It's August already!

Can you believe it?
Here in New England, it's been the rainiest summer I can remember. The kids are finally able to get outside and it's time to go back. Hardly seems fair.

The good thing about the start of a new month is new kit releases!

This month I designed with Kit 2 from Treasured Scrapbooking:



This kit features a mix of Jenni Bowlin, American Crafts & Little Yellow Bicycle products. Just beautiful! Here's my first layout:




I also used this layout for the current Dreamgirls challenge, which is to use wings, paint and glitter on your page. Easy, right?

Speaking of Dreamgirls, our sponsor for this challenge is I Am A Scrapaholic.
Here is my first layout with this yummy kit:






Hope you're enjoying your last days of summer!

A few days of R & R...

Home today after spending a few days in upstate NY.
My parents had rented a house on Schroon Lake with my aunt and uncle,and invited us up for a few days.
It was wonderful.
Reconnected with my aunt and uncle, who I hadn't seen in years.
The kids loved the water, the sunshine and family time.
Just what the doctor ordered.

Here are some pictures from the trip:

Actually, I took a LOT more pics, but these are my favorites of what I've gone through so far.

Scrapped some tonight with my August Treasured Scrapbooking kit. I just might post a sneaky peek sometime soon. Love this kit - be sure to check out the debut on the first.

Well, it's getting pretty late here - goodnight!

Dear Bo Bunny...

I have a confession to make...

I am hopelessly infatuated with your products. I have been blissfully creating for your design team call. I have been daydreaming about the 2009 Summer Releases.

I want to be on your team so much that I've stayed up even later than is usual for me to work on my submissions.

I want to be on your tem so much I can taste it.

Here are the projects I submitted for the call:

The cute little cupcake is a stamp from my stash. I loved the bright cheery colors of the Birthday papers. I could made 20 more cards with it!

The Grease Monkey line was perfect for these Go Kart pictures. All the coordinating embellies made it easy to make an album. I ran the acrylic letters through my xyron and then glittered them.

Here are some extra projects I made since my mojo was working!

Honestly, I could have scrapped a zillion more projects but ran out of time.

I hope you like what you see!

Not much happenening here tonight.
Colin left today for a week at Boy Scout Camp.
I miss him already.

He called home tonight just to say goodnight. I know part of the reason he does it is because I expect him to. But what's cool is that he doesn't seem to mind talking on the phone to me. It doesn't embarrass him if his buddies know he's on the phone with Mom. That makes me so happy. Life with a teenager can be challenging at times, but he's a good kid and I'm so grateful the lines of communication are very much open.

So I want to share my July kit creations from Scrap for a Cure. This kit was so much fun, with lots of whimsical elements.

For this mini album, I cut up the sheet music in the kit to make pages in the album.
I used MOSD acrylic covers for the outside. Love how it turned out:

Take a moment to stop by SFAC. We're excited to welcome Leslie Ashe & Deanna Kroll to the design team!
I'm taking the month of August off from SFAC, but just know these ladies will rock the kit!