The Well's Run Dry

So I got two more LOs done. Well, one still needs a title, but I have run out of ink so I won't be scrapping until I get around to buying new carts:) Here they are:

This is the one that still needs a title. I got this from an idea sheet at M's. The papers are MAMBI Cornicopia Specialty paper pack. Both papers are flocked. All the little felt flowers are from T's $ Spot from last year...or the year before. Can't recall. The bigger glittery ones are Scrapworks Shimmer Shapes. Diecut tag is Daisy D's and I added some adhesive gems in the centers of some of the leaves. Anyone got any ideas for a title??? The LO on the sheet was titled "Thankful" and the little "tag" said..."I am thankful for...". I think I need a Autumn/Fall related title since I went that way:)

This next one is a lift off of 2Peas. I've had this in my BOS for a while and ran across it while browsing my BOS. Papers are Cosmo Cricket Dutch Girl, MM Noteworthy journaling sheet, Lil' Davis chipboard alphas, HS chandalier stamp, HG flower/stem stamp, AL flourish stamp and button. Cricut cut "you" and "up my" using Plantin Schoolbook and "LIGHT" using Storybook. The big black flower/stem is also cut using the Storybook cart. I still need to do my journaling on this one:)

Lal and I are working on mini books. She started hers first and when I saw hers, I decided to take a crack at it myself too. I've never done one before and I'm liking it:) I'll update with pics later:)

Heading off to bed. Have a great night:)

Two More For Today...

And my grand total is:...94!!! I'm SO close. Only 6 more to go to reach my goal for the year. So exciting;)

This was a lift from a woman named Sasha Farina's blog. Lal lifted this LO and I loved it so I lifted too. I love her work:) The woman's, not Lal's...LOL...You too Lal;)

The pics are from V's bday party this past month. Laney and Carolyn were in her class last year, but they are still good friends. Used CI decorative edge paper, Scenic Route pp, K&Co. Mira diecut, 7 Gypsies sticker, HS chipboard heart, adhesive gems, Stickles, Scribbles. Cut the deer with my Wishblade out of suede paper. Primas, AL buttons, Love Elsie pp to cut out the little circles. AL Whimsy Frames stamp and Studio G stamp... and the butterfly sticker is Miss Elizabeth's.

This one was a lift off of Michelle L. She is on sb.com...I'm pretty sure:) I used MM Passport and Noteworthy papers as well as a strip of Scenic Route. MM 5th Avenue diecut, Jenni Bowlin bingo card. I cut the flowers stem with my Wishblade. Used the MS lace border punch on the green strip of cardstock and the zig zag emboss one on the piece of the black Scenic Route. The little "label" underneath my diecut I cut using my Cricut Storybook cart. Man, I LOVE that cart. Definately my best buy yet. I really want the Graphically Speaking next...K...I got a little off track there:)

K...it's a little late and I'm pretty tired. I better get to bed. Thank God tomorrow is Friday:)

Something Other Than A LO...

I saw the Halloween banner that Gina posted on her blog and it totally inspired me to make one of my own:) It didn't take long at all and it looks pretty cute hanging off the mantel:)

I used my Cricut Storybook cart to cut the shapes and the letters then I decorated with the new K&Co. Halloween diecuts. I was wondering what I was going to do with all those;) I also traced inside the letters with purple Stickles.

I'm working on another LO right now. It's almost done so I will upload sometime later this evening. Gotta go finish up some dishes and start getting ready for the evening bedtime routine;)

91 & 92...

That is my current LO count. I did two today. Pretty simple and quick ones, but it's getting me warmed up and into the "mood";)

This one was all me...no lift...for once:) Pic of V and Gabby at her bday party this past month. Paper is MM Noteworthy. I've used this paper on two different LOs and now I wish I had another sheet. I really love it:) Also MM Noteworthy journaling sheet, Marcella by Kay dimensional glitter flowers, MME diecut, 7 Gypsies A La Card stickers and Sizzix cut decorative accent.Lift from my lastest issue of Scrapbooks Etc. Textured cardstock, Scenic Route pp (cut out the stems), MM Noteworthy journaling sheet, MME diecut, MM Garden Party paper flower, Imaginisce crotched flower, AL button, Love Elsie chipboard buttons. I used my Fiskars Threading Water punch to make my little "border" and 7 Gypsies A La Card stickers.

