Friday, November 28, 2008
Being Thankful
In these trying times, it can sometimes be difficult to look at the optimistic side of things. I'm thankful for Bobby, our 3 spoiled cats, our families and friends. I'm also grateful for my job, even though it's often the source of my stress.
We often think of things that could make our lives better and take advantage of, or forget, the good things we have in our lives. Sometimes we lose focus of the important things. I think that with the current state of the economy and things going on in the world, we need to get back to appreciating the basics.
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and that you were able to find several things to be thankful for even if you're having difficulties in your life right now.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
A boy & teddy bear
This is a layout of my sweet nephew. My sister-in-law took this adorable photo and I was lucky enough to be given a copy.
Products Used:
PP (My Minds Eye); Cardstock (Club Scrap); Chipboard photo corner (Bazzil); Paint (Making Memories); Buttons (Basic Grey - Offbeat); Alpahs (American Crafts Foam Thickers & Carolee's Adornit mini alphas); Ribbon (Fancy Pants); Decorative Pin (Fancy Pants)
Enough Tricks
Products Used:
PP (Basic Grey - Scarlet's Letter); Die-cut PP (Crate Paper - Lemongrass); Cardstock (Club Scrap); Alphas (American Crafts Foam Thickers); Chipboard swirl (American Crafts Accent Thickers); Buttons (KI Memories - La-di-dah); Ink (Colorbox)
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Crate Paper, I'm in Love
Friday, November 21, 2008
Small pics - my new obsession
Peek-a-Boo
This is a recent layout that I did of Mia playing on the windowsill and Mitzi peeking in at her. This was shortly after we got Mia back in 2006 and Mitzi was still trying to get used to the idea of having another cat around.
Products Used:
PP (unknown); Cardstock (Club Scrap); Die-Cut Journaling paper (Making Memories - Paperie); Chipboard (Fancy Pants); Fabric Flower (Bazzill); Metal flower (Deja Views); Green Rhinestones (Kaiser Crafts); Alpha Stickers (American Crafts Puffy Thickers); Ink (Anna Griffin); Font (Times New Roman)
Us
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Weekend Crop a success
I got 9 pages done. That was a lot for me. I am a terribly slow scrapper and usually lose my mojo after 3-4 layouts. The best part of the crop was seeing some of the girls that I used to scrap with when we had a lss. The next one is scheduled for February and I definitely plan on attending.
Splish-Splash
This is Mia and Xander, our two bengals, playing in the bathroom sink. They love to play in the water and try to drink from the bathroom spigot. These two are siblings and aren't ever away from each other for very long.
Products Used:
PP (Cosmo Cricket - Dutch Girl); Cardstock (Club Scrap); Chipboard (Fancy Pants); Acrylic Paint (Making Memories); Alpha Stickers (American Crafts Thickers); Rub-Ons (Scrapworks); Ink (Colorbox & Anna Griffin); Font (Times New Roman)
So Playful
This is Xander. He's my big, 15-pound momma's boy. I did this layout for a challenge on the Lifetime Moments board where you had to journal in letter-style. I just love how this Basic Grey paper matches his markings so perfectly. I did this layout last month.
Products Used:
PP (Basic Grey - Granola line); Cardstock (Club Scrap); Chipboard (Maya Road); Crackle paint (Tim Holtz by Ranger); Rub-on (Kimberly Poloson); Alpha stickers (American Crafts Thickers & Making Memories Tiny Alphas); Black Rhinestone (Kaiser Crafts); Ink (Colorbox)
So Dainty
Some of the products used on this layout are:
PP (Crate Paper - Avenue line); Die-cut PP (Creative Imaginations) Cardstock (Club Scrap); Tag & Photo anchors (7 Gypsies); Chipboard heart & flowers & Ribbon (Maya Road); Acrylic Paint (Making Memories); Alpha Stickers (Making Memories Tiny Alphas & American Crafts Thickers); Stamps (Inque Boutique); Ink (Colorbox); Brads (Karen Foster)
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Scrapbook Accountability
I just started calculating as of November 14, 2008.
November Running Total:
# of Layouts - 9
Items Used
Alpha Chipboard
Alpha Rub-Ons
Alpha Stickers - 41
Brads
Buttons - 13
Cardstock - 6
Cardstock (Die-cut)
Chipboard Pieces (Non-Alpha) - 8
Die-Cuts (store-bought) - 4
Eyelets
Flowers - 2
Ink - 9
Journaling Spots
Metal Embellishment
Paint (Acrylic) - 5
Paint (Distress Crackle)
Patterned Paper 12x12 - 14
Patterned Paper 6x6 - 4
Patterned Paper 8x8
Pearls - 14
Pins (Decorative head pins) - 3
Quickutz (alphas)
Quickutz (shapes)
Rhinestone Bling - 8
Ribbon - 12"
Rub-ons (Image/Words/Quotes) - 7
Stamps (Alpha)
Stamps (Image/Words/Quotes) - 2
Stickers (Epoxy) - 3
Stickles - 2
Templates
Thickers - 46
Transparency embellishment
Items Purchased
Alpha Chipboard
Alpha Rub-Ons
Alpha Stickers - 1245
Brads - 6
Buttons
Cardstock - 8
Cardstock (Die-cut)
Chipboard Pieces (Non-Alpha)
Die-Cuts (store-bought)
Embellishment (Metal)
Embellishment (Misc.) - 10
Eyelets
Flowers
Glimmer Mist - 1
Ink
Journaling Spots
Paint (Acrylic)
Paint (Distress Crackle)
Patterned Paper 12x12 - 4
Patterned Paper 6x6
Patterned Paper 8x8
Pearls
Pins (Decorative head pins)
Quickutz (alphas)
Quickutz (shapes)
Rhinestone Bling
Ribbon
Rub-ons (Image/Words/Quotes)
Stamps (Alpha)
Stamps (Image/Words/Quotes) - 6
Stamps (Wood Mounted) - 1
Stickers (Cardstock) - 6
Stickers (Epoxy)
Stickles - 1
Templates
Thickers
Transparency embellishment
Updated: 11/28/08