Merry Christmas!!

Happy Birthday, Jesus!!

Sketches in Thyme

Hello!!

Boy has it been a long time since I've been here!!

I have been scrapping, but all 

the challenges I've been doing have been

at sb dot come and I just post them to my gallery!!

Here's a lo I did based on a sketch over at 

Sketches In Thyme:

I'll also share some of my favorites that I've done

in November:

The journaling for this lo:

“When I say... "I am a Christian" I'm not shouting "I'm clean livin'."
I'm whispering "I was lost, now I'm found and forgiven."

When I say... "I am a Christian" I don't speak of this with pride.
I'm confessing that I stumble and need Christ to be my guide.

When I say... "I am a Christian" I'm not trying to be strong.
I'm professing that I'm weak and need His strength to carry on.

When I say. "I am a Christian" I'm not bragging of success.
I'm admitting I have failed and need God to clean my mess.

When I say... "I am a Christian" I'm not claiming to be perfect,
my flaws are far too visible But, God believes I am worth it.

When I say... "I am a Christian" I still feel the sting of pain.
I have my share of heartaches so I call upon His name.

When I say... "I am a Christian" I'm not holier than thou,
I'm just a simple sinner who received God's good grace, somehow.”  

~Maya Angelou

Thanks for still coming by from time to time!!

I hope that all of you had a lovely  Thanksgiving,

and that as you prepare for Christmas,

you remember the true meaning, and that

you share your love to everyone you meet!!

Until next time.....................tootles!!

Fall is Beautiful

Hello!!

I have a layout to share.

It is for 3 challenges:

1. Creative Scrappers #229

2. Scrap Your Faith Challenge @sb dot com

3. Word Art Wednesday

We got to take some lovely photo's

of the fall trees when we went to 

Maryland a couple weeks ago. I think 

the pictures on this layout are from 

Pennsylvania. I just love the mountains, even

more so in the fall!! 

The verse is I used on here is super powerful, and

a new favorite of mine:

"He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and 

reveals His thoughts to mankind, 

who turns dawn into darkness, 

and treads on the heights of the earth...

the Lord God Almighty is his name."

Amos 4:13

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Have a wonderful, love filled day!!

Until next time..............tootles!!

1 card. 2 Layouts.

Hello!!

I'm here with some challenge entries!!

First is a card for Word Art Wednesday:

Layout # 1 for Creative Scrappers #228:

Layout # 2 for Sketches In Thyme #89:

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

I hope that each of you have a wonderful,

love filled day!!

Until next time....................tootles!!

A Pound Party??

Hello!!

Thanks for stopping by today!!

My beautiful daughter is a sophomore 

this year and as their first fundraiser,

they are having a Pound Party!!

I had no idea what a pound party was,

even after it was first explained to me

I didn't get. Then I actually got a flyer from

the teacher about it and it finally clicked.

The whole idea is to UNIQUELY wrap

a package that weighs at least 1 pound, 

and has a value of at least $3 dollars.

Then they are auctioned off, based on what 

they look like and without know what's inside.

Interesting.

Perfect for a paper crafter!! :)

So I came up with 2 packages that I think

are awesome. The first one:

 A close up of the front:

 Close up of the lid:

Inside is a biscuit mix and a jar of apple butter.

I made the pattern for this after seeing one 

similar but much, much smaller!! I made this from

chipboard and then covered it with the paper.

The second package is a lot more simple, 

but I think it's a cute idea:

I used flat marbles to make this weigh up some.

Inside is purse type things;

hand cream, mints, chap stick, hand sanitizer, ect.

I've had the pattern for this purse for years, 

sorry but I can't even remember from where. 

However, it was small. The whole thing would have

fit on an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet. I enlarged to a 12x12

sheet so it would be large enough to hold everything.

I'm very excited about these projects!!

I can't wait to see if they are popular for bids!!

*LOL* Fingers crossed!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

I hope that each of you have a wonderful,

love filled day!!

Until next time............................tootles!!

A Midnight Trip

Hello!!

We seem to have a little tradition 

where each year before school starts in the fall

we go on a midnight trip to eat out. This LO

is from last years adventure:

The Journaling:

To Dennys we did go

You know normal people are asleep at one o’clock in the morning…

but who said our family was normal.

This summer we just-so-happened to be awake 

at one a.m. when we decided to go to Dennys for pancakes. 

So we threw some clothes on hopped in the car and left. 

As if that wasn’t crazy enough, on our way there 

we got pulled over by some random cop. 

When he got to our window the first thing he asked was 

“Where are you going, a party, the casino?” 

Mom then responded in a classic slap-happy-high piched-yay 

voice “to Dennys for pancakes!!!”

 He then told her she had a headlight out,

 and in the same voice she responded

 “ Oh that dumb thing, will you just kick it for me?” 