Today was Picuture Day for Victoria. Here she is this morning. She wanted to wear her hair down for pics:)

I got her this little top at Target. I LOVE the Yes clothes that they carry. The pieces are just too darn cute. This is the 3rd piece I have bought her so far. We had a lot last year, but I'm trying not to buy too much:)

I went by HL yesterday and finally found the DCWV 12x12 glitter stack that I'd been searching for for quite a while. Now I just need the perfect photo:) TFL. Have a great day:)

What's Going On in My Life...

So I'd been having some trouble with my truck. I finally took it in this morning to Pep Boys down the street. $300 is what it's going to cost me. I sure hope this is going to remedy the problem or else I'm in the hole some more:( If I have to replace the transmission, I'm looking at about $1500!!! Sooo sad:( I'm hoping I won't have to go there. Keeping my fingers crossed.

So we did that this morning then went out to breakfast. Killed some time window shopping in some stores, then called to see if the truck was ready. I dropped it off at 10am and they told me it would take 3 hours. I called back a little before 1pm and they told me it would still be a couple of hours. They said they had to let it cool off before they could work on it, so I'm looking at more like 3-3:30pm. So I'm sitting here at home waiting for the call...

I called my BFF and he's supposed to come by the house and flush the radiator. He said not to pay to have it done cause he can do it himself. It's times like this I wish I was married to a mechanic:(

So yesterday was the 911 sale. Steve took the day off. He went and dropped V off with my MIL and Mattie had stayed at my mom's on Friday cause Mark was picking him up Saturday to take him shopping for some jeans. We got there about 9am and we were like the 9th person in line. I was pretty psyched about that. I was disappointed with the actual sale though cause I really didn't get much at all. This is all I got:

Oh, and Steve bought this like office metal paper tray thingie for $1.

Afterwards I went to Scrapbook Cottage cause Gina told me they were having a storewide sale; 35% off!!! Thanks SO much for the tip, Gina:) This is what I got there:

I just LOVE the Lil' Davis Halloween stuff. I think I officially have WAY too much Halloween stuff:)

Friday I spent the day with my mom. We had gone by this one yard sale by my house and I saw this really nice, large frame that I wanted. I want to make a frame wall in my living room. I got the idea off this one woman's blog...

So anyway, it was a pretty cool frame (although afterwards my mom pointed out that is was coming apart on one edge). The lady wanted $20 for it. OMG!!! I would not pay $20 for a frame minus the glass and backing at a yard sale for $20. So I passed on it.

After SB Cottage yesterday I went by HL and low and behold as we were walking out they had frames up against the building outside and I got 3 frames for only $2 each!!! Woo hoo!!! I was SO happy and excited:) I can't wait to find some more and cut my wall together:)

Also hit BL yesterday. Came out with these (thanks to a tip from an sb.com neighbor:):

Everything was only $1!!! Then I had to stop in at SB Heaven since I was already right there:

I am really impressed with SB Heaven as of late. I never liked that store much cause the people there were not so friendly or knowledgeable and they never really had the new/current stuff in, but since the new owner took over, it's a whole other store literally. The girls are so nice and know what I'm talking about:) and everytime I go in there, there's quite a few new lines. I'm really loving it and it's kind of dangerous that it's so close (despite the upcoming move:)

That's all I have to share for now. Hope everyone has a great start to a new week:)

Two More For Me...

