A HUGE THANK YOU...

As a scrapbooker and card maker I tend to look for inspiration on the internet...And I must say that I'm very lax in thanking those people that I get that inspiration from...When I see something to lift, I'm usually forget to write down where I got it from and whom the creator was...Downloading digi kits is the same thing...Lots of places you need to be a member, sign up, etc etc etc...I have so many user names etc that I'm sorry to say, it's much easier to lurk...All that being said, I would like to take this opportunity to thank "everyone" for posting their creations, for people like me that can't think on their own...I certainly do mention that it is a lift whenever I post something...One of the places I find myself frequenting a lot is www.scrapbook.com

You can search their gallery for just about anything and be happy w/the results...

Tips and techniques is another think I surf for and that I usually find over at Two Peas or Splitcoast Stampers...

My "scrappy" time is spent at www.scrapadilly.com

Speaking of them, they're having an online crop starting today...so if you're looking to get scrappy and make new friends hop on over and join us for a week of scrappy fun...

Again, a HUGE HUGE thank you to everyone for all their inspiration, tips, tricks, techniques, friendships, and more...

Have a wonderful day...

Blog Candy Alert

Ok gals n guys...check this out...look at all these goodies...hurry on over there and leave your comment...Good luck all...

http://athousandsheetsofpaper.blogspot.com/2010/08/1000-sheets-for-thousand-sheets.html

More Photoshop Stuff...

Just got this today and thought it was kewl and easey peasey and wanted to share...enjoy...

http://mistycato.wordpress.com/2010/08/04/turning-elements-into-stickers-in-pse8/

PSE6 Tutorial

I've been trying to learn more about PSE6 and making things easier when it comes to multiple pictures on a LO...I found a GREAT FREE tutorial along with a layered template by Ali Edwards...I found the best thing for me was to use the same photos over and over to practice with...Of course I've saved the originals just in case...One thing I can say is practice, practice, practice...I tend to run the tutorial in the background and switch back and forth...A little time consuming, but that's what works best for me at this point...Tomorrow, I'm going to do the tutorial once again, this time I'm going to try not looking and just listening as I create...Another thing you might try is just watching the tutorial and then creating...This might work better especially if you are more familiar with PSE6 than I am...One of the things I love is to share what I've found...Here's the link...Enjoy...

http://aliedwards.typepad.com/_a_/2010/01/scrapbooking-with-your-computer-creating-layouts-with-layered-templates-.html

Confusion...

I'm sure someone out there can help me out...I keep getting comments that I can't read...Almost like wingdings...I don't want to assume it's "trashy" stuff...but I have been deleting them...If it's someone leaving comments in their own language, I need to know how to read it...Just thought I'd ask...Enjoy the rest of your evening...

AWESOME Giveaway

Head on over to her blog and find out what you need to do to win this awesome prize...
Good luck all...

http://keepsakesbymelissa.blogspot.com/2010/07/want-piece-of-cake-blogaversary.html

TOOT TOOT TOOT

One of those most exciting things for me is to submit my LOs to various places in the hopes of being published...I pride myself in being able to hit the submit button...I've been published a total of 3 times now...Once in CK for a tip to apply clear nail polish to your wood stamps prior to using as it helps keep the wood cleaner from the ink after stamping...Of course, I think wood stamps are far and few in between now, with all the clear stamps out there...The second time I had a LO featured in http://www.scrapbooking.com/ of my dad from when he was in the Navy...That was probably a couple of years ago...Well lo and behold I was selected once again by http://www.scrapbooking.com/ to be featured in their July online issue...of course I'm ecstatic...My LO is titled Captivating...For those of you that have yet to enter any of your LOs, cards, or other crafting projects, please don't hesitate to do so...it's a good feeling to know that no matter what, you tried...and if you are picked it's a wonderful feeling...Thanks for reading my blog, have a wonderful day and good luck to all...

It's Crop Time Again

Time for another crop over at http://www.scrapadilly.com/
If you've never been to one, you need to come on over sign up and join in the fun...The inspiration is fantastic and so are the people...Hope to see you there...

