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A MUSE|STUDIO WEEKLY CHALLENGE UP

2011-09-13T18:12:00.003-05:00

This week I am the hostess of the challenge over on the A Muse|Studio Creative Consultants Challenge Blog. The challenge is to use ribbon on your card.....easy peasy, and I am offering a great prize!! Hop on over to the Challenge Blog and join in the fun!!!! You will have to go there if you want to see my fabulous creation for the challenge!!!

NEW A MUSE STUDIO CHALLENGE UP!

2011-09-06T12:03:00.004-05:00

This weeks challenge over on the A Muse|Studio Challenge blog is up! The challenge this week is to use dimension on your card....since I love using pop dots and foam to pop things up on my cards I chose them to add dimension to my card....I created this one for the challenge, using the new pebble card stock rom the holiday catalog. I love this color, it is so versatile, and I think it adds an elegant touch to the navy.

Here are the directions and the list of all the materials I used, all my materials are A Muse|Studio, and can be found in my online web store where you can order direct, or if you prefer, drop me an email and I can assist and order it for you.

I used the pebble card stock for the card base, and using the Nestabilities Labels One, I cut one large label out of Navy, and one smaller label out of pebble. I stamped the frame with navy ink on the smaller pebble label using the stamp positioned, and then stamped the thank you stamp inside the stamped frame with the stamp positioned. I put twinkle stickers 3 on one side, 2 on the other on the sides of the stamped frame. I used the Sakura Quickie glue pen on the top and bottom tear drops, and sprinkled with diamond glitter. Then I adhered the larger label to the card base using 3D mount foam, and then using the 3 D foam mount attached the stamped pebble label on top of the navy label. I tied a bow around the top of the card using satin navy ribbon. Easy and quick card that looks very elegant. Thanks for stopping by and visiting. Now hop on over to the challenge blog and post one of your own! You could win an awesome prize!!!

STAMP SET

Graceful Greetings

CARD STOCK:

Pebble

Navy

INK

Navy

Satin Ribbon: Navy

Nestabilities Labels One

Sizzix Big Shot die cutter

Diamond Glitter

Sakura Quickie Glue Pen

Clear twinkle stickers

Stamp Positioner

3D Foam Tape

Acrylic blocks

A MUSE|STUDIO NEW CHALLENGE

2011-08-29T11:45:00.003-05:00

Check out the latest challenge over on the A Muse Challenge Blog....you could win some fun a muse|studio goodies....and you can see my take on the challenge, this week was all about inspiration......hope you will join me!

A MUSE|STUDIO GOES ON THE ROAD!!

2011-06-24T10:38:00.005-05:00

A Muse|Studio is going on the road!!!! There will be an On The Road event on August 15th in Nashua, NH for all us New Englanders, and I know it will be a lot of fun....it will be an afternoon class, where everyone will get to create a number of cards/projects with A Muse Studio products! You can check the dates and sign up here.

Hope you will be able to join us. I can't wait to see all my a muse|studio friends and have fun stamping the afternoon away!

If you can't make it, you can always check out the new A Muse|Studio catalog and order online here. Any questions or if you want to schedule a workshop or class, you can email me at tobeystamps@gmail.com

NEXT CHALLENGE, DIRTY JOBS!

2011-06-01T18:25:00.002-05:00

For the next challenge the reality show was Dirty Jobs......and we had to use ink or paint all over our layout. I decided on ink. I used A Muse|Studio French Roast ink to ink all the edges of the pieces and the background PP. The PP and the embellishments are Storyteller's Club kit.....blue CS is Bazzill. Thanks for looking!

2011-05-31T23:37:00.002-05:00

Well, Storytellers is down, but I want to keep up with my challenges, this one was due tonight, LA INK challenge, to use Rubons on your scrapbook page.

My rubon is the flower in the middle of the page, on the blue square. All the embellishments are ST from the April 2011 kit, as well as the background CS being ST, blue is Bazzill. Thanks for looking!

MAY 9TH COLOR SPLASH CHALLENGE

2011-05-11T20:06:00.000-05:00

For our May 9th challenge, we were to use a base of green, and add one other color and to use 3 squares. The squares are kind of small, I used 3 square gold brads on the tag.....this was a Storytellers Club kit from December 2006! And of course I just had to add a Tim Holtz rosette, I love that Sizzix die....I dressed it up with some course gold glass glitter. A couple ribbons......love it! Thanks for looking!!

