that I am:)
I just LOVE the name of this kit club, and love that I was asked to help put together a kit and guest design for them. Here’s my work for the August Work in Progress Kit. Go buy it, its GORGEOUS!!!

a checkbook cover

a ten page envelope mini book

5 layouts
no seriously, if [...]

I love these emails from Purpose Driven Life by John Fischer. I just love the way God shows him things. He is completely human and completely in love with Jesus. I’m not into cheesy “christian” stuff. He really delves into truth that is sometimes hard to hear. If you are [...]

okay, this is the last one; I promise! for this week at least:)
this is for the how much is too much challenge blog

Nothing new challenge!!!
Use up that old stash, none of these can be less than a year old!!
20 pieces of pp
20 ribbons, fibers or material (can combine)
20 embellishments
& no new pictures, get [...]

july monthly theme:
elements
I was trying to do one of each element this month, but really, I just never got around to doing an "air" shoot.
Let’s call this "floating on air" after my man kisses me:)
more elements at www.selfportraitchallenge.net

Here is my layouts for July for Scrapbooks.com

these ones are for Provo Craft
using Coluzzle

using Christina Cole papers and embellishments

Using Cricut and Going Places Cartridge

Using Coluzzle

Using Rob & Bob papers and embellishments

don’t read forward if you don’t want any Harry Potter spoilers….
some of my favorite parts:
*Harry with Dumbledore in the Kings Station
*Mrs. Weasley and Beatrix
*Gringots Bank
*Ron and the Horacrux
I bought and read Harry Potter VII over the weekend. It was completely satisfying to me. Loved how she tied up the ends, and explained things. [...]

I have a BUNCH of layouts that I just uploaded to flickr, to share with you….. The first is for Lasting Memories
I’ve done quite a bit of work for them this month:
Reminisce Papers and Disney Embellishments

KI Memories Baby Boy Papers

Pebbles Inc travel papers

The cure for everything is salt water – sweat, tears or the sea. -Isak Dinesen
(I saw this on my paper crane today, and thought it was wonderful!)
yesterday was a salty day, God is working something out in me, and its definitely involving tears and bringing me through some forgiveness of myself and of others. [...]

monthly theme:
elements
Earth
I’d like to think I’m “of the earth.” I’m definitely of this earth in that I’m full of sin and hatred, but I’d like to be an earth mother or something, and I’m really not. Some day I plan to live on a farm and have goats (to eat the grass) and [...]

I’m an auntie again! My brother Jonathan’s wife had a baby girl this morning, 15 days after her original due date, and 7 days after her amended due date!!! She was definately ready to have this baby. She was going in this morning to be induced at 7 a.m. but went into [...]

orange is one of my favorite colors…..

I remember not being able to imagine Jaylie being any older than this…..thinking, man she is so grown up:)

This one is slightly monumental b/c I distinctly remember a shift in my thinking, and making a specific decision to include scripture as much as I could in my art.

this is [...]

I had these done yesterday, but I was wasted tired after 4 days of kids camp, (and I wasn’t even helping this year!) We also had a maternity photo shoot last night. Sorry this is late!!

I have something for tone on tone stuff…..

I did this one in April, but I never [...]

the average daytime temp of seattle in July is 74*, yesterday it was over 100* and inside our house at 6:30 p.m. was 89* that’s too hot for inside of a house!!!
{It has cooled off today however, and its just about 80 outside, inside is a cool 76*}

I only cut one piece on this page, I sent the apple through the cricut (makin the grade cartridge) All of these were sitting in my scrap pile.

like my little hand made peas? That was one of my FIRST paper piecings I made! back in 2004.