Elleys Scrapping Creations

LIM'S BLOG CANDY

2009-02-17T15:42:00.000-08:00

Go and visit Lim's Blog, she is giving away blog candy. This is one blog that I visit about everyday, I only wish I was as creative as she is. Her blog is listed under my favorite or it is....

http://lim-thevoicesinmyheadlimblog.blogspot.com/

This way you can just click on the above and it will take you to a little place that is beautifully designed. Enjoy.

Hugs, Ellen

SOMETHING MY GIRLS MADE

2009-02-01T14:19:00.001-08:00

My girls went thrift store shopping. They found this nail kit project and decided to get it for something to do. All the beautiful and wonderful snow they are getting - they needed something to do inside. It took 320 nails to make it. It came out really well I thought. I have never seen anything like this before. On the package it says it was from the 70's. LOL.........they wasn't on the earth then. But hey, I think they did a fantastic job and thought I would share it with you. So the top photo is the completed results..........

The below photo is all the nails hammered in they took a side ways photo. Isn't it cool.......
This was in the beginning when the just got the nails in and no paint yet. I was amazed at the ending results.

Girls, you did a fantastic job. You all going to go into the nail hammering design business!!!

I love you....................Mom

HE CAN COOK

2009-01-26T07:12:00.000-08:00

Our friend Pauly has always told me and Jim he cooks and cooks good, well we celebrated Christmas with him on Christmas Eve Day. And man ole man, he can cook, so that is why I scrapbooked this page. Notice the little man in the upper right hand corner, it is something from Jolee's, he had tan mustache, eyebrows and hair, I just took a permanent marker and colored them black like Paul's. And the drill that he has in his other hand is what else Pauly does, handyman work. So how fitting was that for this page. This crock pot wonder he made was sauerkaut, polish sausage, kielbosa and italian sausage. Then he mixes alot of "special" ingredients in it and WAAA LAHH......it is something Dutch. He is 1/2 Dutch. I tasted everything, but the sauerkraut, not into that, sorry. But the meat was outstanding......Enjoy!!!!!

CHRISTMAS-2008

2009-01-26T07:08:00.000-08:00

This page I created today - is me and my hubby standing in front of the Christmas tree. Believe it or not it is the only picture that I have. LOL.....we are usually the picture taker's. So this is the only one that I had to scrapbook. My hair looks like I just came in from a wind storm and he is looking at me. Oh well, it's us. All the lettering was cut out using the slice machine and the paper again is brazzill.........Enjoy!!

P..S. I made the border around our picture out of the left over cardstock I used to cut the lettering out of just to make it have some bling. Sorry the picture looks yellow, I don't know what happen to my camera.

I'VE BEEN BUSY

2009-01-12T14:42:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to post on top of all what I have done in the last couple of days. When you go down and look at the scrapbook pages that I have been doing, you might have to click on the older post button, because I think I have done 10 page the last two days, but I want you to look at all of them, and not just what is on this first page. And once again, please tell me what you think.

Hugs, Ellen

HAPPY 7TH ANNIVERSARY

2009-01-12T14:38:00.000-08:00

This is a page I whipped together today (Monday 1/12/09). It was our 7th Wedding Anniversary. We always go to Chili's on our anniversary and on the day of our Wedding that is where we went. We love eating there and so when a special day comes up that is where we go out. I used once again brazzil paper for background and lettering. Using my Slice to cute the lettters out. Then I used that white pen just to highlight it some and to do my journaling.

Enjoy, and please let me know what you think.

MY B-DAY 2008

2009-01-12T14:32:00.000-08:00

My last birthday was in August, 2008. Our friend Paul worked for a company that was on television all the time. He surprised me and sang me Happy Birthday on TV while they were broadcasting live. I was so excited and it made me feel really good. All the cut out letters are from the Slice and the pictures of course I cut out.

I once again used brazzil paper for the background and the lettering.

Enjoy, and let me know what you think?

FLORIDA FAMILY/FRIENDS ALBUM

2009-01-12T14:28:00.000-08:00

This is some friends of ours that live in St. Petersburg, FL. We all met one morning and had breakfast at a restaurant called Tiffany's. The food was good but not as good as the company, not saying they had bad food or nothing. The baby his name is Damian and at the time is was 9 months old. Drew is holding him in the upper left hand side and the other two is Damian's Dad Chris. Once again, brazzil paper, and things cut out of the slice. I just love the slice.

Enjoy, please tell me what you think!!!

