Here it is...

The tutorial I was waiting on about Ali Edwards, alcohol inks, and transparencies. She just posted it on her blog, but here is the link to that post. It look so cool, and extremely easy! Thanks Ali for sharing with us!!
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I played with this technique, but I only had laminating sheets, so the acrylic wasn't right...I can see it will be VERY cool once I get the right kind of transparency sheets!!

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I am still working on that book about me album/challenge over at AMR. Challenge #3 is to make a page about our parents, since we wouldn't be here if it weren't for them. Most of the stuff on this page is from AMR's July Kit, except for the Prima Flowers, Kaiser Craft Pearls for flower centers, brown Target $1 Spot ribbon at bottom, "skittles", and Technique Tuesday stamp for journaling. The kit supplies used are: brown leaves and green scalloped paper is American Crafts, flower paper is K & Company, bird rubons are Maya Road, letter rubons are Jenni Bowlin, clip is 7 Gypsies, green ribbon is unknown.

Pardon the messy picture, I am just too lazy tonight to clean the area off and then crop the photo to make it look better. But at least you get a hint of how I work!!!

I Am Way To Excited To Wait!

Before I can tell you what I am so excited about, I have to lay out the history...
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Tigardlilly had given me some of her dyed "skittles" a couple months ago, and I love them so much. I don't want to ask her for more since she already gave me quite a few, so I have been accepting the fact that this is all I will ever recieve and have been dealing with that realization, all the while knowing they will be gone after a while. Don't you just hate the phrase, "when they are gone, they're gone!"?
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Now for the excitement....Laura called me at work to tell me she is at the Beaverton Michaels, which we have both searched multiple times for more "skittles" with no luck! Needless to say, Laura checked again, and there they were, 1 pack of blue, and 3 clear! She only wants 1 clear, so she is picking up the other 2 for me! I can't begin to tell you how excited I am!!!! What is so exciting about clear skittles you may ask? Check out tigardlilly's post about dying skittles, and here is her tutorial!! Now, what should I do with my 8 JoAnne coupons I have??? hmmm, I think I am going to stock up on alcohol inks, tonight!!! The cool thing, is that all 8 have different SKUs, so I can use them all in one transaction!!
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What else can I do with these inks? Oh yeah, Ali Edwards was at Tim Holtz's booth at CHA using alcohol ink on transparancies!! How cool is that!?! I have to do more research on it when I get home to find some cool links. I did find a lot however on some of the blogs I read, which are over on my side bar, in case you can't wait till I get home. Unfortunately, I can't remember which ones, and my dinosaur here at work just takes too long, sorry.
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Check back later, on this post, as I will upload pictures of my goodies tonight when I get home! That is still a long time till I get off at 6, and since I also have to meet with my landlord tonight at 7 to do my move out walk-through.
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Here's hoping I don't go crazy waiting to get there, and here's hoping they don't suddenly sell out of the inks before I get there! lol
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I will post later this evening with pics, I promise!!

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As promised, here are some pics I took!!!

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Of course, all stamps, stamp sets, and stamp pads were on sale for 30%. Why do they do that when they have tons of coupons, everything is on sale, grrrr. Being in the bad mood I was in, I argued with them saying I want the 40% off, since the alcohol inks didn't fall into any of those categories. The manager had the cashier change the prices for me and quickly made this rude comment..."I don't know why, I have never had anyone complain that something was on sale". Well I wasn't complaining, just making a point. Anywho, I got them and that is all that matters. I think I will take the rest of my Jo's coupons, head to Mike's and get the other sets of inks that Jo's didn't have, not to mention, I grabbed 2 of the same sets! Now I have to go back and exchange them.

Finally Moved In!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I finally got moved in, YAY! I hate moving, but who doesn't right? It is especially hard when you will be living in one room. I had to put my scraproom in my bedroom, which is pretty small, note how close the bed is to my table. This is my mom's sewing table, that I am now using since she had to move all her sewing stuff out-thanks mom!

