Do you have a 'Bucket List'? Now's the time!

With another year coming to an end, we all think about all those would haves and should haves... wouldn't it be great to see the Grand Canyon before it's too late? Oh, I'd love to learn how to spin pottery! I should have taken my kids to more fun places, maybe someday. I should have learned to knit when I had time. We all have a list running through our minds, or maybe it's been pushed to the back of our minds. But, how many of us really have a bucket list? An actual visual of all the things we'd love to do someday...but before it's too late? I have never actually written mine anywhere, but I am thinking in order to accomplish it, I need to put it somewhere. I am currently working on one of my many items on my list - scrapbooking/documenting my kids childhood, but what if I could do more??? I mean what if I could list mine out somewhere and possibly help someone else. Well, I just reconnected with someone I knew from a few years back, and she is one amazing gal. Family circumstances led her to create Trading Buckets. A place where you or I could help someone else complete an item on their own bucket list! Please go and check it out and I hope it inspires you to put together your own 'bucket list'!

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Great Holiday Gift Idea

I've been working away on some inexpensive gifts for my many many nieces and nephews. These are turning out just they way I want them too. They are super easy to make with My Memories and are easy to ship all over!

Come check out the sketch challenge happening at Albums to Remember Designs!

Not So Perfect Pictures

I participated in the weekly Wednesday Challenge over at My Memories, and I came up with this page that has to be one of my all time favorite layouts. I would not have thought to use these pictures because I didn't really like them, but so glad that I did. I love that I took a picture that I really messed up on, not even a glimpse of my son's face and used it as the background for my page.

Cupcake toppers

Here is a super easy way to create fun toppers for your cupcakes or other sweet treats. For these I used the kit, A Halloween Pack by Albums to Remember.

I used My Memories Suite to create the toppers. I made circles and cut them with a circle craft punch. I attached them to toothpicks and then put them on the cupcakes.

Fun hybrid project

I used My Happy Place by Meredith Cardall

Digital Card

I decided to make a digital card for moving. This is what I came up with. I used the kit Time 4 Family Pack by Ettes & Company.



I'm thinking I might even add a real ribbon at the top!

Black and White challenge

Check out the new MMS Wednesday blog challenge. Here is my entry. I used the kit, Street, by Snap Wings.

MyMemories Blog: Friday Feature!! What are *YOU* up to??

Super excited! The project my kids and I worked on is on the MMS blog. My son decided that as a summer playdate he wanted to make cards for soldiers. When I went looking for stickers and things to put on the cards, I couldn't find any. So, my simple solution was to use MMS and make some. I used the Fabulous 4th Flair by Ettes & Company to make the perfect little embellishments for the cards. This was so easy for the kids! Please check it out here:

MyMemories Blog: Friday Feature!! What are *YOU* up to??: "We are *REALLY* excited about this new FRIDAY FEATURE !! This will be ALL ABOUT YOU! What are YOU doing with your My Memories Suite?? ..."

A Little More White Space

I have seen so many wonderful layouts with lots of 'white space'. I have been trying to see if I can pull this off with a nice layout, and here is one of my most recent attempts. I like the clean and simple look of this!

I used the kit Sunshiny Day Pack by Karen Lewis

Sunshine!

Here is my submission for the Sunshine challenge over on the My Memories Blog. I used the kit, Sunshiny Day Pack by Karen Lewis.

Special Times

This was created using the super cool kit, Another Ordinary Day by Vera Lim Designs.

My son and I had a great time at Walking with Dinosaurs. It was an amazing show. So special because my son LOVED dinosaurs and he was super excited!

An oldie but goodie

Thanks to a facebook buddy, I am working on my heritage album again. Starting off with the black and white photos and will work forward. So much fun! Thanks for the inspiration Menda!



I used the kit Friends 4 Ever by Vera Lim.

MMS Vacation Challenge

Vacation, wish I was taking one soon. We did take one back in October so I really can't complain. Here is the layout I came up with. This is a really different style for me. But, I like different.



I used the kit, Getaway by Karen Lewis.

Check out the challenge here.

Frustration Free Masks!

I am not a huge fan of PSE9 because it just doesn't make sense to me. I have tried and tried, but I just don't get it. I do love the look of masks, and with the help of Albums to Remember, I can use masks without the frustration. Here is a super simple page I was able to make in seconds!



Frame from the Mask 1 Pack and bike from Play Day Pack by Albums to Remember.

What to do with old school papers

As moms, we all want to keep our children's artwork, schoolwork and everything else from their childhood. I found a great way to keep much of what my son brings home from school, without taking up much space. I have started to scan and digitally scrap many of his writing pages and artwork. This is another reason why I love MMS software!

Keeping Busy this Summer

This is another summer full of fun art projects! I used the kit, Art and Craft by Lindsay Jane

Shawna's Color Palette Challenge 7-4-2011 Kit Use

This was a fun color challenge. Here are the colors she asked us to use:


This is what I came up with. You can find the challenge here



This is the kit, Turn Up the Heat by Lindsay Jane.

Lego Maniac

I had been searching for a Lego inspired kit for some time. This is so great - thanks to Lindsay Jane, this is Brickworks.

Fun & Games!!!

This is the kit, Fun and Games by Lindsay Jane

Baby Boy X

Trying to make a few pages with more white space...it's a challenge. I used the kit Life as I Know It by Vera Lim.

Legoland - Star Wars miniland

This is the kit, Atta Boy, by Mye De Leon.

Just an Ordinary Day Challenge

This is the Just an Ordinary Day Challenge from the MMS blog

I used the kit, Pretty Industrial by A Work in Progress

Inspiration Challenge

I got this challenge from the MMS blog - My Challenge to you if you choose to do so, is to use the word Inspiration TWO times on your layout!!! Have fun and please don't forget to post, so I can grab even MORE inspiration!
I used the kit Silly Billy by Karen Lewis

Choo Choo

This is the super fun kit, Big Celebration by Ettes & Company. A fun birthday kit that is super versatile!

Great 'manly' kit, Man of the House, by Mye De Leon.

Playdate Partea!

Ready for School?

Generations

From a great designer Heather Jolly

You can find her amazing freebies here

Monochromatic

WOW Time Flies

Wow, lots of time has passed. My 4th child AKA this blog, has been neglected. But, now that we are all sleeping through the night - at least most nights, things have calmed down in this house! Here's the first of many pages to come!
This is from the kit Family and Friends from Albums to Remember and can be found at the My Memories Suite Store http://www.mymemories.com/store/display_product_page?id=ARBP-CP-1103-0988