Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Rockstars!
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
*i want to find my Fairytale.... (I am beginning to wonder)
*i have a a wonderful family.
*i miss Granny
*i fear being alone.
*i hear Sarah typing on her computer in our office.
*i search for things to make my family smile.
*i wonder what Maggie will be when she grows up.
*i regret making STUPID choices
*i love my family, my friends,
*i forgive myself for letting people walk all over me.
*i ache deep in my heart for loved ones that are no longer with us.
*i always want to be right.
*i try to be the best person that I can be.
*i seem to always doubt myself.
*i know that eventually things will be ok
*i feel anxious when I am excited about something
*i dance when I have had too much to drink.
*i dream of being sucessful one day.
*i give to the American Cancer Society- Through Relay for Life- and tons of time to my school
*i listen to rock music- very loud
*i sing in the car to make Maggie mad!
*i laugh when Teagan says funny things
*i can't believe that my daughter is 17 already
*i write in my journal- somtimes the things I write turn into picture books
*i cry when I know someone is mad or upset with me.
*i sleep whenever I can
*i am excited about Christmas Vacation.
*i see the glass as half empty- not very positive- I know!
*i need to spend more time with my family
*i should try not to worry so much, but it's in my blood. Amen!!!
Ok, Amber I did it- It was kind of hard-
I guess we will see who reads my Blog to find out who wants to be tagged next!
Dawn :)
Monday, November 24, 2008
Beautiful Butterflies
Sunday, November 23, 2008
LOVED IT!!!!
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Soooo Sad.......
Monday, November 10, 2008
Stories in Hand
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Roadtrip and the world's best Scrapbook Store
If you are in or around the Savannah, GA area make sure that you stop and check out A Scrapbook Boutique, when you are there tell Linda hi for me.
Happy Crafting.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Root Canals Stink
I hope to never as long as I live have to have another root canal.
Dawn :(
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Making Tags and Staying Busy
These are the autumn tags. I used regular paper tags and embossed them with the Cuttlebug. The new autumn folders are awesome (thanks Melanie). After embossing I inked with distress ink- Vintage Photo and Spiced Marmalade. Gratitude and Fall is in the air, are stamped and raised with pop dots. Additional embellishments are buttons, brads, stickers and ribbon.
This tag was also embossed with a new Cuttlebug folder-Ornaments- It was also inked with distress ink- Fired Brick and Vintage Photo- The ornament stickers are coated with a film of Ranger's Glossy Accents to make them look like epoxy. Other embellishments include Stickles, 3-d stars, Gelly roll glitter pen and ribbon.
Brr! It's Cold Outside! These snow tags were embossed as well- (Can you tell I had a great time playing with Melanie's embossing folders). The Paisley tag is pretty simple, it has white buttons, a snowflake brad, sticker letters, and a raised paisley winter embellishment.
The snowman tag, was inked with Vibrance baby blue ink, the snowman was stamped with Versamark ink and then double embossed with clear embossing powder, after the clear powder was set, I re inked the outline with a Versamark pen and embossed the image again with Ranger cobalt blue embossing powder. I then attached him to the tag using pop dots. Other embellishments include, ribbon, ribbon slider jeweled brads, snowflake brad, ribbon, stamped image Brr! and stamped snowflake on a separate tag.
The Santa tag was created using a rounded tag cut with the Cricut. I then attached the sleigh, presents, Santa sticker and Santa label. Around the bottom of the sleigh I added Stickles glitter glue to look like snow. The entire tag was inked with Vibrance- Christmas Tree Green Ink.
The snowflake tag was a white core blue paper tag, that I embossed and then sanded to reveal the white core. Additional embellishments include silver sparkle ribbon, 2 snowflake brads, large snowflake glitter sticker, and a snow sticker that was placed on a round metal tag, that was attached with pop dots.
And last but not least- I told you I was staying busy :)- I made the tree tag and the gingerbread boy tag. These were probably the funniest to make because they are inked, distresses, wrinkled and worn. The images were stamped and then stamped again and attached with pop dots. They were also colored using Prisma colored pencils and Gamsol. After coloring I used Candy Cane Stickles to embellish the tree ornaments and the holly berries on the gingerbread boy. The tags themselves were inked with: Shabby Shutters and Vintage Photo for the Tree tag, and Walnut Stain and Vintage Photo for the Gingerbread boy- He looks much more worn because after inking the first time I wet the tag with a mini mister and re inked. Additional embellishments include, ribbon pieces, star stickers coated with Glossy Accents, chipboard and "real" buttons sewn on with thread, Gelly roll glitter pen for accent, Merry Christmas stickers outlined with Candy Cane Stickles, and red and brown ribbon for ties.
I hope you enjoy the tags. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look. Like I said please let me know what you think!
Happy Crafting and Love to all, Dawn
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Sunday Night Scrap Event
Friday, October 31, 2008
Happy Halloween
Here is Auntie Dawn and Teagan spray painting the Mermaid hair.
Then we moved inside for makeup and nails.
The beautiful Mermaid!Then it was Maggie's turn-
Maggie decided she was going to be a Hippie Chick complete with a Fro'
Here she is before the Fro'
Strike a pose-
We had a great time , Teagan was a little slow at first , but once she got the hang of it, she was running to the doors shouting "Trick-or-Treat"!
Thursday, October 30, 2008
I'm a Winner!!!!
