Blog Update!

I've been sick with a cold, and it's been snowing alot lately. 

I've also been feeding the birds outside and there has been so many beautiful birds to see.  Lots, and lots of Cardinals, Mourning Doves, Blue Jays, and  even a Red-Headed Woodpecker amongst hundreds of Tree Sparrows.  I love watching them.  O, and a couple of squirrels too. 

I'm working on a new endeavor, it's an Art Journal.  I've unburied my many art mediums and have started playing with them all in my Art Journal while sitting in my chair, being sick.  It's seems to be my new passion.

I am also completing a February swap mini with Kindred Kreators, I love how it's turning out.  It's really different for me.  I can tell you that Annette found a large "kid" puzzle that we all took 6 pieces from to build the mini on. I can't post it until the swap is over, on January 29th. 

SNOW! SNOW! SNOW!

Some Homemade Christmas Gifts

Merry Christmas Everyone!!

Homemade Christmas Gifts

I made these sticky pad holders for the ladies where I work.  I hope they like them.

Tags from Staples

Hey Everybody!  I bought these tags plain (manilla colored) from Staples and tried coffee staining them.  They're still a little damp, but I like how they turned out.  I used hot water and lots of instant coffee and it worked really well.  I did the larger tags earlier and just used leftover cold coffee which didn't color them as well. 

"Baby, It's Cold Outside!" This is for Marlene.

Marlene is enjoying (or I hope she is) her 80 degree weather, I'm enjoying gas heat in my living room.  Here's the pics you requested Marlene.  I like to feed the birds here at the feeders.  We have lots of Cardinals, Juncos, Tree Sparrows, Cow birds and I even saw a Robin, he must've missed his "flight".   MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Christmas Mini-Album Page Swap Results!

WE R KINDRED KREATORS!

We decided we needed a name for our group, or rather, I decided that we did.  So, here it is, whenever I mention Kindred Kreators I'm speaking of Annette, Cyndi, Me, Ruth and Julie.  It just seems easier to mention KK than all of our names.   

Along with our Mini-Album page swap we have decided to start swapping ATC cards.  We'll post those when we have them.  Our first swap date for that is January 29th, of 2010.

Christmas Tag Swap

These are our tags that we made for our December "card" swap.  We chose to do tags instead of cards.  It was alot of fun and the results are amazing.  Thanks everybody!

Some Christmas Cards I Made

I took a photo of some jingle bells for this card.

Christmas Cards

I've been busy making my Christmas cards for this year.  I'll be posting pics soon so you can see them.  It's a very blustery wintery day here.  Can't wait for spring!

This friday is our scrapbooking night and we will be swapping tags and a mini-album page for our "Vintage Christmas" swap.  Check back later to see the results.

Have a wonderfully fruitful day!

What a sweet video - Thank you Susan! and You're very welcome!

To a great dog and close companion - We love you and We'll always remember you George Robert Ryan!

July 4, 2000 - December 2, 2009

My 2009 Holiday Planner Mini-Album

I made this on my cricut and thought I'd share the idea with you.  The idea was not my own, but some other very creative person I saw somewhere on the world wide web.  For the check lists go to this website:  http://christmas.organizedhome.com/ %20Great  Great idea!  There are photos of this project below.  Scroll down to see them.  Enjoy!

My Thanksgiving Day Weekend Project

Hi everybody,  I made this little puzzle book this weekend and had alot of fun playing with all the pieces and deciding what to do with it all.   I'm pleased as to how it turned out and wanted to share it with you all.  Thanks for coming to my blog, I hope you have a wonderfully creative day!

Blog Candy Update from 11/7!

After numerous attempts to try to contact Gina Stuart, the winner of my blog candy, with no luck, I drew another name on 11/24.  The winner is ScrappinSue.  Congratulations Sue!  Your stamp sets are in the mail today.

A note to Gina:  Gina leave me a comment so I can see about sending you something else.

