one more for the books

it's no secret that I love the scrappy style of Melissa Mann, so here is a layout that was inspired by one of hers. The only problem is....it looks nothing like it. I love all the colors and layout, don't get me wrong.....just wouldn't pass as one of hers....lol

thanks melissa for all the inspiration!

This layout is of my son the first day he learned to ride without training wheels. I was so proud, the training wheels came off and he just started zipping around like he had been doing it forever.

Only 2 layouts left on the desktop....hopefully I'll get some scrapping done this weekend. (in between eating turkey and cleaning out the storage closet.....oh and I should get some halloween decorations up too)

Have a great week, we're half way to the weekend

free glimmer mist

so my bottle of pumpkin glimmer mist is almost empty....the sprayer is CLOGGED beyond repair. So I was going to pitch it and go buy ANOTHER.....but then

I look over at my water bottle and think to myself

"Gee I wonder if it would work????"

So I add the water, give it a swirl....and a spray

The sprayer is UNCLOGGED and the glimmer mist is FULL!

And the color is just as vibrant as before.

I wonder how many times I can fill it?

And really, if the color fades....no big deal! It's still orange....and basically FREE!

Dig out your almost empty bottles and give it a try....

4 left on the desktop

here is one of the 4 layouts left on my desktop to share....I've got to get some more scrapping done so I can share some more. Didn't realize how much I miss blogging.

One night in NYC I was tired, and my feet were sore....when we stopped at the little cart outside our hotel so Rob could grab a steak and cheese for the room....I looked at him and "I falafal".....he didn't get it at first, he just thought I said "I feel awful"....then I pointed to the sign for falafals....and he got what I meant.

Then the next day, we were both tired and had sore feet and when we walked by another cart....he turned to me and said "I falafal".....he so gets my humour!!!!

Don't you just love the pinwheels? Was cropping with the girls a few weekends ago and Tina was showing off her BEAUTIFUL layout which had these on them....so what was a scraplifter to do???? well scraplift of course. Thanks Tina

Now I only have 3 left....but I have a couple C-mas projects in the works....a Banner "go figure"....and another little scraplifting project from Tracey.....only mine is going to be for Christmas.

Thanks for the inspiration ladies!!!!

Hope you enjoyed....blog soon!

30 days of September update

so we set out in the month of September to remove 30 bags of junk from this house....

it started of good....got great....and then faded off.

But....we got a lot out of here....

8 bags to charity and 6 to garbage

sold 2 bags of clothes

and still have a few larger items that need to be gotten rid of.

Even though I am a little disappointed we didn't reach our goal, but the progress is great! This month when I dig out the Halloween decorations, I plan to tackle the storage closet

(we don't have a basement...so it is FULL!)

Our grand total

16 bags (plus 5 larger items gone)....

Add the 5 bags of stuff that was removed from the kitchen this summer....

that's 21 bags...and I don't miss a single thing that we got rid of.

My goal...to live a simpler life!

Let's see what October brings.

1 photo 2 looks

ok, so I scrapped this picture....and then...scrapped it again.

WHY?

well, it's simple....totally forgot I had already scrapped it. LOL DUH

but I do love both takes

the above was done in my new favorite color....Gray....but the gray must be accompanied by another color in order for me to love it....pink, yellow, various shades of purple will all do. And a banner....how can you go wrong with a banner???? This "Lost and Found" line is just dreamy, I bought every piece they had. I love the glitter too! And the die cut! And the colors!!!

My advice...FIND IT! BUY IT!

this one was done as an 8 1/2 x 11....this is new to me. I have always worked square (12", 8", 6".....you get the picture)....but recently adding 8.5 x 11 to the mix is wonderful. I have even added them into my 12 x 12 albums....saw this on Ali Edwards blog and really it is what inspired me to give it a try. AND I LOVE IT!!!! You start with your picture, and a few embellies and all of a sudden you have a completed page.

Another reason to love 8 1/2 x 11....when you trim down a 12x12 double sided page (especially the beautiful double sided scribble scrabble papers!)...you get to use the backside on the page too. It was always hard to hide away the back side....especially when the two sides were a tough choice....but with this size....PROBLEM SOLVED.

Last night I made (can you guess???).....a banner! It is a paper banner of halloween papers to hang in my cubicle. yes I work in a cubicle now....I have never worked in a cubicle...but those drab gray colors needed a little pick me up....and a banner was the answer.

Since I forgot to take a pic of the banner, I'll have to take a pic of my cubicle to share the finished product. Guess that means I am going to have to get busy and make one for Christmas....Valentines Day...St. Patty's Day....Easter....

YOU GET THE PICTURE.

Thanks for stopping by, have a great night

where did the neutrals go?

In keeping with the theme of Fancy Pants and their Rusted Sun line, here is another layout with this line. But my question is....where did the neutrals go???

I have long been a neutral scrapper....attached to cardstock backgrounds and simple titles. But lately I have been stepping outside the box....look, I even used two different colors for the title...WOW. Rough on my A type personality let me tell ya, but since I had no "s" or "a" left in the orange...I dipped into the turquois.

I think I like it!

Maybe I have started something here????

OR it's a phase and I will quickly revert back to my old ways....

Thanks for stopping by, hope you had a wonderful weekend.

blog neglect

my blog has been so neglected, it's a shame really.

But last week my scrappy mojo was flowing when I spent the day scrapping with some friends....and scrapping with these girls causes the mojo to explode.

here is the first LO I did....I used Rusted Sun by "Fancy Pants" and initially I thought of these warm colors are "fallish" but once I put it up against the turquois it screamed summer.

this was out trip to Boston and we took the Duck Boat Tour, and the kids got to drive the boat....which they really got a kick out of.

I cut my embellies from the patterned paper (with the exception of the whimsy buttons), used a border punch on some scrap paper....and then glued the left overs down....which was very tedious, but worth it in the end.

There are 7 more layouts on my desktop to share....the past two weeks have been very productive for me! Hope this keeps up

Thanks for stopping by