MAY 8THSCRAPBOOK CHALLENGE

2011-05-10T20:12:00.003-05:00

Today's challenge was based on the reality show 19 Kids and Counting.......to use a number in our title.......I hate to admit, this picture of me, in first grade......I don't look much different, just older and a little chubbier......LOL I used a Storyteller Club kit and some prima flowers and MM brads. The letters were cut using the MM slice card Vintage Findings. Cardstock Recollections. Thanks for looking!!

THE LAST TWO NATIONAL SCRAPBOOK DAY PAGES....

2011-05-09T21:40:00.008-05:00

Well, I have finally gotten all my National Scrapbook Day Layouts done.

The next challenge I tackled was Addicted. We were to scrap some item in our scrapbook stash that we are totally addicted to, something we have tons and tons of and just can't resist. The item should be obvious when you look at the layout. I think this one fits the bill!

The last challenge I did was one that I have spent the last 3 days thinking of, trying to imagine how I was going to portray this theme. It is Mythbusters. The challenge was to scrap a page using Greek or Architectural influences. I sure hope that this one fits the bill......I used a greek ionic column to "rest" my mother's photo on. The photo was one of my Mother's High School senior portraits. What a beauty!!!

MORE NATIONAL SCRAPBOOK DAY LAYOUTS

2011-05-08T21:56:00.005-05:00

I have been gradually working through all the National Scrapbook Day challenges posted over at Storytellers Club. There were 6 layout challenges in total, plus a few games.

American Idol Challenge was to use the Idol colors, red white and blue. The perfect opportunity to scrap this picture of John's dad, taken about 1935, when he was in the Coldstream Guards, doing duty at the Tower of London. While I was scrapping this picture I decided to do a little research on the uniform his dad is wearing. The Coldstream Guards jacket has gold buttons, in pairs. Other guards have their buttons single file. Another way to differentiate between the regiments is by the color of the plume on the bearskin hat, as well as the side the plume is on....who knew all these things were clues to identifying regiments?

Next up, Cupcake Wars. To use a cupcake on your page, and the word "sweet" in the title or journaling. This Storytellers Club kit was perfect for this challenge!

Raising Sextuplets was my next page. The challenge was to raise 6 items up off the page. I thought that since my sweet godchild is going to be getting married this summer, I better catch up on getting some of her pictures scrapped.....this was her First Communion. Isn't she sweet??

Only 2 more layouts to go for my NSD challenges, guess they will have to wait till tomorrow.....think I am all scrapped out for today!!! Thanks for looking!

IT'S MOTHER'S DAY!! ANOTHER LO FOR MY MOTHER'S PRESENT!

2011-05-08T11:56:00.003-05:00

I have always loved this picture of my dad, taken when he was 10 years old. It is one of the only pictures we have of him when he was a child. I love how this came out, but I say that about all my pages......I used a Storytellers kit from February 2011 and my MM Slice Vintage Findings card . Thanks for looking! And Happy Mother's Day everyone!!!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY...MAY 6TH CHALLENGE

2011-05-07T21:44:00.004-05:00

The May 6th challenge was a sketch challenge.....I decided to scrap pictures of my mother and I at the same age......I totally love how this LO came out.....as hard as it is to part with, I am giving it to my mother for Mother's Day, I think that she will love it!

MAY SCRAPPING DAYS MAY 4TH AND 5TH

2011-05-06T16:07:00.003-05:00

May 4th the challenge was to only use nature photographs, no people. I happen to take a lot of pictures of my flowers, and they have been beautifully blooming this spring, and spent several different days photographing them. I had lots of great photos to choose from. I love being able to showcase them in my scrapbook pages.

The May 5th challenge was to use lyrics from the song "You Make Me Smile" by Uncle Kracker. I chose the line "you make me smile like the sun" and naturally it is a picture of the person in my life who makes me smile every day!!

Thanks for looking!!

MAY SCRAPPING DAYS MAY 3RD

2011-05-05T13:31:00.002-05:00

Today's challenge was to use only card stock, adhesive and photos. So I created PP using ST CS, and Tim Holtz's Tattered Flowers Sizzix die. I cut the flowers from ST CS, and then made some PP by scattering them around. I cut the letters for the title using the Sizzix Carnivale die. I think it came out pretty cute! Especially with that smiley little face of Gail's.......my sweet godchild who is all grown up and getting married this summer.....where did all those years go by???

MAY SCRAPPING DAYS AT STORYTELLERS CLUB

2011-05-04T15:44:00.003-05:00

Well it is time for May Scrapping Days over at Storytellers Club, a month of scrapping fun with daily challenges and fun and games as well.

