California Scrappin Dreamin

Charity Scrapbook Crop

2009-08-27T12:43:00.000-07:00

Live Imagine Create A Scrapbook Royalty Affiliation Event to benefit Kommah Seray Inflammatory Breast Cancer Foundation

Coming in October you have two way to help raise money for a great cause.

1. Charity Crop Held in Northern California: Visit this link here to find out the details
http://www.scrapbookroyalty.com/live_imagine_create.html

2. Can't make it to the crop don't worry we have a week long event being held on the web site. Go to this link to find out the details
http://www.liveimaginecreate.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=online&action=display&thread=1653

So spread the word it is for a great cause. Lots of prize giveaways at both events!
www.liveimaginecreate.proboards.com

Wanna Be a Guest Creative Team Member

2009-08-02T16:19:00.000-07:00

Are you ready for some more fun projects?
Under each category you will find your challenges for August, these will be posted throughout the month, just keep an eye out!

You, the members will decide who will be September’s Guest Creative Team Member at LIC! Wanna know how it will work, sure you do?!
Once you have completed your challenge, upload to the LIC gallery and then post a link in the thread where that particular challenge was posted. Each member will receive 5 votes and they will cast their vote for their top favorite completed challenge. If there is a tie, the team at LIC will be the tie breaker! The more you do, the more chances you have at being September’s Guest Creative Team Member! Enjoy and have a great time! All challenges need to be uploaded by Friday, August 28, 2009 by midnight your time!! Then voting will be completed by Sunday, August 30, 2009 by midnight your time. September's Guest Creative Team Member will be announced Monday, August 31, 2009!
midnight

Visit www.liveimaginecreate.proboards.com for more details

2009-07-23T21:00:00.000-07:00

Come by Live Imagine Create and check out today's great project. Remember Santa is watching

www.liveimaginecreate.proboards.com

July is moving right along

2009-07-04T12:21:00.000-07:00

First of all Happy 4th of July everyone! I hope you have a safe and fun holiday. July is moving. The Santa's Village contest is in full swing. There is still time to get in on it if you would like. Just visit us at www.liveimaginecreate.proboards.com We have some great Christmas ideas. The layout below is me the first time I saw santa.

Do you remember the magic? And you look back now and see the innocence in it all. There is nothing more precious than that. So come by and and check us out. We have a great group of girls to meet you.

Wanna Get Away??

2009-06-24T19:53:00.001-07:00

Are you tired of the heat? Does your summer days just seem to drag on and on?
Wanna get away?

Live Imagine Create is proud to be sponsoring a trip to the North Pole to visit Santa’s workshops. North Pole you say in the middle of summer that is too early. But why not think cool to be cool? During the month of July the Live Imagine Create Creative team will be showing you economical projects to help jump start you thinking for the holiday season. Still too early you say, well we have a way to motivate you to get thinking early.

The person that completes the most workshop projects in the month of July will win a prize as well as being our Guest Creative Team member for the month of August. If there is a tie in the number of projects completed then the names of the people will be put into a hat and a winner will be drawn.
So here is all you have to due to be qualified
1. Complete your projects by the time given.
2. Be active on the board. How much you chat will be taken into consideration
3. Be active in the gallery
4. Upload your projects into the LIC gallery
5. HAVE FUN!!!

So come and visit us now at www.liveimaginecreate.proboards.com to register and receive your boarding instructions. Your vacation begins July 1, 2009. You are now free to fly to the Northpole.

If It's Groovy 80's Blog Hop Crop

2009-06-03T19:18:00.000-07:00

Like Oh my Gosh! Are you just having the grooviest time blog hopping? Well welcome to my blog and I hope you enjoy my challenge.

Cyndi Lauper, who could forget this famous singer from the 80's. The crazy dressing and the great music. And who could forget Girls Just Wanna Have Fun! I LOVE that song.

So here is my challenge to you. Use the She's so Unusal album cover pictured above and pull some sort of inspiration from it. It could be colors, some sort of graphic on the album cover or whatever catches your eye. Then I want you to use some sort of the lyrics on your layout. Incase you forgot here is the lyrics.

I come home in the morning light,
My mother says "When you gonna live your life right?"
Oh,mother,dear,
We're not the fortunate ones,
And girls,
They wanna have fu-un.
Oh,girls,
Just wanna have fun.
The phone rings in the middle of the night,
My father yells "What you gonna do with your life?"
Oh,daddy,dear,
You know you're still number one,
But girls,
They wanna have fu-un,
Oh,girls,just wanna have
That's all they really want.....
Some fun....
When the working day is done,
Oh,girls,
They wanna have fu-un,
Oh,girls,
Just wanna have fun....
Girls,
They want,
Wanna have fun.
Girls,
Wanna have
Some boys take a beautiful girl,
And hide her away from the rest of the world.
I wanna be the one to walk in the sun.
Oh,girls,
They wanna have fu-un.
Oh,girls,
Just wanna have
That's all they really want.....
Some fun....
When the working day is done,
Oh,girls,
They wanna have fu-un.
Oh,girls,
Just wanna have fun...
Girls,
They want,
Wanna have fun.
Girls,
Wanna have.
They just wanna,
They just wanna.....
They just wanna,
(Oh....)
They just wanna.....
(Girls just wanna have fun...)
Oh...
Girls just wanna have fu-un...
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
(Oh...)
They just wanna...
(They just wanna have fun...)
Girls just wanna have fu-un...
When the workin',
When the working day is done.
Oh,when the working day is done,
Oh,girls...
Girls,
Just wanna have fu-un...
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
They just wanna,
They just wanna have fun...
Girls just wanna have fu-un..
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
(Have fun..)
They just wanna,
(Girls wanna have fun)
They just wanna....
Oh,girls...
(Wanna have fun....)
Girls just wanna have fu-un.
When the workin',
When the working day is done.
Oh,when the working day is done,
Oh,girls,
Girls just wanna have fu-un.
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
(Oh,girls...)
They just wanna,
(Have fun....)
Oh,girls..
Girls just wanna have fu-un
They just wanna,
They just wanna...
When the working day is done...
(fades)