His face turned pink with the controlled desire 

to laugh or the this is awkward look.  

I still think he should have made her do a sobriety test, 

now that would have been funny. 

However, he let us go with a simple warning. 

After that everything is pretty well normal, 

I mean for a one a.m. trip to Dennys.

      -Vashti Gregory    Summer 2011

This is from this years adventure:

The Journaling:

For the past couple of years,

It’s been tradition that before

school starts each fall,

my family and I go to 

a restaurant at midnight.

This year we went to Steak and Shake for french fries. 

This year wasn’t as slap-stick as last year, 

when we got pulled over by the police. L

Some traditions are strange, 

but we top them all!! 

The trip was fun and the food was good, 

but most importantly

I was with my family!! J

~Vashti Gregory    August 2012

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Until next time.................tootles!!

Sketches In Thyme

Hello!!

I know....It's been a while!!

Sorry!!

I do have a layout to share with you today!!

It is for the Sketches in Thyme Challenge

and the Monochromatic Challenge over at SB . com

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Have a wonderful, love filled day!!

Until next time.................tootles!!

Mama's Boy

Hello!!

I have two layouts to share.

The first was for the Pet Challenge

at SB dot com. I did it DH read the title, Mama's Boy,

and said are you sure about that?? We had a laugh and 

the next time he had Gus on his lap I took a

photo so that I could do a *brother* page to it. Just for fun!! :)

Here's the Mama's Boy lo:

For the brother page, I used Creative Scrappers Sketch #223.

I will also the lo for the Boys, Boys, Boys Challenge.

The title for it is: She just thinks I'm a Mama's Boy!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

I hope that you have a wonderful,

love filled week!!

Until next time.......................tootles!!

P.S. He totally IS a Mama's Boy!! :)

Cards

Hello!!

I'm here with 2 cards to share.

First is for Our Daily Bread,

A birthday card for my dad:

And for Word Art Wednesday

and Stampin' Sisters In Christ:

Thanks so much for stopping by!!
I hope that you have a wonderful, love filled week!!

Until next time.......................tootles!!

Little Mermaid

Hello everyone!!
I have a couple new layouts to share today.

First up is for Creative Scrappers #220:

The darling rocking horse is from Faye at 

3tailscrafts. I inked it and added stickles too it!!

Next is for the 1 photo Challenge

at sb dot com. 

When I took this photo of my daughter I just thought

it was a nice nature type shot. After it was 

printed it reminded me so much of the

statue in Copenhagen, Denmark called 

"The Little Mermaid."

(You can see more about the statue by clicking on the link above)

Here's a photo of the statue:

The photo of my daughter:

Here is the lo I did with the picture:

This is my 4th attempt at scrapping this photo!!
I thought it should be real nature-y. When that didn't

look right, I thought....summery?? But that still wasn't

right so I tried flowery. NOTHING looked right.

So since I still had the little mermaid statue in my mind,

and even though the photo is NOT an ocean scene, 

I went with it!! 

I can hardly believe that I LIKE it!! DH and DD liked it too!!
Finally!! I had succeeded!! 

Thanks so much for stopping by and having a peek!!

Really do enjoy your visits and your comments!!

I hope that you have a wonderful, love filled day!!

Until next time...................................tootles!!

I LOVE Sketches!!

Hello!!

I love sketches!! I love that they provide

an idea that I can spin off of!! 

Sometimes I get way off the sketch, 

and sometimes I stick to the sketch!!

I love this layout!! 

I wasn't sure about the sketch when I started,

but the more I worked it, the better 

I liked it!! I always like the look

of clusters of embellies on the LO,

but am not that great at making it look right.

I like the way it worked on this lo!!

The sketch is from Creative Scrappers #219.

For whatever reason, the crown is off color. 

It's actually the same color as the word princess,

I know because I inked them both...with the same ink!! *L*

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Until next time................tootles!!

WOW!! Post 300

WOW!! I can hardly believe that I have

posted to my blog 300 times!!

I have to admit I went back and looked

at a bunch of posts!! I'm surprised that

there are people who actually read this blog!!

THANK YOU!!

I know I haven't been posting very much,

but I just haven't been doing very many card

challenges as I was beginning to be overstocked with them!!

I have been doing layout challenges 

at sb dot com and having so much fun with it!!

However they get posted there in my gallery, 

so I haven't been posting them here.

Trying to decide if I should. 

At least for today, and in celebration of 

my 300th blog post, I think I'll share a few here!!

This first one was for 2 challenges:

My Creative Sketches 

Sb's monochromatic challenge-dust bowl 

These are a few other lo's I've done for challenges lately:

Thanks again for all the visits!!

Thanks for all the comments you've left!!

Thanks for being interested in my blog!!

I hope that each of you, have a 

wonderful, love filled week!!

Until next time..................tootles!!!