The May 1st challenge was to use polka dots, stripes and 2 other pattern papers. Here is my take on the challenge:

Striped paper and PP boarder and tag Storytellers Club. Grass Polka Dot and Grass Gingham and ribbons A Muse|Studio.

The May 2nd Challenge was to use 24 of one item and 7 of another. I used 24 little bling, and 7 brads. Storytellers Club PP and red CS. I made a rosette using Tim tissue tape and a button from the dollar bins at Michael's.

Thanks for looking.

CYBER CROP AT STORYTELLERS CLUB!!

2010-10-13T20:10:00.004-05:00

Starting tomorrow my scrapbook home on the web, Storytellers Club, will be having their fall Cyber Crop, entitled Kit and Kaboodle!!! Stop on by for lots of fun challenges, games and great prizes!!! I always get so much done for the fall cyber crop, it is a great way to get a start on my Christmas present layouts. So join us for a long weekend of scrappy fun!!!!

Click here to go to Storytellers Club!

I LOVE THE NEW A MUSE CALENDARS!

2010-09-17T11:56:00.004-05:00

and your purchase goes to a good cause! You can read all about it here

and check out the links on the A Muse site to the blogs of all the instructors and designers showing off their designs using all the different sizes of the calendars.

Get inspired and help raise money for a good cause!!! I'd love to see what you come up with!!

JUNE CARDS!

2010-06-11T19:48:00.010-05:00

At it again with more cards!!! Thanks for looking. They are all A Muse stamps!!

MY LATEST CARD CREATIONS!

2010-05-15T14:07:00.019-05:00

Been busy making cards these days......some for challenges, some for Mother's Day.....some, just because......hope you like my latest crop!!

I made all these cards with A Muse Artstamps! I love all their cute images and great sayings!!

This first one is my Strawberry Hello! I cut the big strawberry with my MM slice, using the Spring card.

A fun birthday card

Another great Birthday card

The next card I made for my mother for Mother's Day

This is a nice masculine birthday card! I stamped the recliner stamp on brown gingham check a muse paper and cut it out!

Here is a card I made for a First Communion using a butterfly punch, and of course, an a muse ribbon and stamp!

I made this card using a playing card, a 3 of spades. I used alcohol inks to color the background, then stamped my A Muse coral stamp with Versafine Sepia... I turned the spades into little fishes, using little twinkle stickers, aren't they cute? I stamped 2 different A Muse fish and the scallop shell, colored them with Copic markers, and cut them out....added a little pearl to the scallop shell and a little bling to the fish eyes and then used foam tape to adhere them to the card to give them a little 3D effect. adhered the playing card to a kraft colored cardstock card , tied an a muse polka dot sheer ribbon around it and then stamped hello in Versafine black ink. I loved the way this came out, too cute!! After seeing how cute this came out, all my decks of cards might come up missing a few cards from the suit of spades!!

and one more Mother's Day card

Thanks for checking out all my cards!!

YET MORE PEEP-I-LICIOUS FUN!!

2010-05-14T10:02:00.004-05:00

I couldn't resist one last foray into the Peep world....enjoy!!! I know I did, and i would definitely make more Peep Treats next year, but I might re-think the blue peeps..... LOL!

AS PROMISED, SOMETHING PEEP-A-LICOUS!

2010-05-10T13:59:00.004-05:00

As if the making and eating of Peepshi wasn't enough, I decided I needed to scrapbook about them too!!! Hope you are enjoy my Peep-A-Licous layouts!!

STAY TUNED....

2010-04-29T07:38:00.000-05:00

for the next chapter in my peep-i-licious journey........

ANOTHER A MUSE PAJAMA PARTY!!

2010-04-23T19:47:00.006-05:00

A Muse had another Pajama Party last Saturday night...they are always so much fun, and I love chatting with all my A Muse Lounge friends on Yahoo. Wouldn't you know that right before the pajama party started, my internet connection went down.....for an hour! I was so not happy trying to figure out what the problem was. But I eventually got back up and joined in. I came up with 4 really cute cards this year, and I love all my cards this time!!

First challenge was an inspiration challenge from a photo of some gorgeous cupcakes.....and here is what I came up with:

The second challenge was for multiple images....I did multiple images of 2 stamps, coral and fishy!

The third challenge was for a card influenced by your favorite flower. Well, I really like all the springy daffodils blooming in our yard, so I made this card.....

The fourth and last challenge was to make a Mother's Day card, but it didn't necessarily have to be for your mother....I thought this came out really cute!