Upload your layout and put the link back here. Also tell me what you used for inspiration from the album. Everyone that completes my challenge will be entered into a drawing for some totally awesome flowers and ribbon.

Be sure to check out the next challenge at
artycrafty.wordpress.com

****CONGRATULATIONS TO MY WINNER MARDI!!!! THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR DOING MY CHALLENGE ****

2009-05-24T09:31:00.000-07:00

Come by and check out our latest contest at Live Imagine Create. The winner of the contest will be our Guest Creative Team member for July. So come by and sign up.

It's Friday!

2009-02-27T19:59:00.001-08:00

I am so looking forward to having a nice quiet weekend at home. Hopefully I will have time to do some crafting. Things are moving on the site. We are having a creative team call so if you are interested check out the site for more details. www.liveimaginecreate.proboards.com

The wall hanging above it one of my new favorites. This is dh and I on our wedding day. I love acrylic layouts. I have made them for everyone but myself. Well no more I now have one and it is hanging in my hall. I hope you all have a great weekend!

OH My

2009-02-22T16:29:00.001-08:00

Where have the past couple of weeks gone? I have been so busy planning for the upcoming crop. Now the crop is in full swing and we have lots of creative artist there creating. Thanks to all that are participating. Well the rain is back for us and we are looking at 7 days of rain. Boy we sure need it.
The card above was made with some yummy Heidi Grace and using my fiskar's heart punch and circle punch. It was a quick card i made for a co worker.

If you get a chance stop my www.liveimaginecreate.proboards.com We are doing our first creative team call. Everyone is welcome to try out and we look forward to getting to know you.

Monday Cleaning

2009-02-02T11:25:00.000-08:00

Ok so for some reason today I got a bee in my hat and decided to start cleaning my scraproom. I know it needed to be done. I have lots of people coming to my house to join in the grande opening crop at liveimaginecreate. I am amazed at house much storage I DON"T have..Argh. So i see a trip to the dollar store in my near future. I need to see if they have anything that will work to hold flowers and ribbon and chipboard and and and..LOL

Anyway on a different front we only need 10 more people to add more prizes to the grande opening prize at liveimaginecreate.proboards.com. Make sure you register and sign up on the grande opening thread. I can give you a hint that the next prizes do include some Fiskars yummies. So run over there and sign up and have some fun with us.

A Rainy Saturday

2009-01-24T17:33:00.001-08:00

And I love it! We so need the rain. I wanted to scrap today but all i am doing is hanging out in my chair playing on scrapbook sites. LOL Good thing Fiskateers is having a crop tomorrow to get me going. I need to get back into the scrapping grove. Hopfully I will have some great new layouts to post tomorrow.

Before I leave just a little busy there is still plenty of time to get involved in the grande opening prize at liveimaginecreate.proboards.com Join soon, I have more great prizes to add if more people sign up.

Ok soo...

2009-01-19T09:46:00.000-08:00

I had made a promise to myself that I would be a better blogger for 2009. Well I am not starting out sooo good. The new scrapbook site is moving along. We have 49 members in the first 2 weeks so I am excited about that. I am in the planning stages of creating an awesome grande opening crop. I want it to be so much fun and get lots of great crafters to share all their talents.

They layout above is my daughter and her boyfriend at prom last year. I find it really hard to scrap those photos that are taken by the photographer. And the sad part is I can't tell you how many more I have just waiting to be put on paper.

Confusion

2009-01-05T09:41:00.000-08:00

There has been some confusion regarding the RAK giveaway. In order to be eligible for the RAK you must go to this web site
http://liveimaginecreate.proboards.com
Register there and sign in on the "Let's get it started in here" thread. I hope this helps. If not let me know.

Thanks! Happy Monday!!

Grande Opening RAK

2009-01-04T14:37:00.001-08:00

So this is the RAK that we will be giving away to one new lucky member to our site. This is also a progressive rak. The more people that sign up the more prizes will be added. So invite all your friends.

Go here to register and sign up for the RAK.
http://liveimaginecreate.proboards.com/

Happy New Year

2009-01-02T10:39:00.000-08:00

May 2009 bring you lots of new adventures and peace.

As for me I am taking on a new adventure. Introducing a new craft messageboard called Live, Imagine, Create. As you know scrapbooking is my first love but sometimes I like to try other crafts. This messageboard will be about scrapbooking and other crafts that you might want to try or love. Please come by and check us out. We have a great group of girls and we are going to have alot of fun!

http://liveimaginecreate.proboards.com/index.cgi

***This just in*** All new members on the site will be entered into a drawing for a RAK. See site for details.

Tis the Season

2008-12-07T13:29:00.000-08:00

Boy there has been so much going on this past week my head is spinning. It seems like Christmas will be here before I know it and I haven't had a chance to enjoy any of it. Here are a couple of Christmas projects that I have got to work on.

