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I am a stay at home mom..now that is! February 19th, 2007 I was involved in a car accident while on vacation in Florida. I awoke in ICU to find out that my only two children Annemarie age 3 and Michael age 5 did not make it. Scrapbooking became such a big part of my life. It helped fill a void that I desperately needed to fill. Our therapist suggested that I take up scrapbooking as a way to memorialize my children, little did she know! So I took that and ran with it.I became obsessed with scrapping and took over the second largest room in my house. Because of my injuries I couldn't go out and get a job, I just scrapped!I printed out 2,000 photos and my journey began. I have made albums for family members and layouts to decorate my craft room. We thought we were done having kids but who expected this tragedy??? I just gave birth in June 2009 to two beautiful baby girls Mia Anne and Gianna Marie named after their brother and sister.I swore that I would keep up with their albums so I won't become overwhelmed so we will see how that works out! My profile picture is the last family picture that was taken of all of us.

Thursday, January 7, 2010

It's A Boy!



A friend of mine just found out yesterday that she was having a baby boy. After losing her first child early in her pregnancy she was doubtful she would try again. But so far so good and we are sooo happy for her. I decided to make her a card to congratulate them!

I am still trying to stick to my New Years resolution by using scraps or old stamped images that I never used. All of the paper with the exception of the airplane paper is scraps. I thought this occassion warranted a new piece of paper that was just perfect for this card! I used a new Martha Stewart stamp set last week for the airplane that I never used on my card. I think what throws me off is that the image comes out spotty no matter what I do. When I was cutting out the scalloped background for the circle it got all messed up but I refused just to throw away a good piece of paper (I am sooo cheap and save everything) so I made it work.

I made this card following these challenges:

CupcakeCraft's baby challenge

Papertake Weekly's "New Beginning" challenge

Pixie Dust Studio Pixie's FAB challenge

ABC's "L" is for layers challenge

Cute Card's All New challenge
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14 comments:

  1. Lana ClarkeJanuary 7, 2010 at 12:21 PM

    Hi Lisa,
    Thank You for joining us at PDC. Your card is adorable and I love your little plane!
    The link is now up and running again ;0)
    Hugs
    Lana x

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  2. 3treescreations@gmail.comJanuary 7, 2010 at 1:20 PM

    Totally cute card - she will love it!!

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  3. Boni Boutelle-JonesJanuary 7, 2010 at 2:52 PM

    I think the card turned out GREAT!! Try "seasoning" your stamp - ink it up and stamp it several thousand times on scratch paper (so you don't waste any "good" paper) LOL I have also taken a sanding block and very gently sanded my stamps to get the wax shine off so the ink will stick. I have found with some clear stamps that the ink puddles no matter what - still not sure why that is!! LOL

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  4. JaspereJanuary 7, 2010 at 3:37 PM

    You did an awesome job on this. Love it.

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  5. LisaJanuary 7, 2010 at 3:54 PM

    What a wonderful card. I really love the papers and colors you chose! Thanks for playing our FAB challenge at Pixie Dust Studio!

    Hugs,
    Lisa

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  6. LINDAJanuary 7, 2010 at 8:46 PM

    What a super cute card..Love the papers.. Great job!!
    Hugs, Linda

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  7. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2010 at 10:46 PM

    Lisa, this card is so fun. Love the plane! Great idea using up your scraps. I bet you do some wonderful things with that thoughout the year!!:) Thanks for taking the Pixie Dust Challenge!!:)

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  8. AnonymousJanuary 8, 2010 at 6:55 PM

    lovely card, Thanks for joining the ABC Challenge, Samantha :0) Please consider turing the word verification off :0)

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  9. Lorraine AJanuary 9, 2010 at 3:42 AM

    Gorgeous card :-) I am sure your friends will love this ,, hope all goes well :-)

    Thanks for joining the ABC and PTW Challenges :-)
    Luv
    Lols x x

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  10. LizaJanuary 9, 2010 at 10:06 AM

    Such a cute baby card. Thanks for joining us at CCC.

    Liza x

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  11. DonnaJanuary 10, 2010 at 10:39 AM

    Beautiful baby card for our challenge at Cupcake this week, thanks for playing along with us :) Donna x

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  12. cabio's craft cornerJanuary 11, 2010 at 4:31 PM

    Awww...this is so cute and it is so cheerful too. What a fun card to show. Thanks for joining us at PDS Challenge and hope to see you again :o)
    Hugs,
    Cabio

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  13. AnonymousJanuary 12, 2010 at 5:39 PM

    Thanks for you support in bannishing word verification! :0) samantha ABC Christmas challenges

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  14. Lisa FosterJanuary 13, 2010 at 10:58 AM

    Awwww....this is just Darling!!! Love it, Lisa! Thanks for playing along with the Pixie Dust Challenge!
    Hugs,
    Lisa

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