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That Intent Look

When Xander gets his attention fixated on something (usually Mitzi), it is nearly impossible to get his attention away from it. I guess you could say he's a bit stubborn. This layout uses one of my current favorite new lines, it is Pink Paislee's Amber Road.

Products Used: Patterned Paper - Pink Paislee, Amber Road; Pearl/Rhinestone swirl - Prima Say it in Pearls; Red pearls - Recollections; rub-on - Fancy Pants; rub-ons alphas - American Crafts; Chipboard alphas (Intent) - American Crafts Thickers; Heart punch - Creative Memories.

Teasing Xander

This is a layout that I did at a recent weekend crop. The pictures are from February 2007 not long after we brought Xander into our home. The scan's a little wonky because there's some dimensions on the cream flowers and the Prima pearl centers. I liked the way this one came out, but the more I look at it, the more I wish I would've added another piece of pp under the top circle.

Products Used: Patterned Papter - S.E.I., Madera Island; Glittered chipboard - Making Memories; Die-cut - Colorbok (painted with MM chocolate paint); Flowers - from Michael's bridal section; Pearls & Pearl Centers - Prima; Fabric Alphas - Prima; Ink - Colorbox, Dark Brown.

Card for my nephew's 3rd birthday

This is a card for my nephew's 3rd birthday. I can't believe he's 3 already and by the end of the month he's going to have a baby sister. :) I just love the new Jillibean paper lines. That's where this kraft patterned paper came from. I thought the line with all the numbers would be fitting for various birthday cards.

I don't know why but the scanner gave me fits on this card. Even though I set it to just scan the card, it still scanned as an 8.5 x 11.

Time for a Mia layout

I love this picture of Mia. She is so photogenic.

Products Used: PP - Bella Blvd, Swing into Spring; Cardstock - Bazzil Bling & Club Scrap; Chipboard Trees - Maya Road; Crackle Paint - Tim Holtz Distress Ink; Acrylic Paint - Making Memories; Ink on trees - Smooch Ink; Stamp - Recollections, Flourishy; Stamping Ink - Anna Griffin; Alphas - American Crafts Thickers, Leg Warmers (brown felt) & American Crafts Thickers, Giftbox (green chipboard); Pearl Flowers - Basic Grey Opaline, Tres Fleur; Bling - Kaisercraft; Brads - American Crafts.

One of today's layouts

This is a layout of Xander. This picture was taken the day we brought him home, 01/05/07. Hard to believe it was that long ago. I don't normally handwrite my journaling, but this was to meet a challenge requirement.

Products Used: PP - Fancy Pants All Fall & Chatterbox Botanico Trees; Cardstock - Club Scrap; Journaling spot - MM Paperie; Ribbon - Fancy Pants Aged Florals; Bling - Basic Grey Bling It; Alpha Rub-ons - American Crafts Purkey; # rub-ons - 3 Birds; Alpha Stickers - American Crafts Thickers, Darling; Ink - Colorbox Dark Brown; pen - Pilot G2.

Finally some layouts to post

I finally have some layouts that I'm really pleased with how they turned out. I just wish I could get good scans or pics of them. They always look so much better in the albums than when I post on here.

I'm just posting one for now, this is a layout of our oldest cat, Mitzi. She was being curious snooping around my scrap supplies, although you can't tell that from the pic.

Products Used: PP & Lace Doilie paper - Basic Grey Indian Summer; Cardstock - Club Scrap; Felt embellishments - Basic Grey Woolies; Alpha stickers - American Crafts Puffy Thickers & American Crafts Remarks; Die-Cut - Colorbok, sprayed with Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels; Pearls - Kaisercraft.

Getting Excited for the new kinda lss to open

We've been without an lss for far too long. I just happened to stumble on a post on Facebook a couple weeks ago that the former lss owner was starting a new store. However, this one will not only be for scrapbooking, but also quilting and jewelry making. I know it won't be the same as the previous store, but I'm so grateful to have someplace to go shopping locally again. I've really missed her and her great little store, not to mention the companionship of other scrappers that understand the obsession.

Just had to post because I'm so excited and can't wait for it to open. Not sure exactly when that is, but it should be sometime this month. And with all the new goodies from CHA starting to ship, it should be awesome.....

A different layout style for me....Sunrise

So this layout feels so different from my norm, but this is how it all fell together.

Scrapped an old photo

This picture was taken in July 2003. This was my pre-digital camera days, can you tell? These older pics sure are hard to scrap compared to my newer, digital ones. This is also when Mitzi was still the only kitty in the house. My, how things have changed.

This is another of Xander. I just love the Creative Imaginations Narratives line and it goes so well with my cats' pictures.