Christmas Crafts have begun!

2008-11-17T18:08:00.000-08:00

The Christmas creativity has begun. I am in trying to get myself in the Christmas spirit. It is just going to be a wonderful holiday.

The Fisk-a-Friendzy was AWESOME!

2008-11-09T17:12:00.001-08:00

Thanks so much to Angela and the Fiskar's team. This weekend in Virgina City ROCKED!! It was great to meet new friends and enjoy the afternoon. If you would like to see some pictures here is the link. I have not yet edited these so please excuse some of the problems.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31588877@N04/sets/72157608793643494/

To all the great ladies I met this weekend I look forward to keeping in touch with you.

Santa Is Here

2008-11-01T23:00:00.000-07:00

Well the Santa's workshop challenge started today on www.sassycardsnscraps.com. You still have time to sign up. We have also posted our first dt stuff on there. There is so much creative stuff going on right now. I leave next weekend to attend a fiskateer even in Virgina city, NV. I am so excited. Not only do i get to spend the day scrapping but I get to have a wonderful weekend away with my dh. I am sooo excited about that.

Santa's Workshop Contest

2008-10-24T21:33:00.000-07:00

During the holiday season do you sometimes hit that creative block? Do you need that perfect gift or card for someone? Well we can help!

Join sassycardsnscraps.com for a 6 week contest to help inspire you to complete those Christmas projects.

Starting November 1, 2008 we will be posting a project a week that you will have to complete by Friday of that week for judging. (each of your enteries must be upload in our gallery and then linked back to the thread.) The best part of the contest is NO ONE is voted out. Each week our panel of judges will vote on the top three projects for that week and they will receive points according to where they placed. The person at the end of the 6 weeks with the most points will be the winner!

www.sassycardsnscraps.com

Join Us Saturday

2008-10-01T19:11:00.001-07:00

For World Card Making Day. We will have lots of challenges and inspiration. Check us out at www.sassycardsnscraps.com

Well it's time!

2008-09-23T19:46:00.000-07:00

This weekend is the Grand Opening Crop at sassycardsnscraps.com. You have to come by and check out all the great challenges and games that are being played. So the crop starts on Friday Hope to see you there!

I am so excited!

2008-09-18T19:15:00.000-07:00

I am going to be attending the Fiskateer Event in Virgina City, NV. I so can't wait for November to get here. Dh and I are going to make a long weekend of it and have some fun for ourselves. If you are interested in going check out the Fiskateer site and become a member to join in the fun!

Halloween Card

2008-09-15T11:09:00.001-07:00

This is just a quick halloween card I did. This was my entry for one of the challenges over at sassycardsnscraps.com. The skeleton was a plastic toy that I kept from halloween last year. I think it turned out cute.

If you are in the mood to win prizes check out sassycardsnscraps.com for daily challenges. Just make sure to tell them I sent you.

The Girl's Weekend Is set!

2008-09-02T09:58:00.000-07:00

October 4th in chico we will be having a girl's scrappin afternoon. The time will be 1-5pm and the cost of the crop is FREE. So if your interested contact me and i will give you further details. Remember this crop will be in conjuction with the charity crop on www.scrapncircle.com. Don't miss out pledges have already started.

Also coming soon is the grand opening of sassycardsnscraps.com. Come check out all the challenges and prizes that they are giving away.

The kitty above is my kitty. For those of you that know I am working to create corsages and centerpieces for an upcoming event. Well she thought she would supervise and roll around in the flowers. I just love how cute she looks.

Girl's Scrapbook Weekend

2008-08-23T10:36:00.000-07:00

Well if you live in Northern California and you like to scrap then let me know. I am working on putting together a girl's weekend at the end of September. If there are not too many people then I will hold at my house if we are lucky and get lots of people then we will move it to another venue. So let me know if you are interested.

SNC 2nd Annual Crop for a Cause

2008-08-21T13:44:00.000-07:00

Well it's that time, time for Scrapncircle's Charity Crop. This year we will be raising money for flood victims in the midwest. So if you would like some more details check out www.scrapncircle.com. We start taking pledges September 1st. Hope to see you there.

What a busy week

2008-07-15T12:09:00.000-07:00

Well the time has come and Alyssa is leaving for Army bootcamp this week. In the middle of this I am planning a surprise 60th birthday party for my dad. What a busy week I have ahead. The card above is the invitation to his party . They are simple and I got to use alot of my scraps up. Well wish me luck to get everything done.

Summer Fun

2008-07-06T09:50:00.000-07:00

I just love this little altered paint can I did. This is a prima flowers bucket that I added some sand, shells, and a sticker on the front of it. This is a picture of my friend's daughter and I gave it to her as a gift.

It is amazing when you can make something out of left over trash. This month at SNC we have a challenge to do just that. If you get a chance go over and check it out. www.scrapncircle.com

2008-07-02T15:27:00.000-07:00

Happy 4th of July, not sure if I will get a chance to in the next couple of days to get on here so I figure better early than late right? Life is crazy right now. We are starting a new 8 week card contest at Scrapncircle. If you get a chance you should check it out. The prize is going to be worth over $75.00. www.scrapncircle.com

I found this new scrapbook site that is so neat. Besides having scrapbook stuff on it, it also offers a place for people to post about different types of crafts. I look forward to seeing what people have to offer in other crafts. If you get a chance check it out. http://sassycardsnscraps.freeforums.org/portal.php

Guitar Hero

2008-06-30T05:52:00.000-07:00

Ok so I have had these great pictures of dh for a while and have been wanting to scrap them, but not just scrap them in the usual way. So yesterday I sat down and spent 4 hours working on this. I paper pieced the guitar dude and the book with the screen. I am happy with the way it turned out.

