Tuesday, January 29, 2008

What do you do for a friend....

who has a troubled soul???? Well you can make sure she knows that you love her, and that you support her in ANY decision that she has to make. You are her shoulder to cry on and her crutch to lean on. You are her bandage when she bleeds, and her ear when she needs to vent. You are her words of "you can get thru anything" when she needs to hear it the most. You feel her pain when she hurts, and try to make it better if you can...

ULTIMATELY, as she knows you so well..... even though you can't make her problem go away, you take the weight off her shoulders for five minutes and you post this knowing it'll make her LAUGH HER ARSE OFF!!!

IF YOU WERE A LITTLE GIRL IN THE 1970'S......

You had that Fisher Price Doctor's Kit with a stethoscope that actually worked.


You owned a bicycle with a banana seat and a plastic basket with flowers on it.


You learned to skate with actual skates (not roller blades) that had metal wheels.


You thought Gopher from Love Boat was cute (admit it!)


You had nightmares after watching Fantasy Island.


You had either a 'bowl cut' or 'pixie', not to mention the 'Dorothy Hamill'.
People sometimes thought you were a boy.


You had rubber boots for rainy days and Moon boots for snowy days.


YEAH! You owned a 'Slip-n-Slide', on which you injured yourself on a sprinkler head more than once.

You owned 'Klick-Klacks' and smacked yourself in the face more than once!


Your Holly Hobbie sleeping bag was your most prized possession.


You wore a poncho, gauchos, and knickers.


You begged Santa for the electronic game, Simon.


You spent hours in your backyard on your metal swing set with the trapeze. The swing set tipped over at least once.

You had a pair of Doctor Scholl's sandals (the ones with hard sole & the buckle).


PONG! ('video tennis' ) was the most remarkable futuristic game you've ever heard of !


Your hairstyle was described as having 'wings' or 'feathers' and you kept it 'pretty' with the comb you kept in your back pocket. When you walked, the 'wings' flapped up and down, looked like you were gonna 'take off'


You know who Strawberry Shortcake is, as well as her friends, Blueberry Muffin and Huckleberry Pie.

You carried a Muppets lunch box to school and it was metal, not plastic. With the thermos inside some were glass inside and broke the first time you dropped them.


You and your girlfriends would fight over which of the Dukes of Hazzard was your boyfriend.


YOU had Star Wars action figures, too!


It was a big event in your household each year when the 'Wizard of Oz' would come on TV. Your mom would break out the popcorn and sleeping bags!


You often asked your Magic-8 ball the question: 'Who will I marry. Shaun Cassidy, Leif Garrett, or David Cassidy?


You completely wore out your Grease, Saturday Night Fever, and Fame soundtrack record album.


You used to tape record songs off the radio by holding your portable tape player up to the speaker.


You had subscriptions to Dynamite and Tiger Beat.


You learned everything you needed to know about girl issues from Judy Blume books. (Are you there God, It's Me, Margaret.)


You thought Olivia Newton John's song 'Physical' was about aerobics. (?? its not??)


You wore friendship pins on your tennis shoes, or shoelaces with heart or rain bow designs.


You wanted to be a Solid Gold dancer.


You drowned yourself in Love's Baby Soft - which was the first 'real' perfume you ever owned.


You glopped your lips in Strawberry Roll-on lip-gloss till it almost dripped off.


HUGS Girl.... I'll love you forever!!!!!!!!

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Sunday, January 27, 2008

LO Share

Well I did get some scrapping done last night! I was up until 0430 last night (eeerrr morning) having a grand ole ball, watching some old movies and scrappin away... doncha love nights like that?? LOL

So here is the stuff I did... and that freakin LO that I have been just staring at for weeks, finally got finished!!

Here it is... I am very pleased with it... and it is primarily from my Bad Girl Oct kit.

This Is True Beauty


This LO below was a scraplift from a girl over at Bad Girls named Verro. I can't seem to save her original image here, but I can link to it. So here is the original (quite breataking I think), and my interpretation is this... I went with the general design of this LO.


