Look What I Won!

I just won this kit - The December Prudence kit from ScrapbookDeals4U - over at Willow Traders!

Crafting

K and I worked on some Christmas ornaments this afternoon. We started with a kit of foam diecuts and then used stickles for decoration.

Once they are dry, we will be adding a photo of K to the center and she will be giving them to various family members to hang on their trees.

Journal Your Christmas

Shimelle's Journal Your Christmas class will be starting up again on December 1st. I am hoping that this year I will actually stick with the project and complete the full album.

I've been working on my Christmas Journal for a couple of years now. One thing that is nice about Shimelle's classes is that once you are signed up for one you are in it forever!

Just five more days until we start!

I Made Another One!

I used the Sizzix Christmas tree die to cut out the pieces for this ornament. I love how it turned out!

Paper Ornaments

Bree, at ScrapFreak, posted the directions for making these paper ornaments today. I took up the challenge and made one. It went together so easy. I figure I will be making several more.

Family Ties

My late brother fishing with his daughter, back in june 2006

little yellow bicycle - vita bella collection

101 Ways To Use Stickles

101 Ways to Use Stickles

1. You can use Stickles to outline the letters in your titles.
2. You can use Stickles to outline the patterns, pictures & designs on your patterned papers.
3. You can add a little shimmer by spreading it around with your finger!
4. You can use Stickles on handmade cards.
5. You can use Stickles to make flowers glittery.
6. You can use Stickles to make “glitzy photo corners!”
7. You can use Stickles to make fireworks photos glittery!
8. You can use Stickles to make the “trails” from butterflies and dragonflies.
9. You can use Stickles to doodle dots and stitches.
10. You can use the clear one which is AWESOME on stickers etc. to really make them look special. The Basic Grey cardstock stickers become 3-D and really spectacular!!
11. You can use Stickles to outline the veins in leaves.
12. You can use Stickles to add to the clothing on Bella stamps to make the girls look ready for a night on the town!
13. You can use Stickles to make brads sparkly!
14. You can use Stickles to make ribbon sparkly!
15. You can use Stickles to make icing on cupcakes and cakes shimmer.
16. You can use Stickles to make waves look 3-D.
17. You can use Stickles for making cherries/fruit shimmer as if wet.
18. You can use the color Orange to make the “fire” on the end of a birthday candle!
19. You can use Stickles to make rain drops or water drops from a watering can.
20. You can use Stickles to make fairy dust around a fairy’s wand.
21. You can use Stickles to decorate your kids school supplies instead of buying designer stuff.
22. You can use Stickles to cover entire cutouts.
23. You can use Stickles over the designs on grunge board. It looks great!
24. You can use Burgundy Stickles as the perfect color to add blood droplets on your Halloween LO’s.
25. To cover clear embellishments entirely and make them oh so sparkly!
26. You can use Stickles under transparencies, to adhere them. Looks great for bubbles.
27. You can use Stickles for decorating t-shirts. When they’re worn down, ripped or you tired of them, cut out the design and scrap it. More mileage this way.
28. You can use dots made with Stickles to border a page!
29. You can use Stickles for slug trails.
30. You can use Stickles for snail trails.
31. You can use Stickles to decorate tennis shoes.
32. You can use Stickles to decorate buttons.
33. You can use Stickles to decorate ribbons.
34. You can use Stickles to make a spiderweb sparkle in a Halloween LO.
35. You can use Stickles on handmade tags.
36. You can use Stickles to add bling to hats or crowns.
37. You can use Stickles to make jewelry gleam!
38. You can use Stickles to make belts shine!
39. You can use Stickles to add pizazz to purses & some shine to shoes!
40. Add Stickles to all or any misc accessories! (whether it be in a LO or IRL…That’s up to you! LOL!)
41. Add stickles dots to decorate lots of things, especially stamped swirls or flowers.
42. You can use Stickles generally anywhere on your LO, just to add some bling!
43. You can use Stickles to highlight just one letter in a title and make it POP!
44. You can use Stickles to make a circle or square of dots to frame closely in on a face or object in a photo.
45. You can add Stickles to the center of flowers.
46. You can run Stickles along swirly-swirls!
47. You can use a line of Stickles to make a thin (or thick!) border around anything (or everything!) on your page.
48. You can use Stickles to highlight the shadow on stamped letters.
49. You can use Stickles to stamp with them!
50. You can use Stickles to embellish concert LO’s.
51. You can use Stickles to make flourishes on your flourishes and make them look embossed.
52. You can use your Stickles to add bling to a star.
53. You can add them to flames to make them shimmer, glow & come alive!
54. You can use the color Cotton Candy to enhance…Um, well, Cotton Candy!
55. You can use the Candy Cane Stickles for…Candy Canes!
56. You can use the Icicle Stickles for…Icicles…
57. You can use Waterfall Stickles for…Water & Waterfalls…
58. You can use Orange Peel Stickles for…Oranges…
59. You can use Stickles to make the lines of a shooting star!
60. You can use Stickles on flowers to make them sparkle!
61. You can use Stickles as paint (dot a little then spread with paintbrush)
62. You can use Stickles to make a proper Disco Ball!
63. You can tear paper snow for cards or layouts & run Stickles along the top edge of the snow.
64. Stock up on the white/frosty colored Stickles…Stickle the paper or the ghost shape flakes…you can also stamp snowflakes and put Stickles in the center of the snowflake.
65. You can add Stickle to anything that you stamp!
66. You can use Stickles on paper piercings.
67. You can use Stickles on diecuts.
68. When using jewels, outline the jewel with Stickles.
69. You can use Stickles to outline a journal box.
70. You can use Stickles to decorate a cast.
71. You can use Stickles to decorate gift bags.
72. You can use Stickles to decorate wrapping paper.
73. You can use Stickles on feathers for Mardi Gras or Las Vegas LOs.
74. You can use Stickles with a stencil instead of ink.
75. You can print out stuff from Google, then add Stickles and top with Diamond Glaze to make homemade sparkly stickers!
76. You can apply Stickles to the top of Thickers.
77. When glitter comes off of stickers/paper, you can fill it in with Stickles to make it back to normal!…You can use Stickles to glue more glitter on top of the sticker!
78. You can use Stickles to make the eyes on a Disney Princess cut with your Cricut.
79. You can use Stickles to create rays of sunshine!
80. You can use your Stickles to create a rainbow!
81. You can use Stickles to make a heart (or hearts) shine!
82. You can use Stickles to make stars glitter & shine!
83. You can use Stickles to make moonbeams shine!
84. You can use Stickles on diecut Christmas trees to make the bulbs sparkle & shine!
85. You can add Stickles to your own Christmas ornaments or Christmas ornaments as gifts!
86. You can use Stickles to add shine to a trophy.
87. You can use Stickles to a title block.
88. You can use Stickles to add sparkles to a Shamrock.
89. You can use Stickles to add sparkles to an Easter Egg.
90. You can use Stickles to add rays of light to a Christian cross.
91. You can use Stickles to create firework frame around something (For example, a name or an object!)
92. You can use Stickles to make fish glimmer.
93. You can use Stickles to make water reflect (ocean, lake, waterfall, ripples, streams, fountain, aquarium, etc.)
94. You can use Stickles to make a reflective mirror.
95. You can use Stickles to highlight Art Deco from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s or 90’s found in the backgrounds of pictures.
96. You can use Stickles to highlight a monogram.
97. You can use Stickles on inchies.
98. You can use Stickles on tear bears.
99. You can use Stickles to add bling to automobiles.
100. You can use Stickles on your Disney Princess pages.
101. You can use Stickles on everything & anything & as long as you still have Stickles to use!