ANOTHER PAGE FOR MY WONDERS & BEAUTIES ALBUM

2009-01-12T14:21:00.000-08:00

This is another page that I complete today (Monday 1/12/09), just misc. pictures that I had taken of purdy stuff that I came upon. Of course, I used the brazzil cardstock and that wonderful pen from my scrapbook store. The upper 1st and 2nd picture is of a Rooster that we came across at a garage sale down in Arizona, I have never seen a Rooster this pretty. The picture that is to the right, that the lights are glaring off of...is a sunflower that we found in a field of weeds and it just stood out like something from Heaven, so we couldn't pass up taking a picture of that. Then the last one, was when we were out driving somewhere in Arizona and was the prettiest rainbow I had ever seen, I didn't think after taking the picture that it would show up in the photo but it did and I was very thankful. So this page here will go in my Wonders and Beauties of Life scrapbook when it gets to be where I am. LOL

Enjoy!!! Let me know what you think.

WONDER'S AND BEAUTIES OF LIFE

2009-01-12T07:24:00.000-08:00

This page I did, is brazzil card stock (don't you just love that stuff), the pictures was taken since we have been in Florida. The lazy susan flower was picked by my hubby and given to me one day recently, he is always doing stuff like that. It was just so beautiful I had to take a picture. The other picture is what I call a lemonaid tree. The flowers are so so so beautiful, reminds me of something you would find all over in Hawaii. When you smell the flowers it smells like lemonaid, hence the reason why we call it the lemonade tree. I cut the pictures out with some zig-zag scissors, put them on the page and once again used my white pen for the journeling.

I should tell you that I started a scrapbook called "The wonders and beauties of Life", if you check out my older post you will see the page that I did saying that. This page will go in that book when I get my stuff moved from Arizona to Florida. Right now I am just putting everything in one book. But that is where this page will go. Life always has such beautiful things in it everyday and I always find the time to look at it. Little things make me so happy and finding flowers and such like this - well I just LOVE it.

So this is what I did on Sunday (1/11/09), I got six pages done, YEAHHHHHH!

SUPER BEST FRIEND

2009-01-12T07:19:00.000-08:00

This page that I completed - is my bestfriend from Arizona. It is just different facial features that I loved. So I cropped them down and put this together. The bronze colored stickers are just stickers, they are not cute out from my Slice. Then instead of journeling with my white pen, I used a gold one, to kinda color coordinate with everything. When she see's this on here, she is probably going to cry, but that is my Cathy. Things like this effect her and I the same. Because I can just hear her saying "Wow, Ellen did a page just of me!" and I know her that she will feel so honored. But like I said the photos are some of my favorite taken one day while she was at my house in Arizona. So, Cathy, I LOVE YOU and MISS YOU terribly.

A JOURNEY WITH US....

2009-01-12T07:10:00.000-08:00

Ok, I know you are looking at this and going "what is this?.. I'll tell you the story cuz you can't see my journeling that I did. My bestfriend in Arizona and her hubby went on an "Elvis Cruise" and she told me that she made herself a daily journel. So she could write it in everyday while she was gone. Then she kept saying "Your probably not even gonna miss me while I am gone", so I decided that I would write in a journal everyday while she was gone on what I was doing and how much I missed her while she was gone. Well low and behold, their cruise was caught up in the Hurricane Gustoff and they were kept at sea 4 extra days. Alot of prayers were said and I lit a candle for her and her hubby, cuz she always lites a candle when she prays for certain people and she is a CERTAIN person to me, so that is what I did. When I gave her this journel book and let me tell you it ended up being 35-40 pages long (with graphic and all), she was in such dis-belief, cuz no one had ever given her such a gift.

It made me and my heart feel so good because I really know that she will treasure it always. So that is the story behind these two pages. Enjoy!!!!

OUR RENTAL HOUSE

2009-01-12T07:01:00.000-08:00

The background cardstock is Brazzil, all the lettering and swirls (Brazzil cardstock) are done on the Slice machine. The white writing that I did, is that white pen I got at the scrapbooking store here in my town, Palm Harbor, they are on my favorite blogs, check em out. I don't know what I have done before without that white pen. However I did look it is not a gel pen. Enjoy looking! If you want to know what this white pen is email at eflower@cox.net, and I'll send it to you whatever it says. Or I could go and get more and just mail them to you if you wish, just let me know.

BLOG CANDY FROM 1 OF MY FAV. BLOGS

2009-01-08T12:42:00.000-08:00

Lim is giving away some awesome blog candy. She makes beautiful cards and inspires me very much everytime I visit her blog. So please stop and look at her blog.....her blog address is.....

http://lim-thevoicesinmyheadlimblog.blogspot.com/

Go through and look at the cards she makes, I would love to be able to create like she does. You can go back to older posts and see others too. You will be there along time checking everything out. Also she is on my favorite blog spot too.

Enjoy!!!!!

a 2 page layout

2009-01-04T16:12:00.001-08:00

ok, I have posted in awhile and you can tell, I put this in backwards, but you'll get it all when you read it. This is the right side of the 2 page layout. See below on what I did and how.....

This is the left side of the 2 page layout. Everything is cut out using the slice, except for the pictures of course. Then what I did around the blue swirly thing, the new scrapbooking store had these white pens, I just drew around them and it made them pop out to match the lettering. Now for the right side of the 2 page layout........

