Welcome Sweet Baby Boy!

This morning we welcome a new addition into our family.

My 2nd Grandson! 

Seth Ryan was born at 7:52 A.M.

Weighing in at 6 lbs. 14 oz.

He is 19 inches long.

Momma and baby are doing well!  

Of course, I can not show up to see my sweet, new Grandson 

without a card made with lots of love just for him! 

Supplies:

Cardstock ~ Core'dinations 

Journal Spot ~ Bo Bunny

Alpha ~ American Crafts

Buttons ~ October Afternoon

Pearls ~ FabScraps

Glue ~ Helmar Craft Glue, Gemstone Glue, & ZapDots

Me & Mom

For the first year of his life we were honored to help raise him alongside my daughter, Kass.  I am not saying it was easy or that our life wasn't hectic or that there weren't days that I was thankful not to have my own toddler while in my 40's.  I am saying that we got to share some really precious moments that not all grandparents have the honor of having.  

Since they lived with us, I have tons of fabulous pictures of Chase and Kass. I take deep pleasure in creating the scrapbook pages will go into their album.  

There are only a few of the pages I have created for their album that have journaling written by me.  Those few pages are from my perspective and meant to be seen that way. Most of the pages for that album are void of journaling, although there is a space for it.  This empty space is meant to give Kass the opportunity to tell their story, because they have a story.  A story that doesn't always include me.  It has taken Scott & I awhile to come to terms with that and to be able to let her be a Mom in her own right. She is a darn good Mom, too!

The fun photos in "Me & Mom" were taken last Easter at my sister's house.  It was Chase's first Easter and he had a grand time being the center of attention.  Doesn't he looking super cute whispering into Kass' ear?  Just like he had something funny to say even though he didn't talk then.

Supplies:
Cardstock ~ Core'dinations
Patterned paper, buttons, tickets ~ October Afternoon
Tags ~ Elle's Studio
Alphas ~ American Crafts

P.S.
As I proof read this post I realized that I should use this post as journaling for my own scrapbook.

Just Add Girls & Water!

 I love it when my life gives me a bit of time to create for myself. 

Last weekend I was so happy to have the time to start using the photos

that have been sitting on my desk just screaming "use me!" 

"Girlfriends" is a simple layout made with Crate Paper and Basic Grey paper 

to be framed and hung in Lily's room.  

I have created simple layouts of Lily with her friends and framed them for 

Lily's room since she was a preschooler. 

It is so neat see all the young faces of the girls, who over the last 

ten years have remained a constant in Lily's life. 

It is one of the joys of living in a small town! 

"Just Add H2O" is fun and vibrant just like my grandson!  

I pulled out some colorful papers from my stash.  

Just loving the brown Core'dnations dotted paper.  

All I had to do was sand it down to create that two tone effect and allow the dots to "pop."

Wishing you a scrappy day!! 

Lovin' on Scrappy Chics!

I have to say that Scrappy Chic's October Kit is one of my favorites!

Lovin' the balance of muted, pretty colors of Teresa Collins Vintage Finds

and the bright, bold colors of the Crate Paper Farmhouse Collection.

"A Daughter" has to be one of my recent favorites. 

I just love the grey on grey with just a touch of peach.

Doesn't hurt that my beautiful daughter, Lily, is the focus.  

Can you tell by "Sweetie Pie" that I am loving green & yellow?

The cute photos of my daughter and grandson, Kass & Chase, definitely

pulled out the green and yellow from the Farmhouse Collection papers. 

I have been taking lots of pictures on Instagram (I am ktbomb15 on Instagram if you want to follow me) lately and just figured out how to print them on my new HP Photosmart printer.  

"My Time With Mimi & Gramps" has Instagram pics of Chase spending time with us while Kass recovers from her accident.  It is so fun to do the day to day toddler activities with him! 

Yes, drinking a milkshake is a normal activity in our house. 

Using both the Vintage Finds and Farmhouse Collection papers in this month's Scrappy Chics Kit I created this simple, yet pretty frame.  I really loved all the fun hexagon Teresa Collins stickers that came with the kit and wanted to highlight "Make Good Things Happen."  

The frame is a 4 x12 panoramic. I used the Sizzix 2" hexagon die to cut the hexagons.  

I am hoping to make some more frames to compliment this one to hang in my craft room.  

Don't foget to check out what the other design team members have created at Scrappy Chics!

They will certainly inspire you to use this month's kit. 

Near & Far

"They Came From Near & Far" was created as an example for 

Kristin's Sketch: Back to Basics class at Creative Soup. 

I really took her great sketch to the next level by utilizing

the space designed for 3 photos and using 11 photos.

I wanted to use all these photos from the day my 

grandson was born on one layout and didn't

want the layout to look cluttered, but simple & clean. 

Supplies:

Paper ~ October Afternoon

Cardstock ~ Bazzill

Alphas ~ American Crafts & Pink Paislee