Maps anyone!?!?

I love to scrap, and on occassion I will create page maps for myself before I even have pictures to put on them! Hey, it gives me a great excuse to get out there and take some new photos to be put in the books.

For those who don't know what a pagemap is, it is either a sketch, or a completed page (with no pics) that are ready for you to complete or inspire you to create.

The following pages are a few I have made for myself and some for others. *Photos are clickable if you'd like to see them on a larger scale.* Enjoy!!

(this one I forgot to take a photo of before I added pictures, but it started out blank)

Happy Scrappin'!

~Jenn

Our Trip to the Zoo.

This past spring for Mother's Day, I took my boys to the Zoo for a day of good family fun. Yea, I pprobably could have asked for a day to myself as a gift to get some scrapping done, or something, but really I wanted nothing more than to spend the day with my children.

I decided to hold off on posting about our day back then and waited until I had scrapped the event so I could share with you our adventure AND show my creative side.

So, here it goes, I will let the layouts tell the story. :)

As you can see we went to Oaklawn Farm Zoo. It was a great time of year to go cause there were a lot of new little babies just born and they were so cute!!! The big animals were cool too though :)

Show a Little Team Spirit

This year I took on the task of helping to Coach my boys' t-ball team. I was pretty excited, and because me being me, I wanted something with me that showed my Team Spirit. So I decided to get a clipboard to alter and here's what I came up with.

I even managed to find a baseball eraser top to put on my pencil....lol

The photo on the clipboard is of two of my boys and my niece who were all on the team together. It's been a fun season so far, and I'm sure it's only gonna get better from here.

Happy Scrappin'

~Jenn

Layouts & Cards

See I told ya I'd Be Right Back :P and here I am to show the few layouts and cards I've made over the past couple of months. Now there are only 4 things to show, (I know right? I told ya I was slooowly getting back in to the swing of things) but I am pretty proud of the job I've done on all of these.

First up is this "LOVE" card I made right around Valentine's Day. I had no real reason to make it as I don't celebrate V Day, but I did have some SVG files I wanted to play with and some new ribbon and old paper I wanted to use up also so thought 'what the heck?' and went to town creating this beauty of a card.

I created this card just to use up some of the scraps from the Bathroom Signs I made in my previous entry. I also had a little fun getting aquainted with my Copic Markers.... I still have a LOT to learn when it comes to using them properly but I thought the lil froggy turned out nicely.

Next up a few layouts I created. I scraplifted the idea for this layout from one I had seen in the ACOT gallery. I fount papers that would work with the idea, then luckily I had a fairly recient photo that shared the same colors of those papers. I used Kaiser Papers, cut the phrases out so I could place them around the photo as you see them here and finished it off with a minimal amount of Kaiser bling.

Lastly, a soccer layout as my start to scrapping Xavier's 2009 soccer season. I am creating an ABC album for the season so this is my letter "M" for MVP :)

Ok there you have it, a little bit of creativity from me. Now that I have completed a few things I am really excited to dive in to my paper and getting some more layouts cranked out. Even though I scrapped a LOT last year, very little of that was from 2009 events so I am looking forward to getting last year caught up and in the books and hopefully pick away at some new pics also.

Happy Scrappin'

~Jenn

Finally some things to post!!!

Hi to all!!! I hope you are all having good days and have found some time to be creative. I have slowly been finding my groove and slowly completing projects I had long ago started. Gonna make a few posts here today just to break things up a little bit.... today was all about alterations.

Of all these projects not one of them was started today..... no sir, they were all started months ago and have been waiting for me to brave putting up with the cricut long enough to cut my words and images. I love my cricut, but sometimes it's so much of a pain in the butt that I dred using it, but that was NOT the case today :)

The following I have made to put in my Scrap Room.... The Cherry Pit :) Another wooden block sign, with an inspirational scrappy saying. This one is a bit different than ones I have made previously as I used a few different paint colors instead of sticking with all black. I wasn't sure at first how it was going to turn out, but in the end I really like the look.

This is a baking sheet I altered in to a maganetic board. Titled for the Cherry Pit, and using the same coordinating papers as the block sign. The maganets I made by cutting the tails off of brads and gluing on a maganet in their place, this was pretty fun and simple to make.

This sign I made to put in my kitchen to help tie in all the colors I've got going on in there. I painted a 12x15 canvas in the color blocking you see here, then used my Cricut along with Sure Cuts A Lot (SCAL) to cut my words and the mugs. I used multiple fonts as I like the look of mixed media. Such a fun and inexpensive project to make.

