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NSBR Story...

Hi... I know I have been absent the last week or so but have had a lot going on lately.  BTW Happy 4th of July for all those that celebrate it.  I hope to have a new project posted here this week but for now I am going to share a Non Scrapbook Related story....

Ok now to the funny story... Anyone who knows me knows I am a night owl... I usually sleep a little later in the morning because mom does and then stay up later at night because mom does... well it was about 1:00 this morning that I decided I was going to bed... I always use the bathroom before I go so I proceed into the bathroom and turn the light on... well the toilet is across from the door so I glance over at the toilet and there is something on the inside side of the toilet... Now before I tell you I am a complete city girl... I don't like critters of any kind other than dogs, cats, birds, and fish. Well I see this something inside the toilet... well at first I thought someone used the bathroom and left a "mess" for me to clean up... but then as I moved a little closer to the toilet the "mess" moved.... I freaked out and slammed the lid down and went running across the hall to my room to wake up hubby... he gets up and runs in there in his underwear... and starts laughing... comes out and says " its just a frog" i am like " yeah but its in our TOILET!!! Frogs are supposed to be outside in creeks and ponds and such not in my TOILET!!!" so I get a jar and he (my dh) captures the ugly little frog and puts his pants on and hauls him outside.... Needless to say, the lid to the toilet will stay down all the time now and I will always turn on the light no matter what time of day so that I can check out the toilet before using it... if a frog can get in there so can other critters.... ok so that's my funny story for the day... 


Have a Scrappy 4th !!! Hugsssss

How is everyone doing?

Good I hope.  I am sorry I haven't been here but I am thinking of combining my two blogs together so that I only have to maintain one.  I know I have been absent recently and I am sorry for that.  I am working on samples for some invitations for my brother and sister in laws vow renewal.  I will post pics of both of them for you here... I like the second one better don't you?  Let me know what you think!!!

Invite # 1

Invite #2

Closeup of #2

So which one to you like???? 

Thanks for looking!!!

Fathers Day Card.... Continued

Ok its me again.  I posted pictures yesterday of my dad's fathers day card.  Well I decided that since the card was so unique that I need unique packaging for the card.  Rather than use a standard envelope I decided that since the card is a shirt, it needed a shirt box for its packaging rather than a regular envelope.  So here is the box I created and now I am trying to decide whether to just tie ribbon around it or make a paper bow to go with it... what do you think?  So here are the pics of the shirt box!! Hope you like it!!!

 The lid of the box has fishing lures, fishing rods, all types of things to do with fishing.  I thought it was appropriate for Father's Day, don't you?  Let me know what you think!!!

Have a Scrappy Day!!!!!

Fathers Day Card....

Happy Tuesday.  As you know Fathers Day is this Sunday.  I have been trying to think of a card to make for my dad for Sunday and could not figure out anything.  Then I found a video tutorial for a folded paper shirt.  I saw it and immediately started looking for paper to make one for dad for FD.  I hope you like it!!  Here it is:

Have a Scrappy Day!!

Card Creation...

I am a member of SplitCoast Stampers (SCS) and there are so many talented ladies there.  One of my friends on the site was Queen for the Day (QFTD63).  The challenge for this is to create a card by CASEing one of the "Queens" cards and then post it to the gallery.  I will show her card and then my version of it. Granted I am working with limited supplies since I am in one place and my papercrafting supplies are in another.  So I did what I could with what I had lol.  Hope you like it.  And if you get the chance go on over to SCS and check it out.  Here is a link to Splitcoast Stampers.  Now on to my creation and my inspiration for my creation.

My Creation:

My inspiration from Mary's gallery:

Go on over and check it out... There are tons of tutorials and inspiration around every corner!!

Apologies.....

For being absent.  I was working on a blog post on Thursday of last week and a box popped up on my screen.  It said something about Adobe Flash.exe had stopped working and that I needed to re-boot my computer. Well I re-booted my computer and guess what happened?  Yep... it was a virus.  My computer went haywire.  It kept telling me that my hard drive was corrupt and that there were bad sectors here and there and everywhere.  I freaked out.  See my computer is sitting on the dining room table, since I have to be in the room with my mom.  I am her caregiver so I stay close so that I can keep an eye on her.  Well needless to say that whoever comes in the door seems to want to perch at my computer and "borrow" it.  That said, I have no idea how the virus got onto my computer but have spent the weekend trying to get it sorted out.  I have a warranty on my computer so I assumed I would have to send it off to have it fixed, well thank God I did not have to do that.  I called and they walked me through wiping everything out and setting it back to factory defaults.  With that being said, I can say I lost everything I had saved on my computer, all my pictures, all my digital scrapbook pages, all my pictures of cards I have made, everything.  I did back everything up a few months ago so thankfully I do have part of it but I can never get back everything I lost.  So to end this blog post I am going to say this, watch the websites you visit, be careful about what is being downloaded to your computer, and above all else Back up your computer on a regular basis.

As Promised.....

Here are pics of my FIRST ever Exploding Box/ Scrapbook in a Box.  These are just a few pictures and I still need to do some more decorating on it but I think it is starting to look pretty good for my first time around this particular block, don'tcha think?  I hope you like it and please leave comments because I LOVE comments!!!

 

 

Hope you like it!!!

Cards I made recently...

These are two cards I made recently... I haven't been able to create or finish anything since the tornado's hit the area because my sister and her two children have been staying with us. We are so thankful they are safe.  These are two cards I made several weeks ago that take on my love of quilting.  I have been trying to incorporate quilt designs into my cardmaking and decided to use this design...

Then I also have this love of butterflies.  This card uses a butterfly and flower along with the basic 9 patch quilt block for the background.  The butterfly is attached with pop dots on one wing so that the other is off the page.  I love the way this card turned out. 

Hope you like these... please leave a comment and let me know what you think!!

 

Hello...

Its me again.... I know its been a while but I have had lots and lots of things going on here.  I don't know if I mentioned it before but I have been taking care of my parents for the last year, full time.  My husband and I locked up our house and moved in with my parents so that I could take care of them.  Its been a roller coaster ride let me tell ya.  Things have settled down a little bit but unfortunately I have had a few issues of my own.  But that's behind me... for now anyway.

I have been a busy little beaver, creating creating and creating.  A friend of mine who is sooo very creative and inspiring did an exploding box or some people refer to it as a scrapbook in a box.  Well since I have never made one, she inspired me to try it.  The first one was ok.... the inner layers were not the right sizes lol so I put it on a shelf undecorated ( thank God I used scraps to make it huh?) anyway I decided that I would work at it till I get it right.. so I made another one... It turned out much better... except the lid is a little bigger than I wanted it... but it works lol.   I am in process of decorating it and once I do I will post some pics of it on here.  

I am also trying out for a couple of different design teams... I would love to be on one that inspires me and makes me want to get up and create something new every day... hopefully it will work out. 

I am also considering submitting something for publication... But haven't decided about that yet... but I will let you all know if and when I do and what the outcome is.

Well I guess I will get back to decorating my box... keep watching for pics of my box and other  gadgets I hope to make....

See ya later!!!