Back at it!

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...

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!

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!

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

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

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

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!