Scrap Camp is over.

What a bummer! We had such a good time. Kelly that owns the Scrapbook Zone organized this event with Patty from Scrapbook Memories in Chelsea. There were 18 of us that went which meant everyone got a 8 foot table to crop at and boy did we need the room. I had a Trailblazer full and it was just me and Wendi in it. The crop room was wonderful, with BIG picture windows at one end, over looking a lake. Of course we couldn't see the lake most days on account of the SNOW! We had to walk to a common area for meals which would have been OK, except for the sub-zero temps and blinding SNOW! But who needs to worry about SNOW when your croppin' all day inside.

I accomplished a total of 23 pages, 24 ATC's and 1 card. I taught many Cricut lessons and learned some new things from my new BFF Mary. Mary is the Cricut expert for the Chelsea store. We traded tips and tricks all weekend. I have to admit I think I used the Cricut on every page. We went through 2 mats and 2 blades.

I can share all my LO's but not the ATC's. They are being traded so I can't reveal them just yet. The card was for the new card challenge over on AMR. Stacey picked me to be on the design team. Yeah! My first Design Team.









I need to take pictures of the other LO's I completed so you'll have to wait for the next post to see more. I took more pictures of the camp too. I'll post them tomorrow.

We have tons of snow here. Driving home was quite the challenge. I saw at least 35 cars off the road. If people would just take their time maybe they wouldn't end up in the ditch. It was encouraging to see the idiot in the little car, from out of state, end up in the ditch after he went flying by all of us doing 75. Sucks to be him. Lets hope he learned a lesson.

Take care.

Congrat to Kaiti!!

Our Kaiti got named "Kid of the Week" over on the "Kids can Scrap" blog. They loved her Attitude layout. So big shout out to her. Way to go!

I have been working like crazy at the Zone cause things are changing. Kevin has had me really busy helping move merchandise and rearranging everything. I have one more day to work and then I'm off with Kelly, Wendi, Debbie, Kelly and Sheri to scrap for the weekend at Somerset Beach Resort. I'll have tons of layouts to post and blog about when I get back. Have a safe weekend everyone. Stay warm. ha ha ha I can't believe what they are predicting for weekending temperatures. Yeks!

Another Kaiti LO for KCS blog.

Well Kaiti was at it again. She checked out the new challenge at Kids Can Scrap Go check them out it's a cute site. She won a prize last time. This challenge called for an adult to start a layout and the kid to finish it. Here's what I gave her.



She had to finish it. She picked out the paper I had to use but I cut and placed the stuff on the page. Then I looked a her and said "it's all yours sweetheart". And what did I get back? "Thanks Aunt Cindy" and this:



Her journaling reads: You see me walking down the street. I move my feet to the beat. I see you wonder my mood....Well girl, I've got an attitude!

She did a great job. I love the little owl. He's a Quickutz die sitting on a Rubon tree. Finish it off with a couple Prima flowers and the layouts a winner. So I'll go submit it for her and we'll see what happens this time. Good Luck Kaiti.

And the" White Stuff" falls again!

Oh man it's snowing again. Good thing I have scrappy plans. My buddies over at AMR are croppin' again today. Last night was a blast. I did one challenge, a 2 pger about my crop space. I can't post it yet because Heather hasn't given us the go ahead. I also did a mini book to keep track of all my stuff in 2009. This I can post so here it is.



Isn't it cute. Yesterday I spent some time cleaning my stuff up and putting away Christmas wrapping items that I store in the closet. I found some interesting things. A cute little chipboard mini, a sheet of CKU rubons and a bunch of other stuff. So I put it all to good use. I pulled out the Quickutz Owl die I just had to have and used some of the rubons to make my cover. I used a couple sheet of OLD patterned paper to make the pages and some old QVC letter stickers. Now that's what I call using your stash.

Today I'm going to take a shower, when the washer is done and try to get one more challenge done before I go to work at 4. It's Crop till you drop weekend at the Zone, that means I'm working till midnight. I'm hoping the boys stay outside till 2:30 playing in the snow and leave me alone. Poor Spencer they won't let him off his leash and he's just dieing to go play with them.

Cindy

The Gratitude Project

There's a ton of talk this year about Becky Higgins 365 project. I don't know about you but to take a photo a day and then do a layout and journaling every week is a little daunting. It's keeping up with something that big that concerns me. There are days I don't take a photo. I know it's strange but it happens. So I decided to try Brenda Arnall's Gratitude Project. It's taking a look at the blessings in your life. Big and small and taking 1 photo a week and journaling about it. Now this I think I can handle.

So I dug through my scrapbook stash to see what was there and found a 6x12 album and 2 refills. Glory be. I don't have to buy anything. That should make Rob happy. My goal for this project is to buy nothing but adhesive. Good goal and at the end of it I'll be grateful I had such a great stash. I've done the title pg and intro.





I'm please so far and I've decided that my first page will be about my new Trail Blazer. I find that I am very grateful to be able to afford a new vehicle right now. Our old 96' Blazer had seen better days and was going to be in need of some big repairs soon. Money I thought would be wasted and better spent on a new car. So off we went and found a 06' Trail Blazer that fit our budget. Tomorrow I'll take a picture and get week 1 finished.

Tonight is the big night over on the AMR mb. It's crop night to celebrate their one year anniversary. I'm so glad I found them. They have become wonderful new friends.

Hope you have a great night. I'll try and post pics tomorrow of the LO created tonight.

Cindy

Cricut Creative corner?

Well when your boss asks you to come up with a Cricut project involving candles and a photo frame this might be what you get.


I needed to spice up the big candle a bit so I glittered the branch frame. I still think it needs a bit of pizazz! I might try flocking on the heart in the middle of Be Mine. Or maybe cut the Be Mine out of Bazzle Bling paper.



I really like the photo frame. The XOXOX will be cut out of vinyl so it can be removed if you like after Valentines day. The hearts are Bling and folded to add dimension. A photo of your Valentine would finish the project off nicely. We are offering the class for $25, you will get all the supplies to make each item as well as instruction on how we did it. I used Cricut Design Studio for much of the cut work. For people new to DS this could be a very informative class.

I hope it goes over well. We have a different project planned for each month. Katie and I had better get busy and come up with something really cool every month.

Cindy

A clean start.

Well I decided to start the new year with a good cleaning spree. I think I failed in a big way in 08' when it came to keeping up with the cleaning. So Jan 1st was a good day to begin the cleaning process. Brendan asked to move his Wii upstairs and I said only if you help me clean things up. Up we went and a big trash bag later we finished his living room and his bedroom. Yeah! I kind of got started yesterday with the bathroom and today finished with my bedroom. I still need to clean up my scrap room but thats coming cause I'm going for a weekend in 2 weeks. I'm hoping that with using the orange oil on all the wood surfaces that will help cut down on the dust. Maybe if I can keep it cleaner I will be able to breath better. Tomorrow will bring some wall washing up there and then next week I'll move to the main floor.

2008 was a rough year for me. I'm ready to make some changes and move forward instead of standing still. So my resolution for 2009 is to keep up with the house work. Today was a good day.

Good luck with your New Years Resolutions.