What a PITAnkle ;)

Scrapping will have to wait until I get this lead weight off of my leg. What a pain it is (literally). It is times like now that I wish I had taken the time to learn to do digi scrapping.

No Mojo

My mojo has gone to parts unknown. If you happen to see it, send it back my way...

10 Weeks of Fun!

Look at what is happening at Scrapbook Deals 4 U -

Each week, beginning August 11th, alternating members of the design team will be posting different challenges! We’re calling it "10 Weeks of Fun", and it’s sure to be just that and a whole lot more! Make sure to stick around and join us, and you could be the lucky winner of the Grand prize of a Guest Designer spot for November plus $50 worth of product from the SD4U store! Other prizes will be awarded, too, and your participation as message board members will be crucial in choosing the winners!

Doesn't this sound like lots of fun?

I Adore You

Hyekyoung and Karoline - December 2002

Paper - Urban Cosmos "Ethnic"

Rub-on Title - Daisy D's

Summer Fun

I made this layout out of the SD4U August kit, and I used one of Becky Fleck's sketches (September 2005).

The layout is of my Cubs when they had their raingutter regatta.

August Kit from SD4U!

Beach Bum featuring Scenic Route's Grafton collection

Logan

I used Little Yellow Bicycles' Zack's Life papers on this layout. The photo is of my best friend's son and grandson.

