Another FABuLous Sketch!!!

Another awesome sketch is up over at "The Scrappiest" Sketch #113

Here is my layout using the awesome sketch...
"Learning Multiplication"

I'm having so much fun with Liz's Sketches...come on over and check them out!!!
Thanks for stopping by...
~Laurajean

Been in the Scrappy Mood and Tally's April Pre-Order Kit is UP today!!!

I just got me some scrappy goodies
in the mail and let me tell you
I'M IN LOVE!!!
I got two NEW Collections from
Crate Paper, Portrait Collection and
ToyBox Collections, omg love them both.
I did this layout of Kaleb bowling at his
10th birthday party this past weekend and
used the Crate's ToyBox Papers and Chipboard...
took me all of like 20 minutes...I was having so much
fun with this collection!!

"Strike"

I also got NEW Reflection papers and flowers from Prima
that was just released at CHA....I love the dark rich colors
of these flowers and papers....here is a layout I did using these

"One Fine Day" this layout is of my daughter, Danielle and my bff's
daughter, Shannon, right before we went to see the play, "The Nutracker"
in Raleigh, they were so excited and too cute all dressed up!!

I did this layout for the Survivor Challenges that are going on
over at Tallyscrapper right now...You should definitely come on over and
check out Tallyscrapper and all that it has going on...So much fun!!!

Well, Pinky just put up the photos of the April Kit for Tallyscrapper and let
me just tell you, it is absolutely gorgeous and ALL NEW CHA goodies...
BoBunny, Pink Paislee, 7Gypsies....LOVELOVELOVE it...check it out...

7Gypsies 5x7 Bookcovers(omg gorgeous)

BoBunny, Pink Paislee and 7Gypsies NEW papers

Aqua Tulle, strand of pearls, AC Brads, Butterfly Chipboard

AND

a beautiful blue/green Smooch Spritz!!

Thanks for stopping by, would love to see your comments!!
~Laurajean

Last week was such a CraZy busy week..........

Wow, what a week it was last week...
I started my Part-time job at the bakery, which
btw, I LOVE!!  Its so much fun, I still
have alot to learn, but I'm really enjoying
getting out of the house for a couple of hours
and having some adult conversation...yah!!!
Not only did I start work, but Danielle is right in the
middle of signing up for High School classes(omg,
I can't believe I have an almost high schooler, where
did the time go...), but bill and I have been going to meetings
for different programs they are offering and just basic information
about what classes they need to take and what classes go with what,
CraZy!!! But we got her all signed up for ALL honor classes, who knew
that if you take English I Honors, that that goes with World History Honors
and that Geometry Honors goes with Biology Honors...Holy Cow, I was so
confused by the time I left that parent mtg.  But we got her
schedule done and turned into her counselor.  And she also made
Marching Band, which she had to audition for and made it, she super
excited!!
But on top of that Kaleb is having some issues with school, so I've
been on the phone with the school counselor trying to get that worked out!! 
All I can say about that, is from now on, I will listen to my first instant and
if I don't think a teacher is a good fit for him, then i WILL move him.  Never
again!!!! 
So all in all, it was a SUPER crazy emotional busy week for me!!  But let me tell you
when I got home from work on Friday and after picking Dj up from school, I sat down
at my scrapbook table and scrapped...it felt soooo good.

So I started working on my Survivor layout for Week 5 over at
Tallyscrapper, since my team is "Team Boston Rob" and he is famous
for his Boston RedSock hats, our challenge was to use a hat in either the Title, in a photo,
or a hat embellishment.  Well, I went with the Hat photos of my daughter and her
little hat phase that she went through a couple years back.  We also had to use a big
"B" on our layout, atleast an inch tall.
I also used Sketch 112 from "The Scrappiest" for this layout as well...

"Be Bold"

Have a wonderful week, my friends!!

~Laurajean

Kaleb's Birthday, Scrappiest Sketch #111 and some GOOD news....

So I will start with the GOOD news....
I got a job...YAH ME. 
I decided a couple months back
that it was high time I find me a
pt job and well,
my good friend, Susan texted me
about a week ago and wanted
to know if I was still interested in a pt job
at the bakery....heck yeah!!  So I went
in last Wednesday for a little interview
with Amy(she owns the White Oak Bakery)
and she hired me...believe me, this is much
needed...I need to get out of the house and have
some adult time...AWAY from the kids.
So I will be working M-F from 11-2 and maybe
some Saturdays once Soccer is over for the season.
Its not about the money, cuz I will NOT be making
that much, but more for my sanity!! So tomorrow is
my first day...so I will let you know how it goes!!!

Also, my Kaleb had a birthday on Friday...he turned "10"!!
Omg, where has the time gone....we are going to have a
bowling party for him next Sunday with a bunch of his
friends...he's really excited!!!
But in the meantime, we went ahead and gave him
one of his presents...

He loves playing "War" in the neighborhood with his buddies, so we got him an air-soft gun(believe me, he does not play with the bb's), its just for play. He loves it and was outside all day and weekend playing with it!!

Also, i don't know what was going on with our cat and Kaleb, but

I got this photo of the two of them...Must have been serious, cuz it looks like Oreo is

getting read the right act...lol.

Oreo, you had better watch out!!(honestly Oreo can hold his own, if he gets

tired of Kaleb, he will not hestitate to bite him...lol)

Also, today is MONDAY which means its Reveal day for another fabulous sketch

from the "Scrappiest" Sketch #111...

And here is my layout for this sketch...

"Dj's Birthday Party"

Yes, I'm still working on my daughter's birthday from this past October.

Thanks for stopping by my blog...hope you come over to the "Scrappiest" and check

out Liz's fabulous sketches!!

~xoxo, Laurajean

"The Scrappiest" Sketch 110 Reveal and Survivor Wk. 3

 I'm so excited to post my first Reveal as a designer for

"The Scrappiest".  Here is this weeks fabulous Sketch 110:

And here is my layout using the fabulous sketch...
"Kindred Spirits"
This is my daughter and our good friends little girl, Janessa a couple of
weeks ago, when they were in town visiting, Janessa just adores Danielle.

Here is my layout for this week 3's Survivor Challenge over at Tallyscrapper...

"Its only the beginning"

For this weeks challenge, we had to do

*a Monochromatic layout

*Use a song or lyrics from a Green Day Song

*Use a found item from nature(which I used a branch I found outside)

*And use 2 photos

Thanks for stopping by my blog and visiting...

~xoxo, Laurajean

I'm a Designer for "The Scrappiest"

I was so excited when I got the email on Sunday evening
asking me if I wanted to be a Designer for
"The Scrappiest" Weekly Sketch Blog.

Liz has got some of the best sketches

on her blog and I'm one of the
New Designers...YEAH!!!!!

A NEW Sketch is up every Monday on the
blog, so come on over and check them out!!!

Thanks for stopping by my blog!!
~Laurajean