30. November 2007 by admin.

Hi there,

Not much going on here in my little corner of the scrapping world. Can’t believe it’s the last day of November already. Where did the time go?

Tomorrow starts a whole new bunch of challenges. This time I’m gonna get them done. I figure that since I skunked out on Andrea this month, I’ll do all of hers over at DSO for Dec. Hope that makes it up to her.

I’m really hoping to take either Sat. or Sun. to lock myself in with the computer and scrap all day. I may have to send the old man out of the house to watch football to get it done. Big games for college football on Sat. These games will decide where Ohio State goes to play their bowl game. It’s bad that we’re not controlling our own destiny and having to wait to see if another team loses.

Enjoy your weekend. No news on Yen and her little peanut yet. So excited for her. Dawne’s still waiting on her grandson too. Keep us up to date Dawne.

Until next time, scrap happy!

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29. November 2007 by admin.

Hi there!

How many Christmas kits do you have? This is my first holiday season scrapping, so I’ve gone nuts grabbing new holiday kits. I’ve been blessed to be on Heather’s CT and have 3 terrific kits that I’ve featured here, 2 kits from Kelli Tallula Moon and Fantacy is currently putting the finishing touches on hers. I also grabbed several from my OAKS gigs. You would think that would be enough, but NOOOOO. I grabbed 4 from SBB so I could get their Black Friday collab and yesterday I grabbed 2 more from Brigit Kerr at Digital Scrapbook Artisans Guild (or something like that). They are having a 50% sale on some items. I’m a sucker for a sale. I may not really need it but if it’s 50% off, It’s mine. I can justify it. lol I’m bad. I don’t even have photos to scrap half of the stuff I have. I bought a new computer in Sept., 288 gb memory and I only have about 100 gb left. Those are kits that I’ve used maybe once. But they were on sale!

So this is the lo I was working on this morning. I need some help with title work or word art. If you have any ideas to help me out, leave em in the comments. This is from Brigit Kerr’s Peace on Earth and Bursting corners.

Speaking of Christmas, have you seen Heather’s new Holiday Silk. It’s on sale at PDW through the end of the week. Go and grab them, add to your growing Christmas stuff.

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27. November 2007 by admin.

Hi there,
If you hadn’t guessed from my title, the weather here is less than perfect. I guess I really shouldn’t complain too much. It’s not snow. Ok, the first snowfall of the year and snow on Christmas is about all the snow I like. And the first snowfall is only pretty if one can stay indoors and off the roads. Cuz let me tell you, people can NOT drive here in the snow. They barely can in the rain and that’s a stretch. Anyway, grey & dreary is in my forecast and almost always affects my mood.

I was kinda disappointed in the cyber Monday sales in the real world yesterday. I really thought that more retailers would have good deals, especially given the economy and their fears of a bad holiday season. We’ll I was able to find a free shipping on Amazon.com and got the Disney tent for my niece. And I got an email from Shutterfly saying my calendar has shipped. Surprise! I’m guessing that they had so many to do that they aren’t checking for copyright photos. Yes, we do have the rights to those, my brother always buys them cuz they end up printing more off. He learned that with his wedding photos.

Have you been over to Heather’s shop at Plain Digital Wrapper yet? Their cyber Monday sale is lasting all week. Plus if you buy Grungy fun Christmas, Heather is giving you Blue Christmas FREE. I think she’s lost her mind, lol. 2 kits for the price of 1. And at 40% off. How can you pass up that deal?

I checked in on Yen this morning and she checked in her already since there’s such a time diff. Still no little peanut. Stop by her blog and leave her some lovin. Especially you moms, you know what she’s going through in these last days of her pregnancy.

Today is my SIL birthday. I did the lo below for her. It started out as a regular card, but quickly grew into a full sized lo. The journaling says “If only they were really sleeping instead of
just recharging.” Fantacy came up with that quote and it truly fits these girls to a T. Poor Chris only gets peace when they’re sleeping. I love that photo, so I’m sure that you’ll see it again and again.