Products Used: Cardstock - Club Scrap; pp - Creative Imaginations Narratives; Round journaling spots - Creative Imaginations Narratives; Felt border - Prima Voila; Black Gems - Kaisercraft; Rub-ons flourishes - Basic Grey Urban Calligraphy; Rub-on Alphas - AC Ginger; Felt alphas - AC Velvet Black Tie Thickers; Chipboard heart - Cosmo Cricket Buck Naked; Paint - MM Manila; Tulle - Rusty Pickle Princess Bride; Ink - Colorbox Charcoal; Black Buttons - Creative Cafe

Bad Blogger, I am

It has been way too long since I've made a post. I don't know where the time goes, but there just isn't enough of it these days. I guess the good part is that I've actually been getting some scrapping done on a regular basis. Nothing great, but some layouts I've been happy with. I think I'll post a few now.....

This one is my bad boy Xander. He is such a sweetheart, but can be oh-so bad. In hindsight, I should've added a little more patterned paper to this, but at least it's done.

This Face (spells trouble). Products Used: Cardstock - Club Scrap; Orange pp - Chatterbox Tangerine Eyelet; Brown pp - Chatterox Botanico Trees; Distressed pp - Basic Grey Granola - Vanilla Bean; Ink - Tim Holtz Spiced Marmalade (orange) & Colorbox Dark Brown; Bird - Jenni Bowlin Journaling Card; Chipboard alphas - A.C. Hatbox; Paint - MM Manila with a little Chocolate mixed in; alpha stickers - Carolee's Adorn-It Chocolate Tiny Alphas; Velvet trim - Fancy Pants Amber Lace Wrap; Rub-on - Your Pictured Memories; Orange gems - Basic Grey Bling It (small) & 3 Birds (large)

Can't believe how fast the time flies

My last post was my January scrapbook accountability tally and here I am getting ready to post my March tally. As I predicted in my last post, February's purchases far outweighed products used. That's really bad considering I even had a 36-hour crop in February. I'll try not to be so bad in March, but I've already gotten a Thicker's pre-order. They had some really great and different fonts this time around.



Item: Out, In
Alpha Chipboard: 8, 64
Alpha Rub-Ons: 31, 286
Alpha Stickers: 73, 1767
Brads: 28, 0
Buttons: 3, 69
Card Blanks: 2, 0
Cardstock 12x12: 6, 8
Cardstock 8.5x11: 0, 0
Cardstock/PP (Die-cut): 2, 20
Chipboard Pieces (Non-Alpha): 5, 63
Die-Cuts (store-bought): 4, 0
Embellishment (Metal): 4, 0
Eyelets: 1, 0
Felt Embellishment: 2, 0
Flowers: 10, 0
Ink: 8, 1
Journaling Spots: 1, 6
Paint (Acrylic): 2, 0
Paint (Distress Crackle): 0, 0
Patterned Paper 12x12: 12, 71
Patterned Paper 6x6: 2, 6
Patterned Paper 8x8: 0, 0
Pearls: 0, 0 (how did I not use any??)
Pins (Decorative head pins): 4, 0
Quickutz: 24, 0
Rhinestone Bling: 27, 0
Ribbon: 106", 36"
Rub-ons (Image/Words/Quotes): 4, 75
Stamps (Image/Words/Quotes): 2, 13
Stamps (Wood Mounted): 0, 1
Stickers (Epoxy): 2, 0
Stickers (Cardstock): 3, 87
Stickers (Regular): 2, 40
Stickles: 3, 6
Templates: 1, 1
Thickers: 25, 88
Transparency embellishment: 1, 0

# of layouts: 9
# of cards: 2
Photos scrapped: 25

January Tally for SB Accountability

Well, I did pretty good in January as far as not adding too much to my scrapbook stash. I scrapped a bit and did very little shopping.

Item
Alpha Chipboard 3,0
Alpha Rub-Ons 0,0
Alpha Stickers 75,72
Brads 22,0
Buttons 5,0
Cardstock 12x12 6,8
Cardstock 8.5x11 6,0
Cardstock (Die-cut) 4,0
Chipboard Pieces (Non-Alpha) 5,0
Die-Cuts (store-bought) 0,0
Embellishment (Metal) 2,0
Embellishment (Misc.) 1,0
Eyelets 0,0
Felt Embellishment 2,0
Flowers 0,0
Glimmer Mist 0,0
Ink 1,1
Journaling Spots 0,0
Paint (Acrylic) 6,0
Paint (Distress Crackle) 0,0
Patterned Paper 12x12 4,4
Patterned Paper 6x6 3,0
Patterned Paper 8x8 0,0
Pearls 3,0
Pins (Decorative head pins) 0,0
Quickutz 0,0
Rhinestone Bling 2,0
Ribbon 24",0"
Rub-ons (Image/Words/Quotes) 0,0
Stamps (Alpha) 0,0
Stamps (Image/Words/Quotes) 1,0
Stamps (Wood Mounted) 0,1
Stickers (Epoxy) 2,0
Stickers (Cardstock) 0,40
Stickles 1,0
Templates 0,0
Thickers 53,0
Transparency embellishment 0,0
# of layouts 7
# of cards 1
Photos scrapped 16