Thanks for checking out my cards!!

IT WAS A PEEP-A-LICOUS EASTER!!

2010-04-06T16:21:00.007-05:00

I really got Peep fever this year and launched into Peep creativity!

It started with my A Muse stamp "to one of my favorite PEEPS" mmmm, I LOVE peeps, although for eating, I really only like the yellow chicks.....but it started me wanting the cute little A Muse Peep bunny stamp (it's on my wish list.... *sigh*) Then on Facebook, I saw a post about Peepshi......Peeps +Sushi = Peepshi. they looked so darn cute......then my brother told me that his friend was bringing fixing for champagne cocktails.......so I thought, gee, wouldn't it be fun to have appetizers? And I immediately thought of PEEPSHI!!!! And therein was the downfall of my Easter table decorations and John's Easter card...

John's Easter card was really the beginning of the end......and as it turns out, my MM Slice Spring card, happens to have Peep bunny and chick shapes. I cut the little peep chick and bunny, ran them through the Xyron to apply adhesive, and then dipped them in glitter.....they truly looked sugar coated....affixed them to the card with foam tape, and some felt flower border and a very springy Eastery card is born......inside, I used that a muse "to one of my favorite PEEPS" stamp....because he is my favorite PEEP!!!

I was really on a roll now, so the table decorations became chick oriented.....aren't these chickie dishes cute? You can bake in them too!! I filled them up with all kinds of Easter egg treats and jelly beans!!
Then I cut out the peep chick with my MM Slice Spring card die cut for the tags, wrote everyone's name on a chick, wrapped the goodies all up in springy cellophane, tied a bow with a springy green sheer ribbon, attached the chick and voila, table favors/place cards !!!!!

then there was the Peepshi.......they came out adorable, and well, they were quite tasty!! And colorful!! First there was Peepshi.....

Then I moved on to Peepshimi......

And them I put together a Peep-Peep Platter......

Yes indeed, we had a Peep-a-licious Easter this year, and it was very sweet indeed!!

BY THE SEA VINTAGE PHOTO BOOK

2010-03-31T21:38:00.004-05:00

I made this special book for John. I primarily used Graphic 45 On the Boardwalk papers to highlight the vintage feel of the photos of John's family on their holidays to Downderry. Thanks for looking...I really enjoyed making this little treasure.

BACK TO MAKING CARDS....

2010-03-29T22:06:00.004-05:00

I made this card for a weekly card sketch challenge at CardPatterns You should check the site out if you like card sketches! This card is for Card Sketch #57. It was a quick card I whipped up for a wedding card....TFL!

I used a Spellbinder embossing plate for the card, the stamp and ribbon are A Muse, the word "always" is from the Slice card Wedding. Papers: PP Miss Elizabeth, red and black metallic and white CS Recollections, inks: Versafine black, Martha Stewart silver metallic ink to highlight embossing on card base, silver metallic pen to outline red oval, Sakura. Marvy Giga oval scallop punch.

VISIT MY FRIEND'S BLOG!!

2010-03-26T23:19:00.002-05:00

My friend Jamie is giving away some really awesome things on her blog! You should check it out, she is very creative and makes great cards that she shares on her blog, I always find it very inspiring!!

here is the link to her blog. Check it out!!

FEBRUARY LAYOUTS

2010-03-03T01:07:00.002-05:00

One of the scrappers on Storytellers Club had a daily layout challenge for the month of February. I was able to play along, and now have 28 new layouts done....I got them all done and submitted on time!! Enjoy the slide show!!!

A MUSE LOUNGE PAJAMA PARTY!!!

2010-01-23T23:55:00.007-05:00

Party in the Lounge tonight, The A Muse Lounge that is, it was a Pajama Party!!! 2 hours, 4 challenges, 30 minutes to complete each card before the next challenge was posted! Add on to that being on Yahoo, chatting and webcams going it was great fun and always goes by way too fast!! Here are my 4 cards that I got done!!

Challenge #1 was to make a card for your celebrity crush, can you guess who I picked? No it is not Bela Legosi, but none other than Edward!!

Challenge #2 was to make a card for your BFF!! if you are my BFF, DON'T LOOK!! just kidding you can look!! LOL!

Challenge #3 was really the most challenging! No layers, no extra paper, just the card!!!! but I think this came out cute, and could be a BFF card too!!

Challenge #4, didn't I do this for challenge #1??? Use only the colors red, black and white!! My faves anyway! So I made this cute thinking of you card!!

So much fun tonight!! Thanks for looking!! And Thanks to A Muse for hosting the fun!!!