I am Cinderella

2008-06-28T17:29:00.000-07:00

Gotta love fun quizes....

You Are Cinderella!

Dignified and hard working. With a gentle and soft-spoken manner you have something many people don't. Patience. Even through the moments of heartbreak you're still able to hold onto all of your hopes and dreams. Bide your time; your dream will come true.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

Ok I thought...

2008-06-28T17:09:00.001-07:00

My creative energy was coming back but it just isn't. I don't know why it has gone. I did manage to complete a few challenges for the SNC Stalker monthly contest. But on the cool side of things we are going to be starting a huge contest at Scrapncircle.com. It is going to be an 8 week contest. That is all I can tell you right now cause it is hush hush. So more information to follow...

Ok I suck

2008-06-22T18:45:00.000-07:00

I suck at this blogging thing but I have a great excuse. We finally got my dd graduated from high school. I can't tell you all the planning, buying, organizing, buying, decorating, buying, celebrating, and buying some more. But it was a wonderful time for all of us. Now in just 4 weeks she will be leaving for the Army. So in the mean time to keep my mind off it I am full speed ahead with the job hunting and trying to do some scrapbooking.

This is a layout I managed to do today. This is for one of the challenges at Scrapncircle.com for the monthly stalker program. If you haven't checked out the monthly challenges you should. jeri has been able giving away some AWESOME prizes.

New Love!

2008-05-30T13:28:00.000-07:00

Pink Paisley-It is so yummy. This layout was done with pink paisley, basic grey, and new YUMMY YUMMY prima flowers. I so need to find more of this stuff.

On a personal note we are officially 2 weeks from graduation. There is so much to do to get ready for graduation. I think I need a vacation...LOL

2008-05-24T08:09:00.000-07:00

Memorial Day weekend, so much to do this weekend. But as we take a step back from our lives on Monday to remember all of those who have passed it makes you think of so much. As I will watch my dd do her last color guard for ROTC my thoughts will be to her. Her new adventure she will be embarking on in the Army and how we are so proud of her. Please take time this memorial weekend to think about all the young men and women who have chosen to protect our freedoms and that they will all come home soon.

I am Live

2008-05-22T11:16:00.000-07:00

Check out my new business web site....

www.crazydayzgiftbaskets.com

Lots of new and exciting things starting. I can't see where this adventure leads me. Thanks so much for all the support I have been given by my family and friends.

Check out my basket blog

2008-05-08T06:48:00.003-07:00

Check out for a free give away on my basket blog...
http://basketcasegiftbaskets.blogspot.com/

Who doesn't love free stuff???

Who doesn't like sketches?

2008-05-01T08:47:00.000-07:00

Or who doesn't use them from time to time. Check out this new site starting in the middle of May. They will be posting sketches for our inspiration. I can't wait to see what they have instore.

http://creativescrappers.blogspot.com/

Boy it has been awhile

2008-04-30T13:15:00.000-07:00

Boy it has been a while since I have last posted. So much going on here in the McDonald house. Well we took Alyssa last weekend and she got her graduation dress. Boy has time flied. I can't believe she will be leaving in July. That brings me to another point, Alyssa is now living with us. It has been a big change for all of us but dh and I love every minute of it. So scrappin wise I have been busy working on graduation presents and graduation cards. You always think you have so much time to complete things but you really don't. So wish me luck I am going to lock myself in my scraproom.

Stop 6 on my around the world challenge

2008-04-02T15:11:00.000-07:00

This stop was in Rio. We were to use bright colors, scrap an event, and use lots of bling. This is the cake from my daughter's 16th birthday. The topper on her cake was on my 16th birthday cake and her grandma's 16th birthday cake. It is a family tradition and now they are put away for when her child turns 16. TFL

Sharks Win!

2008-03-28T21:28:00.001-07:00

Ok so one of the things I miss about the bay area is going to Shark games. I love the excitiment of hockey and being there is the best. Well the Sharks tonight won the western division, it was such an exciting games. (Lots of fights LOL) So all I have to say is......GO SHARKS!

Stop 4 on my around the world challenge is Antarctica

2008-03-27T19:40:00.000-07:00

This week they wanted to see white space, a handmade embellishment and you could use color but it all had to be the same color so I chose pink. My handmade embellishment is the flower. This is a picture I took of alyssa just 2 weeks ago. She and her friend were outside goofing off so I decided to get out my camera. I love how the wind is blowing her hair away from her face. TFL

Spring Has Sprung

2008-03-18T10:20:00.000-07:00

I love spring it is like a new beginning. This is one time of year I missed the most about living in the city. The colors of spring and the new baby birds are all out. Even last night we pulled weeds in our yard. Can't do that in the city. I know this time is going to pass too quickly and we will be in the 110 degree weather but for now I am just going to try to enjoy it.

Stop 3 on My around the world trip is China

2008-03-13T14:39:00.000-07:00

This week's challenge was to create a round layout, all in blue tones, and to add some sort of bird on it. This one was hard for me but I think it looks ok.

