Last day of April...

Where, oh, where is the year going?!?!?! Well, I'll have an exciting announcement tomorrow for one of my CTs!

Today... I have 2 LOs I haven't shared yet, and some NSD goings-on to share!

NSD Annoucements:

Kristine's having a big NSD sale... 30% off EVERYTHING in her store! New releases, old favorites, AND commercial use!! Sale starts now, and ends Sunday, May 4th at midnight EST!! There are even 2 brand new, never before seen kits included!! Check it out here.

Heather Manning's CT is having some big-time fun for NSD as well! Heather has a collab with Dawn Inskip being released on Friday; (Gorgeous let me tell you!) a chat at 9pm EST on Saturday, May 3rd at DST; a new Grab Bag; AND a challenge that you don't want to miss! You can check for more details on the challenge here.

Purple Paper Flowers is launching a new bunch of challenges starting Saturday, we have a QP Exchange going on for NSD, AND the entire store is on sale on Saturday!! For full details on the QP Exchange click here. (Or, scan down to my last post!) For the new challenges watch our Challenges andContests Forum at PPF. :)

Digital Scrap Garden is having a sale, a hunt for a free Mega Kit, and some other fun stuff including a Shutterfly giveaway!! For more details click here.

That rounds out the details I have at the moment. If Iget more I'll be sure to share!
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Title: Walk-about

Credits:
Papers and elements from the Fiesta Flavors Kit by Ladybug Graphix of Digital Scrap Garden.
Stitches from the extraORDINARY Stitches Pack by Purple Frog Pizzazz of Digital Scrap Garden.
Photo by my dad.
Fonts: Dylan Ariel
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Title: Spring Cleaning

Credits:
Papers and elements from the Lilac Twilight Collab from the PPF Design Team.
Photos by my dad.
Fonts: Jane Austen; Horse Puke

I have a bunch of April CT work to try to catch up, 3 pages to finish for Michelle's QP album (I realized it has to be 20 pages not 21...), and am hoping to get a 6pg bragbook QP album up for Kristine by Saturday. I finished the 10pg album for Bob on Saturday, and am waiting for feedback...

Help PPF Celebrate NSD!

Please join us in the fun! We're super excited to be bringing you this fun exchange! We'll be using the Lilac Twilight Collab kit for these pages so the kit is 50% off now through Friday using the coupon below!

Lilac Twilight Collab Kit Includes:
3 LR presets
1 alpha
over 90 papers and elements

Reg price = $12.99
Event price = $6.49





Reads:
PPF wants to celebrate NSD with you!
So we're holding our 1st Bragbook QP Exchange.

Each purchaser is asked to create 1 QP at 6x4 and 300dpi saved as a png. Upload your completed page to a file sharing site like 4shared, and send me the link to the file via email. I'll compile all links, and send the completed book link out to all participants. QP links are due to me by Monday, May 5th, and I wil return the completed link to participants by Monday, May 12th.Full details available at PPF!
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HOW: Purchase Lilac Twiight at 50% off, and use it to create a minimum of 1 - 6x4 png file.
WHEN: Purchase 4/28-5/2 Deliver by 5/5
WHERE: http://www.purplepaperflowers.com/
Coupon Code: NSD_LILAC50


For full details see the NSD QP Exchange forum under Challenges and Contests at PPF!

RIP Teresia...

Credits:
Papers and elements from the Dazzle Kit by Kristine of WenchdGrafix.
Photo by ?
Fonts: CK Renaissance

Friday, April 25th...

****Edited****
Gals, Kam called to let me know Teresia didn't make it. They lost her at 1:35am this morning...
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Miss 'Tude got LOTD at 3Scrapateers for 4/23/08!!! This is my first LOTD at 3S in my 15 months there! :)

I finished the 1 LO for Heather, but didn't get much else done as I didn't get home 'til 7:45 last night, and had to deal with dinner...

Title: Spring Fun

Credits:
Green paper, ribbon, scalloped mat, and reverse staple from the Berry-licious Kit by Heather Manning Designs of Purple Paper Flowers.
Brown paper from the Just Bag It Paper Pack by Heather Manning Designs of Purple Paper
Flowers.
Frame from the wrapped Frame freebie by Heather Manning Designs of Purple Paper Flowers.
Alpha from the 2fer Alpha by Blythe vans of Purple Paper Flowers.
Photos by my dad.
Fonts: elizabeth skinny

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

Thursday things...

Just a REALLY quick post...

Remember last fall I blogged about my beligerant neighbor who was so rude??? His wife stopped by last night... She says, "First, I want to apologize you were entirely correct about where the honking was coming from." To which I only nodded my head because well,... HELLO it just took you 6 months to come apologize??? And, not even your husband who was the jerk comes to do it???