This is my fave from the calendar. I wasn’t sure how it was gonna turn out, but I ended up lovin it. There’s no way I could have ever done that calendar without Amy Bleser’s calendar toppers templates. If you’re looking for one, stop by her shop at SBB.

Ok, time to make the donuts. We’ll get ready for work that is. Until next time, scrap happy.

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26. November 2007 by admin.

Hi there,

Well, all the turkey is gone, the shopping is half done, the house is still in the same mess as it was before. But the calender is done and ordered. Yeah!!! Now I just need Shutterfly not to give me a hard time with one set of photos. The copyright issue. My brother always makes arrangements to get a release for the photos that the family gets taken, but it would take me awhile to get it from him and such. I may need to redo that page. I should have done that before I sent it in, but I was so darn tired of this thing. I think it’ll turn out pretty good. Here, what do you think?

The cover.These are just some of my favorite pages. It’ll be a gift for my mom. It’s all pages of my nieces and nephew, with one page of my dogs.

I also made sure I did some CT work and played around with Heather’s new Christmas kits.

That’s my niece first Christmas.This is a great kit!! I love all the color and the elements are awesome. There’s lots of word art in there too.

This one was done with Icy Sparkles, but I don’t have the preview on the puter here right now, so I’ll show you Blue Christmas. I love the frame she has in this one. You can see it on the lo with my niece. Lots of fun stuff to play with in all 3 kits that will make the winter holiday and months great to scrap. It’ll be interesting to see what she comes up with for New Years.

Cyber Monday is today. I’m really hoping that the retailers all see that free shipping is the most important part of this day. I went to Toys R Us looking for the Disney Princess Castle, only to be told you have to order it online. We’ll they want 8 dollars to ship it. Now the warehouse is here in the area. Go figure. I may have to adjust and get a different one from Walmart, where you can ship it to their store for pick up.

If you’re in for the card exchange, email me at carjaziscraps at gmail dot com. (you know the routine) and we’ll get email addresses for everyone who wants to participate. With the economy in the tank, I think this is better than trying to do a secret Santa.

Don’t forget that this is the last week for this months challenges. I know that I slacked off this month big time but hopefully you didn’t. Check out Digital Scrap Garden for their great challenges and if you haven’t joined, do so. They’ve got a terrific new members kit. For the challenges at DSO, check Kristine’s blog out. She’s got a link for them all a few days back. Plus today is the official first day for Andrea over there!! I’ll just bet she’s got something cooking for this terrific event. I know there’s a chat tonight too. Stop by OAKS to check out their challenges. Super easy and they’re running a point system so you can shop at the store and get what you want. You accumulate points based on completing challenges.

Make sure you stop by and say hi to Yen. She’s anxiously awaiting the arrival of her new little one. I’m sure that she’s much more excited, but I can’t wait for her to have her baby. She’s really included her pregnancy in her blog and it’s been fun to watch. Plus she takes the most awesome photos. Can’t wait to see the ones she’ll take of her little one.

Ok, time to get ready for work. If you know of any terrific Cyber Monday sales in the scrappin world, post em in the comment section.

Until next time, scrap happy!

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24. November 2007 by admin.

HI!

Did you all enjoy your holiday and black Friday shopping? I did go out to the stores yesterday, but not til 9 am. I was this close to grabbing the EHD at Target, but gave it back to the cashier since technically I was Christmas shopping. Bath & Body Works had their wallflowers and refills on sale for $5, so I loaded up on those. ToysRUs was by far the worse place. They didn’t have what I was looking for in store, so now I’m hoping for Free Shipping for Cyber Monday. Last year I found some really good deals online on Cyber Monday. Let’s hope it’s the same this year.

Spent most of yesterday trying to get the calendar done. I only have 4 months left. I’d show you what’s done so far, but I’m at the other office that has the horrible computer and dsl, it would take all day just to upload 1 of the files. Will finish them off after work today. (Hopefully)

Ok, gotta go open the doors. I’m sure it will be a madhouse today since no one’s been here since Wed. Just didn’t want to go 3 days without a post. Tomorrow will be back to normal - scrappin and info.