Let me know what you think! I had fun this afternoon. YEAH.......

SLICE MACHINE

2009-01-04T16:05:00.000-08:00

Well since I am sitting in a house that we are renting and all my stamping/scrapbooking stuff is packed and still in our house in Arizona, and we are in Florida. We found a scrapbooking store and we went. I am so bored with nothing to do. Thank heaven I have a very NICE husband. I got the new Slice. And have made somethings and thought that I would post them on here, so you all could see them. This first one is one that I experimented on using the machine and ended up putting them on a 6x6 piece of paper for my loving husband, then stickled lightly over them. Hopefully the picture comes in good enough for you to see.........the word that is very shiny is love.

oh oh oh blog candy from a great site

2009-01-04T08:19:00.000-08:00

Starving Artist has some blog candy that they are giving away. They have great stuff all around. So go there and visit them at:

http://starvingartistamps.blogspot.com

They are awesome and so is their staff.

Have a great day!!!!!

2008-12-09T14:39:00.000-08:00

Drum rollllll please, may I introduce Cathy. She is my bestfriend! She has creativity the like's of which you have never seen! I am going to start to post what she creates on my blog. I told her she needs to share what she creates and she is bashful and doesn't think no one will think what she makes is good enough. But I keep telling her that everyone will love your work. So with her permission I am now going to post her stuff on my blog, since I am in the middle of a move and all my stuff is packed up. So please leave comments as to what you think, then she can get in here and read what you all think. I think she will be surprised at the responses she will get.

So help me convince her that her stuff is really good, and she really has talent! Judge for yourself and leave your comments. Think of yourself at a craft fair or trying to create a memory of an event or just "playing around" being crafty. I haven't got the kind of talent that she does and you'll see that she sure does. Ok, so below is some of her work, that she has sent me pictures of....................but this is her right below here....................

Crafty Cathy :) I love you!!

Another by Cathy-key holder

2008-12-09T14:31:00.000-08:00

On this Christmas present - she took cut pieces of a tree glued the pictures on and salacked(sp) over the photos, then took chain and put the two pieces together. Added the chipboard letters for KEYS and put wire in it to hold the keys. This is going to be special for the recipient, because the picture is a women (a man's mother, which passed away) and she didn't know what to get him, so she came up with this idea.

This is a close up of the top!!!

This is a close up of the bottom!!!

Wouldn't you say this girl has some talent. She can make anything look good and she has such good creativity. he he he..........i get some stuff too.....YEAH for me.

Crafts made my best friend Cathy

2008-12-09T14:21:00.000-08:00

Ok, my friend Cathy, which I will post a picture of her is so creative, I am going to start posting some of her stuff on my blog, since I am still not able to make stuff due to being in the process of moving and all. But I have to show her stuff off, she does such neat stuff. These she got when they were white - she painted them and gussied them up for her daughter for a Christmas present. I just love the little booties :)......so this is the front and the back of them.
GOOD JOB CATHY!!!!!

PEOPLE AND LIFE

2008-11-04T17:08:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to come here and vent.........Do you ever wonder why people treat other people like they are nothing, but yet again when you treat them the way they treat you, they get mad. I know it takes all kinds of people to make the world go round. But why do people do this? They don't even know that they are pushing other people away because they can't see what they are doing. It is sad! I was always raised to treat people like you would want to be treated. I still do that to this day. I can see when people are sad, mad, happy or glad or whatever mood they are in. If I can help make their day I do. I am a people person and would so very much like for everyone to be happy. But I know that is impossible! I just can't once again figure out why people just can't see what they are doing to other people. You try, try and try and you get shoved, shoved and shoved away. I don't know about you, but you get tired of being shoved away after you have tried so many times. At the end of all of this the people that are not happy with life is going to be left all alone and maybe just maybe they will wake up but it will be too late. I am so confused on how to deal with people like this.

Any advice anyone has, please let me know.

My email is: eflower@cox.net

P.S. Thanks for letting me vent!!!!

:) - Happy Happy Joy Joy, Happy Happy Joy Joy, Happy Happy Joy Joy Joyyyyyyyy-thanks Ren and Stimpy :)

WE ARE HERE-FLORIDA

2008-11-02T18:14:00.000-08:00

Well we made it. We are in Florida and what a fantastic welcome home did we ever have. My second son Drew is still skinnier then a stick. Our friend Paul M. is still happy go lucky and drives like Mario Andretti. I have already had one massage from my friend Melisa and boy oh boy does she do a VERY VERY good job. We are living in a hotel still. We just signed a lease today with a lady up in Harbor Palms. Just thought I would let you all know we were here.....Talk to you later and keep that fancy work of yours keep going it all looks REAL good.

