Bossy Granny

Every year I make a flan for my coworkers Christmas celebration.  I can handle the recipe on my own, but I asked my grandmother for help anyway.  Bonding experience.  Shyeah right!  Not 15minutes in, and I'm kicked out of my own kitchen!  WTF?!

Enderman Birthday Card

My hubby's birthday is here again!  So I made him an Enderman Birthday card.  Hope he likes it!

Creeper Cake

My hubby's bday is tommorrow, so I wanted to bake him a cake tonight.  This year, he chose carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.  Well, since my baby likes minecraft, I thought I'd make a creeper cake!  Yikes...

Dumbstruck @ the talent!

Ok, you know how everyone has some natural talent, which they just need to find it?  Well, I think my sister's boyfriend just found his!  This is Danny's first attempt at carving anything with a chainsaw-and I just HAD TO post it.  He wants to do more, and even sell it online.  So I'll be posting his info soon, and via pininterest too.  I'm already contemplating what to order!

Thanksgiving 2012!!!

Nope, I haven't finished my Thanksgiving 2012 mini yet.  I'm just posting my table decor and the sign I made for the family photo.  :)

Thanksgiving 2011 Kit Layout (part 2 of 2)

Hello, my non-existent readers!  Please bare with me as I try to post part 2 of the Thanksgiving kit.  It's making me choke on my mash potatoes!  Which are a little cold, so I'm going to shoot a glare at my hubby.

Anyways, let try this again!

Homemade pockets for tags!

Sorry for the upside down pictures.  :(

Thanksgiving 2011 Kit Layout (part 1 of 2)

Hello, my invisible companians!  I recently got together at my friend Sharon's place to make a two page layout  with a mini album attached-using Close to My Heart products. It got me inspired to use my Thanksgiving 2011 pictures.  EEEIIIII!  Sharon was selling the layout on her site - Florentine Fall Mini and Layout.  Here is what I've done.  I can't wait to show it to my family at this years' Thanksgiving.

First Page with Mini Attached.  Just missing my plate name tags.

Second page with a lovely group shot and surviving napkin.

Upclose mini cover

page 1

page 2 with a mini flip pic

pages 3 & 4 with a zombie turkey decoration

Ok, this will be a two part post, since I'm having my usual pc issues.  Forgive me, non-existant readers. 

Fall Festival @ work

Last year was Attack of the Killer Zombie Turkeys.  This year I went with something more traditional.  The admin ladies loved it, and I added a little of my own style by adding googly eyes.  I used the Create a Critter cricut cartridge for the turkeys & I will find out what cartridge I used for the grass and leaves.  The backdrop was a white foam board from Michaels and covered with brown paper.  I painted the tree trunks with black crackle paint from (you guessed it!) Tim Holtz! At first, the backdrop looked very sinister.  Thankfully, adding the colorful leaves made the scene more festive. :) 

Dad's bday card & dumb excuses

Hello non-existing readers!  I'M BAAAACK.  Again.  I don't want to know how long I've been absent...I just want to blog & scrap!

To restart: here is a birthday card I put together for my dad's 55th.  The totally awesome rays in the background was created by using one of Tim Holtz embossing folders and Fired Brick Distress Ink.  I recently got these amazing stamps from Close to My Heart.  LOVE EM!  I was so excited when I found out my gal pal Sharon was selling Close to My Heart stuff!  EIIIII!  Click her name and you'll go to her blog, which makes me drool over the scrapiness!  I wanted to make the card look like a comic book panel, and I'm pretty happy with the results.  The distress ink helped me shadow the layered cityscape.  I also used black StazOn Ink!  Can't forget that!  Must use these stamps again!  :)

Wedding Scrapbook

I love my Bridesmaids layout.  I was able to use ribbon from the wedding & I love these pictures.

Japanese Micro Mini Room

Lordy-I can't believe I finished it without breaking it!  My gal pal got me this micro mini kit from the N.A.M.E. convention & I was so excited!  I will look up who designed the kit & will DEFINITELY get more of her kits!!  This room makes me want to cry- I mean, DUH Japan means alot to me, and this mini will remind me forever of my honeymoon!  LOVE IT!

J-Baby even liked it!  He drove me nuts while finishing this up becaz he kept INTERRUPTING ME while gluing!  LOL but I love him.  Hubbies just don't get it-LOL.

Ok...I'm over my head...

Next week is the Creating Keepsakes Convention in Charlotte, NC!  I'm so excited to be going with a good female friend becaz you have NO IDEA how much testosterone i've been drowning in!!  But that sunday is also a meet day for my miniature enthusiasts club!  And i've wanted to show those awesome ladies a miniature!  Well, I have this little potted plant container, a tiny fairy, and macgyver furniture!!!  I need help.  It needs help....  HELP!  What other furniture can I make for this mini?