The Ball is finally over

2008-03-10T17:17:00.001-07:00

I can't tell you how tired I was. But it is over and it looked great. To top it all off Alyssa won Queen of the ball. She looked so pretty. The pictures above are of the entry way and the ballroom. Not bad for 2 hours of decorating.

Stop 2 on My around the world trip is Egypt

2008-03-04T18:29:00.000-08:00

Here is my layout for the next round at scraplovers.com. This week we had to create a layout with purple, gold, a crown, and a picture larger thatn 5X7. I procrastinated but I got it done.

A Father's Love

2008-02-25T16:13:00.000-08:00

Is the first layout that I did for my around the world journey on the scraplovers.com web site. I am excited how it turned out. This is my favorite picture of Russ and Alyssa. I took the picture last year at her military ball. Now six more challenges till the end of the contest. Wish me luck!

My new project

2008-02-10T18:46:00.000-08:00

So I creative this for a friendship challenge on the Friskateer web site. I just love how it turned out. I actually made this for my sister and it will match her room I hope perfectly. I can't wait to see her reaction.

Exciting Layout

2008-02-05T17:18:00.000-08:00

Ok this weekend I made a layout that I am really excited about. I did all the doodling by myself and I love how it turned out since I really don't like to doodle. And all my favorite layouts have lots of flowers and this one is no different. I am just really happy overall. Thanks for letting me share.

All Ready to go

2008-02-01T15:00:00.000-08:00

Well I am already to go for my girl's crop tomorrow. The table is cleaned off the goody bags are ready to go, now all i have to do is wait...The waiting is the hard part..LOL

Oh and I had some help today. What would I do without her?

Have a great weekend!

End of January

2008-01-31T14:59:00.001-08:00

Can you believe it is the end of January already? Where did the month go? It seems like it was just Christmas. There is so much going on right now with starting the new business and helping dd with her military ball. We are a month away from that and there is still so much to do. We have however started the centerpieces. We made these great candle holders out of wine glasses and vellum. I am very pleased on how they turn out. Now only 1,000 more things to do, PLUS get a dress, and hair, and nails, and and and........LOL

So Much Fun!

2008-01-28T12:17:00.000-08:00

Ok so yesterday I got out my new cricut expression and the software and decided that I would try to figure it out. Well I had a so much fun and I made these great scrapbook quotes for the walls in my scraproom. I just love how they turned out and I can change them at anytime with no major damage to the wall. Now the next question is what do I cut next???

Well I did it

2008-01-23T21:33:00.001-08:00

I opened a new blog for my new basket business. I am so excited and scared at the same time. If you get a chance check it out, and if you need a basket then send me and email...Thanks!

http://basketcasegiftbaskets.blogspot.com/

Superbowl Widowers Crop

2008-01-23T11:52:00.000-08:00

Do you feel like a widow when football is on? Why not join us at http://www.scrapncircle.com/ for a weekend crop on February 2nd & 3rd. There will be lots of great games and challenges to jump start your creativity for the new year. So gather up the gang and make a party of it. I am gathering up my friends and we are going to have a potluck, music, and lots of girl talks. So get your cropping gear on and we will see you there.

www.scrapncircle.com

Oh my goodness

2008-01-12T19:59:00.000-08:00

It has been a long time since I have been on here. So much has happened in the last couple of months. DH and I both got layed off from our jobs, we moved over 150 miles away from our old home, DH got a new job, I am looking for a job, and I GOT MY SCRAPROOM! I am sooo excited. Oh and our new house is okay too...LOL

So here are some pictures from my room

Ok, so I still have lots of work to organize but here is the pictures so far.....

My cutting station

From the far side of my room

Table for when I have friends come over or large projects

Album storage, dd's scrapbook stuff, and tools (look there is the bigger curtain I made)
[img]http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/luvstoscrapbook/100_4802.jpg[/img]

Weekly Crops Starting

2007-11-29T11:29:00.001-08:00

Come join in all the fun! Every Saturday at cropalatte.net. This is a new scrapbooking site. If you need some inspiration or just to hang out and have fun we have what you are looking for. Each Saturday we will be having mini crops. And there are chances to win great prizes. Right now we are having a referral program and the more people you invite to join the more chances you have to win. We look forward to seeing you there.

The weekend before Thanksgiving

2007-11-17T18:15:00.001-08:00

It was the weekend before Thanksgiving and all was crazy. Me at home fighting a cold, baking for the upcoming holiday, and wrapping Christmas gifts. LOL Yep that is my life in a nut shell right now. No time for scrappin...and I miss it. I hate it when life gets crazy. I did however find time to make my bestfriend a card for Black Friday. It is tradition for us to go shopping the day after Thanksgiving. Crazy some say....to us it is just girl's time. I got the idea for the card out of an old paper craft magazine. I just love how it turned out.

I Had so much fun!

2007-10-28T17:13:00.000-07:00

Ok so this weekend I decided to make an acrylic album for my sister's birthday next weekend. Well to put the holes in the acrylic I decided to try out my fiskar's drill. Ok I have had this drill for 5 months and have not used it. All lI can say is it is AWESOME! It is so easy to use and it went through 5 sheets of acrylic no problem. Also, on accident it got my kitchen table too....My dh just laughed at me. This has to be one of my new favorite tools. Once I get the album all done I will post pictures. I just hope my sister love it.