It Took Time


I had a lot of fun with this one... When I saw these die cuts from BG mellow line I knew I wanted to scrap them and had this general idea. I had a hard time just walking away, seeing that whole large area of white space. But I outlined the LO with black pen, elongated the row of buttons and am now pleased with it...!

Your Big Little World


Finally, I did the Jenni Bowlin January Project kit. It's gorgeous. So here is the front page on the calendar, followed by a sample of the calendar cards. The idea is to place your fave pic from that month on the opposite side. Once 2008 is over, it goes from a functional calendar to a mini album.. I LOVE THAT! LOL

JENNI BOWLIN CALENDAR 2008




That's it for now... hoping to get more pages done today and throughout the week... Thank for stopping by!

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Saturday, January 26, 2008

Saturday Findings

Hello folks... seems like it has been forever since I have done a Sat Findings. LOL Not a lot of time to post much but I'll share a few things. Is everyone ready for CHA??? I am so pumped and ready for some new goodies... even though the only real resolution I made was USE MY STASH! LOL Well I will just not go as crazy as I usually do!

On that note.. I am 9 1/2 LOs to date for 2008... I am still sitting on this one poor LO that I am having one heck of a time finishing!!! I am planning on doing more this weekend too! I got my Bad Girls January Kit, and my Jenni Bowlin kit this week, and I can't wait to dive in!!!!

On an awesome HAPPY YAHOO note. I was chosen to be one of Becky Flecks Sketch girls for her March Newsletter. I am am super excited about this, and the sketch , totally rawks. I see a few trial layouts using this sketch are in my near future! LOL

Well on with my findings!!!!!

If it has beena while since you have visited SCRAP SCENE be sure to do so. They have been posting a bunch of Valentine's Day Card ideas. Of course there is always all kinds of other links and yummies to be found there too...LOL

Check out this sketch from Gettin Sketchy
This is going on my Scrappin To Do List!!! So YUMMY!

If you haven't checked out Ali Edwards blog lately, you've missed this awesome lil Vantine book she created! Check it out here

Do you love to do puzzles? I get a daily series of puzzles e-mailed to me, and I just love doing them... if you're interested check out A PUZZLE ZONE

MY YAYA Katie is creating up a storm let me tell you! Check out her blog here!

I came across this awesome blog that is all about the photos... I know a few of my gals pals have invested in some serious rawkin cameras... for those gals.. check this out!

How about a few CHA Sneak Peeks that are out there...

Love MAYA ROAD and they have been sharing on their blog


How about some clear ribbons... YUM!

This is a cute small sheer keychain!

These look like the sheer office notes for journalling... Very nice!

How about some Daisy D's..

SWEET BABY JANE available Feb 08


WONDER YEARS available Feb 08


BAMBINO available March 08


NEW TAPE RUNNERS


Making Memories has been sharing a few sneak peeks too... My YAYA Steph must be going insane over these...LOL

Welcome to 5TH AVENUE




Well that is about it for now scrappers... hope you have an awesome weekend and if I have time tomorrow, I'll post some more SNEAK PEEKS!

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

HAPPY B-DAY/LO's To Share

Just wanted to give a quick shout out to my YAYA Mellisa... HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABYCAKES, I hope you had a FABO day!! I tried to call U, but your probably out partying and getting yourself into a whole wack of trouble.. YOU BIG LUSH!! BAHAHAHAHAHAHA.. I hope this year is full of love, happiness, and successful baby making... LOVE YOU!

You can go to My Melly's blog and leave her some B-day love, and check out the amazing Mixed Media Canvas she just completed!

Also just wanted to share some of the work I did this weekend! I am still stuck on one LO.. I hate that. I have put it at the bottom of the pile, and everytime I scrap, I take a look at it, hoping some idea will come to mind..LOL Have you ever done that?

Anyways here they are


LOL.. my girls (of course) using the Nov Bad Girls Kit. It was also a sketch challenge at Lifetime Moments for the 3 month Winter Scrapfest I am participating in.


KISSYFACE.. love this pic of my John with our girls... another challenge for LM Winterfest, based on the sketch beside it! Once again used a Bad Girl kit!

This LO called UR FABULOUS, was based on a scraplift at LM hosted by Tracy Austin. The idea was to scraplift the person who posted above you on the forums. So I did!

