step-by-step: friendship card

 I get requests for virtual make ‘n takes all the time… so I thought I’d share a card I just made. It features a cool set of stamps from Inque boutique that I’m totally in LOOOOOOVE with, and of course scraps of paper. So, I bought the Creative Escape book and in it […]

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Happy Birthday Jacob!

 
Today my little guys, who really isn’t so little, turns 2.  We are celebrating at home with family.  We hope to see some good football and some baseball and hope you all have a great day.
Friday night at Chevy’s Fresh Mex we had our family foursome dinner to celebrate - Jake had a blast…

Remember, life […]

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NSR - My Cubs!!!

 
This is TOTALLY not scrapbook related, but as most of you know, we are bit of a Chicago sports family…  just a tad…
Anyway, last night, our Cubs made it into the playoffs.  Now, anyone who knows baseball at all knows that this is not just a big deal, but HUGE!!!  We are known as the “lovable […]

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craft roundup!

 Ok, so can you guess where this is? Disneyland! That’s right, my family headed to Disneyland last week for some super fun at my favorite place on earth. LOVE all the details, the fun, and the memories we created. It was a lot of work getting the girlies all around… but worth it. More on […]

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Favorite Bears Fans

This past Sunday, the boys were decked out in their traditional Sunday best - Bears jerseys and hats.  This is what they will be wearing until the season ends…  January, but hopefully February. (after this past weekend, however, we will be done in Jan.)
I had an amazing time, taking pics of the boys in their […]

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in pink

  my two girls, in pink. Where are they? what are they doing? why am I so tired? more on that later. Right now I just wanted to pop in, say hello and remind you all that next week is “pink week” here on the blog. I’ll be sharing some projects, having some super […]

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~ Home Sweet Home ~

Greetings Friends and Fiskateers.  As you’ve probably noticed, you haven’t heard from me in a while.  Well, there have been lots of changes and one of them being we have moved. 
There’s a lot of details behind our move but nonetheless we are so happy (and healthier) in our new home. We now call the city […]

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Scrap in Pink

First of all, you all have been cracking me up with your responses to my last post.  I have had the best time reading all of your fun/funny stories.  I’m going to leave the contest going through the weekend and at the beginning of next week I will announce the winners.
Tomorrow I am heading back […]

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Handwriting…

This is a topic I hear from people about all the time - they hate their handwriting and don’t want to use it on layouts because they are afraid it will detract or make it look sloppy. 
I am a big believer in using your handwriting - it is a part of you, your personality, and […]

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I’m Back!

I just got back from my wonderful birthday trip to Disney World.  My husband and I had a wonderful time!
 
I have been spening my day unpacking and catching up on my 200+ emails that were wating for me in my Fiskateers inbox.  I also had grand plans to present you all with a scrapbook […]

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