This week's Stampin' Sisterhood Challenge is a sketch!
You can find the directions for submitting a card and learn about the prizes on the Stampin' Sisterhood blog!

I used the sketch this week to make a scrapbook page.
One more down, about a thousand left to go! LOL!

A little help from our sons!

Rubbernecker Stamps: Birthday Borders set (438),
vertical happy birthday (66_03)
Paper: GP white, SU calypso coral, wisteria wonder, Berry Blossoms dp
Ink: Momento black, SU markers: black, calypso coral, wisteria wonder, almost amethyst, lucky limeade, summer sun, pumpkin pie
Tools: Spellbinders tag die, SU modern label punch
Accessories: eyelets
Size: 8x8

Chloe's 1st Christmas

This scrapbook page was posted on the Rubbernecker blog for
"Tuesdays with the Team."

I've taken a break from scrapbooking for too long. It's time to catch up! I love this new cat set. Not only is this set great for cards, but the images are just the right size for page accents. I also used the new snowflake set to match the red designer paper!

Stamps: Cats set (597), Snowflake set (587)
Paper: SU white, black, real red & designer papers
Ink: Memento black, SU real red, unknown black & blue markers
Tools: Spellbinders Nestabilities labels 17, Creative Memories heart maker/punch
Accessories: Offray satin ribbon, white gel pen
Size: 12x12

Holiday Blog Hop

Hello Rubbernecker Sisters! The Stampin’ Sisterhood has lots to share today! Thank you so much for joining us!

We thought it would be fun to share some of our holiday images! So, sit back and enjoy! And if you leave some love at every stop along the way, you will be entered into a random drawing for your choice of ONE Rubbernecker Stamps SET! Yes, you read right! A SET, not a single! Now, how awesome is that?

We know that you are busy, so you will have until THURSDAY 11/17 to hop! Our winner will be announced on the RUBBERNECKER BLOG, on FRIDAY 11/18!!

We have a bit of exciting news to share! We will be starting weekly Rubbernecker challenges on Sunday 11/20! Hope you will join us for SISTERHOOD SUNDAYS. We're going to have a blast! Who knows? You could win a prize on Sundays, too! Thanks again for stopping by!

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Instead of making a card today, I made a scrapbook page. I am way behind in my scrapbooking! Since it's so difficult for me to capture detail on a 12x12 page, I have included close-up shots, too.

My Favorite Christmas Memory 12 x12 Page

Rubbernecker Stamps: Christmas Tree set (592) ~ NEW!
Paper: SU real red & designer paper
Ink: SU real red, garden green & chocolate chip
Tools: SU wide oval and word window punches,
Spellbinders Nestabilities - circle die, labels 16 & 17 dies

JOURNAL BOX

I used Stampin' markers to color the stamp.

PAGE ACCENTS

It's always so much fun trying to get all of the grandchildren happy and smiling at the same time!
(The kiddo on the far left belongs to me. The rest are my nieces and nephew.)

HOLIDAY BLOG HOP ROUTE

Bev Gerard
Charlene Driggs
Charlene Merrick
Frances Gumprecht
Holly McMillen
Jacquie Peifer-Creative Coordinator
Jen Charboneau ~ You are here.
Jennifer Cuthbertson
Joan Ervin
Judy Rozema
Julia Aston
Juliana Swanson
Karen Hunsaker
Kecia Waters
Kittie Caracciolo- Design Team Coordinator
Maria Gurnsey
Rubbernecker Stamps

GKD - Illustrator Blog Hop and Challenge

It's that time again! Gina K. Designs had their illustrator blog hop last night. Now it's our turn to play.

Gina's challenge: create a project that depicts a favorite summer memory. With so many great memories of summer, choosing just one is the hardest part of this challenge! Create a project using ANY Gina K. Designs stamp set and add your "direct to the project" blog link in the Mister Linky below. For more details, click here.

