Wednesday, December 26, 2007

DigiNirvana



Ok ladies- hold onto your hats.....DigiNirvana is opening in one week!!!!!!!! Yeah.

I am sooo excited, her kits are small but adorable and soooo easy to work with.
See these are the Siri kit and Winter Wonderland kit. Both are brand new and exciting.
Run!!!!!


Monday, December 10, 2007

BRAND NEW and IMPROVED





















Don't forget Heather Manning is reopening this week. The creative team is out in full force with a $5.00 Gift card RAK too. Be on the look out for the Heather's dirty girls......

New header

OMG its only 15 days till Christmas and I am just getting my holiday blog header up. With soooo many kits out there it was tough to decide what to use. The kit used was Colorful Christmas by Ina's Scrapart avialable at DigiScrapBoutique. I love the non-traditional colors and whimiscial elements in the kit. I am totally in love with it. Thanks once again to Amy Blesser for her FAB blog header templets too. She makes my life soooooo easy!!!!

Saturday, December 8, 2007

Has anyone see my November ????? I lost it somewhere.

I have no idea what happened to November except that it was a month I spent in bed sick or morning a family members passing.
I got the flu and an ear infection the first week of November and have not been the same since. Never give a Chron's patient antibiotics.....I could not keep anything in me to save my life. I thought I was gonna end up hospitalized with kidney failure and dehydration.....I finally found that I could eat Kraft Mac-n-cheese.....I eat it all the time now... Then 3 weeks later the ear infection is back with a vengence. My Doctor says yep seems nothing I am giving is working on it...so I am on Steroids and a decongestant, and mucus inhibitor for the next month.....fun, but now I can't sleep....so I am back to laying in bed at 4 am and watching book tv on CSPAN.
My birthday was no better....sick and had to work. And my grandmother passed away. All with my in-laws coming for a visit for 4 days...Help me!!!!!!!!!

Now it is December and what happened to November???? I missed it all I think. I put out a few decorations....bought a bunch of new ones.... That I love. Country christmas is the feeling in our living room....even an advent calender with Ferror Roche in it....Yummy!!!!!!! Still need to hang lights as I envy the neighbor that had professional lighting done. Maybe I will just take pix of their home this year.


Monday, November 5, 2007



Be sure to check out the ct call.

www.digiscrapboutique.com

Thursday, November 1, 2007

The last of my Halloween....

I am sad to see my favorite holiday come and go.... But these are my final two Halloween layouts for the year. On to Thanksgiving now....in which I am actually cooking. Call the fire department someone!!!!



This is my 2007 pumpkin that started out with the theory of becoming a clown...istead it turned into more of the Batman's Joker. Hmmmmm? And the second one was for a circle challenge.

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Happy Halloween

I can't believe that October is officially over and it is Halloween. Means I need a new blog header in the next day or two.....bummer....I will have to find a fall one.

I am also bummed that I have to work this Saturday on National Digiscrapbook day. The first of its kind. I am soooo excited for the sales. I have my wish lists packed full of goodies in anticipation. I am sooo excited about all of the happenings at scrapbook graphics. I will probably attend most of their day time chats. I love many of the designers there.

I am loving the new Jessica Sprague's class on pse. I have learned selective recoloring of elements and let me tell you wow it is amazing what it can do for a layout. I have also learned about the magic wand tool...great for recoloring many same color items in an overlay. I am learning more and more each day with the daily emails. Besides the freebies and coupons are not bad either.

saus is over

Stand up and Scrap contest is over. Well, I never made top 10 during the six weeks, but I had a great time pushing my creative limits. I really learned a few new ideas, and got to find some amazing new designers. I am sooo excited that I actually participated till the end....I really wanted to quit when I never made the top 10, but kept pushing myself to keep plugging along. Maybe when the release points I will have made top 40 at least once during the competition. But I really wanted to share my layouts for the competition here.
















Week 5 through week 1












Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Lots to say and a little time to say it.

Ok I have only 30 minutes before my next chat of the day.....whewww I have 4 today.


Heather Manning opened her new store!!!!! HER OWN personal store. Make sure to check it out. There are great grab bags and the new dirt don't hurt pink kit. She did amazing getting it all up and ready for the opening. I don't think she had any problems at all. Tonight is the night of the big DST chat.....but DST is missing from the internet????? I hope they make it back up before the chat I would be bummed if she didn't get to have it. I have trivia and there will be lots of prizes and fun. Check it out at 10pm central time.


Kelli aka...Tallual moon also has a huge chat for Scrap A Deal tonight. You had to purchase half of a kit for only $2.00, and then come to the chat, create a layout and get the other half of the kit free. It is an adorable kit!!!! Plus I am sooo excited about the mini quick page album freebie I made for this kit. I was just inspired after about an hour of staring at my computer screen.


Ok my last reason for chatting....I have added a new guest blinkie today. It is just a 10 day guest spot to announce two new fab designers.....They are opening a new store on NOV 1 and wanted some layouts with their adorable kit.....2 Solitude. Here is my first layout with this kit.....I am in love with it definetely....This is only my first layout with more to come.


Check them out here.
Ok-I gotta run to chat number 2 for the day!!! Have a great one.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Hints for Heather

Ok- If you don't know that Heather has a secret....well she does and its HUGE!!!!!! coming soon to a home near you!!!!!

We have a few games coming up this weekend to win fab kits and prizes from Heather and the creative team.....shhhhhhh...want a hint...

Do you remember Mad Libs? Better brush up on your grammer. Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs...etc..... we have gone mad....?

Only one more hint.....Heather is so cofused she got her words all mixed pu.........can you unscramble words.....but they all relate to Heather Manning and her amazing creative team and monkey mascot. Hmmmmm what a strange sentence from me....maybe another clue?

Favorite holiday

I love Halloween. The costumes, candy, scary movies on t.v., and of course pumpkin carving. I am a huge fan of pumpkin carving. Although I am horrible at carving faces. I loved my vampire pumpkin and my beer drinking one too. I don't know what I will do this year. But I have seen some cute witch pumpkins with carrot noses. I am leaning toward them.

These to layouts are from Miss Crow designs Vintage Halloween line. I totally love her vintage halloween collection. All of the yummy papers, elements, chipboard, and glitter blobs. What can I say but need more Halloween pictures. These two layouts are from last year's pumpkin carving. It was Suny's first halloween and she was into all of the pumpkin guts and curious about the scary face that sat on the kitchen bar. She only went near it once. I have more pictures but I need to go to the store and pick up more of the kit. Off to shop!!!!


Sunday, October 14, 2007

Amy Blesser is saving me

Ok- I got the new items email from SBB this am and look what I found. Blog header templets. Yeah!!!!!!!! I had to have them....you got 6 different ones by Amy Blesser for only $2.99.
This is my first one......I will wear this for a week or two and then do a new one.