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Since I am moved and set up, I got to catch up on some challenges I have been wanting to do. This one was for Use Your Stash. The challenge was to use stamps on a layout, and make a card. I wanted to use these BG scraps I had, and these pictures of my neice were the right color, and so much fun! I scribbled over her name in photoshop, that is pretty much all I know how to do! lol I used Technique Tuesday "Two Steppin' In The Garden" stamps, and some Autumn Leaves for the flourishes. I used Stickles over it for a little punch.

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This is the card I made for the same challenge, same BG line, Phresh & Phunky. I used Studio G stamps for the greeting. I made 2 of these, for a couple AMR buddies who won a challenge I did on there. I used Stickles again!
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This was done for a challenge over at To The Starres And Back... The challenge was to use at least 9 blocks, I used the grid method with 12 blocks. We were to use at least 2 printed papers, I used 4 from Scribble Scrabble. We were to use multiple photos, I used 5 and put them in a grid pattern as well. We were supposed to also use 4 stickers. This was difficult, as I just packed up all my stickers since I don't ever use them, I borrowed from tigardlilly. We were also supposed to have handwriting and stiching. The stiched "splash" just sort of happened, I used multiple flourishes from Bazzill's In Stiches templates. I love how it turned out. What, no Stickles??? I guess I don't use them on everything! This was the first whale I ever saw, and I saw it at the Sea Lion Caves on the central/southern Oregon Coast. It was a gray whale, and it was awesome!!

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This Challenge is for a new challenge blog, The Story Matters. The challenge was to do a page about you, anything you want. I chose to do the page about me and accepting myself, as well as the horrible pictures of myself. CS is DCWV, PP is October Afternoon, Detours. Chipboard Frame is Scenic Route, which I covered in Bazzill, inked and Stamped with Technique Tuesday stamps and Stickled. Journaling stickers are Scenic Route, ribbon is Scrapworks and MM, arrow is Grungeboard-inked and Stickled. MM noteworthy with TT stamps for "me". Circle is TT Technique Tiles, inked and stamped with TT. Flowers are unknown.

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Over at AMR, there have been challenges while Stacey is gone at CHA, they are calling them "While The Cat's Away" Challenges.

Here is #1
The challenge was to use printed paper that is at least 6 months old, I used Cosmo Cricket Dutch Girl. We were supposed to use at least 5 eyelets, fiber, and stickers (what is it with stickers, grr!). Sorry my pic is blurry, I haven't quite mastered the macro setting on my camera.

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This was challenge #2

The challenge was to use the color orange, 3 buttons, chipboard and ribbon. Most of the supplies are self-explanatory, the chipboard is the pp covered birdie, and the flower, which I also stamped on. I Stickled the bird, and both flowers. The paper is Dream Street.

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This is challenge #3

We were supposed to get a start on our Christmas cards, I only did one, for the challenge. I used printed paper scraps from a slab. I Stickled the dots on the tree, and again on the snowflakes. I also used some dyed skittles I got from Laura.

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So, that is what I have been up to! There is so much catch up to do with blogs, challenges, message boards, etc. Now that I have the internet in my room now, I should be getting a lot more done and posted. Thanks for looking!

Some Happenings....

Remember the LO I did a month ago with the lacey panels for a challenge over at Koala Fuzz the I won? I got my RAK the other day! Here is what Harley sent me! I already have the stamp, but I sure I can find a use for it. I also got some Heidi Grace decorative pins, a chipboard-ish foldable book, a white Galaxy Marker, and some Maya Road chipboard birdies.

Last week I got to participate in the last 10 minutes of AMR's Scrap Chat Hour about Christmas in July. We get paired up with another person and swap ATCs based on the theme...Here is mine!
So, you should know by now that I am moving....Here is the proof! We worked all weekend long, and we are still not done!

