Debbie's Scraps and Pieces

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2012-02-05T09:31:00.010-06:00

The Shop

2012-02-05T09:11:00.006-06:00

I made a 30+ page book to show THE SHOP as it was being built.

February 5, 2012

2012-02-05T08:55:00.005-06:00

January 12, 2012 First snow of the year

2012-01-12T16:18:00.002-06:00

Well I was hoping to break the "no snow" record but obviously that is not going to happen. How can there be bare spots in the field and a huge drift right out the back door so Stormi won't go out. Well she has an excuse the drift is bigger than she it.

Get Lit

2012-01-01T21:17:00.002-06:00

Happy New Year!
Look what we did for our New Year's celebration.
Evan and I walked/ran the Get Lit fun run through the Folepi Lights.
We had a great time.
Notice the photography.
John went with us and he took the pictures.

Happy New Year

2011-12-31T15:13:00.003-06:00

With that said I am really going to make an attempt to stop
PROCRASTINATING
and work on projects before they happen. This thought will make for a Happy New Year. First major project will be to organize my crap ummmmmmmm scrapbook stuff. My basement is overflowing with stuff and there is no need for that........so here is to organizing so I can find stuff to finish my projects on time.

studio J saved the best for last

2011-07-10T22:26:00.002-05:00

Studio J

2011-07-10T22:21:00.002-05:00

CTMH Studio J

2011-07-10T22:09:00.003-05:00

This first double page layout will be our first/last page of our vacation book.

Last of the lower 48

2011-07-10T20:17:00.003-05:00

I finally finished our May trip. I am patting myself on the back. Now all I will have to do is put them in the album. I already have the other pages in the book. Yes I am excited. I just might like this Studio J. It has been fun but I do miss the actual paper but having a book of 50+ layouts done is a great feeling.

Studio J layouts of our trip

2011-06-20T19:50:00.007-05:00

03-22-11 Wednesday

2011-03-26T12:10:00.003-05:00

look at the box. Wow what did I get sitting on the porch waiting for me. Well as I get closer I realize......TRUCK PARTS!! OK it is really interior pieces for the truck to be exact. More photo's to come.

Happy St Patrick's Day

2011-03-17T18:22:00.003-05:00

Happy St Patrick's Day!
I am not much into St Patrick's day but shamrock green is my favorite color.
I stopped on the way home and bought each of us a Shamrock Shake at McDonalds. Can honestly say I had not had one before. I had no idea they were mint. Just thought it would be vanilla colored green. Who would know what I was missing.

Like the jelly beans? I am trying to be a little more persistent with posting and updating my blog.

Blizzard of 2011

2011-03-16T22:50:00.005-05:00

Ground Hog Day - February 1, 2011
It is amazing you can see cornstalks but not our porch.

blizzard of 2011

2011-03-16T22:39:00.002-05:00

I said I would post pictures of the blizzard. Well finally Ev helped me to catch up posting.

and the last card

2011-03-11T21:42:00.000-06:00

I have these ready to go for the "greats" They will be 3, 4, 5 and 6. Wow.

and one more

2011-03-10T21:33:00.000-06:00

A hunting we will go..........not really but this stamp set and paper makes great guy cards.

and more cards

2011-03-08T19:30:00.000-06:00

Ev helped me out and took some pictures. This is CTMH paper and I just flipped it over. Amazing how the change in color creates a totally different card.

Cards

2011-03-07T19:24:00.000-06:00

OK so I didn't notice that little bent corner.......let me tell you a little story about CTMH retired foil and the diamond plate embossing folder and cutting the foil with dull scissors. Well the scissors were not dull until I tried to cut the foil to proper size and that little bent corner is PROBABLY the part that cut my finger....Ouch that foil can make a great razor blade. Actually it put a cut on my finger better than any folder I have ever battled with. Don't laugh have you ever had a paper folder cut.

Cards from Third Saturday in FEBRUARY

2011-03-06T19:22:00.000-06:00

Cards

2011-03-04T18:58:00.000-06:00

Trying to catch up on my posting.
Totally scraplifted from the CTMH artboard.

WOW March 3, 2011

2011-03-03T18:56:00.002-06:00

Well I seem to have a problem with posting. Looks like I have not posted since Christmas. Not good I better get busy and do some "posting"

Christmas Gifts

2010-12-25T23:22:00.001-06:00

Sparkle's Christmas Card Challenge #3

2010-12-25T22:46:00.003-06:00

Well still too late for Sparkle's Christmas Card Challenge but I did get another card finished. yeah I will cheer myself on.

Gift Card Purse/Holder

2010-12-20T00:17:00.003-06:00

As usual I have waited until the last minute. Tonight I made a purse gift certificate holder. It is for Amanda.

