A Love Layout

So after I did absolutely ALL of my cleaning today-- which was pretty early even though I got a late start, I was able to squeeze in time for a page with one of the cute pics I took of Mikey and Lij this past weekend. I used some old Basic Grey...can't remember which line it was from and some new MM Love Notes and some K&Co. Sweet Talk acetate diecuts. I just LOVE these! I've bought several K&Co. diecut packs in the past and am always so surprised at just how many are in there! Well, worth the $5 price. Anyway, that's my page for today. TFL :) OH and you still have this week to leave me a comment on the RAK post. I'll be picking out a winner and mailing out this weekend :)

Some 8x8 pages for my BOM

I worked on these two pages for my BOM today. For the "Almost Broken" I was inspired by Sasha's "7 Hours Wrinkles" LO. I wish I'd had a brighter blue damask paper for the background, but I didn't. The LO about my Twilight obsession was all my own. I really like how that one turned out. Lij came home today and we ordered Domino's for dinner...MMM :) I got this cute picture of Mikey and Lij together. Okay, that's all for now!

More cards...

A couple more Valentine cards. I think I'm completely done with them all. Now I just have to write my messages inside. I'm glad I got go use up some of my scraps even if it was very little...it's a start! TFL :)

Can you feel the love?

With Valentine's Day right around the corner, I thought I'd have a little give away. Just a little mix of stuff that I had extras of in my stash. The vintage looking Valentine cards are from last years Daisy D's. Those little post it notes are from the Target Dollar Spot. I thought they'd make cute journal boxes. A few Tim Holtz Adage tickets, a vintage looking Prima journal page, some Prima journal cards w/those CUTE little animals, a couple of Vday diecuts and a couple of lace dolies..fun stuff! If you want to play, here's what you have to do. I'm always looking for new, inspiring scrapbook blogs to look at when I'm lacking mojo. So leave a comment and link me up to some fun, scrappy blogs. It doesn't have to be your blog....it could be blogs you follow, blogs you frequent. I'm just looking for some new cool scrapbooking blogs to check out. That's all :) I'll pick a winner by the end of next week!

Love is in the air...

Or is that just your Designer Imposters perfume? LOL Chon will get that! ;) So I decided to get a headstart on my Valentine's Day cards. I saw the ones Chon made the other day and was inspired! I had got this pack of 12 cards w/envelopes at Target a while back for $2 in the clearance section. They had a big red "square" on the front with a white border and they were just the thing to use for my cards! I cut out the characters from a sheet of Fancy Pants Splendid paper and I used nothing but scraps too so that's a plus! I love the way they came out! I think I'm still going to make a couple more. But yay, I'm pretty much done and ahead of the game! TFL :)

Another page

I did a quick page today. I had actually started this and was going a whole different way AND size, then decided to do something else. It started out as a 12x12, but then I had cropped the pic too much, so I thought I'd go with a smaller 8.5x11 page instead. I didn't lift this one which is why it was so hard to know which way to go with it. I always have a harder time trying to "figure things out" if I'm scrapping as I go..without a sketch or plan in mind. But I'm very happy with the outcome. I wanted to do a more "vintage", "shabby chic" type LO which is also hard for me at times. I think I do the more clean lined, "fun" type stuff better. Anyway..this is what I came up with. TFL :)

Some scrapping

I did some scrapping today...well..mostly last night. I just finished it up today. I really like it. The other one, I did a few days ago...maybe late last week, but hadn't uploaded it yet. TFL :)

Yard sale...

