Clearsnap Design Team

The official announcement has been made. I made the offical Clearsnap Design Team!!!! Wow, I am so excited, I can't believe I made the team! I love, so love Clearsnap products! I am excited to create with their fabulous ink and crafting products! I feel so honored to be part of this amazing Design Team!

Sister Scraps of Darkness May kit " Now and Zen"

This is a photo of my mother (L) and her sister(R) while the both of them were pregnant

Scraps of Darkness May's kit "Now and Zen"

If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away

It's been awhile since I have done any LOs on sweet Violet. I have been thinking about her alot lately. I miss her roaring laugh and her practical jokes, only to get to give her hug and hear her laugh..Punky made me smile so much. For those who do not know Violet's story. Little Violet fought a battle with brain cancer and now she is in peace and received her angel wings on 12/6/10. My heart has an empty hole that will never be filled. I loved her like she was my own daughter.

The title of this LO came from Justin Moore's Song " If Heaven Wasn't So far Away" whew, if that is not true: Here are the lyrics:
Every day I drive to work across Flint River bridge
A hundred yards from the spot where me and grandpa fished
There's a piece of his old fruit stand on the side of Sawmill Road
He'd be there peelin' peaches if it was twenty years ago
And what I wouldn't give
To ride around in that old truck with him
If heaven wasn't so far away
I'd pack up the kids and go for the day
Introduce them to their grandpa
Watch 'em laugh at the way he talks
I'd find my long lost cousin John
The one we left back in Vietnam
Show him a picture of his daughter now
She's a doctor and he'd be proud
Then tell him we'd be back in a couple of days
In the rear view mirror we'd all watch 'em wave
Yeah, and losing them wouldn't be so hard to take
If heaven wasn't so far away
I'd hug all three of those girls we lost from the class of '99
And I'd find my bird dog Bo and take him huntin' one more time
I'd ask Hank why he took those pills back in '53
And Janis to sing the second verse of "Me and Bobby McGee"
Sit on a cloud and visit for a while
It'd do me good just to see them smile
If heaven wasn't so far away
I'd pack up the kids and go for the day
Introduce them to their grandpa
Watch 'em laugh at the way he talks
I'd find my long lost cousin John
The one we left back in Vietnam
Show him a picture of his daughter now
She's a doctor and he'd be proud
Then tell him we'd be back in a couple of days
In the rear view mirror we'd all watch 'em wave
Yeah, and losing them wouldn't be so hard to take
If heaven wasn't so far
If heaven wasn't so far
If heaven wasn't so far away
So far away
So far away
I used the "Now and Zen" May's kit at Scraps of Darkness. This month the "Now and Zen" kit will take you on a trip to the Orient with beautiful vibrant colors and Asian themed papers and embellishments. In this kit you will find:
*6 double sided papers and 4 Foil papers from Christine Adolph's Sakura collection
*Our signature pin by Craftysprinkles has a twist - it's not a pin, but a set of
beautiful rhinestone adorned chopsticks. How to get your hands on this kit-http://www.scrapsofdarkness.com/

Faithful Bond

This is a photo of my cousin's little girls that I snapped at a family gathering last fall. I brought my Pharoah hound/Dobie Mix " Dollie" to the gathering and the two of them instantly bonded.

Enjoy Your Journey

This is a photo of one of my scrapping buddie's daughter. Last summer her family spent the day on an Amish Farm. I just love this photo! I have been waiting for the right paper to scrap this photo!

I made the purple vine on the upper right. The blue layer behind the photo is a recycled Prima flower package.

Spread Your Wings and Fly

It's been awhile since I have done any LOs on sweet Violet. I have been thinking about her alot lately. I miss her roaring laugh and her practical jokes, only to get to give her a hug and hear her laugh..Punky made me smile so much. For those who do not know Violet's story. Little Violet fought a battle with brain cancer and now she is in peace and received her angel wings on 12/6/10. My heart has an empty hole that will never be filled. I loved her like she was my own daughter. I made the big wire flower out of floral wire and fabric. I love that you can journal on the flower.

I used the "Now and Zen" May's kit at Scraps of Darkness.

Let's Capture Our Memories Sketch # 82

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Check out this weeks beautiful sketch by the talented Ness:

JAD's Blog Challenge DT Sassy Studio Designs

This month's Sponsor for JADS design team is Sassy Studio Designs
I used " Wings" Kit from Close to My Heart! I colored the digital stamp with Watercolor pencils, pastels, Watercolors and markers!

Scraps of Darkness May Kit " Now or Zen"

"I dreamed I was a butterfly, flitting around


in the sky; then I awoke. Now I wonder:

Am I a man who dreamt of being a butterfly,

or am I a butterfly dreaming that I am a man?”

~Chuang Tzu~



This month we're taking you on a trip to the Orient with beautiful vibrant colors

and Asian themed papers and embellishments. In this kit you will find:

*6 double sided papers and 4 Foil papers from Christine Adolph's Sakura collection

*Our signature pin by Craftysprinkles has a twist - it's not a pin, but a set of

beautiful rhinestone adorned chopsticks.

*Prima Rub-Ons

*Dusty Attic chipboard cranes

*Kaisercraft chipboard alphabet

*Prima clear stamp

*Prima Millinery Collection Flowers

*Prima Pearls & Crystals

*Bamboo

*3" paper and bamboo fan and 3 paper umbrellas

*Pink and white flowers



We're sure you will love this special collection as much as we

do!

http://www.scrapsofdarkness.com/

Let's Capture the Memories

Here is the link to my newest
http://suepupsketchgallery.blogspot.com/2011/05/lets-capture-memories.html

Let's Capture Our Memories # 81

Here is a sketch that I designed for Let's Capture the Memories 

Come over and join us over at LCOM and see the DT's take on the sketchhttp://letscapturethesesketches.blogspot.com/