Boys in my House

Kit- Down the Back Roads part 1 & 2 by Osten Wilkins Designs aka The Dude

Fonts- Loyal Fame & Nueva std cond

Poem: Boys in my House by Erin Jo Kilmer
There are boys in my house – and Spiderman shoes
And 200 papers in various blues.
There's Bob (he's a builder) and Thomas the Train,
There's a fireman coat to wear in the rain.
They have cars on their shirts and frogs on their hats
There's a glove and a ball and a red plastic bat.
There's dirt on a face and a smudge on a nose;
Grass stains on knees and sand between toes.
There's bathtime at night with bodies to scrub,
And when we're all done there is dirt in the tub!
There's bandaids and bruises and curious bumps,
There's smiles and laughter and sometimes there's grumps.
There's odors most icky; there's boogers so green
There's more yucky things than I'll ever get clean.
There's piles of laundry; there's stories at night;
There's bedtime and bathtime and dinnertime fights.
There's cars and there's trains and there's books about trucks
There's Scoop, Lofty, Dizzy, and Travis, and Muck.
Sometimes there are bugs, and sometimes there are frogs;
Sometimes they are lions, or dinos, or dogs.
There are cute little vests and darling neckties
Dragged right through the mud – oh what a surprise!
There's running and climbing and jumping and falling
And laughing and crying and hugging and brawling
And rolling and losing and finding and creeping
And whining and stealing and sometimes there's sleeping.
There's tantrums and time outs and extra loud noise –
There's love in my house shaped like two little boys.

Happy Birthday Mama

I want to wish my Mama a Happy Birthday!

Today is her 51st birthday. It is bitter sweet, cause this is the 1st time I am not able to see her on her birthday since I was born. She is gone one her 1st vacation in 12 years. She went with a group of friends she works with. I am so glad she was finally able to go on a vacation, she deserves it. She works 2 jobs and hardly ever gets a day off. So I hope she is having a blast down in Panama City.
Happy Birthday, I love you!!!

I also did some challenge layouts for Club Dude today
1st 2 are from Kim Smith's new kit Summer Life

Mother-Best Friend

font-leaf

Graduation

font-Andalus

The next 2 come from Dude's new kit
Simply, Star-Spangled

Sean 4th of July


4th of July

fonts- Copper std black & Edwardian Script

Hope you all have a great weekend,
~Christie~

FishyWood new blog do

Well I am getting so ready to go to the beach for vacation in a few weeks.

So I thought my blog needed a new out fit.
I used Osten Wilkins aka "The Dude" 's new kit.
FISHYWOOD!!!

It is so great for all those summer layouts you will need to create.
Here is a preview

There is so much more of this awesome kit than what is shown.
Also you can get some of it for free if you join in some of the challenges
at Club Dude Forum.

And you can purchase the kit at
Osten Wilkins Designs Shop

Happy Scrapping
Christie

Club Dude Challenges

Well I finally got around to doing my challenge layouts for May @
Club Dude @ Osten Wilkins Designs
If you haven't joined the forum yet you should before the end of the month.
There are stunning posting bonuses.


Mother's Love

This one is for the "Get Your Inspiration" Challenge
Credits:
Kit- Embrace EI Goodies by Osten Wilkins
Font- Mr. Sopkin

photo of myself and my oldest son, Sean at 2 months old

Quote reads-
Mother's Love

Her love is like
an island in life's ocean,
vast and wide
A peaceful, quiet shelter
From the wind, the rain, the tide.
'Tis bound on the north by Hope,
By Patience on the West,
By tender Counsel on the South
And on the East by Rest.
Above it like a beacon light
Shine Faith, and Truth, and Prayer;
And thro' the changing scenes of life
I find a haven there.
Author Unknown

3 Months

This is for the "Download of the Month" Challenge
You get free piece of a kit each month for this one.

Credits:
Kit- Cherish by Osten Wilkins
Font- Saginaw Bold

photo of myself at 3 months

Denise

This is for the "Embellish It" Challenge
They give you a list of 5 embellishment and you pick 3 of them to use in your layout.

Credits:
Kit- Mystical Rapture by Osten Wilkins
Template- #311 by Andrea Gold

For May EI Challenge
used all 5 requirements
1. Lace 2. Butterflies 3. 3 Ribbons 4. 2 photos 5. Wild Card bow and diamond button

Denise 1959

This is for the "Font-a-LICIOUS" Challenge
As you can guess a special font is picked for each month.

Credits:
Kit- Frivolous Fancies by Osten Wilkins
Font- Dasiy Mae

photos of my mother 1 year old in 1959

Thanks for looking
xx Christie

Bunches of New Layouts

Well we had a challenge over at Club Dude, to see who could post the most layouts in April.
I posted 54 layouts for the month, WOOT WOOT.
These are a few that I did and just now getting around to posting here on the blog.