I am soooo excited.

Oh by the way this is the new collection Dirt don't hurt-Pink by Heather Manning!!!!!!

Friday, October 12, 2007

A murder of crows

Ok I need you all to meet Christine. She is founder and creator of Miss Crow's Magickal Emporium. It is an amazing site with lots of fun products and suprises. I applied for her team in early September and just found out that I am a Murder of crows creative team member. The official announcement will be on Halloween, of course. How can you pass up being a member of a team with such a great name. Besides she has some of the coolest and most unique kits that I have seen in the digital scrapbooking world. She even has apparel with her logo on it. I gotta get me a shirt soon. :)

I am so excited to get a chance to play with her vintage halloween kits...make sure to check them out while they are on sale.....!!!!!! I will have layouts coming soon. They are very traditional colors but with the added patterns and dimenson created with shadow and use of transluscent shapes they are taken to another level. The chipboard accents are so lifelike I am amazed that they really are not a tangable product. I had someone question me about how I liked hybrid scrapbooking....they are that real!!!!

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

I am really gonna miss her

Karie aka Punky Pixels has decided to end her designing career. I am really sad to hear this, but it is for her family. That is always the most importain thing in life. I will miss her and all the girls on the team, but she is still doing the heritage chat at seaside scraps on Wednesday nights at 8 pm.

So I have lost 2 creative team positions this week, but have gained a new one with another designer. Its still a secret so I have to wait to tell you who. heheheeee. But I don't think anyone reads this anyway.

I love my SAUS week 2 layout, but no top 10 for me. I am kind of bummed but I am just keeping my head up that I actually competed in this competition. I can't believe I actually did it. I am not the best, and there are some amazing scrappers out there. I had no thoughts of winning, but I want to make top 10 just once. So I did week 3-love it and I am waiting for the week 4 challenge to be posted tomorrow.

Off to finish up my ct committments this week....I am a bad groups reader so I need to catch up in my yahoo groups......

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

I promised Diane (carjazi) that I would post more often, but geez its tough. I am a busy woman.

Didn't make top 10 for Stand up and Scrap week 1 but that was some tough competition. There were nearly 250 in my category alone. I was amazed at some of the pix and a few of my favorites made it in to the top 10. Week 2 is done and today started the week 3 competition. I have yet to get over there to see the challenge for week 3. But I am so proud of my layouts that I have done for the competition. I have really pushed my limit with scrapping outside of my comfy box.
Isn't that what it was for.....atleast for me it was.

Finally did an entire forum for Kelli....geez permissions/security was a pain for who could see what parts of the forum. Once I finally got it moved off her domain name, I think it will be smooth sailing from there. I enjoyed doing it and now I am
off to recruit new members for our team. We need some active members....she has two others besides Diane and I. We THINK one is mia and the other went back to high school. So I need ACTIVE, HAPPY people.

And I have started my guest spot for the amazing AMY Cheeseman. I love her stuff. I applied for her ct back when I first started and she asked me to be a guest instead. It has allowed me to grow and hopefully be ready to create amazing layouts for her. She is so generous by giving us a welcome kit and then a monthly allowance to use for kit purchases. I can't wait to go shopping for her.

I can't wait till Vera Lim announces the guest spot list. I get to be a guest for her tooo. Sometime in the next three or four months. She is making the list and should finish before November 1st.

Soooo many exciting things for a newbie.

Friday, September 28, 2007

creative team manager

Geez I have been just crazy busy......I have been give the opportunity to become creative team manager at Digiscrap Boutique. It is an amazing site with lots of amazing designers....and a freebie everyday!!! The creative team is 15 members strong and we are really creating some amazing layouts. They are a talented bunch of women....I am in awe.

I just love the site- check it out www.digiscrapboutique.com

And No I didn't make Vera Lim's ct...but I GOT A GUEST SPOT!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe it. I am sooooo excited to be a guest for her. I can't wait...

I am also getting ready to be a guest for Amy Cheeseman. Starting in October. Yeah!!!!

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

I have been neglecting my blog

Oh poor blog....I have been neglecting you....I am bummed. I have just been so busy.

I have signed up to do the contest Stand up and Scrap.....I know I probably will not win, and have no hope of winning but it will be a challenge. I am excited to test my skills and see what the judges say about my layouts. I can't wait. Heck....maybe I will win something....I would just like to have one layout mentioned as being inovative or cool...or beautiful. That is the best I can hope for. There are lots of great desingers involved for prizes so it should be fun.

Many of my designers are moving, changing....Punky pixels now has a heritage chat Wednesdays at 8pm central time at www.seasidescraps.com . Julie Bullock has opened her store at Elemental Scraps releasing several new kits in the process....they are totally adorable. Kelli of Talluha Moon is now at ScrapDigiStyle and 3scrapateers. She has a great new Halloween kit out...and watch for our fun holiday quick page pack. I hope it goes well. I am also starting for Lynn of LPand3dogs designs...she is a DSO designer and dear friend of Heather Manning. That is where I picked her up from.

I must admit I have resigned from HODS...it is just too difficult to get on thier site and the downloads are impossible. I can never seem to get them unless I am at work, and I just don't think that I am doing them justice...with all of my problems. It is tough to resign because I don't want to hurt them....but I just don't know what else to do right now....... How do you fix something that is sooo broken you just have no hope........????

Well I need to update my lists and blinkies so off I go....hope to blog all about my crazy winnings on Stand up and Scrap challenge when it is all done. Shhhh!!!! I can't tell you who I am.

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

world meet kim

I am so excited to be creating for Kim now......so you will see her work soon...hint...hint....

Ok-I am loving the quick page creations. It is so much easier for me than trying to make layouts with kits I don't have pictures for. I love doing them. Luckily Matt has set me up with my own web page...which I have deleted twice now. :(
I can just let each desinger have a tab and away I go...creating pages...zipping them up....sending them out. I love it.

I am more and more in love with the digital world as I go...I even tried out for Vera Lims design team....I will probably not make it but I had to try. I love my layouts, and that is what matters right? Ok-so it would be a dream....but that is just the way it goes....it did push me out of my box...and that is a good thing.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

fyi

Ok-if you read this blog...I am totally amazed and shocked....but thank you.
I am learning the fab world of html coding, so you will probably see tons of changes. I am so excited that I got rid of the box around my header....my first html edit every.......

Dh will be sooooo proud.

Saturday, August 4, 2007

My Designer has a secret....and I can't tell. I am not good at secrets this big, but I am trying.....
I love her secret blinkie too.....see below.....it is sooo fun......can't wait till the secret its out.
She is awesome, and it is a great secret for her....check back soon for the secret revealed.