UPDATE

2008-10-18T18:17:00.000-07:00

Well hello everyone:

I haven't posted in awhile, it's been a zoo around here. Well they have released me from Tucson, I'm free white and 21 again, LOL, well I have a few stones, but he thinks they will pass. I have been battling an urinary tract infection for 3 weeks now - trying this antiobiotic and this one and I think possibly they may have found one now finally, it is Keflex. I have now taken 6 pills and my pee is looking better, still hurts after, but I'm dealing with it.

Ok, now what is happening now is..................I know I mentioned that we are moving back home to Florida. Well it has been pack pack pack pack pack and more packing. Geez how does a person get so much stuff. We are almost done - 95% I would say. We will be leaving soon, so I will be without the internet for awhile. They don't have where we are going the internet people that we have here, so I don't know who we are going to pick. I'm very excited to get back down there, I can already smell the salty air. And just picturing myself on the beach, geez what else could I want...........Maybe perhaps a house that would be good. We thought we had a couple, but when the inspections went through, they came back really bad. So we decided just to go there and pick them ourselves and we would be able to be there for the inspection and what not. After finding a home we will then have the movers come here and get our stuff and move it down there for us. Then of course comes the un-packing, but I don't think that is as bad as packing. At all!!! We found out today, that a friend of a friend needs someplace to rent and we think we are going to rent to their family. YEAHHHHHH, cuz we can't get what we even paid for this place right now. That way MAYBE in a year or so when the housing market picks back up we could sale and get more for it then we could now. And too this person is a very trustworthy and honest person and that made me and my hubby feel so good.

Our puppies (kids) are doing good, the five days on the road, well my eyes might be crossed by the time we get there (3 puppies), they are not exactly puppies but that is what we call the group of them. We have been putting on their collars and putting out their temporary cages (for the car) and letting them play with them to try to make this transaction better.

Well I think that is all for now. We are temporarily planning on leaving the end of this month. But if the packing gets done earlier we will be leaving then.

Keep up the magnificant work on the cards and stuff that you all are making, I keep checking everyones blogs and they are all fantastic.

Hugs,

Ellen

KIDNEY STONE UPDATE

2008-08-12T17:12:00.000-07:00

Well we just got back from Tucson today (8/12/08) from the re-check from my left kidney surgery. I'm good to go. But remembering I still have the stents in both sides. What he would like to do is, for me to go in sometime in September (hopefully the middle of) and go up and crush and suck all the kidney stones that are all ready accumulating on my right side (yep, I already had that side done before my left side and they are growing again) and then take out the stents. He said that would be done as an outpatient (YEAHHH), they will lightly put me to sleep do it and at and at it I will be, HAR HAR......We'll see!!! So that is the update for now.

We are waiting on the inspection papers for our house in Florida, the inspector is really slow and we have to have it before Friday(8/15/08) because that is when our 10 days are up and we don't want to lose the earnest money we put down. So my hubby is on the loose and not making people very happy right now. The inspector has had over a week now and we still don't have the report. I'm trying to think "NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS" but I am beginning to wonder. So tomorrow something will happen, I just don't know what. Keep your fingers crossed.

You all keep making beautiful stuff, as I get the time I go and look at it all and you all still amaze me with your creativity.

Hugs, Ellen

ANNOUCEMENT

2008-08-01T16:46:00.000-07:00

Well today is August 1st, 2008. My home health aid nurse came and guess what...........after she scrapped me off the ceiling, she took off my scab and the hole is closed. So that means I can take a SHOWERRRRRRRRR all by myself. YEAHHHHH.......Still can't go swimming in our pool until after I see the surgeon on August 11th. I'm thinking about calling down there and telling him since August 15th is my birthday that he should give me that days office visit for free, do you think he'll agree? LOL So after August 11th, hopefully he is going to take out the stents that I have in both sides now and turn me lose..............Watch out world.

But what have I been doing in the mean time..........resting of course, butttttttt, been doing my exercising like I am suppose to do, and in the beginnning and shoot even right now I am sore and get tired pretty quick but it is getting easier everyday. Well here is the big butttttttt. My hubby and I am decided to move back to where we love it the most and that is FLORIDA. So my exercising in the last couple of days have been going through stuff and packing, keep or putting it in a box for a garage sale. We plan on being down there in 90 days (after 8/11/08 Doctors visit). We are currently looking at a couple of houses. The ARIZONA heat, which I know everyone tells me that it is a dry heat is so bad. Today (well right now it is 114 degrees) it is so hot. Yes it is like walking into an oven, but you can't get out. We use to live in the Hollywood, Florida area and we loved it there, but traveling, it just takes to long to get out of the state of Florida, so we agree to go on the other coast (West) and go 1/2 down, where it doesn't get to cold but yet it is warm. So we have decided on the St. Petes/Seminole/Tampa area. We really prefer Seminole, but you know how things go. I know, you are probably thinking but it is so humid there. But after living on the beach, you always have a breeze from the beach and with the humidity, yes you sweat but the breeze cools you right off. So we are excited but yet busy.

It just seemed I got my scrapbook room all organized and now I have to pack it all up. :( But we will be much happier there and I know it.