Templates and Ideas

Here's some templates and ideas that I found and they sure looked intereting to me...I haven't had a chance to create anything as of yet...Sometimes I find that I spend more time looking and bookmarking than I do scrapping...Enjoy...

http://www.scrapbooksetc.com/layouts/collage/projects/shaped-picture-collage-ideas/?lastPage=true&page=20

As promised...

here's some kewl scrappy stuff...Enjoy...Don't forget to give credit where credit is due if you use these ideas...

Paper Doily Tutorial
http://retrospection.typepad.com/

Flowers
http://gabriellepollacco.blogspot.co...t-from-my.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiB3soNy4e8

Have fun...

Long Time Since I've Blogged...

One of the things I wanted to do at the beginning of 2010 was to keep up with my blog or a daily basis...Of course, I've failed to do this...

Besides being busy with my everyday life, I had full knee replacement surgery in February...Something I thought I would bounce back from a lot sooner that I did...I'm currently in physical therapy, which is definitely helping...Although they keep telling me that I'm doing great, I personally feel that I should be more up to speed...Having seen and talked with other people that had surgery prior to me, even as far back as Thanksgiving 2009, I should take note of what I've been told by the therapist...The cane has gone to the way side and I'm able to go up and down steps normally, but with great caution...Sleeping has become easier...Most difficulty is trying to kneel down on both knees...I can accomplish bending down on one knee and getting back up again, but it's definitely a slow process...The word patience is a word that I need to practice as I try and get back to my normal life style...

Along with knee surgery, I've also had some struggles with dental work...Hopefully this too is on the mend...

I've done some scrapping and card making, but not as much as I'd like too...Attending some small crops has worked as I'm able to get up and move about more frequently...

What I'd like to start doing on my blog is posting some links to some of the scrappy things I've found, while surfing the Internet...

It's been a long day and time to relax...Have a wonderful evening and thanks for stopping in...

Fight Boredom

If you're looking for something to do this Friday evening and Mr. Mojo is knocking at your door, head on over to www.scrapadilly.com for a week long crop with prizes, games, and GREAT challenges...
I'm recovering from full knee replacement surgery and this is exactly what I need...I can hardly wait...
Take a few minutes, sign up for the site, and in know time you'll be on your way to creating till your hearts content...Plus all the new friendships that will be formed...
Hope to see you there...

Blog Candy Alert

When you have a chance, check out the blog candy here...
http://scrapathomemomoasis.blogspot.com/2010/01/30th-birthday-blog-candy.html#comment-form
Rules and regulations listed...Easey peasey
way to win some great stuff...Please let her know June sent you...
Have fun...

Calling all Scrappers - Crop

Looking for a challenge??? Well then head on over to http://www.scrapadilly.com/ to get information on their latest crop...Challenges in digi or paper scrapping, fun, games, more fun, friends, prizes, inspiration and more...If you're a lurking, please join...I just love the inspiration I get from there...The encouragement I get from their is overwhelming...There's always monthly challenges, tips, techniques, recipes, fun, games, photography info, tutorials and so much more...This site is for scrappers and card makers...Some of the gals there also do other crafts that they're always willing to share...Hope to see you there and I'm sure you won't be sorry...

Have a great day...

Sunday Update...

I told myself that with a new year I was going to do better in keeping up with my blog...I already managed to skip a day...Guess I just live one of those lives that doesn't have excitement going on it...

Manged to watch some tutorials today regarding alcohol inks...I don't know about you, but did you ever notice that our hands must be the only hands that get dirty while scrapping or stamping...I always manage to have something stuck to me or on me...I even manage to have a perfect stamped image someplace other than where it's supposed to be...You ever look at some of those amazing scrap rooms out there and most of them are white...bad color for me...I'd be afraid of getting it dirty...My room is very seldom spic n span cleaned...it's somewhat organized, but when I scrap/stamp, I sure make a mess...Guess I'm just not an all around neat person...lol...Despite all this, I enjoy what I'm doing and don't plan on quiting anytime soon...I'm still a paper scrapper...I've tried some digi, but for the time being I like the feel of everything along w/the mess...Digi just seems so perfect...and I'm definitely not perfect...But maybe, one of these days, when I get a little more understanding of PSE6 under my belt...

Well the football is back on so back to my front row seat...Have a wonderful day...

