my baby is turning 21

My daughter is turning 21 on Saturday April 26th. I can't believe it. It seems like only yesterday I was holding her in my arms completely ecstatic over a newborn adorable baby girl. The time has gone by quickly. I am very blessed that my daughter has stayed faithful to the Lord Jesus and the church. She is a wonderful caring young lady and that is hard to find among many at her age. I praise the Lord for her everyday. I have been busy scrapping digitally and want to share some recent LO's, one is a gift for my daughter for her birthday. It is photos of each of her first 20 birthdays and then a recent one. The template used is by C Schnieder at sweet shoppe, The kit is "Love is a Journey" by Lise Lotte Sunesen.

I have also been busy doing some heritage LO's. I have really enjoyed scanning old photos of my family and have done several LO's. This one I am sharing is of my dad in his early years. The template is by Jen Maceyunas at scrap outside the box. The kit I am using is by a new designer who has done an awesome job. It is called "Grandma's House" by April Sevigny. It is a huge kit and she has it divided into 2 element and 1 paper kits.


I hope you enjoy these. I will try and post a little more often. You are always welcome to check out my latest LO's in my gallery at the scrappinggarden here
Have a great day and remember God is in control.

guest blogger this week

I am the guest blogger at the scrapping garden this weeek, come and check it out here

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It's March already!!!

I can't believe how fast this year is going. It seems like only yesterday we were setting of fireworks and waiting for the magic stroke of midnight. So many things have been happening and it is sometimes hard to keep up with. We are doing fine here in Alaska, our corps is getting very excited about building a new corps. Currently, we have no classrooms, which really inhibit young families from coming. We have very little space for storage, and the current building really is not in a good location anymore. A majority of our active members live at least 10 miles away here in Wasilla and so we are planning on building on camp grounds. It will be great.
I am actively learning scrapbooking on the computer and a little about designing kits for digital scrapbooking. This in turn is great information in designing Salvation Army stuff. I am also doing our Sunday School Iditarod contest which we started in February and will conclude the end of this month. We have been having a great time and everyone seems to be enjoying it as well as and most important really, they have been responding to the lessons learned about their faith. Even got some learning Bible verses each week.
I have been working on several Layouts and will be sharing just a few hear today. Check out the slide show for more of my work, hope you enjoy these. thanks for reading my blog. Credits for LO: Pat Hall kit "Tyler", template from gottapixel challenge.

outside my comfort zone

ok, I have done it, I have been working on learning to design and I know that I am not that good, but one of the challenges at the scrapping garden for Feb 08 was to use the color swatch for a LO or mini kit. I chose the later. The preview is above. To download this humble beginnings, ( I have much to learn), click here

It's the 5th of February all ready

Ok, who is moving the time so quickly. Seems like only yesterday it was Christmas. The year seems to be going so quickly. Many things has been taking place and boy I hope it slows down. My husband is working out near our home now at the local hospital so that is good, he has been getting called in alot this week so is getting tired. But it will be nice if we can get a little ahead since he was off the whole month of December. My daughter finally got a job, started on the 24th of January. She worked full time the week of Jan. 28 to February 2 and then the morning of the 3rd the day care where she works caught on fire. It didn't destroy it but there was a lot of damage and so for the time being she is not working again. My team lost the Super Bowl and Jessica sprained her ankle playing with some kids after the game at church. The wind is blowing outside but it is warmer than it has been of course it is only feeling like 3 degrees, (last few days got to 20 below without wind). All in all, God is in control and I praise Him no matter what is going on. I know His ways are perfect and He will never leave me. Have another LO to share. This one is my wonderful husband, being his usual silly self (gotta love that). I used the kit called About a Man

the snow is falling, I am cozy and warm

we have gotten quite a bit of snow in the last 24 hours and it finally looks like winter. My daughter started her new job yesterday and I am so happy, the only problem is I have to drive her to work and then go back and pick her up excet 2 days a week. It is 11 miles away so that is going to be a little difficult. But at least she is finally working and going to be able to save some money. I have the privilage of being a CT for Pat Hall and Lise Lotte Sunesen. The LO's posted today are from Pat's new kit called True Love and Lise's kit called grandma's flowers. I hope you enjoy them.