I got two more LOs done yesterday. I NEED to catch up to Lal!!! :)I just wasn't feeling it on this one:( I'm not too happy with the way it came out, but I'm not one of those people to take apart and LO and do over. I'm lazy that way;) Victoria gave me this really cute figurine for Mother's Day and it had this saying on it. I just loved it and knew I had to do a LO using it. I just might use it again at a later date and hopefully I'll love that LO more;) Papers are MM Noteworthy and Daisy D's, K&Co. paper lace, Cosmo Cricket chipboard letters, HS chipboard letters, Cricut cut letters, Miss Elizabeth chipboard embellie, Paper Studio cardstock stickers.I am happier with this one:) I got the idea for this one from Lal's BOS on 2Peas:) Paper is Jenni Bowlin, MM 5th Avenue journaling sheet, HS chipboard heart, MS butterfly punch, Miss Elizabeth chipboard embellies (dove and "forever" title), adhesive gems, Sizzix cut primitive heart inked with Colorbok Cat's Eye.

A few birthday pics from V's party on Sunday:

My 8 year old:)Laney, Victoria and Carolyn. Both girls were in Victoria's class last year and they are still good friends:)Making a wish:) I love using my cupcake tree. Too cute and making all those cupcakes didn't take long at all. For some reason it seems SO much easier to make cupcakes than making and decorating a cake. It took me 2 hours to decorate the cake I made for Mattie's birthday...Yikes!!!Gabby and Victoria:) They love spending time together:) They are only about a year apart.

That's all I've got for now. I want to work on making a Halloween banner today. I'd been wanting to work on one and then saw Gina posted a sneak peek of a new one she is working on. LOVE it!!!...what I can see;) Can't wait to see what the finished product looks like.

This Makes 88!!!

K...I'm in the lead again. Lal is trailing by ONE LO. I better get moving:) Here's my LO I got done today...

I LOVE this Paper Studio grid paper. I SO Need to get more while it's still on sale. I think I only got 4 sheets...maybe 8. I got some in 8 1/2 x 11 also. Other products used: KI pp (polka dot and circles), Scenic Route (black strip and stripes) and Imaginisce stamps (calendar and cupcake), Cricut cut title-All Mixed Up font.

The kids had early release today, then I ran by Walmart to get some bottled water JUST IN CASE. We aren't supposed to get too much rain and wind from Ike, but just to be on the safe side:) There really wasn't much water left. I guess others were thinking the same thing.

OMG though...the price of gas!!! I filled up on Monday at $3.38 at Walmart and decided to top off today since I was hearing that the price was going to go up because of Ike. It was $3.69!!! They are saying it's going to hit $4!!! I found gas at a Valero for $3.53 and that was for unleaded, super AND plus. They were all the same price so I topped off with the plus;)

Will update more tomorrow. Hopefully my internet won't get knocked off like it does most time we get heavy rain:(

Happy Birthday...

to Victoria. She celebrated her 8th birthday this past Tuesday:) She was really excited about taking cupcakes in to her classmates:)

We really didn't have a whole lot of time to do anything being that her birthday fell during the week and it being a school night and all. We took her to eat at Jim's and brought cupcakes to celebrate.

This was also the same night as the 2nd grade PTA performance so we had to be quick. They had to be at the school by 6:30. The performance was really cute. They sang Dr. Suess songs. I got some video footage, but not very many pictures. I always have such a time taking pictures in that cafeteria:(

Had to keep V home yesterday cause the previous night (after the birthday festivites) her allergies were really bothering her. She was up at 3am all stuffy and puffy eyed so I gave her some Benadryl and she finally got to bed about 4am so I just let her sleep in the next morning since she'd gotten so very little sleep.

She did fine throughout the day so she was back to school today although she's developed a bit of a cough now:( She made it through the day though and looked just fine when I picked her up this afternoon. Tomorrow is early release so they only have a half day.

Worked on a LO today:

Pics of V on Tuesday:) Papers are MME; some old, some of the new ones at HL. I used my MS lace border punch on the edge of the white cardstock. I had a hard time going around the corners, so I finally gave up and just did two sides then did two strips that I attached to the other two sides. I was getting really frustrated trying to figure it out:( Chatterbox chipboard number 8, Sandylion owl, MM tiny alphas. The vine/flower on the bottom left is Sizzix cut with one of my new Bigz dies:) The top left hand corner is Cricut cut from the Stretch Your Imagination cart.