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

I love Heather Manning

One of my very first designers Heather asked me to be her head ct member...little ole me....I almost fell out of my chair. I have loved her designs from the very begining....she is creating more and more kits now. I am already 2 behind......gotta get scrapping.


Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I even have a new blinkie....see left.

Monday, July 9, 2007

A new car!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe it.

ok-story goes dh and I went to Wallyworld after lunch Saturday....bought socks. He always teases me about looking at a Dodge Magnum so I would be like him in the Dodge Charger. I say lets go look and I will look at the Dodge Nitro too....have wanted to see them for awhile now.

So dh and I head to Olathe Dodge (about 4o minutes from home) where he bought his HEME Dodge Charger...man car...the same salesman is there and he shows us the Nitro....super small inside. I was barely able to fit in the drivers seat at 5'8" so it was a no go for my hubby at 6'5".
Was surprised how small they were. So we go find the Dodge Magnum' s on the lot. They had only 8 new ones. Didn't want the red when I found out it cost extra for red.....$500.00 more.
Decided to drive one....just for fun. Of course that is never the salesman's plan. Some how the next thing I knew we were doing the four squares of doom as dh says....you know that form that is box 1-down payment
box 2- trade in
box 3-price of car
box 4- your deal for new one

they always fold the paper over so you see your deal and the price of the car.....never see the other 2 boxes again. I said lets go and they can play with the number and call us next week. I just wanted to go....I hearing no. They insisted they could do it in half an hour, so one hour later I am the new owner of a 2007 Dodge Magnum RT. Tinted windows, leather seats, heated seats, 6 disc cd, with alarm and all of the bells and whistles. Minus the fancy gps stuff....although I would love it.

Need to scrapbook my car, got it washed and detailed on Sunday. Took about 30 pictures from different angels to send to my parents back home. Then today it had the nerve to hail on my way to work....as soon as I saw it I was parked under an overpass bridge on the interstate....
Calling my office saying I would be late. I was not going to drive in the hail. Not for work!!!!!
I was only 2 minutes late too.

Thursday, July 5, 2007

Happy 4th a day late.....It was dh's birthday so I spent the day with him.....Went to see Transformers...loved it....great action movie, but did have a cheesy little love store in there too. I was suprised that I liked it...the previews didn't look all that good....more like Independence Day. Bought him an ebook reader....basically a little computer hand held book reader. You download books from the site and then can read anywhere. It came with $149 credity to download books too...Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Given away tons of paper supplies but I am keeping some...I am keeping my BG, and Bohemia lines for mini albums...I let Stacey buy Cricut Cartridges from me but kept half for mom. I even gave stuff to Steph when she was down....but there is still tons left over. I can not believe how much crap I truly have. Now my supplies are all on the server so I guess I jsut don't see it to realize how much of that I have.

The lan party was crazy...it rained for the entire two days everyone was here....I had people everywhere in my house...just crammed in, but it was fun....Took the girls to bathe junkey and made smelly stuff...got a new scrub with Cherry almond, vanilla, mandarine orange, pineapple, and cucumber melon...devine fruit dip....played bowling on the wii....looked like a dork.

Off to work..........

Thursday, June 21, 2007

What do you do with the paper supplies?

I am at a loss as to what to do with the paper scrapbooking supplies. I have tons......
Literally an entire store worth of product. My mom wants most of it and I have friends that could use the Cricut cartridges. But when and how, do you decide what goes and what stays. I am still in love with the feel of product and the fun. I may just have to box it up for a rainy day, and then remember the feel of paper.

Sunday, June 17, 2007

Happy Father's Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Did the customary dad calling since we live 3 hours away from him. I miss seeing him everyday, but we love our lives here. Dh has yet to call his dad, but says he will tonight.

Speaking of DH, he cleaned the garage yesterday.......omg......all of the empty boxes that were in there are gone....all of the shelves are totally clean and organized. You can see each item on the shelf and they are even grouped according to use. I thought I was the only neat freak in our house. Guess he is the closet one.

Have a great week....mine will be sad....a dear friend is leaving for 18 months in Iraq. Tomorrow is his going away party. Find some red, white, and blue for him. Prayers for Bob.

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Long time no write

Work is slow, so I figured I would update the world on my normal, boring life. Summer is always ok at the hospital...no med students and clueless residents to order strange tests. We are just barely full staff, but now our receiving person is shipping out to Iraq for 18 months. Suprise- no more summer vacations.......... He leaves in 6 days, so we are done for. Prayers for him to come home safe. We will miss him.

I found a call list on Digishoptalk board, so I have been applying for design teams. I have made 2 and am gonna be a guest for 2 more. I still am partial to Heather (my first). Loving the girls there. I am guesting for Designs by Shannon and have just done my first two layouts...I hope she likes them. :) I have not started with Theres or Amy C yet..... I have one other application out there for a spot with Kris Myers, but doubt I will make it. I would love to but don't think I will be accepted. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Not much else on my plate now but Physical therapy. Which I hate.....I hate driving there...paying 30 for 30 minutes for someone to tortoure me. Almost done though....not really helping that much. But I am slacking the week and past weekend on exercises that I was assigned. I hope that I can get stronger so I can put off surgery for a few more months, atleast till next fall.

Unitl nexttime................................

Monday, June 11, 2007

I love my new neurosurgeon. Dr. Fowlett at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He says I don't need spinal fusion and since my bones are stable I can go ahead with disc replacement surgery when I am ready. He didn't think that I needed to do it anytime soon, so I am gonna save up my pto at work for it. I hope that I can wait atleast a year to do it. I don't like the idea of surgery, but disc replacement will have me moble and going in 4 weeks.

Such a difference from Dr. Striebenger here in Kansas who said fusion with 4-6 months off.
I am glad that I went for a second opinion.

I need to focus now on my exercises in pt and taking my neruontin correctly. Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!


Such as life...but thankfully a good one.

Sunday, June 3, 2007

Have you seen her work?

Have you seen this amazing designer? Heather Manning....she is amazing. Has the cutest stuff. And picked me to be on her creative team!!!!!! I am sooooo honored. I love her stuff. It is my first team-what a cool honor.

Check her out at WWW.digital-scrapbooking.org

I can't believe my luck. Gotta go and create with her awsome work now.

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

My first guest creative team

I am soo excited I have been given the opportunity to be a guest designer for Amy Cheeseman for October and November. I am so honored since I am a newby digital scrapbooker. I love her creations and was thrilled when she accepted me. This is the first time I have ever tried out for a creative team in my life. I can't wait, but I hope I do her product justice.