Thank You Card

Love quick & dirty thank you cards.  They always turn out great! 

Here I used tim holtz paper rosette die, peeled paint distress ink, and a large cling background stamp with a little glitter.  Love the quickie glue pens & they added a little shine to this card.  I used a wood mounted thank you stamp, but sorry, no idea the maker!  Then cut out the design and glued it on the rosette.  Sweet!  My fav thing about this card is the ribbon- forgot I had purchased a xyron sticker maker at a scrapbook yard sale.  I recently saw one being used on youtube, remembered I have one, dug it out, bought the sticker stuff, and now it sits on my desk READY FOR ACTION! 

Deadlands RPG

Hey my invisible internet buddies!  I'm currently trying to roll up a character to play Deadlands:Reloaded.  My initial thoughts is OMG rolling for skills is a little confusing, but I look forward to starting the game!  I'm creating an undertaking lady of the night named Sarah Jones.  Her father was the original undertaker of the town and zombies attack so she takes a shovel and helps out.  Snicker.  More coming soon.

First Mixed Media project

Love this!  Ok, so I had a wedding with a few steampunk pieces of flare.  This pic was amazing and the whole project turned out better than I expected.  Even my hubby liked it!! 
I used walnut stain distress stain, Hawaiian blue chalk ink, glimmer mist, gold acrylic paint from ranger, pearl dust embossing on the little embellishments, a clockpiece from tim holtz, and i dont know what else!  I love it & more so because my hubby likes it too!  Cant wait to show it off!

Say I Do page

It sadly took me TWO DAYS to finish the page.  Might have helped if I wasn't trying to organize the library & entertaining my hubby half the time!  I think I get more done at a crop-sheesh.

Anyways, i used a ton of Tim Holtz products here.  Love that guy!  The background page was from one of his paper packs.  I used his grungeboard with Dusty Concard Distress Ink & Pashmina glitter spray by Tattered Angels.  Is that company still around?  I can't recall if I've seen them at the conventions recently.  The journaling tag is just black cardstock edged with a rugged looking scalloped scissors.  The fabric flowers were misted with the same pashmina color-and they were actually decorations at my wedding.  I saved a balloon from the reception too.
Well, more in a few days!

Pocari Sweat

Here is a lovely scrap page I made for my Honeymoon album.  J-baby & I spent two AWESOME weeks in Tokyo Japan & I made sure to take pictures of EVERYTHING we ate & drank.
Pocari Sweat is a gross drink J-baby heard of from a friend & we had to try it.  It's a popular sports drink which i found to be so sickingly sweet and yet convienent to find....
For the page I used my gypsy to make the words & thought a collage of my hubby drinking the nasty stuff was perfect.  :)

I'm making a comeback!

Hey people!  I'm finally making my way back to blogging, and have a few things lined up to post.  So sorry for the long absence, but home life has finally settled down & i can focus again!  Sort of...well....we will see.
To start us off, here is a picture of a "flag" I made for my departments olympic games.  I love that i could use my scrappy tools to help the team!   I used my create a critter cartridge for the flame and some glitter & sequence foil!  Wooo!  The light is coming from a miniature light set my best gal pal got me for ANOTHER project.  Can you tell my husband is frazzeled with all my hobbies?!  LOL

J-Baby's Valentine Day Card

Ok, ever since J-Baby & I started playing Minecraft, I've had this little idea in my head.  The creeper has hearts in his eyes, and the inside of the card just says SSSSSS.....
LOVE THIS CARD!  Just had to express how much his love makes me EXPLODE with love!!  Yes, I'm sappy.

Birthday card #2

Feel like I'm finally catching up with my card making.  Another bday card for my fav female coworker!  Its a simple card, but pretty!  Used the storybook cartridge for the phrase and a random pretty tag.

Birthday Card

Wanted to make a b-day card for an gal at work.  Got two departments to sign it, and hopefully she likes the hippy butterfly.  Used my gypsy wanderings for the butterfly & finally used that tissue paper for the background!

My First Gypsy Project!!!

My dear, non-existing readers!  I'm so stoked that for my 30th birthday I finally got a Gypsy!!!!  My scrapbooking is about to get kicked up a notch!!
My first little assignment is an embellishment-name tag for Gordo's scrap pages.  Ain't it cute?

Pillow Project!

A friend at work asked if I could make some pillow cases for her & she gave me this pretty fabric.  Pillow #2 coming up!

Pillow Project Continued!

I love how easy a project this was!  She will add some cord or fringe along the edges and they will be perfect!

My Sister turns 28! (I mean 27...)

My little sister's bday came up and my cricut was on strike!  But I was still able to make her a lovely little card with my Big Kick sizzex machine and plenty of pretty paper!  Glad she liked it!