tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18123895572654427492024-03-20T21:32:26.785-07:00Dream Big Cre8tionsLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746702844514763196noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812389557265442749.post-35453682651717148462015-10-12T18:13:00.000-07:002015-10-12T18:13:18.209-07:00Life throwing curve balls......Time for endings and beginnings.Wow, I can't believe how long it's been since I've updated my blog. With the curve ball I was thrown late last week, I've decided to dust off this blog and begin again. It's a time for new beginnings, new adventures are on the horizon. It's also a time for endings. Before anyone get's too worried, the curve ball is not life or death, not even health related, but life does have a way of making you pause for a few minutes to take stock. In light of that fact, I'm dusting off my blog and documenting my journey, hopefully this will also help me rediscover my creative path, which has been missing for most of 2015, so here goes.<br />
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It has most definitely been a year of changes, the best news of all is that I became a great aunt in February. Synnovea (Snowy) was born to my niece Teresa on Feb 10th. <br />
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Isn't she adorable......<br />
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Here she is at 7.5 months<br />
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She's growing up so fast. Soon she will be running around getting into all kinds of trouble.<br />
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I've also been reconnecting with old friends. In February, I caught up with one of my closest friends, Heather, it had been several years since we had seen each other, Getting together for breakfast and lots of catching up was so wonderful, hopefully, we will be able to get together again soon. Colorado isn't that far away.....<br />
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In March, my twin (from another mother and 3 years younger) was in Vegas for a conference. We were able to spend an afternoon and evening together. After, 33 years, we still were sisters, and will continue to keep in touch.<br />
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In May, I spent the weekend in San Diego, at Scrapbook Expo, and catching up with family. My aunt was visiting her daughter-in-law and grand-daughter for the week, so I got to see them for dinner.<br />
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Stephanie, Jaime, Lucy and I at BJ's. I also had the chance to meet up with an old friend from college, we spent several hours talking and having a couple of glasses of wine. Since then we've met up again in Las Vegas for my birthday, and spent many enjoyable hours on the phone. I'm enjoying having a new-old friend back in my life.<br />
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In the next few weeks I'm hoping to catch up with an old friend from high school, when he's in town for a conference, it's been several years since we've seen each other. The last time was at one of our reunions. I'm looking forward to spending time with him and his girlfriend.<br />
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All of these meetings have been great and none were expected, so I am grateful for the chance to get together with everyone. These are all new beginnings. I love spending time with everyone.<br />
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In September, I moved into my own apartment again. I enjoyed living at Pat's and she is a great fun, but I'm not a very good roommate, I've spent too many years on my own, and had a hard time adjusting to having someone around all of the time. I also didn't have a lot of space, which most likely has contributed to my lack of creativity for the past year. I now have a nice, new 2 bedroom place and have been busy setting up housekeeping. Next task, cleaning out the guest room, so I can set up my creative space, and maybe have some house guests. <br />
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Now for the endings......Late last week, work threw me a curve ball. In the midst of all of the re-organization going on at IGT, there we layoffs, and while I've been able to avoid the ax for the past 7 years of layoffs, this time I wasn't so lucky. November 6th will be my last official day at IGT, while I'm a bit sad and scared, I'm also somewhat excited about finding a new career. Keep your fingers crossed, that I find something that's a good fit for my skillset.<br />
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I guess that's all for now. I will be updating the blog with my job hunt results as well as working on finding my creativity mojo.<br />
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Thanks and keep dreaming.<br />
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So, it seems like a very long time since I've posted - and it has been over a year, so much has been going on. After moving back to Vegas, in December of 2013, it has taken me almost a year to get back into the swing of things. It's been a long time since I've had a roommate, and it is taking me a bit of time to get used to shared space. One of the hardest things is that I've lost my crafty area, so much of my stuff is still in storage (yes, even a year later). Slowly, it is making it's way from the storage units to the house, but I get frustrated at times when I can't find something that I know I have. This year I will be making more of an effort to be organized so I can find things a bit more easily.</div>
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The first project for the new year actually started a couple of days ago and hopefully will finish up by the weekend. First let me preface, since I moved in with a friend, it is taking a lot of organization to bring two full households together - First step, the garage ..... Not sure I want to show a before picture, but here goes </div>
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This year, I was able to make some trips to different areas of the country, that I don't normally get to visit and a trip home to Minnesota (you can take the girl out of MN but you can't take MN out of the girl). </div>
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The first big trip of the year was to a rainy Minnesota for my Grandma's funeral. While it was for a sad occasion, it was very nice to see many cousins that I hadn't seen in years (many for over 20 years).</div>
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In June, I got the chance to visit my cousins in San Diego, when I made the trip to Scrapbook Expo to take some classes. While my cousin Kyle Malone the Navy Pilot, was out on his ship, I got to visit with his wife Jaime, her mom Pam, and Jaime and Kyle's daughter Lucy.</div>
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Camp Scrapbook Paradise took place in October this year up in Portola, CA. Much fun was had by all and creativity was all around. </div>
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My last trip of the year was to Alexandria and Marksville, Louisiana for Thanksgiving to visit another friend who recently moved there. While I had been to Louisiana on a couple of occasions, I'd never been to the Marksville area. It's very pretty and I got a chance to see a bit more of the state.</div>
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Angel, Tony, myself, Deb and Charles - Thanksgiving 2014</div>
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White Tiger at the Alexandria Zoo - Alexandria, LA</div>
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Nick - the horse for our carriage tour - Natchitoches, LA</div>
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So spring has sprung - or so they say, at least I'd like to hope that's true, but I live in Reno, and am sure to see a bit more cool weather before spring is here to stay. But, I'll enjoy having the windows open while I can. Tonight I'm going to cook out for the first time this season - I have a tri-tip marinating as we speak. Yum!</div>
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While I've been busy the past few months, I've been suffering a bit of a creative block. I'm hoping that it is beginning to pass. Here's what I've come up with</div>
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First of all, my recipe cards for the Crock Pot Recipe swap over at <a href="http://www.cropchocolate.com/" target="_blank">Crop Chocolate</a></div>
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I used Sookwang tape, Microfine glitter (warm) from Elizabeth Crafts, a digital stamp and my Copic markers to create the crockpot. </div>
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Now, here is a sympathy/thinking of you card I created for a friend of mine who lost her dad recently</div>
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The green is a shimmer sheet that I ran through my texture boutique machine with a Stampin Up embossing folder.</div>
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Here are my March birthday cards for my Sister, Nephew and a close friend</div>
