Origami Box and more!!

I had the opportunity to crop Friday night AND Saturday...and I actually (really really) got stuff done!! :-) I wish I had that chance to also do some stuff @home, but, well....y'know....so off I go again this weekend!!! Yippee!!!

This little treat I'm doing as my last CTMH club project....I won't be doing clubs for myself, instead, I'll be setting up classes!! So, there won't be any committment to be made, it'll be a flat fee...AND...IF you feel like ordering something at that night's class, well, take 10% off for yourself :-) Stay tuned for scheduling....lemme know if there's a technique you'd like to try, too!!!

So here is the "origami box" that I'd had sent to me by gal-pal Carole...she found it on Splitcoast...believe me, it looks WAY harder than it is, so that makes it uber-fancy to show off to friends :-)

and the funkiest part is? THERE'S NO GLUE for the "box" part itself!! Just grab a bone folder, and have fun making creases ;-)

I was also able to put out a few layouts as well...using my fave, "Stardust" paper line from CTMH....

And I was also able to finally scrap my absolute favourite pic of my three younglings at the piano :-)

Can't wait to plan more!!!! :-)

Keep creating!!!

Getting there...

....slowly....so...many....plans.....

1) I need to get my album of CTMH samples DONE.

2) I need to go to IKEA and get m'self a kickass shelf for storing stuff...I am agonizingly frustrated by having to go upstairs, downstairs...heck, even out to the garage (ACK!!) to find supplies.

3) I need a vacation.

Okay, so that last one is a dream, but still...I AM going to Nav-Can in April!!! :-) WOO HOO!!! Just me. No kids. No meals to make. No alarm clock. NO little fingers under the bathroom door when I'm trying to hide and/or pee.

I digress.

I made a layout and a card at a....well...10 hours gal-pal crop I went to last Saturday ;-) too much gabbing, but very theraputic!!

Both contain solely CTMH products.

As an aside...I need a new printer. Mine won't print properly NOR will it scan properly. The glass is warped. How can glass be warped, you ask? I don't know...but it is. I swear!! ;-) As for the printing issues...could be from the little ornamental ROCK I plucked from it's bowels yesterday...courtesy of Thing 1, I'd imagine...he NEEDS to know how everything works....what he lacks is the capacity to realize that he's BREAKING the damned things!!! ARGH!!!! I'm loving the Epson I currently have...very cost efficient on the inks...let me know if you have one you love that has a scanner, k?

Keep up the creativity!!!

Yes, I am alive....

If I had've taken any longer of a hiatus from posting, I'd be brushing cobwebs off of myself!!! SHEESH!! You'd think I had five kids or sumpthin' ;-)

Where to begin??? Well...my passion for scrapbooking has been renewed with a vengence!!! Two passions, really....Close to My Heart (http://www.closetomyheart.com/), and Tina's Scrapbooking (http://www.tinascrapbooking.com/). Let me fill you in on both!!!

Tina's store is located in Winchester. Why would I pick something a little further away? Because of the variety of selection and the total awesomeness that is Tina. She won't even charge you for her awesomeness ;-) I've so far completed a few layouts, cards, and a TOTALLY awesomely wicked Christmas album...you MUST check it out if you're in the neighbourhood of her...I'm quite pleased with how it turned out. Yes, I admit that sounds a little cocky, but given my "understanding" that I'd let her choose a "mini" album...I thought it was an, oh, 6x6 or something.

NOPE. This thing has SECTIONS...complete with tabs!!! I used every single scrap of paper she'd left in my package. You must-see.

I've since completed some layouts, which I'll post here, and which will soon be in her store, so you can get the goodies!!

For my personal scrappin'...I have a new addiction to altering photo frames...you know, the ones that have multi-photo-ability (can you tell it's past my bedtime???). ANYhooooooo...for Christmas gifts for the grandparents, I made these multi-photo serving trays into...YUP.

...a "mini scrapbook".

And now....on to "Close To My Heart". I've had an epiphany, of sorts. I'm so "gung-ho" it's crazy!!! I will no longer be doing a personal "Hostess Club". If any of you wish to accumlate some gals pals and we meet at YOUR place? FUN FUN FUN!!! :-) You'd need another 5 gals plus yourself...I can let you know how it works for some FREE stuff!!

So NOW I can focus on doing classes :-) I love teaching!! Or, really, just getting to hang out with my OWN gal pals and chit chat whilst drinking some java and munching on something sweet. ;-)

My goal is to get a newsletter up and running before the month's end...any sooner and you might just see me on the news. Not so good.

I made this little layout with all CTMH product...this stuff really IS the schizzle :-) Lovin' it!!!

I'll keep you posted about new stuff I'm working on, I promise!!! In the meantime, keep creative!! xo