Have a great day!!! Until next time, scrap happy.

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21. November 2007 by admin.

Hi there!

With Thanksgiving coming up tomorrow, I decided to stop for a minute and think about what I have to be thankful for. I think that far most I am thankful I live in a country where I am free and I am thankful of parents whose children are fighting to keep it this way. I wish you peace this holiday season from the bottom of my heart. I am thankful for the family I have now and the love that we share. I am thankful for the roof over my head and the love that it contains, the unconditional love of my two dogs and the “even though we annoy each other we still love each other madly” love of the old man. I am thankful for my health and the ability to make a living. I am thankful for the warm embrace of the scrapping community and the friends I have made here.

Look, I made you a little avatar type thingy. Heather, I’m thankful to you for giving me a chance. Kristine, I’m thankful for you cuz you always make me laugh. Cate and Andrea, I’m thankful for you for your unfailing support of me and reading the blog daily. Yen, I’m thankful for you for sharing yourself so freely on your blog and updating us on your little peanut, I’m glad that I can share that with you. Dawne & Traci, I’m thankful for you for showing that a grand idea can grow if you put enough love into it. Fantacy, I’m so thankful for you for giving me such a warm welcome over at SBB and letting me know it’s ok to be new. And Kerry, I’m thankful for you for bugging the heck out of me to see my own potential and getting me into the CT scene. Without you, I wouldn’t have 90% of the friends I have now. And if you read my blog on a regular basis I’m thankful to you too. If you haven’t stopped by the blogs of these wonderful ladies, take a minute. Each and everyone is talented in their own way.

Ok, on to Black Friday. My favorite subject - Shopping. I’m pretty sure that most everyone is having a sale. Some of the designers over at SBB have already started theirs and I grabbed some great closeout products from Michelle Underwood for dirt cheap. (I mean like $.25 and $1.00) And I know that several of the designers over at OAKS are going to have their store on sale at a ridiculous 50% off on Friday only. The good thing is that there aren’t any “doorbuster” sales and you don’t have to get up at 4 AM to get the good prices. Just make sure you check it out. OAKS ladies will have their grab bags out too. In the real world, I’m debating as to whether or not I’ll get up to try to get some of the “earlybird” sales. It seems that they are opening the stores earlier and earlier each year. I mean Kohl’s is opening at 4 AM. And the outlet stores at Jeffersonville are opening at midnight. Unbelievable. I’m thinking Target and ToysRUs may be the only ones I try for early. I’ve given up on the laptop idea.

Make sure you check out the Humpday Hunnies for their fabulous freebies today!!! Start at Kristine’s, she has the link to them all. No one has previews up yet. And while you’re out looking, make sure you stop by Andrea’s and check out her fab new kit Tickle that will be available at DSO. Don’t forget about Heather’s PSP actions and great new Christmas kits.

I hope that if you’re celebrating Thanksgiving tomorrow, you can be with your loved ones and you can remember what you’re thankful for. Right now, I’ll be thankful that I don’t have to work on Friday. hehehe

Happy Thanksgiving!! Scrap happy.

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20. November 2007 by admin.

Hi all!

Boy have I hit a brick wall in my scrapping. Nothing seems to turn out the way I want it too and I can’t get inspired. I have tons of great new products so that’s not the problem. Anyone have any words of wisdsom for me to get my mojo back? I need to find it soon, I’m way behind on CT stuff but I just can’t send out layouts I don’t like or think that are any good just to get the kits seen. I don’t think that does the designer justice.

Ok, I wasn’t gonna do the Black Friday shopping thing, I hate crowds not to mention getting up at an awful hour to do so, but I found this website - http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/ yesterday and spent half the afternoon checking out stuff for ME. How sad is that. I have nieces and a nephew to shop for and I’m more interested in getting an EHD. Remind me again that Christmas is for the children.

