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Rememer that class I told you that I would be joining Teresa Collins to teach in San Diego on December 8th??? Well here is the AWESOME preview of what you will be making in that class!!!! Isn't this GORGEOUS???? Teresa is SO talented. I just LOVE her stuff and can't wait for this class!!! If you want to join us check this post for more info.
Have a great day!
WOW! It feels like it has been forever since I blogged. Maybe it's just that this week has dragged on forever. Sorry that this has NOTHING to do with scrapping, but I just wanted to share with you all what life has been like around here these last few days. About 4am Monday morning my family (parents) got the call to evacuate their home. It wasn't a reverse 911 call, but a friend that called in a panic saying that the flames were surrounding her house and that they needed to get out too. This was a fire that had been 35 miles away from them when they went to bed that night. CRAZY!!! They frantically loaded up their trailer with pictures and important papers and left. We've recieved word that their house is still standing but that the homes of many of their neighbors and friends have been destroyed. It is so sad.
Here's a picture that I got from the local paper of an air drop in their neighborhood. Now I know why their trees were all singed!
So, needless to say I've been a little on edge this week. The fires here are burning within 10 miles of our house which judging by the rate at which the fires in SD spread isn't far enough. We've been packed up and ready to leave at a moments notice all week. The air is so thick with ash and smoke that we haven't been able to go outside for days and the sun casts an erie orange glow on the whole city as it tries to shine through the dirty air. Here is a picture from this morning at 10am. Looks like sunset, huh?
This picture doesn't really do it justice, but you can tell it looks like an overcast day here when actually it is 88 degrees and supposedly sunny...
I'm defintely thankful for all my blessings today. Please keep all of those hundreds of thousands of displaced people in your thoughts and prayers today and count your blessings!
Have a great day!
This is a little somethin' I whipped up and can't wait to use it on a page! :) It was SO easy and seiously fun so I thought I'd share so you can make one to if you want:
Here's what you need:
one chipboard frame
7 gypsies 97% complete tag
small rub-ons or stickers
1 scrap of patterned paper
1 piece of orange cardstock
1 mini bulldog clip
1 clear flower
1 orange button
2 coordinating ribbons
Cut your orange cardstock so that it creates a mat around the 97% complete tag. (whatever size you like, just so there is a border around the tag). Cut a piece of your patterned paper scrap to fit on the tag so it peeks out from under the tag, allow yourself a little extra so that you can tear along the bottom of the patterned piece to give it a rough edge. (if you want, you can ink both the orange cardstock and the patterned paper piece for extra dimension) Adhere the patterned paper to the cardstock, then glue the 97% complete tag on top of the patterned piece of paper.
Put a spooky saying on your chipboard frame with your rub-ons. Adhere the frame over part of the 97% complete tag near the bottom...maybe to highlight where you will write the date or something. Stick the clip on the side of the tag. Adhere the button to the clear flower and attach it to the tag in the top left corner. Punch a hole in the top and tie your ribbon through. TA-DA!!! :)
Hope you have fun making it! :)
Have a great day!
I wanted to give a little inspiration for this weeks challenge and pose a question:
Are you being challenged???
I started these challenges a few months back hoping to inspire you to scrap at least one new layout a week and to try some new things. BUT, as these silly little blog things go, I can't really see if it's helping anyone. So, I'd like to know....
Who's out there???? :) Are you interested in seeing the weekly challenge continue? Leave me a comment and let me know if you would. Also, what would you like to see???
Thanks for the input! I want to make this as fun and informative as possible. The best way for me to make that happen is for you to speak up!! lol!! :)
And now for a little stitching idea.... I hope you can see this!! I make my own background by simply cutting out black circles and stitching them with my machine onto the blue cardstock. :)
Have a great day!!
Sorry I haven't been posting much this week...I decided to actually create something rather than being on the computer all the time. I have a great talent for spending WAY too much time moving from blog to blog and whittling away all of nap time leaving me no time to get anything accomplished! :) Anyone else have that problem? So, I gathered all the will power I had and stayed away and put a little something together. It's not quite finished yet...so I'll just share the cover and a sneak side view. Once I make the final adjustments I'll share the inside too! :)
I am IN LOVE with this new 8x8 board book I found. It lets me put all my 5x7's in it without cropping. FANTASTIC! :)
Enjoy! :)
Have a great day!!
What are you doing December 8th??? Nothing? Well perfect!! How about joining me and my dear friend TERESA COLLINS for a fun day of scrapping and photography? Teresa kindly asked if I would join her to help inspire you guys with your PHOTOGRAPHY and to talk you into documenting YOU!!! If you're in the San Diego/Orange County/LA area (or you can convince your DH to let you take a road trip!! :) lol!!! ) then come and join us!! This is an awesome class using the 7Gypsies rolodex ATC spinner (SO cool!!!) FULL of great ideas and ways to document you and your family with fun little pictures and quotes etc. It will be an ALL day event. We're talking from 9am to 4pm with lunch provided girls!! WooHOO!!!! I can't wait!!! It is going to be SO fun!
Friday night (I won't be there) but she's teaching an ADORABLE clear album class!! The SAMPLES ARE UP ON HER SITE and the photos are by me of my sweet baby girl. :) Here's a little sneak...you can see more on her blog:
SO, whaddya think?? Wanna come and play with us? :) It's going to be a blast! :)
Here's the store info:
Ever After Scrapbooks
2618 B El Camino Real
Carlsbad, CA 92008
Tel: 760-433-9313
Fax: 760-433-9315
Email: [email protected]
I know that seats are going FAST!!! They had people calling and siging up even before they knew what she was teaching so they won't be around long, especially now that they've seen sneaks of one of the projects!! Hope you can join us! :)
Have a great day!