We are celebrating V's birthday on Sunday at Chuck E. Cheese's. She invited 6 of her little girlfriends. So I have cupcakes to bake and decorate. Presents to wrap and goodie bags to fill before then. Whew!!! I'm tired just thinking about it all:) That's about all I have to share for now. I'll update after Sunday with party pics and maybe some more LOs. Have a great weekend.

Fall is in the Air

This morning was actually cool. It felt SO good. I drove with the windows down, which I LOVE...not good for my allergies though which have been bothering me these last few days:( With Fall's cooler weather also comes dreaded allergy season for me...boo hoo:(



The afternoons have been dreadfully hot though. Blah, blah, blah!!! I can't wait for the cooler afternoons which probably won't happen until like October or something.



Anyway...more LOs to share...

First day of school LO of V. I got the idea for this one from a woman's blog. I believe her name is Laura Vargas...her blog is callled Just Laura:) I used MME papers on textured cardstock, MM glitter border, 5th Avenue journaling sheet and diecut, 7 Gypsies A La Card sticker, Doodlebug Paper Frill, Bazzill paper flower and an epoxy brad.This one was inspired by a LO I saw on 2Peas. I used plain Kraft paper for my base, Scenic Route Appleton pp and a piece of grid paper from a previous line, Teresa Collins Journal It brackets, Lasting Impressions chipboard stars, Fiskars Squeeze Punch arrows, 7Gypsies A La Card sticker and I machine stitched on this one. I had a heck of a time with my machine yesterday though so the stitching is kind of messy:(SO in love with this one. A few weeks back I was at M's and saw the cutest wing/halo set and I knew I had to get it to do a photo shoot with V. I'd always wanted some "angel" pics. Then looking over one of my fave sb artists LOs; Allison Shubert, I ran across this LO she did of her daughter. SO perfect!!! So yesterday V and I had our little photo shoot and I got some FAB pics. This is one of MANY:)

Used here...DCWV pp in the background, Creative Imaginations Narratives, MM Chelsea's Place artisan pp and Pebble brad, Paper Studio music paper, MM 5th Avenue journaling sheet, Flair pp to cut the title out with my Cricut. Swatch book angel rubon, Prima flower and crystals and HS ghost wings.

K...I gotta run and pick up V from school. TFL

TGIF!!!

It's the weekend finally. Although this first week of school sure did seem to FLY by. Plus we get the long holiday weekend too. Yay!!! Sleep!!!

I have two more LOs to share...This puts me at 84:)

This one I did the other day. It was inspired by a LO I saw on sb.com. The pics are from a couple of years back on Valentine's Day. I actually started to scrap these a while back, but didn't like how it was turning out. I really like the look of this one:) I used Cosmo Cricket Honey Pie pp and punchout letters, Bazzill Edge cardstock, MM Noteworthy diecut, Sizzix stem diecut and some little felt flowers with gem centers that I got at HL a couple of years back:) I also used a stamp I got at M's in the $ bin quite a while back. I colored it in with colored pencils and cut it out for part of my title:)I worked on this one earlier this afternoon after I got the kids from school. Papers are Pink Paislee and MME Wild Asparagus. I cut the big artisan frame with my Expression and DS. Butterflies are a Cuttlebug Cut/Emboss die. Sizzix cut stars from Paper Studio pp, Bazzill paper flower, gem center and adhesive gems. Best Occasion crystal flourish, French Twist journaling panel and MM Heidi black rubons. HG pin and AC Remarks alpha stickers. Another first week or school pic. I believe this one was on Thursday morning:) TFL

School's Back in Session!!!

So the kids went back to school on Monday. Can you say "woo hoo"!!!??? Sunday night went pretty smoothly. I thought for sure I was going to have a time getting V to get to bed...or should I say sleep, on time, but miraculously, she was asleep almost as soon as she laid down. Thank goodness!!!

