Create a Mess

Bought a Cricut

2009-10-19T17:48:00.002-04:00

I finally broke down and bought a Cricut. It was all the fault of the Gypsy. That little handheld computer thing broke my resolve. But I'm very pleased with my purchases. And I've been able to make some turkey photos mats to use with Mark's hunting photos.

I've been soaking up a lot of Cricut info. And www.aboverubiesstudio.com was a great start. It has a great cutting guide. It makes cutting all the different mediums such an easy task. No having to waste paper because you didn't set the blade deep enough. Go poke around the site and watch the nice videos there.

I'm off to play with my Cricut a little more.

Day 1 - LSNED

2009-09-01T22:12:00.004-04:00

Digital Kit - Caldera by the Queen of Quirk
Word Art by Shimelle Laine

My first page for my September class, "Learn Something New Everyday" It's only half finished. I'm going to add traditional supplies to my digital page when I get them printed.

This page is going to be about learning new technology. DH and I just added text plans to our phones. And I set up a Facebook page for him today. He's so behind on this type of stuff.

Another Shimelle class

2009-09-01T14:30:00.004-04:00

It seems that the only time I post regularly on this blog, is when I'm in a Shimelle class. I just haven't been able to make blogging into a habit. Maybe I can make it a habit during this month long class.

Click the image to find out more about the class

It's time for Learn Something New Every Day. A super fun class with Shimelle Laine. I'm going to try to post my pages everyday. I'm doing my project digitally. I can't wait to get started. I should have my first page done later today.

Color Challenge Layout #3

2009-06-05T21:18:00.003-04:00

Here's another layout I did thanks to Shimelle. This challenge was to use the color wheel and color theory to do a layout. Again, here is Shimelle's post for more information.

And here's my digital layout using complimentary colors.

Supplies: Template - Sketch Collection #26 by Jen Caputo; Papers - Art Greco Mini Kit by The Queen of Quirk; Fonts - Jefferson and Georgia

Using the color wheel is something that I don't normally do. So it was a nice change to start with colors in mind, then find supplies that work. I did have fun and I think that I will do more layouts using the wheel.

Color Challenge Layout #2

2009-06-04T22:31:00.003-04:00

Today there is more color fun from Shimelle.
Check out this post to join in on this challenge. That post explains the challenge a lot better than I can.

I had a lot of fun spinning the color wheel at this web site.
Here's the color combo that I decided to use as the basis for my layout.

And here's my layout for today. The scan is a little washed out. It is a little brighter in real life. And it looks crooked, but it's not.

Supplies: Cardstock - American Crafts; Die cut paper - KI Memories; Letter Stickers - American Crafts and Making Memories; White pen - Ranger Inkssentials

That makes 2 layouts I've made this month. I hope I can keep it up for all of June.

A Month of Color thanks to Shimelle.

2009-06-02T19:38:00.006-04:00

Go check out www.shimelle.com and join Shimelle for a month of color.

I was inspired to do this digital page for today's challenge.

Supplies: Papers - Playtime (retired) by Meredith Fenwick; Template - Scrap Canvas 10 by The Queen of Quirk
Rainbow Border - Kate Teague; Fonts - Diesel and MF Willy Nilly (retired)

I've been scrapping a lot with paper lately. And it felt good to do a digital page. I can't wait to play with color all month long.

Free Mini Class

2009-01-16T18:00:00.002-05:00

Image by Shimelle

Shimelle is offering a free mini class. Check out this blog post for more info. It has all the dates and the supply list.

And check out this post to enter a drawing for a few prizes Shimelle is offering.

Plans

2009-01-10T22:27:00.002-05:00

So it's been a long time. I'm trying to figure out what I want to do here. One goal for this year is to get a plan all figured out.

Also on the list for this year are the following items.
1. Get fit with Wii Fit
2. Clean out my scraproom and get rid of half of the stuff in there.
3. Take more photos. Especially ttv shots.
4. Create more. Digital pages and traditional scrap pages.
5. Have more fun.

So here's to 2009. I know you'll be a great year.

Yay! Digital Scrapbooking TV is back.

2008-11-22T20:21:00.002-05:00

Last year, Jen Caputo debuted Digital Scrapbooking TV. It was a very good online "how-to" show.
I enjoyed watching the episodes she produced.

Then she bought a house. And if you have ever bought a house, you know how that can suck up all your spare time.

And then even worse, her laptop was stolen.

So the episodes tapered off.

Lucky for me, she's back. In a slightly different format. The episodes aren't as long. But really that's ok. I don't have a lot of time. So being able to sit down and watch a 10 minute show fits my schedule.

