Good Buys

Well, it has been a while since I have been online. I have been experimenting with some scrapbook things, and just have not had time to write.

I started using Tim Holtz' Adirondack Alcohol Inks. I used the Brights and colored a tin I had. Very nice. So now I bought some of the blending solution and will try using it. How cool!

I tried to cut chipboard with my Cricut. Little did I know I needed to have a different blade and a different housing for it. So I have looked around. $30 seems like a lot. But after going into the store three times, I found a 20% coupon but the checkout lady said because I was trying so hard, she gave me a 50% off one item coupon. So, I got the blade and housing for $15!

This weekend there are "yard sales" (what we in the north call "garage sales"). The first one I went to had some scrapbooking items. SCORE! I bought a stampin scrubber, a jar of colored flowers, and 12 packages of rub on alphabet. Total price $3.25!

So, time to get scrappin. Until then.....

Cricut Cake Give Away

Here is a cool giveaway - Cricut Cake - http://sweetmagnoliarose.blogspot.com/2011/04/give-away.html#comment-form

Blogs that I will be attending

Here are a couple blogs that I am entering:

• Scrappin sista: Follower giveaway at www.onescrappinsista.blogspot.com


• Fruit of the Spirit bloghop - www.papertreehouse.com

Won't you join me?

Spring Challenge

Today I was invited to "Scrapbookaholic Abby Challenge #2". It is to make anything that has to do with spring. I first made a card 4 x 5 1/2 of pink cardstock. I cut a piece of patterned paper out and glued it to the front (I used spray adhesive - it smells bad, but works wonders!). For the side of the card, I used a border by K&Company. Then I stamped "Love Life" on the card and used glitter for the words. For the flowers, I colored them with markers. Because I had never used Stickles before, my sun looks a little sad. But that is ok; spring makes everything beautiful! I decided I wanted to try something different. So I used the other piece of 4 X 5 1/2 cardstock to make another card. I used scrap green heavier paper and some pretty circle flower paper to cover the front. The yellow flower is an adhesive embellishment and then I put the ribbon on with Mini-dots. I think Spring has Sprung!

Flower and Sentiments

Today I thought I would prepare for a scrapbooking weekend. So I was looking through magazines and found a card that I used as an inspiration. I did not follow their instructions; but rather made up my own. (They used big flowers in the middle of the card; I chose to spritz flowers and put them in different sections of the card.) What do you think?

I am a winner in a blog hop!

I entered the Heartache No One Sees Faith blog hop and won on- A Life Unrehearsed - The Creative Blog of Bonnie Rose! www.alifeunrehearsed2.blogspot.com I won her COLOR YOUR WORLD e-course that starts next Friday! Thank you Bonnie. I cannot wait to start and add some color.

Craft Room

Well, I am all settled into my new craft room. I have a large area to work on; four cabinets to store my adhesives, punches, ink, and paper in; four shelves to store other embelishments and chipboard on; and another storage area to use. Thank you to my husband Rory for giving me this room (he got a new room in the house so he gave me this PERFECT room)!

Last week I made a couple cards. First was this one I made for my brother Brian's birthday. He is a country boy at heart, and is opening his own RV service. (I used the following carts: Going Places and Paper Doll Dress Up.)

Then I created a birthday card to store for future use.

I am getting excited because next weekend I am going to St Louis to a Girlfriends Getaway and will be making cards all weekend with my daughter-in-law Megan. I look forward to having fun and much anticipated time to concentrate.