CPS 81

I don't take the girls to school on Tuesday.
On Wednesdays, I have to take both of them,
so, I made an agreement with William that he would take them on Tues.
This gives me more time to catch-up on the computer & drink coffee:)
Because I get to have 45-mins more sleep on Tuesdays,
I stay up later on Monday nights.
We were all dragging butt this morning.
But, I stayed up last night & did CPS 81 and a layout.
I haven't photoed the layout, but here's the card.
I picked up some scraps from the desk to put this together.
I see people saying they do this all the time, after doing a layout.
I, honestly, never have.
Boy..........talk about easy and I love it:)

Not much else planned today.
I'm actually going to lunch w/a friend.
Something I don't get to do very often.........without kids:)
Hope you all have a blessed Tuesday!!

The early bird gets the worm...................

and that is sooooooooooo true.
I dread waking up at 5:45 every morning,
but I have come to love 7:45 when I am leaving the school.
Yes, the morning traffic is there, but going the other way:)
I love the time before 9:00 am.
Something about 9:00 makes me think the world is finally awake.
Until then, I feel like I'm the early bird getting the worm.
So, first thing this morning, I went to check out the latest
2 Sketches 4 U - Laura's sketch #8 & the Bonus sketch.
Loved both of them & was able to tackle both in the peace & quiet of the morning.
This first card will go to my niece, who's bday is Wednesday.
Hopefully she's still having a princess party:)
Pulled some older supplies for this & I LOVE when I do that.

This next card was fun.
Loved the Bonus sketch & I'm really, really into white lately.
Bright colors too.

And over the weekend, I got some layouts completed.
This makes me really happy.
For some reason, I feel my style is changing a little.
To what?
I have no idea, but it seems fresher?
Maybe it's the white:)
So, here are 3 I completed & I must say I love them all.

And that's all I have for now.
Not sure what else I'll get done today.
Here's hoping you have a wonderful Monday!!

Pink Sketch #3 ~ Bonus sketch

So.................I managed to do the Pink Sketch #3
and they emailed a Bonus sketch.
I love the sketch & did this layout.
Another "therapy" layout since the loss of our kitty.
It's been 3-days since we found him
and Ashlyn is still not over it.
Bandit was her cat.
She picked him out herself & he loved her.
She really, really misses him
and after reading the journaling on this layout,
she started crying again.
It keeps breaking my heart over & over.

At one point I thought I had "over-done" the layout,
but I'm happy with all my elements.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!

Scrapbooking Therapy.......................

what would I do without it?
Some of you know that on Wednesday,
we found our sweet, 5-month old cat, Bandit,
dead on the road.
Not a good thing to wake-up to.
Lots of tears that day..................LOTS!!!!
It made me print off pictures I had taken of him.
But it seemed too strange scrapping about the day we got him,
on the day we found him dead.
It helped though.
So, I pulled out some of my favorite American Crafts papers
and used CPS Sketch 61 to do this simple layout.
I was always finding Bandit in the strangest places....sleeping.
But isn't that what cats do?
I did another layout, about the day we got him,
but it was a "lift," so I won't be uploading that one.

After 2-days of thinking & crying about Bandit,
I'm finally feeling motivated to scrap.
I just haven't even wanted to be home.
So strange that we got so attached in such a short time.
This morning I managed to do both sketches from 2 Sketches 4 U.
This week they posted Kazan's Sketch #8 and a bonus sketch from Christine.
The first is using Kazan's sketch.
I'm really lovin' these blues & oranges together.

This 2nd card is using Christine's bonus sketch.
I bought this 8x8 paper pad while in NC and love it.
I'm keeping every little scrap:)

That's all for now.
What are your plans for this weekend?
I'm thinking the girls are going to get some grandparent time,
which will leave me free to scrap.
I've been keeping up with house-cleaning all week.
So, not much to do there.
I hope you all have a wonderful Friday!!

CPS #80 & the RAK winners!!

Thankfully Hurricane Gustav was not as bad as predicted.
It made for some great scrappin' time for me though.
I managed to get 3 layouts & 2 cards done yesterday.
CPS is celebrating 80 weeks of sketches.
This week we could pick our own sketch
And make a card & another project.
So, for this layout, I used Sketch #9.
These are some "not-so-great" pics,
But I wanted to scrap them for Camryn to remember.

For this card, I used Sketch #13.
Maybe I was supposed to use the same sketch?
I don't know, but I didn't:)
I love these colors together.
They make me happy.

I've already got papers & more pics pulled.
I'm feeling inspired lately & want to get more done.
And I especially love all the product I'm going through!!

Now...................on to the SEI "Ally's Wonderland" RAK winners.
I told you I don't get too many viewers,
So, the 2 lucky winners are Kristie Morrison & Sarah
I'm going to send each of you a set of the SEI papers.
So, if you girls will send me your mailing addy,
I'll get the papers out to you!!

Thanks again for visiting me!!