I have been a tad bit inactive as far as my blog.  I can see it's been almost a year.  Hope you enjoy the new Picture My Life (PML) Scrapbooking program by Close to My Heart. 
These layouts were designed using photos from a previous album that lacked pizazz.  I reconstructed this album using the Surfs Up PML kit.

This is the first page which all I did was add a photo , some Cork Letters and a Surfs up embellishment. 

This is page 2, 3 the page 2 is the back of page one obviously so I just added a few photos and my CD, along with my plane ticket stub.

On these 2 pages, I cut one of the 4 x 6 phots in have (sunset in the middle  and ocen photo on the 2nd page because I had more horizontal photos then vertical ones.  You will see this thought out the rest of they layouts. Also noted in the previous layouts the one of the air plane.  This is so versatile! Make it anything you want.

Visit to the Dole pineapple plantation!  A must if you go to Oahu.  The best pineapple ice cream ever!!

Of course we had a few LARGE photos that had to be worked in .  I used a layout from the Surfs Up paper packet and eased it in to match the PML layouts.  Notice the 2nd page. 

This first page of these 2 layouts is the back of the one with the shop on it.  It is also just a plain sheet of Surfs Up and modified to look like the rest of the PML layouts. 

Love these 2 layouts the card on the first page has anchors which match this theme perfectly. 

I used mostly horizontal layouts as I had most of these types of photos. 

Last pages of my album.  Also my favorite.  See how I sliced a panoramic photo into 3 pieces!  Also added a sticker I had in the original album.  Now I have to journal, which is not my favorite thing, but I want to take time and try and remember all we did on our vacation. 

Hope you enjoy this! 

For Always Paper Pack

 Love the For Always paper pack.  This two versions of the card using different accent paper.  I have included the directions as best as i could  I didn't have anything to go by except a card I had received in a swap a long time ago. 

I have been working on Valentine cards all week and today I decided to make one for my hubby.  I think I went overboard on the hearts but that's how I feel.  Hope he doesn't accidentally stumble upon my blog and find out!  This is a tri-fold card, there are many versions and directions. 

I used a piece of card stock 8.5x10.5.  I did this to get exact measurements. Have you ever tried to get it exact leaving the paper at 11"?  

Anyway I measured up 2.5" from bottom to the very top of the page and made an angle cut.  The rest you can probably figure out.   

 I used the For Always Paper Pack from CTMH and you can order it from me, just follow the link.  I also used last months Whooo's Your Valentine stamp set and some others I had lying around. 

 This little Valentine is from I think it was a Stampin Up stamp I got at a garage sale some time ago.  Love it and it's straight out of the dictionary. 

Card for Valentine's Day

Card's I'm working on for my club this month.  Using the Whooo's your Valentine Stamp and plain card stock.

Start of my Valentine cards.

These are the layouts we did at last months club.  I think they turned out great.  Yes, they are with retired product but no on seemed to mind.  It's all in the concept.  Inspired by another consultant but I can't remember who.  

Page I

Inside first flap

 Page II

 

Page III

A little winter wonderland scrap booking!

Look what I have done this morning and all while I'm still in my pj's.  It's a beautiful day here in Sheridan, Wyoming but I'm just not ready to get on with the day.  I received these pictures of my little grand daughter in Russia, whom I have never met and the Wonderland paper pack came to mind so I set down and the way I went.  Literally it took me less than 2 hours to create all of this.  Using just the paper pack, stickease and a little imagination.