Destin 2007

I've been scrapbooking and this is a layout I liked and wanted to post. It's from Destin 2007. Yes, 2007 I'm behind. Anyway I started using the brackets Close To My Heart C1399 "On the Edge". They are neat to draw attention and you can use any ink. Also, you will see the hibiscus CTMH C1356 "Extreme Happiness" with pop up dots. I accented with Garden Green, Cranberry and CTMH Moon Doggie Paper. I used my cricut to make my titles with Indian Corn Blue. I'm loving my cricut. Well time to work on some more 2007. I'll post something later this week. Til then Happy Scrapping!!!

Altered Note Pad

A fun make & take idea was shared by Laura Varner and I used it at the Crop Celebration and wanted to share it with you. It was the Altered Note Pads. For $3.00 everyone made a note pad to take home and we stamped a message on the inside of each pad. It was a great idea and everyone enjoyed it. I am making some for teacher gifts and inside I want to tuck a gift card in as a surprise. I'm gonna add a triangle in the left inside corner with the gift card inside.

Let me know what you think.

Volunteer Gifts

I do volunteering with Louisiana Volunteers for Family and Community (formally named homemakers) and each year we do an appreciation luncheon in February and this year it was in April so we put an Earth Day twist on the celebration. Each club member that attended received a packet of seeds to plant and with a poem entitled "The Gardens Of Kindness Never Fade". This was put into a clear Cello bag with some paper shredded grass. I used some extra non-CTMH paper, printed the poem on Velum and used pink grow grain ribbon to attach the pieces together. I made 50 so I was glad to use what I had on hand. This is something you can do for school teachers gifts, Sunday school teachers, mail persons, secretary's at doctors offices etc. It's just a little HAPPY for them and it's a great way to introduce your scrapbooking crafty items. We have alot of tools that can be used for all kinds of crafts, and gifts. It may be just what that person needed to lift there spirits.

Crop Celebration Booth

Oh I just have to show you my booth. Marie and I did such a great job. She helped with the papercrafting area. And Laurie another CTMH consultant provided me with her display boards. I am so blessed to have meet some wonderful women with this company. Also, Rosemary Bridges made the ornaments for my tree. A BIG thank you to all who helped. Melonie and Hilda came and worked my booth while my classes were going on.

Crop Celebration 2010

OMG!! What a wonderful weekend both inside and outside. It started the weekend with my new CTMH friend Marie all the way from Pace, Florida coming into town on Thursday to help me set up my booth after work we and have dinner with Melonie and Hilda. On Friday morning the Crop Celebration began with everyone setting up the crop stations and door prizes, silent auctions OMG. They had so much to auction. The playpen of baby items was just about full in one day. We had free make and takes (coloring paper flowers with ink), Make and take altered note books $3.00, and a Frog double page layout $12.00. Things were just rolling along. We meet lots of local scrapbookers as well as some from out of town. Just take a look at the booth, make and takes.

March Workshop

WOW!! What a great time we had for March doing our 1 page layout. Everyone took the layout and made it your own. What a great accent to use the liquid glass to give the shining look on any image (I used it on the bee's and bee hive). Using the new Posterboard E1014 Stamp for the title SPRING really stands out. We used Vernada B & T paper, and stamped the image and just cut around the letters. So many uses and so fast. We used the Creme Brulee Ribbon with brads along the top with the title. So if your keeping count so far this year we are up to 3 pages in the workshop. I can't wait to see how many you have done on your own this month. Keep moving get those pages done.

Super Bowl XLIV

On Sunday February 7, 2010 it was Super Bowl Sunday for us. After church I set up my table in the living room put on my Saints Conference Champions shirt and started creating cards. I missed a few plays however, this is the outcome. Using Veranda Creative Basics Collection X5809 and Chocolate Distressing Ink. Then I switched to making a few Valentine's Cards. Using Black cardstock, Tulip Stamp Pad, Heart Chipboard and D1309 Heartthrob.