Kendra Scraps

Happy Valentine's Day! (a bit early)

2011-02-11T20:41:00.000-08:00

Well, I started making valentines and now I cannot seem to stop! I made the Asian-themed one for the hubs-the Kanji tag is for love. The little paper purse and "Hip Chick" card are for my boss, I hope she likes them. I plan on filling the purse with candy. The other one I made for a co-worker for her daughter...they were so fun to make. Enjoy!

A Christmas Layout...in February!

2011-02-11T20:34:00.001-08:00

Loved how this LO turned out! Merry Christmas!

A few things...

2010-10-10T20:50:00.000-07:00

I haven't been scrapping as much lately, as I have been working on items for the handcrafted holidays at St. Kate's. I am doing exploding boxes, cards, tags and an album or two. Worst case-I end up with a lot of handmade things I can give to my friends...not a bad deal...Although the scrapping is slow, I have managed to do a couple layouts of when we went to the Black Hills of South Dakota. If you have never been, I highly suggest you go..we had a fantastic time and loved every minute of it.

Whew! Busy times!

2010-09-16T13:42:00.000-07:00

Well, if work isn't busy enough...I heard from a little birdie today (no, not my doggie birdy) that we are going to do the Handcrafted Holidays fair here at St. Kate's again! YAY!!! I need to get busy making making making! Last year I sold two albums, so that was really exciting. I also love to make exploding boxes. Speaking of Miss Birdy, here she is as a tiny baby. Needless to say, she does not look like this now!

A gift for a friend/coworker

2010-08-29T17:14:00.000-07:00

My coworker, who I also consider a friend, asked me to make her something special to put her first granddaughter's baptism gift in. The gift was a silver baby bracelet, so I made a baby exploding box, in the colors they were using for the party. Enjoy!

What a year!

2010-08-24T11:26:00.000-07:00

Well, it is crazy that I have let the summer get away from me without posting...Leslie, Tessa and Stacy will really give me crud now! You know who you are ladies! :)

I don't have any work to post, but I think I have a pic or two...here is one from my lovely cousin Taryn's wedding where Owen was the "ringbear"...he dropped the pillow in this pic and was so upset! Of course this was quite a while ago...but I never get tired of wedding photos!

Scrapping for fun and profit...

2009-12-05T14:17:00.000-08:00

Just here on a Saturday night, scrapping away! Most of my creations now are going for the show-my goal is to complete an album for sale...we'll see!

Wow! Summer got busy!

2009-11-23T07:18:00.000-08:00

Here it is almost Thanksgiving, and I haven't posted! Well, I was so proud of my "Lucky" layout, that I just didn't want to put a post above it!

Things are clicking along, we have a great craft sale coming up at St. Catherine University on December 8th, it should be lots of fun! I will post pics of that later on in December.

However you choose to celebrate it, have a lovely holiday season!

Lucky!

2009-07-12T20:53:00.000-07:00

Here is a LO I did that is based on a scrapsketch sketch...I love how this turned out!

For the Scrapping Piglet card challenge! My daughter made this card..she loves hippos!

2009-07-08T20:52:00.000-07:00

A couple cards...

2009-07-05T17:05:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple cards I made, I am just getting more into cardmaking now.

More scrapping..

2009-06-22T22:38:00.000-07:00

Here are some layouts that I have been working on...enjoy!

Summer is here!

2009-06-03T11:28:00.001-07:00

Well, summer is finally here and I am starting to (I think) relax! We are hopefully going to get some projects done on our home this summer, and get to the beach...I want to take the kids out boating again!

A little whine and a moan....

2009-05-19T17:41:00.000-07:00

IT'S HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTT!!

I am so dang hot...(and not in a good way) no ac in my car and 90 degrees out today..an hour commute....

At least I have Lily Allen to keep me company..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZyTOROlo9E

Enjoy!

Ducks..

2009-05-16T21:16:00.000-07:00

Today was a great day-we went to the Anoka Airport show-it wasn't exactly an air show, but you could go right up to a bunch of old planes, and new ones too..the kids had a blast! Spent some time taking ducky pics by the pond..here is one that let us get sort of close.

Sneak Peek!! (Mom, do not look!)

2009-04-30T16:32:00.000-07:00

I have been wanting to try a word book, so I did one for Mother's Day! I figure, being my mom she will love it no matter what it looks like, so she is a great person to try one out on..I think it turned out lovely..I may have a new obsession!

Ok, one more..Autumn in my wedding dress

2009-04-19T20:59:00.000-07:00

Some layouts I have been working on...

2009-04-19T15:12:00.000-07:00

I am lovin' tags right now-practically everything I do has a tag! The skateboarding LO says "Skateboarding is not a crime" which was a VERY popular saying in the 90's. (I think I had that t-shirt!)

My grandmother was a scrapbooker

2009-04-19T14:45:00.000-07:00

I recently found out that my paternal grandmother, who passed away when my father was 12, was a scrapbooker. I am moved that my father gave her albums to me. I want to restore them, while preserving her work and her memories. You can see that she used materials available to her at the time, and in the scrapbooks are pasted cards, little cut out sayings and of course her journaling. I am truly blessed to have gotten these.

Getting ready to SWARM!

