Holtz Configurations 4 box

Last weekend I took a class led by "THE" Tim Holtz.
He was a great speaker- charismatic, good salesman and instructive. Short though.
You should have seen the women swoon over him though!



Made this Configurations Box.


I tried to only use Tim Holtz items that represented something about me like "3" for my religion (father/son/HG), film strip for my love of photos and scrapping, pearls & jewels for my blessings, cage for my issues, viles of bling for wishes.



Added some personal items-
"A" "M" "Y" in different boxes to spell my name.
A red "rose" pinecone my hubby gave me long ago
a blue jack from my kid's toy box
a photo of my family (background of top right box)
photo of dh & I (bottom left corner)
a guardian angel pin my sister gave me (can't see in this pic but it's inside the watch





Top right corner has a jack from my kids' toy box, an altered doll, a broken ruler part, a pen nub and a pic of my family to represent my playful side and my children.



Even the back that noone sees is pretty.


Some pics from Scrapbook Island's blog:




I even found "me" on Tim's blog.
timholtz.typepad.com
I'm the person in purple at the table 5th pic down. Okay, I have no head in the pic, but it's still me. :)

Camping with friends

Camping with family is great, but we also enjoy camping with friends.
Or even Just going for a nature hike with my love, my hubby.

Campfires Burning

Our family is a camping family. It's not glamourous. It's not even expensive.
It's family time at it's best! Nature, family and God. Perfection!

Soothing Sounds of Waves

Time to relax to the sound of waves, feel the warmth of the sun caressing your skin and taste and smell the salty air. Listen to the seagulls fly overhead and children's laughter in the distance. Oh, I'm home!






These pages express the relaxed soothing feel of the beach to me. Hope you enjoyed a moment in time.

Glitz Design

Glitz Design is unveiling some new yummy collections, perfect for heritage pics.


Check them out!

Cowboy Up!

I'm a sucker for a little boy cowboy. So when my soon to be 5 year old son let me pick cowboy for his 5th birthday party, I was super excited. I made a banner, fun name tags for all the food, wanted posters of each child guest, cupcake picks. We even created from large appliance boxes a "bad-guy jail" and an "okay dokey horse corral" for the hobby horses. The party was a blast. My favorite thing being the hobby horse race.




I finally got around to scrapping it. I had so many great pictures I had to make an interactive page with lots of fold out books to house all the pics.

This opens down the center to reveal a 24"x12" layout inside

On the inside, all the photos are accordion folded with tabs to pull out to reveal even more photos!

For my sister

My oldest sister got me into scrapping back in 1994!
She was a Creative Memories consultant before they were CM. Once called "Shoebox to Showcase."
For my high school graduation, she gave me an album with "stuff" and I scrapped my high school years in one album over the summer before heading off to college. I loved it!

Since then, she has raised and home-schooled 4 children, had a grand-baby, went back to college and now works as an OB nurse. Oh, and her and her husband just bought a ranch they are fixing up. So I guess she might be just a bit busy.

My 3 sisters and I try to get together once a year to scrapbook & spa together. This year, she brought me some pics and asked me to work my magic. I took only a few so I could really focus on them. Here are 2 pages I created for her.

My sister and her hubby as Disneyland.

Created for the PaperSecrets July Color Challenge of Red, White and Blue
Used up scraps here!

My Sister's MIL's 2nd wedding

Used lots of products I won from Scrapbook.com on National Scrapbook Day! So this page was basically free to make.