Any way she then asked if we minded if they cut up part of a tree that fell out back of the pool during the winter. I was just gonna' break it up and put it out to the curb for Spring Clean-up so help yourself!

Just weird...
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Then at 9:30pm I got a call from my BF, Kam... She'd just gotten off the phone with the hospital who told her to call the family 'cause they weren't sure if Teresia was going to make it through the next half hour - let alone the night. As you can imagine she was a complete wreck, and I felt so helpless 'cause I'm several states away... Things had seemed to be going better. Teresia's had several surgeries to help with the burns, and she'd been fighting. But, apparently the bacteria got back in and started infections again. She'd turned septic yesterday after another surgery.

I called her quick this morning, and she was in a much better frame of mind. Teresia DID make it through the night, but she's still septic so things are kind of in a holding pattern atm. Any good thoughts/prayers are welcome.
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I finished 6 more QPs for Michelle's album so I'm up to 17/21 done. I hope to finish it tonight so I can cross that off my to do list. I also started a LO for Heather this morning, but didn't have time to finish it before leaving for work as my pc slows down HORRIBLY every morning at about 8am. I thought it was the virus software doing it's scan that was doing that to me, but I changed the schedule to 12am so that's not the whole issue...

I ordered more RAM for my pc yesterday as well as a USB stick for Mike 'cause he's hot to get one (and mind you doesn't even know what it's for) and a 1TB EHD. I found a really good deal online, and figured while I had the tax money I'd better get it. I should be set with 1TB for at least 2 years! LOL Hopefully once I get the new RAM installed I won't have stalling issues with my programs...
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Watch my blog... I have an exciting annoucement coming for May 1st! Not to mention all the NSD specials I'm sure to have for May 3rd!

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

Title?

I have no clue for a title this morning... I was running late, and had to wait 'til I got stuff settled at work to post.

Last night I got home, and started a download from Bob's ftp to make sure it worked while we walked the 3 blocks to Brenda's for dinner. The kids actually ate almost their entire dinner! I order 10 chicken nuggets and 1 order of curly fries to split between them, and we normally end up coming home with almost 1 whole dinner between the two of them. Last night we only had 3 nuggets and about 4 fries left so Mike and I ate them! LOL

We got home, and the download had worked perfectly so I set up the rest of the files to download, and started multi-tasking. I got Micaila in the tub for her bath, took the plastic off the two windows we'd covered for the winter, uploaded a QP for Kristine's store, delivered 1 CT QP via email and one via Hello, and unzipped a bunch of CT files to start working on some LOs. I got 1 LO started, and had to get Micaila out of the tub. Then I realized it was 9pm - an hour after their bedtime... no wonder I was tired! LOL

I got up this morning, and finished the LO.

Title: Miss 'Tude

Credits:
Papers, ribbon, gems, and label from the Hugs, Kisses & Cupcakes Kit by Princess Lala of Divine Digital.
Corner doodle from the Flower Doodles Pack by Princess Lala of Divine Digital.
Large doodle from the Sweet Paper Swirls Pack by Princess Lala of Divine Digital.
Photos by me.
Fonts: Emily

LO design scrapifted from Amy Head. See here.
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I've got my 2nd QP up for sale!


You can snag it here.

And, remember Dazzle is still 30% off for the full kit!
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Gotta' run! Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

YYEEEESSSSSS!!

Ok, so it is my boss's photog friends, Bob &Parker, who had asked if I'd be willing to design their senior showcase abums at the Expo two weeks ago. I decided not to wait for Bob and Gary (my boss) to talk again as it had been over a week, and emailed Bob directly on Saturday.

I got a response from him on Sunday, but couldn't reply until yesterday as I needed my post-it with notes which was at work! LOL We've come to an agreement, and I'll be designing two sample albums for him asap, and then designing any he gets orders for through the senior season!

I'm hoping this will go well enough to let me buy PSCS2 or PSCS3 to use at home. I'll probably need to increase the memory in the pc for that, but it would be soooo worth it!
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On the complete opposite note, Gary got a call from his oldest son's girlfriend at about 5pm last night letting him know Dillon is ok, but a motorcylce he was working on blew up while he was working on it. From what she told Gary he has burns on his arms and the top of his head pretty bad, but was otherwise ok... The garage was totaled with all 5 motorcycles he had plus some other equipment like a drill press.

It's a good thing Gary was heading to Burlington anyway to pick up his youngest from college... 3 of his 4 boys are there. Dalton is at home working with us.
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Not much else to report this morning, and Micaila's asking for me to read a book so I'm off! Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

Monday, Monday...

Well, I only got 2 pages done yesterday, and it kind of felt like I was pulling teeth to get them done. I forgot to take my Claritan this weekend which I think was part of my issue.

