Umbrella

Another layout using the Summer Fun Kit by Mira Designs at scraphead.com

Big Slide

Kit Summer Fun by Mira Designs @ Scraphead.com

Template used was by Jen Caputo

Maia's New Slide

Summer Fun Kit by miraDesigns at Scraphead.com

Miss Smarty

Credits:

Most papers and elements from Seamstress Kit by Michelle Guymon at Scraphead.com

Tan paper from American Dreams Kit by Kate Rietz at Scraphead.com

Word Art from House of Lime

I modified one of Amy W's templates to get the concept.

100% American Girl

Credits:

American Dreams kit, by Kate Rietz available at Scraphead.com

Rustic Tin Alpha by Carol Abram at Scraphead.com.

The tag on the far right is by Lawgal Designs.

Precious

Credits:

-Papers and elements from the Seamstress kit by Michelle Guymon at Scraphead.com

-Doodled-n-Curled frame by Katie Pertiet at Designer Digitals

-Font is Century

This is a precious moment to me. When Maia was a baby she loved to snuggle up and we would take naps together, her head against my heart.

You're the Inspiration

One of my favorite layouts and I can't remember who made what. The elements were from 4th of July kits and I lost the whole folder they were in. I couldn't recreate this if I tried. Anyone recognize the elements?

The word art was from K Pertiet

Blended Cover

This is for a cover

Credits: Paper and an overlay from the Seasons of the Heart DSA Guild Members Kit
Flower, Leaf, and Letter M from Ali Folendore
Blending Modes Used: Luminosity, Overlay, Color Dodge

Spring has Sprung!

No Kit, but the corner doodles are fabulous and were created by Diane Miller.

Maia and the Chair

Credits:

Papers and elements: Gina Huff from http://www.weedsandwildflowersdesign.com

Template: Pattie Knox, Designer Digitals

Asian Layout

Kit: Ali Folendore

Buddha Says...

Credits: Letters Home, by D.B. Miller

If It Weren't For You

Lindsay Jane gave this fabulous paper today.

COUNTRY GRUNGE KIT

Created by Marcee J. Duggar

Stinky Poo Poo Girl

Diamonds from Kim Higueria

diamond flowers from Tosha (TW280)

paper from Katie the Scrapbook Lady

Halloween 2006 Princess Maia

First "School" Photo

Kit: Navy Fall by Amy Tanabe

When You Thought I Wasn't Looking

I dug this up, it is something I made before I knew all about credits... shame on me, I know. Do you know whose paper and stitches those are? Help me in a comment if you do.

Mountains to Climb

Good Times Kit by Veronica Peralta,

Word Art from Shelly Greninger

Selfish Font from www.Dafont.com

Weee

The kit is a July Freebie by Anne Langpap (2 Peas)

Daddy is Maia's Favorite Hairdresser

Paper: from a sample by Amy Teets, Paradise (recolored a little)

Doodle border: mary lauda (recolored)

doodle elements: Girly Girl by Christina Dudley (recolored)

title buttons: I made them myself woooohoooo!

1st Birthday

DoodleBug kit created by and (c) Maria LaFrance

Stitched Words by Amy Martin (Freebie)

Stretch

Paper and all elements are from a freebie Splendid by Shabby Princess

My Favorite Color

Kit: Navy Fall by Amy Tanabe

Why I Scrap

Tag from: Your Love is Better Than Chocolate(c) 2005 Ams Digi Scraps

Kit: this kit was called Sweet and it didn't have a TOU or anything, HELP????

This was an All About Me Challenge. The subject was to answer the question, "Why do you scrap?"

In short, I scrap because someday I can share it with Maia. My mom didn't take a lot of photos of me as a kid. I have oodles of photos of Maia now and I cherish them all. Scrapbooking is a way to preserve them and to tell the stories behind the photos. This way we will always have our memories together.

How We Met

Vintage Remnants Mini Kit by LaWanna Desjardin
This was a About Me challenge. The challenge was to tell the story of how I met my husband. There wasn't supposed to be a photo, just a lot of journalling.

John and I have a pretty good beginning.

For Dad

Homemade By Me

One thing that made my dad most special is that he was really a "Stepdad"... but he didn't often remind us of that. He was always just Dad. He didn't care that we weren't "His Own". For 19 years, he was the only dad we ever knew.

This is a photo of the headstone on his gravesite in St. George. We will all miss him dearly. I think about him almost every day.

My Mother's Garden

Hopefully, I will find the credits for this too!

The journalling says it all... well, most of it. I am a lousy gardener. My mom, however, can get almost anything to grow. And she has some beautiful roses. I hope to someday have my own roses to keep up the "family line".

My Niece, Brittany

URBAN BABY Mini Kit © 2006 by Lisa Whitney
I loved this outing. My sister, my niece, Maia, and me... all went to the Bellydancing festival at Liberty Park. It was a gorgeous summer day. I got to spend a lot of girl time with them, and we got to watch the bellydancing performers and shop at a bunch of booths with bellydancing clothes and such. We ate gyros and hung out in the grassy areas and just enjoyed ourselves for a day without Daddy. It made being sick not so terrible :)

My Sister, Lisa

Help, the sketch I used didn't have a read me file!

And a bunch of homemade elements and word art.

My sister, Lisa, is one of those true "Survivors". And I don't mean in the Reality TV sense. She has not had an easy life, but she always somehow manages to keep going. Sometimes she is an inspiration to me, but don't tell her I said so :) I made this page for her at a time that I thought she was at a lower point. I hope it cheered her up and that she realized that she really has made a positive impact on my life... now and then.