Hello bloggers - yes, I'm still here - just a bit MIA ... AGAIN! My time management skills are highly lacking lately! I did come home to a nice pick me up yesterday when this arrived in the mail ...
My layout is in here! This is one I did for Creative Imaginations for CHA!! Here it is ...
Thanks Scrapbooking and Beyond for featuring my layout and thanks to those who stooped by to take a peek!
I'm so embarrassed about letting my blog go for sooooooooo LONG!!! I do have an excuse though - renovations!! My first floor has been completely renovated ... kitchen, half bath and living room and OMG I'm in heaven!!! Nothing had been done in 25 years, so this was a long time coming!! I've been posting photos like crazy on Facebook but I can't resist a few before and after pics of the kitchen. These photos were taken with my new iphone ...
my refrigerator was 25 years old ...
the linoleum was gross ...
and now I still can't believe this is mine ...
There is so much more light and all the elements are gorgeous together! I have more efficient storage ...
I couldn't be happier - now I don't mind cooking LOL!!!
Anyway, thanks for letting me share these pics again - now onto scrappy things! During the renovations I didn't scrap much. After work, it was trips to Lowe's or Home Depot almost daily and the crew was at my house until 7-7:30pm some nights. Then it was up at 6:00am to make sure I was ready (dressed) for the crew to be back by 7:00am. This went on for just over a month. I felt so guilty not creating but creativity was put on hold. Now that the house is back to normalish, I will return to my creative outlet! I actually just posted a layout on the Right at Home blog using some awesome Pink Paislee papers!! Here's a peek at the layout ...
So, I hope to keep up to date with my blogging now that the house is not cluttered with tools, and covered with dust and more dust! Have a great day and I'll be back soon! TFL!!!
Happy Monday! I spent this past weekend cleaning out the rest of the kitchen preparing for the renovation scheduled to start this Thursday - give me strength to make it through the upcoming chaos ... keeping the end result in mind as the dust goes everywhere! I'll keep photographing the process and share on Facebook! Lowe's and I will be close friends for the next few months ...
After a kinda crappy day at work I came home to find two copies of this in an envelope ... I have a layout in this issue!
There is also a peek of my layout on their page >>here<<
The layout in this issue was created using products from Creative Imaginations for CHA Sumer 2011! Here's the layout ...
The photo is beyond cute and taken by my great friend and fabulous photographer Heather Chick of her adorable daughter ... She has been the subject of many a scrapbook page - and will be in more in the future!! Thanks Heather! Thanks for letting me share this with you - it ended my Monday quite nicely!!
Happy Thursday! One more work day and then a nice long Holiday weekend ... Yahoo! Yesterday I took the day off to have my new kitchen cabinets delivered! Boxes are now completely taking over my livingroom. Progress ... slow but sure. Once the cabinets were delivered - all by 7:30AM, I had the rest of the day to myself so I decided to FINALLY start my 2012 CANVAS CREATE workshop hosted by Donna Downey. Check out the details here. January's canvas is my first canvas with paint only - no patterned paper, no stencils, stamps, rub-ons etc - just paint! I was intimidated - which is why I took me so long to jump in ... but I loved it! I have alot to learn but overall I'm happy with the canvas and I thank Donna for her inspiration and fun personality. I used a 12x12 canvas for this project and the title is personally appropriate. Here's a look and a few close-ups ...
I love the paint splatters the best! My next canvas for February is ready to add some color and I hope to complete it this weekend. Stay tuned and thanks again Donna for your inspiration!
Hope you all had a lovely Valentine's Day. I'm back in the work groove after a much needed weekend with the girls at a crop hosted by my LSS Right at Home Scrapbooking! It's always nice to be with friends that truly enjoy being creative, fun, silly and supportive. It's creative therapy and I can't wait until our next get together!
I created a few projects ... one just for fun. I decorated a 4x4 canvas with a cupcake - the "wrapper" is made from corrugated cardboard by Creative Imaginations - sprayed with a gorgeous plum mist and "topped" with a variety of white buttons from my stash.. It's a great way to use up buttons and makes a great gift for any occasion! Here's a few pics ...
I also managed to complete a few DT layouts for Right at Home. The team was given a color challenge and a sketch challenge. My color challenge layout is below - for details and supplies check out the blog >here< .
My sketch challenge will be posted towards the end of the month - it's a double page with Valentine's paper and some cute pics of Simba!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day and rest of the week!!!
With CHA Winter starting tomorrow I wanted to share a few more projects I did for Creative Imaginations. I already shared Samantha Walker's "Nautical" collection earlier, a great summer line with tons a beachy embellishmants.
IOD's "Ragamuffin" collection is so reminiscent of childhood that it was a delight to work with! Here's a look at the collection and my layout - this is one of my FAV new releases BTW!!
Samantha Walker's collections are always fun to create with and her new release "Tea Party" was no exception! Here's the collection and my layouts ...
If you need a paper collection to highlight all your dance recital photos then Art Warehouse "Love Dance" is perfect! This new release has fun pinks, greys and blacks that blend together well to coordinate with the pink and silvery ruffles on dance outfits ...
Here's my layout - Katelynn's dress really shines with this collection ...
TFL and be sure to check out all the AMAZING new products from Creative Imaginations CHA Winter 2012!
Don't you love all the tantalizing peeks of all the fabulous scrapbook products soon to be released?!?! Me too! Today, Creative Imaginations has even more peeks of a new Samantha Walker Nautical Line sure to be a hit ... here's a look at the collection ...
And my layout with the collection ...
This was so much fun to work with and you will LOVE it for all your summer projects! TFL and have FUN checking out all the great products for CHA Winter 2012!!
The work week is O V E R !!! Amen and Hallelujah ! That may sound bad but it seriously was a hellish week and I am thankful it's behind me. I'm looking forward to spending time with my family on Sunday and Monday - it's always great to see everyone, especially the kids!
The kitchen renovation plans will start to pick up after the Holidays. Cabinets will be ordered and the demo will begin - I can't even imagine the mess - but the end result will be soooooo worth it!
I wanted to share another winter canvas I did for Creative Imaginations - it's on the blog today as part of the Twelve Days to Christmas. Here's a look ...
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful, safe and happy Holiday!!!
Hi Everyone! Happy Holidays! I love the season but I'm not a fan of the hectic, crazy pace that goes along with the preparations. One of these years I'll take the week prior to the Holidays off ... This week at work has been over the top busy so my post will be a quick one. I wanted to share my latest Petaloo project. Keeping in the canvas mode I created three 4x4 canvases with Petaloo's gorgeous Velvet Hydrangeas. For close-ups check out my post >>HERE<< ... these canvases were super easy and make a great decoration or gift ...
I'll be posting another fun 8x8 Winter canvas for Creative Imaginations within the next few days! Have a great week and wish me luck surviving the next two work days!!! See you soon!