Title: My Cousin,... My Friend

Credits:
Papers and elements from the Elegance Kit by Ladybug Graphix of Digital Scrap Garden.
Photos by my dad.
Fonts: Freebooter Script
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Title: an Evening at the Playground

Credits:
Papers from the Color Me Autumn Paper Pack by Blythe Evans of Purple Paper Flowers.
Bracket matte from the Cardboard Cutups Vol. 3 by Blythe Evans of Purple Paper Flowers.
Flowers from PrettyFul Petals by Blythe Evans of Purple Paper Flowers.
Stitching from the Sew It Seams Pack by Blythe Evans of Purple Paper Flowers.
"e" & "p" from the Painted Cardboard Alpha by Blythe Evans of Purple Paper Flowers.
Frame cluster from the Green Tinted 60's Kit by Amanda Dykan of Purple Paper Flowers.
Glitter splats from the Glitter Slpotches Pack by Amanda Dykan of Purple Paper Flowers.
Snap from the Oh Snap! Pack by Rachel Martin of Purple Paper Flowers.
"b" from the Little Black Alpha by Krystal Hartley of Purple Paper Flowers.
Photos by me.
Fonts: Girls Are Wierd
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I also finished 6 more 8x8 QPs for Michele's book this morning using templates I built at work for the senior albums. So I'm up to 11/21 done for that project! My templates made the work go MUCH faster! LOL

I may have some really good news regarding the senior showcase abums in the next day or two! I gave up waiting for my boss to speak with the one friend I knew was most likely to follow through, and emailed him myself on Sat. I got a response last night so we're now working details out!

Gotta' run! Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

Mornin'! A LO and a blogthing...

Yesterday Sharon (my co-worker) and I watched the forecast on and off throughout the day. On Thursday they'd predicted a high of 70 today... By 10am Friday it was up to 77... By 1pm up to 78... By 5pm up to 80!!! They're still saying 80 for today, but the forecast for the next few days has raised as well. We were supposed to go back to about 60 tomorrow, and we're now sitting at predictions of 72-74 for the next two days before 68 on Tuesday! I sooooooo don't trust this warm weather this early in the year! LOL

I managed to finish 1 LO this morning...

Title: Mommy's Little Princess

Credits:
Papers and elements from the Princess Wannabe Part I Kit by Purple Frog Pizzazz of Digital Scrap Garden.
Photos by my dad.
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I also have this to share:

What Cate Means

You are very open. You communicate well, and you connect with other people easily. You are a naturally creative person. Ideas just flow from your mind. A true chameleon, you are many things at different points in your life. You are very adaptable. You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection. You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive. You have the classic "Type A" personality. You are a seeker. You often find yourself restless - and you have a lot of questions about life. You tend to travel often, to fairly random locations. You're most comfortable when you're far away from home. You are quite passionate and easily tempted. Your impulses sometimes get you into trouble. You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone. You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together. At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together.

What's" Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

200th post!

I've hit it... my 200th post is this one! I got 3 QPs done last night - 2 bracket book ones for Laura and a 6x4 bragbook page for Heather. None I can share as yet. A lot of my designers seem to be giving me goodies that are "surprises" for NSD so that I'm not allowed to post as yet. :( I'm very much a make and share kinda' gal! LOL

I decided to share some photos from Monday & Wednesday nights as I have no LOs to share.





























Sorry... Was that overkill?!? LOL I ended up with over 70 photos each night so this IS actually just a small sampling of my favs! :)

Need to run! We're supposed to hit a high of 72 today... Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

Just a quick post...

For the second time this week I went to the playground with the kids after work. Mike went as well this time.

Then I started working on the QPs for Michelle & Kristine. I need 21 pages per book. I finished 3 last night and two more this morning. So 5/21 done for an 8x8 book! I got 1 12x12 QP done for Kristine this morning which I'll need to package up tonight so we can load it into the store.

Other than that not much news. The boss hasn'tspoken with his buddies yet so I'm still in limbo there. Although I did invest in a few more of Royanna's commercial use overlays. Trying to get them burned onto a CD-RW right now, but for some reason these Sony ones just plain SUCK! If I burn something at work or at Dad's they work fine. Try here, and they say they have to be formatted first and then the format fails! There's obviously something about my system that doesn't like these discs... BUT, my pc will read them fine if there are files on it...

Anywho, I'm off! Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

All the usual suspects...

I've been less chatty lately. Kind of feel like I'm running on fumes most days. That tends to make me less chatty. But, it does seem to be a wide spread issue in digi-land... Most of my usual commentors have been hiding lately too.

We're starting to gear up for our senior season at work which means I have a LOT less time to try to surf the net at work. I'm gonna have to start trying to squeeze it in while at home - during my scrapping time! (insert bug-eyed smilie)
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Sunday was fun - if exhuasting! Nora showed up about a quarter after 11 with Mark and the boys in tow. Krysti was at her cousins' for the day so she wasn't with them. Dad came over about a 1/2 hr later. Mom also stopped by for a couple of hours. We watched Waterhorse while chowing on frozen pizzas and bagged salad - quick and easy!