I had so many ideas running through my head for this challenge. I've been meaning to get back to scrapbooking and my wedding certainly is a favorite summer memory. Six years later, I am not done with my wedding album. I know, shame on me. LOL! This is Brian's page that I devoted to him with photos and stories. Actually, I have more stories to tell, so I'll continue on a second page. It will be more of a journaling page with maybe one photo. I have a few close up shots below if you'd like a better view. (Recipe after the next photo)


Since this was a 2nd wedding for the both of us, I chose a non-traditional environment. I wore a mint green (almost aqua) dress and we were married on the shore of a lake at a small wedding chapel. It was very small and I was so happy that all the difficult planning was taken care of by the wedding chapel personnel. Planning a wedding without worrying about every detail was nice.

Stamps (all Gina K Designs): Lovely Labels (Nina Brackett), Hope Grows (Theresa Momber), Masculine Messages (Gina K)
Paper: white, certainly celery, ocean mist, black
Ink: black, certainly celery, cool caribbean
Accessories: SU ribbon originals, Spellbinders Nestabilities labels 9, SU punches: large oval, circle, & designer label, pop-up dots
Size: 12x12

Jim is like a real father to Brian. When we meet new people, they are usually surprised when Brian starts calling him Jim. Jim took on big responsibilities when he married me. He insisted we were a team when it came to Brian. He has helped Brian mature so much. It's incredible. Jim often tells Brian that he is his hero. Why? He has to endure so much just to do the things other people take for granted (Well, not in those exact words... but you get the meaning.) He is a special man.

My son and I posed for a photo before the wedding began.

This photo was staged by the photographer, but it's so, so cute!

My son Brian was born at 24 weeks gestation. He is still small for his age. But being cute and lovable makes up for it. (Spoken like a true mom, huh? LOL) Brian has cerebral palsy, with high-functioning autism, and after serial casting and extensive physical therapy, he started walking 11 months before this picture was taken. He was a big part of the wedding!

Just as a side note, Botox shots stopped working and the teen years are tough. He's back in his wheelchair quite a bit and we're considering invasive surgery... something I've putting off for a year now.

Uncle Matt

This scrapbook page is 8x8. I think my brother was feeling his true age after this adventure! LOL!

Accessories: Marvy flower punch, CM alphabet stickers, CM custom cutting system
Paper: SU ballet blue, pink pirouette, & DP

SAB - Blast from the Past

Anyone remember the SAB stamp Big Blossom. It was the size of a BG stamp! I'm not sure it was very popular and even I sold mine on eBay. I couldn't get a good impression with ink. But I did save the card board template I made if I ever want to use it for patterned paper again.

Stamp: Big Blossom, Petal Pushers, Cheesecloth
Paper: chocolate chip, bashful blue, so saffron, Spring Showers DP
Ink: chocolate chip, bashful blue
Accessories: circle punch










Here's another look at Big blossom on a square card. This card measures 4.25 square. I use 4.5 A Muse envelopes.

Stamps: Big Blosom, A Light Heart, Warm Words
Paper: real red, cameo coral, white, unknown DP
Ink: real red, cameo coral
Accessories: circle punches, paper piercer, paper clip










Here's the Big Blossom as an accent on a 12x12 scrapbook page.

Stamps: Big Blossom, Happy Everything
Paper: close to cocoa, so saffron, Spring showers DP
Ink: chocolate chip
Accessories: ribbon

I'm still here! Just in the Ho, Ho, Ho Spirit!

I was busy with getting ready for Christmas making last minute gifts and visiting relatives. We still have 2 Christmas parties to go to! WoW! Here are some scrapbook pages that went into my parents album this Christmas. My New Year's Resolution is to get caught up in my scrapbooking. So, I'm going to try and show pages at least once a week.
















CEDAR POINT - Sandusky, Ohio


My son's first time on a roller coaster was hilarious. He had the BIGGEST grin on his face getting off of the ride. I wish I could get him to smile like that in every day photos. LOL!














