My latest layouts

I used a Becky Fleck sketch for the Smile.


Fun uses Tamara's sketch #37


Grassheads uses the new paper collection called Zack's Life.

A couple of new layouts

I've started working on the Scouting album that I need to have ready by March 24th for a meeting with the agency that provides me with the funds to do the at-risk program I run.



These are the first couple of pages I've done. I used one of Becky Fleck's horizontal sketches for the first one and I used Tamara's sketch #36 for the second page.

A Design Team Contest!

Scrapbook Deals 4 U is a brand new online store and kit club. What better way to hit the market than with a contest! SD4U is holding a Project Design Team Contest with the winner receiving a Design Team position for 6 months.

Interested applicants must register and post on the message boards at http://www.scrapbookdeals4u.com/forums/.

Tamara's Sketch #35

I went over to one of the local beaches and took these photos the other day. The sign says "This beach opens mid-June closed after Labor Day". It is gonna take until mid-June before the ice is completely cleared from Lake Huron. Only the very foolish will go swimming.

I Found Two New Kit Clubs!

Scrapbook Deals 4u is a brand new kit club and here is their first kit. I am so excited about getting it.

6 sheets of 2 sided paper from Imaginisce, every sheet has dimension or glitter detailsYou will get the following patterns:
1 sheet - Pretty New Dress
1 sheet - Spring Fling
1 sheet - Hot Chicks
1 sheet - Color Me Happy
1 sheet - Drapin' Daisies
1 sheet - Tiptoe Through Tulips
2 sheets bazzill cardstock - Glow
2 sheets bazzill cardstock - Arizona
2 sheets bazzill cardstock - Horizon
2 Polished Pebbles - Lip
2 Polished Pebbles - Bright Lights
1 yard May Arts ribbon - yellow
1 yard 1/8" Satin pink ribbon
1/2 yard wave pink satin ribbon
1/2 yard wave white trim
2 Bling Blossom Imaginisce pink flowers
2 Bling Blossom Imaginisce blue flowers
2 Bling Blossom Imaginisce off white flowers
1 Big Bling Blossom Imaginisce green
variety of small pink/cream prima flowers
3 tags
1 BIG felt Flower
1 Sheet Pink Fuzzy Alphabet Dimentional Stickers - Creative Imaginations
1 Acrylic Flower - Clear Scraps

And then there is this one from ScrapDango. It arrived at my house just the other day!

1 sheet Creative Imaginations Cream Victorian
1 sheet Creative Imaginations Cream Damask
2 sheets Creative Imaginations Blue Bell Noir
2 sheets Creative Imaginations Cream Blue Bell
2 Sheets American Crafts Elegant 34402 (double-sided)
2 sheets American Crafts Elegant 34399 (double-sided)
2 sheets Raven Bazzill
2 sheets Splash/op Bazzill
2 sheets Cream Puff Bazzill
American Crafts Black Hat Box Chipboard Thickers
Maya Road Scroll Rubons
1 sheet Creative Imaginations Narratives Cream Circle Stickers
1 sheet Creative Imaginations Six Blue Bell Notes
2 Prima "Say it in Crystals" Black Swirls
1 yard Queen & Co. Self-Adhesive Scroll Blue Felt Fushion
1 package Pebbles Inc Black Eyelet Brads
8 Prima Heavenly Blue Flowers

Tamara's Sketch #34

The Mackinac Bridge
She's a mighty fine bridge
Five hundred feet high
And five miles long.

In the Straits of Mackinac
There's about as much water as you've ever saw
The folks who lived there tried and tried
But they couldn't get across to the the other side

Couldn't get across without a boat or a plane
Couldn't take a bus or a trolley or a train
Couldn't swim across, it was cold as a fridge
Thought they'd better build themselves a bridge

The Mackinac Bridge
She's a mighty fine bridge
Five hundred feet high
And five miles long.

So in nineteen hundred and fifty four
They started linking shore to shore
From Mackinaw City to St. Ignace town
The men on the top didn't dare look down

In '57 the work was through
there she was all shiny and new
They had a big party and they called out loud
She's the Mackinac Bridge
And we are proud!

The Mackinac Bridge
She's a mighty fine bridge
Five hundred feet high
And five miles long.

Kitty Donohoe - Bunyan and Banjoes