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The cupcake is an outline by Elizabeth Crafts, colored with copics and embellished with stickles.</div>
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Another outline by Elizabeth Crafts, done with stickles, the stamp set is from Close to my Heart.</div>
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Today I also made Easter baskets for 2 of my favorite young ladies</div>
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I cut these using my silhouette cameo with some papers from my stash. I will get them filled with the goodies I picked up this week, so I can deliver them on Wednesday.</div>
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I'm heading to San Francisco next weekend to celebrate the Easter holiday. I'm looking forward to spending some time exploring, during a city tour and Muir Woods tour. Hopefully, I will also get the chance to explore Golden Gate Park. </div>
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Here's wishing you all a Happy Easter - Keep Dreaming</div>
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Wow, January has just flown by, I've already blown one of my resolutions which was to keep my blog up-to-date and here I'm just making my first post of the year. Not Good.</div>
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It's been colder than usual here in Reno, I guess the cold started around the holidays and just decided to stick around. I missed most of the snow, since I was in Las Vegas and Anaheim from Christmas Day until the 29th. </div>
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Here's what I was doing in Anaheim - California Adventure and Disneyland for a friend's birthday. We had to stop by Cars Land and Radiator Springs.</div>
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I have gotten some crafting in since the holidays, but not much, I made a few cards at the Scrapbook Paradise customer appreciation crop. Check them out.</div>
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<i> </i>I also experimented with creating some shaving cream canvas' that I will be turning into a gift for a friend. I used the technique for creating shaving cream paper, but let the canvas boards sit in the mixture for a bit longer. Here are the step-by-step instructions</div>
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Put Shaving Cream on the paper plate spread to 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick</div>
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Place the canvas board face down in the shaving cream/ink mixture - press down to ensure maximum coverage</div>
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This is my dyed canvas ready for decoration - the one in the upper right corner I blotted a bit too much, so the colors are very muddled. I'll post a picture when I actually have them decorated.</div>
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Yesterday, I took a Coloring with Copic's class at my LSS, the project we were working on was this little girl with a heart. My first attempt at shading, and I don't think it turned out too bad. I made it into a card for one of my best friends, who is in the hospital right now and not doing too well.</div>
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Right now, I'm really worried about my friend, Cindy who is in the hospital and not doing so well. Unfortunately, she's in Vegas and I can't get there right now. Please, if you get a minute remember her in your thoughts and prayers. </div>
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746702844514763196noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812389557265442749.post-22536400202092584222012-11-18T20:22:00.002-08:002012-11-18T20:22:50.076-08:00Time for Giving Thanks<div style="text-align: center;">
Wow! Where has the year gone? This week is already Thanksgiving and I have so much to give thanks for. Working at the Food Drive for the Evelyn Mount Outreach here in town this week, I thought about how lucky I really am, while I don't have everything I want, I do have everything I ever need. </div>
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Many years ago, while making a cross-country move, I was homeless for a week - not just living in a hotel, with no job, but truly homeless, sleeping on the floor in a friend of mine's deserted home, with no electricity, no hot water or air conditioning (summer in Vegas) just my sleeping bag on the floor. For that I am thankful, because it made me realize that I have friends who while they could not spare much, could give me a safe place to sleep, friends who lent me their showers so I could be clean for my job. After a week I was able to afford to house myself again.....I hope that I never have to experience that again. </div>
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Now I have a nice roof over my head, a job, and plenty of food to eat. I can pay my bills and take vacations when I like. I have so much. I have beautiful, wonderful sisters, brothers-in-law, nieces and nephews that I love, wonderful aunts, uncles and cousins, who love me with all my faults (I think), and friends who are there when the going gets tough. I am blessed and truly thankful. </div>
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I'm also very thankful that I get to spend time being creative in my crafting space. The past couple of weeks I have been making Christmas Cards. Last weekend I was lucky enough to spend time with friends, first getting an Arbonne facial (thanks Bernadette) and then crafting with Tash and Tanya. I got a few cards made and I was able to make a few more today, so here are my offerings.</div>
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These first 2 cards were made with Graphic 45 paper 'Nutcracker Suite' is the collection. I really like how they turned out.</div>
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Sorry, again blogger is not cooperating with the loading of files , these cards were made with Bo Bunny - Winter Joy, probably my all time favorite line<br />
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Echo Park's Wintertime was the bases for these cards - I found the prototype on Pinterest, I really like how they turned out. *yes, it's tin-foil</div>
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And lastly, these are really some scrap cards, very simple with a simple stamp and some bling. </div>
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Looking forward to a busy week, work, seeing the latest installment of the Twilight saga with the girls, Thanksgiving at Trav and Tawn's, searching for Christmas trees in the mountains, and hopefully some more scrappy time. </div>
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So I'll bet when you saw the title, you thought oh, she's talking about the fur babies, while they are stinkin' cute, I'm actually referring to the treat holders that I made today. Now to fill them with the treats.</div>
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So what do you think? These are for two of my favorite young ladies for halloween, I hope they enjoy them.</div>
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So, it's been a busy weekend here in Reno, with the Nevada Day Parade on Saturday as well as attending a Pumpkin Walk last night. Unfortunately today I woke up with a sore throat, so I haven't felt like getting much done at all. Hopefully tomorrow will be better and I can finish the house cleaning after I hit the gym in the evening.</div>
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746702844514763196noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812389557265442749.post-29340611013003805712012-10-21T18:46:00.000-07:002012-10-21T18:46:30.368-07:00What a Week<div style="text-align: center;">
It's Sunday night and I'm thinking about what needs to be done this next week, and wondering where the past week went. Between work, the gym and a trip to Vegas it just flew by. </div>
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Last weekend was the Stitch Retreat in Las Vegas, which was fun as always, It's incredible the beautiful work these women do. I"m currently working on a Baby Announcement for a friend who had a beautiful little girl a couple of months ago. I'm about half-way through the project and will try and post a picture in the next couple of weeks. </div>
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Good news is, I've joined the gym and been consistent about going - three days/week, usually M - W, Thursdays and Fridays are way too busy. I'm enjoying myself while exercising and hoping to lose some weight in the process.</div>
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Another trip to Vegas this week....I think I'm tired of flying back and forth, hopefully now I can stay home for a bit. 3 trips in 3 weeks is a bit much. </div>
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Today I finally got some time to work on the Crop Chocolate October Focus Group Challenge - it was Pinterest inspired. Here's my inspiration and what I came up with.</div>