Monday morning went just as smooth. She got up and got dressed and did everything without dragging her feet about it. Here's a few pics from that morning:

Can't remember when I last update, but we did Meet the Teacher and V got Mattie's teacher from 4th grade. She's teaching 2nd grade now. She's really nice and a very good teacher, so I was super happy about that:) I guess since the new school opened up this Fall besides losing kids they also lost some teachers who moved over there. And some of the exsisting teachers got shuffled around. Anywho...

Also got more LOs done. Not quite sure how many this puts me at. I'll update with my total when I recount;)

I finally got some "rain" pics a few weeks back thanks to all the rain we'd been getting. Not so much what I had in mind, but this is what I got. I need to work on my photography skills more. I'm really thinking about taking some classes. Anyway...Papers on here are DCWV scalloped cardstock, some pink paper from some stack, not really sure which or from where:( MME pp, Inkadinkadoo bird stamp, Chattebox chipboard alphas, Best Occasion crystal flourishes, Bazill paper flower, Prima collage flower, Papre Studio decorative brad, MM Chelsea's Place chipboard word, Cricut cut letters, AC Remarks in white and I machine stitched in zig zag on this one:)

Passport papers I was finally able to get at M's:) HS damask stamp and block alpha stickers, MM jouranling book and tiny alphas, Swatchbook rubon, MS butterfly punch and Chatterbox chipboard alphas. Thanks bunches to Lal for her "S" and "I". I had to cut another "S" out with my Cricut cause I was all out:(

The last time Lal and I were at M's we both picked up the Page Maps book (with our coupons:). This is our first LO using the book:) We both did the same sketch. I think it was page 72.

Black textured cardstock, Paper Studio pp, MME pp, K&Co. Berry Sweet stickers and chipboard, MM tiny alphas, October Afternoon journaling card, a cute cherry sticker I picked up at Target...oh...and a little bit of Sassafras Lass:)This is a lift from sb.com. Pic of V and M while we were taking a walk at the park. Daisy D's pp and diecut tag and cardstock stickers, BG Mellow pp, Scrappy Cat stamp, gingham ribbon, AL buttons.

Some goodies I picked up at HL on Monday. They are restocking their entire paper section and word is they are getting all sorts of new stuff in. I can't wait!!! :)

Some second and third day of school pics:

I gotta get some more pics of Mattie when he wears a different colored shirt or else it'll just look like the same pic over and over (he wears uniforms:)...LOL

K...I think I'm all caught up for now:)

Add One More...

I got #78 done today!!! I'm on a roll;) Lal will NEVER catch me now. Not unless she pulls an all night scrappython;)

I lifted this one off of a blog called Confessions of a Scrapaholic. I really like her work. My "Live Out Loud" LO was inspired by one of hers as well:)
Papers are MM Garden Party and an MM Embellishment paper pack I got at Target a while back. Most of the embellies are MM as well; 5th Avenue chipboard alphas and accesories and diecuts. Some Prima flowers, a polka dot Doodlebug button, some other random buttons, a Cricut cut flourish and some adhesive pearls from the T $ Spot. I found these today while shopping at T's. The buttons were in the $ Spot. They reminded me of the AC Flair:) The stickers were in the school supply section. They are TOO cute and funky;) TFL

77 for me!!!

Today I completed number 77. I am so close to reaching my 100 goal. Woo hoo!!! :)

I did this one yesterday. Lifted off 2Peas.

This is a pic of V last year during Fiesta Week. They made these hats at school for their "parade":) I used plain textured cardstock for my background. Polka dot paper is AC and the blue polka dot strip is MME. 7 Gypsies journaling card and "play" sticker, Sandylion owl, Prima and MM flowers, AC chipboard Thickers, Heidi Swapp block alpha stickers. I made my little scalloped circle using my punch and then using my circle punch to punch a circle out of some Scenic Route grid paper:) I cut the little mushrooms out of some Heidi Grace paper I've had forever. The bracket is Cricut cut and the traced with an AC marker. The border at the bottom I made with my new Cricut Storybook cart. If you have not seen this yet, you MUST take a look. This cart is AMAZING!!! It has so many cutting options!!! I got it in the mail day before yesterday and have already used it twice:)

I started on this one last night and finished it up today. This pic of from when V was in Kinder!!! Yeah, I just got around to it. It was taken on Storybook Character day. She dressed up like Cinderella:)

DCWV Once Upon a Time papers here and I used my cart to cut the title, the vine and the little bird. The gold swirly thing was handcut from one of the DCWV papers. Added some lace with gold staples, Prima flower and adhesive gems to the centers.