My son's birthday is in the middle of the SUMMER! I won't let him wear his sweats to summer camp, but his birthday was different. He had all of his favorite things: sweats, TV, video games, pizza, and ice cream cake!

Flaunt It

I was inspired to make this page from one of the Unity Hip Hop challenges. My fat cat, Rockie, will put up with almost anything.

6x6 scrapbook page
Stamps: Hey Chick, Everlasting Romance - Unity
Paper: black, close to cocoa, white
Ink: chocolate chip, black
Accessories: ribbon, dimensionals, CM custom cutting system

Another Kitty Scrapbook Page!

Stamps: Cuddles & Hugs, Just So Hippy - Gina K Designs
Paper: riding hood red, Basic Grey, white, bordering blue
Accessories: taffeta ribbon, circle & scallop punches, CM custom cutting system

This was supposed to be for one of the Gina K challenges, but I wasn't careful with the sketch. I got the top 1/2 right, though. Oops.

1st Year Cheerleader

Here is the proof that I was actually at a crop! And I accomplished a double page spread and part of another with the help of CTMH level 1 kits. They are so awesome! I love making my own layouts, but I am so far behind that a little help is wonderful. Thank you, scrappintlc, for inviting me. I had a great time!!!



These pages are of my nieces. My 5 yr old niece started her first year of cheerleading this fall. She's too cute. My 18 month old niece wanted to be a cheerleader, too. She kept running up to them and clapping. It was hilarious. Then at my nephew's birthday party, both the girls showed off their talent. My precious 18 mo old niece is growing up too too fast.

Permission was given by my SIL to display these pages with her daughters.

I've started scrapbooking again!!!

I can't remember scrapbooking since last April. I decided to start small with a 6x6 album about my cats. I always seem to have extra pics of my cats and don't know how to incorporate them into my family album. So now they have their own! LOL! I've found that working with a 6x6 is a lot easier to do after working with cards for so long. I look at a 12x12 and wonder how am I going to fill the space??? Maybe when I'm done filling up my 12x12 albums, I'll switch to something smaller. Don't know yet.

This first page of Princess was done using this week's color challenge on SCS. She was thrilled to be outdoors again in the spring.

Stamps: Simply Said
Paper: pumpkin pie. pixie pink, kiwi kiss, whisper white, Sweet Always DP
Ink: pixie pink
Accessories: ribbon, punches, dimensionals
Techniques: tearing


And here's another page about Princess using today's sketch challenge on SCS. Princess loves to scoot under the covers when the weather is cool. She's started the habit again this week. Seems a little early, but we're getting a dusting of snow tonight! Brrr!

Stamps: Roses in Winter, Itty Bitty Backgrounds
Paper: brocade blue, very vanilla, rose red
Ink: brocade blue, rose red, black, craft white
Accessories: ribbon, white gel pen, markers

Precious Moments

Today's Ways to Use It challenge on SCS was to wonderful to pass this up. This is a very simple scrapbook page that I made years ago before I knew what I was doing. LOL! But the message is the important part, so I plan to keep it like it is.

Imagine there is a bank that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening it deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Draw out every cent, of course!!!

Each of us has such a bank. It's name is TIME. Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever of this you have failed to invest to good purpose. It carries over no balance. It allows no overdraft. Each day it opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the remains of the day. If you fail to use the day's deposits, the loss is yours. There is no going back. There is no drawing from tomorrow. You must live in the present on today's deposits. Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness, and success! The clock is running. Make the most of today.

To realize the value of one year,
ask a student who failed a grade.

To realize the value of one month,
ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby.

To realize the value of one hour,
ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.

To realize the value of one hour,
ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.

To realize the value of one minutes,
ask a person who missed the train.

To realize the value of one second,
ask a person who just avoided an accident.

To realize the value of one millisecond,
ask the person who won the silver medal in the Olympics.

Treasure every moment that you have! And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time. And remember that time waits for no one. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it's called the present!

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