Mojo Monday Design Challenge #88

Here's my interpretation of the challenge. All products are from Close To My Heart. If you'd like to know how to get them, just comment below this picture. Enjoy!

In Honor of Memorial Day...The Wall

When I saw this scetch (#21) from Insprired Blue Prints, I knew exactly what picture I wanted to use. I've been wanting to scrapbook this picture of my son on his visit to Washington DC. We came to the Vietnam Memorial Wall and I turned back to talk to him to explain something and this is the vision I saw. Of course I took a picutre of almost a private moment I felt, but I was compelled to. I wanted this to be a "WOW" page because the picture is so powerful to me. I want it to speak to others as it did to me. Honor those past and present who have fought for our country. Thank them for their service...without it where would we be? From one military family to another, thank you!

Our Dads

Father's Day is a few weeks away and I wanted to share a page I did of our dads and the words of wisdom we heard on a daily basis...well...maybe not daily, but it sure seemed like it at times. :) I found a picture of our dads together and decided to use it instead of two separate pictures like I had origianlly intended. I also alternated the "father-isms" from Eric's dad and mine. To help distinquish between them, besides having every-other-one his dads then my dads, I used different brad colors. Note that the brads aren't really brads, but colored pieces of paper I punched out to look like brads! This helps to save money when you have a lot to do! I also used our liquid glass on top of each to make them stand out like brads would and also used the liquid glass on the belt buckle to set it apart.

All items used are from Close To My Heart. The paper is from our Level 2 Sasparilla Paper Pack and the buckle set is from our Lovely Buckles stamp set and don't forget the liquid glass! Contact me for more details!

Hope you enjoy and I'd love to hear what you think. Celebrate your fathers, grandfathers, uncles or that special man in your life who gave you great advice or comforting words while you were growing up.

Best Friend Visit

When Rachel is able to get to Virginia to visit her best friend Hannah, they never let a photo opportunity to have a photo shoot go by! Though they don't get to see each other as often as they like, you could never tell that by watching them together...they pick up where they left off.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope this finds everyone excited about this opportunity for new beginnings. If 2008 was a good year for you, then I hope it continues for 2009. If 2008 wasn't so wonderful, then brush it off and look forward to this new beginning.

I'm very blessed to have a wonderful husband and three great children who all keep me busy. I realize that I get so busy, I no longer devote much time to myself. Well, that's changing in 2009! I'm setting time aside for myself each week so I can do what I love most...scrapbook. I truly love it that much. It's relaxing for me and I feel so good and happy when I create something for our family and future generations to cherish. It also feels good when I hear and see my kids talk about my albums. Their friends come over and out come the books. They love to see what I've done lately. Makes my day.

I'd like to thank you all who have helped me get started with my new business venture with Close To My Heart as an Independant Consultant. I'm excited about upcoming crops and classes and hope to see this grow into something special not just for me, but for you as well. I hear people say "I just don't have the time." Well, I promise you won't be sorry investing in your future this way. This is something that will stay in your family for generations to come and will mean the world to your children to look back on someday and know that you did it for them. Our products truly do make things Faster. Simpler. Easier. We have scrapbooking kits in different levels, so know matter if you're a beginner or just don't have a lot of time to "layer and embellish", no problem, our Level 1 paper packs are for you! If you do have the time and prefer to do things yourself and play, then our Level 2 Paper Packs and Stickease are what you're looking for. Want to jazz things up a little more with ease? Then use our stamps and embellishments that go along with each themed paper pack. That simple. Card kits are also available. Let me show you how.

Looking forward to spending the New Year with you all creating!

My Website

Hey all! Go check out my website at www.robinvoak.myctmh.com Art work is to come in the next couple of weeks. On that website, you can view my art, view our catalog and order the products right there! Easy!

Hope your Thanksgiving was a blessed one. I'm back from visiting my in-laws in New York now. Busy with sewing for Rachel's upcoming Nutcracker performance! She's doing well. Coming back from a foot injury, but is strong and in 5 parts this year. She was up for Clara, the lead, but due to the injury, she had to bow out for that role. She's hoping next year will be her year. She's a very driven 14 year old!

I hope you all are going to create a beautiful layout of your Thanksgiving feast. We have the perfect stamps, papers, stickers, accessories etc. to help you do that! Go check them out! Get a head start and order your products to make your upcoming Christmas layouts and cards!