Then the kids went off to play, Mom headed home, and Nora, Dad and I attempted to play CSI Miami while Mike & Mark watched a ball game. I now know why the game was abundant in the clearance section... It's Clue only much, MUCH more involved! LOL Even Dad gave up at the end! So, on to SkipBo!

Still couldn't get Mark or Mike to play with us, and Nora wanted to play partners so Marky got thrown into the game. He'd never played before, but he was a good sport about it. (Krys is normally our 4th.) Dad & I trounced them though.

Nora let Marky head back upstairs to play and she, Dad & I played one game of Phase 10 which is like garbage rummy. That is one game that you never know who is going to win until you are down to the last hand or two! Dad beat us.
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On to Monday night I took the kids down to the playground at the elementary school down the road from us after I got home from work. Took about 70 more pictures in about 40 minutes! I even used one in a LO that night!

Title: Shining Star

Credits:
Papers, ribbon, and sequins from the Corgen Kit by Princess Lala of Divine Digital. (1 paper "torn" by me.)
Star doodle from the Mystery Freebie 6.14.07 by Princess Lala of Divine Digital.
Bird doodle from the Free Kit by Princess Lala of Divine Digital.
Torn paper star from the This Boy Kit by Princess Lala of Divine Digital.
Clip and frame from the Note To Self Kit by Princess Lala of Divine Digital.
Photo by me.
Fonts: GG Herb Script
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I also have this from Monday morning...

Title: Ocean Beach

Credits:
Paper, overlay, shells, and swirls from the St. Pete's Sunset Kit by Kara Jones of K-Joi Studios.
Photos by me.
Fonts: CK Renaissance

This kit worked REALLY well with my San Francisco photos!
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And, this from last night...

Title: Dorothy & Richard Mallette

Credits:
Kraft paper from the Kraft Papers Paper Pack by Amanda Dykan of Purple Paper Flowers.
Blue paper from the York County Fair Paper Pack by Amanda Dykan of Purple Paper Flowers.
Jeweled stars and swirls from the Starlight Element Pack by Blythe Evans of Purple Paper Flowers.
Chain and pewter tag from the Pewter Charms Element Pack by Kristi Duncan of Purple Paper Flowers.
Brass snap from the Oh Snap Element Pack by Rachel Martin of Purple Paper Flowers.
Die cut paper from the Border Patrol Vol 2 Pack by Theresa Hernandez of Purple Paper Flowers.
Photos by ?
Fonts: GG Herb Script

This is a LO for my aunt who lost her husband last July rather suddenly due to cancer.
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Some of you may remember I had a funeral to go to last July. Uncle Richard was diagnosed with either stomach or pancreatic cancer (I can't remember which although I lean towards pancreatic.), and given 3-6 months to live. He died a week later. It hit Aunt Dorothy really hard, but she seems to be doing ok now. I think maybe her grandson and granddaughter who were both born a few weeks later may have helped immensely. At the time I offered to do a digital book for her of her photos with Richard. I told her when she was ready to get some photos withs dates and/or journaling together, and send them to me. I'd scan them into mypc, and work from there.

Yesterday she and two other aunts came down to visit, and while they were here she handed Dad some photos to scan. So I'll have some more pages featuring the two of them coming along shortly I'm sure.
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Well, I have to go do dishes and get dressed! Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

PS - I forgot the food porn!!!! I finally stopped to get Pad Thai on the way home last night - 1 order with shrimp for Mike & 1 with chicken for me!(Kids wanted mac & cheese...)

A few LOs...

My sis is supposed to becoming over today, and bringing part or all of her family. Dad bought Waterhorse for everyone to watch, and I'm hoping to play some cards or the CSI Miami boardgame. (I've owned CSI Miami for almost two years now, and still not opened it...) I also have to run out to Super Walmart 'cause when we went the other night I managed to forget to get myself lunches for at work - even though they were on the list!

Some of you may remember back in February my boss had me create a "Showcase" album at work using one of our 2008 seniors. (You know - I got to scrap at work?!) These were very simple LOs as I didn't have any commercial use elements to use, and the boss wasn't in the mood to buy any before seeing what the product would look like. I used some commercial use overlays by Royanna Fritschman to create flattened papers for. (My boss doesn't have any of my overlay files - only the jpeg papers.) Anywho - he took the album I designed to an Expo last Tuesday night, and showed it to some of his photographer buddies in the Syracuse area. Two of them liked it so much they asked if I'd be willing to do theirs in my "off" time! Not real clear on details yet. They may only be asking me to do their sample albums - or they may be asking me to create their albums for the senior season. The first would only take maybe a week a piece. The second may tie up quite a bit of my time from June-Sept depending on how well they sell these. Each is a 10pg album with 15-30 images in it depending on the templates used. I created templates of my pages as I worked so I could re-create without as much trouble. I've also added a few since being asked Tuesday so that I am up to 4 single-page templates and 9 spreads. I'd rather have more than is needed than have to play with something at the last minute.

