Tuesday Morning Find

I am and I was a little obsessed with creating these mini scrapbooks.  Although still learning, I love all the elements, all the embellishments and the pockets and tags that can be created.  Fiber, ribbons, buttons, yippee!!  Love that lolly flower!!! Here is the front cover of the latest one.  Went to Tuesday Morning a few weeks ago and found this cute scrapbook kit for $1.99!!!  I thought the papers (8 12"x12") were great!   I created my mini book at 6" x 6" and have paper left over to make cute cards.  The kit came with all the chip board tags. The book is ready for you to just add your special memory. Crop your pictures, journal the events and it's finished.  Please inquire within if you'd like this little keepsake!

Inside view of one of the 6 double pages.  So there is room on the front, inside(made it like a pocket folder, so there is a pull out tag) and back of  one page.  There are 3 places per page, times 6.... which means 18 places to add pictures, journaling and other fun!

On the side: Want to re-send Happy Birthday wishes to my mommy, who turned 30 years older than me, yesterday!!!  Sissy's team lost in 3 to cross town rivalries at last nights volleyball match.  I'm so proud of her.  Although she'd rather play defense, she has played setter many times.  Last night the setter got injured and Sissy stepped up to the plate and did a great job!! I can't say much for the rest of the team.  She tried to keep positive with the situation at hand, but some other team mates couldn't make the switch up work, and sadly in the end they couldn't get it together.

My back is still hurting.  I'm going to call a massage therapist now.

Happy Friday!!!

I'm Seeing Pink

*Ok, so we've established I'm just a copy cat.*

Look at this chest of drawers with baby stuff falling out everywhere.  Drawer pulls made of brads and punched flowers.  Inked the edges to give it depth.  Cuttlebugged the arch of the legs.  Used craft wire to make a tiny hanger.  Although this card did take a few hours to make, it was so much fun!  I'm lucky that I have honed ( Make sharper or more focused or efficient) in on my drawing skills, and I have just enough cardmaking tools to get by, that at times I can virtually copy anything!!!!  I thank the great cardmaking artists out there and am sorry I can't give credit to their original work! I'm just bad at  writing down whose unique work it is and blogging the credits.  Will be mailing this out to a baby girl near you!

So, who do you look like? Has anyone you met said..." has anyone every told you you like Kate Hudson?"  Or, "you have Gregg Kinnear's eyes, or you have a smile like George Clooney?"  Dh often gets the line  (not the George Clooney part)  "You look familiar, did we go to the same high school?"  Or, "are you so & so's brother?"  Yes, DH is someone's brother, but he lives in Indiana.  Sissy tells me people think she looks like Taylor Swift.  My PT has a very similar face to Bo Derek. My neighbor has the eyes, glasses and smile of  Paper Trufflez, Julie.  I start out by asking someone, who do people say you look like?  It's a good ice breaker, and I'm often right, they look like that famous person! 

 Me....nobody has ever said I look like ANYBODY.  Heck I was standing in the entry way of the dog groomer and I saw one of my son's hockey player dads.  I said "Hi" to him, because I've met him and seen him at the rink.... I honestly think he didn't recognize me.  I've never thought myself a 'stunning' beauty.... when I was younger I was cast as the The ingénue : is a stock character in literature, film, and a role type in the theatre; generally a girl or a young woman who is endearingly innocent and wholesome. Nat King Cole's "Unforgettable, that's who you are".... no, I'm forgettable.  Oh, honestly, I'm trying to make a point here, through the self-deprecation (Self-deprecating humor relies on the observation of something negative about the person delivering the commentary)... after all these years... DH finally said to me... I'm uniquely originally, there is no one quite like me!!

Polka dot You

I love blurfing to get ideas!  What to do with a crazy polka dot pattern paper, of course, add more dots to it!  Too dang cute!  I'm thinking of you!  Hey, thanks for visiting my blog!

Cool, cool cool sunny hump day morning!  After a windy day yesterday.  I heard strange noises on the west side of the house, when I ventured out, 4 rows of siding were flapping in the wind.  When Bubba got home from school he helped me put up the 20 foot ladder and duct taped it down until DH can figure out what to do!  Duct tape, such a great product! 

