Shadow Box Frame

I just love these shadow box frames from Hobby Lobby!






This one was so simple... my base was a 12x12 photo (Costco for $2.99) of my youngest son with a strip of paper from K&Co on the right side. The chipboard words "Sweet" and "Cherish" are also from K&Co, but the corner swirl is a diecut from Home Accents cricut cartridge (cut at 3"). I also cut the white base frame from Home Accents and layered his name from the BASE CAMP cartridge.


Here's how it looks on my wall... right above another shadow box of us seeing the play "Camelot".






I love how the black and white photo just jumps out at you!

Creative Cottage - Day TWO & THREE

New friends (Ellen & Charlotte) & old ones (Mom, Marianne & Myriam)...

I was so tired after getting home from the cottage last night. The first night we stayed until 11pm and scrapbooked, but last night we all left promptly at 10pm. The hours for the Creative Cottage is 9am til 10pm for the weekdays if you aren't an overnight guest. We stayed late on Monday because it was raining cats & dogs and we waited for the rain to lessen before leaving. It's a great place to crop and spend time with old (and new!) friends. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday for only $35... what a bargain!



Yesterday I played around with the cricut alot. Getting to know the new Graphically Speaking cartridge some more (which is now my FAVORITE!). I finished a layout with another 12x12 photo on it. It's titled "TOP TEN FAVORITE MEMORIES"...



I was pleased with my final result. But I have to say though... the SKULL STYLE page that I did for Matt on Monday is still by far my favorite.
What do you think?

Today is the last day at the cottage and I don't even get to spend the whole day there! Samantha and I leave this evening for Fort Benning, Georgia with Nalani to go see Cris (Sam's boyfriend) graduate from Army Basic Training. It's gonna be a long drive. And Sara is flying in today and I will be picking her up from the airport right after I leave the cottage. It's gonna be a busy day!

Creative Cottage - Day ONE

What a great day! My mom (Liz), Marianne, Myriam, Cheri and I all scrapbooked at the Creative Cottage in McKinney, Texas. It was great! A friend that we made there in July happened to be there with her friend, Charlotte. And Donna from the SHOT Meetup group showed up too... totally unplanned, but way cool!


I worked on cutting alot of cricut diecuts with the new cartridge, Graphically Speaking. It is such an awesome cartridge... if you don't have it yet, you definitely need to put it on your list! I made lunch for our group... simple sandwiches and wraps with baked chips. We kept to our low calorie diets today! Myriam provided dinner... it was so yummy... Lime Chicken with rosemary potatoes and a Strawberry Spinach salad! Very healthy! Thanks Myriam!


After dinner, I played with the INDIE ART cartridge and used a 12x12 black & white photo of my youngest son, Matt. I love how it turned out!

Summer Gone By...

Wow... I have been so neglectful of my blog! It has been two whole months since I posted anything... how did that happen?! The summer has just flown by and now school is starting in two weeks!

Good news is... I have gotten alot of scrapbooking done over the past couple of months. I won't post all of them, but here are a few of my favorite layouts that I have recently done.