After a very long personal vacation, thank goodness I'm back to crafting. I so miss my creative outlet, and more than that, I've missed my crafting besties. We had a entire day on Saturday just crafting and chatting and eating. I got there late (11:30 am) and didn't leave until I was kicked out at 1:30 am. It was lovely. I thought that the best way to handle it was to take my TWO unused Gossamer Blue kits from December and January, print out some pictures that I've been wanting to work with … [Read more...]
Oh Gossamer Blue, how I love you…
December 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I can't tell you how much fun I had with this months Gossamer Blue kit. I loved just about every element, and was so excited to get started. My first LO with this November 2012 kit was a picture I've been hording for months. I love the quiet calmness of this photo. You know that Sean was busy. The cars are there. But for the first time ever, on July 1, 2012, Sean passed out on the couch. It had never happened before. He hates naps. But here he is, asleep on the couch. The papers just … [Read more...]
Random Craftiness
November 14, 2012 by 1 Comment
So this week I found out that I had to do 4 layouts in order to get a free album from Gossamer Blue. I thought it was 3, and I thought it was three "projects." Bah. Luckily I figured this out before the deadline, and whipped this baby out. I've been working on a HUGE project for Scrapbook Island, and I was thinking Christmas... Can you tell? I also haven't printed any fall photos, which makes fall papers hard. But, I think this worked out beautifully with some white Mr. … [Read more...]
Gossamer Blue October Kit
October 16, 2012 by 1 Comment
This weekend was the Crop Pink Crop at Scrapbook Island. It is one of my favorite crops at the Island, as they auction off layouts, cards, and projects that have been on display at the store... and that people have donated especially for the crop. I had a great time, and was grateful that I had my new Gossamer Blue October kit with me. I figured that I was going to work exclusively with this kit, because, well, I LOVE it. I'm so glad that I decided to give the club a try. So worth my … [Read more...]
Gossamer Blue September Kit
October 4, 2012 by 1 Comment
How fun is Lori's new kit club Gossamer Blue! I met Lori years ago at National Scrapbook Day at Scrapbook Island. I was new to scrapbooking, and to my delight, she and her friend Debbie sat at my table. They both worked on projects, while I worked on LOs, but I could see how creative she was. Shortly there after she joined Lilly Bee's design team. She was talking about doing a kit club way back then, and I'm so pleased that she finally has! My first take, I was trying to do a Pink … [Read more...]
Lots of work done at the expo!
August 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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
August 6, 2012 by 1 Comment
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
August 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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...]
Club CK Love
July 5, 2012 by 2 Comments
You know, I’ve not been sharing my work much lately. I’m not quite sure why. It’s not that I don’t like what I’m doing, I certainly do. I think it’s just with all that is going on with home, and work that I just don’t get around to posting. I need to stop that. I think it might be hindering me from moving forward with a different path. So, last week I decided to post my LYB & Simple Scrapper design team entries to my Club Creating Keepsakes Gallery. Wouldn’t you know it… I was … [Read more...]
Trying out for Design Teams
June 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
So, I’ve decided to spread my wings, and try out for some design teams. I have no idea if anything will come of it, or if my email will even get past their spam filters, but I’m giving it a try. If I’m lucky, I’ll know quickly. The waiting really is the hardest part. For this LO, I used my favorite beach photos from this March. This is one of the best pictures I have of Sean and John… Disneyland of course! I love all the pictures of Sean on this tire swing… Back to … [Read more...]
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