First Day Freshman

Can't believe my baby girl is a freshman....ACK. Where in the world did the time go? Her cousin was visting and they had their fun staging a photo shoot, and Ash is definitley not camera shy! They got some good pics and I played with the best ones, using Bo Bunny's Sophia line.. LOVE it!!

Then I just had to do a LO on her growing up, and me gushing about how proud I am of her!

And then I reused the package that the Bo Bunny buttons came in and used the idea on the Bo Bunny Blog to make this cute teacher gift! Ash's teachers birthday is today and she wanted a fun gift to give. Really easy, really cute!! Sorry for the glare, ya know..I've been working on learning photoshop and having fun with that, and the next thing I need to do, is learn how to better use my camera!

Beginner down...

Intermediate.......here I come! Yep, I signed up for the next class at http://www.jessicasprague.com/, whoot!!! In the meantime though, I'm going to be practicing all the cool things I've learned so that I'm super ready for the next class! If you are thinking about learning digi scrapping, or photoshop, I highly recommend her classes. Very easy to follow along and totally fun!

This was my last assignment for the beginner class. I didn't have any great pics of the house, so it's kinda just a bunch of thrown together photos...but I just wanted to get it done. I'm going to plan on being more prepared for the next class though with some better pics!

Lovin the digi scrappin

I just finished my assignment #3 over at JessicaSprague. Gotta say, I'm kinda diggin it!! Look how cute this layout is! The only thing I can take credit for is the cute girl in the pictures, other
than her........the layout was all pre-done with the class. I'll really feel like I can accomplish something when I can make something this detailed on my own!

From scratch baby!!

And I have no idea what I really did, or how I did it, but here is my first digi page from scratch!

Photoshop is kickin my butt!

Ok..so I've been taking the beginning photoshop class over at JessicaSprague.com and I think once I get the hang of digi scrapping that I will absolutely love it. But, until then the learning curve has had some frustration to it. I've only completed 2 lessons so far.....I always seem to be behind...the story of my life!!! UGH!! So, here are a couple layouts that I've done from my assignments. They are based on quick pages, which for me, might be the only way I digi
scrap until I get more comfortable with the process.

That's my cute daughter who is in science class wearing big ole glasses and then described herself as a nerd. She's such a goof. Anyway, I think I will totally enjoy learning how to use photoshop and creating digi layouts....I'll never give up traditional scrapbooking though, I love to play with scissors too much!! ;)

A few cards and a LO!

Just put together a few cards with a kit that I had left over from a couple years ago...then a thank you card and a layout using an 8x10 collage of my daughters last day of school!! Sorry the pictures aren't that great..but it was fun to get a few cards done!!

Cards!!

I love it when cards come together without too much thought or work. I just grabbed scraps that were laying around my table and slapped them down, stuck a few letters on em, and called it good!! Love it when that happens!!! :D

Rest in Peace

Last weekend was my grandfather's funeral. He had been sick for years and was in a lot of pain. He had skin cancer and a few years ago they had to take part of his ear off in order to hopefully keep it from spreading. It didn't work. He also had congenitive heart failure and was in the first stages of Alzheimer's. One of those alone is hard enough, but trying to battle all at once was very taxing and exhausting. He hung in there longer than anyone expected, but at last gave up the fight. He was a quiet man, but one that fiercely loved his family. He got pretty emotional when the grandkids would stop by for a visit. He was in the military, in the Calvary, he also worked on the railroad. He farmed and was a great horseman. I wasn't as close to him as I would've or should've been, but I loved him and am eternally grateful for his example and love. Besides, if not for him, then I wouldn't be here. Love you Grandpa, see ya on the other side.