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The weather is supposed to turn rainy - with a chance of snow in the mountains tomorrow and Tuesday. So I decided to make a big pot of my favorite soup today - Don's Potato Soup, can't wait for it to be done. This will also be the recipe I use for the next Crop Chocolate recipe swap, which I will be working on next weekend.</div>
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746702844514763196noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812389557265442749.post-86555894580266445652012-08-26T17:05:00.000-07:002012-08-26T17:05:08.942-07:00Looking Forward to Labor Day<div style="text-align: center;">
OK, so I know that Labor Day unofficially marks the end of summer, but I'm looking forward to it this year, not because summer is ending and fall is beginning, although cooler weather would be nice, but be cause one of my close friends is coming to Reno for the weekend. Since I moved to Reno 4 years ago, I have not gotten to spend too much time with her, just an occasional brunch when I'm in Las Vegas. We used to do 3 or 4 long weekend trips a year, so I've been missing her. Not sure what the plans are yet, but I do know we will be taking in the Rib Cook-Off no matter what. Yum!</div>
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I have been working on a few crafty things the past few weeks, the first thing is, I finished a cross-stitch picture for a dear friend, he requested a night winter scene quite a few years ago, I finally found the right scene and after a year...it's finished. With a simple frame and white (stickled) mat, I think it turned out really well.</div>
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The challenge for the CropChocolate focus group in August was Subway Art. I really wanted to do something a little different this time, not a card or a layout. So I created 2 plaques, one for each of my friends daughters Alyssa who is 4 and Izzi who is 5. Izzi is also really into rainbows right now, so the plaque also fit into a rainbow challenge for the CropChocolate weekly challenge.</div>
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For my favorite dancer Alyssa</div>
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Today I created a birthday card for my honorary niece Alexis, who's birthday is today.</div>
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As you can probably tell, I've been in a bit of a creative slump lately, so I've been using the weekly challenges to jump start the creative process... not sure if it is working yet.</div>
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746702844514763196noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812389557265442749.post-58880633284748707492012-07-04T16:51:00.003-07:002012-07-04T16:52:04.897-07:00Happy 4th of July<div style="text-align: center;">
Wow, I can't believe the almost half of the summer has gone, I've been so lazy about posting on my blog, I think I'd better set a goal to post at least once a week. </div>
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July is always a busy month for me with the 4th, my youngest sister's birthday on the 5th and my birthday the following week, the 23rd also would have been my dad's birthday. When we were kids, we'd celebrate all three birthdays with a summer vacation. Now, I just joke about taking more time off in July than in any other month, this year however, that's not really true. While I'm taking time off next week to head to Napa to celebrate my day, I took a week off in June to spend time in Las Vegas with friends.</div>
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Today, I finally got to sit down and do some crafting, I made a couple of cards, one that I can show here, which was done for the contest this week on Crop Chocolate, and one that I will have to wait to show until after July 20th since it's for the Crop Chocolate focus group July challenge.</div>
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Here is today's creation - Recipe, use a dark background, 3 patterned papers and ribbon.</div>
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At the crop at Scrapbook Paradise a couple of weekends ago, I was able to create some Thank You cards for the donations that I received for the "Walk for Animals" that I participated in on June 2nd, as well as for my cat sitter. The cat's are supposed to resemble my 3 (Tom, Pippi and Luna).</div>
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I also made a card for my 'twin' sister (from another mother) who is three years younger than I am. Jean and I met in college, when I was a junior and she was a freshman, we sang in the same church group, and discovered that we shared a birthday. We've been twins ever since. Although, I haven't seen her for a number of years, we are still close and keep in touch via birthday and other special occasion cards. </div>
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You can't read it very well, the tag and paper are from We R Memory Keepers - it says "friends are the flowers' in the garden of life". </div>
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746702844514763196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812389557265442749.post-30051222034220097032012-05-13T17:16:00.000-07:002012-05-13T17:16:36.187-07:00Busy, Busy, BusyThat's just what it's been the past couple of weeks. Last weekend I was busy at a National Scrapbook Day (Weekend) crop at one of my favorite stores Scrapbook Paradise. Laura hosted a weekend of scrapbooking, giveaways and make & takes. I won a couple of things during the drawings, including some of the new Reminisce Travel line, beautiful paper. During the crop I worked on the challenges from Crop Chocolate/Oh My Crafts online crop and finished my Maui scrapbook.<br />
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Remember twistel and big bulky metal embellishments? And all of those eyelets that you hoarded that are now collecting dust on your shelf?? Use your OLDEST scrapbook product to create a one of a kind project.<br />
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I had a piece of paper that I bought when I first started scrapbooking a few years ago, I also used some MM celery ribbon, wedding jewels and glitter alphas.<br />
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We've all bought something that we've never used before, and if you're like me - it's probably still sitting there waiting for you to use it. So break out that new product and get crafty with it!!!</div>
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For this challenge I used Echo Park's This & That Graceful Collection, some brads from my stash and MM's celery ribbon. I cut the 3D flowers on my silhouette.</div>
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For this challenge I chose a card from By Belle on Crop Chocolate....Here is her original.</div>
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This 2 page layout was made for a friend's scrapbook of a trip we made to Disneyland to celebrate her birthday. Echo Park's Summer Days collection and MM Glitter alphas were used on the page, there are also small jewel Mickey's made out of Bo Bunny jewels and pearls. </div>
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</div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Crafty Girls'; line-height: 1.4;"><div style="text-align: center;">If you're coming here from <a href="http://thriftysisters-chris.blogspot.com/2012/03/2nd-unofficial-crop-chocolate-blog-hop.html">Christina's </a>blog, thanks for stopping by, if you stumbled upon my blog, welcome, I hope you enjoy your visit and continue to hop along. <a href="http://craftylove4mytwins.wordpress.com/2012/03/23/welcome-to-the-2nd-unofficial-cropchocolate-com-blog-hop/">Mommyx2</a>'s blog is where today’s hop begins, so make sure to stop by, if you haven’t already. Continue reading to find the next blog hop stop.</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Crafty Girls'; line-height: 1.4;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4;">The theme of this blog hop is "Bountiful Borders" with 2 requirements </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4;">1. Create any project, using a tool, electronic or manual, to create a decorative edge on at least one side of the project.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4;">2. 50% of the product used on your project or in my case projects needed to be purchased from Crop Chocolate.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">So I decided to use my Silhouette SD to create some projects.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">My first project was using the ATC's from the Winter ATC Swap on Crop Chocolate.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The border from the Silhouette store is the 4-piece Wave border, it runs along the right side and bottom of the frame.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the framed piece.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I really like how it turned out, but most importantly, I wanted to show this piece to spotlight the wonderful ATC's that I received during this swap.