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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.

Friday, July 2, 2010

Made in the Usa...4th of July Parade





Every year my development has a Fourth of July parade. All of the kids dress up their bikes, strollers or wagons and they ride around the development. Last year was the first year we were able to participate and since our little babies were only a couple of weeks old we decorated our stroller. They seem like giants now compared to this picture. I can't believe I put the both of them in one seat ...they were so tiny! Too precious!

I started this layout with my little Uncle Sam that I made with several of my Cricut cartridges and of course my ever so faithful Peachy Keen Stamps. I used PK-490 for this layout. The adorable firecracker stamps are also from Peachy Keen that were an exclusive stamp a couple of weeks ago that was available when you made a purchase. For the Title border I randomly stamped some stars from Close to My Heart in several shades of blue and red. When I started this Lo I was kinda stumped on what to do with the arrangement of photos etc but then I saw sketch #71 over at
The Scrappiest and the sketch over at Sketches in Thyme. Once I saw that I got my juices flowing. For the circle in the sketch I used CTMH dimensional elements ON TARGET. I cut out different sized stars and added them around the circle with some being popped up with mounting dots. The challenge over at
Everything But the Kitchen Sink and Charisma Cardz was to use Aluminum/metal. So I cut small pieces of aluminum foil and ran it thru my Cuttlebug using different folders. Since I had the stars already cut out with DP I turned them upside down and ran them thru my Xyron. I glued them to the back of the foil and cut them out.

Here are the other challenges I based this LO around:

ABC Design Blog - Red, White & Blue
Stamptacular - Stars & Stripes
The Corrosive Challenge - use flowers
Lexi's Creations - 3D
The Cuttlebug Spot - Independence
The ABC Challenge - X is for Xtra dimension
Pixie Dust Studio - Red, White & Blue
Raise the Bar - Colors of Your Flag
Frosted Designs - Red, White & Blue and Stars & Stripes
Wee Memories - Red, White, & Blue
Stamp Something - Colors of your flag
Fairy Fun Friday - Anything goes

This parade is very special for a reason and I have included a picture to explain it. One of my dear neighbors/friends walked with me and helped me since I just had a C-Section. We just talked and she held one of my twins the whole time and loved every minute of it. I took a great picture of her and in the picture she looks like she is wrapping herself around my daughter almost protecting her. Sadly this was the last picture taken of her because shortly after she went to drop her babysitter off and as she pulled in the babysitters driveway a tree uprooted and fell on her car killing her. It was a complete shock to us all since it was literally around the block...very freak accident. I can't believe it has almost been a year since she has passed away. I know that my children have a wonderful person up there with them.


32 comments:

  1. Absoulutely adorable. You have so much detail and I love how you laid everything out! It all comes together so nicely! Hope you have a great weekend:)

    Stephanie

    http://stephanieandthebug.blogspot.com

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  2. This is fantastic! What a gorgeous page!

    Thanks for joining Fairy Fun Fridays!

    xoxoxo

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  3. Lisa - thanks so much for joining us over at Raise the Bar this week! I really enjoy all the elements that you used to put this page together. How the little ones grow so fast! lol

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  4. Gorgeous layout...absolutely adorable pictures! I'm so sorry about your friend...such a tragedy. But this is a beautiful memory to have. Hugs! And thanks for playing along at Stamp Something!

    Janna :)

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  5. Your babies are so tiny in these pictures!! Amazing how fast it goes. Gosh I don't know what to say about your girlfriend. So much tragedy happens without rhyme or reason. I'm glad you were able to know her and she was a good part of your life. I bet she's holding your other babes just as close :) Enjoy your weekend.

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  6. Oh my gosh - this is just about the sweetest thing I've ever seen! I can only imagine how fun that parade was with those sweet babies! I love that you are a scrapbooker and that you took our challenge! Your take on it is fabulous! Thanks so much for playing with ABC Toys & Crafts!

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  7. What an amazing srapbook page, so much detailing.Thanks for joining us this week at abc challenge.Please check out our new challenge next week when y is for.....

    hugs Clare x

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  8. elle est très belle ta page, très original.

    Merci de te joindre à notre challenge du vendredi.

