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.