Scrapping With Shannon

Ahhh…it was so nice not to have to rush this morning to get Jackie ready for school! I would have liked to sleep in but Ben just hasn’t wanted to sleep in lately. Funny how I have such a hard time waking him to drive Jackie to school but on days she doesn’t have school, he wakes up before anyone else. This morning he was up at 6am. So I got up and finished a layout that I had started this weekend. And since DH is working at the shop tonight, I plan on scrapping the night away!

As promised here are a few pictures from High School Musical on Ice…

Between Girl Scouts, PTA stuff and reading in Jackie’s classroom…life has been so busy!!! I have been trying to take pictures everyday but some days it is hard to do. I do have a photo blog - haven’t posted any photos from March but I will catch that blog up tomorrow. You can check it out here and see some of my past photos.

Here are some new creations of mine….

Most of these lovely creations above were using either a sketch from my DT spots at Sketches! {by Tamara} or from Sketch This. I also have some things posted here that were challenges from ScrapFreak’s Birthday crop!!!

And as most of you know, I created 3 cards for the March issue of the Sheetload…2 made it into the actual ezine. Here are the cards I made using a Becky Fleck sketch and GG Designs stamps…

I have been lucky to fit in some crop time this month…I have been to two local crops and also some crop time here at home. It feels great to be creating again on a regular basis. I hope I can keep it up!

Anyhow, sorry this post is so long…lots to catch up on!!! I will make an Easter post later with lots of pictures from our holiday festivities!

~Shannon

Man, I have been so bad with blogging!!! I will have lots to update on both blogs during this break from school, Brownies, and other regular Mommy stuff that goes on when Jackie is in school. Even though we are not going anywhere, I am going to relax and enjoy this vacation!!!
The last time I blogged, I had mentioned that we were going to see HSM on Ice. It was awesome! I am so glad we decided to go - the girls had fun and I have to say out of all of the Disney on Ice shows that we have seen, that one was the best! I will post some pictures  soon!

I have lots of scrappy stuff to post on here too…I will try to do that later today.

Have a great day!!!

 I guess I can be called a big kid sometimes…I just love taking the kids to the movies or doing other fun kiddo kind of things. Jackie and I are going to see High School Musical on Ice this coming Sunday! We are both so excited…I may even be a little more excited than her. LOL! We are going with 2 of her Girl Scout Friends and their mom’s. We are trying to get another “couple” to go but we will see how that works out. It will be a lot of fun and I cant wait to take pictures!

This afternoon I had to go get my oil changed in my minivan. DH was upset that I didn’t do it a few weeks ago and I was WAY over. Anyhow, it didn’t take as long as I had expected so Ben and I ran over to Target to waste some time before picking Jackie up from school. We didn’t go any farther than the Dollar Spot but we were able to find some cute stuff there.

Ben wanted to go to the toy section but I vetoed that right from the beginning. I know how he is and he likes to look at EVERYTHING…even if he doesn’t get anything and we just didn’t have that kind of time to waste. So we are looking around the bins and he said something but I really wasn’t paying attention so I asked him to repeat what he said. You know what he said???

“Mommy, I want to get some Starbuck’s”.

I said…”No, not today sweetie”

He said…”But we always get Starbuck’s”

Ok there is a Starbuck’s in Target - right across from the Dollar Spot and we do usually get something every time we stop in the store but today we didn’t. That little guy is getting so used to those hot chocolates as I am to the Green Tea Lattes. I think it is a sign that we go there far too much so I told him that we would make some nice hot chocolate when we got home. LOL!

And as much as I wanted my latte, I didn’t want him to think we needed to get one every time we came in the store. The lessons we learn as parents!

As always Tamara has awesome sketches for us to use and this week was no exception. I think this one has got to be my favorite one so far. I just love the design!!! You can see the sketch and layouts from my fellow DT members at the Sketches! {by Tamara} blog.

