Today I spent the day going through my scrapbooks and determining which ones to send home with my daughter next month and pulling out pictures of everyone to scan and separate into groups to go home with each of my four kids. Included are pictures of the grands. I decided to send all of the...

AnnaLift Challenge 12.05.25 - 12.19.25 https://oscraps.com/community/threads/annalift-challenge-12-05-25-12-19-25.43365/

Got up when Mark left for work at 5:30ish today. First things first.....coffee! The perfect recipe for my coffee is one pod run through the Keurig with 18 ounces of water. Add 2 ice cubes to begin the cooling-off process and add almost 2 ounces of French vanilla creamer. Stir and enjoy...

Cover for our bike book

It was 7 degrees when I got up at 8 today!! I worked on the computer until it was time to pick up Mark for lunch. We went to Mamma Mia’s and split our usual Chicken Philly Sub combo. It is still a lot of food for me. I usually end up giving Mark half of my fries and today he took about half...

This is a stunning black-and-white photo of a child taking in all the magic of a brightly lit Christmas tree and all the marvel and wonder that comes with that magic. Sometimes less really is more, so I decided to keep all the focus on that photo by adding a simple frame, one piece of word art...

More playing around.

For the December 2025 A Whimsical Adventure Designer Challenge at Oscraps, we were asked to follow a "recipe" to create our seasonally-themed layout. We were asked to use: 2 papers, 1 overlay, 1 image, 2 splatters, 2 scatters, 1 word art, and up to 6 other elements. I've never done a recipe...

To create this layout, I started with the photo of the pine tree on an outcropping of rocks, near an icy sea. I selected the outside edges of the photo, and made a 55 pixel frame for it, and gave it a drop shadow. Next, I selected a pretty mixed media grunge background paper for it from Rachel...

More playing.

Just playing with this beautiful kit!

I'm going to have so much fun with this kit! Old age isn't for sissies! Sunday afternoons are pretty chill after we get home from church around 1:15-1:30. Sometimes we order lunch but today I wanted to eat the leftover soup from last week and fix a pan of cornbread to go with it. The rest of...

For the Day 4 Challenge at Oscraps, we were asked to use one word -- HOLIDAY -- somewhere in our layout. (The plural version is also okay.) I decided to do an irreverent take on the holidays -- because not everyone looks forward to them. They may have lost a loved one, and this is their first...

Day 12 - Re-do a Layout https://oscraps.com/community/threads/day-12-redo-a-layout-challenge.43252/ Re-do October Melody - Kay https://oscraps.com/community/media/october-melody-etd-kay2-jpg.397967/

When I saw the Pocket Full of Pebbles Mixed Media Collection by Rachel Jefferies and Lynn Grieveson, I absolutely fell in love with this pebble paper designed by Rachel. And I knew I had to make a layout featuring it! I decided to keep the photos and embellishments in a tight area, to let that...

Giggletown Collection by Art Addicts Designs, an amazingly fun collection!

Giggletown Collection by Art Addicts Designs, an amazingly fun collection!