2009-04-19T14:38:00.000-07:00

Well, I am getting geared up for the Pine City SWARM in Pine City, MN. A SWARM is a group of papercrafters that use the cricut machine, or would like to try using the cricut. We have some "newbies" this time, and some seasoned scrappers too. It is a lot of fun to introduce someone to scrapbooking or papercrafting, and to show people what the cricut can do. Most people are amazed!! Here is Autumn's last birthday cake, pumpkin and castle are made with the cricut.

Here comes the bride...(or the ringbearer)

2008-08-27T18:58:00.000-07:00

Well, it is almost time for Owen to be the "ring bear" as he calls himself. I can't wait to see how this goes-will Maggie and Owen fight all the way down the aisle? Will he be shy? Dancing all the way? I can't explain why I am so excited to have him be in a wedding-I have always wanted both my kids to be in a wedding. Funny enough, Autumn was also a ringbearer. Yup, Owen was supposed to be the ringbearer in Toby and Kristin's wedding, but the church said he was too young. So Autumn (who was first a flower girl with Jade) carried the "ring box"...the girls looked so cute!! Here is my "man" getting fitted for his first tux. Oh, mom is trying not to cry...

Cyndi came to visit me..

2008-08-13T21:12:00.000-07:00

One of my best friends came up here to see me last week-I hadn't seen her in three years! She is looking great and we had so much fun! We went to Hidden Beach, Psycho Suzi's and Smitten Kitten-all great places for girls to be women! Sometimes it is fun to just do the Grrrlll thing.

Just an update..

2008-08-01T10:25:00.000-07:00

Not too much to report here-things are going well. We had a scare yesterday though, when our darling son said he had changed his mind about being a ring-bearer for my cousin's wedding. *GASP*...He changed it back though when I explained about the present and party afterward.
Oh kids!!

Back at it!

2008-07-18T15:41:00.000-07:00

We are back from our little vacation, and what a wonderful time we had! We took the kids tubing out on the lake, slept under the stars and hiked to a great little beach. Hurray for camping!

Now it is time to start getting ready for the MN Cricut SWARM! What is a SWARM you may ask? It is a gathering of scrapbookers who use, or are interested in using the Cricut machine. Lots of packing to do-I wish I could take my whole scrapbook room! Here is a picture I can't wait to scrap-our Mayday parade in Minneapolis, MN. What a beautiful day filled with art, friends and lots of memories.

Cards for Sale...

2008-06-24T21:49:00.001-07:00

This card was created with a preteen/teenage guy in mind. There is such a shortage of boy cards out there-I aim to change that. This card features stars, sliver and black inking, and a matching envelope.

Price: 3.00 (sold)

A Colorful Summer Layout!

2008-06-23T17:19:00.000-07:00

This layout was done with double and triple matting, some fun chipboard accents and a vellum square with a saying about children. The square is anchored with four bronze brads. This layout can be created for you!

What a pair!

2008-06-22T17:19:00.000-07:00

Here we are at Bunker Beach last summer..this page has ice cream cones from Indie Art, ribbon, stickles and double matting.

Getting Ready for the SWARM

2008-06-22T10:43:00.000-07:00

What is a SWARM you may ask? A SWARM is a gathering of 2 or more people who use the Cricut machine while scrapbooking. Could I scrap without my Cricut? Probably. Do I want to? No. Sean got me this machine for Christmas 2006 and I have never looked back. It won product of the year in 2006 and is to scrapbooking what tennis shoes are to Grandma's Marathon. Yeah, you could run without shoes, but would you want to?

So I am doing an overnight scrapbook event in July...July promises to be a busy month.

St. Croix in July

2008-06-21T10:10:00.000-07:00

This is one of my fave pics of all time...when I was dreaming MN dreams in Arizona,
this is what I thought of.

Freedom to do what they'd like

2008-06-21T09:50:00.001-07:00

Here are all the little darlings from Christmas Eve...from left to right: Maggie, Lindsay, Sam, Margaux, Irelynnd, Autumn, Owen and Preston! After taking a few "nice" pics, I always let the kids do what they want. You get some great results!

A little update

2008-06-21T09:07:00.000-07:00

The clock is ticking away here at work...I stayed up too late last night, but I really want to get this customer's order right. She ordered 4 pages and they are looking very nice! (If I do say so myself!)

We are gearing up for the family vacation this July...we are planning on going to Mount Rushmore. Not sure exactly when...if there are any takers to watch Henry, please let us know! After the canoe debacle last year, he doesn't get to camp anymore!

Owen and Autumn are fuming today-today is room cleaning day. Bummer.

Trying to balance both worlds

2008-06-21T08:10:00.000-07:00

So Owen comes in and wants to scrap-I don't have the heart to say "no". I haven't seen him all day and I want to encourage him in creativity. 20 min later, my scraproom looks like an explosion in a paper factory. Plus, he is really into stamping now, wants his own set of Studio G from Michaels.

Ye Gods....

Anyway, thanks for checking out the new blog-seems like everyone is blogging these days. Well, we have to let off steam somehow!

Please remember to check out my listings on Craig's List for custom made scrapbook pages...I will do 12x12 or 8x8 in any theme you'd like. Contact me for an order form!

Bye,
Kendra