Seth's 1st Birthday

Paper, Stitches & Confetti- Cheerful Birthday by Designs by Krakatuka
Cake & #1 Candle- Birthday Party by Paci & Touch Me
Frame- Happy Birthday by Beacon Scraps
Wordart- April 09 Word Art 1 for Inspiration Challenge at OWD by KK Designs
Photos of my son, Seth's 1st Birthday

Happy 3rd Birthday
Seth's Birthday is April21st, so I got into the birthday theme this month

kit: Celebration Retro by Osten Wilkins
fonts: kozuka gothic pro & brush script std
sketch: by kimsmith designs
Photo of my sons, Sean & Seth on Seth's birthday

Birthday Boy

kit: Celebration Retro by Osten Wilkins
fonts: Xessy & Goose
photo of Seth & Buddy Bear at his 3rd birthday party
Scraplift inspiration of Lindajd2007's layout seen here: here

Birthday Party

kit: Celebration Retro by Osten Wilkins
happy birthday banner: birthday party by Paci & Touch Me
sketch: by kimsmith designs
photos of Seth at his 3rd birthday party

7th Birthday

Kit: Celebration Retro by Osten Wilkins
fonts: Birthday & Book Antiqua
photos of Sean's 7th birthday party

Happy Birthday Sean

Kit Celebration Retro by Osten Wilkins
Font Party by Tom
Photo of my son, Sean on his 7th birthday.

Sean's 4th Birthday

kit: Celebration Retro by Osten Wilkins

Seth Ashton

Kit: Little Baby Bunting by Aja Abney
photo of Seth a few minutes old

Wonderful Life

kit: Scrapmalin's Launching Day Mega Kit Partie 2
photo of myself and my boys

Sean 1st Grade

kit: 2 Cool 4 School by Dani Mogstad & Scrapkitchen Designs

The Sugar Crash

Kit Trouble by Sweet Digi Scraps
Font Hobo Std
Photo of my son Seth crashed after all the sugar he had that day


Senior Prom

kit: Belle de Nuit by Irene V. Alexeeva
photo of myself and bf Kim at the prom 1999

Pirates

kit: Ahoy, Me Hearties by Donna Rafferty
photo of Sean & Seth as pirates for Halloween 2006

Jena's Bachelorette Party

kit: Flirty Skirty by Sugarplum Paperie by Nicole Seitler
font: Gisele Script
photo of Jena, myself & Teresa at the party

Giddy Up

kit: Cowboy Up by Designs by Valorie Brown
photo of my son Sean and my MIL Reta

Field Day 2008

Kit: It's Primary My Dear by Sweet Digi Scraps
font: Good Dog Cool
photos of my son and friends from school on their field day in 2008

Easter Helper

Kit: Shabby Easter April 09 Club Dude Megakit Collab by
designs by heidik and kimsmith designs
Font: DJB Chere
Photo of my sons Sean & Seth

Daddy & The Spooks

Kit: Triki Treaters by Osten Wilkins


Blowing Bubbles

Kit What fun by Sweet Digi Scraps
Font GiddyUp std
Photo of Sean blowing bubbles

B.F.F.

Paper- Funky Batiks, Frame- Framing Clusters Vol II & Alphas- Curlies Alpha all by Birgit Kerr
photo of my bff Amber and myself at Music Midtown Festival in 2000

Best Friends

kit: Urban Bohemian by Edeline Designs
font: SBC Eden
photo of my sons playing outside

Believe in Yourself

Kit: Scrapmalin's Launching Day Mega Kit Partie 1
photo of myself 10th grade

4th of July 2008

Kit: It's Primary My Dear by Sweet Digi Scraps
font: Good Dog Cool
photos of Sean & Seth at the Independence Festival 2008

xx Christie

3 New Layouts for today

Well the boys were gone to the grandmother's tonight so I made some layouts.

First one is a photo of my Great grandmother, Grandmother and my youngest aunt, Donna. They are at the Chickamauga Battlefield. This is one of the last photos taken of my grandmother before she passed away. So I made this special for my mom.


Kit- Autumn Falls by Osten Wilkins

Second one is called my life, it has photos of myself, my boys, DH and my mom. They are my life.


Kit: Giving Thanks Embellish It by Osten Wilkins

Third is a photo of Seth dressed up as Frankenstein for Halloween 2008


Kit: Triki Treaters by Osten Wilkins


Well that is all for tonight, have a great one.

Pink Roses

Kit: Tortured Love by Osten Wilkins

Word Art: Elegant WA "Love is in the Air" by Bethany

Font: Roselyn

Photo: Pink Roses, Robby gave me for Valentine's Day '09

This is my 1st blended photo, so tell me what you think.

TFL!

First Snow of 2009 here in GA

Photos: My sons Sean & Seth in the 1st snow of 2009, also my pasture and yard with the little snow we get here in Georgia.

Kit: Winter Wonderland Jan. 2009 DOTM kit by Osten Wilkins

Font: St. Valentine Note

The Horses

Photo: Brandi, Cheyenne & Easter our horses.

Kit: Giving Thanks Embellish It kit by Osten Wilkins

Font: Brandy Script

Christmas '08

Kit- A Magical Season by Osten Wilkins


Font-Comiccity


Photo-My Sons, Sean & Seth, Christmas 2008 Photo