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Camera play

Yep-Sunday I got to play with the new Rebel. Dh and I went to the arboretium for the afternoon and took tons of pictures. I found a great book at the bookstore that is not technical verbal vomit-I can actually understand this book. :)

Back has been really bad since then too. I am getting really tired of the pain, but know that my job is not safe if I have surgery. I don't really want to have fusion surgery anyway. So now I am starting physical therapy again. Hopefully this time it will provide some releif. I am near the end of my pain tolerance today for some reason...it really has been worse but all I want to do is cry...........

such as my day.

Friday, May 18, 2007

It arrived

My new camera arrived today....no battery power so I could not play with it....but I did touch it, and turn it over, and examine every nook and cranny. I know that I am in trouble because it came with 2 150 page manuals. Plus a big 3 foot by 3 foot get quick start guide. And there were two little manuals in the box too. I spent about 2 hours reading all of them and hope that I can merely point and take a picture. Holy moley it can do alot of different things. You can basically manually control everything down to the noise it makes. I am just awed by all of the features. I may be in over my head that is for sure....hopefully Borders has an idiots guide for the camera.

Maybe I can get dear hubby to go out the weekend and get some photos of the zoo or the arboretium. I wanna play with it somewhere pretty.

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

My dh is the man

I am jumping up and down doing the happy dance. My dh bought me my dream camera, just because he loves me......A Canon Rebel xTi 10.1 megapixel. OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


He sent me an email showing me it on sale on the dell website. I was so bummed, because that is "the" camera for a scrapbooker. I would love one....I decided to bug him about it. I finally started feeling guilty so I gave up and went back to getting my work done at work. Imagine that.
So then he sent me an email later in the evening showing the sales receipt for it. I can' tbelieve he actually bought me one. Now I am soooo excited and going to be stalking the mail man, the UPS man, and every other delivery driver. It is not scheduled for delivery until the 21st....I don't think I can make it 5 days.....that is an eternity.

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Addicted to Digital

I am addicted to digital scrapbooking. I have been spending a great deal of time looking for the newest and coolest digital stuff on the internet. I am amazed about how many freebies there are out there. I love the blog by Ikeagoddess she links 4-6 digital freebies every day. Now I found a new site that does digital freebies too.....I am in love with all of the freebies. I am already up to 486 papers jpg.s saved on my computer. I have an account with photobucket to upload all of my creations to and can do a slide show to blogger. Can't wait to try it out, but I need a few more layouts first.

Going to try to go to the botanical garden tomorrow for inspiration. Wish me luck.

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Doing it Digi is over and I am definitly addicted. I love doing digital layouts, but it does take me hours to do. Today I did my first all digital layout on my own. Using purchased papers and embellishments of course. I keep looking for free digital stuff on the web, and have found tons of it. I am grateful so it is definetly getting cheaper to do that on paper. I do love paper sb too...but I think that this is my new found favorite.

I hope to get better as I practice....but I was never one who had alot of patience. I will have to keep trying.

Sunday, April 22, 2007

To jazzercise or not to jazzercise???

I have signed up for a free program at the local Jazzercise near my home. I don't know if I can handle it, but I really want to try.....still lacking motivation though. I have new shoes for class, a new water bottle, and new exercise clothes....now all I need is for me to get up and go to class.

will I be the only fat one there? I hope not.......
will others make fun of me? Hopefully not to my face.....
can I really do this? I am gonna try......

The program encompasses class 3 times a week, nutritional sessions, fat analysis, a personal training class, and the motivation to come.....They tell me that if I don't come they will call me.
I have to provide a testomonial at the end about how Jazzercise has helped me achieve my weight loss goals.....God, I need a goal too.......

Goal-to loose 20 lbs.

Digital scrapbooking

I am now 3 weeks into my new class on Digital scrapbooking. I never knew how much PSE could actually do. Each week I have been required to read new topics that relate to the assignment...such as layers palette or drop shadows. I have learned a ton and definely am hooked on this form of scrapbooking. I have been on the internet scouring for free digital elements and have found several. I am in love with the items on the Shabby princess. I have purchased a few kits and am enjoying playing with those. I really think this is the new way to scrapbook.

The one draw back is printing layouts is gonna get very expensive.....it uses alot of ink to print a layout....in class we are doing 6x6 and already my cartridge low lights are blinking. Ohhhh myyyy!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Choosing Joy is over. It is sad that this class has ended. It was definitely an amazing 8 weeks of work. I learned so much from Kolette Hall and her husband Jason about the choices that we must make in life. I have learned to definitely let go of my grudges and slights from others and must choose to add joy to my life. Her story is one of challenge and triumph, and my life is not nearly that challenging. Living with near constant back pain has definitely made me a more whiny person, but I must try to change my attitude. I have learned that it is what I do with these struggles that will make me a successful person or not. I truly wish to be successful.

I need to finish off my book-having only the bonus "What I learned" layout left. But I am planning on redoing my "Celebrate me" layout over....I destroyed the first one not liking the outcome. Picking the 26 alphabet facts was easy but I did not like the look of all of the circles, and random words everywhere for the layout. Mine did not compare to hers. I just hated it. So against the scrapper code I am redoing it with a new idea of only one page and computer printed text. I will use the second of the two page spread to hold my Thank you cards made for the class.

Now tomorrow begins a new chapter my first Digital scrapbooking experience. I am taking the new class called Doing it Digi....I can't wait. I have had photoshop elements for almost 6 months and can't wait to learn to use some of its features to enhance my paper scrapbooking. Besides just using it for a fancy photo editing program. I am sooooooo excited to begin my new adventure.

Sunday, April 1, 2007

Page maps- Love these by Becky Fleck. Once a month she designs the coolest sketches for scrapbookers, and sends them out in a newsletter pdf file. I am amazed that she can come up with at least a dozen new sketches every month of the year. She has done circles, 8 1/2 by 11, tags, cards and the standard 12 x 12 pages. I wait eagerly every month for the new maps to come out. I keep them handy when scrapping for instant inspiration. I am truly a fan!!!!!!!!!

Challenge yourself to do something new today. The first of the month for every scrapper is filled with message board challenges. The design team members come out with new challenges every month on both message boards that I read: Creative scrap shack and Treasured scrapbooking.
It is nice to begin the month with challenges to keep you creative. I don't always end up getting the challenges completed but I will try to remember them when I need a creative push. And man do I need a creative push now and then.

My challenge this week: To make one card inspired by Carole Janson....what an amazing scrapper. Everything is 3 dimensional and the coolest I have seen in a long while. Girly you are the bomb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Her blog can be found in a link at Creative Scrap Shack.

Saturday, March 31, 2007


Yes-Life is hard and challanging, but uncropped is boring.
I am a scrap-a-holic and love to create pages that represent memories. I own enough supplies to open a store and that is just like my moto: She who dies with the most supplies wins.