Well that is all I have for now. You all take care and I am back on here everyday checking to see what you all are creating and it looks like you all are doing a GREAT job, keep it up.

UPDATE

2008-07-23T20:50:00.000-07:00

Well first of all, I want to THANK YOU for all the comments, cards and phone calls, that I have gotten through all of my recent surgeries. THANK YOU EVERYONE...I love the cards especially!!!

Ok, my last surgery was July 10th and it went really well. They pulled out the tube (it's like a catheter) from my back and I now have a hole in my back. They don't stitch it shut! It has to heal from the inside out. So a Home Health Agency is coming in once a week now and checking the wound site and my hubby does the daily dressing changes (thank heaven I have him). He keeps saying that he is going to send me a bill and we joke around about it quite a bit, but you have to make fun some way and that is how we are doing it. Then a aid comes in 2 times a week and helps me with a bath which is so wonderful. It is so very hot here in Phoenix you sweat like a pig and then the bandage falls off, so then my male nurse (husband) comes to my rescue again. I go back to the doctor on August 11th to see what he thinks, remembering that I have stents in both of my kidneys. I won't let him forget that. I am still weak and sore but am improving everyday now. YEAHHHHHH, but boy ole boy do I get tired quick. I was able to wash some dishes yesterday and did some exercising while at the sink. The one thing that I am having problems with now is shortness of breathe. When the nurse was here yesterday I had her listen to my lungs and she said they sound good. So she just suggested as I walk or sit take some really deep breathes so I am working on that now, but the thing of it is, is that my stomach muscle are sore from having my surgery. But hey I'm working on it.

I just wanted to get online and give an update.

You all keep making pretty stuff.............I'll be checking back as often as I can to see what everyone is doing.

Happy Day to all.

Love and miss you...........Ellen

ROUND TWO

2008-07-07T20:39:00.000-07:00

Well we leave here this Wednesday (7/9/08) for my second surgery which is on Thursday (7/10/08), have to be there at 530am so that means I am first up to bat. YEAHHHHH! Last time I had to be there at 630am and I just sit on the bed until about 10am waiting on them to do whatever they had to do.

Ok, so let me update you on my last one. The surgery went purdy good. But the new medicine that my nephrologist put me on to stop the kidney stones from forming made me have something wrong with my heart. IT made my potassium go DANGEROUSLY high in the middle of the night and I had to sit up and drink this really nasty stuff twice. So six wonderful jugs of it. Well they forgot to tell me one thing....LOL, It give you diaherria.........OOPS........So once that hits I'm on the toilet taking care of business for six hours........... So needless to say my hubby went back to the motel and slept. While I was taking care of that business. Well they discharged me on June 26th in the pm and we came home, boy ole boy that car trip was something else. Phewww I was glad to be home. Well this catheter that I have coming out of my back is way different then the last one I had and I DO NOT like it. I have had to take a perocet just about everyday this time and last time I didn't ...........I hate to have to rely on them suckers, cuz even though I am here, my brain isn't and neither is my talking. The catheter coming out of my back is not was is hurting me, yes it does hurt but I have ALOOOOTTTTT of kidney stones in my bladder and since I am not peeing, guess what? They have decided to stay for a duration. Everytime and I mean everytime I move, those little suckers do to and well just let's say it makes you grit your teeth and curse and even makes my face makes funny faces and sweat oh heavens do I sweat. My BESTEST HUBBY in the whole wide world in the fill in nurse, he changes my bandaid's at leat 4 times a day. the home health nurses can only come out twice a week and that is not nearly enough. Oh well enough of this. I just wanted to let you know what is going on. And my second round is this coming Thursday and I am so ready for it. I am so tired of hurting, I can't even think right. So once again please pray for me again. Think happy thoughts on thursday, so I can get what I want done, LOL.........

Take care & I Love you...........Ellen

TUCSON BOUND

2008-06-22T21:07:00.000-07:00

Well tomorrow (6/23/08) we are off to Tucson. SIGGHHHHHH. I have my surgery on 6/24/08 - I have to be there at 630am. They will insert a guide wire through my back and into my kidney. That is for the urologist which is the surgeon. They can then go down over the guide wire and go directly to my kidney and do their work. I'm hoping and praying that they will be able to get most of the stones out, but, I have to keep in the back of my mind that - that might not happen either. When I awake I will have a catheter coming out of my back - it is like a regular catheter, but it comes out of my back. They will leave this in, so in 2 weeks I'll go back again and do this all over again, until they get all these babies out of there. All through this I will be homebound and have a RN come into my house 2-3 a week and a bath lady also, she'll come 2-3 week also. I can't take a shower or bath, so she assists me getting cleaned up. I can't wash around the area, so she does it. But with the weather being like it is right now, I'm going to have to do something, cuz you HAVE to take a shower everyday cuz it is so hot. We have been averaging 115 degrees everyday for over a week now and there is no break coming either. Being at home all the time is very depressing but with all the support that I have it's ok. You get to missing going out and doing stuff, even if it is a ride in the car. (just try to ride in a car with a tube coming out of your back, believe me, it's hard) Last time, when we were coming home I leaned over and laid my head on the dashboard that is the most comfortable spot I could find. But the weather was way different then. Right now if I would do that I would be BEET red, cuz of the heat. So we'll see what will happen when I get home. So anyway, please think of me on Tuesday as I am very nervous. Pray for me too please!

