TOGETHER at last...

Yeah! More scrapping time! Started this one yesterday, but wasn't very pleased with how it was working out. I had the title letters and the picture, and kept moving things around trying to find good balance. After many failed tries, I really like how this one turned out. Very glad I didn't proceed with one of the earlier versions, because this one worked out so much better. If only I could work on pages that are more recent - this picture is from last July, a few days after the boys & I came home. The journaling says: After spending 9 weeks in Haiti, waiting for U.S. Visas for the Boys, it was so Good to be Home and have All my Children under the same roof.

Backyard Fun

Had some time to work on this layout from last July ('08). These pictures are of the kids playing in the yard just a few days after the boys and I came home from Haiti. As you can see from the boys' faces, they were still getting relaxed! The colors on my picture of the layout didn't turn out the best, but I love these papers. They are tan, celery green, burgandy and a deep purple with safari and geometric prints. The title is something I created a while ago for cutting with my Wishblade. If you would like the file, it can be found in my Cutter's Market Gallery (see link on right).

Just ordered 187 pictures from my 9 weeks last summer in Haiti staying with the boys. Can't wait to get them in, but I'm a bit overwhelmed about the number of prints I have to scrap! That's another overwhelming project!

And now that my Wishblade is out for the first time in 2 months, I need to get a couple titles cut for a friend of mine. Thanks for your patience, Linda!

Made this cute card today while the 1st graders were doing seatwork! Found the blue print paper in my scraps. The white ribbon is a repurposed item - it was originally for hanging baby girl hair clips (I only used about 1/2 of it). The blue flowers are from a new package of petaloos I got on sale at scrappingstamping.com. Very cute. Love the shimmery flower centers that come with the flowers - less bulk than brads, so good for mailing. And of course I used my Stardust pen to add some glimmer to the sentiment. I think it dresses it up a little. Hope you like it!

Go Run

I had some time this afternoon to work on a new layout. It only took me 9 1/2 years to get it done! This is from a 5K I did in February of 2000. I found the pictures and the two die cuts one day recently when I was going thru some old papers. The die cuts were yellow and red. I painted them and the chipboard letters so that they would tie in better with the papers I chose. What do you think?

Fluffy Update

Fluffy is really Sassy! Her owner found us!! They were gone over the weekend and a neighbor was keeping her and she escaped. Apparently the dogsitter didn’t go looking for her, so when the owner came home today she was searching for her. When she was asking around someone remembered us going door-to-door and sent her to our house!
Yeah! Sassy has been reunited with her rightful owner!

Fluffy Update

1) I was hoping that by the time I drug myself out of bed at 9:00, her owners would have claimed her...The kids & Daddy are playing in the front yard where she's staked on a leash, hoping someone will come looking for her.
2) DD3 has given her a name.
Things are NOT looking good.

I always wanted a lap dog....

Two entries in one day!!! A definite record! I had two things I really wanted to post about tonight.

The background for this story is that animals somehow know that our house is safe and the apparently show up when they have nowhere else to go. Right now, with the loss of Kane, we are down to "only" five dogs, one cat, one fish, about 10 chickens, and a horse that boards here. The cat came with the house, and all of the dogs are rescues from one source or another. Several dogs and kittens have shown up mysteriously at our door over the years. So we always laugh and say there is a sign somewhere that reads "Krueger Animal Shelter" that only animals can read.

This evening, I was sitting inside working on some birthday cards and the kids were outside playing in the driveway with Daddy. The kids hollered out to me, "Come quick, Mom! There's a dog!" So, of course I run out the door to see what hound has arrived. Daddy is holding this little bundle of squirmy fuzz! I can't believe this little thing was wandering around the neighborhood. Not the kind of dog I'd leave outside, but who knows what people think. She has on a pretty pink collar but no tags. We walked around the neighborhood, but couldn't find her owner. So for tonight she's in a crate in the bathtub, crying to be let out. And DD1 and DD2 are crowded into a sleeping bag on the bathroom floor next to her. Tomorrow she gets a bath and house-training test - if we can't find her owner!! Anyone missing a frou-frou dog?? I'm hoping I will be broken from wanting a lap dog (this little thing is yippy and HYPER) by the time we find her home. We will find her home, right???