Sissy's v-ball won in 2 games last night, pretty easy.  Went into a 'cute' resale shop in a town nearby.  I feel like I know this one lady (the owner?) and I've only been in their twice.  She has a big personality.  I don't know if she is making a fashion statement or she has been ill.... but she sports a beautiful bald head.  Yesterday their schtick was anytime someone walked in.. they said hello, Hello, HELLO.... hello... like the three stooges!  How could you not SMILE at that.  Having FUN and not being afraid too!  Wow!

Living in the moment

It's kind of funny what you eventually do to a card if your initial stamping is off kilter, the entire card then goes kiddie wumpus!! Colors of the card also look much better IRL (in real life).  As the days go by I realize I need a few more things in my life that aren't so straight and narrow, so perfectly lined up, a little crooked!  Huh?  shakes things up a bit.

Beautiful Labor Day weekend!  How about you?  The grands came down for a visit and we had a delish grilled out steak and potato lunch!  Yummo!  Got things done around the house.  And now it's another week!  Cooler temperatures already, means that fall is just around the corner. Gotta find a way soon to help someone on a part time basis.  I do have skills..... hmmm, what to do?

Guess What?

Can you figure out what all these cards have in common?  And what they will be used for?

I can't believe it.  The first morning in months that we have woken up and the temperature was in the 50's.  Yikes!  Almost don't know what do do about that.  Embrace it?  Or, think sadly that summer is coming to a close and the dreaded next season will be upon us.  We've had so many hot and humid days! 

Sissy's sophomore volleyball team won again last night.  Yay!  Varsity looks like they may have a very tough year.  They lost in 3 games.  Parent analysis of what's going on is rampid! hee hee  I am so happy NOT to be in high school.  My back is still hurting, I'm doing things like trimming bushes and power cleaning the hall tile despite the pain.  Stuffs gotta get done!

Did you figure it out my title question?  All the cards are majorly yellow!!  Once the Yellow Awning Shop is up and running over at the House of Shine, I'm going to be able to have a venue to sell my cards with a special look that makes them SHINE.  More details to come. 
Happy Labor Day Weekend!

It Comes Down to This!

I entered a challenge, and I won!  Yay me!  I actually won $100.  Below is a photo of one of my 3 entries.  If you want to know more about it you can check it out here at the House of Shine.

Although I could use $100 bucks, I decided to 'give back' my winnings.  I don't want praises and thank you's.  It was the right thing to do.  Our life coach (CKB, phD) on the House of Shine has a great dream to recognize every day people who SHINE at what they do.  And often times these regular people don't get the thanks and adulation they deserve for making their corner of the world a better place.  By reinvesting my winnings, we can recognize at least 5 people, and will be able to brighten their day and say "Thank You, You made a difference in so many peoples live" through the Yellow Envelope Project,

I think you can click on the picture and get a better view of some of the 'things' I've been creating.  Paper flowers and lots of mini scrapbooks with fuzzy fiber and rockin ribbon hanging off the sides.  Earlier that day I walked through an eclectic shop downtown and just had fun looking at displays in the store.  I am amazed with someone who has such talent to make eye candy on a crazy nook and cranny.  I want to work for a person like that.  My ultimate job, being the assistant to someone who is very busy in a creative way, and needs someone to help them be better at what they do!

I appreciate you

Love, love, love this card.  The image is my doodle  from Maryse Carrier, I used to follow her a few years ago, I'm not sure what happened to her and her whimsy little animals and birds.  I made the background paper following a tutorial from Mish Mash's blog.  Have you thanked, really thanked someone today? I appreciate you, my blog visitor!

Oh yeah! September 1st... just like that summer is over. Huh?  I heard a commentator say that.  Summer is actually 3 more weeks, right?  On March 1st we don't say it's spring... well most people say it's not actually 'spring like weather until May'. My plants and garden and yard are feeling the dried out summers end.  And I've heard people wishing to wear long sleeves and of course the fall stuff is at all the craft stores. So, I guess we hit September and its Autumn, poof!!

Sissy's team won v-ball last night!  DH is home safe from Ohio, and life goes on at creative greetings!!