Queen of the Crop

Hello hello hello. Monday is here, & I am a little sad to say that this will be my last sketch on the DT for Nuts About Sketches . New team starts with the next sketch. And although I will surely miss being on the team, I will continue to pull her sketches weekly & use them. Here is what I created w/ the latest sketch: There is a dairy farm a few miles from our house. At that dairy farm is a little restaurant , as well as a little petting zoo. At that zoo they have farm animals as well as rare & unusual animals. The best part is that it is totally free! The kids love going there & seeing the animals, as the pictures show. Always a fun time. Thanks for looking, & thanks Shawn for allowing me to be on your DT for the past year.

You got it! Monday morning, Monday Nuts About Sketches sketch. My term is almost up with her, so this is one of the last ones that you will see. I am sure that I will continue to do the sketches, but just not as her DT member. But with out further ado, here is what I created with her latest sketch: As I've been scrapping, I seem to have a lot of photos of my father, but not so many of my mother. I will definitely need to do something about that moving forward. But here is my father with baby Audra. He just loves his grand kids as you can tell by the look in his eyes. Thanks for stopping by. See you soon.

Oh my goodness! Have you seen the sketches that the girls are creating at Chicas Getting Crafty lately? They are awesome! I was one of the lucky ones to design with Kimmy's sketches this month, so I would like to share with you what I have created. These are pictures of Emma (yes, I know, I haven't forgotten about Audra!), & our dog Charley. We were so worried that Charley wouldn't take to Emma, but he immediately became her protector the day we brought her home. Here, Emma is 7 months old, & just starting to move around. He would sit & watch her every move. She loved it when he was near, & learned to pull up by using his back to steady herself. Supplies used: Almost everything I used was from the Basic Grey Euphoria line: paper, buttons, letters, brads, chipboard. Karen Foster Design green Scrappers Floss Colorbox chalk ink- lavender & blue Thanks for the wonderful sketch, Kimmy, & thank you all for stopping by to look, & don't forget to ch...

Hello there! How are you this fine Monday in August. August! Holy smokes, where has this summer gone?? Thanks to Shawn, I was able to create another fun layout using one of her sketches for Nuts About Sketches. Here is what I came up with: These are fun pictures of Easter 2010. We had gone to church with my parents, then went back to their house for an egg hunt, & a wonderful, traditional, Easter ham dinner. Fun fun fun. Thanks for looking, hope to see you back soon.

When Peachy Laura from Chicas Getting Crafty asked us to chose a part of a wedding to scrap about, the first thing that popped into my mind was the cake, so I blurted that out right away. Then I thought, how am I going to scrap a wedding cake??! I have never scrapped any of our wedding photos, then I thought that I would flub it & scrap one of the kids birthday cakes(shhh, don't tell Laura!). As I was flipping through photos, I found the perfect "wedding cake" pictures! My parents, on their 40th wedding anniversary, renewed their vows & had a huge celebration, much like a wedding. They had gotten married in Germany & only a handful of people attended, so they went all out this time, & had the big traditional "wedding" for the renewal. The cake was no exception! Here are the photos of the cake, them cutting, & feeding each other. Still as in love, & 1000x more, as the day they were married. Supplies used: Foof-a-la patterned paper Bazzil ...

Oh my! I had thought I had set this up to post while I was on my cruise, but I still had it set as a draft! I hope I didn't disappoint you! Anyway, this gives me the opportunity to tell you that Tony & I had a wonderful time on our cruise! It was so nice to get away, just the two of us, & reconnect a bit. With all of his travel for work, the impending move on our minds, it was nice to push all of that aside & just enjoy each other with out any distractions. We got massages, pedicures, drank an awful lot! & just had a wonderful time. Since we cruised to Canada, it was a lot colder than what we thought, but over all it was so much fun, & well deserved & needed. The kids return tomorrow, so back to life we go. Onto the craft stuff. Of course this is a Nuts About Sketches take on a sketch, it is Monday (well, now Tuesday) after all. The picture is of the girls this past Easter. The sun was in their eyes so they kinda look like they've been ...

Hello friends! We have some new sketch designers in town! And what wonderful sketches they are coming up with over at Chicas Getting Crafty . I was able to work with Kimmy's sketch & love it! It left a lot of room for the imagination! I also used the monochromatic theme that they have going this month. I used mostly green, as green is, & has always been, my favorite color. I hope you enjoy what I have done with it. The pictures are of Emma, my oldest, when she was 10 months old, & learning to feed herself. She would sit there forever, but would be so proud of herself that she was able to eat on her own. Not sure how much she would get in her belly in those days, but she gave it every effort she could. Supplies used: Nikki Silvis Flaming Butterfly patterned paper Nikki Silvis Dan the Record Man patterned paper American Crafts Thickers - Felt black Colorbox chalk ink - Dark Moss Random: cardstock Thank you for stopping by. I hope to see you back here in the days to com...

Good morning! It is a happy day for me! In about an hour or two, my girls will be with my parents, & Tony & I are going on a long awaited cruise to celebrate our 10 year anniversary (which was in March). It is just a 4 night cruise, but we are so looking forward to it! Just the two of us, phones left at home, & just enjoying some time along, together. On another note, I don't think that I have mentioned to you that the Grassi's have made a very big important decission. Tony has accepted a job/promotion in Houston, so by the end of the year, we will be relocating to TX. Big news, right?? This is a very wise career move for him. Once there, the sky is the limit & I am pretty sure that he will climb the corporate ladder quickly. (he has already been promise another promotion w/in the year after we get there!!). Please keep us in your prayers as we begin this very difficult, yet exciting journey. On another note, my sister got engaged!!! Isn't that fabulous! I a...

Happy happy Monday! And by now, you certainly know that with Monday comes a new sketch by Shawn at Nuts About Sketches . These pictures are of Emma & her 2nd Christmas. We had gone to my parents house to celebrate Christmas, & she was all over the place. She was just as content to climb on & sit on the packages as she was opening them. It was a fun day & the best part was that it was spent with family. (Audra was there, but still in my belly....). Thanks for looking. See you back soon.