Sparkle Christmas Card Challenge #2

2010-12-18T23:53:00.003-06:00

Determined to continue this challenge. I had to look high and low to find an angel in my stash.

*****just an added note.
Tried to post at 11:53.
Darn the link is closed.
What did I say about not waiting until the last minute?

Sparkle Christmas Card Challenge #1

2010-12-12T00:18:00.003-06:00

I am going to really try to make a card each week for Sparkle's Christmas Card Challenge. This is crazy at the last minute trying to make cards. It takes the joy away from crafting. I just need to quit putting stuff off until the last minute.

11-27-10 Saturday

2010-11-27T17:31:00.010-06:00

No artwork for today just a proud mom. My son finished another race today. The time is not important to us (1hr 4min) it is his commitment to finish the race is what is so wonderful to us.

Studio J

2010-11-25T12:03:00.005-06:00

Well I have done a few things. I/we tried out the new Studio J layouts. I did our 2010 AirVenture pictures. Evan and I had fun making this book for John for his birthday. he loved it.

11-25-10 Happy Thanksgiving

2010-11-25T12:02:00.001-06:00

I cannot believe how long it has been since I posted. How sad. Guess I have not done anything.

Click daily

2010-11-06T17:44:00.007-05:00

My friend Sue never asks for much so I really wanted to help her with this.
She clicks daily in memory of a friend she lost to breast cancer.
Please show your support and "give it a click". Check out this website.
There is alot of great information.

Side walk

2010-08-07T10:59:00.000-05:00

I have a sidewalk. I am so excited. It looks great. Hummmm he is looking like maybe I should put the camera away. Evan helped with the digging and pouring. Of course I was gone when they poured the concrete and they didn't take a picture. Imagine that they were too busy to go in and get the camera. I will have to remember that is was the hottest week of the year when they put in the sidewalk. I will be sure to mention that on my scrapbook page. Of course I have photo's at every angle.

2010 Airventure

2010-08-01T11:11:00.001-05:00

We had so much fun at the 2010 Airventure . It is amazing. It is so well organized and so much to do and see. We spent 4 days there and still did not see everything.

Card Basket

2010-04-19T20:19:00.004-05:00

My very talented friend Sue send a huge box of her beauty ful card creations. I use her art work to creat a basket that is used as a door prize for the Save R Sight Walk-Run. I always let Evan choose his favorite card. Well he had them all laid out and stacked up. He had a hard time deciding his favorite. The basket we used came in three sizes (good thing) because I first had them in the small basket, then the med, now they are in the largest basket (kinda like the three bears) and we added some envelopes, a pen and two books of stamps. This is a wonderful door prize. Lots of runner/walkers try to "win" Sue's basket.

Thanks Sue!!

Third Saturday in April project

2010-04-19T18:35:00.010-05:00

This is what we made for the third Saturday project. I precut all 20 pages and divided them into individual "baggies". The paper pack is Caboodle Level 2 (7121B) Everyone brought a 6x6 album to put their pages in. I used a CTMH My Creations Display Album (Z1054) so I had to make up 4 extra pages. You will notice not many embellishments. I am using my book as a birthday gift for my SIL so I made different size tags as embellishment. All the tags had something to do with grandma, grandpa or grandkids. I love the way it turned out. We had a lot of fun but it took a long time to put all the pages together. Her birthday is today so I will find out soon what she thinks.

Scraplifted from Kim Smith (CTMH)

2010-03-27T15:29:00.005-05:00

These are the pages we did at my Third Saturday Scrapbook Saturday on March 20th. I finally taped the pictures down. I got the idea for the layouts from Kim Smith's post. Thanks for looking.

Only green I see is John Deere

2010-02-25T17:12:00.004-06:00

This is for our cyber friend Sue in sunny FL. The only green I see is behind that light. It is my husband on the tractor plowing.

Third Saturday in February

2010-02-20T07:07:00.001-06:00

These are the pages and card we are doing at my Third Saturday gathering. My goal in 2010 was to add techniques to the group pages. We sewed, embossed and inked the edges of the cardstock for the pages. (now you know why I gave up quilting) The card is my take on an easel card. I lifted the Veranda pages from Connie Macfarlane and LaJeania Hicks both very talented CTMH consultants. We had a lot of fun.

Evan has new glasses

2010-02-04T15:29:00.000-06:00

The only reason these pictures are so funny is because when he was little it was a big deal to have new glasses. Always had to take a picute. Now, being the senior in high school he is too cool for pictures. I had to "threaten" him. If he didn't hold still I would take his picture at school or at the school bus. Well he decided to pose from every angle. Smart boy.