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also made a couple of cards using borders from the Silhouette store.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This first card is using Trinity's Sincerely Collection. I attempted to make a Cala Lily using the paper - the leaf border was cut with my Silhouette. I'm still thinking it needs something, <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4;">so I may add some Mystic Green Stickle to the leaves.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here it is with the added Stickles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The last card is another simple card using a duplicate border cut - one in blue and one in pink, using one of my favorite lines Echo Park's Springtime, the brads are from MME's Lush line and the flowers are from my stash.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This needed something as well - so out came the Stickles, this time Baby Blue and Icicle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think it adds just enough sparkle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next few weeks will be very busy with decorations to be made for upcoming birthday parties, a gender party and a long weekend to Monterey, CA. I'm also doing a bunch of the swaps at Crop Chocolate, the Birthday/Mother's Day Card Swap, the Anything Goes ATC Swap and the Puzzle Swap, I like to keep busy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks for stopping by, don't forget to leave a comment on all of the blogs you visit to be entered to win some sweet "Blog Candy"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next blog on the hop is <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/pazasproductions/blog-spot/cropchocolatebloghop"><b>pollyzas</b></a>, make sure you stop by and say Hi. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Before you go, I just wanted to post a picture of one of my fur-babies. This is Pippi Longstocking, she's the most cooperative when it comes to sitting for the photographer (mom) of the 3.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lisa (RnoAngel0712 on CC)</div><br />
</div></div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746702844514763196noreply@blogger.com51tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812389557265442749.post-30219795687032528482012-02-26T18:09:00.000-08:002012-02-26T18:09:16.100-08:00Keeping BusyI can't believe a month has gone by since I posted, in between a few days in Vegas for work, and catching a really rotten cold, I've gotten a couple of projects finished, although not everything I've wanted to accomplish is done.<br />
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The big project that I finally got completed tonight is the lamp project. It's really an altered object project. I got an old brass lamp from a friend and decided I wanted to revamp it for use in my living room. So, here are the lamp pieces before......<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sorry this is sideways, for some reason blogger doesn't want to insert the picture correctly. This is the lamp base.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These are pictures of the glass that goes on the spider arms of the lamp base. (Again, for some reason blogger doesn't want to insert the picture correctly).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now here's the finished product.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I spray painted the brass base of the lamp silver and used alcohol inks to color the pieces of the glass green and purple. The affect of the alcohol ink on the glass is pretty subtle. I wasn't sure how it was all going to come together, but I like the way it turned out. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here it is moved into place in my living room.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">In addition to the lamp, I've also been making some cards. All of the cards were made for challenges on Crop Chocolate.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Valentines Card made with non-traditional colors</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Making Shapes out of other shapes Card #1 - A shamrock made from hearts.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shapes challenge #2 - the flames on the birthday candles are made from hearts.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Card made using primary colors (red, blue and yellow). </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2nd card made with primary colors. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looks like it will be a busy week again this week, with a day trip to Vegas on Wednesday. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Time to make some dinner, do the ironing and watch the Oscars. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746702844514763196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812389557265442749.post-59149727936069264782012-01-22T17:22:00.000-08:002012-01-22T17:22:01.306-08:00What a Week<div style="text-align: center;">What a week it has been. Between being sick and wildfires, I'm glad the week is done. Just wanted to remind everyone to pause and take a minute to remember the 29 families who lost their homes in this weeks wildfire in Reno. I can't believe that another huge fire destroyed so much land and so many homes almost 2 months to the day after the Caughlin Ranch fire. Reno just can't seem to get a break. Thank You to all of the firefighters and first responders who came to the rescue. While the fire stayed 8 - 10 miles from my home, I had friends and acquaintances who were much closer and either should have evacuated or were waiting to be told to evacuate, it was a very scary couple of days. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This weekend I've been relaxing and got a little time to create a couple of cards today. I needed birthday cards for a couple of friends who are celebrating on Thursday.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And this card is for a male friend who is also celebrating this week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Last week I realized I hadn't taken pictures of the pages that I did for my Dad - to celebrate his life, so here they are.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These are pictures of my Dad and some family pictures through the years.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lastly, cards I received and pictures of the flowers from his service.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And last but not least some fun family pictures.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> More family and friends</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Next week, I'm off to Vegas for a couple of days for work. I've got plans to meet up with some friends for dinner on Monday and Tuesday nights. That will make the trip worthwhile.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Until next week. Dream Big!</div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746702844514763196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812389557265442749.post-48934894864782343922012-01-15T20:20:00.000-08:002012-01-15T20:20:40.355-08:00It's 2012!Happy New Year!<br />
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OK, I'm running a little late this year, typical. December was busy as usual, and while I did spend some time crafting, I also did the shopping and the baking, and all of those holiday tasks, including a couple of parties and a crafty day with friends. I had the week between Christmas and New Years off as the office was closed, so I finally got down to some heavy duty crafting after the house got cleaned. I worked on a bunch of cards for card swaps and for a couple of birthdays. Here's some of my favorites.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a card I made for one of my friends who lost her Dad, just before Christmas. Since it's also my first Christmas since my Dad passed away, I thought she'd like to know that someone was thinking of her.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some Thank You cards that I sent to friends for my Christmas gifts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While I was making cards, I decided to make this fun one. I love the saying.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Over New Year's weekend, I went to a 2 day crop at Scrapbook Paradise, I got quite a lot completed, including my cards for the card swap on Crop Chocolate, here's what I came up with.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I like them. I also did a couple of family themed layouts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Unfortunately, this is the only one I photographed to date. I'll have to take pictures of the others later in the week for next weeks post.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yesterday, I went to a friends house for a crop. We had a nice time and I got quite a bit accomplished. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These are my ATC's for the swap at Crop Chocolate - I made 12 total. These were my prototypes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is an Easter Card I made for the CC Focus Group Stained Glass Challenge. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And last, but not least, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-EWtuBAEDbs8MLL-sKfW02x4BYtEwrXaU7SMX87CFYwiyvarjF2bas2oq9keex5JO5tecCKNeB8dZ4oBd49YtgDd5MQGWRATCRBw9Qw8uAlEgImjPrILTmi0ebsCuJS1dSqA_W-KRyr31/s1600/114.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-EWtuBAEDbs8MLL-sKfW02x4BYtEwrXaU7SMX87CFYwiyvarjF2bas2oq9keex5JO5tecCKNeB8dZ4oBd49YtgDd5MQGWRATCRBw9Qw8uAlEgImjPrILTmi0ebsCuJS1dSqA_W-KRyr31/s320/114.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a birthday card for my oldest niece. Her birthday is the day after Easter this year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I guess that's enough for now. One of my goals in this New Year is to blog once a week. So until next week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Continue to Dream Big!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746702844514763196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812389557265442749.post-56002280622676527702011-11-27T19:36:00.000-08:002011-11-27T19:36:34.078-08:00Thanksgiving......<div style="text-align: center;">Thanksgiving has come and gone, and I have been remiss in posting to my blog. Time has just gotten away from me for the past couple of months, but now I'm back (I hope).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've been busy in the craft room the past few weeks with Thanksgiving and holiday projects. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">My first project was for the Crop Chocolate November Focus Group Challenge ----- I'm Thankful For...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's my entry, Counting my Blessings instead of Sheep (from White Christmas)</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A few of the things I'm thankful for, my family, my friends (old and new), my fur kids, and the ability to travel to beautiful places (Hawaii is one of my favorite spots).</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A close up of one of the sheep</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Last weekend I spent Sunday crafting with friends at a home crop, I made some cute turkeys</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love the colored googly eyes. I gave the pink-eyed turkey to Miss Alyssa, she's my favorite 3 year old.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanksgiving was very low-key for me, I basically stayed home and had a fantastic turkey dinner. Friday and Saturday I attended Daytime Madness crops at Scrapbook Paradise. Here's the results of the two days</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A birthday card for my 19 year old nephew Jake.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A fiftieth birthday card for my brother-in-law Bruce......he's feeling old (the inside says "Happy Birthday Old Man")</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Christmas card for the Crop Chocolate Secret Santa.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A mini-album for my best friend Suzi - this is the cover of the tin,</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Side One</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Side Two - the back page will have a poem or some personal reflections, I haven't decided yet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today, I spent the day cleaning and decorating for the holidays. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The stocking were hung by the chimney with care....in hopes that Saint Nicholas soon would be there (a girl can dream can't she).</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Luna in her 'Christmas Pretty'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tomorrow it's back to work. I hope all of you have a great week. Keep dreaming........</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746702844514763196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812389557265442749.post-17968063658521305322011-10-30T17:44:00.000-07:002011-10-30T17:44:37.817-07:00Where did October go??????<div style="text-align: center;">I just looked up and tomorrow is Halloween, the last day of October, where did this month go? I've been busy, I just don't know that anything got accomplished.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">What do you get when you put 50 women together in a room scrapbooking for 3 days.... a ton of fun, that's what my first trip to Camp Scrapbook Paradise entailed. Located an hour or so north of Reno, near Portola, CA is Grizzly Creek Ranch, which was the site for the weekend. Thursday night after unpacking all of the scrapbook supplies, we started in on a weekend of crafting. I got all 40 of my Christmas Cards completed between Thursday night and Friday. I'm ahead of the game so far, usually I start creating the cards on Thanksgiving weekend.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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This was the prototype for the cards. I'm glad to have them completed. Now I just need to come up with a smaller card idea for the cards for my friends at work.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Saturday I got to work on some of my Christmas gifts</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">First I decided to do bookmarks with holders, I laminated the bookmarks, but will need to add tassels to a couple of sets yet.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">For the most part, I like the way they turned out. I love the butterflies on the second My Minds Eye set, but it made the laminate crease badly. I will need to redo those. I may make a couple of more sets for those incidental gifts we all need to have on hand.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I also did a set of notecards as a gift for my friend</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I still need to put a little more detail on the cards, but they are starting to look good. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The last thing that I got to work on was the card for my uncle's retirement party. Since he's retiring from the US Postal Service, I wanted to do something themed, he's got a great sense of humor, like my late grandpa (his FIL) so he will totally get it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Friday and Yesterday, I took a quick 24 hour mini-vacation to Sacramento and Apple Hill, sometimes you just need to get away. I made a stop at Green Tangerines, one of my favorite scrapbook stores, right behind Scrapbook Paradise in Reno, and then hit the mall for some retail therapy. While I didn't buy too much, I did have a great dinner at Buckhorn Grille. Saturday morning after breakfast I drove up to Apple Hill on my way home. Here are some of the sites.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As October ends, and November begins, it's time for me to start looking at all of the things I have to be thankful for, and put to rest all of the stress of the past few months. My next challenge for the Crop Chocolate focus group has to do with being thankful. I'll show you what I come up with in the next couple of weeks. Now it's time to make dinner (meatloaf and smashed potatoes with a salad) and finish working on my puzzle pieces for the Crop Chocolate swap. Gotta let the Glimmer Mist dry on those before finishing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Have a fantastic Halloween and Dream Big.</div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746702844514763196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812389557265442749.post-59994172136005140592011-09-25T21:04:00.000-07:002011-09-25T21:04:55.363-07:00Packing.......<div style="text-align: center;">Such fun, such fun, heading to Vegas for a couple of days this week for Pragmatic Marketing Training, so I'm working on getting the house cleaned up tonight, so I don't have to deal with it when I get home. I'm really not in the mood to iron and pack, much less clean house. I'm hoping to catch up with a couple of friends while I'm gone, but I'm not sure how much time I'll have. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Saturday was crop day at Scrapbook Paradise...It was great, 12 hours of scrapbooking. I'm still working on my Christmas cards and tried something new with the snowflakes</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've changed the snowflakes by adding some cellophane to give them some depth and reflection without getting them too thick, since they have to be mailed.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm happy with the results, the only thing I think I'm going to change on the cards, is I'm going to purchase white shimmer paper for the top of the card to give more of a snowy feel.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I also worked on some birthday cards which turned out pretty well. The first two are more masculine for a 17 year old and one of my closest friends, I didn't want to do anything frilly for the guys. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The last one is a simple card for my niece who is celebrating her birthday on the 5th of October.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also worked on the Crop Chocolate recipe for the week, which was......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of course I had to do 3, one for each fur kid....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We have another 12 hour crop next Saturday, to prepare for camp. I'll be cutting lots of snowflakes....hope my silhouette holds out. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746702844514763196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812389557265442749.post-20991264453159848932011-09-18T17:29:00.000-07:002011-09-18T17:29:01.879-07:00Final Days of Summer... bring the Balloon Races and other things....I can hardly believe that fall is arriving this week. It seems like summer just began. The weather is turning cooler, (although they're predicting low 90's for mid-week here in Reno) especially in the evenings. I love leaving the windows open and letting the coolness into the condo. Days are getting shorter. At work we are prepping for G2E (Global Gaming Expo). All signs of fall. The next few weeks are going to be busy, with a couple of multi-day trips to Las Vegas (including G2E) and preparing for Scrapbook Camp.<br />
