I CHAT

Hey everyone. I have been gone since I have been fighting a cold for 2 weeks now. Still have the sore throat. I think it has been more like 3 weeks now. I plan on going to the doctor this week. I have finally learned how to I chat. A friend of mine Dayami and I played around with it yesterday and had a blast. We laughed like dummies looking at each other and showing each other our new things in the scraproom. I will be back later with my latest layout. It is a little plain but the boy is really cute.

Oh, also I took a class at the Mac store to learn about the new computer and I am taking another one on friday. Fridays class is how to do things with your pictures and videos. Can't wait, I am excited to play around with that. I did already learn how to do a slide show for my desktop. I know, not a biggy for most of you but for me that is computer illiterate it is. Come back soon for the latest layout.

new layout

Hi everyone,

I just finished this layout this morning and wanted to share with you all. I hope you all like it. Lately I have been working on holiday layouts. I guess because of the holidays. This is another one of Fall. The little boy is playing with the fallen leaves. I cut the leaves from the paper doll cartridge in several sizes and with different patterned papers. the trees are also made with the different patterned papers. I usually do not use the same line of paper on my layouts. Ilike to ix and match. I hope you all like it.

Anniversary gift

Hello everyone,

I just got my anniversary gift. My anniversary is on October 31, yes, Halloween day. We were married on that special day. We both love the holiday so decided that was good day for us to marry. Well back to the gift. He got me a new computer. Not just a computer but the apple wireless 21.5 inch. It is so cool, now I just have to learn how to use this baby. It is so nice and big. One of the best things is that the keyboard and the mouse are both wireless, and no cords. Only the one to the power and the one for the internet. I hate seeing all those cords. I will post pictures once I learn how to use it. I will be getting my first training on tuesday November 2nd. Can't wait. Well this is all for now, I know boring but I will be posting soon and have pictures. I have a new layout but need to glue everything down. Once I have it all done I will post the pictures.

Latest layout

Hello my blogger friends,

I hope you all are having a wonderful weekend. I have been sick fighting a really bad cold. I would not doubt I have bronchitis. But I did want to share my latest layout. I saw this picture in a calendar and knew I just had to do a layout like it. The calendar is just the boy, a girl and the sled. I added the house and trees to it. It reminded me of when you go to pick out your christmas tree. I hand drew and pieced each piece. The trees are from the Christmas layout I did last year. And the house my hubby helped me put it together. The paper on the matts is from DCWV paper stack from last year.

I hope you all like it. I will be back with new ones this week, well one new one that I plan on starting tomorrow.

Weekend Update.

Well I have so many things to share that happened this weekend. First of all I want to say that I said Good bye to my Imagine. After playing with it a couple of times and watching some videos, I just did not think it was for me. Secondly, I went to the Scrap Expo but was not impressed. I only spent 50.00 which $ 8.00 was the entrance fee. I could not believe how small it was. Was not worth the drive and time. Thirdly, The Scrapping In Pink event was a great success. I had a really great time. I was able to meet so many girls that also have the same passion that I do, PLAYING WITH PAPER. The event was for 12 hours and was for a wonderful cause, Breast Cancer. Eni was the host and she did a wonderful job putting it together. Thanks Eni for a great event.
And lastly, Sunday after cleaning and doing things around the house, I can't believe that Teri from Teri Beri's creations came to visit. I was honored to meet her about a week ago when a bunch of ladies got together to shop at a near by store. http://www.scrapyland.com/. If you have not gone to this website do so and if you are from Miami call and visit his warehouse. He has tons of goodies. OK, so back to Teri. Yesterday she came over with her cutie little son and brought me the famous banner. I saw her banner on her blog and contacted her to give me the recipe. She called me that evening, we spoke for about an hour and told me about a challenge giving one away. I did not win the challenge and was bummed out so she surprised me with it yesterday. How sweet. I will be putting it together this week and putting it up in my room. It is definitely going to be a great addition to my room. The banner is beautiful and I hope you are all jealous. Thank you Teri for such a great surprise and gift. Hopefully we can have some more encounters creating together.
As you can see I had a great weekend and wanted to share with you all the fun.

New layout

hello everyone,

I wanted to share my latest layout. I have to say that it is not my typical kind of layouts. I am not used to this type of work. It was a big challenge for me.

It took me 3 days to finish it. The christmas tree is all hand cut and hand pieced. It has rhinestones in red, green and clear, a bead garland and bows. The star is stickled and glazed. The window has sewed curtains. I put a transparency to give it a glass effect. Threw the window you can see the snowflakes and snow. I put a garland on the top of the window made of the beads and fiber and 3 tiny flowers. The bows make it seem like they are holding the curtain open but they have a hand sewed stitch to hold them back. The gifts are a square punch in 2 different sizes and then I covered them with bows and a charm. The little girls dress is a red/burgandy fabric with lace around her waist and the bottom, then a bow. Her hair has 3 mini roses on it. She is holding her bear which is also hand cut and pieced. The fireplace is cut with the cricut. I made the fire with a shiny orange paper, it looks in person as if the fire was really lit. I made the stockings out of fabric. There is also a garland on the top made with beads and a fiber. Same as the one over the window. I also added the tiny flowers to it. The santa clauses are a rub on which I put on regular cardstock and then I cut around them. The layout holds 3 matts, one is on the layout and the other 2 are behind the fireplace and behind the window.

I really enjoyed making this layout. I was very time consuming but was well worth it after it is all said and done.

Please leave a comment. The comments will inspire me to want to do more.

Shopping at Scrapyland

This is my second post for the day. I just wanted to let you in on an online store that I was told about my Teri from Teri Beri's creations. http://www.scrapyland.com/. It is an online store but also sells to local scrapbookers since there are no local stores in this area anymore. All stores besides Michaels and Joanns have closed down. You can google his store and call him (Dani) if you are a local. He will open to you to shop. He will be moving in the next week or 2 to a 6000 square feet warehouse. He is thinking about having some classes.

Ten of us got together yesterday to meet each other, we have all met through U-tube, shop and then have lunch. It is funny how we are all crafters, yet all 10 of us do something different. We had such a blast and shopped and laughed and then went to the Olive Garden for lunch.

I am glad that I met all the girls and hope that we can continue doing this atleast once a month. Thanks to Teri for inviting me and making me a part of this great shopping haul.

The picture above shows most of the things I purchased. I bought 5 cricut cartridges, the pink tape glider, a distress it all machine, 4 bottles of liquid pearls, 2 packs of paper from Cosmo Cricket, about 25 bottles of sitckles (did not picture them all) and a tool to pick up rhinestones or small objects. And 4 flower soft containers. I think I mentioned it all.