a couple of kits

A couple of kits I will have available at the crop on saturday. If you know you want one for sure, let me know and so I can hold one back for you. This are gonna be as cheap as you will get! lol

This is a one pager. I may come up with a simaliar page, but not sure of that yet. This kit will be $5.00 and comes with instructions. Your title can be cut out the day of the crop.


This Page is a one pager, but the next page uses the same paper and will look great next to this one in your scrapbook, so these two are a kit. This kit will sell for $7.00 and comes with complete instructions.

This kit is a 2 page Halloween or pumpkin patch layout. I love the cricut cut out's and I think you will too! It is $7.00 also and comes with complete instructions.

Now if you want all three, the cost will be $16.00. I hope to see all of you there on saturday!!! If you can't come for the whole day, come by and see the kits and grab you a couple. Rona will have her awesome kits also.

My Scrapbook Room

ok, so here is the before of my scrapbook room. ok, so it was soooo much worse than this, but this is where it was right after i got my new cabinet in. lol

from here down is the somewhat finished version! this is my turn around embellishment station. ok, so i just thought of that, but it sounds good. i found this at a tool sale with mark, it was black so i painted it green. i love it! i took alot of my little embellies and put them in here.

my trusty ink pad holder. it used to have a space between the four slots, but it only made it longer and i really didn't like it, so mark fixed it for me. i like it alot better.

i labeled the ends of my ink pads, then i seen Shirley's and she just put the color on them, so that's what i did! lots easier!

ok the top of this picture is my stamp organization. i got those plastic things from rona. i'm gonna catalog all my stamps. i'll have more on that later. that's a whole 'nother post. then on the counter is my cool spice rack thingy's on a lazy susan. i found both these at garage sales. in the glass containers are all kinds of brads! soooo cool! also on the counter is my cricut expression. love it!

i will never ever use all these brads. but aren't they pretty!

just a iris cart, but inside is my collection of BLING! i love bling. and glitter. anything shiney!

lots of stuff here. i have my card making stuff in there. (now i have to start making cards!) and all my class materials, esp PAPER! stacks and stacks of paper. oh how i love paper!

classes ready to go!

i got this cool little cabinet from work. when they were cleaning out, i won it at a silent auction! i gave less than 5 bucks for it! inside it is more stuff, like my fancy pants chipboard and acrylic. and some kits that need to be finished. oh and that coors rug, a gift from my cool friend Debbie!

My alphabets. sorted by each alpha. love this system. i have tons of packages that must be added. i wish kaydin would hurry up and learn his abc's so he could help me, instead of trying to eat them!!! lol

found this little gem at simply a dollar. LOVE IT! it holds my cat eyes perfectly!! wish i would of gotten a couple more.

the orange and green iris carts i'm gonna store my stickers. they are long enough and i am gonna sort them out into catagories. that should be fun.

my cricut drawer. where my gypsy lives.

tool drawer. i'm sure i have more junk to go in here!

another iris cart. this one for my flowers! love my flowers!

now this is my newest addition. i love this iris cart. the drawers are soo cool. they lock. i'll have to take another picture of them to show. they are cool. i am putting my paper and the embellies that match into these. like christmas, halloween, sports, baby. i hope this works!

my papaer. another thing i got from the hospital auction. the wooden dividers between my paper. you can't see it, but it is there. this was actually in my office until i didn't need it anymore. i was happy to win it!!!!

whoops, how did this messy one get in here?

ok, gotta run get the grandboy. I'll be back later, if he lets me. he's getting so bossy these days! lol

Summer Crop!

Ok, here is the 2 page layout that I will be teaching at the crop on August 21st. It does not have a title yet, you will get to decide what you want on the day of the crop! so if you have pictures you want to add to this layout, be thinking of a title and make you one on the cricut on the 21st. as always, i think this picture doesn't do the page justice! Let me know if you have any questions!

pictures of my projects

Sorry for the bad pictures, but here's the other 2 layouts I'll be doing. In the mother layout i cut a dolie out on my expression. I'm not sure if you can see that or not, but it looks pretty cool! i love my expression! Also, if you sign up by May 14 you will recieve a two page layout from me! Just let me know that you signed up and are sending Rona your check, and you'll get it on June 5th!




The other two layouts are on the 3rd post down.