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Last weekend I spend a day scrapbooking at Tawn's house. I got some fun things accomplished. This the is Thanksgiving card I made for the Crop Chocolate Recipe Challenge #8....after I got home, I decided the turkey needed something, so I got out my stickles and gave his tail a little pizazz.<br />
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I also worked on a birthday card, it was intended for a friend's son, but I think it's a little juvenile for him, so I save it and make another card for the teenager.<br />
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I did a couple of layouts just for fun.<br />
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Sunday, I did something I would not normally do on a weekend. I got up before the crack of dawn....3:30 am and made my way to Rancho San Rafeal park for the Reno Balloon Races......It was a beautiful morning.<br />
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In honor of Sept 11th, the colors are flying high....<br />
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I had never seen so many hot air balloons in one place, while there was a ton of people, it was very relaxing.<br />
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This is my favorite picture from the hundreds I took....<br />
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Today has been devoted to working on the prototype for my Christmas cards. I know it seems early, but since I will be spending 3 days at scrapbook camp in October, I thought I'd be proactive and work on getting some ideas for my christmas cards so I can make them at camp.<br />
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Here is my design<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I started with some ribbon that I liked, and built the color scheme around the ribbon. I had actually seen the design on a card kit and really liked the idea of snowflakes. I still am not happy with the snowflake cutout and tulle, but I've got a couple of weeks to work on that. The problem with the snowflake cutout is parts are thin and tear easily, also when I stickled them, they stuck to my scrap paper. I'm wondering if I use waxed paper or my craft mat if that will alleviate the sticking problem. The bottom of the card was just done with scrap paper, but I did by corresponding cardstock to the ribbon that will be on the finished product. I found inks in my sable that works well with the ribbon. </div><br />
I also made a card for the Crop Chocolate week 9 challenge...although, I didn't use a fall theme.<br />
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I still like it.<br />
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Next week, I'm attending a crop at Scrapbook Paradise on Saturday, time for more prep for camp, and then I'll be packing for 3 days in Vegas. Maybe, I'll get to see some friends while I'm there.<br />
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Follow Your DreamsLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746702844514763196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812389557265442749.post-73548634805142842182011-09-05T16:51:00.000-07:002011-09-05T16:51:08.408-07:00Labor Day<div style="text-align: center;">Happy Labor Day Everyone!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I can't believe summer is ending, it seems like it just started. I didn't get to do all the traveling I wanted this summer, and took an unexpected trip. September and October are already shaping up to be very busy months. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Friday night, I hit the Rib Cook-Off and picked up ribs for dinner for the entire weekend....My favorites are still Bone Daddy's, but gotta say Bourbon Q has grown on me, their sauce is a little sweet, not quite enough fire though.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I celebrated the holiday by driving over to Sacramento on Saturday to visit my second favorite scrapbook store - Green Tangerines...my favorite of course being my LSS - Scrapbook Paradise. I can usually find the newest lines previewed at GT and then I ask SP to order what I like. I spent a little too much money, but after the past couple of weeks, I needed to treat myself. The drive over the mountains was pretty and went smoothly, even through the road-construction zones. I got some ideas for my Christmas cards, so now I have to find the supplies....I think snowflakes and penguins this year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sunday and today, I got to work on some challenges from my favorite online shopping site, <a href="http://www.cropchocolate.com/">Crop Chocolate</a>, the people who run the site are amazing, with great customer service, and the ladies on the site are so creative and help me push my own creative limits.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This weeks recipe was as follows......</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Fall themed, something silver and green, a die cut piece of paper, bling and 2 pieces of ribbon.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My last project for the weekend, was a double page layout of my niece Kelly.....while Thursday, August 25th was a long, hard day, there were some smiles that came out of it. One was the layout I used for the focus group challenge, the second was this layout.......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After a busy, hard day and getting stood up at my step-sister's home, we were all tired and hungry, so we decided to stop at the Roadhouse in Wabasso, MN for dinner. We were sitting at a table and Kelly had a freezy, she politely asked the waitress for a spoon. The waitress was thought she was so cute and should help her as a hostess for the evening, so they could make more in tips. Kelly's response to the table was "I'm not going to waste my natural cuteness on that!"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Needless to say, we all laughed and continued to laugh until Kelly in all of the wisdom of her 7 years got a little bent that we were laughing at her. Thank heavens for my iphone, so I could capture the moment. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, the weekend is almost over and it's time to head back to work. I'm looking forward to next weekend and the Balloon Races (I hope I can get up early enough for Dawn Patrol), and then scrapbooking at Tanya's house. It will be a good weekend, just got to make it through the work week first.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746702844514763196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812389557265442749.post-83137910200871594172011-08-28T15:42:00.000-07:002011-08-29T18:38:43.459-07:00Crazy WeekWhat a crazy, long, sad week it's been. After last Sunday's phone call, I knew the week was just going to go downhill, well, needless to say, it did.....I received a call from my sister on Monday morning, that my Dad had passed away at 4:30 am (CDT), for anyone interested here is the link to his obituary.<br />
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<a href="http://www.marshallindependent.com/page/content.detail/id/529508/William--Bill--Jemming.html?nav=5016">http://www.marshallindependent.com/page/content.detail/id/529508/William--Bill--Jemming.html?nav=5016</a><br />
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This of course began a week of craziness in my life, first on the agenda, trying to find a reasonably priced ticket to Minnesota on short notice (good luck), I did find a not so reasonably priced ticket and made arrangements to be picked up in Minneapolis for the 2.5 hour drive to Milroy. I also needed to take care of everything at work, so I could take the week off and locate pictures for the picture board that needed to be put together before the funeral on Thursday. Tuesday was a very long day....waking up at 3:30 am is not my favorite thing to do and of course I couldn't sleep on the plane. Once in Minneapolis, my sisters and I met up with an aunt and uncle for dinner, before heading for Milroy.<br />
