M.I.A.

Happy Monday! Thanks for stopping by. I haven't been around much lately. Several things have been happening. One of which is I lost my scrappin' drive. I don't really know what happened but the darn thing just disappeared. Either that or it just feel and broke into a million pieces. Well, some of it came back and I'm going to share two LOs that I created for Scrap U assignments.

This LO is dedicated to my daughter who battles autism. We try to remember to say battle instead of has. We believe that one day, God will heal her of the disorder. Also, when people hear she has autism, they focus on the disability versus her ability. There is so much she can do and we want to share it with the world. Everyday, we see the improvement and know that it is a ongoing process but that God is faithful to His Word. The work that He has begun, He is faithful to complete it.

The second LO is of me and my youngest son, Caleb. I had to pick a picture that described three different words - one for each word. I'll share the other pictures too. They are not placed into a LO but it's just the picture. I enjoyed making this LO.

SILLINESS - Do I really have to explain? I call him my Butterball Ham and he corrects me and says he's my Chunky Monkey. Gotta love this kid!

REFLECTION -This scene causes me to take pause and reflect on how good God is and how much He loves me.

LOVE - Not only do I love this picture but it displays the love between myself and my youngest.

The last post for the night - I think?

Here I am at the end of the day and I am pooped. I just got off from work and this is the last post for today. Here is a LO that I created about "mwah". I had two assignments in mind when I created it. Over at Fantabulous Cricut, the challenge was to do a LO based on yourself and your job. This was HARD! I am a teacher by profession but I am usually behind the camera so I don't have many shots of me with my students. I had to dig to find these. UH!!!

The second assignment was from Scrap U. It's a lot of fun and there is still time to get in on the excitement. This is for the Economics class. Our challenge there was to create a LO with materials that we had on hand. The older, the better. Nothing newly purchased could be used. We're being frugal. I had some old stuff and you'll have to follow my postings over at Scrap U to find out just how old everything is. Also, we were challenged to incorporate paper which we created.

As I said, this as hard for me but I did it. I'm glad to actually have a page about me. I enjoy teaching though I don't do that right now as we try to get settled in our new home. I hope you enjoy the page.

Happy Scrappin'!

Christel

2gether Again LO

This LO is for the Scrap Fit Workout #27 and my Math class over at Scrap U. I created this layout based on the sketch provided by Scrap Fit. To meet the class requirements at Scrap U, I used the rule of 3rds and added a number to the title. I'll mention that I stamped the edges of the picture frame and the circles. The circle were then run through my crimper. Enjoy!!!



Happy Scrappin'


Christel

Recipe:

8 circles cut using the Plantin Schoolbook Cricut Cartridge

(3 one color & 5 another)

Tim Holtz's Antique Linen distress ink

paper crimper

pop dots

lettering from Plantin Schoolbook Cricut Cartridge (tall ball)

ribbon

button

white gel pen for accents

40:31 Creations Under the Sea Layout Challenge

Lauren over at 40:31 Creations challenged us to use the theme "Under the Sea" to create a card or a layout. I choose to create a shape card. The pearl and the cover are both heat embossed using Stampendous Detail White embossing powder purchased at Michael's. I dry embossed by hand the cover using Fiskar's braid patterned embossing plate. That was a challenge but my soon to be 13 year old son said and I quote, "That is way cool on so many levels." So, you know I feel pretty good. I don't know you can read the inside of the card but it says, "You're such a pearl." I hope you enjoy my creation.