Just Arrived....
Robins Nest Dew Drops, in 10 different color combinations. (Selling Fast)
Making Memories Slice Hands Free Units, for special order ladies!
7 Gypsies ATC Photo Trays
Plus a few October Afternoon 8x8 paper pads

Anyone scrappin with this crazy silly rain we are having? Can't do much else, so might as well scrap! Don't get too wet... Plus still 2 spots left in for the pizza crop, call the store in the morning to book your spot!

Another version

This is to show you how versatile (seriously, is that spelled right?? spellchecker says so, but really??) my second last challenge is. This version has a black background, lime green paint, and a white gel pen. By the way Kari, I need another white pen, could you set me one aside? Thanx! :) Huh, I just noticed how crooked this is. I've been taking pictures of my layouts outside on my step cause the lighting is better and I think it gives an interesting background. But still, I could at least take pictures straight on. For Mother's day, Nicole bought me that houndstooth tape. Love it! And for the letter D, I traced a chipboard letter onto cardstock, and just painted in the letter, and cut it out.

The stars were very carefully heat embossed in white. Cute hat my kid has, huh? I seriously loved that last challenge, and I've done a lot of different versions of it. I love getting my fingers dirty with paint!

Have a good day!

~RonniH.

btw, you can click on the last 2 smaller photos to make big, but not the one of the layout. Sorry, we're still trying to figure this all out. :)

Lots of Photos

You know how I *heart* 2 page layouts. And you know how I *heart* using lots of photos. And you know that I *heart* my niece Kbear :)

Here are all 3 together with the photos I got at the Doodlebop concert back in March. 21 photos. I did a collage on the right with the 3 main photos of the day on the left. I even fit in journalling onto the page :)

I think the smile says it all with her excitement of the day.

~~Melanie

Weekly challenge!

Good morning!
Remember when I challenged you 2 weeks ago to paint in the negative space? Well this week is similar, but I'm going to change it up. Change is good, remember? I had all those leftover circles punched out, and I thought we should be able to do something with them.
So your challenge is this, use those circles to make a negative space, and to challenge you furtner, don't use any boughten patterned paper.
I took my circles, and placed them all over a plain white piece of cardstock, and sprayed it with two colours of mist, one yellow, one brown. Once dried, I inked the edges. I took a leftover brown bag, crumpled it, and inked it, and adhered it. I had a tag that I stamped on with Tim Holtz's new line of stamps and added that to the mess too. Some masking tape, punched butterflies, some sewing, staples, and a few buttons were added too. I add my niece's photo, added her name, and done!It was fun coming up with ways to make it interesting with colours and textures. The tag was a total mistake, but I loved how it worked out, and I'm going to try to incorporate something like that again.

So go on, challenge yourself today... negative space and homemade patterned paper. Have fun!!

See you later this week!

~RonniH.

These were my apple trees about a week or so ago. The blosssoms on them don't last very long againest the wind and the snow. They are very pretty and I can often smell the blooms in my kitchen. It's amazing how many bees start buzzing around them, looking for nectar. I noticed last night when I got home from work that my tree is filled with hard, small, little apples. It won't be long, and I'll have my hands filled with crab apples that no one wants to eat. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with these photos... I would like to frame one or two I think.

Have you lots of plans for this weekend? It seems like most of my activities are all piled up on the calendar for the end of June. My daughter's have field trips and graduations and sleep overs and all kinds of parties planned, and I'll be writing my licensing exam the same weekend as my daughter's high school grad. I love being busy, though.

I'm trying to think of something exciting and interesting for Monday's challenge. We have a soccer game at 845 this morning that I should be getting ready for, and then another at noon. I'd like to go out on a photo shoot sometime this weekend, too, but I'm not sure if I can get away.

Have a good weekend!

~RonniH.
btw, you can double click my photos to see them bigger. Why??? I don't know what I've done differently, but it is nice to see them bigger.

What are you up to this weekend?

Last weekend i spent an amazing weekend scrpabooking with friends. I got a few layouts done and I am so happy with them.

This weekend my cousin is in town playing in a ball tourney....I might get the chance to watch a game (if they dont cross with work all the time!). Maybe I will get the chance to get a few pics too? Who knows. It will be nice to spend time with them nonetheless.

Are you going to take advantage of the nice weather that is supposed to be our way? Get out in your garden and yard? Take a walk in the park?

Hope you enjoy your weekend! dont forget to record your memories. it is the everyday little things that count in scrapbooking as well.

~~Melanie

Have I mentioned to you yet, that Nicole brought me back a Prada bag when she went to Europe this spring? She was there while it was my birthday, and when she saw this Prada, she couldn't resist. Now, it's blackmarket Prada, probably stolen or a knock-off, but, the leather smells wonderful. The street vendor offered it to her for a hundred euro, but she turned it down, and was then told, for her, only 45 euro.
I would never pay 45 dollars for a purse, let alone 45 euros, mostly cause I'm cheap. But my daughter loves me, and it made a wonderful gift. Honestly, I don't know my Prada from a Versace, but it is fun to say I have a Prada from my daughta'. (lol) It's a huge purse, and I can never find a thing in it, but I love it.
So when you're a scrapper, with a lovely purse and a fun story, what do you do? Well, if you're me, you scrap about it. :) It's a quick layout, nothing to crazy or fancy. But I love that I've saved the story of my Prada bag. Maybe one day, if I get brave, I'll scrap about the contents! lol wouldn't that be a little scary?? Hope you're having a good week, happy scrappin' and all that!
~RonniH.