Welcome to my life.

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

DigiNirvana



Ok ladies- hold onto your hats.....DigiNirvana is opening in one week!!!!!!!! Yeah.

I am sooo excited, her kits are small but adorable and soooo easy to work with.
See these are the Siri kit and Winter Wonderland kit. Both are brand new and exciting.
Run!!!!!


Monday, December 10, 2007

BRAND NEW and IMPROVED





















Don't forget Heather Manning is reopening this week. The creative team is out in full force with a $5.00 Gift card RAK too. Be on the look out for the Heather's dirty girls......

New header

OMG its only 15 days till Christmas and I am just getting my holiday blog header up. With soooo many kits out there it was tough to decide what to use. The kit used was Colorful Christmas by Ina's Scrapart avialable at DigiScrapBoutique. I love the non-traditional colors and whimiscial elements in the kit. I am totally in love with it. Thanks once again to Amy Blesser for her FAB blog header templets too. She makes my life soooooo easy!!!!

Saturday, December 8, 2007

Has anyone see my November ????? I lost it somewhere.

I have no idea what happened to November except that it was a month I spent in bed sick or morning a family members passing.
I got the flu and an ear infection the first week of November and have not been the same since. Never give a Chron's patient antibiotics.....I could not keep anything in me to save my life. I thought I was gonna end up hospitalized with kidney failure and dehydration.....I finally found that I could eat Kraft Mac-n-cheese.....I eat it all the time now... Then 3 weeks later the ear infection is back with a vengence. My Doctor says yep seems nothing I am giving is working on it...so I am on Steroids and a decongestant, and mucus inhibitor for the next month.....fun, but now I can't sleep....so I am back to laying in bed at 4 am and watching book tv on CSPAN.
My birthday was no better....sick and had to work. And my grandmother passed away. All with my in-laws coming for a visit for 4 days...Help me!!!!!!!!!

Now it is December and what happened to November???? I missed it all I think. I put out a few decorations....bought a bunch of new ones.... That I love. Country christmas is the feeling in our living room....even an advent calender with Ferror Roche in it....Yummy!!!!!!! Still need to hang lights as I envy the neighbor that had professional lighting done. Maybe I will just take pix of their home this year.


Monday, November 5, 2007



Be sure to check out the ct call.

www.digiscrapboutique.com

Thursday, November 1, 2007

The last of my Halloween....

I am sad to see my favorite holiday come and go.... But these are my final two Halloween layouts for the year. On to Thanksgiving now....in which I am actually cooking. Call the fire department someone!!!!



This is my 2007 pumpkin that started out with the theory of becoming a clown...istead it turned into more of the Batman's Joker. Hmmmmm? And the second one was for a circle challenge.

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Happy Halloween

I can't believe that October is officially over and it is Halloween. Means I need a new blog header in the next day or two.....bummer....I will have to find a fall one.

I am also bummed that I have to work this Saturday on National Digiscrapbook day. The first of its kind. I am soooo excited for the sales. I have my wish lists packed full of goodies in anticipation. I am sooo excited about all of the happenings at scrapbook graphics. I will probably attend most of their day time chats. I love many of the designers there.

I am loving the new Jessica Sprague's class on pse. I have learned selective recoloring of elements and let me tell you wow it is amazing what it can do for a layout. I have also learned about the magic wand tool...great for recoloring many same color items in an overlay. I am learning more and more each day with the daily emails. Besides the freebies and coupons are not bad either.

saus is over

Stand up and Scrap contest is over. Well, I never made top 10 during the six weeks, but I had a great time pushing my creative limits. I really learned a few new ideas, and got to find some amazing new designers. I am sooo excited that I actually participated till the end....I really wanted to quit when I never made the top 10, but kept pushing myself to keep plugging along. Maybe when the release points I will have made top 40 at least once during the competition. But I really wanted to share my layouts for the competition here.
















Week 5 through week 1












Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Lots to say and a little time to say it.

Ok I have only 30 minutes before my next chat of the day.....whewww I have 4 today.


Heather Manning opened her new store!!!!! HER OWN personal store. Make sure to check it out. There are great grab bags and the new dirt don't hurt pink kit. She did amazing getting it all up and ready for the opening. I don't think she had any problems at all. Tonight is the night of the big DST chat.....but DST is missing from the internet????? I hope they make it back up before the chat I would be bummed if she didn't get to have it. I have trivia and there will be lots of prizes and fun. Check it out at 10pm central time.


Kelli aka...Tallual moon also has a huge chat for Scrap A Deal tonight. You had to purchase half of a kit for only $2.00, and then come to the chat, create a layout and get the other half of the kit free. It is an adorable kit!!!! Plus I am sooo excited about the mini quick page album freebie I made for this kit. I was just inspired after about an hour of staring at my computer screen.


Ok my last reason for chatting....I have added a new guest blinkie today. It is just a 10 day guest spot to announce two new fab designers.....They are opening a new store on NOV 1 and wanted some layouts with their adorable kit.....2 Solitude. Here is my first layout with this kit.....I am in love with it definetely....This is only my first layout with more to come.


Check them out here.
Ok-I gotta run to chat number 2 for the day!!! Have a great one.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Hints for Heather

Ok- If you don't know that Heather has a secret....well she does and its HUGE!!!!!! coming soon to a home near you!!!!!

We have a few games coming up this weekend to win fab kits and prizes from Heather and the creative team.....shhhhhhh...want a hint...

Do you remember Mad Libs? Better brush up on your grammer. Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs...etc..... we have gone mad....?

Only one more hint.....Heather is so cofused she got her words all mixed pu.........can you unscramble words.....but they all relate to Heather Manning and her amazing creative team and monkey mascot. Hmmmmm what a strange sentence from me....maybe another clue?

Favorite holiday

I love Halloween. The costumes, candy, scary movies on t.v., and of course pumpkin carving. I am a huge fan of pumpkin carving. Although I am horrible at carving faces. I loved my vampire pumpkin and my beer drinking one too. I don't know what I will do this year. But I have seen some cute witch pumpkins with carrot noses. I am leaning toward them.

These to layouts are from Miss Crow designs Vintage Halloween line. I totally love her vintage halloween collection. All of the yummy papers, elements, chipboard, and glitter blobs. What can I say but need more Halloween pictures. These two layouts are from last year's pumpkin carving. It was Suny's first halloween and she was into all of the pumpkin guts and curious about the scary face that sat on the kitchen bar. She only went near it once. I have more pictures but I need to go to the store and pick up more of the kit. Off to shop!!!!


Sunday, October 14, 2007

Amy Blesser is saving me

Ok- I got the new items email from SBB this am and look what I found. Blog header templets. Yeah!!!!!!!! I had to have them....you got 6 different ones by Amy Blesser for only $2.99.
This is my first one......I will wear this for a week or two and then do a new one.