On the the LOs... I finished this Friday night before bed...

Title: What to say...

Credits:
Papers and elements from the Berry-licious Kit by Heather Manning Designs available at Purple Paper Flowers.
Photo by my dad.
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And, this before work yesterday...

Title: Swimtime with Mommy

Credits:
Papers and elements from the Keep It Fresh Kit by Julie Kelley Designs available at Scrapbook-Elements.
Photo by my brother, Blayne.
Fonts: DJB CT's Rock
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And, this after work yesterday...

Title: Japanese Tea Garden

Credits:
Paper, overlay, and swirls from the St. Pete's Sunset Kit by Kara Jones of K-Joi Studios.
Photos by me.
Fonts: CK Puppy Love
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I have to play catch-up with my LO uploads again so I'm off. Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

It's official!

I'm selling QPs for Kristine! My 1st is in the shoppe here. And, if you want a peek it looks like this:


And, while you are there check out Dazzle! It is a gorgeous kit full of glittery, yummy goodies, and 30% off right now!!!


Realize that the shrunk down previews don't do them full justice, but I can't fit bigger ones into my blog column! LOL
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With the new responsibilities for Kristine and Michelle I've had to take that big step into Paypal-land. I'd managed to avoid it until now. Jeez, want to talk about a run-around... In order to get validated I have to confirm two small amounts (each under $1) that they deposited into my checking account. Ok, shouldn't be too hard, right?

Well, in my case we have internet banking- sort of. At one point Mike had to set up a 3rd acct because work was supposed to be depositing money for the TMs to use to reward their team members directly into their own acct. I didn't want the headache of trying tokeep his work money seperated from our money so we set up the 3rd acct linked to our 2 personal ones. At that time he asked for the internet access, so they sent him the info. He never used it, the 3rd acct has been closed because work NEVER did deposit any money, and he can't find the paperwork for the internet access. So I can't get into the accts online because I don't have the username or password.

On Tuesday when I go to the bank to cash my paycheck I ask for a transaction report - just in case it went through a little faster than they stated... Nope no deposits. So yesterday I stop at the bank on my way to work, and explain the issue with the internet access and why I need it - no problem - I just have to call this number and they can get it switched around for me. I will need a phone access code which the teller has ordered for me which will come in the mail in the next 3-5 business days, but if I need this sooner just press 0# until it sends me to a person. Ok. I call the number; use the 0# trick; get a person and explain the issue again - no problem - she just has to tranfer me to someone in the internet banking dept. Transferred, Iget a guy who has been toldwhat myissue is, andismorethanwilling to help... BUT, he can only give me the username (which is all numerals and about 16 digits long) - to get the password he has to send me a letter which will take 7-10 business days to reach me!!!! I understand them not being able to see the current password for security reasons, but they can't even change it! (Now I do have to put a disclaimer here - every single person I talked to in this meandering path was VERY friendly, and as helpful as they could be with theguidelines they have.)

So,... last ditch effort I call the other branch of the bank in town. Explain what I need and why. Tell her that I really can't wait the 7 days to get this set up - to which she exclaims "7 days?!?". Yup - they said they had to mail it, and it would take 7-10 businessdays to reach me. "You just need the amounts?" "Yes, and they should both be under $1." "Ok, verify this for me,... and this,... and this... here are your two amounts." THANK YOU!!!
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I was going to try to get a LO done to post, but Brenden just came and asked me ever so nicely to help him build something. Guess the LO will have to wait 'til tonight...

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

Really quick...

Got a dr appt this morning so I have to leave early. Yrly BS that I have to deal with or they'll refuse to provide my birth control and I am SOOOO not getting pregnant again... Love my kids - HATE being pregnant.

Anywho -here's my new camera:




You can switch btwn LCD and viewfinder, and it shows all the same goodies in the viewfinder as on the LCD. I took 75 pics that I kept yesterday so I probably took about 90 in all! LOL

I also finished 1 LO last night...

Title: And, YOUR Problem Is????

Credits:
Paper and elements from the Challenged - The Kit Kit by Purple Frog Pizzazz of Digital Scrap Garden.
Photo by my dad.
Fonts: Catnip
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Gotta' run! Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

Tagged!

I have no LOs to share today 'cause I had a massive headache by the time I got home last night. Today's all about the tags... I got tagged by Kristine last week - and forgot, and then got tagged by Diane yesterday and Kari this morning! Duuuude! Talk about ganging up! LOL

Oh! And, before I forget... my camera's being delivered TODAY!!! I had it shipped to work so maybe I'll get to play a bit before I get home. :) YEAH!!!!! :D

Anyone else SERIOUSLY tempted by the Diamond Membership over at DST? Only available through the 10th... Wish it was a little less $$... Today's the 8th btw.