CARDS CARDS CARDS!!

2010-01-23T08:42:00.004-05:00

The Scrap Retreat and some new stamps really got my card making mojo going and I have been having lots of fun making cards to go in our gift shop at the Linden Tree. After I get done with today's cards I will scan them all in and make a little slide show to show them off....here's one to whet your appetite!! Thanks for looking!!

SCRAP RETREAT TIME!!

2010-01-07T13:24:00.002-05:00

Scrap Retreat weekend is coming up so soon!! We start Thursday January 14th and continue through January 19th. We still have a few spots left, so if you are interested, you can contact Tobey at 978-546-2494....we have a lot of fun, so join us for any of those dates you are available! Nice comfortable private rooms with private baths, a great goodie basket, great food, a trip to the fabulous scrapbook store, Absolutely Everything and plenty of uninterrupted scrap time! This date not work for you? Schedule your own Scrap retreat, get your friends and family together and come on another weekend, weekends still available in February, March and April. Group size starts at 4, and we can accommodate up to 10 total. Call Today!!

MAY SCRAPPIN' DAYS

2009-06-04T14:56:00.006-05:00

The month of May was May Scrappin' Days at Storytellers Club...everyday a challenge was posted, and we had 2 days to complete and post our layouts. I couldn't believe that for the first time I was able to complete all the daily challenges, and about half of the extra challenges issued for National Scrapbook Day the first weekend in May. Enjoy the slide show of all my May Creations!!

MY FEBRUARY CREATIONS

2009-03-03T19:38:00.001-05:00

THANKS FOR LOOKING!!

JANUARY SCRAPBOOK PAGES

2009-02-03T11:34:00.004-05:00

Well, I was quite productive before Christmas and at this years scrapbook retreat, and managed to get a lot more accomplished than previous years. I put a little slide show to show case them, enjoy!!

WEDDING PHOTOS BY: DIANA MIRASOLO, Wakefield, Ma

JANUARY IS STAFF BIRTHDAY MONTH!

2009-01-08T00:45:00.003-05:00

January a lot of our staff celebrate their brithdays! Here are two of the first cards I have made. They also qualify for the A Muse Challenge #1, Something New! My Something New is the Banner Girl stamp and the stamp I used for the limes on the [Got Birthday Margaritas] card. I used two things, no three things I learned in the class I took with Julie HRR at Ink About It, #1, using the flower stamp as a lime, #2 combining and splitting stamps for the [Got Birthday Margaritas] banner I used teh [Got Margaritas] stamp and the word birthday from the "Have The Funnest Birthday Ever" stamp, and #3 is how to make the banner I stamped the saying on! Thanks Julie, and Thanks for looking!!

I stamped the Happy Birthday in the banner, and then cut the banner girl out and mounted it with a foam square.

The margarita card is very 3-D, but it is hard to scan it and get the dimension on it, as well as the glitter.

JANUARY SCRAP RETREAT!

2008-12-17T14:18:00.002-05:00

Yes, it's that time of the year to be thinking of scrapping.....in January, at the Linden Tree Inn in Rockport, MA. We still have a few spaces left for our retreat, and we would love to have you join us! January dates don't work for you? Call to book your own!!!

Here are the details:

SCRAPBOOKING IS FINE IN 2009!!!! Plan a trip to the Linden Tree Inn in Rockport MA and join in on our 4th Annual Crop-Port in Rockport!! As I am every year, I am excited about the scrap retreat here at the Linden Tree Inn! We had so much fun the last three years, I can't wait to see what this year will bring! Come and scrap all those Holiday pictures uninterrupted with no kids, no needless phone interruptions, and no need to worry about the cooking and cleaning! We try to promote a relaxed, fun, scrapping atmosphere, with lots of good food, friendship and a fab scrapping goodie basket to take home. And don't forget all the scones you can eat for breakfast!!!! Arrangements can be made with area spa services for massages, pedicures or manicures. Let us know when you make your reservation if that is something you would be interested in.

