sicker than a dog

Why do we use that saying?  Is feeling like a sick dog the sickest a person can get?  I don't think so.  I don't feel like a dog either.  I just feel sick.  Like a cold/congested/sore throat/cough kind of sick.  Blech!

So I turn around and another week has gone by.  Sorry about that.  I haven't been as productive as I would like.  I did get my March Project Life done.  Well, mostly done.  I wanted to make a scrap page of my birthday but the one and only picture I have is horrible and I'm having a hard time doing anything with it.  So we'll wait until I feel better and we'll see what happens.

Classic numbers retired.  Delightful daffodil, rose red, poppy parade, basic black, old olive cardstock.  Poppy parade and black Stazon inks.  Big shot, simple alpha die, small oval punch (retired), 3/4" circle punch, wood sheets, naturally serif alpha die. 

This is the whole 2 page spread.  I had A LOT of stuff this month.  I swear it took me forever to figure out how to do the month card this time around.  Mainly just because I get interrupted a lot and I lose any b  vf b vcdrf  (see!  Thats 17 bugging me right now) 

what was I saying?  Oh yeah, I easily lose my train of thought. 

On the right there is an 8.5x11 insert with an attendance award for Grace.  On the back of that will go my birthday scrap page.

See the number 5 there?  I kept thinking of using a Scrabble piece but I was too lazy to go look through my extra pieces.  So I made something similar.  I stamped the 5 in Stazon on the wood sheet and then took the lid off of my chapstick and stamped the rim in Poppy Parade (that color is retiring May 31......so sad) and stamped around the 5.  Perfect size. 

No extra stamping goodies on this page.  Just life stuff.  See that pic on the left in the middle?  So many people use their Instax cameras that give these cute little Polaroid type pics. 

I don't have one of those. 

So I faked it.  I printed out a wallet size and then just left a larger white border on one side. 

Thats something to remember:  I don't have Photoshop or anything like that so I just use my Windows program that came with Windows 7.  It ony allows me to print regular size prints.  Nothing fancy here folks.  I know, obviously Beth.

Alrighty then. I have every family member within touching distance around me right now, I guess I'd better get dinner going. 

Thanks for being patient with me. 

Oh yeah, before I go, Ali Edwards is starting her Week In The Life this week.  I am doing it with her and I want you to do it too.  You don't have to start today if you don't want.  You can start whenever, just start.  Thats all that matters.  You can see mine from last year here.  I'll update you on it tomorrow........I think......I hope.........I'll try. 


Thanks for stopping by. 

Blessings. b.

these hands

Hey!

I've got another losing Artisan Award project to show you.  ( The Boy just read that sentence and said, "Well, thats being positive.") 

Last year I really struggled with my scrap pages but this year, I love them.  I think they each turned out great.  I wish I still had them.  I do have pics although the pictures are horrible.  We actually unpacked the box to take them because I forgot to do it beforehand.  So click on it to make it bigger to see the detail. 

I {heart} Hearts and Wonderful Favorites.  Crumb cake and very vanilla cardstock.  Either Baja Breeze or Marina Mist (not sure which) and crumb cake inks.  Dotted ribbon punch, Springtime Vintage DSP, clearlits rectangle die, big shot, neutrals buttons, hemp or linen thread, dimensionals, naturally serif alpha die, newsprint DSP, neutrals patterned paper pack.

I loved the idea of this page.  We actually took pictures of my hands.  I wanted pictures of my MIL hands but we were running out of time.

Looks like I really need to invest in some good moisturizer. 

I think I'll do this page again but with her hands.  I love looking at hands.  If you think about it, they have such stories to tell.  I would love to create a reminder of what her hands look like.  I still remember what my mom's hands looked like, I wish I had a picture though. 

This is a pretty self explanatory page but let me know if you have any questions. 

In other news, I ordered a whole mess of Stampin' Up! goodies last week and they are on their way here!  Super excited!   Wait until you see the Holiday Mini Catalog!  WOW!  Lots of nifty stuff in there. 

Alrighty then, 17 and I are going to watch last night's Next Food Network Star.  I want Susie to win. 

Thanks for stopping by and hanging out and checking in and looking around and well..........you know.  I love when you stop by. 

Blessings, b.

crazytown.......

........for whatever reason that has been my go-to word lately.

 Crazytown

We just got back from Iowa.  It is very very very very very ..........very green there.  So unlike where I live.  I live in a more deserty area.  Its very very very very very.........very brown here. 

In fact when we were driving home from the airport we all kinda looked around and said, "its ugly here."

Its not really ugly here but the contrast was quite evident.   It did kind of make my family realize that there are other (better?) places we could live instead of So. Cal. 

I keep saying that when the market picks up again, (and you know it will), that we are selling the house and moving away.  The idea of Idaho or Washington or Oregon or northern Nevada sounds good to me.  We'll see.

Anyhow, we had a wonderful trip.  Only a few delayed planes and one missed connection. 

I have tons of pics but because I live in Crazytown, I haven't even unloaded the camera.  I'll get right on that. 

I had every good intention of getting a few posts ready to go for when I was gone but ran out of time.  Remember?  Crazytown.

Here are the Father's Day cards I ended up with:

Woodgrain background.  Crumb cake and early espresso cardstock.  Crumb cake ink.  Cork, Naturally serif alpha die, big shot, brads, sponging and old book paper. 

Both of our dads are guys that work with their hands.  My dad is an architect and my FIL was an engineer for Northrup, sorry, I meant Rockwell. 

A few months ago they were closing out the models at the site where the hubs was working and they were going to throw out some old books.  My guy knows I like books so he brought them home to me.  One of them was an old Sunset building book. 

It has bunches of plans for sunrooms, gardens, ponds, etc.  So I helped myself to a few blueprints.

Can you see the brads here?  I smashed them with a hammer.  Because of the size of the paper, I made these 3.75" x 5.5".  That left me enough room to let the cork hang off the edge a bit.

The cork wasn't cooperating on this card.  For both cards I scrunched up the paper and rubbed ink over the raised parts. 

Alrighty then, thats it for now.  I hope to be back on track with things quickly. 

Today the new Idea Book and Catalog went live!  My wish list is a mile long.  Let me know if you'd like a catalog.  Or you can check it out here 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I'll be announcing some new things shortly. 

Blessings from Crazytown, b.