'K. On to the taggin'...

Kris's is up first: I must tell 6 things about me….that you may not know….

1. IRL I'm fairly shy until I get to know you... then WATCH OUT!
2. I had two miscarriages before Micaila.
3. I worked in Manhattan for a year - a 2hr commute at that time.
4. I was ranked 12th in my class of 181 seniors in high school.
5. I LOVE living in a test market area! I'll try *almost* anything once!
6. My first car was a 1985 Caprice Classic Sedan, Can you say boat?!? LOL

On to Diane's: all about the 4s...

1:) Four jobs that I’ve had: proofreader, advertising research AE, call center Senior Rep, Photographer's Assistant
2:) Four movies I could watch over and over: Breakfast Club (gotta' agree w/Diane there), any of the Harry Potter movies, Labyrinth, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer
3:) Four places I’ve lived: Philadelphia, Cazenovia, Nedrow, and Brentwood - all in NY
4:) Four shows I love: CSI (any of the 3), Bones, Criminal Minds, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer
5:) Four people who email me regularly: Kristine, Dad, Heather (via Buzzfuse), and Andrea
6:) Four fave foods: tacos/taco salad, mashed potatoes, Dad's potato salad, and chocolate
7:) Four places I’d rather be: in a time warp that allows for 12 extra hrs in each day, in the future where tranporters are a reality, Disney World with the kiddos, or spending time with Jaylin
8:) Four people I’m tagging: Andrea, Kelly (aka Greedz), Kristin, and Dawne

And, then on to Kari's: Seven things about me...
Rules...
1. Link to the person that tagged you and leave a comment on their blog, so that their readers can visit yours.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Share 7 Random facts about yourself on your blog.
4. Tag 7 random people at the bottom of your post, linking to their blog. Let each person know by leaving a comment on their blog. (if you don't know 7 bloggers, just tag who you know)

Facts...
1. I HATE shoes. I'd go barefoot all the time if I could, but oddly enough I LOVE boots! Not winter boots, but cowboy boots, shit-kicking boots, and hump-me boots as some of my friends usedto refer to them. LOL
2. I'm a voracious reader. I can go through a 300 pg book in 1-3 days only reading on lunch, in the bathroom,waiting at drive thru's, etc.
3. I once tried to start my own wreath-decorating business, but the only customers I got were my husband's grandmother and aunt! Good thing I hadn't invested much yet! LOL
4. I'm a serious procrastenator.
5. The last true vacation I had was a 3-day weekend in the Poconos for my 3rd anniversary which also doubled as our honeymoon.
6. I know more about cars than my husband does - whose dad was a mechanic...
7. I have a year's worth of glass, plastic, and metal recycling stuck in a shed in the yard because the person who had days off when the recycling plant was open didn't take care of it. Guess it's my problem now...

Tags: Diane, Traci, Shannon, Heather, Dawn Marchant, Bobbie, and Michelle.

Anywho - that took an (interrupted) hour. Gotta' go do dishes and get to work! Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

Ask, and you...

may recieve! LOL Two of my CT designers have asked me to work with them creating QPs! I've got 1-12x12 done for one of them, and just finished up reading, signing, copying, and emailing the contract to the second! (The paper copy will be in the mail today!) I also had to setup a Paypal account as I've never had one of those either! LOL See? Blogging has it's purposes! :)

I'm back to working 6 days a week as of this morning... Blech! I got 3 LOs done this weekend and 2 QPs. (Only 1 LO was on Saturday!) Yesterday I also: did 1 load ofdishes, 3 loads of laundry, gathered garbage to go to the curb this morning, vaccuumed the livingroom and computer room, made the kids clean their rooms (not as successful as it could have been), sorted the kids' books to get rid of some, called my sister to set up a get together next Sunday, and made lunch & dinner. So far this morning I've: gotten cereal for the kids, called to arrange a fuel oil delivery & written the check ($562.35 for 150 gal - can someone work on LOWERING the price of oil???), called to order inner fender well liners for my car (I still can't drive it in wet weather.), paid the cable/internet bill, and changed a NASTY diaper. Is it time to go back to bed?!?