Last year worked out very well with added days to scrap longer, so I am going to offer the option again, starting on January 8th, going through to the 20th. Come for any two or more days that fit your schedule. We still have good availability left for January 8th-14th, and limited availability from the 15th-21. You will have your own scrap space to set up for the whole time you are here with 24 hour access, use of a Sizzix die cutter with at least 10 alphabet sets, and over 100 dies and embossing dies, punches, rubber stamps, and a variety of other tools. The cost for 2 nights is $255, which includes tax, meals, drinks, snacks, your own guest room with private bath, and an awesome goodie basket. Special pricing for extended stays or for adding an extra day or two to your 2 night reservation! Because of our affordable pricing, we do not discount for shared rooms, nor do we assign shared rooms, every scrapper has their own guest room with private bath. We require a 50% non-refundable deposit to hold your place, with the balance due on arrival. On receipt of deposit, you will be sent a questionnaire to fill out regarding any food allergies and preferences for drinks and snacks. If you would like to register email us at lindentreeinn@gmail.com or give us a call at 1-800-865-2122 or 1-978-546-2494.

When you are faced with all those holiday photos that are just begging to be scrapped, make you reservation to come and "Crop-Port in Rockport" this January!!! Bring along a friend or two, or maybe a family member....make it a girl's weekend crop! So take some time for yourself, and make it a getaway to the Linden Tree Inn Scrap Retreat!

If January dates don’t work for you and your friends, why not call and schedule your own Girls Scrap-Port In Rockport? There are still some weekends in March and April available. We are also booking November 2009 now too. We would be happy to set up a time for you and your family or friends, and will schedule a dedicated weekend for groups of 5-8.

THE SCRAPPIN' ELVES!!

2008-12-11T18:06:00.001-05:00

COME AND SCRAP WITH US IN JANUARY!! DETAILS COMING SOON!!!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

MORE CARDS!!

2008-12-09T23:24:00.003-05:00

I had so much fun with the VMAA, the next night I made 4 more cards!!! Thanks for looking!!

VMAA DECEMBER 08!

2008-12-06T00:07:00.002-05:00

Yes, it's that time again, time for VMAA!! Virtual Meeting of the A Muse Addicts! Here are my 5 cards, talk about a whirlwind!!

BABU THE BABOON VISITS THE LINDEN TREE INN

2008-09-23T21:13:00.006-05:00

This past week, I had Babu the baboon (puppet..) visiting the inn with his puppeteer "Mom" Joan...Babu really enjoyed his stay, but at times, got himself into a little mischief .as young baboons are want to do. Of course, the scrapbooker in me couldn't help but "catch" him as he performed his naughty acts, and the photos just begged to be made into an altered book....so, here it is, from start to finish....and the book got to go home with Joan, so that Babu could remember his vacation adventures....... :)

LET'S PARTY!!!

2008-07-29T11:27:00.007-05:00

Help the A Muse Addicts Celebrate our First Birthday!! It's another VMAA*!!! August 2nd 2008 there will be another night of fun and challenges over at the A Muse Addicts Board....Come join in on the party!! Sure to be a fun time, bring your creativity and A Muse, Elzybell's and Saltbox Studio stamps and join in on the challenges.

The party starts on August 2nd at 8pm CST. Stop in this week to register and get all the details!!!

*VMAA:
Virtual
Meeting of the
A Muse
Addicts

AMUSEAPALOOZA TWINKLE TIME WITH TAYLOR!

2008-06-22T16:28:00.003-05:00

The Mystery Hostess Challenge for this week is Taylor, 2nd place winner of last years A*Musea*Palooza. Her challenge was to bring on the bling!! This is Seattle Girl out in the rain! It is really much more sparkly IRL! I used Spica markers to color her in, glitter around the scalloped rectangle edge, and on all the raindrops, anad I used (appropriately enough) A Muse Twinkle Stickers on some of the raindrops as well. Thanks for looking!

SHEETLOAD SHORT CUTS!!

2008-06-20T22:37:00.006-05:00

Say that 3 times face, quite the tongue twister!! But Sheetload of cards is launching a new product, called Short Cuts, and they are having a guessing game for everyone who reads their blog to guess what it is. Hop on over to their blog and make a guess, you'll be glad you did, the prize is some of the new product!!

And if you haven't checked out SheetLoad of cards before, it is a great site with a monthly download, giving you directions how to layout and cut a few pieces of paper into a sheetload of cards!! Check out the blinkie!!!

IT'S BORIS.....

2008-06-19T18:53:00.002-05:00

I find Boris to be so versastile!! Here he is straight out of the lab, after having turned his hair green....asking, Under the Weather?...I thought he would be perfect for "Out of the Box" as a get well card for a young lad.....

Thanks for looking!!

LOOKING FOR MY SCRAPPING MOJO....

2008-06-15T12:37:00.005-05:00

Have you seen it?? Been pretty busy getting everything set for the inn, that I seem to have misplaced my scrapping mojo....I have been very busy organizing my scrap space, getting all my supplies organized and in some semblance of order, which in turn I am hoping will make me more enthusiastic about going to the basement to scrap! I have been able to turn out a few cards here and there, hope you enjoy them....and thanks for stopping by and checking them out!

