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.....