Today was the yard sale at Scrapbook 911..our LSS..well, one of them...the one I shop at the most. I had never been to one until today. My sis has sold and shopped before. And I have only sold, but this morning...VERY early I might add..lol...my sister called and asked me if I wanted to go and she'd come get me so since Mikey and Miguel were still asleep, I said okay. I got dressed in like 10 minutes and put on my make up on the way over there. I helped my sis set up and then we just waited in line. There weren't too many people. I've seen pics of past sales where the line was wrapped around the store, but we weren't too near the front of the line either so by the time I got in there...even though it was literally only seconds...I couldn't really get to a table to look because people were crowded around them. Some people were just grabbing TONS of stuff and sticking it in their bags...crazy! I did manage to find a few good deals...some papers, rubons, stickers. Some things still had their original prices on them and stuff that was marked for like $5.49 or $4.99, I got for FIFTY cents a piece! THAT is awesome! I only spent $17, but I got lots of sheets of "good" heavy weight paper like Heidi Swapp, Fancy Pants, BG, MME. Got some Fancy Pants rubons, some Cosmo Cricket rubons, some Sassafras Lass rubons...good stuff. Don't know if I would shop another one, but it was an experience :) Afterwards, we hit up an M's and we found that cool Martha Stewart heart lace border punch...yay! Thankfully Chon was kind enough to share a coupon with me so I got it for 40% off :) Also got a cute K&CO tag pad, some K&CO stamps, some cute owl 3d stickers and I think that's it. Good deals...good shopping day...now I should sit my butt down and start cranking out some pages, huh? I worked on another LO tonight...almost done with it...just adding some finishing touches. I think I'll upload that one and the one I got done a few days ago tomorrow. Chon, I think we need to plan Scrapapalooza 2 to make a dent in our stash. What do you think? :) Time for bed....more later :)

An update....

I just realized I hadn't posted in a week! I can't even say it's because I haven't been online because I have...every day...lol. I think last Saturday I went to a baby shower with my mom...for Miguel's best friend's wife. VERY nice people...really...they are the kind of people I strive to be more like. The shower was nice and it was a nice little "vaca" from the kiddies even if only for a couple of hours. Sunday, we took Lij back to his dad's. On Monday, my good friend Melissa brought her kids over to play with Mikey and we had a nice little visit. I hadn't seen her in over two years...probably almost THREE! The kids got along so well..it was such a nice time. Miguel came home early from work that day because he wasn't feeling well. He had a doctor's appointment... said it was his allergies and prescribed him some allergy meds, but he didn't get any better. He stayed home the next day too. He was runny a fever, had a horrible cough. I knew he had to feel BAD because Miguel does NOT miss work..no matter what! It's true! He went to our family doctor on Tuesday or Wednesday..can't recall because he still felt horrible. Turns out he had Bronchitis. The doc gave him a shot, antibiotics and cough meds. Thankfully, he is now on the road to recovery. He's been home all week. Too bad he didn't get to enjoy it since most of the time was spent asleep in bed feeling horrible I bet! He's going back to work on Sunday. I'm going to miss him...it was kind of nice taking care of him. We took our mom to eat lunch today for her birthday tomorrow. We ate at Sea Island. I think the catfish I ate did not sit well with me because I had a bad stomache ache until a bit ago. The last time I ate there, the same thing happened. No more Sea Island for me. We did a little bit of shopping before lunch...Chon, my mom and I. Got some stickers at HL and a few scrappy goodies at M's. Oh and I went by 911 after lunch to pick up a RAK I had won on their blog..a cool acrylic album. I picked up a few things there too..not much at all..only spent $9. I wanted to get some scrapping done today, but I had a bad allergy headache..then the whole stomach ache. Maybe tomorrow. Chon is coming over after the 911 yard sale. We are having apple pie instead of cake...my mom wanted a pie. Hmm...what else? Can't think of anything right now. It's late and I'm still not feeling so great so I think I'll go to bed. Oh, I did finish one page the other day...just need to upload it. Okay, that's all for now :)

Craigslist

The paints are still available. The "lot" includes the paint trays/brushes, all the MM paints as well as the P inc ones. I'm asking for $20 local; $20 plus shipping if out of town.

The chipboard has already been SOLD :)

Both of these items are for sale together. I am asking $15 for local; $15 plus shipping if out of town.

All of the ribbons are being sold together. I'm asking for $10 local; $10 plus shipping if out of town.

The flowers have already been SOLD :)

I have a whole bunch of scrap stuff listed on Craigslist and since I can only upload four pics there, I'm uploading them here for potential buyers.