The oil just got delivered... The driver said they're so slow he's doing tomorrow's work today. Do ya' think?!? Every time I call - which is about every 3 wks - it's gone up by at least $20!!! I still need to do dishes, get the garbage to the curb, and grab a shower so I'll leave ya' with some LOs!
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Title: Frosty Sunrise

Credits:
Papers from the The Foundation Paper Pack by Karah Fredericks of Blue Flombingo.
Tie down, tag, notepaper, and torn cardboard from the This N That Pack by Karah Fredericks of Blue Flombingo.
Template by Karah Fredericks of Blue Flombingo.
Photo by me.
Fonts: 2Peas Scrapbook; 1942 report

LO completes the April Template/Sketch Challenge at Blue Flombingo, and Weekly Challenge #7 at Purple Paper Flowers.
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Title: Amarillo

Credits:
Papers and elements from the Fiesta Flavors Kit by Ladybug Graphix of Digital Scrap Garden.
Photo by me.
Fonts: 2Peas Goofball
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Title: Road Trip

Credits:
Red paper from the Dazzling Paper Pack by One Scrappy Mom available at One Scrappy Shoppe. (I "tore" paper.)
Brown paper, rubberband, stitches, and decorated bracket from the Thrifty Chic Kit by One Scrappy Mom available at One Scrappy Shoppe.
Photos by me.
Fonts: aaaiight!
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Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

A little bummed...

I applied for a position designing bragbook and regular QPs for a designer who was holding a call for both "regular" CTs and QP design CT members. I figured it would be a way to get a little extra money while scrapping... I submitted my "try out" pages last night, and this morning got an email inviting me to join the CT - as a regular CT member. Don't get me wrong - I'm grateful for the invite, but I just cut back on my CTs. I was hoping for the little extra income doing what I love.

So,... if you are a designer reading this, and would be interested in me for that kind of position please email me at absolutartist1@gmail.com . I'm ready to try my hand at making them for (small - I realize it won't be much) profit, and could probably handle 2-3 designers depending on how prolific they are.
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Moving on - Heather and I completed ADSR3!!! YEAH!! We finished and submitted our final challenge LOs last night/this morning! Here's my #11:

Title: Beauty In Flight

Credits:
Paper, wings, vine, flowers, and doodle with butterfly from the Dazzle Kit by Kristine of WenchdGrafix.
Purple butterfly from the Calypso Kit by Kristine of WenchdGrafix.
Blue and tan butterflies from the Iced Fudge Kit by Kristine of WenchdGrafix.
Photo by me.
Fonts: 2Peas Scrapbook

LO completes ADSR3 Challenge #11.
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I provided the photos and journaling for #12, and this is what Heather scrapped for us:

Title: Manhattanite? Not!!!

credits here

I've got to go before I tie Brenden to a chair to keep him out of trouble... Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

Friday again!

I managed to get Heather the photos and journaling last night. I also finished 1 LO last night, and 1 this morning. I'll have to finish up my LO for ADSR #11 tonight.

I did it. I bit the bullet, and ordered this:
http://www.abesofmaine.com/item.do?item=PSDMCFZ18S#tabs

I also got an extended life battery, and used a $10 off coupon so that I got both for just under $350 with free shipping. I should have it next week I hope!

I still feel a little guilty as there are so many other things the $ should be going to. But, this camera still uses SD cards where the others I was looking at used either Compact Flash or XD which meant buying all new cards. AND, it uses Li Ion batteries instead of AAs which last longer and recharge better. AND, it has an 18x optical zoom plus 4x digital!! Big step up from my 3x optical plus 4x digital! I really missed the zoom capabilities my first digital camera had.
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Title: Dreamy

Credits:
Papers from the Pretty Papers - Little Black Birdie Pack by Summer of Sugar Giggles. (One used with frame mask.)
Frame shape from the Swirlygig Pack by Summer of Sugar Giggles.
Dreamy word art from the Dreamy Lemonade Kit by Summer of Sugar Giggles.
Photos by me.
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Title: Summer Fun with Micaila

Credits:
Papers and elements from the Hazy Summer Kit by Paula Phillips of Purple Paper Flowers. (One paper set at 65% opacity.)
Script run on bw photos: In The News by Heather Manning Designs of Purple Paper Flowers.
Photos by my dad.
Fonts: 1942 report (dafont.com)

LO completes the Featured Designer Challenge at PPF.
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Gotta' run 'cause I'm at work! Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

Thursday? All ready??

I didn't have time to post yesterday morning... I did the taxes Tuesday night after I got home - which means I did very little else. But, they are done. Filed. Finshed.

Mike also got a bonus from work this week so we went out last night, and got him a laptop on sale at Best Buy for $449. He's been jonesing for a laptop for about 3 yrs now, and the one I got him 2 yrs ago ended up being a joke. Now he's making noises about "borrowing" my camera. So I'm thinking I may spend part of the tax return to upgrade my camera which I've wanted to do for about a year now, and give him the camera I currently use. I really like the Fuji Finepix S5200. I'm just not sure after so long with a point-and-click digital if I'm ready to head back to the adjusting issues of an SLR. It's also about $350.

Yesterday morning and evening I was working on a one-time deal for Summer of Sugar Giggles. She's redesigning her site, and needed some layout examples of her kits/paper packs/elements. I think I may do one more 'cause I'm not super-crazy about the first one.

