Long Time

WOW!! I just realized it has been over a month since I updated my blog!! BAD BLOGGER!! I have actually been busy with scrap and card projects!! Where are the pics you ask? Good question. My family bought me a new digital camera in April. Figuring out how to use it was pretty easy since it is an updated version of my old one. I went out and bought a 4 gig memory card...lots of room for lots of pictures. Well it seems for some reason my computer doesn't like the 4 gig card. It will not upload the pictures. I am trying to figure out a fix for this.

First I will start with something exciting you can get in on. The Scrap Review is having a raffle. OK so I don't know many details on the raffle, but I do know about The Scrap Review. If you have not checked them out, do so now. Great site! It gives unbiased reviews of scrap related products. If there is something they don't like abut a product...they will say it!! They even give away some of the stuff they review. I can honestly say I KNOW they give it away too...because I was the lucky winner of one of their first giveaways. How Cool Is That?? I am sure the raffle will be awesome. Check it out!!

Last weekend my daughter, my best friend and I attended the Rubber stamp and Scrapbook Expo in St. Paul. We had a great time!! Learned lots of new things and I spend WAY TOO MUCH money!! There was one class offered, we made 20 cards. The main focus of the class was embossing. We used lots of cuttlebug folders and some Nestabiliities dies. I really like the Nesties, although to be honest, the price is a bit much for me to justify. Or I just haven't found a way to rationalize it yet.

Yesterday was spent cleaning my scrap room. I can honestly say it has never looked so bad. I knew I had issues when I started making graduation cards at the dining room table rather than in my room. I had so much stuff that was still in bags from last weekends expo, and I even found a bag of goodies I bought at the expo I attended last October. It took me 6 hours to complete the project. I think one hour of that was spent trying to figure out how to put new adhesive in my ATG. Thank You Candy at Altered State of Mind. I found your pictures most helpful!!

Armed with a full ATG, new paper, tools, inks, stamps, ideas and a clean scraproom Who knows what I will create!!

Peace, Love and Scrappiness!!!

Going to the Chapel

Happy Friday...wait it's Saturday already. Those of you that know me know that I am great with deadlines!! Once I again i have come in just under the wire. This week has been insane to say the least. The big spring dance recital is Saturday and Sunday. Pictures, dress rehearsal and three performances in two days. AND a wedding!!! Hubby's good friend Bruce is getting married Saturday night at 7:00...I guess he didn't get the memo about the dance recital also taking place Saturday night at 7:00. Hubby will go to the wedding stag and the Lovely Miss H and I will show up after her recital. Tonight I made a wedding gift and card...see what I said about deadlines. I have been mulling ideas around in my head for a week now and tonight I carved them in stone so to speak. The wedding gift is made with a tile I purchased from Menard's and Cricut Vinyl. I used the Storybook cartridge and SCAL for the Jasmine font (that is one of the few cart I do not have). My SCAL program was being difficult and kept freezing up and had to be rebooted umpteen times.

The card is very simple. The "Love" stamp is from Dog Gone Stamps. It is actually a free one they sent with my purchase...I love surprises!! I picked up the paper at Joann's a couple weeks ago and I don't know who makes it. I love the deep embossing and the flocked flowers. I love black and white. So simple yet elegant.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Peace Love and Scrappiness!!!

Time Keeps on Slippin'

Its been a while since I have posted. April is affectionately known as "Hell Month" at our house. The Lovely Miss H has her spring dance recital this coming weekend. She has dance class 4 nights this week, three photo sessions, two dress rehearsals and three performances this week alone. Plus her kick line has their spring show coming up. Needless to say I haven't had much time to be crafty. I am currently working on a album/address book for my good friend Cory who is being deployed to Afghanistan in June. Please keep Cory in your prayers. We had a going away party for him two weeks ago. We had it early because his brother and a couple good friends left for Iraq last week. I took tons of pictures at the party and had everyone write down their address and a personal message for Cory, if they chose to do so. I am doing an 8X8 album with the pictures addresses and messages. I really struggle when scrapping something smaller than a 12X12. I will have to take a few pics of this project and get them posted. Then I will get started on Miss H's dance album. She's been dancing for 11 years now...think it's time to get started on that????

Peace Love and Scrappiness