CHA here I come

My Bags Are Packed & I'm Ready To Go. That song "I'm Leaving on a Jet Plane" is going thru my head... even though I'm driving. I'm sure I'm taking more than I need clothes wise but with the heat down there I'm bound to go thru more than one outfit a day.

I'll be driving down to Heather's tomorrow morning & riding with her the rest of the way to Orlando. We'll be arriving around dinner time.

My string of "bad luck" now rubbed of on our poor dog Rosie. Friday night she came in from outside potty break & was caughing when I gave her a biscut. Well she swelled up really bad so she must have got stung by something outside. She took 2 days worth of prednesone & benedryl but she's better now. Thankfully it wasn't too serious but boy did she look bad.



I'll be taking lots of photos & posting throughout the week as the hotel internet allows. I've got all your comments printed out so I know what y'all want to see.

I can't wait to meet so many of you in person finally! Another highlight will be watching them film Paperclipping Newsbreak. Noell Hyman, her hubby Izzy & Nancy Nally are the nicest people & they sure give us breaking scrapbook info each & every week. Keep checking the Paperclipping Site here. all week because they will be loading video of CHA.

Before I go I'll post another layout I made with products from the Everything Scrapp'n Online Scrapbooking Store.

I participate in a weekly challenge on the 2peas pub board called "Flashback Friday". The topic was to scrap a big event & how you felt about it. In 1981 I was absorbed in the Charles & Diana wedding story so that's what I chose.... I just loved that dress. Since I was in a hurry I didn't do my usual careful trick to keep the pearl swirl from getting all wonky since the last 2 I had no problems with... well this one decided to give me grief so that's why it doesn't look like the package. I'll have to make a tutorial about the transferring pearl/bling swirls when I get back. It's saved me a lot of grief (when I do it lol)



Supplies: Paper (My Mind's Eye -Bellezo Belleza, My Mind's Eye -Bellezo French Boutique, My Mind's Eye - Sophie, My Mind's Eye - Fullfilled); Lace & Ribbon (Hobby Lobby); Pearls (Prima - Small Swirl); Flower (Prima); Letters (Tim Holtz - Grungeboard); Letter Stickers (Making Memories); Pin (Maya Road)


Have a great week.

Scrapbook Shopping Frenzy

I love a good bargain... Everything Scrapp'n is having a huge sale today on paper. Visit the store here - many sheets are just $0.20! Including Jenni Bowlin, Pink Paislee, Fancy Pants, Cosmo Cricket. Too good to miss - I'm off to fill up my cart.


I sure am dragging but it was so worth it. Friday & Saturday at the Scrapbook Expo were really great! I shopped for a couple hours on Friday. Since I went last year I based my "plan" on what I was impressed by for that show. Melissa Frances was huge last year with so many $1 specials. The lines ran the length of the building with her big mini albums at $1 each people had their baskets & arms filled.... No vintage looking tin buckets & bins this year for a buck either... oh well. This year there were a few good deals & her paper is beautiful $ priced 10 sheets for $5. I couldn't pass up this set of stamps for $5 & a couple of the dollar finds...
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More Dollar Finds at another booth....


Another must stop was Heidi Swapp. So many of her embellishments last year were 3 for $2.49 (love her brads). No brads this year but I got some ghost shaped flowers & letters, felt flowers, masks, chipboard letter packs were $0.99 each & this great bag filled with goodies for $29.00 - I called it the bag in the bag in the bag & more (Big bag, camera bag - could double for a purse easily, small tabletop tool tote, Heidi Clock & Clock Overlay, Heidi Months of the Year Stamp Set, chipboard shapes, HUGE pack of Tim Holtz Grungeboard letters, etc) so I think I did well at her booth. Great bags don't you think?


I found the new Collage Press sweets line of paper - it was retail price but one we can't find locally so I couldn't resist...


And you know me & diecut paper.... Super cute & can be used for my sons layouts


I Picked up a few more Copics at $4 each to add to my beginning collection. Who could pass up Thickers for $1.99 a pack - sure not me. The Quickutz dies were very inexpensive. The small ones were $1 each - I had to get the file folder one for that price.

One booth stocked quite a good selection of Tim Holtz & Basic Grey. I purchased the Tim Holtz ruler with the holes for stitching (LOVE IT) and a pack of his tiny paperclips.

There was a huge selection of Unity Stamps covering a wall - I finally got to see the stamping blocks & now I see why everyone raves about them. That's next on my list to purchase from Unity.

I stocked up on some of my vintage ribbon & twine from Grossgrain Annie.

My favorite LSS - EMI Scrapbooking shared the booth with them. On Saturday I helped out in the booth doing the card make & take, stocking, & checking people out. That was so much fun to hang out with Susan, Jen & Michelle. Susan (the owner) gave me 2 free tickets to get in both days & bought me these 2 packages of Tattered Angels Bingo Cards for helping out!

So sweet - I loved hanging out with them & helping any way I could. She'll be posting photos today or tomorrow on the store blog here I left the house Saturday without my camera or should I say I left it behind on purpose because it's acting up the photos of the show I took on Friday were all blurry. I changed memory cards & batteries so the ones I took at home look much better even though they are inside with the weird light in my scrap room.