The first one is for the A MUSE AMUSAPALOOZA Weekly Challenge....the rest are ones I have made for an anniversary or birthday....or just because!

MORE CARDS!

2008-04-30T19:00:00.003-05:00

For my April A Muse swap I made this card, it was to tell a little something about yourself. I just love that first cup of tea in the morning!!!

This was the card I made for my April A Muse bumper card. It's Elzybell thinking " Good friends never go out of style!" I angled the black pretty little paper out to be like an awning over Elzybell's window.

Thanks for looking!

IT WAS ANOTHER VMAA..........

2008-04-27T08:27:00.006-05:00

Virtual Meeting of the A Muse Addicts!!!!

The theme for the evening was the 70's! We had to make 4 cards in 2 hours, completing each card in 30 minutes!!! And we had a bonus surprise from Linda to make it 5 cards total!!!

What a blast we had, chatting on Yahoo messenger, getting a chance to peek in on our fellow addicts through WebCam technology! Really makes the world a smaller place, Me here on the East Coast the Linden Tree Inn in Rockport, Massachussets, having a look in on the A Muse store over in Seattle, Washington!!! Getting to see Jen D and Jenn S!!

I got all the challenges done within the time frame, as well as sneaking in a second one for the first challenge, I got so carried away in the beginning! LOL!

So here is a slide presentation to showcase my VMAA creations!!

COME AND CROP AT SCRAPCITY!!

2008-04-25T19:53:00.000-05:00

Come and crop at Scrapcity!! They are hosting a weekend online crop. Lots of fun challenges and great prizes!! Crops at the 'City are always tons of fun!!

CLICK HERE TO VISIT SCRAPCITY!!

ME, ORGANIZING????? YES IT'S TRUE!!

2008-04-20T12:28:00.004-05:00

Well, it's a bit of a stretch for those of you that know me, but I have been taking some time to organize my scrappy supplies....this week I took on my dozens of little dollar bin clear stamp sets that I got at Michael's and AC Moore. I had at least put them all in one bin, but I would have to dig through them to find what I wanted, and would give up when I couldn't find what I wanted right away......well, as part of another project, (ripping all my CDs into iTunes on my new MacBook Pro, I am discarding all the plastic cases and putting all the liner notes and cds into a CD case, to cut down on how much space they take up.) So I have all these plastic cases going to the dump, so I decided to repurpose them into clear stamp holders. I put all the little sets into the CD cases, and organized them all by theme. When I realized I would no longer need my wood CD organizer for CDs, I labeled the spines of my new CD stamp holders, and slid them in, another great repurpose! And now I can find any stamp easily!

The wood Cd organizer repurposed to hold my stamp sets, along with the bin they had all been in, and a few other sets of clear stamps that didn't go with the others.

This is how the cd/stamp holders are all labeled for easy searching.

This is how I have them all stored, in the repurposed cd organizer! The pink bin is where they were all in a jumbled mess. Now the ones that don't go with these sets are also in their own cd case holders, ready for me to figure out another place for them....heck, maybe just on top of the organizer...

ETERNALLY {FROZEN} IN MY MEMORY

2008-04-17T14:06:00.005-05:00

Everytime I look at this photo it brings me back to the day it was taken, and how significant an event it captured...the photo is lousy, fuzzy....but for me I will remember the anxiety and waiting, but by the end of the afternoon, the complete and utter joy!

Check out my Slide Show!

2008-03-17T00:51:00.003-05:00

Well, I finally put it together, this slide show is a collection of all the layouts and cards and projects I made during the Crop Till You Drop over at 4 Scrappy Sisters. It was a fun and crazy week of scrapping and stamping challenges, and still can't believe I got 20 layouts done and 12 cards, one gift bag and I started a paperbag book that just needs embellishing...wahoo, that is more than I think I have gotten done in the last year!! Most all the stamps on the cards are a muse, I so love them, how could I use anything else?? Some are better than others, as some might have been made in the wee hours of the morning when I really should have taken the time to stamp the image on white and cut it out..hind sight is 20/20, and I can always go back and fix them easily enough..but here they all are in their raw form!

Thanks for looking everyone!