Speaking of Christmas, I had mentioned last week about doing an exchange of some sort amongst friends here. I don’t know if it should be a card, kit or regular secret santa exchange. What do you think? And is it something you may be interested in? Let me know.

Heather Manning’s having a chat at DST on Wed. night at 11 pm EST. If you missed the last chat, you gotta try to stop by for the hysterical fun. And though it may be late, you don’t have to work the next day. bwhahaha Cookin turkey’s not work. I’d love to see ya all there.

Ok, here’s a few freebies that have been in my computer for awhile. Thought I’d go ahead and bring em out to see if anyone one them.
You can get this Thanksgiving word art here.

And the butterfly overlay here. Special thanks to AfriDigiDiva for use of her butterfly. Please don’t share the links with your friends, send them here to get it themselves.

Well, I guess that’s about it for today. Don’t forget to check out the challenges over at OAKS, Digital Scrap Garden and DSO.

Until next time, scrap happy!
Diane

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19. November 2007 by admin.

Hi there!

Hope that everyone enjoyed their weekend. I still can’t believe that Thanksgiving is on Thursday and Christmas is right around the corner. Where has the time gone? Well, between my vacation, my pictures and my football team, I’ve kinda gotten off track with the tone of my blog. It hasn’t focused on digiscrapping for awhile now. I’m working on getting that back under control. It’s kinda helping that I’m getting a chance to scrap a little bit more.

Here are some fantastic new products from Heather Manning. I’m really loving her new Christmas kits and hoping to get a chance to play with them asap. Maybe even redesign my blog header with em? And look at her new grab bag especially for designers. I love the fact that

she gives you a look at what you’re getting in her grab bags. I like surprises, but not in everything. All previews are clickable, so go check em out. (after you finish reading.)

One of the challenges over at OAKS is a brag book exchange. The kit for the second half of the month is by Jennifer Barrette and is 1/2 off until the end of the month. Here’s 2 pages I did

for the exchange. The first half of the month exchange got more than 40 pages. I bet that this one gets even more. You can find out more about the challenge here.

Have you gotten this fab collab. kit yet? It’s free!!! All you have to do is to join Dawne, Traci & Nita over at the Digital Scrap Garden. The girls have been working so hard to get the site going and they’re doing a fantastic job. They also have great challenges going on this month. Stop by and say hi and join up. It’s a terrific place and wonderful kit.

Don’t forget that Andrea is joining the crazy ladies over at DSO the 26th of this month. I’m looking forward to seeing what she’s got cooking for them. I know that she’ll do great there, Kristine, Kim and Bunny are good people who are experts at making me laugh.

Also look for new holiday kits from Fantacy (Scrappin Hillbilly Sweetpea Designs) and Kelli (Tallula Moon Designs) to be featured here soon (or as soon as I get my hands on them.) Also I’ll try to have a list of Black Friday sales. I know that OAKS is having one.

Ok, lastly here’s a lo I did today

. There’s just something about a sleeping child that is so precious. Click to see credits. I still need to get the callendar finished. I’m having issues with getting the pictures, I had to email them to myself from work and download them here. It’s taking forever.

In case you were wondering, Ohio State won the game on Sat. against Michigan and are the Big Ten Champs and most likely heading to the Rose Bowl in Passadena on New Years Day. Go Bucks.

Until next time, scrap happy!!!!!!

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16. November 2007 by admin.

(Disclaimer: This is an all OSU Football rant. If you would prefer not to read it, just scroll down to comments and leave a GO BUCKS!!!!!!!)

GO BUCKS!!!!!!!!!!

Beat Blue!

The Best Damn Band In the Land doing Script Ohio.

Photos from last years victory over Michigan. The celebration!!!!

Proof that Jesus is an Ohio State Fan. On the way to Chicago, some of the Sphinx men stopped at Notre Dame. There were only three of them, but they still wanted to show their support for Ohio. Luckily, they had a volunteer!

