I am here!!!! Day 1 of CHA. Well take lots pics and post lots of pics!

Fiskars' Jenni Bowlin punch

Fiskars hooked up with Jenni Bowlin and created some cute punch with her.  I was able to get two at Joanns.  The one on the left is a file tab and the right is a ticket border punch.  There were three others, a bird, city scape border punch, and a photo frame (really small), but I was not interested in it.  I want to get the joker border punch and banner w/ scallop punch.  But they ran out.

I will be attending CHA and will be posting what I see!  More to come! :-)

Finished project life 2011

CHA-W

is coming up and I am going and I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YaY!


Plus I signed up for my member ID for Comic Con and can't wait to get tickets... that event sells out quick :-(

t mini album

 I finally finished and put together, with journaling and some pictures, the mini-album from a Maggie Holmes class at Reflections a couple of years ago.  I didn't go to the first reflection, so I actually bought this cute (since I love Maggie's work, and really enjoyed making her album when I attended the event the second year).  This album is roughly 4x6.

 The theme of the album is "I am..." and you talked about things that described you.  I was able to relate to some of the things that Maggie put in her album.

 I am....free, creative, silly, etc.

Me and the Hubby have been trying to take out this little man as much as possible.  Actual conversation:
L.M: Are we going to see the animals?
Me: Yes.  What kind of animal do you want to see?
L.M.: A pig.
Me: Ok...how about an elephant, a tiger, or a bear?
L.M.: No, a pig.

:-)

Some questions:
The best part of today: Having a dinner date with my friends
What was the last restaurant you went to? Chuck-E-Cheese
Today was tough because: It went from cold to hot...where is winter?

what are you reading right now?

Financial Peace Revisited By Dave Ramsey

Interesting information and ideas.

Test...blogging by phone

Jan. 2 and I am behind...

Well.. I haven't made a single card... I wanted to, but my craft area is such a mess!!! I can't navigate around it.  Once that happens, I will be able to scrap and create. 

Question of the day... can people change?  I say yes.... if people try.

Goodbye 2011, Hello 2012

What a year!  But not enough scrapping :-(  Let see.... got engaged, got married, quit a job, got a job, moved to our own apartment, turned 29, first holidays as a married couple, my sister came home and stayed home, trying new things and doing things that I have not done before.  I look forward to this year. 

For the past few years, I tried doing the one word thing (Ali Edward), but I didn't followed through with the word.  I basically forgot about it.  This year, my word is "hope."  There are a lot of things that I hope will happen this year.  I want it to happen...but all I can do is hope.  I look foward to a great year. I look foward to my first anniversary as a married woman, a great scrappy year, and all the things that makes me happy. 

My scrappy goal.... I originally wanted to do one layout a day... yea right! SO.... my goal is to create at least one layout a week.  But I do want to attempt one card a day.  I bought Papercrafts 365 cards to encourage me, plus I also have another idea book called a card a day (I think) to guide me along.  I also plan to create at least one mini-album a month (my own "original"... and I put in quotation because there is not such thing really....).  I also want to participate in more craft fairs and sale some goodies.  Plus I have soooooo much, that I want to at least put a dent in my stuff.  With that being said, I am going to add stuff to my Etsy shop (eventually). 


Don't mind the ugly pic... plus me not looking at that spectacular.  (I used my computer camera and I am still recovering from New Years Eve.)  This a really neat book!  It is called Q&A a day, 5 year journal.  Basically, you answer a question each day.  After doing it for a year, you go back to day one the following year and answer the same question (hence the 5 year part).  It is great for reflecting what your wrote the previous year.  Today's question: "What is your mission?"  I like this question way more than... what is your new year's resolution.

I still need to catch up on Project Life.  I decided not to do it this year.  It was just soooo hard to play catch-up and remember to take pics.  Instead, I will be doing a month in review.  Much easier...

I am still going strong as a Close to My Heart consultant.  So if you need anything, let me know!  :-)  They are still doing stamp of the month for $5 when you spend $50.   There is a special going on where you can get a block set and a size E stamp set for $15 when you spend at least $25.  Size E stamps are 8.5x11. 

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all of my readers! :-)

Fluff Ice and Wish List

Just wanted to share.  :-P  My Hubby really likes shaved ice...until Linda had him tried some fluff ice.... and he loves it!  Me on the other hand... not for me.  :-P  Now on to the list!

My annual tradition is to post my wish list for all to see....well mainly for my family....