3 Weekends in a Row of Crops

2007-10-22T08:06:00.000-07:00

OMG, I am going to have 3 weekends in a row of cyber crops. I have completed so much stuff. The first one was for Scrapncircle where I completed several layouts and this great card that I love so much.

It is made with Heidi Grace fuzzy dot paper...(I LOVE THIS) and cardstock. Metal plaque by creative imaginations.

Then this past weekend I found a great new site called Scraplove.com. (Thanks Jeri and Momma for inviting me) The ladies are so nice and gosh I got tones more fun. Thanks to momma for this great challenge to alter a canvas.

This was made with basic grey and various materials that I had around.

This weekend is the crop at fiskateers.com. Who knows what is in store there. If you are interested in playing let me know and I can help you sign up.

Happy Cropping!

Crop for a Cure is over

2007-10-15T07:38:00.000-07:00

Who would of ever thought I would be so exhausted over hosting a crop. Over 50 challenges and lots of prizes later it's over. I hope the ladies had fun. I just wish we had more participation. I can't wait to see what the final totals are for donations! Thanks so all that helped put this on. IF you get a chance you should go to www.scrapncircle.com and check out the gallery. There are alot of great creations there.

I'm so Excited

2007-09-27T18:11:00.000-07:00

I was named Queen of the Birthday crop at The School of Scrap! All weekend long I worked and worked on challenges and had a blast! Got lots of cool birthday cards done, as well as some pages for a couple of albums I am working on. Thanks so much to all the girls over there for hosting a great crop!

Ok I'm addicted

2007-09-25T07:50:00.000-07:00

To U tube....There is so much on there. I spent 2 hours the other day just watching different scrapbook and crafting videos alone. There are alot of good ideas out there. What did we ever do before computers??? Library what is that??? So if you get a chance check it out, like I said there is lots of cool things out there.

Crop for a Cure!

2007-09-06T07:41:00.000-07:00

Each Year 182,000 women are diagnosed with Breast Cancer and 43,300 of those die. One in every 8 women has or will have develop Breast Cancer in her lifetime. Also 1,600 men will be diagnosed with Breast Cancer and 400 of these men will die this year. This year cancer has hit close to home to one of the members of our site. We have been there to support members and family of members who are fighting Breast Cancer with our prayers and love. But, we feel we can do so much more to help benefit them as well as other families fighting the same battles.
Scrapncircle.com is preparing it’s first scrap-a-thon and auction to help raise money for a breast cancer clinic in Texas. The event will be held October 8 – 14, 2007, to help promote Breast Cancer Awareness month. We are asking our members to take pledges and donations to help for this cause. Each member will be asking the community to sponsor them based on how many scrapbook pages they complete during the week long event. Pledges start September 9, 2007, You can get your pledge sheet at www.scrapncircle.com .
We hope you can come and join us to help a great cause. We have some great companies that have sponsored us with lots of great prizes for this crop. For more details or to sign up register at www.scrapncircle.com We hope to see you there!

We are so proud!

2007-08-22T12:21:00.000-07:00

For those of you that don't know my daughter has decided to join the Army after she graduates in June. Today she is signing her contract and swaring in. I know that some people in my life don't necessarily agree with this decision. This is going to be the best thing for her. She is young and adventures and this will help her see there is life outside of her small town. Her father and I couldn't not be more prouder of her and we support her 100%. It is sad to see your children grow up. Just another chapter in our life that we are beginning. I look forward to sharing her adult life with her and supporting her in her decisions. Alyssa my love all the best to you. And no matter what people do or what people say just know that nothing is more important then what you want to achieve in life and that you have to love and support of your family to back you up. This is the most important lesson you will learn. We Love You!

Now I can officially say. Yes, I am a PROUD Army mom!

My Winning Layout

2007-08-13T18:39:00.000-07:00

Here the the picture of the layout I did at the Scrapbook Expo Crop and won 2nd place. I got a great prize pack with Rusty Pickle paper, chipboard, and some alpha stickers. I started with an 11X17 piece of acrylic. I added some basic grey and holy cow rub ons. I also added a chipboard flower and It is a really simple layout and I just love how it turned out. I can't wait to work more with acrylic. I think my next project is going to be a mini album. Now I just have to find a subject!

Scrapbook Expo!

2007-08-11T16:24:00.000-07:00

We had a blast at the scrapbook expo yesterday. I bought sooo much paper it is insane. We took a class called 25 ways to use chipboard and it was fun! It was a great day just hanging out with the girls. Another neat thing happened. I entered a layout for the layout contest and won 2nd place. I was so excited!

10 Day Till the Expo

2007-07-31T12:15:00.000-07:00

Only 10 days left. I am so excited! We are going to take a class, shop and go to the crop on Friday night. Is anyone else going to the scrapbook expo in San Jose, on the 10th? If so let me know and maybe we can meet up. Just got back to work yesterday from vacation. Man it is so hard to get back into the swing of things. Hopefully I will catch up soon. LOL

Ahh Vacation

2007-07-22T07:56:00.000-07:00

I love vacation, time away from work and the hussle and bussle of the city. Today is a down day on our vacation. Thunderstorms are running through this morning and lots of rain. For this cali girl rain in July is unheard of . But I love the rain and I am just sitting her staring out the window. We have done so much this vacation...4 wheelin, fishing, shopping, baseball games, fish frys, weinie roast, and swamp fest. So much going on and that was just our first week...LOL I will be soooo tired by the time I get on the plane to fly home.

