3 Months...

It's hard to believe that these pictures were taken almost 3 months ago! Now Brooke is almost 6 months old!

I do a photo shoot every month and then I am making a layout of my favorite pictures from each month. I will use that blank space to write a few things that Brooke is doing at this age...just haven't gotten that far yet! Hope you like the layout

Well...we are off to vacation in Colorado. So I will not be posting for a while. We are told that there is no phone or internet service at our cabin in the woods. So...we are roughing it! I will miss you all but you know I will be back with tons of pictures! AND...my mom and I are bringing some crafting supplies and plan to make some Christmas cards in our down time. I will share our creations when we return!

A few simple pages...

It's all about simple these days. When you are getting ready to go on a 10 day vacation with a baby (for your very first time), you just have to remind yourself to KISS (keep it simple silly). And most times I'm that way with my scrapbooking too! I love to create fast simple pages most of the time. This just makes things go more quickly but it's still fun!

Here is a page that I did about the Stampin Up Regional conference that was held in Kansas City last fall. It was so much fun to attend. My dad's cousin from Colorado (who is a demo) came, my mom came as a guest, and my friend Margie also came as a guest! It was so much fun to have them all there!

Close up of the cute brads that I added a little Taffeta ribbon to in order to have a cute embellishment for the page!

And here is a page about our Sonic-a-Thon. In 2007 there were 5 of us who got together for FREE Root Beer Float night at Sonic. We ended up going to 6 different Sonics to get floats. And this year when we saw the commercials again, we thought we should try it! This time we made a different route and only hit 4. But in our defense, this year we had little Brooke to worry about getting to bed on time too! SO MUCH FUN!

Personal Paperclips

One day Sam came home from work with a surprise for me! He said that he was talking to some guy in the office who had these paperclips and asked, "What does KBR stand for?" The guy said it was one of their suppliers. And Sam said, "Those are my wives initials." So the guy sent a tin of them home with him to give to me! Aren't they awesome?!!!

From the Crop

So the crop was now 2 weeks ago and I'm just now getting pictures up of what everyone made. It's fun to walk around and see what others are creating! Check it out...

This page was made by my demo friend Becky! It's it so cute??? She always adds a ton of detail to her pages!

My mom started making Christmas cards. She was having fun using stamp sets from us demos that we have never used! Don't you just love that cute ribbon detail?!

Here's another card my mom made using some scrap designer paper from my box and the new Admit It Level 2 Hostess set!

This page was made by Jessica. She was having fun using the Cricut! And she also used Little Piece to embellish the page a bit.

Judy was new to our crop this month and I'm sure glad she came! She made some VERY cute Christmas cards! (These girls are making me look bad! I need to get started on some Christmas cards I guess!)

Here's another card by Judy.

Katie was all about scrapbooking today. She hand-drew her title on this page using a white gel pen. I told her that from a distance it looked like she had actually sewn it!

Tina was all about making cards this time. She created this great birthday card! I just love this set, Crazy for Cupcakes!

Margie has found that she loves our 8.5x8.5 On Board Chipboard scrapbooks! As you can see here, she can embellish them any way that she wants to. SO CUTE!

And here is a cute page that she created. She used the Cricut to cut those big scallops and just left her chipboard bare. Love it!

Michelle was working on a Disney album. Here is one of her pages about the Fireworks. I love the Minnie and Mickey sticker!

I still have more of my creations to post! Back with more later!

Missing this...

I'm so sad I'm not here right now...

Maybe next year! Hopefully!

Halloween is coming soon!

I have been saving this cute Stampin Up paper and Thickers for almost a whole year! So last weekend at my crop, I decided to use them up! YEAH! Aren't my fur babies so cute? Chloe was a bumble-bee and Gus was a lobster! Do your dogs dress up for Halloween??

Little Stamper and a Scrapbook Page!

Last Saturday we had our 12 hour crop! It was so much fun! Brooke joined us for a little while so Daddy could go get his hair cut! It was fun to have her there!

She got to play with Margie's new stamps!

And of course sit with Momma and look at all of her scrapbooking goodies!

She even showed us how she gets up on hands and knees now!

And here is a scrapbook page that I made of little B. This was her 2 month old photo shoot on April 19, 2009! She's grown up so much since then!

Close up of the cute little butterfly brads!! Love those!

I hope...

...the Stampin Up employees that packed my box washed their hands!!! He he!

Scrapbook for 12 hours?

Why must everyone ask this question in amazement when you tell them that on Saturday you will be scrapbooking with friends for 12 hours?

I mean, if they participated in the hobby, they would totally understand. Am I right?

So yes, today I will be scrapbooking fro 12 hours! And I'm going to LOVE it! Back with pictures of my creations next week!

Cute Frame for your Fridge...

Have you ever thought about crafting a cute frame for your fridge? This is one that recently made for a picture of my cute little girl. She's not so little anymore...she just turned 5 months old yesterday.

I found this frame at Target a while back in the dollar spot. I just used Stampin Up classic ink to stamp the images and letters with. The buttons are from Stampin Up and are stuck on with glue dots and to adhere the ribbon I used a hot glue gun!

What do you think?