She is so...

I've started using the July kit from Scrapbook Deals 4 U I love this month's kit 'cause it features Little Yellow Bicycle's Sharon Ann collection. And those papers are so Karoline perfect.

S'mores

I took my Cub Scouts to the Boy Scout camp for a day activity. One of the activities was making s'mores.

BTW, what do you think about our pack's bright orange shirts and hats? I love them!

Sweet & Sassy

I have finally scrapped a layout! This one of Karoline uses papers from Little Yellow Bicycle's Sharon Ann Collection.

My latest layouts

I used a Becky Fleck sketch for the Smile.


Fun uses Tamara's sketch #37


Grassheads uses the new paper collection called Zack's Life.

A couple of new layouts

I've started working on the Scouting album that I need to have ready by March 24th for a meeting with the agency that provides me with the funds to do the at-risk program I run.



These are the first couple of pages I've done. I used one of Becky Fleck's horizontal sketches for the first one and I used Tamara's sketch #36 for the second page.

A Design Team Contest!

Scrapbook Deals 4 U is a brand new online store and kit club. What better way to hit the market than with a contest! SD4U is holding a Project Design Team Contest with the winner receiving a Design Team position for 6 months.

Interested applicants must register and post on the message boards at http://www.scrapbookdeals4u.com/forums/.

Tamara's Sketch #35

I went over to one of the local beaches and took these photos the other day. The sign says "This beach opens mid-June closed after Labor Day". It is gonna take until mid-June before the ice is completely cleared from Lake Huron. Only the very foolish will go swimming.

I Found Two New Kit Clubs!

Scrapbook Deals 4u is a brand new kit club and here is their first kit. I am so excited about getting it.

6 sheets of 2 sided paper from Imaginisce, every sheet has dimension or glitter detailsYou will get the following patterns:
1 sheet - Pretty New Dress
1 sheet - Spring Fling
1 sheet - Hot Chicks
1 sheet - Color Me Happy
1 sheet - Drapin' Daisies
1 sheet - Tiptoe Through Tulips
2 sheets bazzill cardstock - Glow
2 sheets bazzill cardstock - Arizona
2 sheets bazzill cardstock - Horizon
2 Polished Pebbles - Lip
2 Polished Pebbles - Bright Lights
1 yard May Arts ribbon - yellow
1 yard 1/8" Satin pink ribbon
1/2 yard wave pink satin ribbon
1/2 yard wave white trim
2 Bling Blossom Imaginisce pink flowers
2 Bling Blossom Imaginisce blue flowers
2 Bling Blossom Imaginisce off white flowers
1 Big Bling Blossom Imaginisce green
variety of small pink/cream prima flowers
3 tags
1 BIG felt Flower
1 Sheet Pink Fuzzy Alphabet Dimentional Stickers - Creative Imaginations
1 Acrylic Flower - Clear Scraps

And then there is this one from ScrapDango. It arrived at my house just the other day!

1 sheet Creative Imaginations Cream Victorian
1 sheet Creative Imaginations Cream Damask
2 sheets Creative Imaginations Blue Bell Noir
2 sheets Creative Imaginations Cream Blue Bell
2 Sheets American Crafts Elegant 34402 (double-sided)
2 sheets American Crafts Elegant 34399 (double-sided)
2 sheets Raven Bazzill
2 sheets Splash/op Bazzill
2 sheets Cream Puff Bazzill
American Crafts Black Hat Box Chipboard Thickers
Maya Road Scroll Rubons
1 sheet Creative Imaginations Narratives Cream Circle Stickers
1 sheet Creative Imaginations Six Blue Bell Notes
2 Prima "Say it in Crystals" Black Swirls
1 yard Queen & Co. Self-Adhesive Scroll Blue Felt Fushion
1 package Pebbles Inc Black Eyelet Brads
8 Prima Heavenly Blue Flowers

Tamara's Sketch #34

The Mackinac Bridge
She's a mighty fine bridge
Five hundred feet high
And five miles long.

In the Straits of Mackinac
There's about as much water as you've ever saw
The folks who lived there tried and tried
But they couldn't get across to the the other side

Couldn't get across without a boat or a plane
Couldn't take a bus or a trolley or a train
Couldn't swim across, it was cold as a fridge
Thought they'd better build themselves a bridge

The Mackinac Bridge
She's a mighty fine bridge
Five hundred feet high
And five miles long.

So in nineteen hundred and fifty four
They started linking shore to shore
From Mackinaw City to St. Ignace town
The men on the top didn't dare look down

In '57 the work was through
there she was all shiny and new
They had a big party and they called out loud
She's the Mackinac Bridge
And we are proud!

