Chloe Celebration Giveaway * Win some AWESOME goodies!!!

Please read this story about my Dear Friend Michelle's daughter Chloe. She's such a brave little girl and has become a part of our family through prayer.

As you probably already know, my daughter was diagnosed with Leukemia (ALL) last November at the age of 4. She and my family have been through a really rough last 7 months. She has been in the hospital numerous times, she has been really sick, angry, on all kinds of nasty drugs that have increased her apetite, had her physically acting out, had her in bed for weeks, left her with no emotion but sadness and a sense of joylessness.

She was taken out of preschool and because of her illness we were unable to put our 3 year old son in preschool. The doctors worried that the kids would get sick in school and Chloe would end up in the hospital again.

However, today, she went for her weekly doctor's visit and her blood count was at a safe level and she was given the go ahead to begin the next phase of her treatment, which is called "Maintenance." In maintenance, her blood count levels stay significantly higher than they are when she was undergoing the intense treatment that she has been receiving in the first 7 months of her treatment. She will be able to begin Kindergarten and Daniel will be able to start Pre-school. We are really excited!

Chloe will have a bone marrow test on Monday and then she will officially begin her first "course" of Maintenance, which will go on for the next 2 years.

In celebration of Chloe's milestone, I wanted to give-away some goodies for you. Here's the catch ~ Please post HERE a photo that brings you joy when you look at it.

I will pick a random winner on Monday, June 30th.Here is a photo that I love of Chloe that I took at Easter:

And here is the PRIZE you could win. Isn't it GORGEOUS??? Michelle is SOOO generous.


Thank you to all of the people that have been so supportive and have said prayers for Chloe and our family.

Creative Imaginations - Rock Star!!!!

THANK YOU so much to Creative Imaginations and Michelle from A Million Memories for giving me this cool stuff to work with.

I had the ROCK STAR line from Marah Johnson and the Sierra Ring Book-Home.

The book is for my nephew who goes to the "School of Rock". He's studying to be a drummer. I left the journaling spots blank for him to write on himself.

I added Maya Road journaling spots and some Tim Holtz Grungeboard and Crackle Paint.


~School of Rock~
























~Thank You~

July AMM Kit - Summer Passport

Can you saw GORGEOUS?? Can you saw ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS??? That's that I'm talking about. This kit is even more amazing in person. I don't even know where to start!! HURRY...this kit will definitely sell out!!! You can get it at A Million Memories!!!

Cosmo Cricket "Hello Sunshine" Project Sneak Peek

I'm such a tease!! Here is a quick SNEAK PEEK of a project I'm working on for A Million Memories using Cosmo Cricket's awesome new line "Hello Sunshine". I just LOOOVE this line. It's so perfect for all of the photos I'm using!! It's called "The Perfect DAY". I can't wait to share it with you.

The cool thing is that I'm writing instructions for this to share and I'm hoping that it might be available as a CLASS at AMM!!! HOW COOL!!!

OH! The agony!!! I hate waiting!!!

Well....I sent my DT Submission to Cosmo Cricket. Now I'm on pins and needles. I have no idea when the calls will be made or when they will announce the team. So I guess I should relax and maybe scrap a while!! (Don't tell DH cause he thinks I should be cleaning the house).

My friend Kitty used to be on the team and said how STINKIN COOL they are (you can tell by the funny videos on their blog). I met them at CHA last summer (and I'm SURE they remember me..LOL)!!! I would LOVE to create project instructions and teach classes at LSS's or conventions. What do you think? Would you go? (OK...Chris...I know you'd go)!!!

Ok....back to life....I should get off this cloud for now!!! Wish me luck!!

How did I get SO LUCKY???

OMGOSH!!! How did I get so lucky? Nick and Vanessa had a Luau party for their last day at PreSchool. Here are just a couple of photos that I took (at home) after the party.

They are SOOOO CUTE!! I can't wait to scrap them. (I'm working on a project using Cosmo Cricket's HELLO SUNSHINE line but you can't see it until it's done. It's only fair, right??)

Cosmo Cricket - Dutch Girl

A HUGE Thank You to Cosmo Cricket and A Million Memories for giving me this GORGEOUS product to work with!!!

I'm not sure but I think the Dutch Girl might be one of my all time favorite lines to work with. And I just LOVE Cosmo Cricket. It's so easy to work with and always has the perfect theme for my projects!!

Here are the projects I did with the Dutch Girl line!!


~Watch Us Grow~
This book is HUGE!! Closed it's 6x12"....but open...it's 24x18". It's awesome in person!!


This view is 12x24"


Open view: 18x24..it's SO cool. The best is that each "section" is like doing a 6x12" layout!























~Mr Potato Head~
One of my rare two pagers I made with one of my sketches. Ijust love these photos of Nick.








~Me and V~
I just LOOOOVE the CC die cuts. They are perfect for layouts and make the cutest embellishments. I polished off this layout with lots of stickles!!





~Thanks so Much~
A HUGE Thank You to Cosmo Cricket and A Million Memories for giving me this GORGEOUS product to work with!!!

How about some AROUND THE BLOCK projects??

A huge THANK YOU to Around the Block and A Million Memories for giving me this beautiful products to work with!!!


~nessa~









~be yourself~



~Bunch of cards~



~Thanks~


~Best Wishes~


~happy birthday~


~make a wish~

Chat with Marah Johson from Creative Imaginations

I cannot WAIT to chat with Marah Johnson!!! She'll be chatting with us at A Million Memories on Thursday, June 12 at 9:00pm EST.

Be there or be square!!!

Here is a link to the chat forum: AMM Online Chats Just check in around 9:00pm and you'll see the chat thread started. (If you are not a member of AMM, you'll have to sign-up for a new account first....we'd LOVE to have you aboard)!!!

Marah's Blog

June is CREATIVE IMAGINATIONS MONTH at A Million Memories!!

Can you believe it?? There is SOOOO much going on a AMM this month. And it's all about CREATIVE IMAGINATIONS!!!

WE ARE DEDICATING THE WHOLE MONTH OF JUNE TO

CREATIVE IMAGINATIONS

**AMM's GUEST DESINER for JUNE is CHERYL MEZZETTI**

We have an amazing month planned for you. Not only are we gonna have chats with some of the most amazing and talented scrappers and designers from CI and in the scrapbooking industy, but we are also going to have a contest that could *WIN* YOU* a spot as a Guest DT for Creative Imaginations.

Here are the CHAT dates we have scheduled for this month:

• Thursday, June 12 - Mara Johnson Chat - 9pm est
• Tuesday, June 17- Samantha Walker Chat - 9pm mst
• Friday, June 20 - Karen Russell Chat -9pm est
• Tuesday, June 24 - Christine Adolph Chat - 9pm est

AND....if that's not enough.....

A MILLION MEMORIES is having a layout contest that will end on June 30th. The winner will receive a guest spot designing for Creative Imaginations in the month of August, a 3 month AMM kit membership beginning with the August kit and will be the AMM featured Guest Designer for the month of August.

How does this sound? Interested?

Here is what you need to do:Your layouts must consist of 80% Creative Imaginations products ~ any line! You can mix up the lines, or do whatever you want, just make sure that 80% of the products on the layout are by Creative Imaginations. One layout per entry and the layout may be any size. If you would like to look at all of the products that CI manufacturs, you can look here: http://www.amillionmemories.com/shopbycom.php?id=250 or you can look on their site here: http://www.creativeimaginations.us/stor … ndList.phpPost your project in the AMM Gallery and here. That's it!!! Easy peasy, right? Now get to work and most importantly, have fun!!!