Computer down at Home.

So sad....the second heart attack it has had in as month, I think it is time to shoot it and get it overwith. I am not able to upload/download layouts with out it....bummer. I am working on something else.

I have done one layout all on my own(no challenge) and now I am trying to get into my newest Swirlydoo kit...I have taken it out twice and still nothing. I purchased more feathers for it. I do believe I have found the perfect picture however the layout calls for one large and two small......and that I do not have. Think, Think, Think.....

I can do this. The photo I have is of my father when I was about 4 or 5 years old...He had taken dance lessons and it is a photo that looks like an Arthur Miller Dance Studio picture. His dance partner is in a red dress and Dad is all dressed up in black. Hard to believe he had a life other than me huh?

Getting the hang of this community......

Her is my second layout. I am learning with each one how to photograph them to show them off the best. Photo smart here I come.....

This one is for a Grunge challenge. Again another first for me. All mine so far have been cutesy little girl ones. I new experience and I loved it...I finished this one at 2 am the other morning.

I have also found, so far that the community of scrappers is one of enthusiastic, caring individuals with awesome talent and like me an addiction that knows no bounds.Yesterday I got up a little early, not unusual because I have trouble sleeping, anything more than 4 hours a night is considered GREAT, anyway my daughter got up and found me at the kitchen table scrapping. In my search for pictures to scrap my new Swirlydoo kit with I found some others that truly motivated me. My poor dog, Baby,was sitting in the living room looking at me forlornly waiting to be taken out. Caity(my daughter) chastised me for ignoring her, but I was so into my zone that it did not even register. I'll have to post a picture of baby she is really not a cute dog, but I think she is adorable, everyone else thinks she is a hairy blonde rat..and when she is wet she looks like one. Back to my story, I went home today at lunch, took Baby out, put my smart one in the microwave and sit down to my layout...I am so eager to get back home to work on it.
This photo has a glare on it on Brenden
s forhead that I did not notice. Sorry Brenden. But don't you just love those smiles.

My First Post.

Hi! My name is Marilynn and I thank you for stopping by. I am not quite sure what exactly a "blog" is all about, but I am a quick learner.

I love to Srapbook and that love lead me to clicking onto blogging links that led me to wonder people with layouts that I never ever would have dreamed of. The talent out there is so awe inspiring. I have been scrapping for about 4 years and fell in love with it, however I have not, could not, imagine the different techniques out there, painting, stamping, distressing, sewing, cutting, pasting, flowers, pearls, jewels, everything that is beautiful. I am humbled.

My blog spot is a work in progress, I have no idea how to make it beautiful like some, but I will learn and I will create. My promise to myself.

I have been married, wow this year makes 35 years, seems like yesterday, and yes I am proud of that. My daughter who is 14 has very few friends that live with both parents. She tells me she is very proud to announce to everyone. I have a 30 year old son, who in turn has gifted me with a grandson who is 8. My husband and my son share the same birthday, how wierd is that.

This my friends is the very first layout that I have shared with the outside world and it was part of a Swirlydoo challenge. If you haven't been there, go now, do not pass go do not collect $200....it is a wonderful site full of wonderful, helpful people. http://www.swirlydoos.com/

This layout is of my daughter she is 14 going on 21....Scary. She loves to change the color of her hair....