Natural Beauty

Here in little ole Idaho is this amazing sight called Shoshone Falls! It is a beautiful waterfall that jumps a 212 ft stance and is just breathtaking to witness. Every spring when the run off from the mountains has melted they release the water from the dam and usually announce it in the paper so that people can come and see it before the farmers start to drain the water to irrigate their fields. This was our first time here and man it was such an awesome sight! I got some amazing photos and just HAD to scrap them!

I've been AWARDED Holey Moley!!!

So Ive had the honor of meeting a pretty sweet lady who spoils me with fabulous words of kindness!!! Her name is Jing-Jing Nickel and here is her fabulous blog!
http://thislittleartofmine.blogspot.com/2009/04/what-is-line-sally-field-said.html If you find the time to visit her I assure you that you will meet an instant friend and see some fabulous work!

She found it in her heart to award me with this fabulous web award after being chosen herself.



The rules are....

1. The winner can put the logo on her blog.
2. On your blog, link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blog.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours
5. Leave a message on the blogs you've nominated.

I usually dont get around to doing these fun little TAGGED things but Ive made a special effort to get it accomplished today so here goes nothing, I don't think I'm allowed to choose Jing-Jing again or I would because her stuff is so bright and cheerful and alway makes me smile.

My 7 are:

First off is the fabulous Jenni Boisvert, I love this girl! We had the chance to meat about a month ago and I feel like I made an instant friend and she is Uber talented and her stuff totally rocks and blows me away!

Linda Albrecht This woman is AWESOME, I love all of her soft and beautiful projects!

Vicki Chrisman She always posts the coolest sketches and has the cutest home craft idea!

This lady totally rocks paper! Im so sorry that I dont know her name but I love her awesome blog!

Ruth another very talented lady!

Hilde Janbroers One awesomely talented lady that always blows me away!

Scraps Of My Mind someone I find super inspiring!

Woo Hoo! Those are my seven!

A Rose By Any Other Name

This photo of my daughter Destiny is not the best quality because it was taken with a cell phone about a year before I took a fancy in photography. This was taken while my husband was away at police academy and things were kind of hard, but Destiny always made me stop and take time to smell the roses. Doesn't she just look so sweet! Im usually not very good at flowers but these coordinating packages from Prima made it SO easy and seamless!

Photo Box

My husband reads comic books and the boxes his books get delivered in are the perfect size for extra prints and photos waiting to be scrapped and these papers were so perfect for dressing it up which is something ive wanted to do for awhile!

Baby Blessings

Yet another Graphic 45 layout! I LOVE these papers and they are new to me so I just HAVE to scrap with them! Here is a layout of my grandfather Charles when he was a baby, I know I used pink on a boy page but these soft photos were just begging for some soft dusty pink and I think I did well controlling it lol!

Dressed In Our Easter Best

My first 8.5x11 layout ever! So much fun! I was playing with a new style FULL of doodles and it was so fun! Lovin the Basic Grey Urban Prairie line! So fun for spring!

Star Technique

Ive had a few requests asking how I made my stars in my last layout so Ive decided to make a technique post. I think everyone will be shocked at how easy these lovely little stars are to make.

First step is to trace or draw a star shape on a scrap or any desired paper. Here ive chosen white so that you all can see it better.


Next cut out the star.


Next grab a pen and a ruler or any straight edge and draw a line down the center of each arm all the way down.



Now we take our star and fold along each crease leaving the marks on the inside of your crease so that they will be on the back side of your star.


Next is the most fun and final step, ink each of your creases and edges and Viola you have an awesome barn style star! So easy!