Wahoooooooo...

Okay - girls so I'll quit my snow dance now! LOL Just for you guys who have to get out and drive around in it! Snow sledding and Snow Angels everywhere!

A little after snow playing snack- homemade banana walnut bread with honey butter and coffee! (just hot chocolate for the lil guy)

I'm usually not always about the healthy stuff BUT Scott is AND I have to watch my sugar- this bread doesn't have even a teaspoon of added granulated sugar and was STILL delicious! It was made with wheat flour, 2 bananas, applesauce, honey, and walnuts! The honey butter makes it sweeter too! yum!

Watch out for these Elves!

These merry lil Elves are sooo much fun!! If you are still working on some Christmas layouts these are GREAT embellishments! You can make them Christmasy or snowy! If you had the elf on a shelf then these are perfect! Check 'em out! Just stamp them up with staz on and color 'em up how you want!

You can stamp them right on your page or cut them out and add with 3d dots for embellishments.

I used markers for most of the color.. Use the paint brush end for brilliant looking strokes. I used the blending pen and vanilla cream for the skin. I used watercolor pencils for cheeks!

Oh the weather outside is frightful.............

SNOW Snow and more snow! I for one LOVE it - HOWEVER I do not have to be out in it so it makes it easy for me to love it! Snow and rain is like a free pass for a lazy day for me! Here is some old artwork to set the mood! This is one of my most favorite pages I've EVER done!

This is my mom playing with my nephews.. So sweet!

This was a page I done when I FIRST became a consultant- like 2 years ago! Recognize this Shannon?! LOL

This card was so fun to make too! Most of the colors for the page above and for this card are twilight, crystal blue, outdoor denim, and bamboo! I love BAMBOO for backgrounds! :-) I put liquid glass on all the snowflakes! I LOVE liquid glass for use on cards you plan to mail. They dont get stuck in the postal machines like some of the brads and ribbon can, but it still makes a beautiful card!

Its a illness.. it really is....

Most scrapbookers I know are HOARDERS! Maybe you aren't in ANY other area but you keep ALL your paper pieces & you just cant throw away ANYTHING that perhaps, might possibly, one day, could be part of a scrapbook page! ;-) I guess that is all okay- we just Must be organized! Organization post are ALL over the blogs in January and I will hopefully JUMP on the band wagon myself. I did want to share this photo of my sponges! LOL I keep them all in lil baggies with a post it note on the inside with what color they are! Instead of grabbing a new piece of sponge and throwing it away and going through a million in a month - i find this makes me feel better! I put them all in a BIG ol bag and it takes me about 30 seconds to file through and find one I need! ;-) Hopefully in the next week or two I'll complie a list of all these awesome ladies I know and their organization tips this month! ;-)

WINGS!

If you are a butterfly fan (I am NOT lol) this is your paper! hahah! Even if you aren't I think you will love it! I would NEVER have thought to put these colors together but they work perfectly. (that is why those CTMH execs make the big bucks and I just play with the paper!) This is January's Workshop for my club girls! It comes with 22 pieces of paper, black mini medley accents packs, a spray pen, and the STAMP set for $29.95. Cant beat it - Oh did I mention it comes with a FULL color brochure with instructions and cutting diagrams to complete this layout! and 3 cards! Its fool proof! Here are some of the papers....

In REVIEW.................

I love to do these pages now.. I did last years in 'you rock.' I chose Wings this year just to see how versatile I could get the papers to be! There isn't a whole lot to these pages but that is the point! To fit in as many photos as you can and what best describes your family for that year! So here ya go - The McCrary's in review....

Some detail on the front page.

Okay - let me explain! I actually still have TWO more pages to do before this 'layout' is completed. the top two are the inside of the layout. the bottom right corner will be split to go on the sides of the top layout with flip flaps. The bottom left will go on top of another page with flip flaps. I only had one set of 6 x 12 flip flaps so I couldn't put it together and I was getting too tired to do the other pages I needed! LOL

This is a better look at how it will appear in my album.. :-) When I get the middle 'green' page in the flip flaps- I'm gonna tie them together with some black ribbon like a door to open! AIIGH! I cant wait- ill post the completed work! :-) LOVE THE FLIP FLAPS! If you haven't tried them you MUST! They are sooo much fun and VERY inexpensive!

Whoa!

Its been a week since I've posted last! I think that countdown to Christmas done me in! :-) I am working with WINGS as we speak (or type!) Stay tuned!!!

WWW.JEANETTELYNTON.COM

As you know Jeanette is CTMH's founder and CEO. I hope you follow her blog b/c she has so many creative ideas and inspirations there. Her current post is her very LAST "Color me Monday." Its a gorgeous combination of buttercup, outdoor denim, grey flannel, and sky. I loved this featured 'mix n mingle.'

As I said this is her last 'color me Monday,' but she is starting a trend of all new motivation with 52 weeks of WONDER! A STAMPING TECHNIQUE every single week! Yahoo! I just cant wait!

http://www.jeanettelynton.com

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

CHRISTMAS EVE!!