Bella Memorial Album Swap

2010-01-18T00:01:00.002-06:00

This is not really a swap. There was a post on the CTMH swap board requesting pages made from the Bella paper pack for the family of a terminally ill child. Two of these layouts are from layouts done in my third saturday group back in August. The ideas for the first two layouts came for Lisa Stenz, a CTMH consultant. The other two I made using Cherish.

Birthday gift

2010-01-16T23:25:00.002-06:00

I made a birthday album for a frient using CTMH Daydream paper pack. I love how it turned out.

Third Saturday Pages

2010-01-15T23:11:00.003-06:00

I have scraplifted the left page from the CTMH art board. A very similair page was posted by consultant Christine Adams.

The third Saturday of each month I have a scrapbook gathering. My goal for 2010 is to include different techniques on the pages. The pages were done using CTMH Jingle Creative Basic pages. We scored the paper, sanded it, scissor distressed the edges of the cardstock, second generation stamping and tied bows from waxy flax. We also shared a retired CTMH paper pack (Just Chillin) and we each ended up with 2-2 page layouts ready for winter snow pictures. I really wanted to take pictures of everyones pages but Evan had the camera with him. I will put pictures on mine and post soon. We had lots of fun.

Merry Christmas

2009-12-25T01:00:00.000-06:00

Hope everyone has a very
Merry Christmas

Scrapbook Saturday

2009-12-19T19:28:00.004-06:00

The third Saturday of each month I have a scrapbook gathering. I have a food theme and pages to go with it. I decided we would have chicken chili and I did Promise of Spring paper kits from CTMH. It was fun to make the smokey plum, olive and bamboo flowered layouts when the snow was flying outside. Well Evan made bread bowls. He did such a great job and they were so good. Just look.

Christmas Tree

2009-12-13T22:52:00.003-06:00

Here is a picture of my large ornaments.......whoops I mean my little tree with large ornaments. Just noticed the tree skirt. My son has a schnauzer. She likes to move stuff around under the tree. The kid doesn't snoop but the dog does. She better be careful Santa is watching her.

Christmas gifts

2009-12-13T22:44:00.003-06:00

I used to scrapbook swap alot. Too much. I would join every swap I could. It was a crazy habit. When I did recipe swaps I would always take two spots. I justified this by saying I was saving on postage. How crazy is that.

Long story short I made the duplicates into little recipe books. My son works in the school kitchen. The ladies are always giving him nice gifts so I thought these small recipe books would make nice gift for them. We made 15-one for each of the kitchen staff. I hope they enjoy them. My son cannot wait. They are wrapped and ready to take to school tomorrow.

Happy Thanksgiving

2009-11-26T18:40:00.005-06:00

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I have many things to be thankful for. My son is top of the list, then the rest of my family and friends and third on my list is Sue's Peanutbutter Pie. My friend Sue sent Evan and I the recipe. Just look at the picture. Oh it was so good and very rich. Thankfully Evan is daring and loves to try new recipes. I am not a good cook and do not pretend to be but I do love to eat and be the taste tester.

Evan's Halloween party invites

2009-10-11T11:59:00.003-05:00

This is the invite Evan sent out for his third annual Halloween cook out. His favorite time of the year. He also loves Halloween. His paper and stamp set was his birday gift from Aunt Becky (who sells su) I hope he lets me use the remaining paper to scrapbook his pary.

Evan's birthday invitations

2009-09-03T01:28:00.001-05:00

I tried to copy this from Keynotes. They were easy to make but not sure how close they are to the scraplifted example. I used cuttlebug, glitter, dutch blue, desert sand and colonial white cardstock, Walmart ribbon and liquid glass. Pretty simple

4 months until Christmas

2009-08-25T22:37:00.004-05:00

I made a profound discovery today and I made sure to send an email to all my co-workers with my news.

Christmas is four months from today!!

Third Saturday pages

2009-08-17T07:12:00.003-05:00

First I want to say these pages were scraplifted from the CTMH art board (Lisa). I copied the smokey plum/flowered pages. I then did the same layout with the other bulk b&t from the Bella paper pack (brown print and desert sand). I added the verses by making copies on colonial white 8.5 x 11 paper. I think everyone liked the pages.

Christmas in July

2009-07-17T07:00:00.003-05:00

The third Saturday of each month I have a scrapbook gathering. I really never know how many will be there. I plan a project with CTMH products. Cost is $5-$10 for the project(s) We also have a food theme so we scrap and eat. Lots of fun. We are making Crhistmas cards. I can safely put this on my blog as no one reads my blog so pretty sure they won't see the cards.

.Wow after looking at my post the "stickels" do not photograph well. The cards look better "in person"

Drive for 500

2009-07-07T16:58:00.003-05:00

http://thecuttlebugspot.blogspot.com

ABC Album

2009-06-24T19:30:00.001-05:00

This is too large. I wanted a smaller window but cannot seem to "shrink" it. This is an album I did for my boss. She is putting pictures of her first grandchild in this book. I claim to hate this paper pack but I have made a lot of stuff with the bulk paper packs.

