This month I was lucky to get Authentique "Curiosity" in my design team box. It's a really cute line, and I love the teal and yellow with the gray, black, and cream. I was given a really cute little mini book to work with by October Afternoon. I really loved the "PLAY" that was laser cut in the front of the book. I thought that the best way to deal with it, and ensure that it was in focus was to paint it a gray color. I then backed it with the teal. It still seemed dark, so I filled it with … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2012
Lots of work done at the expo!
I went to Scrapbook Expo knowing that I wanted to do a ton of work. Well, I’m a really slow worker… Add the chatting and the eating and the “farting around” and I get a LO done every 3 hours or so. Ridiculous, I know. However, I had a BLAST with Lisa, Lei, and Serena! I would have done more, but we got our Design Team box on Saturday afternoon, and I spend the morning putting a album “kit” together for a coworker of John’s. Next week I’m going to start working on getting my new WordPress … [Read more...]
Summer
Let me just say that I’ve never really felt this lost while I was trying to work in a very long time. Saturday, we had our design team crop over at the store, and I thought, I’d make Christmas cards. I brought all my Christmas stuff. I made a great big mess. I couldn’t make a card. 5 hours at the store, and I didn’t come out with one card. Nothing. I was so frustrated. So I came home, and I pulled out a photograph. I remembered that I’d been wanting to try a technique that had lots of … [Read more...]
H2O Hazard
So, I’ve been feeling like I’ve lost a bit of my mojo lately. Not sure if it’s the weather, if it’s the Olympics, or if I’ve really just lost my creative mojo. So, I found some photos and I said, tonight I will scrapbook. Yeah. Right. So, I looked in the new Creative Keepsakes, found a sketch and out popped this… Things I love about my husband. He is brave enough to tell me that I’ve spelled my title wrong. … [Read more...]
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