These are empty boxes and some furniture.
These are the boxes I have all packed up, we are on our 3rd row of boxes.
This is the stuff we are giving to Goodwill, it isn't much, but it will help us get rid of some stuff, especially since we don't have a lot of room in my parents' garage.
This is the pile, so far, of the stuff we are taking with us, and yes, we need our kittys' house! lol This does not include my scrap stuff either!
Since we have already packed up ALL our kitchen stuff, we are eating with disposable dishes!!!
Here is what we are eating for a week. I know it is not healthy, but I don't have time to pack my kitchen at the last minute, being that I work full-time now. Did I mention how much I hate working???
And just for fun, here are the boys, taking advantage of the new "cave" created by the mattresses!

Happy Birthday!!!!

I know it is late in the evening, but this is the first chance I have had to go online in 3 days....

Happy Birthday Tigardlilly!! Since I couldn't do anything for you, I thought I could immortalize my gift for you on the web! I hope you had a great birthday today and that you had a great lunch with the family! I will make it up to you, I promise. How about this, when my move is over and I have more time, and when you can not have the kids for a night/evening, I will take you to The Old Spaghetti Factory-just me and you!! One more thing, when my scraptable is cleared off from packing stuff, I will make you the most wonderfulest card you have ever seen!!!! Have a fantastic rest of the night, and don't worry, I won't tell how old you are!!!

OK people...help me celebrate tigardlilly's birthday, hop over to her blog, and leave her a birthday comment...let's try to get "35" happy birthday comments!!!

Now for more boring stuff.....My packing is almost done, which means once I reorganize the stuff we are taking to my parents' house which has currently overtaken my scrap area, I will have time to get some stuff done, so look for some scrappy stuff to share during the week. That is if I can figure out a way to get the pictures here, since my internet at home is gone and my computer at work doesn't have a USB port-yes, it is that old! It took me 2 hours to make my last post because it is so slow! I will most definately be back online this time next week, once I get my computer set up and a long, long network cable to our room!! In the meantime, I am playing a little online at work, as time allows. I can't wait to get out of the dark ages again, and I can't wait to get this move over with! Happy Blogging!

I Got A Blog Award!!

I can't believe it! Just when I was feeling my blog was uninteresting to people, Christina gave me this blog award! I will graciously accept this award!

I would like to thank the academy, Christina, and all my blog readers! I will continue on with my blogging, keeping things up to date, and full of projects. I really want to do challenges and more RAKs, as well as some techniques soon! I have a dream that my blog can be one of those blogs that is a must read in the sbing industry! Help me with this, I would love to hear your input on what is missing on my blog.

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Here are the rules:

1. The winner can put the logo on her blog.

2. Link the person you received your award from.

3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.

4. Put links of those blogs on yours.

5. Leave a message on the blogs of the girls you've nominated.

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Now, I must crown 7 more winners....

Of my many favorites, these are the ones who haven't got the award already!

1. Four Seasons Farm, she always comments on my blog, and from reading her blog, I feel like we have been friends forever.
2. Inspiration Seeker, she has a great blog, and it is bilingual, how cool is that!
3. Koala Fuzz, I love the name of this blog!
4. Limes 'N Coconut, I love this header!
5. Scrapbook Obsession, Always full of great information.
6. Sun, Sand, Surf, And Scrap It, My blog's twin! OOOPS, not anymore, she changed her template, but it is good anyway!
7. Use Your Stash, Chalk full of challenges!

Honorable Mention: Kaydrenth, Kay doesn't update very often, but when she does, I love it, she takes GREAT photos!

Fourth Of July and More

I hope you all have a safe and fun 4th! I know we did. I said I would have pictures from the 4th of July fireworks, here they are. I got some great shots, here are just a few of them.

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I got some shots of the kids, waiting for the show to start...not bad for not being able to see anything on the screen to line up the shot!!

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Before the fireworks, I was able to organize my ribbon, finally, with these new containers I found on sale at JoAnne's! All the ribbon, except the bottom tray, is on floss cards. The bottom tray has ribbon on spools , the next one up has the fattest ribbon, the next has medium ribbon, the next has skinny ribbon, and the top as floss/fibers. The trays all stack together into one easily transportable container. I think this will work out for me.