Crop Hop Coming Soon!

2007-07-03T07:33:00.000-07:00

Crop-A-Latte Online Crop Hop - July 25 - 29
Webmasters click here for info on how to participate
What is the Crop-a-Latte Crop Hop? It is a multi-website online crop.
The layouts and projects created for the different challenges during the crop can also be submitted to all the participating sites and vice versa. You must register at each different site's message board to participate in their challenges.
Please keep your eye on the blog and forums for more details. The Crop will be on our Message Boards as well as on participating sites message boards. Come join us for fun challenges, classes and games.
PARTICIPATING SITES
Crop-a-latte.net
ScrapAttackScrapbooking.com
Sponsors for Crop-A-Latte Challenges:
Fiskars
Lettering Delights

RULES
*You must register at the participating sites to participate in their challenges
*You can use your layouts/projects in multiple challenges
*All layouts must be uploaded to the participating sites galleries and the specific message thread for the challenge. (example: If you are participating in a chipboard challenge, and you do a page that works for that challenge, make sure you post the layout/link in a message post in that challenges thread.)
Download our toolbar for instant access to our site and message boards from your internet browser, all the challenges from the participating sites will also be added to our toolbar for the crop hop.

Another Sunny Day

2007-06-23T07:08:00.001-07:00

Another Sunny day in Cali. I guess I can't complain. 78 yesterday! Whoo hoo. At least we are not up into the upper 90s yet. (Knock on wood) But I know it is coming. Not much going on around here. Have a bbq/swim party for the gstroop today. That should be fun. I thought that I would also share this picture of Alyssa and Sam. This was taken at Sam's ROTC awards banquet. Don't they look great? We are so proud of both of them. The both want to enlist next summer after high school.

On the scrapbooking front friskateers.com is having an online crop this weekend I am going to try to check that out. Also, the gdt at scrapncircle.com is still wide open, so you should check that out. So after the party tonight hopefully I will be able to get some stuff done. I need to start organizing all the cards that we are sending to the military hospital. I have set a deadline of July 15th so hopefully they will all start rolling in soon. Thanks again to all the wonderful people who have agreed to help out our gs troop. Well everyone have a wonderful Saturday, I am off to clean house.

Cards for the Troops

2007-06-09T08:03:00.001-07:00

CARDS WANTED

Hi, our Girl Scout Troop is working on a project to send packets to a military hospital in Germany. We have asked for help from our service unit and have received none. :-( So let me fill you in on what we are doing.

We are making card packets. These packets would contain blank decorated cards so that the wounded soldiers could use them to write home with. We are going to put these all in a packet with a pen and maybe stamps. Depends on how much help we get. We have a contact with a hospital in Germany who is anxiously awaiting these.

If you would like to help this is what we would need. Decorate cards, they can be any theme no specifics. Pretty easy!! Please just make sure that each card you make has it's corresponding envelope with it. Once you have completed the amount of cards you would like to send email me at gstroop362@pacbell.net and I will get you the mailing address to send them to.

We will collect all the cards put the packets together and send them to Germany. We would like to have all the cards to us by July 31, 2007. This will give us time to get them out.

Thanks so much for your help! My troop appreciates it. As a leader you want them to succeed at their projects so I am doing my best to make sure they do. ~Michelle

PS For all of you that help us out and donate cards everyone's name will go into a drawing for a great scrappy surprise just to show our appreciation!

In the Works

2007-06-06T07:57:00.000-07:00

Ok so I thought the summer would be quiet but I guess not. I have some exciting projects in the works that I am super excited about. 1st project is going to be a charity cyber crop to benefit breast cancer. We are working with some big companies to help sponsor the crop. I am sooo excited about this one. The 2nd is going to be our father daughter dance for Girl Scouts. Yes for some of you I swore the last one was it...but here I am again. This dance is going to be in the fall and I think I am leaning towards famous hollywood couples as the theme. This should be real exciting. We leave for vacation on the 13th of July and we will be gone for 2 weeks. I am looking forward to the time away. I have my new camera now so I am excited to go and take some awesome pictures. Minnesota has such great beauty. I get to meet one of my online buddies while we are there. We are planning to hit the mall of america...watch out here we come. LOL So stay tunned for details on the charity crop. I promise it will be alot of fun!!!

Exciting News

2007-06-04T18:38:00.000-07:00

These last few days have been very exciting. Have you every had those moment where the world is going your way, and you can't explain why?? Well yesterday I found out that I was picked to be on the blogger team for cropalatte.net. What a honor. I can not wait to start my term. Then today I get an email from Prima flowers and this is what it said.......

Hi Michelle,
Your name was chosen as the Prima Pick of the Week!!! In order to claim your prize please verify that you are from the US or Canada by sending your full name and address.
If you would agree we would like to post your photo on the blog along with the announcement. Please send a photo (about 4x6 or 300k) to this email.
Congrats again!!
:) Sharon

Oh my goodness I could not believe it. That soooo made my monday. So look for me on the prima blog!!!

This just in....

2007-06-02T18:45:00.001-07:00

July Guest DT Challenge has just been posted on Scrapncircle.com. Take a look and give it a try.