I really hope you can join us!!!!!!

Scrapping and Cropping!

ok, so we changed the date today! alot of people already had plans, and we didn't get the info out real early so we're gonna do it in June! We are hoping this date is better! I have all my layouts done and will post pictures soon. let me tell you, i have been playing with my cricut and have used a large doile from my mothers day cartridge, and it is the bomb!!!!! I really hope you will like, I do! lol I'm cleaning in my scraproom, getting ready for a crop tomorrow night at church and hoping to do some scrapping this weekend, but as soon as I get a chance i'll post some more pictures!

Here's the info:

Hi everyone!! We had some scheduling issues with our National Scrapbook Day event we had planned, so we are rescheduling it for Saturday June 5th!! We really want to see a bunch of our scrapping friends, so tell every scrapper you know :)

Below are a few “sneak peeks” of what we will be making! (If you can't see them, they are attached also) Rona will be teaching a two page layout and at least 5 cards! (see http://scraprona.blogspot.com and click the link on the right that says Class Examples ); Cynde will be teaching three 2 page layouts and two 1 page layouts. (see http://cyndesharok.blogspot.com); AND, Nikki will be teaching 4 layouts! (see http://gracie33.blogspot.com ).
All the projects are on our blogs, and if you have trouble finding them, please email one of us and will be glad to help!

So have you EVER done that many pages in ONE day plus made some cute cards, won prizes, received a fabulous goody bag, maybe even learned something new AND had a ton of fun? Well even if you have – you should definitely join us on June 5th 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Autism Center, 611 N. Fountain Street. (Email Rona for directions!)

The cost is only $45.00 and space is limited to the first 20 people signed up. You can email Rona at rmallard@semo.edu or Cynde at cyndesharok@hotmail.com or Nikki at scraphappy33@gmail.com if you have any questions and to get your name on the list. Please send your check to Rona Mallard, PO Box 124, Jackson, MO 63755 to hold your spot.

We are very excited about this because we had so much fun last time!! It was great to catch up with some friends we hadn’t seen in a while! The chairs are comfy, the tables are the perfect size and we even had a power point so you can see the examples nice and BIG!! Don’t miss out! (we would miss you!)

National Scrapbook Day!

have ya heard? we're having some classes and a crop on May 1ST here are the details.

National Scrapbook Day is May 1st and we would love to CELEBRATE with you!! Below are a few “sneak peeks” of what we will be making! Rona will be teaching a two page layout and at least 5 cards! (see http://scraprona.blogspot.com ); Cynde will be teaching three 2 page layouts and two 1 page layouts. (see http://cyndesharok.blogspot.com); AND, Nikki will be teaching 4 layouts! (see http://gracie33.blogspot.com ). We will be adding more “sneak peeks” to our blogs in the coming weeks!

here's just two of my layouts

So have you EVER done 14 great pages in ONE day plus made some cute cards, won prizes, received a fabulous goody bag, maybe even learned something new AND had a ton of fun? Well even if you have – you should definitely join us on May 1st 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Autism Center, 611 N. Fountain Street. The cost is only $45.00 and space is limited to the first 20 people signed up. You can email Rona at rmallard@semo.edu or Cynde at cyndesharok@hotmail.com or Nikki at scraphappy33@gmail.com if you have any questions and to get your name on the list. Please send your check to Rona Mallard, PO Box 124, Jackson, MO 63755 to hold your spot.
We are very excited about this because we had so much fun last time!! It was great to catch up with some friends we hadn’t seen in a while! The chairs are comfy the tables are the perfect size and we even had a power point so you can see the examples nice and BIG!! Don’t miss out! (we would miss you!)

It's been how long????

wow. how time flies. i'm not sure i even know how to do this! but i really want to show how much fun we had saturday at the crop and classes! so lets see if i can upload some pictures!

nikki teaching her class

some of the examples using the ippity stamps. these stamps are awesome!

more examples and kits

working hard!

Rona even had a power point in her class! she had some awesome cards!