Here is my layout for week #33…

My Brownie Troop went to take a tour of the Morley Candy Factory last Monday. My good friend Leslie and her granddaughter, Karoline joined us since we had a few girls who couldn’t make it.

Thanks for stopping by!

~Shannon

This morning I awoke to Jackie screaming at the top of her lungs that the hamster had escaped from his cage! This is something I didn’t want to hear because I got this awful stomach bug yesterday and still feel crappy. To give you a little background here…Jackie’s room is/was a pit!!! One could not even see the floor in there. SO first thing on the to-do list was to clean that disaster and we did with no luck of finding him. After her room was done I decided to nap on the couch while she helped Ben clean his room. About 45 minutes later, I heard another scream…Mommy, come quick! They found the little guy and when I got in there he was wedged between the desk part of the bunk bed and the wall. About 10-15 minutes later we had him back in his cage. YAY!!!

here is a picture of the little guy…but Jackie calls it a girl. LOL!

Only one more week until the March Sheetload E-zine is up!!! And it is gonna be a good one - don’t forget to check it out!!! The sketch artist this coming month is the one and only Becky Fleck!!! And each of us card artists were able to pick out some awesome stamps from GG Designs!!! These stamps are great to work with - you will be able to see my creations in the e-zine too!!!

You can check out the Sheetload Blog for some sneak peaks!!!

Thanks to Becky for the awesome sketch!!! And a special thanks to GG Designs for donating their wonderful stamps to us!!!

Once again, I am behind in the blog challenges so I am catching up on these too.

So yesterday was Valentine’s Day. How did you spend it? Did you have special plans? Did you get a special gift? Or was it just an ordinary day? Blog about your day, include a photo or two if you have something fun to share.

Valentine’s Day was super busy for me this year. It started off by having to finish up things for Jackie’s school party and having to go in the school to drop off the stuff for their class breakfast. Had some running to do and then had to be back to Jackie’s school by 2pm for their 1st grade program (which was SO cute). We came home, I made our traditional V-Day dinner - Belgium waffles with strawberries, strawberry syrup and whip cream for the kiddos & steak, potatoes and a salad for us. Jackie went off to dance, I went to a Girl Scout Leader meeting and First Aid training. The boys stayed home.

It was a bummer that we didn’t get to just hang out together and watch a movie like we usually do. But the time we did spend together was nice.

I have such troubles keeping up with my blog …especially with now having multiple blogs. Anyhow, I have a few weeks with a pretty empty schedule, so I am hoping to get caught up on a lot of stuff around here. :)  Maybe even scrap a little more than I have been too.

Here are some of my latest creations…

Better late than never!!!

Here is the challenge:

Do you and a special someone in your life share a special song? It could be your husband, boyfriend, best friend, mom, etc. On your blog, share why that person is special to you and then share the lyrics to your song. Share a photo of the two of you as well if you want! A song can really connect two people and sometimes put into words what we feel in our hearts.

DH and I have several special songs from our past..we have been together since we were 16 years old (with a few small breaks in there). But the one song that tells our story is “After All” by Peter Cetera and Cher. I just love it!!! Here are the lyrics…

After All

Well, here we are again;
I guess it must be fate.
We’ve tried it on our own,
But deep inside we’ve known
We’d be back to set things straight.

I still remember when
Your kiss was so brand new.
Every memory repeats,
Every step I take retreats,
Every journey always brings me back to you.

CHORUS
After All the stops and starts,
We keep coming back to these two hearts,
Two angels who’ve been rescued from the fall.
After All that we’ve been through,
It all comes down to me and you.
I guess it’s meant to be,
Forever you and me, After All.

When love is truly right
(This time it’s truly right.)
It lives from year to year.
It changes as it goes,
Oh, and on the way it grows,
But it never disappears,

CHORUS

Always just beyond my touch,
You know I needed you so much.
After All, what else is livin’ for?
CHORUS