Some other goodies I got in the mail on Monday. Jenni Bowlin MINI bingo cards:) I can't wait to play with these. I totally LOVE all things Jenni Bowlin;) TFL

FYI...

Busy, busy, busy...Been trying to get everything together for the beginning of school which is just around the corner. We spent today doing some more clothes shopping. I really didn't have much for V. I wasn't finding too much that I liked. I had picked up a few things at Old Navy and a couple of things at Target, but for the most part, I didn't have much.

Today we went back to Old Navy. I heard on the radio that they were having a 40% off kids clothes sale. I found so many cute things for her and kept it at a little under $100. I might go back later in the week and pick up a couple more things at those prices, but we are pretty much set. I do need to pick up a few pair of leggins for some cute little dress type tops we got there and we still need to get shoes, but that's it;)

Mattie's stuff is easy. He has to wear uniforms so I'm waiting on a good sale. Mark took him shopping today and bought him 3 pants and 3 shirts, a belt and a pair of Nike's. We had agreed that he would help me with half and although he's SUPPOSED to me out... It's part of his job too (although he usually doesn't), I'm really grateful that he did. It lightens my load a good bit:)

We took in a movie this Sunday as has become our tradition of sorts. We saw the new Batman. It was really good. 2 1/2 hours long, but well worth it.

I went by M's and they finally got in the MM Passports papers. Or at least most of them. There was still like 3 empty slots. They put the line out about 2 weeks ago, except for the papers. Also a couple of the embellishments were missing like the tags and like two other things. I need to check back later in the week cause I want the journaling tags and I might get the canvas brads:)

They also have all sorts of new K&Co. Halloween/Fall stuff. I got a pack of diecuts today, but the other day I picked up a diff pack of the diecuts. Also a pack of some MAMBI Fall diecut/specialty papers. They have new MAMBI stuff too.

Lots of Martha Stewart Halloween stuff. There are some really cool Halloween border punches, but I really don't see myself getting much use out of them. I mean, really...how many Halloween LOs can you do??? :) They are cool though:)

I went by my Mom's yesterday then me and Lal went to Hobby Lobby, JoAnn's and M's. My mom kept the kids so we had a nice little break:) Guess what I found at HL??? Prima Say it in Crystals!!! They were $6.99, but I used my 40% off coupon so I got them for less;) They also had some really cute new Cosmo Cricket stickers sheets to match the lines. Unfortunately stickers weren't on sale this week:(

Well, not much else going on here. I don't have any new LOs to share at the moment, but I am anticipating I will soon.

25 More to Go...Woo hoo!!!

Got one more done today. That puts me at 75 LOs. Only 25 more to go to reach my year goal. Woo hoo!!!

Black textured cardstock, KI background paper (green w/polka dots). Scenice Route grid paper and number "strip". I cut the flowers out of a sheet of AC Play paper for the "border" along the left side. The multicolored polka dot paper is also AC Play. MME striped strip that I edged with my Threading Water punch. Stamped an AL flourish onto cardstock and then cut it out for my flower "vines". Flowers are DCWV Box of Posies except for the red one that I punched out with one of my daisy puches. Sizzix cut pocket, tickets from a roll I have:), AL circle stamped onto cardstock and punched out as well. AC chipboard Thickers in Jewelery Box font (LOOOVE that font)!!!, HS block alpha stickers and Circus Rose Dance Card:)

These last two LOs really aren't quite my style; bright colors, not so "vintagey"...but I am really liking the look. Very fun and bright:) TFL