Well I guess that this is my lucky birth month. I am the winner of a great owl punch. I have never had any punches like this one so I am very excited to have won. Thank you Missy!!!
Please hop on over to Missy's blog, she has some great ideas and beautiful paper piecing's.
Thanks again Missy!
Monday, October 27, 2008
Whooooo Is The Winner?
Whoo ... Whooo ....Whoooooooo is the winner of the Martha Stewart Owl Punch???Congratulations to DAWN you are the proud new owner!Please email me (mgmh@aol.com) with your full name and mailing address and I will get your Martha Stewart Owl Punch mailed to you!Thank you to everyone that played along!
http://missymadeit.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Hangin' Out With Carter
Friday, October 24, 2008
Autumn Tag
New Layouts- More Halloween :)
This layout, for some reason did not scan well at all. But nevertheless its Teagan at the Pumpkin Patch last October. She loved going and picking out her own pumpkin and then carving it at Auntie Dawn's. I think this year she has 7 or 8 pumpkins. Oh well I guess I have been traded in for a new pumpkin picker. :)
Happy Halloween and Happy Crafting! Love to all, Dawn
JessicaSprague.com. Grow Your Skills.
Alright, the day we've been waiting for is here!
Here are the instructions to register for the FREE Stories in Hand class!
Log in to your jessicasprague.com account. You must have an account and be logged in to continue to the next step.
Go to the Access Codes page here at JessicaSprague.com
Enter the Access Code: SIHFreeNov2008
After you enter the access code, click on the My Classes link to make sure that Stories in Hand is listed in your Class list.
Make sure to visit the Stories in Hand class after you register to check out the supply list and what to expect from the class! (oh, and a fun surprise!)
Registration will stay open until November 8!
Class size is unlimited.
You do NOT need to be a scrapbooker, just a person with stories to tell. :D
Spread the word! If you're looking for the backstory for this class, check out my blog entry from
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Tagged!
8 Things About Me.....
8 Favorite TV shows: In no particular order- Not really a tv fan but here goes...
1. Deadliest Catch
2. QVC
3. Jon and Kate plus 8
4.Americas Top Model
5. VH1's shows like top 100 80's moments etc.
6. Miami Ink
7.????
8.?????
8 Favorite Restaurants:
1.Outback
2.Chick-fil-a
3.Bojangles
4.The Stadium Club
5. Starbucks- does this count as a resturant???? (Coffee is a food group you know)
6.Max and Erma's
7. McDonalds
8. Creek Ratz
8 things that happened yesterday:
1. Went to school
2.Taught a lesson in kindergarten :)
3.Had pumpkin Spice Coffee
4. Picked up my favorite neice and best friend Teagan at school- Sorry Auntie Amber she is MY BFF
5.Went to Granny's house and held the baby kittens
6.Went to CFHS and watched Maggie play PowderPuff Football- Go Juniors!
7. Took Teagan on the bouncy things at the football game.
8.Read a magazine before falling asleep
8 things to look forward to:
1. THE WEEKEND!
2.Finding out in 2 weeks if we are having a new neice or a nephew.
3.Enjoying Halloween with Teagan and Maggie
4.Mine and Mom's Birthday- only 12 more days
5.Seeing Carter in 11 days
6.Becoming an Assistant Principal
7.Watching Maggie everyday
8.Enjoying lifes small moments, as well as the big ones.
8 things I love about fall:
1.Mine and Mom's Birthday :)
2. Halloween
3.Cool nights and warm days
4.Warm colors
5.Apple Cider
6. The holidays- spending time with family
7.The festivals that are around every weekend
8.Pumpkins
8 Things on My Wish List:
1.A happy healthy future
2.Healthy parents
3.Maggie to be sucessful at whatever she chooses to do
4.Healthy new baby
5.A wonderful future full of love and happiness for Maggie, Teagan and Carter
6.To be able to scrapbook fulltime
7.To own a scrap/stamp store
8.????
8 people I am tagging...
I have no clue??????
1.Sarah
2.Maggie
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Sunday, September 28, 2008
Scrap Pink Night
Monday, September 15, 2008
Halloween Highlights
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Imagine Tag- Bandana Technique
Friday, September 12, 2008
Halloween Punkin' Page and a Fall one too!
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Spoooky Tags
This scary Haunted House tag is created on a manila tag, that I inked. The Haunted House is an acrylic stamped image that I colored in with Gamsol and prisma colored pencils. I love the way that the Gamsol gives the appearance of watercolors. Also attached to the tag are Halloween spangles and the foam word "Boo" and a foam ghost.
I love this Fall tag. I painted a large white cardstock tag with brown acrylic paint. I used a pattern to piece together the pumpkins and the vine. After creating the pumpkins I used clear embossing powder to enhace the outside lines of the pumpkins, the vines and the sticker letters. I think the embossing gives it that little extra "ooomph".
Love to all,
Dawn
Scrap Pink
Friday, September 5, 2008
Waiting for Hanna
Love to all,
Dawn
I am working on some new pieces. I will post them soon :)
Monday, September 1, 2008
Weekend making "Stuff"
Love to all,
Dawn
Monday, August 25, 2008
Ok... New Work Take 2
This LO is a letter written to my nephew the day before he was born. I used the Bazzil stitching paper, I have never tried it before, but I love the look. I also "inked" around the edges with acrylic paint.