Monkey Fun

So here is the latest Copic creation! I am adding one more tutorial over at GIS for those that are interested and stay tuned for a full class of Copic goodness in the fall. Lori in particular loves this little guy, hmm imagine that!


The girls have had their second round of swimming this week and lots of running around with Mom trying to escape the heat. Today is considerably better so hopefully we will get to make a couple loops on the bikes tonight. We saw a movie at the library with friends yesterday, can't beat Finding Nemo and free popcorn! Today we got to steal Dad from work and eat lunch together and are doing a little quiet time.

Hope all is well out there with family and friends!
Hugs

Thunder and sketches

So I am just plugging away! I am loving the sketches from Sassy Lil Sketches, and this one was so quick and easy! i didn't really make any changes and had photos that dropped right in. i love it when a page comes together lickity split. this one only took about 30 min. and that is with coloring a flower, and putting thread in all the button holes!

The girls had a good week too, be watching for a layout with them in grass hula skirts they made themselves! The weather is beyond wacky right now. flood warnings, thunder storms, on and off down pours, humidity that hits you when you walk out the door like a ton of bricks. BUT we are having a great summer. The girls each earned 2 free books one each from Barnes and Noble and Borders. Each store had summer reading challenges going on and they picked out new books to keep today. Of course Sara has already finished one, but then is that a surprise? Hmm...NO!

Hope all of the family and friends are well sending hugs your way!

New Toy

Two things to post today. The first is a card that includes Copic loveliness and is from a sketch from Sassy Lil Sketches. Thanks ladies!

The next is the results of my first round playing with my new toy! I just got a Copic Air Brush System. Way to fun! Similar to the effect you get with misting inks but a continuous spray and goes with all my markers so I have lots of colors.

Not much else to report today, hot and sticky here big surprise but we are still having fun with bikes, library and the girls are playing at Pump It Up this week for a few days and they love that as well.

Good Morning Monday

Well another week and we are off to the races, at least I am! Lots going on this week. The girls are doing a morning activity Monday, Tuesday and Thursday this week. They are going to Pump it Up for a little play/art time! Way excited. Good thing it is indoors though because we are supposed to have thunder storms here all week! It is pouring as I type. Of course it is still supposed to reach 83 today so no rest from the humidity yikes! Lots of little errands to try to tuck into the day and hopefully an activity of two at the library as well. Oh and to top it off my doodling class starts this morning with a good sized crowd again I am thrilled!

We visited the race track Saturday night and had an absolute blast! Once a year at our local track they do a camel and ostrich race! Hilarious. We knew it was popular and were warned about traffic so we went early, really we did about an hour and 15 min. before start time. It took us about 30 minutes to do the freeway which we knew would, then from exit to parking was over an hour! It is only about 2 miles!!!!!!!! Needles to say we missed the camels BUT the girls were ready with their Pollyanna attitudes and were excited for the ostriches "the ones they really wanted to see". We saw several horse races and the ostriches. Hilarious! Be watching for a layout!

Here is one more layout I managed to finish last weekend (I added a title after) Woo Hoo Thanksgiving 2009, check!

More Art

I am going to attempt to just keep adding layouts here as they come. I am enjoying "sharing" them no matter how many are stopping by.

The girls are at a park day camp from 9-12 this week and are loving it except for the bugs! The mosquitoes took their fair share on Monday! We coated them in bug goop on Tuesday and did better. The heat is so thick you can cut it but we are mixing our time inside and in the sprinklers so we are hanging in there.

I am going to have to take a mini break from scrapping to get working on writing but I am excited with a class on Copic Markers so hope it goes quickly!

Here is another layout from this past weekend.


And here is one of Brenda and I at our crop. I was too excited to use my new papers and do this layout so whipped it together. Sorry about the color I took this at night without natural lighting woops!

Weekend fun!

Well I do not know about all of you but I had a fabulous weekend! A very dear friend from Get It Scrapped came and visited me! Brenda is the first friend from my on-line home that I have been able to meet in person and boy what a treat. We spent Saturday at the CKC convention, shopping taking a couple classes, and then an evening crop. We had a wonderful time and Brenda is sweet, funny and I really had just the best time! The girls got in some golf with dad.

We all headed out on a long bike ride Sunday, about 8 miles, the girls did great and John and I are LOVING riding as a group!

Here is Brenda and I at the crop.


Here is a layout I completed at the crop. Simple and fun.



Here is one of the layouts I completed in my Misting Class, very fun and easy. I need to add some journalling yet but I love the page so far.


Coming soon more jokes! I know you have missed them! Lori earned a joke book at the Library for her reading this summer so I will share the goodness.

Hugs all!

Doodle round three and another sketch

Well the summer just keeps cruising along and the girls and I are keeping busy and out of trouble!
I will be teaching my Oodles for Doodles class over at Get It Scrapped one more time and then will be teaching two more classes this fall. If you have friends who scrap pass the info on if you will there is a special running on the class price through Monday the 12th! I am thrilled to be busy in that arena! I have a new friend coming to visit this weekend. Brenda whom I met on-line is coming to visit and attend the Creating Keepsakes Convention with me in downtown Des Moines. I am looking forward to a day of fun with my new buddy (new in person).

The girls' day camp got cancelled for the week and they are stuck going to the YMCA with me in the mornings which has not gone well as predicted but unavoidable. We are making up for it in the afternoons and having fun crafting and playing.

Last piece of big news John and I got bikes woo hoo and now we can keep up with the two girly girls. We have already done a 4 and 5 mile loop and Sara and John went on another yesterday while Lori sat on the couch feeling puny and I made beds and made lunches (not my first choice!) Hopefully we will all get out tonight even though John is on call. We are LOVING it!!!!!
To finish here is my latest layout , another from Sassy Lil Sketches. Thanks Ladies!

Bill's Boat

Well I managed to get all of LAST summers layouts done so I am officially on to fall. Good thing since last weekend I picked up the 200 plus photos from our trip to Denver this summer. So I am keeping going while I can! Here is another great sketch from Sassy Lil' Sketches. I love how this turned out. It still might get a journal strip or two but I am lovin the title with the boat, and yeah I drew it and used my Copics on it.

Here is another from last fall, the title is hard to read but it says cool riders, the stickers are gold and caught the light.
Other news we are loving our summer. Lots of trips to the library, couple days in the sprinkler, in genral we really are doing well. Swim lessons this week are keeping the girls moving like they needed help with that and I handed over a STACK of photos yesturday that they could "scrap" so I think they are doing OK in the boredom arena.