This is mine!

And here is the original from a girl called JulieB



This LO is called FULL OF WONDER and sorry for the crummy pic... should've taken it in natural light! LOL I took over 3 hours on this LO, fussing and fixing, and even right now I am not happy with it. Another picture scrapped though..LOL



Here is the last one for now! My brother and his cute son Noah.


This was also a scrapfest challenge. I had to use 3 different buttons (one is stacked on top of another in the Lil) atleast 25 words of journalling, and metallic embellishments (the title and the HS rub-on)

This scrapfest has really motivated me to scrap. I have moved a few kits in my bedroom along with my basic scrap supplies. I throw on a movie and spread out on my bed scrapping. I restict myself to use my kits (but if I really need something else, I go into my scrap area and find it...LOL). I find that I am using my stash more and more, instead of leaving a whole wack of scraps and odds and ends in embellishments. I also mix and match different papers from different companies. Loving that! LOL

Well that's it for now... hoping to get some more done this weekend.. and that darn tootin, pain in my arse LO that I can't seem to finish! LOL

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Sunday, January 13, 2008

One Main Scrapper for Inspiration/LO Share

Good morning everyone.... well it has been a scrapilicious weekend for me! I started scrapping around dinner time yesturday and quit at 2 am. I managed to get 4 LOs done!! WAHOOOOOO... I plan on scrapping some more today too.. John is picking up another batch of pics at Costco ... new pics = new inspiration!

Another LO to share (not from the 4 I made yesturday.. I still need to snap pics of those). I did this LO from the Bad Girls Decmeber kit and entered their monthly Apron challenge. I didn't win, but managed to get another page done and use some of the stash! LOL

My Lexa.. I love this pic of her!

I have been quite pleased with the way my style has evolved. It has changed completely since my Doodlebug days. I tend to choose more of the shabby chic/collagy style, and tend to be more pleased with the end result. That being said I have thought about why it has changed and one MAIN person comes to mind!!

MY YAYA STEPHANIE!!!!!!!!!!!

For those of my blog readers that are unfamiliar with Steph's work, do yourself a favour and go check out her blog. True, I am biased as she is a close friend, but that set aside, this woman oozes talent like it's nobody's business. Her work isn't just scrapping... IT'S ART! When I am stuck on a LO, I will go and check out her blog and suddenly I am inspired again. I have seen her work in real life too, and the steps she goes through to reach that perfect masterpiece is mind boggling.. she makes it look so easy.. while I sit back in awe, wondering if I can have just one small chunk of her creative mind....LOL Since meeting her and becoming close to her, my scrapping have improved 100%. While yes I have many people who inspire me (all my YAYA's..lol) Steph always sticks out like a sore thumb...

So Stephie.. you are my muse.. thank you for inspiring me that way you do!!!

Here are a few pieces (well maybe a tad more than a few..lol) of her work that I just LOVE LOVE LOVE! If you love them too, stop by her blog and leave her a comment!











Well that is about it for today's entry.. I am off to scrap some more (housework just has to wait)..LOL

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Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Doncha love a good sweat?? LOL

Well I have gone to the gym every morning this week and the first two days I took it super easy... well this AM there was no more of that! I GAVE ER!!!!! LOL

30 minutes of a good sweat on the treadmill... and I feel fabo!!!! I totally thought I gained a billion pounds over the holidays.. I was extremely bad, eating what I wanted and most of the time it wasn't good for me..LOL Surprisingly though... I didn't gain anything.. I almost fell of the scale when I saw that... I didn't exercise over the holidays so I have no idea how I did it...maybe I wasn't as bad as I thought I was...

That being said... after my wicked burn of a workout, and the buckets of sweat I melted off, the best part was the tempid shower after... letting the cool water run over your beet red face feels so amazing.. SIGH

So tonight I celebrated with a lazy dinner of pizza BAHAHAHAHAHA... YES I HAD SALAD TOO!!!!! HeeHee

Tomorrow I have Pilates.... ya know even if the pounds don't melt off me... it is sure worth the effort I am putting in!! I feel great!

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