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Wednesday was the day set aside for getting the picture boards created, before heading to my stepmom's house to do that, I set up my sister's scanner/printer (since I'm the geek of the family, they wait for me) and scanned old photos and transferred all her pictures from her old PC to the new PC.<br />
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Thursday was a long day all the way around, between the funeral service and spending time (dealing) with family, I was very glad when it was over.<br />
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Friday was a little more relaxing and ended with a family cookout (sisters, husband and kids), while I packed to leave on Saturday.<br />
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Yesterday was another long day of driving and flights (first from Mpls to Chicago, then Chicago to Reno), needless to say I'm glad to be home. Hopefully, I can recover from all of this craziness this week and get back on track with everything. Next weekend is a 3-day weekend for Labor Day, so I'm hoping to head to Sacramento for some shopping and do some crafting.<br />
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Before I close, I just want to say that I'm very thankful for my sisters, stepmom and wonderful step-sister Debbie, who took care of so many arrangements this past week. She has been a god-send during this time.<br />
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Just to leave you with some family pictures......<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The beautiful flowers that my step-niece Christa (Debbie's daughter) did for the funeral. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hopefully, the next week will be devoid of any drama (I can't take much more). Until next time......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Dance like nobody's watching....Live for tomorrow's an uncertainty.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746702844514763196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812389557265442749.post-10083040358785981542011-08-21T17:54:00.000-07:002011-08-29T18:38:01.485-07:00Just Waiting for the Stickles to Dry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>As I'm waiting for the Stickles to dry on this weeks Crop Chocolate challenge, I'm also waiting for a phone call from my sister saying my Dad passed away. She called me earlier this afternoon, saying the nursing home - hospice unit had called and they didn't expect him to last too much longer. While I've been expecting this for the past couple of months, it still makes me cry. I thought I had prepared myself for all possibilities, but I guess we never do. My Dad has been suffering from Alzheimer's for the past 5 or 6 years, and has spent the last 3 years in a nursing home, since it got to hard for my wonderful stepmother to care for him on her own. I've been thinking today, and remembering the good times (and maybe some not so good).<br />
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</div><div>Fishing for bullheads at School Grove Lake, I really dislike fishing, but I learned how to cast my line well. Many years later when Dad and Mirt bought a house on a lake in Glenwood, we went fishing for sunnies off the pontoon, I took a book as I don't fish, but wanted to be with the family on the lake....Zach was 3 or 4 and could not yet cast his line, so as he pulled his fish in, Grandma Mirt would take them off the line, Zach would put another worm on, and I would cast it out for him. One time when I was casting out the line, Dad looked at me and asked, where did you learn to do that, my answer....."You taught me", he was stunned I remembered.</div><div><br />
</div><div>When I was 4 or 5, my Grandpa Jemming bought a Shetland pony named Prince for us, that lived out on his farm. Prince had a pony cart and would let us ride him bareback. Not too many years later, when Grandma and Grandpa sold the farm, Prince came to live at our house on the edge of Milroy, my Dad fenced in part of the land we had, and weatherproofed an old shed, then he bought a second pony for us.....a Welsh pony we named Princess (of course). Dad and his friends converted an old farm wagon, into a horse drawn wagon, and would hitch Prince and Princess to this funny looking wagon and drive down the highway in their horse drawn wagon. I always liked to ride in the wagon, but preferred to drive the single pony cart. </div><div><br />
</div><div>My favorite picture of my Dad is one of him doing the dishes with my uncle Mike Sauter.....it was Christmas Eve at Grandma and Grandpa Bergman's home many years ago. It seemed that every year, the ladies would always get stuck with the cooking and the dishes, this time Dad and Mike did them and I captured it on film. Funny, that's the only time they did the dishes after a family dinner.</div><div><br />
</div><div>As a family we tried to go on a vacation each summer.....most of the time it was just a camping trip, or renting a cabin at a lake, usually near Alexandria, MN. Although, I remember one year, taking a tent and going to the Wisconsin Dells, what I remember most about that trip, is my Dad went all out for him, we went on a boat trip on the river and to the ski show (Tommy Barlett's I think). I also remember it rained hard, and the tent leaked, so we kids slept in the bed of the truck under the topper, where Dad and Mom would usually sleep, and my parents slept sitting up in the front seat of the pickup. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Another year, my parents and their friends converted an old school bus into a RV, and we took it out to Lake Shetek for a month, Dad would work during the week and come out on the weekends. </div><div><br />
</div><div>My Dad was a hard working man, he did a variety of jobs, just to make a life for his family, he farmed, ran a gas station and worked for Schwan's Dairy as a material handler and a long-haul trucker. After my Mom passed away in 1981, he had the added burden of raising my brother and sisters, who were still teenagers. He retired from Schwan's back in the late 90's and married a wonderful lady "Mirt", they enjoyed going out dancing together, and visiting with family and friends. They fulfilled a dream that my Dad and Mom had, and lived on a lake near Glenwood, MN for several years. So, I'm glad he got that enjoyment, he loved living on the lake and fishing year round. I joked with Mirt one winter, we were talking about Dad being out in the fishhouse on the lake, he had everything out there (stove, recliner, TV), I told Mirt, if he decided to move the big screen and the VCR out there, she wouldn't see him until spring.</div><div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">My Dad</div><div style="text-align: center;">William (Bill) Arthur Jemming</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I have been very blessed to have my Dad and Mom....and also my stepmother who provided loving support for my Dad these past 20 years. I Love You All</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks for reading this week, I'll probably be in Minnesota next weekend, so until I get back, Keep Dreaming........</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746702844514763196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812389557265442749.post-4881688773427918922011-08-07T18:00:00.000-07:002011-08-07T18:00:22.535-07:00August Already<div style="text-align: center;">Where did July go? It's always a busy month for me, but this year it just flew by and August is here. It's funny, but my Grandma always said that years go faster as you grow older, I'm beginning to believe it's true. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've been busy this weekend, between cleaning carpets and getting my hair done, I did manage to find some crafty time today. I really wanted to work on the recipe challenges from Crop Chocolate this weekend, so here are my contributions. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Blueberry Muffin</div><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The second recipe was Strawberry Shortcake</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="background: white;">Pink & Black Cardstock or Patterned Paper<o:p></o:p></div><div style="background: white;">Brads or Bling<o:p></o:p></div><div style="background: white;">3 flowers<o:p></o:p></div><div style="background: white;">Letter Stickers<o:p></o:p></div><div style="background: white;">*Mystery ingredient – Try to repurpose stickers with glitter, paint, ink, stickles…* <o:p></o:p></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Again, my paper of choice was from Authentique, this time the Uncommon Collection, the flowers, brads, letters and lace are from my "Sable" and again Stickles, this time in Star Dust were used to accentuate the lettering.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This card is for my cousin, who lost her Grandma this past week. I just wanted her to know I'm thinking about her.