Scrapbooking Extravaganza!!

I miss my scrapbooking week so much. The days melded together and quickly slipped into evenings and then really late nights. I did shower but I lived in my jammies, left the house twice all week, barely cooked, and ate lots of chocolate! It was heaven. I love my scrapbooking space in the basement and since it is tucked away  I don't hear the door and if the phone is not down there with me I don't hear it either. Its like being on a vacation in your house down there I just love it!
I was SO behind on my monthly kits. All told at the end of the week I finished 38 pages! Not bad since many of them took awhile since I was learning something new technique wise. So not only did I get lots done but I got a crash course on some things I had been wanting to learn. I also took some time to use up much of my remaining kits supplies on making extra pages for my scrapbooks or making extra cards to put in my stash for the upcoming year.
Here are some of my favorites....

 Loved all the Barn/horse pages. The paper color combo was beautiful, taupes with pale blue.

 This picture of Kyle is two years old but I have always joked with him that it reminds me of a picture that would be on a campaign mailer!

Love these VBS pics, also two years old, I had other great VBS pics that I finally got scrapped as well.

My absolute favorite picture of Erin and her BFF Emma. I had to have a 5x7 of this and was so glad when I did this page since it fit right in!

Fourth of July 2009 

So that's the end of the samples from the marathon. I am trying to figure out how to get back down there in the next couple of weeks for a weekend marathon. Once I get started I have a hard time stopping!

Copic Fun

 I am addicted to Copic Markers. Love them! It has become my major relaxation. Last week's class was making these cards which I think turned out great. I love how the pears turned out. Yum!

Scrapping Away

Erin at 20 months with her mommy and daddy. I love looking at pictures of all the kids when they are little.

I took a BIG trip down memory lane last week. I committed myself to getting some scrapbooking done and I don't work in chronological order. I sift through pictures and paper and come up with combinations and when I like it together then I start assembling a page.
During the fall my favorite scrapbook store, Pizazz It!, started offering monthly page kits. I did this once before a couple of years ago by mail and loved it, I just couldn't keep up. Now I have space to work and am way more organized. That makes all the difference. I might only have ten minutes to work on something but ten minutes is better than none! You really can get something done in a very short amount of time.
So I turned out lots of pages and we all had a great time looking at old pictures. I by far had the most fun of all!


Ethan was 2 1/2 here and he often had this little grumpy face. He didn't start talking until about this time and he was very frustrated! This is one of my favorite pictures!


From the same set of pictures I did all of our holiday family pictures with Bill's family. It was Lindy and Paige's first Christmas and they were so little even at 2 months.


These holiday pages were from my December kit. I loved the paper and sparkles!

Kyle's little ray of Sunshine - I did Kyle and Erin from summer of 2008. I have been wanting to use these papers for a long time and finally found perfect pictures to go with them!

And last I did my January kit from Pizazz It! which was all vintage. Perfect reason to get those baby pictures of my mom out of the old album and into something new with archival paper and plastic protectors. I treasure all of my pictures and these especially cannot be replaced. I want them to be passed on for generations. The kids have really enjoyed looking at pictures of their Grommy and Great Grandma.

I hope to keep up with my scrapping this year!