Jokes:

On a tour of Florida, the Pope took a couple of days off to visit the coast for some sightseeing. He was cruising along the beach in the Popemobile when there was a frantic commotion just off shore. A helpless man, wearing a Michigan jersey, was struggling frantically to free himself from the jaws of a 25-foot shark. As the Pope watched, horrified, a speedboat came racing up with three men wearing Ohio State jerseys aboard. One quickly fired a harpoon into the shark’s side. The other two reached out and pulled the bleeding, semi-conscious Wolverine fan from the water. Then using (autographed by Woody himself) baseball bats, the three heroes, in OSU Red, beat the shark to death and hauled it into the boat. Immediately the Pope shouted and summoned them to the beach. “I give you my blessing for your brave actions,” he told them. “I heard that there was some bitter hatred between Buckeye and Michigan fans, but now I have seen with my own eyes that this is not the truth.” As the Pope drove off, the harpooner asked his buddies, “Who was that?” “It was the Pope,” one replied. “He is in direct contact with God and has access to all of God’s wisdom.” “Well,” the harpooner said, “He may have access to God’s wisdom, but he doesn’t know shit about shark fishing…. how’s the bait holding up?”

May there be joy in Buckeye land again. GO BUCKS!!!

Until next time - scrap happy!

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15. November 2007 by admin.

I can’t believe it’s the 15th already and that Thanksgiving is only a week away. Where did the time go? That means that I only have 39 more days to shop for Christmas. ugh! I refuse to shop on Black Friday. The crowds are just riduculous and lately the bargins haven’t been all that great. With the state of the economy, I’ll bet that there are sales and big ones all season long. So I plan to scrap all day that Friday. And I really have to cuz I haven’t gotten my callander done. Since the majority of my blog readers are a pretty tight knit group and know/read each other, does anyone want to maybe do an exchange of some type amongst us? Just puttin out feelers on this one.

Ok, I promised a manatee photo yesterday. There was an underwater observatory at the park.

I have a lot of other photos but they look like big blobs in them. I had a picture of Lu up yesterday, the hippo. Well they make a big deal about staying out of the way when Lu comes out of the water. I thought that this sign was hysterical! Now the next day we went down to see another aunt in Tampa and went to the gulf coast at a little place called Hudson Beach. So I took another shadow photo- this time it’s me at the Gulf of Mexico.We had the waitress take this photo. (I used to hate doing that when I waited tables). It was kinda funny cuz another table asked if we were 4 generations. I’m pretty sure my aunts didn’t think that was funny cuz only 1 of em is a grandma and I’m 40 so that would make 1 of them have to be pretty old. We all have the same chin so they knew we were related somehow. In case you were wondering, I’m the one with the long hair.

And here is my first vacation layout. I used Heather’s Dirt Don’t Hurt-It’s a Pink Thang. Worked awesome with the flamingos. I would love to get a few more done, but will be gone tomorrow night and Sat.

Big, I mean big game on Sat. against Michigan. It’s for all the roses. Even though Ohio State has the better overall record 10-1 vs 8-3, we both have only lost 1 game in the Big Ten. So once again it’s down to The Game. It’s the biggest rivalry in all of college football. And that was voted on according to ESPN. We’ll be back down at the campground for the big game. They open it back up and turn on the electricity and bring in a big screen. Everyone brings lots of food and drink and it’s a good old time! So I’ll be freezing my butt off this weekend.

Today is the last day to get the current challenges over at OAKS done. Tomorrow starts a new batch so stop on by to see what’s going on. Don’t forget about the challenges over at DSO and Digital Scrap Garden. I still owe Andrea a lyric layout. I promise I’ll have it done by the end of the month. Congrats too! Andrea (Boyerville Scraps) will be joining the zany designers over at DSO starting the 26th. She’s movin up!

Ok, gotta go get ready for work. Enjoy your day!

Until next time, Scrap Happy!!!!!!!

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