Title: Jaylin - Cutie Pie

Credits:
Papers from the Pretty Papers - Little Black Birdie Pack by Summer of Sugar Giggles. (I "tore" one of the papers.)
Elements from the Elegant Elements - Oriental Handbag Pack by Summer of Sugar Giggles.
Photo by my brother, Blayne.
Fonts: Nyala
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Title: I wish you... enough

Credits:
Papers, paperclip, tag, tape and word brads from the Dreamy Lemonade Kit by Summer of Sugar Giggles. (One paper set at 69% opacity.)
Frame from the Swirlygig Pack by Summer of Sugar Giggles.
Cardboard with doodle from the Mardi Party Pack by Summer of Sugar Giggles.
Photo by me.
Fonts: PDRPT
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I also have the links for Heather's and Bobbie's Desktop QPs to share! Previews are in the last post...

Heather's Berry-licious April Desktop QP

Bobbie's Spring Fever April Desktop QP

The links on their names will take you to their blogs so you can leave them some love for letting me create these for you!
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Tonight I need to: get photo(s) and journaling to Heather for ADSR #12 (the last challenge!)... get some bragbook QPs made to "try out" for a Bragbook/Kwikpage Team... work on a LO with Kristine's GORGEOUS new kit (to be released on Monday!!)... I'm sure there's something else, but right now I can't remember what...

Gotta' go get ready for work! Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

Marathon post...

So it's April 1st... No April Fool's joke here though! I have 2 freebies to share here and 1 to share at a site, 2 digi LOs and a paper LO to share, a crop report from Saturday, an announcement, and some previews!
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Announcement:

Kutnkudly Kreations now has a Daily Download!! Starting today, April 1st,you can stop by daily to get part of a great kit!


Also at Kutnkudly Kreastions... an April Desktop QP Freebie by me!

Click here to get it!
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I went a little crazy with the desktop QPs for my CTs this month... I made 4! 3 Sunday night and 1 yesterday morning! LOL You all ready know where to get Michelle's...

I'm offering Kristine's here this morning:

Calypso April Desktop QP

And, I also did one for Heather:


And, one for Bobbie:


Stay tuned for information how how to get those!
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I had promised you a QP for the page I did "Rioux" using the B Is For Boy Addon Kit by Linda Cumberland of Digital Scrap Garden... Here it is:

B Is For Boy Addon QP
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Title: King of Spades (ADSR3 #9)

Credits:
Flashback paper from the Green Tinted 60's Kit by Amanda Dykan of Purple Paper Flowers.
Messy stitches and crown from the The Way You Look Tonight Elements by Amanda Dykan of Purple Paper Flowers.
Alpha from Yesterday's News Alpha by Blythe Evans of Purple Paper Flowers.
Brush from Curvy Corner Brushes by KJ Conners of Purple Paper Flowers.
Chipboard arrow from the Chippy Shapes Pack by Paula Phillips of Purple Paper Flowers.
Month chart and pointer from the Little Man Ike Element Pack by Rachel Martin of Purple Paper Flowers.
Corner overlay from the Splats Vol 1 by Theresa Hernandez of Purple Paper Flowers. (Set at 48% opacity.)
Tab from the Sweetest Thing Kit by Krystal Hartley of Purple Paper Flowers. (recolored)
Photo by Brenden.
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Title: My Handsome Little Man

Credits:
Papers and elements from the B Is For Boy Addon Kit by Linda Cumberland of Digital Scrap Garden.
Photo by me.
Fonts: NewStyle Embossed
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So,... on Saturday... I managed to get to about 6 hrs of the 12 hr crop. I felt really disorganized 'cause I ended up "packing" in about 3 hrs Friday night/Saturday morning which meant I didn't have time to get any page kits together like I normally would for a crop. I did have some left from last May for my San Francisco album which I took, but I really wasn't in the mood to work on them. In the end I completed 20-8x8 pages for an album using a coordinating paper pack/chipboard pack/and album with some Bazzill; 6-12x12 pages of various themes; and covered a 12 page board book (14 if you count the covers) so that all I need to do is add photos and embellies!

I'm trying to upload the 20pg album to Scrapjazz as I blog, but it's being a booger. It'll only let me upload 1 pg at a time. It may not be all done before I leave for work, but if you want to see it click here. I've all ready uploaded the 6 random pages and the board book... I did want to share my fav LO from Saturday here though...

Title: Brenden only you...


Not sure you can see it from the bad pic, but he's got socks stuffed in his undies! ROFL!
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That's about it. I spent a good portion of yesterday downloading my April CT kits. I managed to avoid doing the taxes again which means I should do them tonight... Yesterday was my last Monday off for the year. Next week I'm back to 6 days a week at work...

Gotta' run! Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!