Happy Valentine's Day

Hope everyone is having a fabulous Valentine's Day! The weather is so nice around here today -- a little bit chilly but bright and sunny! The boys have been gone all day with PawPaw to look at cars for Adam. wahhhhhhhhh! I can't believe my baby boy is going to be 16 in less than 3 months.

In honor of Valentine's Day, here's a page I did for the SAS[sy} Scrapper of the Month challenge over at Scrapattack Scrapbooking.
We had to do a sparking page about love - and this one was tons of fun! I pulled out the glitter and the shimmerz and went to town. Does it get any more fun than glitter and bling?? I don't think so!

Hope you have a wonderful Valentine's Day filled with lots of love and happiness!

Friday the 13th!

I think the QOTD on all 3 message boards that I frequent was asking about superstitions today. I don't really think I'm superstitious about Friday the 13th, but I am a wee bit superstitious in general -- especially at ballgames. If we get on a winning streak, then I tend to think that we have to sit beside the same people; arrange our chairs in the same order; eat the same snacks; blah blah blah to keep the winning streak going. It's silly, really, but I think my daddy instilled that in me. He's always been superstitious. He's always thought that Wake Forest will win their ballgames if he don't watch. lol. Silly.


Anyway, all this talk about superstitions reminded me of a picture I have been wanting to scrap. Meet Ellie, the Lucky Elephant. David found Ellie at in Asheville when Amber's all-star team went to the state tournament last year. We actually were set up down the first base line, and playing pathetically I might add, when David looked down and spotted Ellie. Honestly, the minute he found Ellie, the girls started playing like we had never seen them play before -- hitting the ball, making good plays -- we actually thought we may come back and win the ballgame! And we attributed this change of luck to Ellie. Ellie made us laugh, too. David would throw her head back like she was roaring, or whatever sound elephants make, and me and Adam, and Michelle and Audrey would just die laughing. We all laughed so hard, I really thought I would pee in my pants. Even the coaches looked over at us one time like "what the heck is wrong with you people?" Ellie did bring us good luck that night - and for the duration of the trip, Ellie was in David's pocket - being pulled out on demand when we needed her for good luck. She took us a lot further than we thought we would get!

Ok - if you stuck with me for that long story - God bless you! lol. Happy Friday the 13th everybody!

We Love Our Members - Week 2

This has been a fun contest over at TS. Two weeks down, two weeks to go. For this week's challenge you had to pick a title from about 4 that were provided describing what kind of girl you were, then journal on a journaling card or tag as to why you were THAT girl. You also could only use 1 photo and it had to include yourself, and you had to use 10 flowers. Here's what I came up with, and I'm tickled with it. I love those Dream Street papers - I've been saving them. LOL! Not sure what for - but I'm sure glad I had them to pull out for this challenge. Now that I've got this week's challenge done, I'm ready to work on SAS's Scrapper of the Month page and get some challenges done over at Scrapperie. American Idol probably won't let me get much done tonight though! I was scrapping during commercials last night!

Speaking of American Idol, I could not drag myself away from it last night. It would suit me if they only kept guys this year. I really have not seen a girl yet that I think is worth keeping. I like the blind guy, oil rig guy, and Danny. Thank goodness they all made it through the cut last night. We'll see how they fare tonight!

Happy Wednesday, everybody! It's hump day - we're inching closer to the weekend! yippeeee!

{SAS}sy Fun Month

Whooo hooooo! Over at Scrapattack Scrapbooking, we're kicking off {SAS}sy Fun Month this weekend (February 15th through March 15th to be exact!). It's going to be like a carnival and we'll get tickets for completing activities and challenges. FUN! I just love stuff like that!


Speaking of SAS, I tried out for SAS Scrapper of the Month last month and made this layout. I didn't win - but that's ok - I got a decent page out of it. And of course, I'll try out again this month! I love my circle cutter and I'm not sure why I don't use it more often! Definitely need to make a point to do that!

Come on over and join the fun!

Fantastic February Contest

I'm having all kinds of fun this month! First off - I have to say how excited I am about this news:

yipppppppeeeee! I don't know what month yet, but I'm super-excited to be chosen over at Scrapperie. Speaking of Scrapperie, they have a contest going on for the month of February. All kinds of challenges going on! I love contests, so I'm all over this one too!

Adam is going with the youth to Boone this weekend, and Amber is going to the middle-school dance tonight, so me and David get a date night tonight. Too bad we don't have any money to do anything really fun! lol! Maybe we can sneak in a trip to the mexican restaurant -- it's been a while and I'm needing my margarita fix!

Hope everybody has a wonderful weekend with lots of scrappy fun time!

We Love Our Members Contest

Ohhhhh this is gonna be so much fun! Over at Treasured Scrapbooking, I participated in this contest last year! They call it "We Love Our Members" and they issue challenges once a week for you to complete. The best part is - NOBODY get elminiated! The first challenge was QUITE the challenge! We had to use the title "Life Is Like a Box of Chocolates". We also had to use only the colors cream/white, red, pink, and brown. The page had to have 1 set of wings, 3 hearts, and 1 bow. Do you know how hard it was to not use black? VERY hard for me. This is what I came up with:

Not an easy challenge at all - but a very fun one! I can hardly wait for the next one!

It is bitterly cold around here! It was like 15 degrees this morning. Brrrr! I think it's going to warm up this weekend! I sure hope so!

Super Bowl Weekend = New Scrappy Goodies

I'm so excited that it's Super Bowl weekend! It's funny how my love of football has grown! I cared absolutely nothing about it until Adam started playing flag football in the 3rd grade. I would get so frustrated because I never understood what was going on, so I started watching football on Sundays to educate myself. It has turned into an obsession. Well, maybe that's a strong word -- but I really REALLY do love football now. I absolutely love watching college football (GO WAKE FOREST DEMON DEACONS!), and of course, I love watching NFL football as well. I've always pulled for the Carolina Panthers - but this year I'm pulling for a different team - GO ARIZONA CARDINALS!

There is a reason why I'll be pulling for the Arizona Cardinals -- aside from the fact that I've always liked Kurt Warner way back when he was with the Rams. Over at Scrapattack Scrapbooking, I got in on a scrappy football pool. By the luck of the draw, I was given the Arizona Cardinals (in addition to the Rams cause I decided to get 2 teams). The plan was that you would send in 15 (or maybe 20 - can't even remember now!) scrappy goody bags, then when your team wins, you earn a scrappy bag. When I told Adam at the beginning of the season that I had gotten the Cardinals and the Rams, he just laughed and said "you won't get anything from the Cardinals . . . you might get a few bags from the Rams." Well, he was exactly right with the Rams - they won maybe 2 games all season. But hello?! How about THOSE CARDINALS!?! They have been awesome this year! They have earned me lots of scrappy goody bags! But besides all that - they are the underdog with the "older" quarterback that nobody thought could go all the way! I've always been one to pull for the underdog anyway, but by-golly they have proved that they are worthy of being in the Super Bowl. They did, afterall, knock down my Panthers to get one step closer to the big game.

And while I'm thinking about it -- let me go ahead and give a shout out to Lauri at SAS. You have done an amazing job of organizing this little scrappy pool and keeping up with who gets what! It has really been tons of fun -- and I'm not just saying that because my team is in the Super Bowl - lol. Really, though, you have taken on quite a little project keeping up with that and it truly has been a blast! Thanks, girlie!

So anyway -- we'll be having a small little party just among ourselves Sunday with a few of the "party" food favorites that we all like - ham/swiss/poppy seed sandwiches, meatballs, and of course - WINGS! I'm excited . . . GO CARDINALS! Let's go all the way!