This is gonna be a fun one girls....Cant wait to see what you all create!This month we are looking for a mini album ...i know ...i know i was shocked too JULY GDT CHALLENGEThis month we are looking for a mini album....these are so fun to create and there are many different albums out there so we want to see your creativity flow. With it almost beeing the 4th of July we thought it might be fun to see some Unique "Stars and Stripes". Now this does not mean you have to use the traditional Red, White and Blue...we wanna see anything with "Stars and Stripes" any color. Requirements:Any Album 8x8 or smaller-could be 8x8, 6x6, tag book, ppr bag, envies...the possibilities are endless.Stars and Stripes: We would like to see your creativity here...paint...glitter...bling...stamp...find a unique way to alter your Stars and Stripes. Cover and at least 4 pages: At least one photo on each page...excluding the cover.Please post this in the gallery under July GDT and link it back to this thread. Deadline for this project is June 26,2007 The current DT will vote and we will announce the winner July 1,2007. This must be a new submission and not posted in any other gallery until the contest is over.

Happy Mail Day!

2007-06-02T13:10:00.000-07:00

Today was a wonderful happy mail day. I received my AWESOME prize from Friskars for winning the challenge on Cropalatte. I also got a great present from MichelleS for being art student of the month at schoolofscrap. Thanks Michelle I can't wait to play with it all. I also got some new clothes in the mail that I ordered. I tell you it was a happy day!!! I cleaned off my scrap table so I may see what I can do. I want to play with all my new goodies. Hope you have a wonderful Saturday!

When Life was simple

2007-05-26T15:49:00.001-07:00

Remember when life was simple? You didn't have a care in the world? You were invisible! You see something on tv and you think to yourself thank god that will never happen to me! Then all of a sudden with a blink of an eye your world changes forever. What takes just a matter of seconds to undo will take years and heart ache to fix. Kids are you most precious thing in the world. You want to keep them safe and let no one at them. You teach them right from wrong. You tell them don't do this, don't do that, and never talk to strangers, don't eat that bug. You wonder to yourself have I taught them enough? Did I do my job as a parent? You just never know. ... Sorry for the rambling many of the things that are going through my head right now. ...

What a productive weekend

2007-05-21T08:07:00.000-07:00

It was a great weekend. I got some spring cleaning done and still had time to play lots. Went to see Shrek. Not as funny as the first 2 but it was cute. I decided to join an online crop at the last minute and that ended up being a really good thing. It is a new forum just starting out http://www.cropalatte.net/forums I found them on myspace.com They are a great group of people and lots of talent on there. Wish me luck I also applied for their design team. I figure if you don't try you won't know....right? I got 5 layouts done and 2 cards. You should see the mess I have on my kitchen table. It will be fun tonight cleaning it up. NOT! LOL Here is my favorite layout from the weekend. I just got this paper from www.comingupdaisies.com it is the basic grey pheobie....LOVE it. Thanks Jeri for getting it to me sooo fast.

Yeah it's finally FRIDAY!!!

2007-05-18T07:39:00.000-07:00

And I am sooo excited. I think my scrappin mojo is coming back. Probably due to the fact that I went through 10 magazines last night. Yep I took the jump and started taking out the stuff that I like. It is amazing how much room clears up when you toss them away. I have noticed though that I only like a few things out of each magazine, so it will be nice to have a smaller book. So I can't wait to get the rest of those cleaned out. So I found the martha stewart site today while surfing the net and I still don't know what to make of her new line. I was watching her show last night (thank you tivo) and I realized her style of scrappin is very basic it is kinda like going back in time. If you haven't seen it take a look http://www.marthastewartcrafts.com/index.php?v=msc_projects&sort=-price Let me know what you think.

Shrek 3....without a child???

2007-05-17T07:34:00.000-07:00

Yes, this morning dh and I decided that we are going to see Shrek3 by ourselves without the daughter. She is not coming down this weekend so we are on our own. So we are trying to decide when is the best time to go...I can't wait to see it.

Well I have started my spring cleaning. I hate to clean but I am hoping that making myself get rid of things will simplfy my life. I am doing one small project a day to not feel so overwhelming. I keep looking at my scraptable and just walking away. I am taking Michelle's advise and going through all my scrapbook magazines and taking out the things I like then getting rid of the rest of the magazine. I am hoping to put a book together with just ideas. I think that is such a great idea. But we will see how much we get accomplished before vacation. I guess it is a good time to clean cause I have been in such a scrap funk lately and I haven't done a thing. DH still has to fix my printer...I love that printer!

Boy I am rambling today...I guess I better get to work. ARGH

Monday Monday

2007-05-14T07:35:00.000-07:00

We had such a nice weekend. We went to Oroville to see the hometown parade and to visit family for mother's day. (I will post some pictures later) Everytime I go home I realize how much a miss the small town feel. I saw my old boss and his wife (WOW how 7 years changes you) and I saw my bestfriend and her boyfriend, and I saw friends from high school. They shut down the whole downtown area and had a huge car show, chili cook off, craft fair, and carnvial. We spend hours just walking around. It was great to just hang out with my parents. But now back to reality. Back at work this morning. Ahh Monday Monday.........

Scrapncircle's June Guest DT Search

2007-05-13T16:44:00.000-07:00

Can you believe we are talking about June already?Do you have what it takes to be part of the inner circle? Your challenge for this month is to create a layout using FLOWERS. We want to see your most creative use for this very popular embellishment!!! Post your layout in the June Guest Designer gallery! We can't wait to see what you come up with!!! Layouts are due by May 25th. The winner will be announced by May 31st!!!

2007-05-13T14:20:00.000-07:00

Ok I finally took the plung into the blogging world. We will see how it goes!