I am soooo excited.

Oh by the way this is the new collection Dirt don't hurt-Pink by Heather Manning!!!!!!

Friday, October 12, 2007

A murder of crows

Ok I need you all to meet Christine. She is founder and creator of Miss Crow's Magickal Emporium. It is an amazing site with lots of fun products and suprises. I applied for her team in early September and just found out that I am a Murder of crows creative team member. The official announcement will be on Halloween, of course. How can you pass up being a member of a team with such a great name. Besides she has some of the coolest and most unique kits that I have seen in the digital scrapbooking world. She even has apparel with her logo on it. I gotta get me a shirt soon. :)

I am so excited to get a chance to play with her vintage halloween kits...make sure to check them out while they are on sale.....!!!!!! I will have layouts coming soon. They are very traditional colors but with the added patterns and dimenson created with shadow and use of transluscent shapes they are taken to another level. The chipboard accents are so lifelike I am amazed that they really are not a tangable product. I had someone question me about how I liked hybrid scrapbooking....they are that real!!!!

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

I am really gonna miss her

Karie aka Punky Pixels has decided to end her designing career. I am really sad to hear this, but it is for her family. That is always the most importain thing in life. I will miss her and all the girls on the team, but she is still doing the heritage chat at seaside scraps on Wednesday nights at 8 pm.

So I have lost 2 creative team positions this week, but have gained a new one with another designer. Its still a secret so I have to wait to tell you who. heheheeee. But I don't think anyone reads this anyway.

I love my SAUS week 2 layout, but no top 10 for me. I am kind of bummed but I am just keeping my head up that I actually competed in this competition. I can't believe I actually did it. I am not the best, and there are some amazing scrappers out there. I had no thoughts of winning, but I want to make top 10 just once. So I did week 3-love it and I am waiting for the week 4 challenge to be posted tomorrow.

Off to finish up my ct committments this week....I am a bad groups reader so I need to catch up in my yahoo groups......

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

I promised Diane (carjazi) that I would post more often, but geez its tough. I am a busy woman.

Didn't make top 10 for Stand up and Scrap week 1 but that was some tough competition. There were nearly 250 in my category alone. I was amazed at some of the pix and a few of my favorites made it in to the top 10. Week 2 is done and today started the week 3 competition. I have yet to get over there to see the challenge for week 3. But I am so proud of my layouts that I have done for the competition. I have really pushed my limit with scrapping outside of my comfy box.
Isn't that what it was for.....atleast for me it was.

Finally did an entire forum for Kelli....geez permissions/security was a pain for who could see what parts of the forum. Once I finally got it moved off her domain name, I think it will be smooth sailing from there. I enjoyed doing it and now I am
off to recruit new members for our team. We need some active members....she has two others besides Diane and I. We THINK one is mia and the other went back to high school. So I need ACTIVE, HAPPY people.

And I have started my guest spot for the amazing AMY Cheeseman. I love her stuff. I applied for her ct back when I first started and she asked me to be a guest instead. It has allowed me to grow and hopefully be ready to create amazing layouts for her. She is so generous by giving us a welcome kit and then a monthly allowance to use for kit purchases. I can't wait to go shopping for her.

I can't wait till Vera Lim announces the guest spot list. I get to be a guest for her tooo. Sometime in the next three or four months. She is making the list and should finish before November 1st.

Soooo many exciting things for a newbie.

Friday, September 28, 2007

creative team manager

Geez I have been just crazy busy......I have been give the opportunity to become creative team manager at Digiscrap Boutique. It is an amazing site with lots of amazing designers....and a freebie everyday!!! The creative team is 15 members strong and we are really creating some amazing layouts. They are a talented bunch of women....I am in awe.

I just love the site- check it out www.digiscrapboutique.com

And No I didn't make Vera Lim's ct...but I GOT A GUEST SPOT!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe it. I am sooooo excited to be a guest for her. I can't wait...

I am also getting ready to be a guest for Amy Cheeseman. Starting in October. Yeah!!!!

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

I have been neglecting my blog

Oh poor blog....I have been neglecting you....I am bummed. I have just been so busy.

I have signed up to do the contest Stand up and Scrap.....I know I probably will not win, and have no hope of winning but it will be a challenge. I am excited to test my skills and see what the judges say about my layouts. I can't wait. Heck....maybe I will win something....I would just like to have one layout mentioned as being inovative or cool...or beautiful. That is the best I can hope for. There are lots of great desingers involved for prizes so it should be fun.

Many of my designers are moving, changing....Punky pixels now has a heritage chat Wednesdays at 8pm central time at www.seasidescraps.com . Julie Bullock has opened her store at Elemental Scraps releasing several new kits in the process....they are totally adorable. Kelli of Talluha Moon is now at ScrapDigiStyle and 3scrapateers. She has a great new Halloween kit out...and watch for our fun holiday quick page pack. I hope it goes well. I am also starting for Lynn of LPand3dogs designs...she is a DSO designer and dear friend of Heather Manning. That is where I picked her up from.

I must admit I have resigned from HODS...it is just too difficult to get on thier site and the downloads are impossible. I can never seem to get them unless I am at work, and I just don't think that I am doing them justice...with all of my problems. It is tough to resign because I don't want to hurt them....but I just don't know what else to do right now....... How do you fix something that is sooo broken you just have no hope........????

Well I need to update my lists and blinkies so off I go....hope to blog all about my crazy winnings on Stand up and Scrap challenge when it is all done. Shhhh!!!! I can't tell you who I am.

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

world meet kim

I am so excited to be creating for Kim now......so you will see her work soon...hint...hint....

Ok-I am loving the quick page creations. It is so much easier for me than trying to make layouts with kits I don't have pictures for. I love doing them. Luckily Matt has set me up with my own web page...which I have deleted twice now. :(
I can just let each desinger have a tab and away I go...creating pages...zipping them up....sending them out. I love it.

I am more and more in love with the digital world as I go...I even tried out for Vera Lims design team....I will probably not make it but I had to try. I love my layouts, and that is what matters right? Ok-so it would be a dream....but that is just the way it goes....it did push me out of my box...and that is a good thing.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

fyi

Ok-if you read this blog...I am totally amazed and shocked....but thank you.
I am learning the fab world of html coding, so you will probably see tons of changes. I am so excited that I got rid of the box around my header....my first html edit every.......

Dh will be sooooo proud.

Saturday, August 4, 2007

My Designer has a secret....and I can't tell. I am not good at secrets this big, but I am trying.....
I love her secret blinkie too.....see below.....it is sooo fun......can't wait till the secret its out.
She is awesome, and it is a great secret for her....check back soon for the secret revealed.