I love each and everyone of you.............take care and I'll keep you updated. Hopefully when I get on my feet I'll be able to come on and see what everyone has been up to.

XOXO-------Ellen

YARD SALE (6/14/08)

2008-06-15T20:17:00.000-07:00

We went garage sale-ing on Saturday and I almost died and thought I went to Heaven. LOL 2 garage sales with scrapbooking stuff. And the main stuff was scrapbooking. Well thanks to my hubby we got an early start and was about the first ones there. So I ended up getting some sizzix sizzlet empty containers for storage for $2.00 each. I got some stamps for $1.00 and some of them were $.25 cents. WOO HOO.......It was a stampin' up consultant and a close to my heart consultant, just trying to clean out some stuff. The other garage sale I got these 2 plastic paint buckets, full and never been opened with stuff that you can make out of foam. Well I really don't like what I call foamies (foam pieces) but I thought, hey why couldn't I take the pattern off of them and make the stuff out of paper.......MMMM pretty cleaver Ideal I thought. Well I got both of them for $3.00. Each can has 4 different projects in them. So I got 8 new ideals for $3.00. YEAHHHHHH And of course, they had plenty of stickers and papers at each one of them, but I am a paper HOG.....and have to much here at home, so I didn't even look at the paper, out of sight out of mind, right????? Well I was able to pull it off in my mind anyone. LOL Anyway thought I would share on that note. Take care.........xoxo

KIDNEY ADVENTURE

2008-06-15T20:10:00.000-07:00

Well my Left Kidney adventure will start this week. I will be in Tucson this week, seeing the nephrologist one day and the urologist the next day, with pre-admitting the same day as the urologist. I then have my left kidney surgery on June 24th. SIGHHHHHH. So I'll be laid up for awhile. But I'll try to keep an eye on what everyone is doing. But the thing is, once they start the surgery, I will have to go back every 2 weeks to have surgery again, until they are finished with what they are doing. Needless to say this will be not so good of a time to be going down there with it being 115 degrees today (Father's Day). It is suppose to keep up with those temperatures. YIKES!!!! So I am really enjoying our pool right now, cuz once the surgery starts, I won't be able to get in it no more, until they are completely finished. So after the sun goes down we are getting in the pool and enjoying every bit of it. So you all be good, I'll let you know how things progress. HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY, HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY, HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY JOY. (who sings that?)

2008-06-11T17:05:00.000-07:00

This is the card we made. You take something that she has called sticky paper A-2 for cards. She has another one that is letter sized. But sorry there was no item number of the stuff that I have but you get 50 of the A-2 size for $8.20. Then you get a 6x6 piece of lace tablecloth or a doily and place it on the sticky paper. Make sure you don't have no lumps or bumps, then sprinkle on what you want your background to be. In this one we used a goldest color. Then you pull off the piece of lace and you have whatever design that was on the lace left and you decorate according to your preference. So what you see that is kinda whites looking with a red line going through it - that is the design that we had left. So we used other glitter to fill in. Then to make the inside of the card a little pretty, she cut off about 1/4 inch of the front of the card and opened the card and put that strip on the inside of the card.....see below. Sorry the picture is sideways, but the bottom of the card is to our right - but when you close the card it looks like you did not cut it off. Like I said I feel in love with this stuff and your mind can go wild.......I have done another card, but I am sending it to someone, but after she gets it, I'll post it so you can see.

Once again her name is Barbara J. Trombley at Art Institute Glitter, Inc., website:

www.artglitter.com

From what I am reading on her book that I got she does ship international, but I am sure that she has all of the information you could want on her www site. Please go and check it out, you won't be disappointed.

2008-06-11T16:58:00.000-07:00

When we did this - you stamp on her Fantasy Film, then iron the stamped image on Satin Finish on your Iron. Let it cool, then glitter when you want glittered and the cut it out. I'm not kidding when I say this dragonfly looked real. She put it on my shoulder and I got alot of compliments. This below is on my shoulder, but we took a very up close picture, but see the different colors you see in it this time......

Still on my shoulder, picture taken at a different angle, once again - color change. The color of fantasy film I choose was the #1535 in the forest.

I love this stuff. Now I will go and post the card we made. :)

2008-06-11T16:53:00.000-07:00

I went to a Stamping/Scrapbook show on 6/1/08 in Glendale, AZ. I feel in love with this new stuff. It is glittering stuff. Her www site is www.artglitter.com - she is in Cottonwood, AZ and will work with you over the phone if you have problems. Anyway she and I made a dragonfly made out of her fantasy film. I'll post it in a second. Then we made a card, which I'll post also. Anyway I LOVEEEEEEEE this stuff.......Here is the kits I bought.