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I also finished up my Summer themed ATCs for AMR. This is what I came up with.

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Today I worked on the next "Book About Me" challenge for AMR...This is the cover page. I really couldn't think of what to do, so until I think of something else, this will have to do.

Here is the close up of the "inchies" I made for it. I just put matching rhinestones over the dots already on the paper..

This is the pocket page we were supposed to make for the same challenge. The pockets are meant to hold keepsakes, ie birth certificate, clippings, announcements, etc. I just adhered the entire page to the inside of the album. In order to show the pocket, I stuck some paper in there. My keepsake documents are currently scanned and in the computer waiting for editing. I don't want to use the originals, and my mom was nice enough to tape the stuff in there and over the years the glue from the tape has turned brown.
Here is a close up of the stickled title.
I am so excited to be doing this album. At one/two pages every two weeks, this is very manageable. By the end of the year, we will have an entire album about ourselves!

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Thanks for checking out my blog, feel free to leave me comments...I love them, it also lets me know who is checking it out.

What I Am Doing On My Day Off

I ended up getting today off, long story, and I decided I will give myself one more scrappy day before I have to start packing. I have had this challenge in my starred posts on Google Reader since Memorial Day. Needless to say, I finally got around to doing it. I thought, "hey, I can do this, I have tons of patriotic stuff....well I ended up not having as much as I thought. This challenge was titled All American Challenge and is over at Life Is A Scrapbook. I picked up this printed paper a couple years ago at JoAnnes, it is made by Colorbok. I used Bazzill cardstock, American Crafts ric rac ribbon, red/blue ribbon is Target Dollar Spot, star brads are unknown, the paper clips you might notice as stuff I got from an AMR RAK, glitter letters and asterisks are American Craft Thickers, once again I used a Sakura Stardust Pen to trace my journaling, and don't forget the stickles I used on one of the flags on the printed paper. I love how it turned out!

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This is a close up of the flag I stickled. I used Xmas Red, Dark Blue and Stardust. It is still wet, even after an hour!

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This is a teaser of my summer themed ATC over at AMR. I know it doesn't look like much, but I have great plans for it!

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I am going to spend the rest of the day playing, so tomorrow I can start organizing my parents' garage so we can store our stuff. After that, I am going with Laura and the kids to Tigard HS to watch the fireworks. Usually we go to Fort Vancouver to watch their huge display, but we don't feel like sitting in the sun from 8 in the morning till it gets dark. I have great expectations of Tigard's show! I will have pics to share I am sure! Starting the day after that, we will begin packing for our move in 2 weeks. I have decided I can't get rid of any of my scrap stuff, but I am going to pack down the stuff I don't use anymore...ugly paper, foam shapes, letter/shape templates, old mags, full scrapbooks, etc. I will have VERY limited space in my room, with the bed, dresser, TV, etc. I am sure it will work out.

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Remember I mentioned the 6x6 page swap I am doing on AMR? It isn't turning out so well as far as turnout and I am very disappointed. I was wondering if my blog buddies would want to do it with me?? We could either exchange our pages, you and me, or do it as a group? Here is my page and Laura's page from CKC Seattle last year for examples. Leave me a comment if you are interested, heck, leave me a comment anyway, I love them! lol

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One of my favorite online scrap supply stores is embellish IT! She has all my favorite paper lines and she coordinates all her paper with Bazzill cardstock. The reason I am mentioning it, is she just picked up another paper line, Black Market Paper Society! They are sort of debuting at CHA in a couple weeks and I really love it! They currently have 4 lines available...Lucky'n Love, Ebony & Alabaster, Let It Bloom, and When The Weather Is Fine. I can't find that they have a website or blog, but you can at least buy it at embellish IT!! I can't wait to get my hands on it. Note to Christina, you will LOVE the Lucky'n Love line!!