Smile be Happy

2009-06-24T17:15:00.004-05:00

I must have a secret obsession with the CTMH more to adore paper pack.

cindy's

2009-06-20T13:08:00.006-05:00

Cindy was first with the bulk unforgetable paper pack. yeah! look at her cards and layout

2009-06-20T07:53:00.004-05:00

Today is my scrapbook day. The third Saturday of each month we get together make a project and eat. I make up the pages and card(s)and pick a food theme. It is a lot of fun. Todays cards and pages are Stardust from CTMH. The food theme is hot dogs. No one looks at my blog so I thought I would post todays project. Oh I should add the baby in the pictures is my great nephew. He is now 4 I am a bit behind scrapping.

Adalyn's Book

2009-06-19T16:27:00.001-05:00

I made this 9x9 board book for a nurse at my son's doctor's office. She was expecting her first baby and had a difficult pregnancy. She loved the book and said she keeps it on her daughter's(Adalyn) book shelf

Kristen's wedding gift

2009-06-19T16:09:00.000-05:00

This is an album make with the CTMH Silhouette paper pack. This was a gift for my son's braille teacher. They loved it.

Mom

2009-06-14T18:34:00.000-05:00

This is the CTMH WOTG more to adore paper pack. I laugh every time I see this paper. I have decided I probably don't like it because I have used so much of it.

Thankful

2009-06-14T18:29:00.000-05:00

This is one of the first swaps I participated in. It was called an ABILITY swap. The hostess wanted special pages for our special children. I believe all children are special. Notice the verse I choose for my swap. If it is too small you will see the same sentence in the top right corner of this blog!

2009-06-14T18:23:00.000-05:00

I love the colors of fall. This is a CTMH WOTG.

2009-06-14T18:18:00.000-05:00

CTMH paper pack and stickease. I did a workshop at my house exact copy from WOTG. I loved this paper but cannot remember the name of it.

Want to play?

2009-06-14T18:02:00.017-05:00

I gave several friends two sheets of the Unforgetable bulk paper pack and one sheet of cocoa cardstock. I ased them to make layouts, cards or any paper project. I think it will be fun to see what everyone will do with the same paper. Do you want to play too?

Fall

2009-06-14T17:23:00.001-05:00

This is yet another swap page. This was my swap CTMH colonial white, chocolate and pop of color. Of course my choice for the pop of color ORANGE.

July

2009-06-14T17:08:00.000-05:00

4th of July swap page from last year?

Christmas gift

2009-06-14T16:37:00.000-05:00

I made this acrylic album as a Christmas gift for my boss. She can put pictures for her grandbaby in the book

Share the love "pay it forward"

2009-06-03T18:39:00.010-05:00

A few months ago I posted on this blog that the first 3 to post a comment to my blog I would send out a little pay it forward share the love gift. Well they are in the mail and I am so excited. I hope they like their gifts.

Card folder created by Vickie Wizniuk

2009-06-02T21:25:00.005-05:00

I used a pattern from Vickie Wizniuk's blog for this card set. My son made this card set for his favorite teacher.

swap pages

2009-06-02T21:16:00.006-05:00

This is pictures of my swap pages from Amanda Maue's business builder swap. I don't have a business but have enjoyed her swaps. I always choose paper pack 5. This means it is the 5th paper pack of the catalog. It is always a suprise. This paper pack "Bella" was a nice suprise. I really love this paper.

yeah

2009-02-13T17:48:00.002-06:00

I am so excited I have some comments. yeah. Thanks Sue for sending bloggers my direction. Yes I am trying to make myself craft and not swap. I have stuck to the no swapping on the boards. I am going to scrap and have fun. Maybe even complete a few projects. Thanks for playing. This will be fun.

Share the Love

2009-02-12T22:01:00.003-06:00

I am going to play "pay it forward" or spread the Love. I read the idea on Sue's blog (This Life) and she directed me to Lea's blog (Learning with Lea). I will do the same. The first three people to leave a comment (let's hope it doesn't take a year for me to get 3 comments) will receive a hand made gift. This will be a fun thing to do. All you need to do is leave a comment on your blog about my post.

Ok

2009-01-17T11:14:00.004-06:00

Ok I am going to quit messing with this blog and post. I am not a computer wizzzzzzzzz. I am lucky I can type.

2009-01-10T19:42:00.001-06:00

This will be my first blog entry. I have decided to stop collecting paper and start scrapping. I am going to limit the number of swaps I join and devote more time to scrapbooking. I hope that by putting this in print I will be reminded to scrap and to put my paper to good use.