HELP!!!

 On a side note, if someone could tell me why I can't comment on some blogs that would be awesome. If it has a drop down list of how I want to post, I can't. I'm so frustrated with this!! Someone please help.

With the Long Weekend, comes a Long Winded Post :)....

  It was a busy long week at this house. While nothing really happend, I was busy scrapping ;) I entered my first challange over at http://papercraftweekendchallenge.blogspot.com/ about using glitter. I love glitter and bling, so that was right up my alley. I also won an awesome Joe Joe the werewolf stamp from

http://athousandsheetsofpaper.blogspot.com/. Can't wait to get that in the mail!!! Hmmm, I need to figure out how to put the links in without using the full "blogspot.com" thing. Can any one help with that?

  Anyways, on to my scrapping. I was able to finish 8 LO's this weekend. Thats huge for me! I love my scraproom, but the tv I had in there died awhile ago (it came with the house, and it was old), and it was always so quiet in there, that I would just get bored. So...heehee, this weekend I stole the TV that was in my DD's room. She's 8, she doesn't need a TV in her room. Plus, it was mine anyway :) So with the background noise of Crimnal Minds, I was able to get lots done. Strange I know, most people say they can't have the TV on when they craft, but me, I can't not have something on.

 So this was the last page I finished up last night. I LOVE how this turned out. I believe most of the paper is CTMH. I used scraps, so its kinda hard to remember. I cut the COFFEE out using the Mickey Mouse font, and weilded the letters together with my gypsy. And I stamped the WILL  STUNT MY GROWTH using chocolate brown from CTMH. The coffee cup it cut at  4" and its from Wall Decor and More.

  I had a picture I wanted to use of the first Timmes coffee that I had to buy my DD who was 3 at the time (I know I know, how bad is that, but honestly, it was more milk then coffee), it just didnt go with My layout, so I added a picture flap from CTMH with the picture of her stirring her coffee, and added the journaling to the back. and hid the picture underneath. Worked out like a charm :)

  This one is my 2 page LO of last Halloween. Yup, I'm that far behind. Using the gypsy I made the people at 4' execpt the ladybug I mad at 3'. I cut them using the Paper Doll Dress-up. They didnt have a ZOMBIE guy, so I just cut the head out in white and used black ink to ink around the eyes abit. I used purple cardstock from CTMH to print out the title using the GYPSY font and just inked around it using black.

  Below is just one i quickly through together so that I could say it was done :) I dont know if you noticed, but all LO's had some glittery goodness on it. I used my FAVORITE glitter of all time. GLITTER RITZ. Love that stuff. I did use red stickles on the red ladybug girl though, as well as some silver on for the spots on the wings :) The cupcake below was cut at 4' and its from the Gypsy WANDERINGS. (came preloaded on the machine)



Day 5 Someone I love

 And lastly, the last pic was from the Photo a day for 30 Days challange. It was someone you love. Since I forgot this on til 10 pm, I took it of my son. I had intended to take it of ALL my kids, but since I forgot, and the girls were in bed, it was just Daylon. whew, done!! Good thing I didn't post ALL the LO's I did. I'd be here forever!! So, now off I go. Making lunch for the kidlets, and hopefully get some scrapping during naptime. Happy scrapping :)

Grab a Coffee, This is Gonna be a Long One....

 'Happy long Weekend folks. Its already sunday :( Why do the weekends go by so fast? We didnt do much this weekend. The DH works today and tomorrow, so that limited us. Saturday the DS had a birthday party from 1to 6 on the other side of the city, so we went to Walmart and got the DD a bag and runners for school. I love her school supply list...so easy. I had the get the youngest DD new runners too, she wanted a backpack for when she starts school (next year) so I convinced her shoes would be better. Last night I scraped while the DH watched football.

 So, on to my picture of the day challange i posted about earlier. Here they are:

                                                            day 1                                 

                                         day2 what I wore

                                            day 3 clouds (that finally appeared cuz it rained all day)

Day 4. favorite color PINK

So far I'm following right on track. Its hard to rememeber to take a picture everyday, but so far so good :)      And now on to my LO's that I've done. Like I mentioned before, I'm doing more then one book. I'm trying hard to finish the book for my dad, but sometimes I just tire of doing it. I always have to catch up on my everyday book.

  The 2 page "Gathering Place" lo in one for my every day book. I scrap in order, so as you can tell, I'm about a year behind in that book. Normally I'm not that far, but our Disney trip in January and our Jamaica trip in May, really put me back. The first 2 LO's are for my dad's book. I'm struggling with that book, because i want to make sure that I document all the important parts of his life, but I dont want to put in a million pages. Ah the struggle.

 And just an fyi, all the paper and stamps are CTMH. The owl was cut using the gypsy and its from Cindy Loo and the butterfly and the tree are cut from Wall Decor and More.

 Phew, I think thats it for the day folks. Happy scraping and a good rest of your long weekend :)

Wanna try...?

just saw this on a friends blog. I'm gonna try play along. Take a picture a day for a month following the theme posted below. I'll post every couple of days with my pics :)

are you gonna try

It Arrived!!!!!

Wow, September 1st!!! Where did the summer go. Why does it always seem to go faster and faster the older I get. My kids start school next friday, and I think I'm one of the few moms I know that isn't look forward to it. I love the crazyness and relaxed feel of summer holidays. Sleeping in late, having breakfast at noon. My oldest DD is very excited to start grade 3, and acually cried at the end of last school year. She's my little social butterfly. My DS's are both dreading the new school year. More the 12 yr old then the 18 yr old. He's more like me on the shy and reserved side, and is a little scared. But I know once the year starts, he'll be fine.
 Now the exciting part....My gypsy arrived yesturday!!!! Oh the joy, when i went to the mail box and saw it there. I had to figure it out right away, and I have to say, it wasn't easy. After 5 hours, I finally got it charged, and the new updates downloaded. I added the cartridges, and linked it up to my cricut. Phew what a process! Then, once that what was all done, I got to explore all the options!!! I love that I can make a layered diecut with just one mat insert. Before, I had to take out the mat, and cut every layer separately. It was such a hassle. Then I learned how to weld images together. That was cool to, so now my titles all look connected. I still have lots to learn to get the most out of this gagdet, but so far its been great!! (but thank goodness for youtube, when I get stuck, its my goto for instructions)

 So the 2 LO's I'm posting both have some sort of gypsy/cricut cut on it. I'm a minimslist when it comes to scraping, but I am working to add more, and possibly add some layer dimensions.....one day :) These are pages I'm doing for my dad's birthday book. The frame and words from the Wedded Bliss were cut using the Wall Decor and More cart. I just love this cart. I love the romantic feel everything has on it. All the paper and stamps/ink on both LO's are CTMH products. And the flowers are from Michaels. I have an small obsession with flowers and bling, so most of my LO's have one or the other, or heehee, both.
 Well, thats it for now. I have another LO that I'm working on, and hopefully will have that finished today. I'm really excited about this one :)

 Happy Scraping

ps. a fellow blogger posted about leaving comments on other blogs to send your love :) I took the changle and left comments on all the blogs I read today. Here's the blog http://justnicks.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2011-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-06%3A00&updated-max=2012-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-06%3A00&max-results=50. Are you up to the challange?