Lastly I finished up these signs I had started to make to hang in my bathroom. Not the most traditional saying to use for home decor, but it tickles my sense of humor, besides I really wanted something that would "match" these cute toilet paper rolls. :) I really like how these turned out and how they look hanging in the bathroom.

As far as finished altered projects this is it for now. I have one more thing in the works but it is going to take a bit more time to complete. I hope to get it done and posted soon as I cannot wait to show it off!!!! ;)

Ok, off to set up my next entry, just a few pages and cards I have made lately.

Happy Scrappin'
~Jenn

I'm still HERE!

I'm still here, I haven't forgotten about my blog yet! haha I'm slowly picking away at a few ideas and getting some things done in the Cherry Pit. Some creative stuff and some organization stuff... both of which are helping me get back in to my creative groove!

It appears as though spring has sprung early (gosh I hope I didn't just jinx all this nice weather we've been having) and with that the boys and myself have been taking every opportunity we can get to get out there and enjoy our days not being cooped up in the house. As you can imagine I've been out there with them being their own personal version of the paparazzi and I have been getting lots of new stuff to get scrappy with! I tell ya, it is helping a LOT with making me want to be creative, I can't help it! New pictures get me excited!

Here are just a few things that w have done this past week.

Took the boys to the park to play....

Went to the Prim Point Lightstation.

My Nephew Trenton turned 11!

Xavier tried on Uncle Keith's old Football gear and that was pretty amusing....LOL

Preston outside riding his trike :) He loves that thing!

... and Robbie decided he wanted to try out the Sponge Bob Roller Sneakers out. :)

This week-end I am going away, hopefully lots more photos ops come from my days. I am also excited that I will be able to pick up my scrappy stuff I left at my friends house so I can bring it all home and finish these things I have been working on. I left them behind thinking, "I'm not using the stuff, why lug it back and forth?" Well that logic bit me in the butt didn't it?! LOL As soon as I get back I'll be able to finish things up that I've been working on and I'll then have some new things to post for you all to see.... woohoo!

So, today I am back at the organization of stuff.... maybe a bit of de-cluttering too, who knows. I hope you all are taking some time to be creative! Until next time.......

Happy Scrappin'!
~Jenn

Let's Blow The Dust Off This Blog!

Hello my readers (if there are any of you left out there!), it's the bad bad blogger trying to make another attempt to breath some life back in to this blog. What can I say, I've been inspired and I feel like writing so what the heck right?

Let's see, what has happened in the past 3 months since my last post....... umm, 2010 is here! LOL It's not all that much different from 2009 so far. Well, maybe it is a little different. I did decide to leave my boyfriend after being with him for 10 years. It was NOT an easy decision, especially with the kids involved, but things had been bad for a really long time and a change was definitely needed. It's been an ok experience so far, we've been working together to make it as easy on everyone as possible.

Let's see what is going on with me.... oh I lost 10lbs so far this year! It doesn't seem like much over 3 months, but I'm pretty excited, and now that it seems like spring is on it's way and it is warmer outside I'll be able to get out there and do some walking and shed more faster! WOOHOO! I'm not following any fad diets, trust me, in my life time I've tried them all and they just don't work for me! I'm doing this the old fashion way, counting my calorie intake, changing my eating habits by eating more good for me stuff and less bad. It's been working out ok, and I feel a heck of a lot better too! I just hope I can keep it up and go the distance with it this time. :)

Ok, kid update.... Preston is still a barrel of monkeys, he gets more funny by the day and smart too!!! Robbie is still a sweet lil smart ass, soon we will be registering him for school in the fall! I don't know were the time went, but in two weeks he's going to be 5! WOW! Xavier is doing well in school, just brought home his report card yesterday, mostly straight A's with a few B's thrown in there; one of which I am arguing only because there is no explanation as to what he is and is not doing... how can he improove if he doesn't know what is wrong? I dunno, we'll see what happens there. I think he has decided to try baseball this spring instead of soccer, we'll see about that too, first I wanna see if he can even throw or catch a ball hahaha Oh, and he just recently turned 8! I know, I still can't believe I have an 8 year old either!

As far as my craftiness goes it hasn't been going much at all this winter. So discouraging since the winter is usually my time to catch up on the previous years scrapping. I have been more in to making things to put around the home. I made a few family signs as Christmas gifts for some family members and then decided I should probably make some things for myself too rather than always just giving my creations away. LOL I'll be posting pictures of these creations soon... maybe even as soon as tonight, who knows, but I promise they will be posted! For now, I need to finish up a little bit of housework I started so I can spend the rest of the afternoon being crafty!!!

Happy Scrappin' My Friends.... enjoy this beautiful spring-like day!

~Jenn