Wow! It has been awhile!

I know, I know.  It has been forever since I have been on here!  I hate that the school year eats up so much of my time.  Excuses!  I am back!!!!  

I was looking at some photos and realized I did not ever blog about this layout.  So before I show you anything new I have been working on, I had to go over this page!

I made this last year.  I used some of my fun embellishments that I got at Scrapbook Convention.  I love the bling I added!!!!

Paper:  DCWV and SEI maybe?  The rhinestone border and glittery mesh are from Scrapbook Convention.  The title is Phrases Cartridge.  Background cut with Elegant Edges.

I love using new embellishments!  I recently went to another Scrapbook Convention and of course spent way too much money, but got great stuff and learned some new techniques to use on my pages.  I also joined Stamps of Life die hard club!  I am addicted to her stamps right now!

I also got some new goodies for Christmas that I will share as well!  I promise to be back with more soon!  Until then, hope you enjoyed this Fall layout and I am glad to be back with ya!

Okay....I admit...this is harder to do than I thought!

Keeping a blog updated while you are working is really hard! Of course, it could just be that teaching has really got me busy this year!!!! Many challenges with budget cuts in our district and state are causing me much more work! But...I digress. That information could be a whole other blog!

I have not been working on scrapping as much as I would like! I did however get some inspiration last weekend!!! My husband and I were out at Barnes and Noble and I picked up on of the Cricut magazines. Saw a cute Fall sign to make, so I had to try it myself! I changed it a bit, but used almost all the same Cartridges.

I used brown and yellow cardstock from DCWV for the background squares. The pattern paper was DCWV Fall stack from 2 or 3 years ago. I then used cardstock scraps to make the pumpkins, apples and leaves. I used a shiny brown cardstock from DCWV for the letters. I used the cricut carts Lyrical Letters for the letters, Doodlecharms for the apples and leaves and Gypsy Wanderings for the pumpkins.

These are the close-ups! I really do like this hanging on our mantle! After taking down the Halloween decorations, the area looked so bare! I don't believe in Christmas decorations until after Thanksgiving so this was the perfect addition until then!!!!!

Hope you liked the newest update! Hopefully I will post something again soon! Thanksgiving break is coming soon (not soon enough!) and I plan to really get some stuff done! Hope to have a lot to post!