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

I love Heather Manning

One of my very first designers Heather asked me to be her head ct member...little ole me....I almost fell out of my chair. I have loved her designs from the very begining....she is creating more and more kits now. I am already 2 behind......gotta get scrapping.


Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I even have a new blinkie....see left.

Monday, July 9, 2007

A new car!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe it.

ok-story goes dh and I went to Wallyworld after lunch Saturday....bought socks. He always teases me about looking at a Dodge Magnum so I would be like him in the Dodge Charger. I say lets go look and I will look at the Dodge Nitro too....have wanted to see them for awhile now.

So dh and I head to Olathe Dodge (about 4o minutes from home) where he bought his HEME Dodge Charger...man car...the same salesman is there and he shows us the Nitro....super small inside. I was barely able to fit in the drivers seat at 5'8" so it was a no go for my hubby at 6'5".
Was surprised how small they were. So we go find the Dodge Magnum' s on the lot. They had only 8 new ones. Didn't want the red when I found out it cost extra for red.....$500.00 more.
Decided to drive one....just for fun. Of course that is never the salesman's plan. Some how the next thing I knew we were doing the four squares of doom as dh says....you know that form that is box 1-down payment
box 2- trade in
box 3-price of car
box 4- your deal for new one

they always fold the paper over so you see your deal and the price of the car.....never see the other 2 boxes again. I said lets go and they can play with the number and call us next week. I just wanted to go....I hearing no. They insisted they could do it in half an hour, so one hour later I am the new owner of a 2007 Dodge Magnum RT. Tinted windows, leather seats, heated seats, 6 disc cd, with alarm and all of the bells and whistles. Minus the fancy gps stuff....although I would love it.

Need to scrapbook my car, got it washed and detailed on Sunday. Took about 30 pictures from different angels to send to my parents back home. Then today it had the nerve to hail on my way to work....as soon as I saw it I was parked under an overpass bridge on the interstate....
Calling my office saying I would be late. I was not going to drive in the hail. Not for work!!!!!
I was only 2 minutes late too.

Thursday, July 5, 2007

Happy 4th a day late.....It was dh's birthday so I spent the day with him.....Went to see Transformers...loved it....great action movie, but did have a cheesy little love store in there too. I was suprised that I liked it...the previews didn't look all that good....more like Independence Day. Bought him an ebook reader....basically a little computer hand held book reader. You download books from the site and then can read anywhere. It came with $149 credity to download books too...Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Given away tons of paper supplies but I am keeping some...I am keeping my BG, and Bohemia lines for mini albums...I let Stacey buy Cricut Cartridges from me but kept half for mom. I even gave stuff to Steph when she was down....but there is still tons left over. I can not believe how much crap I truly have. Now my supplies are all on the server so I guess I jsut don't see it to realize how much of that I have.

The lan party was crazy...it rained for the entire two days everyone was here....I had people everywhere in my house...just crammed in, but it was fun....Took the girls to bathe junkey and made smelly stuff...got a new scrub with Cherry almond, vanilla, mandarine orange, pineapple, and cucumber melon...devine fruit dip....played bowling on the wii....looked like a dork.

Off to work..........

Thursday, June 21, 2007

What do you do with the paper supplies?

I am at a loss as to what to do with the paper scrapbooking supplies. I have tons......
Literally an entire store worth of product. My mom wants most of it and I have friends that could use the Cricut cartridges. But when and how, do you decide what goes and what stays. I am still in love with the feel of product and the fun. I may just have to box it up for a rainy day, and then remember the feel of paper.

Sunday, June 17, 2007

Happy Father's Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Did the customary dad calling since we live 3 hours away from him. I miss seeing him everyday, but we love our lives here. Dh has yet to call his dad, but says he will tonight.

Speaking of DH, he cleaned the garage yesterday.......omg......all of the empty boxes that were in there are gone....all of the shelves are totally clean and organized. You can see each item on the shelf and they are even grouped according to use. I thought I was the only neat freak in our house. Guess he is the closet one.

Have a great week....mine will be sad....a dear friend is leaving for 18 months in Iraq. Tomorrow is his going away party. Find some red, white, and blue for him. Prayers for Bob.

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Long time no write

Work is slow, so I figured I would update the world on my normal, boring life. Summer is always ok at the hospital...no med students and clueless residents to order strange tests. We are just barely full staff, but now our receiving person is shipping out to Iraq for 18 months. Suprise- no more summer vacations.......... He leaves in 6 days, so we are done for. Prayers for him to come home safe. We will miss him.

I found a call list on Digishoptalk board, so I have been applying for design teams. I have made 2 and am gonna be a guest for 2 more. I still am partial to Heather (my first). Loving the girls there. I am guesting for Designs by Shannon and have just done my first two layouts...I hope she likes them. :) I have not started with Theres or Amy C yet..... I have one other application out there for a spot with Kris Myers, but doubt I will make it. I would love to but don't think I will be accepted. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Not much else on my plate now but Physical therapy. Which I hate.....I hate driving there...paying 30 for 30 minutes for someone to tortoure me. Almost done though....not really helping that much. But I am slacking the week and past weekend on exercises that I was assigned. I hope that I can get stronger so I can put off surgery for a few more months, atleast till next fall.

Unitl nexttime................................

Monday, June 11, 2007

I love my new neurosurgeon. Dr. Fowlett at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He says I don't need spinal fusion and since my bones are stable I can go ahead with disc replacement surgery when I am ready. He didn't think that I needed to do it anytime soon, so I am gonna save up my pto at work for it. I hope that I can wait atleast a year to do it. I don't like the idea of surgery, but disc replacement will have me moble and going in 4 weeks.

Such a difference from Dr. Striebenger here in Kansas who said fusion with 4-6 months off.
I am glad that I went for a second opinion.

I need to focus now on my exercises in pt and taking my neruontin correctly. Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!


Such as life...but thankfully a good one.

Sunday, June 3, 2007

Have you seen her work?

Have you seen this amazing designer? Heather Manning....she is amazing. Has the cutest stuff. And picked me to be on her creative team!!!!!! I am sooooo honored. I love her stuff. It is my first team-what a cool honor.

Check her out at WWW.digital-scrapbooking.org

I can't believe my luck. Gotta go and create with her awsome work now.

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

My first guest creative team

I am soo excited I have been given the opportunity to be a guest designer for Amy Cheeseman for October and November. I am so honored since I am a newby digital scrapbooker. I love her creations and was thrilled when she accepted me. This is the first time I have ever tried out for a creative team in my life. I can't wait, but I hope I do her product justice.