So go check out her latest episode. Episode 5
I can't wait to get those text paths. They look like they would be a lot of fun. And if you share the new, maybe you can win a set.

I just need to say...

2008-11-19T20:36:00.003-05:00

crowdSPRING, hire Kelly Purkey for your new Community Marketing Manager!

I didn't have anything else to say today. But I can share a photo to took a couple weeks ago.

Video

2008-11-17T00:57:00.000-05:00

Let's see if this will work.

Win a Quilt and a few other things.

2008-11-16T22:02:00.005-05:00

I still have to post the Cuttlebug cards. I just didn't have enough time this weekend to get everything done. I'll try to get a few projects posted this week.

Would you like to win this quilt?

Go check out this cool contest from Dana at http://oldredbarnco.blogspot.com/
She has a nice 3 quilt giveaway going on. You have until tomorrow to enter. All 3 quilts are beautiful. Go check her blog and enter the contest. I promise you'll thank me.

I really need one of those quilts. It's getting cold here. And we need a new heating unit. So no heat isn't really fun right now. I have a space heater going. I'm waiting on the local gas company to come run a gas line and put in a meter. They should have been here Thursday or Friday. But it rained, so no men came to hook me up. Then the heater men have to come and put in the new unit. I hope this can all be worked out this week. I know if it rolls into next week, I'm going to have trouble. It's so hard to get work done in a holiday week.

And I turned 34 Saturday. I feel the same. I got a new lens for my camera. A 50 mm 1.8. I think I should have gotten the better made 50 mm 1.4. The 1.8 is noisy and I hope I can get used to that.

Cuttlebug

2008-11-13T23:57:00.000-05:00

Why did I wait so long to buy you?

I'll be back tomorrow with a few projects.

Planning for the next week.

2008-11-12T23:55:00.003-05:00

I'm trying to plan a little scrapping time. I hope that I can go to a friend's house Friday evening and get some stuff done. I have a few projects that I want to do for Thanksgiving. I need to make a plan and gather my materials for those projects.

I also need to plan out our Christmas cards. I can't make up my mind if I want to do a digital card or hand stamped one.

I'm planning on going to get a Cuttlebug tomorrow. I want it and a few of the embossing folders. I have my list planned out.

And I have a new camera lens coming. It's my birthday present. So I'm planning what I can shoot when it gets here.

And I have a box of paper stuff coming. So I'm planning the cute stuff I'll make when it gets here.

Now that I have my plans made. I need to make sure they get completed.

ttv

2008-11-11T23:06:00.003-05:00

While I was waiting around Saturday for the hunters to return from the hunt, I went for a little walk. I knew there were train tracks close by. So I took my cameras and walked along the tracks looking for some cool shots. Imagine my surprise when I stumbled across a junkyard in the woods. I think it is really someone's backyard. But there were about 15 cars in the pines. Here are a few shots I took. I hope you enjoy.

Baking Gals

2008-11-10T21:52:00.002-05:00

I mailed my package off for my Baking Gals group.
I had 2 containers of these cookie bars. I got the recipe at Cookie Madness.
Here's a direct link to the recipe.
These are wonderful. I added the nuts.

I totally forgot to take a photo of the bars in the container. I had to stuff the container full.

Here are the Christmas cards I made. There are 11 of those. All pretty simple.
I love the bright paper. All but the ones with the stockings were made with We Are Memory Keepers paper. It had the green dot on the back. The other patterns were in each quadrant on the backside. So I got a lot of different looks from the same paper.

The stocking cards were made with some older Junkitz paper designed by Teresa Collins. It's hard to make out but under the stockings it reads, "the stocking were hung".

I also included some other cards I made. Most of these are "Thank you" and "Thinking of You". I thought both of those would be in demand. There are 40 cards here. I made most of these at a crop a while ago. They have been waiting for me to send them off to www.cardsforheroes.org. But I added them in this box instead. I still have a lot of cards to mail off to Cards for Heroes.

Then I included almost all these drink mix packets. There are 116 servings. I couldn't fit one of the cherry flavored box. I'll save that for next round.

And I put in 3 packs of wet wipes, a box of q-tips and a magazine my husband wanted to send. And I forgot to take a photo of those things. It took me an hour to squeeze everything in. My box weighted 11 pounds and 12 ounces. And I couldn't fit in another thing. I hope it gets there safe. And I hope that those cookie bars taste good in that far off place.

