ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!!!

I'm so excited for kick off. I was raised in Las Vegas but my household has been Steeler fans from the time I could understand what football was. I am making all kinds of fun food and getting my camera charged and ready. Every year my boys go to a Demolay party but this year we are all staying here for the game. I can get some great pictures....lol...watch I will either be to caught up in the game and not take any OR my kids will not cooperate, to which I will beat them...LOL...my whole house is buzzing. Jared can't wait to see what we make this year. GO STEELERS!!

I got my First Blogging Award

and I was such a loser that I didn't know how to do it...LOL....I am going to figure it out today.

Thank you Lydia for nominating me

How awesome right! So now here is what I got to do. I need to name 5 addictions, and 5 people I'd like to pass on my "fabby award" to. Ok, first with addictions...

1. Diet Dr. Pepper- I just don't know what I would do without it.

2. Stampin Up-love the papers and how you get a perfect match for everything

3. scrapbook.com-great group of ladies there and I love the challenge forums

4. REALITY SHOWS- it doesn't matter which ones I LOVE them all. Bachelor, top chef, Americas Next Top Model, Amazing Race, and the list goes on and on. I am not afraid to admit it but I LOVE these shows.

5. I love time management games- Diner Dash, Farm Frenzy, Nanny Mania, just to name a few and the list on those could go on some more.

My to 5 bloggers who should get this award

1. Jenn

2. Estee

3. Dawn

4. kimberkv

5. Chat-nitestamper

I never scrap this much in one day let alone one week...LOL

This page I did for Scrap Whispers challenge for this weeks use your own handwriting. This was really hard for me because my handwriting is not the best. I do try to make sure that I write every so often so that my kids have a tangible piece of me in there books.

This is Mitchell this past Halloween. We went to a good friends house for a carving party and had a blast. The best thing about it is we did it outside and the mess wasn't as bad...LOL...Not to mention the kids got to carve with their friends and every got along so well.

Thanks for looking.

Another page...I'm on a roll

I don't usually get much time in for scrapbooking but I have been in such a mood to that today I did this page and one other one. I a true Gemini in every way because I am forever changing my mind about what size pages I want for my kids. So years ago I decided I would do both sizes for my kids. It satisfies my need for 12x12 and 8 1/2x11...I know I am weird but I love to work with both sizes when the mood hits me. I have decided that once a week I will send my kids into my scrapbook stash and pick one thing for me to use on a page. This week Jared pulled out these cute fishing 3-D stickers and I knew what pics I had to go with them. I think I will have the next child pull this week. That's one way to use up old stash without having to give it away. I figure, it may not be how I scrap now but I bought it once before and I must have thought it cute or I wouldn't have given it a second look. I should purge and donate but I love my old scrapbooking supplies to much....LOL...and now I'm lovin this page...

The paper is old DSP from Stampin Up

Cardstock is also Stampin Up, Dk brown is Bazzill

Fish stickers-Provo Craft (I think)

Inks- Stampin Up

Week 3 Scraptathlon

I came in 3rd place this week...We had to come up with a word that isn't something you can find in a dictionary...Mitchell one day told me to chillax when I was getting angry...LOL...then I called out to see what he was doing and he said " I'm just chillaxin mom" I know this isn't Mitch but the word, which is now an everyday word in our house, was perfect for this picture of Jeremy on a hot July afternoon. I actually tried my hand at sewing on my page and I have to say it was a great source of total aggravation. Josh must have ruined my sewing machine in his punk rock phase and it would work right....Thanks for looking.

Products- Circut title

papers and cardstock Stampin Up ( last years in colors and hostess simply scrappin kit)

twill and brads-Stampin Up as well.

I am so addicted to Stampin Up products and papers these days. I love their papers and the matching cardstock and inks. Not plugging them for myself but at least there is no guess work anymore for the perfect match.

Scraptathlon week #2 page

This was week 2 page I did. we had to scrap about a breakfast ritual. It didn't matter who's breakfast ritual just someones. I picked Mitchell's routine, he has waffles/french toast every day of his life except if I buy Cocoa Puff then he will switch. We are also not allowed to call it French Toast in our house or he won't eat it...LOL....he isn't spoiled it's just a characteristic of his. It comes with his autism so he's allowed to call it whatever he wants to. My good that I scrap with weekly he calls Willy Riggs. Her son is Willy but he won't call her Mrs. or sister Riggs ( we are in the same church and we go by Sister Riggs or Sister Ornelas..etc...) he calls out to her "Hey Willy Riggs". I just love him and his sweet sayings. Can ya tell he is my baby...LOL...

All products on this page are from Stampin Up.

BIG FAVOR

I love scrapbooking and have been a scrapbooker for 12 years or so. I have in the last year lost that drive or mojo in the creative department. I joined a challenge at scrapbook.com called scraptathlon, it runs for 10 weeks and we are on week 2 right now. Every Friday a new challenge is issued and on Tuesday a poll goes up for the members of SB.com to vote on. I would love for anyone who reads this blog to go over and vote on the pages. I will not solicit votes for myself but I would love to encourgae anyone to come and vote for the pages you really like. Here is the link, if you aren't a memeber of scrapbook.com it only take a few mintues to get signed up. There are a buch of fun people there who share a creative bond. Scraptathlon poll I hope to see you there and if you love a good challenge the challenge forum there is so full of amazing challenges to push you to scrap. It's so much fun. Hope to see you there and remember to go vote...hee hee hee