I can assure you that my numbers won't look so good for February and probably March. With all the new releases from CHA starting to ship, I just can't help myself. Just if I could scrap as fast as I can shop.....

Our Sweet Mitzi Girl

This is a layout I cranked out pretty quickly the other night. I am such a slow scrapper, but this one just came together and it's my current favorite. It's our 8.5 year old Mitzi and she is such a spoiled little thing.

Products Used:

Cardstock (Club Scrap), PP (Creative Imaginations), Harlequin felt (Prima Felt Mattie), Chipboard swirls (Maya Road), Black gem swirl (Zva Creative), Epoxy & "M" & circle stickers (Creative Imaginations), Thickers & Alpha Stickers (American Crafts), Paint (Making Memories)

AC/DC Concert

Well, I finally achieved my goal of attending at least one AC/DC concert. I loved every second of it! I wish I could go to one every week. They were fantastic & sounded amazing. Still can't believe their energy levels.

These are the two pages I did to commemorate my experience. I didn't get any pictures, so I just used the ticket stubs. Not very innovative or cutting edge, but I just wanted to get it scrapped while the experience was still fresh.

Getting things back on track....

Boy I didn't think it would be so hard to get back on track from the holidays. Just doesn't seem to be enough time to keep up on things. In December, I didn't get one single layout worked on. I did work on holiday cards, but that just isn't the same as scrapping a page. So far in January, I've managed to complete two pages. I hope to get a few more done in the next three weeks. Winter Scrapfest over at Lifetime Moments should help motivate me to get something done.

Here's the first layout I did this year - Purrfect Day

The scan is a little wonky, but due to time constraints, it'll have to do. This layout was inspired by a sketch challenge at Lifetime Moments. It's a picture of our kitty Mia sunning herself in our picture window.

Products Used:

Cardstock - Club Scrap & KI Memories Lace Cardstock; PP - Basic Grey (Perhaps Coll); Chipboard Alphas - American Crafts Thickers (Giftbox); Alpha Stickers - American Crafts Remarks (Kennedy, Jr); Butterfly - Tim Holtz Grungeboard; Paint - Making Memories (freeze); Glitter Glue - Stickles (frosted lace); Pearls - Kaisercraft (Bliss); Felt Flower - Fancy Pants; Brads - Doodlebug

Christmas cards - done & sent

Well, I strayed slightly this year. Normally I make all the cards identical. This year, I had two different stamp designs and 3 different color sets. I decided to use up the paper in my stash and not searching for more to buy. I make about 50 cards and didn't have enough of any one color.

Now that these are done and dispersed, I can hopefully get back to creating layouts. I should definitely be a better blogger next month since Lifetime Moment's Winter Scrapfest begins January 1st. The last scrapfest was so inspirational to my scrapping and it really gave me the boost I needed to get in my scrap room and create.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone.

What a rough weekend

This weekend didn't go anything as planned. I was looking forward to a night of cropping with my dear friend Darla but had to cancel. I came down with the flu on Thursday and was out of commission for Friday. Luckily, it wasn't as bad as it could be. I was mostly achy and drained of energy. So, no new layouts got done (or started) and I fell a bit behind in my holiday planning.

The Christmas cards should be done this week and hopefully I can get working on an actual layout again. Lifetime Moments will be having a Winter Scrapfest starting after the holidays. I participated in the Summer one and got a lot more accomplished than I would have without it. I can't wait for the extra motivation.

Been Busy

Boy does this time of year get busy. We had a long weekend that we spent in Pittsburgh. Bobby enjoyed himself at the Steeler game even though it was so freezing cold. Meanwhile, I stayed warm doing some Christmas shopping. I got my youngest brother done, my nephew started and Bobby is half-way done. Glad I have a short list, we never get started early enough.

Other than working on Christmas cards, I haven't had a chance to do any scrapping. I still have layouts from last month that haven't gotten scanned an uploaded. Hopefully this Friday I'll get some layouts done at an evening crop. I need to get organized for that so I can be productive. I'm hoping my friend Darla will be able to make it since we haven't seen each other in so long. We have a lot of catching up to do.