So, I am going to get back to writing on this soon. But, for today, I am just going to post pictures of stamp sets and paper packs my sister is selling. I thought I would give her a hand as she has been helping me out so much lately.  If you see something you would like, shoot me a test or email.  It will be first come first serve.  Stamp sets $2 paper packs $3.  All are used.  Paper packs are mostly full.

So there you go.  What isn't sold will go in a rummage sale on Friday morning.  Thanks, Connie

A day for me

So.... I'm sure you all have heard the saying, "the best laid plans ..."  I've had one of those days.  I have looked forward to this day all week long.  I planned on getting some of my Christmas gifts started if not done and wrapped.  Well.....

I have a nice breakfast, finish my coffee, and I am ready to get started.  Do you remember this kit from the last catalog??

I decided that these would make great gifts for my boys, so I was going to make 3 of them.  I bought the canvases when they were on sale last month at Michael s, and I bought the paint I wanted to use a few weeks ago.  The other thing I had ready was the HEIDI SWAPP stencil I was sure would mimic the CTMH chevron in the original kit.  I was good to go! 

Only ..... where is the paint?  It must be here somewhere .... 2o minutes later ... I threw on some clothes and ran to Micheal's and bought a new tube of paint. Not my plan.  But, Santa got me a gift while I was there.  I'm sure it will be wrapped and under the tree on Dec. 24!  ;-)  Project life is on sale this week and I have had my eye on one of the HEIDI SWAPP kits.  (yeah!!)

Anyway, back to my story.  So I come home, get started again, and I am ready to start putting things together.  I just need to print a few pictures.                       

 Print..... a few..... pictures.      

 Oh NO!!  No ink!! 

How does this happen?  I do not want to go back into town.  I have things to do.  

So .....

I make some lunch, eat, pout, put my shoes on and head back into town to get ink.  Pout some more, and finally get home so I can get this done.  

I am happy to report that 2 of the 3 are done and the pictures are printed and the detail work is done for the third.  I don't plan to quit tonight until all 3 are done and wrapped.

I love feeling like I have a head start on Christmas.  Now, what am I going to do for the daughter-in-love?

How are you doing on your Christmas list?   C

Halloween' s a comin'

So, I got up early thisorning and decided to make up a  Halloween card kit I got from my friend Sharon. 5 adorable cards that went together so quick! I'm looking forward to getting them mailed out to the little people I'm our family. 

I started this post a couple weeks ago and didn't get it up!  Since then, I have hosted my annual Fall retreat at Storm Mountain Retreat Center in South Dakota.  What an amazing time we had!  I am Blessed to have such fun and loving scrapping friends.  I think we had the nicest weather we have ever had up there, too warn for a fire, but great for sitting on the deck and taking short walks.  

I have made so many Halloween cards this year I have them coming out of my ears~!  I am planning on doing some mailing next week and hope that my family enjoys them.  Now it's off to making Thanksgiving and Christmas cards.  

See you soon!   Connie

STASH BASH

Ugg!  Trying to get through all of the OLD paper workshops I have in my Scrap room Before the Holiday Craziness hits is daunting.  I took the most current year's worth of paper to a Crop last weekend and made it through 3 ... 3!!  I was hoping to get through 12.  But I just keep plugging away.

Finishing up the SKYLARK paper pack was interesting. Having a printed paper with an orientation to work with made it a bit more of a challenge for getting cards done. I do like how they turned out!    

The SARITA paper pack was fun too.  I LOVE the colors.  And I pulled out a few of my woodies and a retro TIM HOLTZ stamp that is so fun!!  

A closer look at some of the cards.....

And now on to the PROPLAYER paper pack ... Getting some of the boys' pictures scrapped too which is good.  

I hope you are getting some time in your scrapbooking room this fall.  See you soon!    C

HELLO AGAIN - it's me

What a weird year this has been. I feel like I am just about ready for April and in reality it's August already, when did that happen?  This year, both of my boys have moved out of the house, leaving me with room to grow, and a burning ambition to downsize and go through EVERYTHING I own. For a scrap booker, this may not really be a good thing.  As I have been going through things, I am finding many projects I need to finish, many projects I SHOULD finish, and many thing I wonder what the heck I was thinking.

I frequently find myself frozen, overwhelmed with all the things I want to do, and all the things I 'should' do.  I have made it a goal to just do one thing at a time, do a little at a time, and make an effort to enjoy the process.  I have also promised myself I will not let guilt force me to do projects that I no longer have any desire to do.  But, those are few and far between I find.

Last weekend, the goal was organization.  I had pictures ALL OVER MY HOUSE!  They needed to be in ONE place so I could spend less time searching for the picture "I know I have!" somewhere!!  It took 10 hours of finding, sorting, labeling , and focusing, but I think I have most of them together.  I still have a pile of things I need to sort through on the side of my desk, and I know there are photos in there, but I am not ready to face that pile just yet.  This weekend is for creating!

This weekend, I started by making the second set of cards for the CLOUD NINE card kit.  There were plenty of die cuts for 2 sets of cards, but not enough paper. So, I used some of the paper from the SARITA paper kit.  I substituted COTTON CANDY for the yellow in the kit, and it worked out great! I really like these cutting directions, and I am thinking of using them for my Christmas cards with the BULK paper from 2013's SPARKLE AND SHINE.

Next,  I dug out the box of left over product from the CHRISTMAS TAG class I held last fall.  My mission this week is to get all those leftover tags put together so they are ready to use or give away this year. I have 2 of the sets finished, but it may take me all week to finish the rest.  The mission, get them done!!

And, finally, I want to share the pages and cards we made in my Monthly Scrap Book Club last month.  We used the TIMBERLINE paper and the workshop stamp set. I used pictures from a recent "girls trip" and scrapped the first of the pages I need to get done.  I think they turned out great, and I'm anxious to get the rest of the pictures on paper!  I hope you enjoy them!

See you soon, and keep playing with that paper!!