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  9. I love your photos!!!! The babies were so tiny....what a difference a year makes. Love, love, LOVE your Uncle Sam! This layout is everything All American.
    Thanks girlie for playing along with us at Frosted Designs this week!
    Hey this will work for our sketch at Sketches in Thyme too!
    Blessings,
    Kim xXx

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  10. Beautiful layout, love all the details and texture! Thanks for playing along with us at The Scrappiest!

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  11. beautiful page ,love the layout and the gorgeous photo,the wizard is fab too.
    thanks for joining us at lexis and good luck in the challenge
    lalkygirl x

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  12. Oh my word this is a fabulous page!!! I LOVE your little Uncle Sam!!! He is the cutest little fellow I have ever seen!!! And the way you did the circle of stars is just outstanding!! This is one of my favorites!! Nice work!!
    Barb :)

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  13. Oh what a beautiful page this is, so full of lovely things. Thank you for joining us at Fairy Fun Fridays this week.
    Hugs
    Suzi x

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  14. What a fun LO and I really love the circle of stars :)

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  15. What an adorable and fun layout!
    Thank you for submitting this unique creation at Stamptacular Sunday Challenge!

    I read your bio and I must say you are a courageous woman! Bless you, your family and your new baby girls :)

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  16. What a great layout! I am just so loving the peachy keen stamps. I am going to have to buy some really soon!

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  17. What an adorable paper piecing...makes for fun layout! Thanks for joining the stars and stripes challenge this week at the Stamptacular Sunday Challenge.
    Pleasantly,
    Paula

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  18. Beautiful Patriotic Layout!!!! Thanks for sharing with us at Stamp Something! Jo xxxx

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  19. such a great lay-out, especially after reading your story in your profile...you're such a brave and strong woman.....I admire you!....then I saw the pictures of your neigbour and read her story...that's so terrible...wish you all the luck of the world!

    Thanks for joining FFF and hope to see you next week again!
    xxx Margreet

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  20. Beautiful layout! Thanks for joining us at Stamp Something this week!

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  21. Oh This is Gorgeous, I love the pics of the babies. What a horrific accident what happened to your friend. That is a lovely photo of her and your dd. You are right she is up with your other children taken good care of them. As for your LO,k I love the Uncle Sam he is adorable. The whole LO is just great. Thanks for sharing. Thanks for playing with us at FD.

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  22. This is beautiful, Lisa! So fun and festive! I'm sorry about your friend/neighbor. She sounds like she was very special. You've made a wonderful tribute to her!

    Love ya,
    Lorie

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  23. Oh my goodness I was so awed by this wonderful layout.The story was so touching, I know your friend is up there cradling your little angels now.
    I also am so glad you played along with us at Sketches In Thyme.

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  24. WOW! Your embellishments are amazing and how you got all of those challenges from one layout is just WOW!! :)

    I played along with The Scrappiest Sketch #71 too!
    http://lisasmith1019.blogspot.com/2010/07/who-when-where.html

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  25. Love your uncle Sam!! Great LO!! Thanks for doing the sketches in thyme challenge!

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  26. Thanks for linking this one up, sistah! I love your take on it!!!! The Uncle Sam and the stars are just fab!!!! Thanks for joining us again this week!
    Blessings,
    Kim xXx

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  27. This is gorgeous! Love your foil stars and that adorable Uncle Sam. I love your blog scripture, too! It's been my favorite since I can remember. So sorry about your friend, and because this is the first time that I've visited your blog, your precious children, too. So sad!

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  28. I love all the layers and the details in your layout. A fabulous take on this weeks sketch. Thank you for playing with us at Sketches In Thyme.
    Hugs
    Tanya

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  29. OMGoodness this is just stunning!!! Love the layers and those photos are priceless!!! Thanks for playing along with us over at Sketches In Thyme and be sure and check back tomorrow for the new sketch!! Have a wonderful evening!!! Hugs!!!

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  30. What a cute layout and what a cute baby! Thanks for playing with us in the EBTKS challenge! :)

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  31. I love how you made uncle sam look old he is so sweet. Your lay out is so detailed and I love that you added more than one picture.

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  32. wow girl, all those pages... and all of them are just awesome. sigh.... I wish I could take the time to create some pages.... you totally inspire me.

    I am so sorry about your neighbor/friend but I too believe she's up there with your children.... hugs

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