.....is all about food around my house!!!!

..and SOOO much Christmas candy making that you cant even give it ALL away!! I still have 4 bags! LOL

Tomorrow I have an auto post set to post a pic of Will and Santa!!

2 days left to go until Christmas morning!!!

Okay so you better be ready for Christmas! I have one more thing to buy and wrap! That is TOTALLY not like me!!! I am usually COMPLETELY done at least a week before... man does having a 2 year old change things! hahah Here's a few things I wanted to share! Ever since I started with CTMH (2 years now!) I don't get around to scrapping my old traditional way.. BOTH ways are fun- including looking at the gorgeous layouts in the 'how to books' and getting great ideas and beautiful matching paper & inks! However- sometimes I miss how I used to sit down with my pictures, some memorabilia, and a BLANK white page! Well Will is into Diego (& Dora which kills Scott! lol- I just tell him he has a crush on her!) So we got him a really cool Diego game.. Right before I wrapped it I noticed how NICE the package was. This is a raised embossed picture of Diego - I PLAN on cutting this baby out! Which made me think- i need to do that will ALL his gifts!!! Its a nice sentiment when some keeps a bow or tag or a card from a gift but when you are a scrapbooker these are AWESOME embellishments! So remember before you chuck all that trash, boxes, bows, and leftover paper- cut some cool embellishments off the gifts for your pages! Here is another cute idea you can do for your gifts. My friend Teneal made these super cute tags for her children! Christmas is so much more magical when you have kids (after you stop being one yourself! lol) Hearing them say and believe in Santa Claus is so special. How can you NOT smile! She made these tags to put on their presents from Santa. She laminated them to re-use year after year! Very cool! She also shared with me a trick she found. You can buy these really cool laminating sheets at Sams now. (and probably other places) You just slide in whatever you want to laminate and it adheres perfectly- no heating required! Check them out!

Last but not least Mrs. Lindsay couldn't be at our workshop Monday night but she sent me a picture of her completed pages! Love it girl! So glad you got to work them up so fast!

3 days until Christmas.... EVENSONG LEVEL 1

It's Christmas CRUNCH time and I haven't been creating too much this week with club, last minute shopping for Christmas and all. So here is an oldie but goodie from last year! I hope you all are having a great Christmasy week! I know these pages are a little busy BUT they were so much fun to do!! :-)

I think we ended up putting liquid glass to fill in this 'c'.

4 days left to go!

WALKING IN A WINTER WONDERLAND! You will absolutely have the Christmas spirit if you walk into Helen's Restaurant in Gainesboro TN! I have a monthly club Workshop with these great ladies once a month at Helen's. Carol Pippin owns Helen's and is a scrapbooker! Every Christmas she turns her place into this AWESOME Christmas spectacular! These photos are taken with my cell phone and don't even come CLOSE to giving justice to how detailed and gorgeous these decorations are! If you live close and have NEVER been there then YOU must call or email me for directions! You will enjoy it - I PROMISE! Just one of the MANY wreaths she has hanging...

Mistletoe CLUB!

Had mistletoe Workshop with Club Scrapbook Superstars last night! I LOVE when the girls switch the paper or try something new too! I took a layout from Magic for our workshop! Here are few things they done different! Instead of journal Carol stamped in some CUTE Christmas decor! The next two are Emily's!

So pretty!

Terri decorated the top with her stickease! Cute Cute! She had her pics with her too! Picture always COMPLETE a page don't they!?!?

Stocking Stuffers!

Aren't these so ADORABLE!!! My fellow CTMH consultant sista GINA Brandstetter made these next two photo items! They are sooo cute! I got to know Gina when we roomed together at convention this past summer. She is SO sweet, creative, and talented! It has been so great getting to know her. I love that she lives in TN too! LOL Check out these awesome cocoa packets!! You check her out at http://www.gmbscrapper.blogspot.com/. She has a super cute card on there today using the snowman "All Decked Out."

Some more cards I made with this simple pattern for a lil extra gift!

5 days to go!! CHRISTMAS CARDS!

I love Christmas Cards! I LOVE going to the mailbox and getting mail anyway- I know- a lil weird! BUT just to know that I'll probably get a cute card of a family I love just makes me that much more super excited! Here is our Christmas card for 2010! These are the ones I've received so far! I got this tree holder a while back and I love it but you don't get to see ALL the cards really well.. I try to stick the photo cards up front...

Here is my sister's Christmas card for this year! Check out this gorgeous family!! Its funny because I can see my nephew's personalities exactly how they are oozing out of their photos! LOL She and I used to take our photo in front of the tree when we were kids to!

OKAY.......NOW this one! Have you ever seen a more funny card?! I LOVE it! It is SOOO this family to have a card like this... My friend Stacey keeps me sane most days. Her & her family are so special to me! (please don't kill me for posting your Christmas card!) I took it with my phone so sorry its blurry!