The Mackinac Bridge
She's a mighty fine bridge
Five hundred feet high
And five miles long.

Kitty Donohoe - Bunyan and Banjoes

Tamara's Sketch #33

Karoline and I were invited to accompany Shannon and Jackie and their Brownie Troop when they went on a tour of the Morley Candy Factory.

February 18, 2008

I made a LOVE album

I have spent a great deal of time working on this album. I am giving it to my parents for their 57th anniversary.

Tamara's Sketch #32

Karoline and I went to the Detroit Zoo on February 8, 2008

Tamara's Sketch #31

Purr - this layout features Karoline's kitty Ggami. In fact Karoline took these photos.

Tamara's Sketch #30

They started warning us on Tuesday - BIG STORM FRIDAY MORNING! We were being told to expect at least 10 inches of snow! Thursday's TV news showed all the road plowing and salting crews gearing up, because they were going to have a very long day on Friday clearing roadways.

The Friday morning arrived. Southeast Michigan was prepared. There were over 560 school closings. And even businesses closed too. After-all, there was a BIG STORM coming.

The snow arrive - ALL THREE INCHES of it!

February 1, 2008

Latest Sketch from Tamara

Look at my Goof Ball of a granddaughter.

Photo a Day - Jan 15

A little bit of comic relief at the funeral home.

I love my Princess Karoline.

Photo a Day - Jan 13

I collect photos of the water towers in Michigan. Today I got one in Armada. (BTW, that is ar-may-da).

I don't know why it has taken me so long to get this one since my brother lives only about five or so miles from it.

1/11 Blog Challenge - Firsts

What was your first...
1. concert? Beach Boys
2. car? 1963 Dodge Valiant
3. job? Cataloger at Central Michigan University Library
4. scrapbook layout about? all the pets in my life
5. grade teacher's name? Miss Johnson
6. pet? Cinders - a cocker mix
7. vacation as an adult? Mackinac Island
8. boyfriend's name? Chuck
9. living arrangement after moving out of your parents' home? a house of my own
10. scrapbook message board to be a member on? a forum in the Delphi Forums

Photo a Day - Jan 8

No photo today.

Photo a Day - Jan 7

My favorite companion.

Photo a Day - Jan 6

The Hibiscus bloomed today! I've been watching the bud develop for the past week.

I walked past it earlier this morning and it was still tight shut. Two hours later and here it was - big and bright!

Photo a Day - Jan 5

Oops. Didn't take one for the 5th.

Photo a Day - Jan 4

As I was out and about today, I noticed that the price of gas had done a big jump since the last time I was out - a 25 cent jump. The report in our local news is that the price will be hitting $4.00 by Spring. :(

1/4 ScrapFreak Blog Challenge

1. Will you be looking for a new job?
Nope - retired on disability
2. What will you do different in '08?
Be a bit more frugal. Say no more often.
3. New Year's Resolution(s)?
Only one - to take better care of me
4. Any trips planned?
I hope to go to Minnesota in April
5. Wedding plans?
LOL
6. Baby plans?
LOL
7. Major thing on your calendar?
Nothing that I can think of.
8. What can't you wait for?
?
9. What would you like to see happen different?
?
10. What about yourself will you be changing?
?
11. What happened in '07 that you didn’t think would ever happen?
Karoline arrived in the States to stay
12. Will you be nicer to the people you care about?
I'm always nice to everyone
13. Will you dress differently in '08 than you did in '07?
I doubt it
14. Will you better your relationship with your family?
I already have a great relationship with my family. It would be hard to better it. :)
15. Will you do volunteer work?
Oh my yes. I volunteer for both the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts
16. Do you expect '08 to be a good year for you?
I've learned that you can't predict how the year will go, even from one day to the next.
17. How much did you change from this time last year til now?
I'm learning to take care of myself more.
18. Will you still be friends with the same people you are friends with now?
For the most part.
19. Major lifestyle changes?
Living on SS income only means much less money for me.
20. Will you be moving?
Good possibility, as much as I don't want to. I may move in with Jeffrey and Karoline
21. What will you make sure doesn't happen in '08 that happened in '07?
?

Photo a Day - Jan 3

Look at this poor puppy. She sure doesn't want to be outdoors with the cold weather we have today.

Photo a Day - Jan 2

We got over a foot of snow on New Year's Day. Isn't it beautiful?

Photo a Day - Jan 1

Shannon and me.