Stamps On Sale!

Great news! Stamps are half off at Hobby Lobby this week. I bought this beautiful script background stamp that I have been wanted. I love it. Love half off!!!!!

Wish Me Luck!

I have been working on a submission for a design team and I finally finished. The album is a chipboard mini tag album that I made for my mom. The pictures are of her and my grandfather when she was a baby. I know it will mean a lot to her to have this and I am glad it turned out so well. The flower on the front is one of the handmade flowers I learned how to do on youtube. I love youtube. I learned how to crochet flowers on there the other day.

Flowers

I watch some tutorials and such on Youtube and I follow the Leah's Scrapbook Room videos. I love the one where Donna Salazar shows how to make flowers and I have been working on some of my own using doilies, some old books and my scallop scissors and punches. I also used some glimmer mists and Stickles on them. They started out pretty odd shaped but they are getting better.

Weekend Work

I had a great weekend. I was very busy but it was good. I went to the SU workshop on Saturday and made a cute sock monkey card. I ordered some goodies I am looking forward to. Saturday evening I went shopping and to Chili's where I had the Molten Lava dessert which is to die for! I worked on a couple ATC's and also did a file folder album. The SU lady had made some and I thought it was adorable so I made one for my upcoming annual ladies retreat our church goes to every year. It turned out good I think. I got the file folder from the $1 section at Target and I used my new Stamped Cricut cartridge for the letters. TTFN!

Latest and Greatest

I watched another of the Thinking Inking videos by Jennifer McGuire. Thanks to Lisa for getting me hooked. I have never really been a stamper but I have all these stamps and supplies that my great aunt gave me. She owns a flower shop and they used to make handmade cards. Needless to say they stopped and she gave me all their supplies. I didn't have a clue what to do with all the sprays, pads, powders, etc. that were in this HUGE rubbermaid tote. That is until Lisa told me about the Thinking Inking videos on http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/ . So now that you know the backstory lets get to the present. I have been watching these videos and tearing up the Tim Holtz isle at Micheals for the past month. I have bought alcohol inks, distress inks, UTEE, crackle paint(LOVE this stuff!)and today I got perfect pearls. They are really fun and easy to work with and you get a beautiful shimmery result. I love shimmer so its right up my alley. I also got my new Bazzill splat mat yesterday and I LOVE IT! Do you know that even Sharpie wont stick to this thing. I tried to write my name on it...just something I do that bothers my DH... anyways, it wipes right off!!!

Well, I'm off to my first SU party tomorrow. I love their stamps. How will I ever decide what to get?

TTFN!

ATC's I Made Today

Here are the ATC's I worked on today. You can see all my ATC's at http://www.flickr.com/photos/scrapbukr4life/

Busy Today

Today was a very productive day in the craft room. I worked on my newest hobby which is ATC's. I love the size and the fact that you trade with people and something you created is out there. I also worked on a swap I signed up for on the scrapbook yahoo group I joined. I used to moderate a group and now I barely have time to read posts. I haven't done a swap in forever so I decided to jump in on one and found myself signing up for 2 scrapbook swaps and an ATC swap. Whew. Figured I better get going so I finished the stuff for one of the scrapbook swaps. I made cute little flower shaker boxes with my Cricut.