Tired

2008-11-09T20:49:00.002-05:00

I have a good excuse for not blogging Friday and Saturday. I cooked food for a lot of people. I'm not sure of the exact number. But dinner Friday had to be more than 110 people. Lunch Saturday was 60 to 70. And I served leftovers to about 20 last night. And all the food they ate, I cooked with my own hands. It was a lot of work. But I wouldn't trade for anything. It was for the hunt that my husband puts on for Disabled people. I'm still recovering. I'll have some photos to share tomorrow.

Spoiled...

2008-11-06T22:49:00.002-05:00

I've been reading The Pioneer Woman's blog for a while now. Here's a link. Make sure and visit all the tabs. I enjoy her humor. And because of her blog, I found the blog linked in the post about Faith a few days ago.

Well right now, her husband and 2 daughters are in the Dominican Republic. Go read about their trip. And maybe you'll realize that Americans (in general) are spoiled. I'm tired of hearing how bad we have it. I personally know, I am very blessed.

This post really touched me. In the midst of all that poverty. One family found Hope. Real hope.

Finding a way to help.

2008-11-05T20:47:00.003-05:00

I just wanted to post a little note about a project I'm working on.
I joined a group of bakers/cardmarkers at this site http://bakinggals.com/
It works like this.
Someone forms a group and finds people to join.
All group members agree to bake some homemade cookies to send to soldiers overseas.
And sometimes the groups agree to add something special to their packages.

The group I joined is mailing cookies and 10 homemade cards. One of the other group members has a son who is in the Army. He is our send to person. We mail our packages out to him. He has to give the stuff out.

I've got a recipe for a cookie bar that I'm going to make. I need to make a test run this week. I have to mail the package out by Monday. I should be ready.

I just wanted to post about this little thing. And I hope that you can find some small way to help the world around you.

Faith

2008-11-04T15:11:00.002-05:00

I have a confession to make. I don't attend church. I haven't since I was in my early teens. I used to lie about it to my friends. If they asked I told them that I attended one, but I really didn't. I mean I have attended a service or 2. But I haven't attended regularly in years and years.

I do consider myself a Christian. I try to live my life as God would like. I try to be good to less fortunate people. I don't lie, cheat or steal. I don't feel like going to church wipes the sins of the other 6 days away. I try to be good all 7 days of the week.

I've been reading a blog lately. And it's making me think hard about my faith. Here's a link This is Reverb. Maybe you have doubts too. And maybe that pastor can show you that not all Christians are the same.

I need a "do over"

2008-11-03T22:28:00.005-05:00

So I can't blog everyday in November. I never turned the computer on yesterday. I had a busy day of cleaning out a storage trailer. I had to make a trip to Big Lots for a plastic storage bin.

Then I spend some time visiting a few friends. I didn't realize how long I took doing that. It was after 10pm when I got home.

I had to call the police because some kids knocked over some large mailboxes. The mailboxes were in the road. a few streets from my house. It's a stupid thing to have to call the police about, but I don't want it to escalate into anything larger. I did use the non emergency line.

Here's a digital page I did tonight.

click here for a complete supply list
Most of the supplies are from www.scrapbookgraphics.com

I have busy week. Mark's disabled deer hunt is this weekend. And crazy me is cooking for about 100 people. I must have been out of my mind when I agreed to that. But I am going to try to blog the rest of the week.

Blog Everyday???

2008-11-01T23:45:00.001-04:00

I wonder if I can blog everyday in November? I'm going to try it and see what happens.

Wanna win some paper goodies?

2008-10-16T19:00:00.001-04:00

Check out the Webster's Pages blog. They are doing a give away with their newest line. It looks like some beautiful stuff.
Check them out right here, Webster's blog

Digital Layout

2008-10-13T22:22:00.008-04:00

This is a layout I did tonight. It's a new kit from Meredith Fenwick called Pitter Pat.

Click here for credits

Here's a photo of the kit.

Here's the link to the kit in her store at www.scrapbookgraphics.com. The kit is called Pitter Pat and it's a great kit for fall photos.

And if you haven't checked out Meredith's shop, you need to. She is one talented designer and she is very generous. When I took the classes at Jessica Sprague to learn to digi scrap...Meredith was always one of the designers that donated supplies and coupon codes. And I was able to pick up this kit with a gift certificate I won by doing a challenge with one of her templates. I own almost 80% of her shop at Scrapbook Graphics, because I love her stuff.

Now I need to get out and find some fall colors, so I can make more pages.

Photos

2008-10-11T16:18:00.004-04:00

Two photos from our trip to Edisto Island 2 weeks ago. It was warm and pretty nice.