A rare, quiet day...

Today a rare thing happened! Both my babies napped!! Zoey passed out on the couch during her favorite Strawberry Shortcake DVD... Hee! I am tickled pink! Here is Zoey:



I am working on getting my Mom's Christmas present done on time and I think I should get it in the mail tomorrow!! Here are the latest pages I've worked on. I kept them simple in order to not over do it... I would hate to want to redo this book in a few years!





So, hope you all are on time with your holiday projects! I am working hard to get some things done so hopefully by Friday, I won't have any more worries!!

Thanks for peeking!

-tessa

Heritage Pages

Hi! I am working on a couple of cards today but they aren't finished... my girls are acting like loony toons! I swear, they're nuts- keeping me very busy!!

So, instead of cards, I thought I'd share a couple more pages from the Howatson family Heritage album...

This one is about my Great Grandma Hazel Howatson. I thought it was neat that she saved her high school calling card and that my mom saved her obituary. She was a really neat lady!



The next is of my Grandma Donna on her wedding day! I absolutely love these photos of her!



Like the rest of the album, the patterned paper is nearly all by Scenic Route, the card stock is by Bazzill Basics, and the embellishments are by Making Memories, Heidi Swapp, and Prima.

Hope you are having a great Wednesday! Hopefully I'll be back a little later with some cards! Hee!

-tessa

Card and a few pages...

Hi! Today I am sick and feeling a little loopy from taking cold medicine... I hate that! I am glad though that I wasn't sick over the holiday weekend! I had fun being lazy and relaxing a little... I didn't even have to cook this year and that was even better!

I went to my friend Dawnette's house on Saturday night with a mission of getting some more pages done in my Mom's heritage album. But, what do you think I did... forgot the pictures! Can't scrap with out them, right! I ended up finishing one page I had started already and working on cards. I had lots of fun though!

Here is what I made:



Goodies:
All products by Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Inspired by Nature set
Ink: Kiwi Kiss Classic Ink, Versamark
Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, Basic Black card stock
Other: Kiwi Kiss striped ribbon, White embossing powder, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, Embossing Buddy

I stamped the grass onto the Kiwi card stock first in Kiwi ink. I rubbed over it with my embossing buddy so that the embossing powder wouldn't stick to the grass. Next, I stamped the daisies with Versamark and sprinkled on the White embossing powder and heat set. I embellished it with the black card stock and ribbon and then decided it needed a little more sparkle! I added the Dazzling Diamonds using a little Tombo multipurpose adhesive. Last, I matted it onto white card stock and a black card base.

Here are a couple of pages from my Mom's book, too!

Vernon Howatson- he was a lumber jack in Preston, WA



Four Generations



As always, thanks for taking a peek!

-tessa

Little Becky Howatson

Today I'm sharing more pages from my family heritage book! These pages show my mom when she was young- they were so much fun to scrap! She is adorable!





Card stock is by Bazzill, patterned paper and sticker embellishments are by Scenic Route, flowers are by Prima and Making Memories...

I showed these pictures to Zoey and asked her if she knew who it was. She says "That's Me!" and, she does look a lot like my mom! Here is a picture I took of Zoey yesterday morning... please excuse the dirty face! Hee!



Anyways, today is busy for me! I am finishing up swaps, hopefully playing along with Kristina Werner's new color inspiration challenge, grocery shopping, and getting some food ready for tomorrow! I love the holidays and am very excited about spending Thanksgiving with my sister and her in laws tomorrow! Hope you all have a very special Thanksgiving, too!

-tessa

A few pages from this weekend...

Hi! I had a great scrapbooking weekend in Nags Head! I had a chance to get started on a heritage album for my mom... well, restarted... I had worked on some pages this summer using a 9x9 album. Some of the pages were just too cluttered with too many pictures! I decided to use a 12x12 album instead, revamped my paper pickings and got started! I am using Scenic Route's Sonoma line for the entire book. Luckily, it is perfect for all things man and woman, wedding, baby, and heritage... Here are a few of pages that I finished:

The Title page:



My mom when she was a baby:



Mom, a little girl:



I tried to keep the embelishments simple... flowers, buttons, jewels and ribbon. I want the book to look clean and classic but still pretty. All the card stock is by Bazzill Basics and the flowers are by Prima and Making Memories.

I hope to share some more pages of my heritage album with you later this week!

-tessa