Happpppppppy New Year....

A great big Happy New Year to you and yours...Here's to health and happiness to you and yours for 2010 and beyond...

I'm hoping to keep up with my blog more this year as I have scads of projects that I want to complete and scads more that I want to try...And of course there's always stuff that I can just babble on about too...

Most of my "scrappy" time is spent in my scrap room over over at www.scrapadilly.com

I've only been a member over there for a little over a year and I love it...Monthly challenges and AWESOME crops keep me on my toes...Let's not forget the most important thing and that's the members...They have all truly inspired me in one way or another...So once again, I invite you to join in the fun...Hope to see you there...

Holiday Cards

As promised, here's some of the holiday cards I've been working on...Most of them are redos...Some I just threw together and other are lifts...I really can't take the credit for any of them, as I'm sure through surfing I've seen so many cards that anything I may put together has already done by others...So thanks to all you card makers out there...

Playing Catch Up...

Once again, it's been ages since I've posted anything...Things have just been super busy around here for me...A little bit of this and a little bit of that has kept me quiet busy...I've always wanted a deck in the back of the house for some lawn furniture in the summer...It's much easier to leave the furniture there then taking it off the grass for the lawn people...So that special man in my life decided to do that for me and he did a fantastic job...It started off small and got bigger and bigger...and I luv it...I had also wanted some shelves in a closet...I felt that as we've gotten older, it's a little easier to have those staple items in area that's easier to reach than running up and down the stairs...Especially since I always forget something on the first trip...lol...So he also put some shelves in for me and they to look great...He's definitely been on a roll...

As for me, I've just been staying out of his way...lol...Actually I've been making cards out of scraps...Plus while looking for something that I knew I had, I found all kinds of fun stuff to use on Christmas Cards...Some I like better than others and I think my problem is that I'm afraid to add stuff to my cards or my layouts...Therefore I think I need to try to load it down w/stuff and then if I don't like it, I can always take it off...Of course that's before I glue it all down...

Since I'm basically caught up on things, except for cleaning, I'll be uploading some of creations in the next couple of days...

I've also signed up for another FREE Jessica Sprague...I'm looking forward to that too...Looks like I need more than 24 hours in the day, or just go without sleep...

On Line Crop

This Friday, September 18th, will be the beginning of our Skool Of Scrap Crop!! You will want to be sure and come learn with us! Tons of fun, great challenges and AWESOME prizes. Please join us at http://www.scrapadilly.com/ for more fun.

Hands of Time

The last couple of weeks have been hectic to say the least...With everyday things going on, thinking of more stuff for my to do list, and then unexpected things, I've had little time to scrap or do much of anything else...My dad has been in and out of the hospital for the last month or so and hopefully things will be moving in a positive direction now...He's had problems with his blood pressure for as long as I can remember...But the continued high blood pressure and then low blood pressure readings have given difficulty over the last month...He's now at the Cleveland Clinic under careful watch and they think they have things where they need to be regarding his medication...Sometime today he will go to the step down unit and be monitored there for a coupe of days before being sent home...He's 86 and if you saw him on the street you would never know it...Being idle is not his thing, so he's hoping to get cut loose soon so he can go back to his way of living with some moderation to that....The end result of the problem seems to be that his body was laking fluids, therefore creating pain, discomfort, and a few other issues...According to his doctor they believe they finally have the tweaking down to a science regarding his medication and if all goes well in the next couple of days, he will be able to come home...

I just finished this LO and wanted to post it and today seemed like the perfect day. I'd like to thank Nancy P over at http://www.scrapadilly.com/ for giving me the ok to lift her LO...I new I had the perfect picture and once she posted hers, I knew I also had the perfect title...I luv to scrap and make cards, but I'm really out of sorts in the creativity department...I do so much better with a page map or lift...So once again, thanks Nancy P...

If you have a chance, stop over at http://www.scrapadilly.com/ and check us out...A great bunch of ladies and LOTS of "scrappy" things going on...Check out the dates for our September on-line crop, the scrapadilly store, the monthly crops, the great challenges and the friendly people...Hope to see you there...Thanks for taking time out to stop here at Crop, Paper, Scissors...