Anyone else Expecting??

HAHAHA:) No Mom, it is NOT me-(fooled you? I doubt it!)
but it does seem like all those around me are having babies!
Relatives, co-workers, neighbors...
I have been scrapping and it seems I am always making baby things. Baby books (two lullaby albums), baby mini's (Bo Bunny word books -I made three) and baby cards (lots and other cards too)!
I cannot believe it has been weeks since I last blogged-it sure has been busy around here and it will continue to be, we do not have a free weekend until mid-June now and the datebook is gettign double-booked for some days.
LOTS of news to share, but wanted to pop on and quickly share this really quick and easy accordion card I made- I actually made a few but in my excitement to get them to the recipients I mailed a few before taking PICS! If you like it, email me at scrapqn@wildblue.com and I will give you the directions. But beware, it is addicting.

this is the card "closed"

and standing up "open"

and flat on the table so you can see each edge decorated

Just so darn cute!

I scrapped!

Amazing but true- I squeezed a little scrap time in this weekend.
I worked on the layout of Nick on Friday night, finished it on Saturday, created Meagan's girly-girl one on Saturday and started Hunter's What now layout and wrapped it all up Sunday- and, Anthony came home Saturday night. He picked Aunt Jeanne up (she says thank you) at the airport and took her home then came over- we yacked until 3 am!!! I did not think I could get much accomplished -pulling "all nighters" is hard on us "old" people, but I managed! I scrapped, I did errands, took Meg to a friends and cooked Chicken Parmesan FROM SCRATCH! Shoulda gotten a pick of that one,..but I forgot!
Anyway- here is some layouts for you. All made with Crate Paper Prudence paper set and accessories sold at the AC Bailey store. It is BEAUTIFUL stuff, got embossing and glitter on it, brown and green and blue colors. It is real rich looking and I got 5 layouts and some cards with plenty still leftover for another project and all that stuff was under $10!
Check these out:

You all know Miss Meagan- featured in lots of layouts.
Her shirt was the perfect match to the papers here, funny in real life these layouts look so different, and her eyes are SO blue- really! No enhancements with Photoshop here-I really do not even know HOW to do that! They glitter like the sparkles on this paper! She is a natural beauty!

And this is another layout of Hunter- another favorite scrap subject.
He LIKES posing for the camera. The baby he is holding is my nephew Ryan's baby who is also named Ryan. He is usually very happy-bu this was his Christening Day and he had had enough of flashing cameras and people passing him around I think-Hunter loves babies and wanted to hold baby Ryan-until he started to cry!

And this layout is of my oldest son Nicholas. Nicholas is my "gentle giant." But he loves anything with wheels and horsepower. He was pretty excited that we had ordered our Shelby GT 500, but we had not yet gotten it from Ford when Uncle Tom located a used one. He was able to go and pick up this pretty white convertible before our car even arrived and Nick fell in love. These pics were taken by my nephew Tommy with his CELLPHONE camera, can you believe that?? Anyway, I printed them and scrapped them. It is hard to get pics of Nick, he lives out of town. I did the hand journaling thing here, but HATE my handwriting on layouts.

Hope you enjoyed the tour of "Prudence" as much as I liked using that Crate Paper- wait until you see what I am working on now,...maybe post more by the end of the week!

Good Mail Day!

Wow, has it really been over a week since I last blogged?
So sorry- I was doing so well too...Anyway, I thought I'd hop on and share with you all my today was a good mail day.
I love getting mail. Never used to, but since I now have so many scrappy friends, the mail is something I always look forward to. I got an ATC card- for those of you who do not know what those are, they are called Artist Trading Cards and are like baseball cards that scrappers make themselves and trade or give away. I also got a new scrap magazine- cutest layout on the cover, cannot wait to see inside and figure out which of my friends are published in THIS issue- just love turning the pages and saying, "I know her, and her,...okay, not that lady,...but HER!"

My mailman has gotten used to me, but he used to always give me the "crazy lady" look.
He told me once that no one but me gets happy and dances a little jig when the mail arrives. No one runs out to the mail box skipping and singing - just me. He said he used to wonder what was in those packages I so enjoy getting (hahaha- what was he thinking was in them?) but I started showing him my scrap stuff and I always give him home made treats at the holidays and he seems happy now to bring me nice stuff...He knocks and says "Gail, a box from AC Bailey- AGAIN and he smiles- hahahaha:) So, he said today- I think someone made you something and he handed me a small brown envelope-he was RIGHT! Check this out-


a handmade thank you card from my SIL's daughter -in-law (so is she my niece-in-law??) Miek and Renee have the cutest son, but she just had an adorable daughter. I love new babies and this one is a cutie and she named her MEGAN!!! (coincidence???) So I made them a bo bunny baby album- don't think I took pics, if I did I cannot find them....but she MADE me THIS card- how cool is that??
Didn't know she was also a talented scrapper- coulda sent her the stuff and watched HER make the album I bet. I love mail!

And wanna know a funny thing about my mailman? He is deathly afraid of DOGS! All dogs, but MINE! Found out when I had a mail issue once, I called the post office and explained that the mail man left a slip on my porch and the lady on the phone asked, "Where do you live?" THREE times and then insisted it was not MY mailman leaving anything on the porch cause I have a dog and he would NEVER get out of the mailtruck here. But, we fooled her! I get lots of mail, somedays it does not fit int he box and I have an oversized box too! So, he'd meet me out front and I explained to him that Casey (the dog) has an underground fence wire thing that beeps when she is leaving her boundary and if she crosses the line she gets "bit." I showed him where she could go and could not go and he liked that she could not reach him in the driveway or walk. He was funny to watch, he'd turn to always have an eye on her and he'd carry a biscuit and tell her if she was good he'd toss it to her after. But in time, her cuteness got to him. He now knows her name, calls out to her, tells her to sit and I think I saw him pet her once!

Here is a layout of Casey with my son Anthony who loves her even more than the mailman does.
Who knows, maybe Casey will get mail someday and then what will he do then? HAHAHA:)
Old layout- sorry! I am scrapping this weekend, will post even better layouts for you by Monday-promise.