HOLIDAY PLANNER FROM MY CRICUT

Hi Everybody,

I saw this idea online somewhere and just loved it.  I dug out my Christmas Glitter Stack from DCWV.  And then I cut out various cardstock pieces of the "Bldg3" at 11 inches from my Winter Woodland Cricut Cartridge, including the roof, snow pieces, and door cut outs.  Then I cut from "cereal" box cardboard the house shape for the front and back cover.  I used the deep cut blade for that one.  I found the blank worksheets at http://christmas.organizedhome.com/ %20I .     I really like how it turned out.  Maybe this year I'll be really organized and stress free for the Holidays. 

Please leave a comment if you have any questions. 

Thanks for coming to my blog. 

Have a great Thanksgiving!

A Little Treat for Myself - It was on sale!

A Christmas Tag Tease

Here's a Christmas Tag I made last night, it was really simple, but I really like how it turned out.  I have some old books that I tear pages out of to use for papercrafting.  I stamped a poinsettia image on the page and cut it out and put it on the tag with dimensional adhesive.  The stamps were from Close To My Heart, The Gift of Love (poinsettia) and Christmas Scripts.   I cut the tags from my Cricut, I think it was on the Tags, Bags and Boxes cartridge.

4th and Last Album page challenge results.

This page was completed by A.M.  Great job everybody!  That was fun!  Now on to the next project.  We're all making a Vintage Christmas mini album page to swap with each other.  Can't wait to see those.  I'll post them when they are finished.  After that,  there is the Christmas/Anytime tag swap that is coming up.  I'll post those pics when I get them all in.  Happy Scrapping everybody! 

Virtual Crop on Ustream, From the Beach!

I spent saturday night following the scrapbeach ustream virtual crop!  Hosted by Kathryn, it was 6 hours of challenges *(6 - one every hour) and lots of chatting.  What a great time!  I completed the challenges today and uploaded them.  There are prizes involved.  I hope I win.  Wouldn't that be fun!  I had an awesome time completing mine which follow this post, just scroll down and enjoy!  SYS

November 2009 Crop Challenge #1: {Page}Map to Treasure!

We had to follow this sketch for our first challenge!  Here's mine.

November 2009 Crop Challenge #2: Scrap Outside Your Box!

For this challenge we had to try something new.  I chose trying "the acrylic smash" I learned from SCS.  It was fun, messy, but fun!  I like how it looks.  This is a 6 x 6 size.

November 2009 Crop Challenge #3: Scraplifters Will Be Prosecuted!

For this challenge we had to choose a layout or project from the photo gallery on "the Scrapbeach"  to "scraplift"!  Here is mine!  This was made from a spice jar.

November 2009 Crop Challenge #4: No More Paper Trimmers Ever!

This challenge we were not allowed to use a paper trimmer, I used scissors and ripped, I like how it turned out.

November 2009 Crop Challenge #5: Delicious and Nutritious!

For the fifth challenge we had to use these items:

1 x Paperclip
2 x Flowers
3 x Shades of Ink
4 x Patterns of Paper
5 x Photographs
6 x Brads

November 2009 Crop Challenge #6: Animal Crackers!

This challenge was to create an animal/pet page.  And here's mine. 

We have a Winner!!!!

The winner of the 5 CTMH stamp sets is Gina Stuart!!!! Congratulations Gina!


(Note:  that time isn't right, I posted this after 5:00PM, weird, I wonder whose time that is?)

TODAY'S THE DAY! I WILL PICK ONE WINNER!

There is still some time to follow and comment to get a chance to win these 5 stamp sets.  I will pick one winner from my blog giveaway at 4PM, today!  I was so encouraged by all your comments and willingness to follow my blog.  Thank you, Thank you, Thank you all very much!  If you commented under Blog giveaway,  and followed me you are entered twice in the drawing.   Good Luck, I can't wait to see who will win!  Stay tuned for the winner!

3rd Challenge album page completed! Thanks JB

Here is JB's album.  I'm loving what everyone is coming up with.  This first pic is of the front, and then the inside of the front is next, and then again with the tags.  The last pic is the back of the album page.  Well done JB, "I love it"....

2nd Challenge album page is in, thanks CD!

This is the 2nd Challenge album page in.  It resembles a purse.  These ladies are very creative and loved this challenge! The top photo is the front of the page.  The following pics are of the inside of the purse and then the back cover.  Thanks CD for your page!