Scrapbook Page 6/6/08

2008-06-06T17:36:00.000-07:00

This page that I created today was not intended for this. The flowers are punched out from new punches from Creative Memories. The stems, grass, clouds, bee, ladybug and sun are diecut that I have from Sizzixs. The letters are from Joann's. I can't remember what they are called but they are chipboard and have adhesive on both sides. I glittered one side and then stuck it to the paper on the other side. Then my husband came in and suggested that the clouds, that didn't have any thing on them to put some STICKLES (silver) on them because of the saying "every cloud has it's silver lining".

The original intention for the flowers were for cards, but I couldn't get them to fit on a normal 4x5 card.

But I am very HAPPY with the results. This is the first page of my new album. Which in it will contain pictures of flowers, birds and etc., from the great outdoors. I have tons.

Hope you enjoy!!!!!!

My Scrapbook Room

2008-06-05T18:55:00.000-07:00

This is my scrapbook room - everyone has been asking me to take pictures of it. So I have done the best that I could do. Yes I do have alot of stuff. But I have been scrapbooking for a very long time. I would have to say it has been about 20 years. Back when you didn't have anything like you do now. I put several pictures out here so make sure that you go back to my older posts to see all of them. Yes, you are very welcomed to my house anytime to use whatever you need to use. Or just to hang out. Out of the window by the radio is a swimming pool, in case you get to hot. It is nice to sit there and look out at it, cuz there is also a waterfall. I try not to say that I am spoiled - just WELL loved. LOL......hope you enjoy looking around my craft room. :)

My Scrapbook Room

2008-06-05T18:52:00.000-07:00

This is my new shelf that I got at Michael's.......I used the 50% off coupon and I love it. Yes, can you tell that I love Stickels........This is to the left of the picture where I showed you where I mainly sit.

My Scrapbook Room

2008-06-05T18:51:00.001-07:00

Different angle..............

My Scrapbook Room

2008-06-05T18:49:00.001-07:00

Ok, now this is where I sit most of the time.....I took different views, so you could get the jest of it.....

Part 1

My Scrapbook Room

2008-06-05T18:45:00.000-07:00

This is where my Cricut machine is and the tunes (BOSE) are, it is right next to where my stamp pads are.

My Scrapbook Room

2008-06-05T18:44:00.001-07:00

This is where I sit and stamp..........YEAHHH

My Scrapbook Room

2008-06-05T18:42:00.001-07:00

This is the right side of my diecutting table...........see I told you I love sizzix's. :)

My Scrapbook Room

2008-06-05T18:40:00.000-07:00

This is the left side of my diecutting table.............I love sizzix, you'll be able to see that in this picture and the next one which will be the right side.

My Scrapbook room

2008-06-05T18:38:00.001-07:00

This is standing at the entrance of my craft room..........yes I think I could have my own store.....lol

I've been tagged

2008-06-01T21:37:00.000-07:00

I've been tagged!!!!

The rules of the game get posted at the beginning. Each player answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5-6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer.

1) Ten years ago: I decided to move in with my bestfriend which is now my husband. Moved from Kansas to Florida, and what a change that was. I think for the rest of the time that we lived there I got very education in simply life stuff. Stuff I never seen in Kansas, ever! Still when I sit here and think back about what I saw I still can't picture, why some people do what they do. (I'll leave it at that)

2) 5 things in todays ”to do”-list- :1. Take a shower! 2. Go through my stuff from the scrapbook show/rubberstamp show that I went to yesterday, 3. play with my puppies, 4. talk on the phone I'm good at that, 5. play with my new stuff some more......lol

3) Snacks I enjoy: Cheezits, Bob's soft peppermint candy (by my computer all the time)

4) Things I would do if I was a millionaire: Buy a house back in Florida on the beach, so I could have my own house on the beach with my own beach. Buy everything brand new for the house and have people wait on me (cook, clean, etc.) So I could lay in the sand and listen to the ocean 24/7 (there isn't anything more peaceful then that)....I miss Florida's beaches.

5) Places I have lived: Topeka, Kansas, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Hollywood, Florida, Dania Beach, FL, Surprise, AZ and now Phoenix, AZ

Now I am suppose to pass this along to 5-6 people, but I really don't know 5-6 people and some of the people that I know have already done this, so I am gonna send it to the ones that haven't done it............Sorry.......that's all I can do........

Cathy
Fred she said
Mainly Flowers

DID NOT GET MARKERS

2008-05-28T16:01:00.000-07:00

I received an email yesterday stating that the markers that I thought I got a good deal on was being cancelled and my credit card was going to be refunded. They are out of stock and don't know when they will be back in. So, I'm back to NO COPIC markers..... :( :( :( Anyone have any suggestions? I would appreciate any given. Thanks......