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Camera play

Yep-Sunday I got to play with the new Rebel. Dh and I went to the arboretium for the afternoon and took tons of pictures. I found a great book at the bookstore that is not technical verbal vomit-I can actually understand this book. :)

Back has been really bad since then too. I am getting really tired of the pain, but know that my job is not safe if I have surgery. I don't really want to have fusion surgery anyway. So now I am starting physical therapy again. Hopefully this time it will provide some releif. I am near the end of my pain tolerance today for some reason...it really has been worse but all I want to do is cry...........

such as my day.

Friday, May 18, 2007

It arrived

My new camera arrived today....no battery power so I could not play with it....but I did touch it, and turn it over, and examine every nook and cranny. I know that I am in trouble because it came with 2 150 page manuals. Plus a big 3 foot by 3 foot get quick start guide. And there were two little manuals in the box too. I spent about 2 hours reading all of them and hope that I can merely point and take a picture. Holy moley it can do alot of different things. You can basically manually control everything down to the noise it makes. I am just awed by all of the features. I may be in over my head that is for sure....hopefully Borders has an idiots guide for the camera.

Maybe I can get dear hubby to go out the weekend and get some photos of the zoo or the arboretium. I wanna play with it somewhere pretty.

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

My dh is the man

I am jumping up and down doing the happy dance. My dh bought me my dream camera, just because he loves me......A Canon Rebel xTi 10.1 megapixel. OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


He sent me an email showing me it on sale on the dell website. I was so bummed, because that is "the" camera for a scrapbooker. I would love one....I decided to bug him about it. I finally started feeling guilty so I gave up and went back to getting my work done at work. Imagine that.
So then he sent me an email later in the evening showing the sales receipt for it. I can' tbelieve he actually bought me one. Now I am soooo excited and going to be stalking the mail man, the UPS man, and every other delivery driver. It is not scheduled for delivery until the 21st....I don't think I can make it 5 days.....that is an eternity.

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Addicted to Digital

I am addicted to digital scrapbooking. I have been spending a great deal of time looking for the newest and coolest digital stuff on the internet. I am amazed about how many freebies there are out there. I love the blog by Ikeagoddess she links 4-6 digital freebies every day. Now I found a new site that does digital freebies too.....I am in love with all of the freebies. I am already up to 486 papers jpg.s saved on my computer. I have an account with photobucket to upload all of my creations to and can do a slide show to blogger. Can't wait to try it out, but I need a few more layouts first.

Going to try to go to the botanical garden tomorrow for inspiration. Wish me luck.

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Doing it Digi is over and I am definitly addicted. I love doing digital layouts, but it does take me hours to do. Today I did my first all digital layout on my own. Using purchased papers and embellishments of course. I keep looking for free digital stuff on the web, and have found tons of it. I am grateful so it is definetly getting cheaper to do that on paper. I do love paper sb too...but I think that this is my new found favorite.

I hope to get better as I practice....but I was never one who had alot of patience. I will have to keep trying.

Sunday, April 22, 2007

To jazzercise or not to jazzercise???

I have signed up for a free program at the local Jazzercise near my home. I don't know if I can handle it, but I really want to try.....still lacking motivation though. I have new shoes for class, a new water bottle, and new exercise clothes....now all I need is for me to get up and go to class.

will I be the only fat one there? I hope not.......
will others make fun of me? Hopefully not to my face.....
can I really do this? I am gonna try......

The program encompasses class 3 times a week, nutritional sessions, fat analysis, a personal training class, and the motivation to come.....They tell me that if I don't come they will call me.
I have to provide a testomonial at the end about how Jazzercise has helped me achieve my weight loss goals.....God, I need a goal too.......

Goal-to loose 20 lbs.

Digital scrapbooking

I am now 3 weeks into my new class on Digital scrapbooking. I never knew how much PSE could actually do. Each week I have been required to read new topics that relate to the assignment...such as layers palette or drop shadows. I have learned a ton and definely am hooked on this form of scrapbooking. I have been on the internet scouring for free digital elements and have found several. I am in love with the items on the Shabby princess. I have purchased a few kits and am enjoying playing with those. I really think this is the new way to scrapbook.

The one draw back is printing layouts is gonna get very expensive.....it uses alot of ink to print a layout....in class we are doing 6x6 and already my cartridge low lights are blinking. Ohhhh myyyy!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Choosing Joy is over. It is sad that this class has ended. It was definitely an amazing 8 weeks of work. I learned so much from Kolette Hall and her husband Jason about the choices that we must make in life. I have learned to definitely let go of my grudges and slights from others and must choose to add joy to my life. Her story is one of challenge and triumph, and my life is not nearly that challenging. Living with near constant back pain has definitely made me a more whiny person, but I must try to change my attitude. I have learned that it is what I do with these struggles that will make me a successful person or not. I truly wish to be successful.

I need to finish off my book-having only the bonus "What I learned" layout left. But I am planning on redoing my "Celebrate me" layout over....I destroyed the first one not liking the outcome. Picking the 26 alphabet facts was easy but I did not like the look of all of the circles, and random words everywhere for the layout. Mine did not compare to hers. I just hated it. So against the scrapper code I am redoing it with a new idea of only one page and computer printed text. I will use the second of the two page spread to hold my Thank you cards made for the class.

Now tomorrow begins a new chapter my first Digital scrapbooking experience. I am taking the new class called Doing it Digi....I can't wait. I have had photoshop elements for almost 6 months and can't wait to learn to use some of its features to enhance my paper scrapbooking. Besides just using it for a fancy photo editing program. I am sooooooo excited to begin my new adventure.

Sunday, April 1, 2007

Page maps- Love these by Becky Fleck. Once a month she designs the coolest sketches for scrapbookers, and sends them out in a newsletter pdf file. I am amazed that she can come up with at least a dozen new sketches every month of the year. She has done circles, 8 1/2 by 11, tags, cards and the standard 12 x 12 pages. I wait eagerly every month for the new maps to come out. I keep them handy when scrapping for instant inspiration. I am truly a fan!!!!!!!!!

Challenge yourself to do something new today. The first of the month for every scrapper is filled with message board challenges. The design team members come out with new challenges every month on both message boards that I read: Creative scrap shack and Treasured scrapbooking.
It is nice to begin the month with challenges to keep you creative. I don't always end up getting the challenges completed but I will try to remember them when I need a creative push. And man do I need a creative push now and then.

My challenge this week: To make one card inspired by Carole Janson....what an amazing scrapper. Everything is 3 dimensional and the coolest I have seen in a long while. Girly you are the bomb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Her blog can be found in a link at Creative Scrap Shack.

Saturday, March 31, 2007


Yes-Life is hard and challanging, but uncropped is boring.
I am a scrap-a-holic and love to create pages that represent memories. I own enough supplies to open a store and that is just like my moto: She who dies with the most supplies wins.


Welcome to my life.