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My last two projects today were for one of the wonderful ladies on Crop Chocolate - Purplesmog who is putting together a couple of scrapbooks for some young boys who are sadly losing their Dad to cancer, I volunteered to do a double page layout for each book, in a Me and my Dad theme. I tried to keep them very basic........</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">MME's Stella & Rose - Hattie line was the basis for this layout, the letters are highlighted with Cinnamon Stickles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">American Crafts - Happy Trails is the paper I used here, the tag is from MME and Thickers complete the page. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I feel for these little guys, especially since I know what losing a parent is like. Tomorrow is the 30th anniversary of my Mom's passing. I was much older than these two little guys when she passed away, I was 21, but I still miss her very much. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next week is shaping up to be a very busy week, followed by a short well deserved vacation. On Saturday, I'll be heading to Portland, OR for a couple of days of sightseeing and relaxation. Oh, don't worry, I'll still be creating, I always take my X-stitch on trips. I started working on a christmas present for a friend, so I need to keep going on the piece and maybe actually get it finished in time to mail it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As always, keep dreaming........</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746702844514763196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812389557265442749.post-33103425222396794642011-07-31T16:04:00.000-07:002011-07-31T16:04:49.270-07:00Oldies Day at My HouseSo, I've been having kind of an "Oldies" Day today, and I'm not talking about my age!<br />
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I've listened to old music - on vinyl - specifically The Alan Parson's Project - Turn of a Friendly Card.<br />
Watched old TV - Season 2 of the Bionic Woman on DVD<br />
and finished an older project......a page that I had started for a Bo Bunny challenge a few months ago, the journaling just needed to finished. So, I took care of that today.<br />
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Here is the finished product. The challenge was to use a Bo Bunny line - here's one of my favorites "Flower Child" and use a French title, so I chose Amis Forever.<br />
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I also worked on some cards for some challenges on Crop Chocolate.<br />
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The first was for the weekly recipe challenge.<br />
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<div style="background: #FEEBEB;">This weeks recipe is courtesy of Jazzy<o:p></o:p></div><div style="background: #FEEBEB;">a bit of black <o:p></o:p></div><div style="background: #FEEBEB;">something chipboard<o:p></o:p></div><div style="background: #FEEBEB;">3 buttons<o:p></o:p></div><div style="background: #FEEBEB;">a shade of blue <o:p></o:p></div><div style="background: #FEEBEB;">some stitching (real or faux)<o:p></o:p></div><div style="background: #FEEBEB;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Again, I'm having issues with the photos uploading. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also created a card for the Focus Group Challenge on Crop Chocolate, the only requirement was that it use 4 items purchased from Crop Chocolate</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also worked on a card for the Card scraplift tag game, but will be unable to reveal that card until it's revealed on the site. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Time...flowing like a river to the sea, to the sea."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Until my next entry.......Dream Big!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746702844514763196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812389557265442749.post-25562128693793017442011-07-24T17:31:00.000-07:002011-07-24T17:31:51.342-07:00Yesterday's CropThe crop at Scrapbook Paradise yesterday was lots of fun, even though it was short. Unfortunately, there were only 7 ladies signed up, so instead of a 12 hour crop, we had an 8 hour crop during store hours. The store has a 10 person minimum for the 12 hour crop, which I don't disagree with, but needless to say, I didn't get as much done as I wanted to, but that's always the case. However, I did get some fun things done.<br />
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</div><div>First, I completed a trio of Birthday cards. I pieced both the landscape and the balloons, the first two are stitched, but I messed up the 3rd one and adhered it to the card before I remembered to stitch it, so the lines are drawn. </div><div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also needed to add a little Smooch Ink around the first two cards to make the Happy Birthday pop. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next task was another Birthday card for a friend of mine. I wanted it to say something like Old Guys Rule, but he would have taken offense, so I ended up with "Vintage Dude", Thanks for the suggestion Tawn!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next project was for the Crop Chocolate Unofficial Recipe Challenge - I need to use the following ingredients </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="background: #FEEBEB;">1 Sheet White Cardstock<o:p></o:p></div><div style="background: #FEEBEB;">2 Different Patterned Papers<o:p></o:p></div><div style="background: #FEEBEB;">Ribbon, 2 different colors, you choose the length<o:p></o:p></div><div style="background: #FEEBEB;">A pinch of Bling<o:p></o:p></div><div style="background: #FEEBEB;">Something pink<o:p></o:p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I like challenges, as they make me think outside my box, this is what I came up with</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Of course, as usual, I changed the recipe and added a third patterned paper. I always change the recipe when I cook something up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The last pages I accomplished were of a trip to the Zoo last year, unfortunately, I'm having issues with getting it loaded here, but I used Bo Bunny's Zoology line. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope that you all have a great week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746702844514763196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812389557265442749.post-55273674108300786492011-07-17T17:12:00.000-07:002011-07-17T17:12:39.254-07:00Busy Week Comes to an EndWow, it sure has been a busy week, and I am so not ready to get back into the swing of work. With all of the side trips, I really haven't gotten a lot of crafting done, but I was able to complete a couple of items completed before all of the craziness began.<br />
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First, an update on my travels, on Monday my friend Deb and I headed down (or up) to Yosemite National Park - Tuolumne Meadows. The high country of Yosemite is amazingly beautiful and peaceful. There are very few people, compared to the valley area and you really get a chance to enjoy the area.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes, there's still snow at 10,000 feet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Deb at the Tioga Pass Overlook</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On my birthday, (Tues) we headed to Truckee for a quick walk and lunch and then off to Squaw Valley. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Two Views of Squaw Valley</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Since Tuesday, I've been trying to get back into the day to day swing of things. I did get the chance to frame the X-Stitch for my friend</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I used Cadillac Pink Glimmer Mist to get the mat the correct color. I really liked how it turned out. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also made my Dad's birthday card......now to get it in the mail so it arrives by the 23rd.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUmm-pqrlOErmcmmvSxsBJ25EV1oaHoyc7nlwO95Tl3XxKher8dROx-xz7wBjUl39IKrTHneFElGBDyOP5yLPQ_duvs_MplHlgdh-hLwuTq-lWZ-bMV2QbAiPbmtlDX5-_GkPwzNZGB1yO/s1600/IMG_4264.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUmm-pqrlOErmcmmvSxsBJ25EV1oaHoyc7nlwO95Tl3XxKher8dROx-xz7wBjUl39IKrTHneFElGBDyOP5yLPQ_duvs_MplHlgdh-hLwuTq-lWZ-bMV2QbAiPbmtlDX5-_GkPwzNZGB1yO/s320/IMG_4264.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Technical difficulties again......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just for fun, here's a picture of Luna with her toy, she just looks cute.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm excited for next weekend and the crop at Scrapbook Paradise, my LSS. I should have a few new pages and such after 12 hours, I hope anyway. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Until next time, Dream Big.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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