by taking several trips.




This layout is loosely based off of the LID challenge from the week of April 23rd. I did not finish it in time to submit it. I did not add many details as I really did not want to take away from the photos. This is not how my mom normally looked. Here she has on a wig and she looks so fragile ~ but her smile brings her whole body to life! I used this paper from a K&co pad because she loved butterflies. I used my new cartridge Nursery Rhyme for the font.




The second layout is also from the LID challenge. This is a photo of my parents on a cruise after mom's hair grew back and she gained some weight back (she looks less fragile here). They both look so happy here ~ I just love her smile!!




I used Home Decor for the hearts and swirls. One of the recent Gypsy challenges was to mirror and weld images. I put one heart on the mat, copied it and flipped it so it would mirror the first one. I grouped them together and copied another set of hearts and flipped them. I welded them all together to make this embellishment. The swirls were done in a similar way. The swirl is also from Home Decor. I copied and flipped a swirl. I then grouped the two together and copied again. This time I rotated the second set of swirls to 90.00 and welded the corners together.

I cut out a circle from the same paper and used the reverse side with the butterflies. I inked the edge of the circle in black chalk, added a little ribbon and a flower to match the other page.

I just realized that I have lived half of my life without her. She was a very crafty lady and I am glad that the apple did not fall far from the tree!! Happy Mother's Day (a little early) Mom!

LID Sketch Challenge

Here are the sketches from the LID (Lay It Down) challenge from the Cricut Messageboard.





I created this 2-page layout that highlights our front yard landscaping projects from last summer. We lost a tree during a storm and I finally got my birthday present installed ~ a drilled rock!




The Timber layout shows the fallen tree and the clean up. We came home from Tyler's baseball game and dinner out with friends to find our tree had blown over in the storm. Luckily it did not blow into the house or on our neighbor's car! I used Don Juan for the font on both pages. The tree branch border around the photo of our replacement tree is from Home Decor. I added the flower to help tie the two layouts together.






For Sketch #2, I made a hidden spot for extra photos. I didn't really need the photos to tell the story, I just wanted to keep them together. I used the yellow flowers with brown buttons in the corner to resemble the black-eyed susans that I planted beheind the rock.

Halloween 2009 ~ LID

OK ~ I was getting a little tired and put 2010 on my layout title. I did change it to 2009, but did not take the time to re-photo.

This is my take on sketch #2 from the LID (Lay It Down) post on the cricut MB. I made the sketch into a two-page layout because I am quirky that way ~ have to have coordinating pages!!

I used Blackletter for the title, Designer Calendar for the circle with 31 in it, and Wild Card for the circle.

I was not going to scrapbook tonight. My oldest came home today from college for a short visit and I was not really wanting to dig out my stuff. I just checked the cricut MB to see what was going on and when I saw the sketch posted ~ I just couldn't help myself!! That is how I work sometimes...if I feel like it ~ I just do it!

Zoo Fun

Here is my take on the LID 2-page sketch for this week. I turned the first page to fit the orientation of photos I had. I used my cricut carts Opposites Attract (for the title) and Walk In My Garden for the leaves.