08 February 2010

SPCC #34

Yays! My next SP Diva card :) LOVE the color combos that Samantha comes up with, so be sure to join in on the fun every week over at SPCC- don't forget there's some awesome prizes to win too!!
This week's prize: 11 decorative edged scissors !!

SP Color Combo #34


my card for SPCC#34
{sorry for the poor photos! this was while my scrap room was in transition}
.: materials :. {cardstock} SU!, unknown, {inks} memento, Martha Stewart, {stamps} Verve, {ribbon} Offray




To enter this week's challenge:
add a DIRECT link to your blog post in Mister Linky over at {SPCC}! Please provide the DIRECT link to your project entry! {directions on how to do that over on the SPCC blog!} If you don't have a blog, email Sam a photo of your project at scrapmastersparadise@yahoo.com with your name, and she will get your project added.

Entries are due on Monday, February 15th at Noon PST

01 February 2010

patriotic ornaments


so this post is a bit delayed, I know... I just got back from extended holiday travels. With hubby deployed I took my time visiting his family and my family. Anyhoo, so if you watched HGTV's decorating celebrity homes, you would have seen Eddie Ross' fantastic idea for fabric ornaments which he used in Kathie Lee's home- love it! So I decided to do my own twist on his idea- I gave out these patriotic ornaments to some of my family and friends. I plan on making a lot more of these next year- thanks for the inspiration, Eddie Ross!!

And ladies, now that I'm home, give me just a few more days, then it should be back to posting cards and projects on a regular basis again!!! Thanks for bearing with me whilst I was away! :D

27 January 2010

show me your lists

so Tip Junkie posted yesterday "Show Me Your To Do Lists" and I'm totally one of those "list" people, I work well being able to check things off throughout the day- gives me a sense of accomplishment seeing all the checks and reminds me in case I've forgotten something, as I frequently do! So, anywho, I decided to show you two of my master lists! :) Feel free to email me if you'd like a blank copy of either for yourself! And head on over to Tip Junkie to see more great list ideas!!

PS. If anyone knows of coupon clipping sites that do NOT require you do install their third-party printer junk, PLEASE let me know ;)

NOTE:: we live in an apartment, so the cleaning is much less than if we had a whole house, hehe. this is a list that will grow as our home and family size does ;) umm, and we're also a bit OCD about some cleanliness, so some chores may be done more often than normal :P

.: Monthly List :.
Here's my monthly list- it keeps track of the bills I have to pay monthly and also any chores that I do on a monthly basis. This is an altered copy of my original, made suitable for online posting :)
.:. the first of the month is a full cleaning of the kitchen and bathroom
.:. the big box below the calendar keeps track of our credit cards- how much we owe, how much we paid off this month, etc.
.:. the bills in red on the calendar are the ones that are constant each month, say are paid on the 15th every month
.:. bills with a ".A" after the amount are those that are set up for automatic withdrawl each month
.:. the "other bills" box is for the monthly bills that have a different due date each month, so at the beginning of the month, or as soon as I get my online statement for the month, I fill in the date on the calendar that those bills are due

.:. click on photo to enlarge .:.




.: Weekly List :.
Here is my weekly list- keeping track of chores and other such "to do" items for each day of the week. I print out this weekly list and have it on my fridge. There's more on these lists, but this is an altered copy made suitable for posting online :)
.:. the top of each list is pretty constant, stuff to do each day- work on my thesis, work out, Quiet Time reading the Bible, etc.
.:. the chore section is for cleaning and tidying stuff mostly
.:. the bottom section is blank, writing things in by hand that I need to remember that are unique for the week- get togethers, meetings, etc.

.:. click on photo to enlarge .:.

25 January 2010

SPCC #32

Yays! My next SP Diva card :) LOVE the color combos that Samantha comes up with, so be sure to join in on the fun every week over at SPCC- don't forget there's some awesome prizes to win too!!
This week's prize: mini-books!!

