Well, it's definitely been a while since I've been on here.  I had been in a scrappy slump for a little bit, and then we had our school testing, which pretty much wipes out an entire week.  Been a lot more
tired than usual too...probably just staying up way too late and not getting enough sleep.  Definitely going to try to go to bed earlier tonight...of course it's almost 11:00 now though, LOL.

      I did scrap a little this week, thank goodness.  The new month always brings about new challenges and sketches, which always inspires me.

      Here is the page I did for MySketchWorld's DT using Lucy's fantabulous sketch!

And here is a page I did tonight using  a LO by Monica B. for the scraplift challenge over at 2Ps Calendar Girls.  It's hard to believe that I've been scrapping with these girls for six - almost seven - years now.   They're just remarkable and I'm incredibly lucky to have them in my life...

 

     A  customer at JoAnns has let me borrow some of her MemoryBox dies; they're really delicate, and so lovely.  So I used a couple of them on the above page.  I've really grown fond of a couple of them :)  Thanks, Jill, for entrusting me with your scrappy supplies :)

     This coming weekend is NSD.  One of my favorite scrappy times.  Although I was asked by a co-worker to cover his shift Friday night, and I said yes without even thinking about the date.  So I'll
be working Friday and Saturday nights, and Sunday all day.  I may get lucky and get a page or two  done, but we'll see.

     Well, guess I better go try to get a few things done before bed...

      This is a quote that MyScraps&More used for a quote challenge last week, and I used it on a page, and I'm thinking of using that as a motto-type quote.  Don't know who said it.... I should probably look that up .... but it's just an amazing, and truthful, quote...

Here it is:

"Minutes are worth more than money; spend them wisely."

Is that not an amazing quote?

Anyway, good night all.

MY SKETCH WORLD Cards Blog Hop

to My Sketch World Blog Hop!

Sketches, sketches oh I love sketches. Well let me tell you how excited I am to tell you that today to show off incredibly talented designers for our next term.

Join us now on our blog hop!

Here’s the skinny on how it works. Stop by each designers blog to see what fantabulous creations they’ve made using My Sketch World April 15th sketch and get to know them. Be sure to leave a comment at each stop along the way, we are going to draw at random from all the comments left on all 9 blogs (this includes this MSW blog posting), will receive a $20 GC to Scrapbook.com!

All comments must be made by midnight PST on April 16th. Tune into this blog on April 17th to see if you are one of the lucky winners.

So without further adieu here’s the line up:

MSW BLog http://www.mysketchworld.com

Nicole Wise http://www.fourwiseguys.blogspot.com/
Suzann Jones http://suzannssmallworld.blogspot.com/
Jan Tatomir http://www.jantatomir.blogspot.com/
Majo Wybranietz http://majos-art.blogspot.com/
Lisa Moen http://lisasscrappyhideaway.blogspot.com/
Karen Zabuska http://www.calmcreations.blogspot.com/
Scarlett Salamone http://scarlettsscrapoirs.blogspot.com/
Stacey Wright http://spaceystaceyscrappygoodness.blogspot.com/
Lucy Chesna http://scrapperqueen.blogspot.com/

Back to MSW Blog http://www.mysketchworld.com

Good morning...

The weather here has been just gorgeous.   For a while there we were having a lot of rain, and the warmth of summer hit us quickly even though summer is a couple of months away...now, it's back
to chilli mornings and evenings, and perfect weather in between.  Just lovely.

Although I've scrapped a couple of pages, I also picked up an extra shift at JoAnns for a couple of
weeks, which is always good, especially with having Sunday (Easter) off.  That will hit me in a
couple of weeks.  I've also gotten caught up in reading The Hunger Games.  Fantastic story-line, and
fast paced reading.  I finished the first one, and am now reading the second one.  Once I get involved in reading a good book, it's really hard for me to put it down.  I won't mind seeing the movie now, but had to read the book first :)

Here are a couple of pages that I got done using geometric shapes.  Although hexagons are the trendy
shape right now, I used an octagon shape for one of the pages.  The other page uses hexagons.  For the hexagon I had to find the shape, print it and then cut and trace.  For the octagon, I actually have a die
for that one.  Thank goodness for dies :)

Well, I'm off to begin another week of school.  Our testing is in a couple of weeks, so it's  review, review and review.  Hopefully, with all this reviewing, the kids will remember what they're doing come test time.

to My Sketch World Blog Hop!

Sketches, sketches oh I love sketches. Well let me tell you how excited I am to tell you that today to show off incredibly talented designers for our next term. We will have another blog hop on April 15th to reveal the card sketch and get to know our other designers.

Join us now on our blog hop!

Here’s the skinny on how it works. Stop by each designers blog to see what fantabulous creations they’ve made using My Sketch World April 1st sketch and get to know to them. Be sure to leave a comment at each stop along the way, we are going to draw at random from all the comments left on all 9 blogs (this includes this MSW blog posting), will receive a $20 GC to Scrapbook.com store!

All comments must be made by midnight PST on April 2nd. Tune into this blog on April 3rd to see if you are one of the lucky winners.

So without further adieu here’s the line up:

MSW BLog http://www.mysketchworld.com

Joan Borgelt http://thegovsplace.blogspot.com/
Ann Jobes http://inkspiration.typepad.com/inkspir ... _stamping/
Malin Rimby http://scrapsofmalwa.blogspot.com/
Kristin Perez http://somescrapsugar.blogspot.com/
Kathleen Hernandez http://creobyladykatutz.blogspot.com/
Toni Archer http://memoriesonpages.blogspot.com/
Ginni Gass http://ginniscrappyworld.blogspot.com/
Darcy Lagrandeur http://www.ourhouseofe.blogspot.com/
Bev Code http://beeceecreativity.blogspot.com/

Back to MSW Blog http://www.mysketchworld.com

Hello my name is toni. I am so excited to part of the team as a Layout Designer.


I live in East Tennessee with my husband, Larry, and two of my children; Kevin and Meagan.  I've been scrapping for quite a while now.  I love the whole process,
and I love that I'm documenting our life as a family, and each of us individually.

Here is the April 1st sketch from My Sketch World:

Here is my example using the sketch:

Thanks for being here and now its time to head to Ginni's Blog   http://ginniscrappyworld.blogspot.com/  and check out her super cute creation.

      Well, it's been a week since I've posted anything, but have been working on linking some friends' blogs and getting ready for the Blog Hop come Sunday at 7:00 a.m.
       I also worked an extra shift at JoAnns, so that just plum wore me out... was supposed to do another one but I had to ask to have someone else take the girl's spot I was filling in for.  I really need a couple of nights for me...even if it's just to vegge out on the couch, LOL. 
       Went out to dinner with DH and the kiddos (and a friend of Meagan's)...it was very nice.  We don't get to do that very often, especially with our crazy schedules.  Love my kiddos; they're great.
       Anyway, hope you all get to stop back for the Blog Hop. 

It's coming .... one of the reasons for creating a blog is coming ....

Here is a page I did recently for challenges on both http://mysketchworld.com/forum/index.php and
http://myscrapsandmore.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=liftchallenges.  I really had fun creating this
page, and it's definitely outside my box, LOL.

     I received some terrific news the other day...Lucy, owner and creater of  http://mysketchworld.blogspot.com/, has selected me to be on her DT...
How exciting this is for me; and what an opportunity to work with so many
super wonderful and creative girls at this fun and inspiring sketch site.
Thanks, Lucy :)