1.  More film for my Instax Mini 7s
2. Digital frame...along with a keychain. :-P
3. Oddly enough, a coin sorter.
4.  Glee cd (the actual cd, I only have vol. 5)
5.  Glee season 1 and 2 (the actual dvds)
6. Typewriter
7.  Anything Hello Kitty (of course)
8.  Gift cards to Michaels! 
9. $$$ towards my tablet :-P
10. $$$ for scrappy goodness!

yep...

October Afternoon Santa Sack Sale

Usually I am not fond of mystery warehouse box sales.  Why?  Because I don't know what is in it and I might not like anything in it.  Well... October Afternoon is having a weekly (for 5 weeks, I think) Santa Sack sale.  After first I didn't want to do it.  It was $50 with shipping.  I thought that was a lot for an unknown box.  I decided... well... I like just about everything October Afternoon makes.  So I thought.. why not... plus I "accidentally" clicked on buy me on Pay Pal.  So here is the load. Week 1:

 doesn't look like a lot.... but there is a lot.

 The loose embellishments and knick-knacks.

 Paper pack.

sticker/cards/pack.

I was happy with it...and may buy another one.  :-P

Touch Pen

Went to Scrap Expo and was excited to find Carpe Diem there.  I was hoping that they would have some cheap Copic... but nope, they had  Touch Pen.  I was chit chatting with (I guess) the owner of Touch Pen Co.  This particular pen is also alcoholic based.  Except it is much darker (as you can see in my pic... ignore the over coloring in the eyes... was careless) ... however they are limited to about 150 (don't remember) pens.  They had different range of shade...but not as much as Copic.  I tried asking about making extremely light colors... and he had no answer for me.  In the end, I think I will stick to my Copic.

Some tidbits...

 My Honey finally put up by layout display wall hanging thingy :-P  I can't wait to hang up some of my layouts!

 Well... this is as organized as it gets.  I just have wayyyyy toooo much stuff.  The tubs are used to seperate my work area and my Honey's work area.  Yes... that is an ammo box that I am using as my stool :-P

 New Martha deep punch.  *heart*

BTW I love Knock Knock.  That have such funny stuff!  Got this self-inking stamp at Anthopologies (or however you spell it.  Went to my first shop in San Diego with Jen).  I am going to use it to make fun Christmas tags!  :-)

Some projects...

 I finally added some pictures to the mini-album from Artful Horizons.  :-)

Dah! Sideways!

These two are from a Quick Quotes Class.  I liked the black and white one.  I can see myself making several versions of that layout.  :-)

CKU-Reunion

Earlier this month, I attended CKU-Reunion in San Diego.  I have been waiting for this for a long time! 

My friend Jennifer. :-)

 Our first class, we made a pillow.  It was awesome!  I really liked my pillow.  It was really easy! We sew some strips of fabric together.  Pulled at one seam to make a rosettes.  Afterward, we wrapped it around the front of the pillow.  I can't wait to make some more of these for Christmas :-)

Here we are in a mixed-media canvas class.  I really enjoyed it.  It was different... used a lot of modge podge!  But I can see myself making more mixed-media canvas using my scraps.  :-)

I did the "Be Silly" album track with Michelle Hill.  Yes, that is my Hello Kitty sewing machine.  I *heart* my sewing machine!

Silly pictures :-)

Met Lisa Bearnson!

The best part..... I won an Instax Mini 7 camera!!! WOOHOO!!!!

Overall, I had a great time.  It was very different.  It was not all scrapbooking.  Which I enjoyed.  I was able to try new things.  Can't wait to do this again next year!

CKU Reunion!

Can't wait! :-)

If you need goodies from...

Close to My Heart

Let me know!  I am a consultant!

Knott's Haunt

Went to Haunt for my very first time last week.  My Hunny and I went on a Wed....which was perfect!  It was not crowded.  *we loath crowds*  First stop was Mrs. Knott's fried chicken... yea it was ok, not too super (check!).  After a couple of shots, my camera ran out of battery!!!! I brought my charger with me so I was able to charge it for about 15 min.... however, I managed to drop my camera in the toilet!  (a Canon powershot)  I was sooooo sad!  I was able to take a couple of pictures.  But the camera was not functional all night.  I had my Android phone, so I took some pictures with it. 

The mazes were fun.  Lots of great details.  I was not scared at all... I don't get scared easily.  I was giggling at the monsters.  I constantly had to pull back because the monsters would literally get in your face and I felt that I might bump my head.  Found my monster friend "Adam", formerly from guest research.  Saw a few shows: Ed Alonzo Psycho Circus and the torture king.  Overall, we had a great time and want to do it again next year!

BTW... bought a new Canon point and shoot.  It is an awesome camera.  I'm not too sad because the other camera was five years old and doesn't have all the great functions that this one does.  I still use my Rebel T1i, not as often as I should, but I do :-)

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