SP Color Combo #32


About my project:
.: materials :. {cardstock} unknown, {DP} BasicGrey, {eyelets} makingmemories, {inks} memento, {stamps} Verve, {twine} Martha Stewart
this was made for a swap all about coffee! there's coffee themed cards, chocolate covered coffee beans and then some Finger Lakes Roasters coffee beans all wrapped up in the middle packages :) They have THE best beans, for both flavored and straight up traditional non-flavored coffee drinkers!! I highly recommend checking them out for all your coffee needs ;) sorry for the kinda poor photo quality, I was quickly taking photos before shipping them hehe.




To enter this week's challenge:
add a DIRECT link to your blog post in Mister Linky over at {SPCC}! Please provide the DIRECT link to your project entry! {directions on how to do that over on the SPCC blog!} If you don't have a blog, email Sam a photo of your project at scrapmastersparadise@yahoo.com with your name, and she will get your project added.

20 January 2010

dolphin nursery


This is a lil LO that I did a few days ago for a challenge over on Simply Scrapping Crafts, based on their sketch. It's some photos from the dolphin nursery at Sea World Orlando. The mama dolphins were getting bored, so they were showing off a bit- so cute!! :)

15 January 2010

Verve January release


dangflabit! so I spent all day working on Verve's January release party challenges, and missed uploading the photos by 14 mins... all I kept reading was "party starts at 9pm" and totally missed the "photos must be posted by 6pm"... well I figure I'd share here a photo with all the creations, and feel free to lookie at my SCS gallery to see material lists and detailed photos of each individual creation :)

13 January 2010

with love



this lil card uses the colors from Dawn's Raspberry Suite Color Challenge- love her blog :) so much talent!

head over to Flickr to see larger photo :) sending this to DH overseas :)

.:materials:.
{paper} Creatively Green, DCWV, martha stewart, {ink} stazon, Sakura pen, {twine} martha stewart, {buttons} from a swap, {staples} making memories, {embossing folder} ProvoCraft, {stamp} TPC Studios

12 January 2010

stacked animals


so there's nothing like last minute cards! this is for Kristina's Color Inspiration, a cute baby card :) or child's birthday! had some printer issues, and you can kinda tell that the color ink is running low! I definitely want to remake this with a full ink cartridge ;)

.: materials :.
{DP} DCWV, {ribbon} Michaels, {font} animals

11 January 2010

heart trio


well, as usual Blogger washed out the photo. check it out in my Flickr gallery to get a better view ;) anyways! This is for a few challenges, it's been a while since I entered challenges... I'm still on Christmas vacation so I don't have all my crafting supplies, but at least I finally found a good place to photograph :) oh, and I must say, this is probably the most pink I've ever used... ever! it's a little too girly to give to my Army DH hehe, and we don't celebrate Valentine's Day anyway, and so I will be sending this into Cards for St. Jude's {see Courtney Baker's post here}.
Hero Arts: Friendship & Valentines
Midnight Maddness: sketch MMSC35
Cupcake Craft: girly

.: ingredients :.
{DP} DCWV, {inks} stampcraft, martha stewart, {stamps} Hero Arts, {twine} martha stewart, {pearls/gems} recollections, {button} from a swap

SPCC #30

Yays! My next SP Diva card :) LOVE the color combos that Samantha comes up with, so be sure to join in on the fun every week over at SPCC- don't forget there's some awesome prizes to win too!!
This week's prize: a slot in the upcoming ribbon share!

SP Color Combo #30


my card for SPCC#30
sorry ladies! I so could not get a good picture of this- the colors are just not photographing well, but in real life, the yellow is much richer, like in the color swatch :)

.: materials :. {cardstock} DCWV, {gem} recollections, {buttons} from a swap, {stamp} Hero Arts, {inks} Memento, Staedtler pens, {twine} Martha Stewart, {other} swiss dots cuttlebug folder


To enter this week's challenge:
add a DIRECT link to your blog post in Mister Linky over at {SPCC}! Please provide the DIRECT link to your project entry! {directions on how to do that over on the SPCC blog!} If you don't have a blog, email Sam a photo of your project at scrapmastersparadise@yahoo.com with your name, and she will get your project added.

Entries are due on Monday, January 18th at Noon PST