I had a great time and even got to talk to my friend from high school, Helen, that I haven't seen in years! We are definatly doing it again! The center was the perfect place to have it. the tables were great and the chairs comfy. If you would like to get a kit of the pages we did saturday,or any of the generous kits rona had with her ippity stamps let me, rona, or nikki know. The goodie bags were awesome as were the prizes!

lazy summer day

and fathers day. just kinda hanging around the house today. sent the husband and daughter to walmart and me and kaydin are hanging at home. lol having mom and dad and noah, amanda and neil up for supper. and cardinals are kicking butt here in the 4th inning. hope they can keep this up. sure glad i am NOT at this game. can you imagine how hot it has to be??? yuck! not that doesn't sound like a true cardinal fan, does it. lol. but i am. just really haven't gotten in the swing of the game yet this year. i will have to change that!

well, Rona has gotten me back in the scrapping and ebay swing of things! i love ebay, something about having that item shipped right to my door and i don't have to go to hob lob to get it. adn good deals at that! i have bought SEVERAL cart. and various items. including things to go with the cuttlebug, which i don't have the machine. YET. but i will. just haven't found one at the right price yet. lol. may have to check out hob lob this week, they have a 40% off coupon adn hopefully i can use a coupon on it. will have to check that out.

oh, are ya gonna join us at the retreat??? this is such a cool get a way. trust me. and rona is doing all kinds of stuff to celebrate her 4-0 birthday. it is gonna be FUN!!!!! let me know if you wanna come and i'll put ya down.

well better start cooking. kaydin finally went down. yeah! oh and to check ebay again!

What to do

Markie's surgery went good. she is home and being the pain that she is after any procedure, lol. me and poor kaydin have to put up with her. i really want to get in my scraproom and tear it up and put it back together again, but we have markie's graduation party saturday, so i guess i will clean the house. kaydin's a good baby, he'll sit in his bouncy chair watching the fish swim. he loves that thing! he laughed yesterday and markie just loved it. he is all smiles these days. so much fun!

um, hello, remember me?

I can't believe it has been 2 and a half months. wow! alot has happened. let me see if i can remember it all! i'll go backwards!

Sunday I took pictures of my friends grandson and kaydin. Layton is 1 week older than kaydin. but kaydin is bigger! lol

This outfit was Mark's when he was a baby. His father picked it out for him. Mark's father passed away when he was around 4 years old.

this pictures shows just how sweet kaydin is. he is very laid back and so sweet! give him a few months, years.

over memorial day weekend we went camping. This is baby noah. he has grown. alot. and he now loves those hard cookies that grandma bought for him. his mommy doesn't like them, they are messy. who care what mommy likes. and those cheeks. very kissable. very.

the day before we left for camping we bought this new camper. well not new, it's a year older than our other one, but very nice! read on to find out why we had to get a new one.

Storms blew thru our small town on May 8th, one week before graduation. totalled our beloved camper. bent the axel or whatever you call it. the storm is also responsible for our new roof we will be getting. i have to decide what color it's gonna be. what? who cares.

Markie and two of her friends had trash the prom dress fun. and i got to play photographer! Loads of fun!!!! the dress where old prom dresses, not this years.

Prom. markie was on prom court, but didn't get queen. kaydin still thinks she should of gotten queen.

whoops, this should of been futher up. graduation day. YEAH!!! she did it and we are very proud of her. she should be proud of herself too! she worked hard and endured alot this year.

just took this. aren't they cute! and boy does he look like his grandpa mark!

oh, and this should of been at the top too. this is what i did this weekend. had fun. just me fun. no kids, no grandkids, just me, a kid and 5 friends. Rona, Cheryl, Janice, Sarah, Marlene and I all got together, rented shadow rest lodge in cape and scrapped from friday night til sunday morning. of course we slept, but we had a blast when we were up! we also did a card swap and i worked on my cards on friday night. it was so much fun just hanging out, scrappin, playing on facebook (they had wireless internet!) and eating. and eating. did i say eating? some of them were on diets, but they ate anyway, lol! we are planning on doing it again in the future. i will have to post pictures of the place. it was absolutely amazing!

well thanks for catching up with me. it's been awhile. tomorrow markie has surgery to remove her gallbladder. then saturday her graduation party. i will be glad when it's over. lol. party will be fun though and can't wait to see everyone. heck, i may have to have a beer! a beer. as in one. any more and i'd be out like a light!

on a serouis note, i'd like to ask you to keep the families of the oran kids in your prayers. they are living every parents nightmare right now. and my heart breaks for them. every single one. they were just kids being kids.