Dream Team

Here is a last minute SOY LO. this was a pic taken at our last team meeting with Sawyers ABA therapy team. it was bitterweet. On one hand we were excited to begin normalcy. But on hte other hand it was so sad to say goodbye to the people we had grown to love. they came 5 days a week for 6 months and 3 days for the last 4 months. It is a beautiful thing to know that your child is an overcomer, and is a testiment blessing. we still have our struggles and are entering a new phase and season of Sawyers Diagnosis, but he will make it! I just know it! every step we take is in the right direction. So for now we keep our eyes up and hopeful. All supplies were technique tuesday {stamps, ink and tiles}, crystals are swarovski, paint is MM.

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speed bumps of moments

As a mother I am often faced with little trickles of clothing that my kids have shed. on this day the kids had just come home from school and as normal off came the clothes. Everyday I am reminded of just what a wonderful jewel Sawyer is. last year he had no clue how to take off his (shoes or even what shoes were for that matter). Through therapy he has come such a long way. this layout depicts the miracles that we often pass up on our day to day or that we forget in the hustle of life. This particular day I was up to my ears in SOY projects and looking for a few good ideas, but nothing rang out. I began to pick up after the kids and started with the same old monotonous routine. And there they were, sawyer's shoes. I went to pick them up and was suddenly stopped. I was overwhelmed with a feeling of pride and love for Sawyer. here were his shoes in a cute little pile right in front of the door and COVERED in sand. I cried a little and laughed at the cute little size 8 DC's. How many of these cute little monuments have I passed up or forgotten? I am blessed and everyday I am reminded through little thins like this that I am overwhelmingly loved by God and taken care of even in my turmoil. When I found out that sawyer was going to be different I was devastated, but God has held true to his word and each day I am gifted sweet little miracles like these. glimpses into the true purpose of my children. So this Layout is to remind me to stop and take in the moments of life and cherish the gifted miracles I am given. I love the hand made goodies on this one, and it was one of the easiest supply list of all my SOY projects!

thanks for looking!

Not to shabby!

here are two more! Another new one (Sedona) and an oldie but goodie (timeless).

So do you all ever get any late night visits from JFM? Or is it just me??? The first Lo here is one I did of my daughter the same day I took the pics. I got the inspiration at 1 am and stayed up late just to finish it. as stated earlier... I have yet a LO to do that doesn't scream acrylic paint to me. so as you can see demonstrated here on these just how much I love it. Making Memories makes a killing off of me!!!

journaling:

always laugh little one, always be happy for you are the lords treasure!

once again i look back at these and get so excited as to where my style is headed!!!!

thanks for checking them out!

~Liz

something old, something new...

Here are a few others of my SOY LO's I used so me of my older stuff due to lack of time!

painting piggies:

this was my first SOY project

One Year:

this was a LO I made I think in february. I was eager to use my new AL $1 stamps.

I am really happy where my style is headed. I see these which were just done earlier this year and I am like a totally different scrapper. Both of these I love, but it is jsut amazing how you grow through the process.

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Congrats my friends!

big shout out to my buds on the MB who made top ten!

Noel and Ali you all rock!!!!!! If I would have know that you had entered Ali I would have made a banner for you too!

Queen Me

Here is the LO I did for SOY that after almost finishing it, I though it was missing something. as I remembered these cute little Queen an co. hearts that Kim had given me and for the life of me I could not find them anywhere! i twas killing me, everywhere I looked, no hearts and all I need was two!!!

So I went to the faithful CKMB and asked if anyone had two. Sure enough, melegs responded and sent me a white one and a black one and finally I can show her the LO she helped me with! the hearts are really small but you can see them handing on the bottom of the chess pieces.

This is a pic of me and my DH the day we were married, the quote is from an Everclear song that my DH use to sing to me and still does.

"My girlfriend is like magic in the hand when I lose my sparkle she's the only one that understands. I swear I'm going to marry you someday" ~Everclear

All stamps are TT and so are the tiles. I also sent this to the creative director of TT as she so graciously sent me a prize pack and asked to see what I did with it. Eileen is awesome!!!

thanks for looking!

~Liz

My Soy Portfolio and mini album project~

Here is the album that I created for my SOY portfolio. I titled it "Clearly Me". the other album is a mini album that I made for my daughter it is titled 10 things @ 1. the mini album was part of my SOY submission. One of these will be the prize for my random drawing at the end of the month. The Portfolio will be blank white pages inside and can be used as an all about me album. the mini album will be sent in the form of a kit so that you can add your own title and embellish it the way you want to. I am not sure which I am going to use as I would like to use one for here and one for the CKMB. So let me know what you think.

~Liz

PS, I think you may laugh at some of my SOY submissions! One in particular looking back, it just makes me laugh!!! Only the CKMB'rs would truly understand!

SOY Done!!!

Well yesterday the calls went out. I got a call.. from the direct tv lady! She didn't realize that today was the day, so I can't blame her!

I am really hoping and praying for my friend though! I think she could go far with her talent. I am so happy that God gave me her to chat with and bounce ideas with throughout this process.

So what I have learned...

It is all about timing!

Never lose hope!

My time to shine will come!

I have fun with what I do and if there is a kicker of compliments here or there well that suits me just fine!

James still calls me Scrapbooker if the Century, so if he thinks I can do it than why not? God put a passion in my life to be a good wife, and warm mother and to scrap all of our memories. All glory goes to him for giving me my passion.

Here are two of my new projects from my portfolio.

Enjoy!