A quick LO

Just a quick LO I did today while packing up for Saturday's crop. Love that Reminisce paper..wish I'd gotten more. Got to use my Zigs to color in the flourish stamps. TFL :)

WHERE have I been????

Okay, someone tell me I'm not totally late in finding this thing! I was at Scrapbook Heaven yesterday to get these cool, new Autumn Leaves frames stamps because 911 doesn't have them or maybe they did and they just don't have them anymore. Either way, I normally don't shop there at all anymore, but I really wanted these stamps. So, I came across this Fiskars border punch thing and was looking at the back wondering if I could use it to make a decorative edge on my papers kind of like the scalloped edge papers, you know? So, they have two different kinds and I take both so that I can ask the girl at the front if she knows if this will work the way I want it to. So, I ask her and she says no because something about the paper having to go in this side and not being able to turn it around ect, ect...I'm a visual person so just looking at the packaging, I couldn't understand how it was used. I decided to get it anyway, because I thought it would still make a really pretty border on my paper even if the edge was straight. So, after I do all my stuff at home last night and Mikey is in bed, I decide to go into my scraproom to play with this thing and see what it can do. Well, I just about nearly fell out of my chair!! LOL It does EXACTLY what I want it to do!! It is literally the coolest scrapbooking thing I have so far!! LOL I ran downstairs and told Miguel the whole story about the girl in the store and how I wanted it to cut the paper, ect, ect and bless his heart he just sat there and looked at me and listened (he's the BEST!). Now, I want the other one too and maybe more if there are different borders. I know I have seen these at Wal Mart and Hobby Lobby before and maybe even Target, but never really knew what they could do or what they were used for! OMG..I wonder if when punches go half off at HL, if those would count too?? I am SOOOO there when they do!! LOL

BTW, I just want to say that shopping at Scrapbook Heaven yesterday made me realize how much I love Scrapbook 911. Sure, it's a nice big store...well, it looks bigger to me than 911, but the selection is not as great and the workers there almost NEVER know what you are talking about when you ask them about a specific paper or product. The people at 911 are just so friendly and helpful and KNOWLEDGEABLE about the stuff they sell. You can aske anyone...Mimi, Michelle, even Mike and they will know just what you are talking about. I love that! So other than the occassional visit to Scrapbook Heaven for something 911 might not have, I choose Scrapbook 911 for all my scrappy fixes!! LOL I should do a commercial huh?? LOL
OH, here's some pics of what this cool punch can do :)

Even More Scrapping Done

Here are a couple more LOs I have done in the past couple of days. The first one with the pic of Mikey is a scraplift of Starlilly_star's "My Only Sunshine" LO on sb.com. She has the neatest LO's next to Thecircleguru which is who I scraplifted the second one from. That was inspired by her "Summertime" LO. On both LOs, I used transparencies, my acrylic stamps and Stazon ink to make the sticker looking embellies. I am LOVING the look of that! The first time I did it was on the LO with the pic of Mikey and the butterfly and now I am just doing that everywhere!! LOL Anyway, thanks for looking :)

Some New LOs

I just wanted to post some pics of a couple of my new LOs. I am really loving MME lately and that whole kind of "vintage" look. Funny how my style changes from time to time! I used my new Heidi Swapp clocks stamps I got from SB 911 on the first LO. And on the second...you know those Jenni Bowling bingo cards? Well, I used my Hallmark Studio card making software to make my own version of them and I have to say, it came out pretty good! I have ordered some of the real ones though and can't wait to get them! I like the idea of making my own though and being able to change the colors and the font as well as use whatever word I want. Okay, it's late and I'm REALLY sleepy...I'm out for the night :)

OOPS...forgot about these other two LOs I did a few days ago. The friends one, I framed and is hanging in my sb room.

Another LO

Here's a LO I did for an old friend of mine...well not old as in she is old, but in that we have known each other for about 26 years. It's of her and her boyfriend. She really loved it when I showed it to her. I'm glad :)

Some more LOs

Here are two more LOs I did today. I really love the one with Mikey. I made my own overlay frame using a transparency, my AL flourish stamps, and Stazon ink. I think it came out pretty awesome! The second one I did is of me and my sis with a friend we have known since we were 7 years old! That's 26 years! WOW!! I guess she's more like family than just a friend. We spent some time together on Saturday and had a blast! I know the paper I used on that LO is kind of outdated, but can you believe I had NEVER used it until today??? I think it looks pretty good mixed with the other two paper lines. Anway, thanks for looking. OH and FYI, Miguel liked his LO and didn't say anything about the flowers! LOL :)

Another LO

This is a LO I did today with a pic of Miguel at the river this past weekend. It was a scraplift of a LO on 2 Peas. I wonder if Miguel will mind that I put flowers on his LO?? LOL :)

Another quick LO and a better pic of my new hair :)

I did this LO pretty quickly yesterday. I was inspired by a LO in the sb.com gallery by my friend thecircleguru (Ali). I am constantly stalking her gallery for inspiration and ideas. She does the most beautiful LO's ever!! :)




This is just a different pic of me with my new haircut. I'm really liking it! And it's so darn easy to fix too. It took SOOO long to dry all that hair I had before! HUGE difference in time! I think that I will grow it out and donate it again. I'm sure it would take me about a year and a half though, but it is well worth it!

FINALLY...some LO's

I've been scrapping since I came back home....LOL!! The first two LO's I did at my mom's house while we were over there. We had taken Elijah to eat at the Rainforest Cafe for his birthday. It was SO neat there! The food was good...I wouldn't call it great...a bit overpriced IMO, but the atmosphere was awesome! Lij loved it! And we all had such a great time so it was worth it. That whole day, we did stuff just for him. I took him to Wal Mart and we both had breakfast at the McDonald's in there. Then I got him a camo comforter set for his new twin bed and a lava lamp for his room, we went and got his hair cut, then we went to play putt putt golf, then we had dinner, then we went to this cool mirror maze thing downtown across the street from the Alamo. He had such a great day!

This last LO I started yesterday and finished up this morning while I was waiting for it to be time to go out and wait for the school bus. I took that pic the day before we took Elijah out for his birthday . We had a cake for him at my mom's house and he got to open his gifts. It's so funny. Him and Matthew are sometimes hanging off of each other...literally and Mattie calls them BFFs...LOL I think it's funny...but cute!! LOL



I started another LO with a pic of Mikey at the zoo, but I haven't finished that one yet. I'm really liking it so far. I'll post that later.

My Hair

This is me with my new haircut. Not the best pic of me, but there it is! I really love it! And the color isn't too drastic from what I had already. I'll try to get a better pic.