I forgot something........

2008-05-22T19:03:00.000-07:00

When you get to their page do not search for Copic Cias markers, it will come up with nothing found. On the left hand side of the page they are under the art supply section. Just click on that and it will take you right where you need to go...................

COPIC CIAO MARKERS

2008-05-22T18:53:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to post this. As of today, well that is when I discovered it, thanks to HEIDI!!!!! At www.animeoc.com copic markers are on sale. They have the 72 A & B on sale each for $239.99 each, but they are out of stock. But one thing that I discovered.....he he he, if you buy the 36 A & B which is $119.99 each and then buy 36 C & D which are $92.99, it is cheaper then buying 72 A & B. So 72 A & B together is $479.98 but if you buy 72 A, B, C and D that equals $425.96. POOF.......Bargain!!! Gotta love them. If you sign up for their mailing list you get an email from them to take off 5% off of your first order, so in addition to their sale I got another 5% off........YEAHHHHHHHH, now how is a girl to pass up a bargain like that? LOL

I hope you all can go and get them as I did, the only thing is I don't know how long the sale is so you better hurry, because they are already out of the 72's.

Have a great COPIC day!!!!

2008-05-17T20:59:00.000-07:00

Go to Heidi Kortoggodt's blog, it is now under my favorites. She does such good work. I love those new stamps and the copic markers. I haven't got either one of them, but her work is great. Her blog is http://heidi-kortoggodt.blogspot.com/ You won't regret it. It just makes you wanna say AHHHHHHHHHHHHH :)

Rooster

2008-05-10T18:09:00.000-07:00

We go garage sale-ing every weekend that we can and one time we went to a farm to a sale and when I seen this Rooster I quickly got out my digital camera which is usually in my purse and snapped some photo's. This is the best one. I can't hardly wait to go and make a page out of it.

My hubby and I on our Anniversary

2008-05-10T18:05:00.000-07:00

Happy Anniversary to ussssssssss. LOL

Cathy's B-day card inside

2008-05-10T18:03:00.003-07:00

This is what I did on the inside of the card! Real quick and easy.

2008-05-10T18:03:00.001-07:00

4/23/08 Cathy's Birthday Card

2008-05-10T18:00:00.000-07:00

This is the card I made for Cathy's birthday. I found these big cards at Sam's and made a copy of the Queen of Hearts, tweaked it and distressed it a little and put a saying on there "Queen of the day".....She really enjoyed it.

This will make you laugh......

2008-03-10T18:41:00.000-07:00

You have got to go and watch this on You tube. A very special person sent it to me and OMG I laughed the whole time. By the way it is 9 mins long, but if you need a good laugh you will difintely get one here...........Enjoy, the song at the end is someone special and my song (our song) and you know who you are.............

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Y4keqTV6w

2008-03-06T16:56:00.000-08:00

Ok on this card, my new technique to to cut off the front of the card 3/4 of an inch on each side. Decorate what was left on the front and then you have to decorate the inside of the card so it shows through. So the zebra lined paper is on the inside of the card not on the front cover of the card. I don't know if I will make another one of these. It took me a long time to finish.

2008-03-06T16:49:00.000-08:00

This is the front of the Get Well card, what is new on this card is the thing that looks like a diamond, believe it or not it started out as a 3x3 piece of paper and it turned out like this. It is very easy and I will be doing these again. I'm trying new techniques, well at least new to me. This card was quick and easy.

2008-03-06T16:44:00.000-08:00

This is the inside of the Get well card I made for a friend of mine that recently found out she has cancer again and has to go through chemo again!

inside of Christmas card

2008-03-05T17:30:00.000-08:00

This is the inside of the Christmas Card I made- It is at the top close to the fold of the card.

2008-03-05T17:23:00.000-08:00

This is a card I made today will show inside later.

2008-03-03T16:46:00.000-08:00

Here is the last one that I made. I did however, make ten of each one of them to send to people with their gifts. I primarily used the sizzix die cuts that I have and that is about everyone of them that they sale. LOL I love sizzix! And you can't go wrong with using glitter at Christmas!!! :)

2008-03-03T16:44:00.000-08:00

Here is another one tag I made at Christmas! But I live in Arizona, I don't think (I hope) it will snow here.....lol

2008-03-03T16:34:00.000-08:00

This is one of the Christmas tags that I have made.

Hello

2008-02-22T18:31:00.000-08:00

I'm new at this but I have been on here since June, 2007 and love to look at several peoples blogs. Yes I have my favorites and look at them everyday. I primarily scrapbook but on occassion make cards. I will try to post stuff as I get things created. I am presently going through all my scrapbooking stuff (have tons of it) and trying to weed out stuff that I haven't used for awhile. So if there is something you need holler, I probably have it. I'll try to take picture of my scrapbooking room as it was the family room.