Creative Scrappers

Hello!!

I'm back with another lo for 

Creative Scrappers!!

My dd says...It GREEN mama!!

It is!! But I like it!! :)

It didn't photograph well, but here it is!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

I hope you have a wonderful, love filled day!!

Until next time................tootles!!

Sketches in Thyme

Hello!!

I received these WONDERFUL cogs

and gears this week from

Miss Pat at Gentlewoodfarms!!

I was so excited to get them and use them!!

This LO is of my daughter taking apart

an old broken dvd/vcr box.

She wondered how it worked so I 

told her to take it apart and find out!!

She's trying to decide what she wants to do in life.

What to take in collage and such, and she had 

thought maybe an engineer, but is re-thinking it 

and maybe interested in something more

like IT or something more mechanical. 

I think it's awesome. 

Since she took this apart, she has also

explored 2 old laptops, a tv and clock!!

This is the LO I did  to document

her discovery. I used a sketch from

Sketches in Thyme #85:

Thanks for looking!!

Until next time................tootles!!

Creative Scrappers

A quick drop off for 

Creative Scrappers #217:

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Until next time.........................tootles!!

Heritage Layouts

Hello again!!

I found this fabulous new paper stack

on the clearance rack and it totally

sparked the idea for a few heritage pages.

Here are two of them:

For Creative Scrappers:

My Great-Grandmother

For Sketches in Thyme:

My Great-Grandfather (he was a chef)
(he also owned a BEAUTIFUL set of Tiffany lamps)

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Love to have visitors!

Hope each of you have a wonderful day!!

Until next time......................tootles!!

Long time no post.........

Hello!!

I know it's been a while since I've been here!!

I seem to be in a bit of a scrap slump this month.

My creativity went on vacation, I suppose.

Luckily it came back for a visit this week,

so I have a few things to share!!

For Sketches in Thyme:

Paper Pretties-Monday-embossing:

I have a couple more that need uploaded.

I sure hope you'll stop back by!!

Have a wonderful, love filled weekend.

Until next time...................tootles!!

Word Art Wednesday

Today I have a card to share.

I've used the word art from

Word Art Wednesday

to create it!! Love this verse!!

Thanks so much for stopping in for a peek!!
Sure do appreciate your visits

and the notes you leave for me!!

They always put a smile on my face!! 

Thank you!!

Until next time......................tootles!!

God has a Plan

Hello!!

Isn't wonderful to know

that God has a plan for our life??

He knew us before we were born,

and had a plan just for you!! Just for me!!

I love this weeks verse at Word Art Wednesday:

What a wonderful promise and blessing for each of us!!
I also came across this wonderful word of truth this week:

Although Jesus may not always approve of our actions or choices, 

He always approves of us as a person whom He created, 

whom He loves, and whom He thought 

was important enough to die for.   -Tracie Miles

We are IMPORTANT to God!!

Right down to the plan for our life!! 

WOW!! What an AMAZING God I serve!!

I so hope that you do too!!

Having said that....

Here is the card I created using the verse at

Word Art Wednesday.

I'll also be using it for the challenge at 

Stampin' Sisters in Christ. We are to use something new

on our card this week. The paper, flower and pearls

are all new things used on my card!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!
I hope you found some encouragement in this post!!
I hope that each and everyone of you,

have a wonderful, love filled week, knowing

that GOD loves you, cares for you and

has a plan for your life!!

Until next time.......................tootles!!

Two Cards

A couple of cards to share today!!

First up is Lollipop Crafts:

And one of my favorite places,

Word Art Wednesday:

Thanks so much for stopping by!!
Have a wonderful, sunny week!!

Until next time..............................tootles!!

Layouts

Hello!!

I have 2 layouts to share today!!

For Sketches in Thyme #80:

Vashti and Tweety

For Creative Scrappers #213:

Getting ready for braces

I do know that the s on braces came off!! I have since,

glued it back into place!! Sorry!! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

I hope that each of you have a

wonderful, love filled week!!

Until next time....................tootles!!

Tender Heart

Hello!!

I have a layout to share today for the challenge at

Sketchabilities--#73.

It's always so nice to have visitors,

so thank you for stopping for a visit!!

I hope that you have a wonderful, 

love filled week!!

Until next time...............tootles!!

God is SO Good!!

Hello everyone!!

So happy you took the time to

stop by!! I hope you'll also take a moment

and say hello in the comment section!!

I love to have visitors!!

One card for two challenges today.

For Card Patterns and

Word Art Wednesday.

Love the verse this week at WAW!!

God is SO good!! 

How blessed are we that He hears our requests?!

The card I created using CP's Sketch

and WAW's word art:

Thanks bunches for stopping by!!

If you have an extra moment, please read my last 

entry about my DD and chickens in the 

Dominican Republic!!

Until next time.........................tootles!!