Mt. Charleston.....AND an announcment!!!

I was feeling woodsy the other day!!! This is a pic of us 1/2 way up Mt Charleston in Las Vegas. We had a great time that day :) Paper from sei, love elsie. Simple and happy happy!!!! Ok on to the announcement........I have decided to teach classes on my own. I dont want to be put into any particular mold so im just gonna go my own way!!! Email me for more details. Im working on my website now!!! Im super excited about that......Look for updates on that soon too. Talk to you guys soon :)

Grandpas stories

I have the most amazing grandparents ever and this week is their anniversary so i have had them on the brain. This pic was sitting on my counter begging to be scrapped :) My grandpa is a story teller, and i love it. I could listen to him for hours and hours. Makes me smile!!! Lo is a circle so i think it will become a wall hanging in my studio!!! I was feeling shabby chic so i pulled out this making memories i have been hoarding(who me? guilty as charged) I loved the colors sooooooo sooooo much. This has a light airy happy feel. I really enjoyed making it. So i finally took the plunge and started submitting some of my stuff to mag design teams and stuff.......Its SUPER scary. art is so personal and im such a softy we'll have to see how it goes.............Oh ya on a non scrappy note, i finally convinced my husband to let me have a cat............We went from dog, to rabbit, to hamster, to cat(he kept saying no no no no no). I can deal with that!!! I'm home by myself all the time and i need some company!!! I have never really been a "cat" person but then it hit me......cats are solitary, do their own thing, dont have time to be bothered with tricks, AND SO AM I!!! i found a beautiful cat at this non profit place......Fingers crossed I can get him tomorrow!!! Look out ladies their might be a million cat los in the future. oh ya and hubs is actually excited about it(And he decided that it was his idea all along? Men i swear)!!!! On another note i have decided to stop swearing.....I swear like a sailor and i need to stop is there cussers anonymous or something cus im already having a hard time :) till tomorrow.........
Tip of the day: Notice how my background is white today instead of the usual messy desk? I saw some where online that you should photograph your layouts on some white foam core(i got mine at Micheal's for a project i never got around to) OUTSIDE standing over them with no flash. I never use flash because it leaves weird bright spots on the lo that i can never fix, but i never really thought about the foam core!!! It worked great. all of the lo that i photographed this week turned out great!!! Give it a try.

Contentment

I got scrappy yesterday!!!!! Finally cranked some stuff out :) Im taking a break from the a to z album for a while(i will be giving the blog candy away next week!). I'm a little bored with it :) This is a pic of me at my Grandma Frans when i was 10 months old. I know, I know Im the cutest baby you have ever seen in your life! LoL. The Polaroid was laying on my desk last night and the old Scarlet basic grey was on the top of my stack so i thought what the heck i have only had this stuff laying around forever so why not do something!!! I was in a grungy mood, so i got out my fav Tim Holtz stamps ever and got to work. I like the end result!!! Tomorrow ill post the other layout i did last night its totally the opposite style as this one LOL. Its not photographing very well tonight for some reason. Hagn bloggers
Tip of the day: Right now go into your scrap stuff and pull out the oldest papers you have, and three embellishments that you have had forever too. Force yourself to use them on a layout......then reward your self with some much needed shopping!!!!

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOh Ya!!!!!!

Im going................... I am so excited!!!! I know its gonna be truly inspiring :) Donna Downey is one of my biggest scrapbook heroes. I cant wait to meet her and just everyone in general. I have a slight issue with going to public places alone and stuff but im gonna conquer my fears just to experience this opportunity! If anyone else is going email me!!!!

Company is here..........And I read. Who knew???

Hey guys. Hubs Nephew is visiting for a week, 10 days, 2 weeks, ok now i think its up to three weeks lol. Hes ok 15 and a good kid. I might be off for a while i dont know? I have to entertain him while Jeff is at work :)
I made this Lo sat for the SSC on Sistv. I loved her topic..... Life Happens. I happen to use this excuse for why i dont clean ALOT. I dont clean, i am messy, and I dont care!!! I love my studio in all its messy mayhem and chaos :) I used mostly stuff from the Scarlet Lime kit. I cant wait to get this months kit in a few days!!!! If you are even slightly interested in getting kits check them out!!!!
On a non scrapping note.......I have read a bunch since i was a little kid. I has always been a very on again off agian relationship with this hobby though, mostly cus the only person i know that reads is my grandma. BUT i Happened upon this thread on sis and it lead me to Good Reads. Finally I have some idea about what to pick up at the book store!!! If you read and like the site my sn is Jeffsgirl add me as a friend and see what I think about the books I have read!!!!

Tip of the day: On this layout i used crackle paint one the little { sign thing. I wanted it to have dimension so I painted it with regular making memories paint in red first then added the Ranger mustard crackle over it. After it was dry a dry brushed more red on top to really make it pop! Try using a contrasting base color under your crackle paint next time!!!

B is for......

Here are the B pics, I dont like the one i did of me so i might redo it. And BTW grandma i know i misspelled loser :( thats prob why i should re do it I dont know??? The second pic is of the boob and butt sculpture at mgm I really like the way it turned out. red and black grid looks cool together I might make a 12 x 12 with that color scheme!!! Im off to clean my studio and hopefully take some pics of it!!! Talk to you guys lata!!!

Art Journal

Lots of emotions to get out lately so I decided to start an art journal, cus I dont have enough projects going on right now!I like to do alot at one time i guess. I finished sweet Lolas album way ahead of time!! It turned out great. I guess when money is involved I tend to focus on one thing at a time lol. Ok back to the emotions and the art journal. Crazy emotions from my recent departure from what i thought was going to be my dream job, but obviously was not. Being thrown back in to the non workforce bum mode sucks :( I have some things in the works right now though that should be fabulous in some time :) anyway...... so this whole page is just a reaffirmation for me to stay true to myself, and stop letting people push me around or define who I should be. I enjoyed making this. It pushed me with the layering and stuff. I made this one a few days ago and have made some more since then, so im sure ill be sharing those in the near future. I just wrote myself a note to take photos of my recent stuff tomorrow( pray for me i always remember to take the pics at 1 am when there is no natural light lol) So hopefully Ill get back on track with that :) I might post a few letters per day(from my a to z album) in individual posts so it can move faster and I can pic a blog candy winner sooner!!!!! I think im going to try to set some posts to auto post if i can figure out how that works, since im not so good at getting on here everyday :) Hope you enjoy the art journal page!!! Night bloggers!!!!