Don't forget to watch Noell Hyman & Nancy Nally today talking about all the current Scrapbooking industry news. The show starts at 1 pm eastern time. Check out Paperclipping here. Then visit the Paperclipping Newsbreak link.

Finally I wanted to thank Stephaine for giving me this blog award over the weekend. I love her cards & we've been crossing paths at the Unity Stamp Thursday blog hops & chat day. Please check out her blog for some great inspiration. Thanks so much Stephanie for thinking of me!


So to pass it along I'll nominate some super talented gals who never fail to inspire & encourage me.

Michelle Crawford

Patti Hamil

Dedra Long

Lesley Oman

Rules:

By accepting this award you agree to display this award proudly on your sight and include a post link back to the giver.

Share this award with a few other people or as many as you would like.

Have a wonderful Monday! I'm off to catch up on all the housework that didn't get done last week while I was playing..... 2 weeks until CHA wow I'm super excited - the countdown begins!

Creative Tuesday

Creating Keepsakes is having a free online summer camp July 13-17. I signed up yesterday & thought I would pass the info on to you. Here's the post on the CK blog. I heard about it on the weekly live broadcast of Paperclipping Newsbreak with Noell Hyman & Nancy Nally. You get such up to date info listening to those two insiders.

Since it's Tuesday Paperclipping Live is on tonight at 9:30 eastern time. Terri Bradford is filling in once again for Noell. I'm sure she will be sharing some great new products & inspiring us with her designs. Check out Paperclipping here.

Here's my card for Monday's Scrapperie sketch challenge.

Scrapperie's Inspiration du Jour summer inspiration has started. Check the board to get your daily dose of creative ideas. Each day of the week is a different type of challenge. There is sure to be one that will spark ideas in you. There are lots of prizes too. The rules state: Participation in these challenges is completely up to you: Join in as little or as much as you want. As an incentive for playing along with us, I will be offering gift certificates to the Boutique. On the 10th of every month (starting in July), I will pick 5 people to win gift certificates in amounts of $5, $10, $15, $20 & $25.

Sandi is also choosing a Member of the Week so you may have your chance in the spotlight at Scrapperie. Load your creations in the gallery.

Here is my layout from last Flashback Friday Challenge at 2peas. Topic was weddings. This is my parents. I know it doesn't have all the journaling -- my mom didn't call me back to let me know if what I remembered about the details was correct... that's why it's so important to get your family to write down the memories or take the time to talk to them. I sure wish I had done more of that with my grandparents....

If you are a regular reader you know how much I am a vintage kind of gal. I saw in the Making Memories newsletter today that they have a new vintage line exclusively in Michaels. Here's the details. I may have to swing by there today & check it out. Maybe get some of those pins with my coupon. I'd rather buy at LSS but for it seems that MM is doing a few of their lines with Michaels. What do you think about this?

Hope you have a wonderful day. I'm off to the DMV to stand in line to renew my drivers license. Sounds like fun.... not. I've been up there 3 times & left since the line to get a number to wait in line was over 40 people deep & out the door. They sure need to find a new way of doing this if you have to change info it should be able to be done online. Sorry for the rant....

Monday Already

I was looking forward to a relaxing weekend... not quite what I was hoping for but still nice to spend time with my family. I had been spoiled by the cool weather we were getting so late into May here in Georgia... well this weekend everything changed & it was in the high 80's super humid typical summer weather. I guess my body just hasn't had a chance to get used to the big jump in temps but it was smothering & I was doing more than "glistening" I was sweating like a pig lol.

My sister & I went to lunch on Saturday then to Barnes & Nobles. I stayed in the magazine section & it was sad to see Simple Scrapbooks & Memory Makers side by side for the last time. Memory Makers had an outstanding issue filled with wonderful layouts including 1 sweet page by Crystal Brothers & 2 of Stacey Michaud's beautiful pages. It's a fantastic issue & I will really miss MM when it's run it finished next month.

I'm so glad it's June 1. The Layout A Day challenge with Lain Ehmann is finished. I so enjoyed it but it's good to have the pressure off. Congrats to everyone in the group that completed the challenge.

I'm still plugging away with the challenges over at the Nook. Stacey Michaud posted a challenge & I had plenty of time to complete it but let life get in the way & was just enjoying spending time with family instead of just scrapping it so at 8 pm I started working on my layout (I didn't even have all the photos printed in the right size). I'm amazed this slow poke made the layout, including sewing & embellishing, photographed the layout, photographed my inspiration, photoshop edited, posted in the Nook gallery, Photobucket (to link it into the forum thread post), and posted in the forum at 8:57! wow less than 3 minutes to spare. My hubby & sons were watching a movie & I was talking to myself & the computer yelling "faster". Yes I think I've lost it..... but I DID IT! It's not even a bad layout IMHO - what do you think?

Stacey's challenge was to look around & find inspiration somewhere & show that item. Our fireplace was the inspiration for the design. The bottom strip of photos over the years came from looking at the blocks on the fireplace.

The June Monthly Challenge is up at the Paperclipping Forum. I hope you join in the fun. Remember you can enter up to 3 layouts.

Monday is also the live broadcast of the Paperclipping Newsbreak with hosts Noell Hyman & Nancy Nally. It starts 1 PM eastern time.

Have a wonderful Monday!