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I made this Family album for one of my friends. She has three grown children, one grand daughter, one husband, four cats and lives on the Chattahoochee River. I wanted to share my creation with you. View Full Album   Please feel free to comment!

Having missed the fields of sunflowers last summer by my mere procrastination, I took the time to stop, smell and photograph this beautiful tulip bed at my daughter’s. Nothing says spring like a bold bed of tulips with contrasting purple violets. After these photo opt, it was on to our card class.   Here we are in our classroom ready to bring it on!  (my hair has not been this dark since 1968! Ewww…) And just for the sake of blogging this experience, a photo of our project.     Here was the lovely ladies that sat with us to create wonderful cards.  Lara on the left and Lynn on the right. Asking their permission to publish their photo, we got to talk about blogs and such. Lynn works at a bakery supply store.  She commented how suddenly they were getting all kinds of special orders for very specific items from women everywhere. These orders were prompted by a specific blog these ladies where reading…you guessed it and so did I…. Bak...

I love to create.  Period.  Give me paper, a little glue, something sparkly and I’m a happy camper. Since I was a child, I would say that I was one of those people tagged as crafty.  I firmly believe that this craftiness is not necessarily learned, but injected into a tiny piece of DNA.  By no means do I consider myself an expert.  Oh No!  There is always something to learn, stamp, ink, glue or embellish. Here are a few cards I managed to create.  In my mind, there is a subtle ramp to my creativeness.  Perhaps it would be referred to as “being in the Zone”.      With this card, I wasn’t in the zone.  Not at all, but I was getting my creative juices flowing.     Inside, a clever little mirror for the recipient to see their likeness.  Yeah, it’s hokey, but it is going to a young person.   A little better, in my mind, of course.  I began to use some of my tools and ...

You need an embellishment right here Originally uploaded by seabeagle This is Will. He loves to critic my scrapbooking skills. He feels as though he is an expert because he takes naps on top of my Lisa Bearnson books. Everyone is always a critic!