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Doodle round three and another sketch

Well the summer just keeps cruising along and the girls and I are keeping busy and out of trouble!
I will be teaching my Oodles for Doodles class over at Get It Scrapped one more time and then will be teaching two more classes this fall. If you have friends who scrap pass the info on if you will there is a special running on the class price through Monday the 12th! I am thrilled to be busy in that arena! I have a new friend coming to visit this weekend. Brenda whom I met on-line is coming to visit and attend the Creating Keepsakes Convention with me in downtown Des Moines. I am looking forward to a day of fun with my new buddy (new in person).

The girls’ day camp got cancelled for the week and they are stuck going to the YMCA with me in the mornings which has not gone well as predicted but unavoidable. We are making up for it in the afternoons and having fun crafting and playing.

Last piece of big news John and I got bikes woo hoo and now we can keep up with the two girly girls. We have already done a 4 and 5 mile loop and Sara and John went on another yesterday while Lori sat on the couch feeling puny and I made beds and made lunches (not my first choice!) Hopefully we will all get out tonight even though John is on call. We are LOVING it!!!!!
To finish here is my latest layout , another from Sassy Lil Sketches. Thanks Ladies!

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Bill’s Boat

Well I managed to get all of LAST summers layouts done so I am officially on to fall. Good thing since last weekend I picked up the 200 plus photos from our trip to Denver this summer. So I am keeping going while I can! Here is another great sketch from Sassy Lil’ Sketches. I love how this turned out. It still might get a journal strip or two but I am lovin the title with the boat, and yeah I drew it and used my Copics on it.

Here is another from last fall, the title is hard to read but it says cool riders, the stickers are gold and caught the light.
Other news we are loving our summer. Lots of trips to the library, couple days in the sprinkler, in genral we really are doing well. Swim lessons this week are keeping the girls moving like they needed help with that and I handed over a STACK of photos yesturday that they could “scrap” so I think they are doing OK in the boredom arena.

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Happy Fourth of July in advance!


Happy fourth to all. I created this card for a dear friend who happens to have a b-day on the 4th. If she pops by she’ll spoil her surprise BUT isn’t it always nice to have real mail? The directions and printables for the stars will be up at Get It Scrapped in the next week or so and I was too excited not to share. Loving all the fun possibilities with these markers!

Hope all have an amazing fourth!

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New layout and tody

Thought I would share a recent layout. This is inspired from a sketch from Sassy Lil Sketches a fun site I just recently lucky enough to find.
The photos are from last fall so I better get a crakin! I got some catch up to do or I will officially be a year behind He He.


Not much news really getting stuff done. We did a tripo to the library and Sara came directly home and finished one of her three books. Yes a chapter book, I think I know someone like her! Hmmmm….MATT!

Hugs to all!

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Here He Is

Well here he is. This is Izzy. One of my latest Copic designs. He was hiding in the card seen below. Vacation and finishing up a title font class got me off track so I am scrambling to get him ready to be posted on Get It Scrapped with directions. Hopefully later this week he will get all done.


So on other family news we are very well. Vacation was wonderful! Time with Mom and Dad is always welcome. We had lots of fun mini adventures and just enough down time and ice cream to put smiles on all of our faces. Since we have been back we have started dance camp, I had my first crown prepped and will return for the permanent in a few weeks, I mowed the lawn, three loads of laundry, yadda, yadda, yadda, we had a four hour play date that was turned into a Rat Party cupcakes, rat puppets and all (stuffed rat friends), and I am sure I will not survive if the entire summer is run at this pace 🙂

All is well as we roast in the humidity.
Hugs!