SCRAPPING TILL I DROP WITH THE 4 SCRAPPY SISTERS

2008-03-10T01:42:00.007-05:00

4 Scrappy Sisters is having a weeklong crop!! I have been having a great time, lots of challenges every day, some challenges are for the week, others are for the day. So far i have kept up with the daily challenges but haven't even started my weekly ones, better get going!! I think tomorrow I will make a slideshow with all the Los I have done, thought I would post a couple things for you to look at first, then get the slide show together sometime in the next day or so....thanks for looking!! I love to hear what you think!

all photos taken at a muse card class at Absolutely Everything, Jenn Shurkus, instructor

thanks for looking!

SHEETLOAD OF CARDS CELEBRATES 15,000 HITS!

2008-03-05T13:32:00.004-05:00

The blog Sheetload of Cards is celebrating the milestone of 15,000 hits to their blog! They are having a monthlong celebration to commemorate it too! I just love this blog, every month you can download their magazine, which gives a card sketch, then complete directions on how you can turn a few sheets of CS and PP into a whole ton of cards! This month features a Becky Fleck sketch from Page Maps!! Hop on over and check it out, you will be glad you did!!

AMUSE ADDICTS CHALLENGE #30

2008-02-29T16:48:00.004-05:00

This weeks challenge was to make a card that reflected something about yourself....so mine is a card about tea, as an innkeeper, I am always thinking about tea and breakfast, pluse, I am just no good without my morning cuppa....I also combined this with a blog challenge to handwrite your saying.....and it's not my best handwriting, but it will do!

thanks for looking!

2008-02-27T18:47:00.002-05:00

Tagged again!! This time from Pamela!

Stamping Style Very eclectic, from collage-y or very simple

Inspiration I get a lot of my inspiration from blogs, the a muse addicts message board, 4 Scrappy Sisters message board, The Scrapcity message board and Storytellers Club message board, basically the places I hang out online....

Color I use a lot of green, I love pink, brown for cards...

Work Space Well, I am moving my craft space to the basement..trying to get everything organized down there so I can find everything...

Perfect day Sleep in late, no phone to answer, meals cooked and cleaned up after....spend a relaxing day with DH, maybe out on the boat....

First job Wakefield Public Library, I worked as a library page...first job out of college, I worked as a nurse at York Hospital in York, Maine

Wildest dream To own a really nice yacht, and to travel the world on the boat

ink StazOn, Brilliance, Colorbox Chalk ink

Family live with my best friend and husband, John, I have my mother, brother and his wife.....I consider my 3 best friends to be sisters too...

Beverage PG Tips tea, Lemon/Lime Gatorade, Saratoga Springs water...

Biggest challenge Organization, I am organizationally challenged!!

I've been tagged!!!

2008-02-27T18:44:00.000-05:00

I've been tagged by Wendy!!

Five things I was doing 10 years ago:
1. I was wondering if I would ever meet my one true love...
2. I was working as a pediatric home care nursing
3. I was living with my mother
4. Mom was talking about selling our house and buying a two family so my brother could move back
5. I was scrapping and stamping in the basement....

Five things on my to-do list today:
1. make a birthday card
2. mjake out a shopping list for the weekend retreat group
3. get my haircut
4. clean the kitchen
5 do 2 loads of laundry

Five things I will do when I am a millionaire:
(well, a million is not that much really....so fo rme, it would have to be a multi-millionaire...)
1. pay off our mortgage and cars
2. pay off my mother's mortgage
3. put an addition onto the inn
4. enjoy running the inn without worrying about paying the bills
5. travel

Five things I will never wear again:
1. a bikini
2. leggings
3 stirrup pants
4. leg warmers
5. shoes with any kind of a heel!

Five of my favorite toys:
1. my scrap supplies
2. my computer
3. my stamps
4. my kitchen-aid mixer
5. my viking range

Five banes of my existence:
1. people who get in the express line at the grocery store with too many items
2. pokey drivers in the fast lane
3. when food goes bad before the expirey date
4. the office PC
5. rude people!!

I'm tagging:

Pamela

Mel

Lisa

Jane

Jen Watkins

ANOTHER CARD..IT'S ELZYBELL!

2008-02-27T18:04:00.004-05:00

I loved this stamp and had to have it...isn't she so cute!!

I just so love making window cards.....this time I used glitter around the scallops..I colored her in with Faber-Castell watercolor pencils, I used black Spica pen for her shoes, and gold Spica for the frogs crown...I stamped her dress on a Pretty Little Paper (green reverse polka dot cottage collection) then cut it out...not an original idea, I saw someone else do this with Elzybell, and I can't remember just who now.....but it is such a cute idea! I stamped the grass on wome white textured CS and colored it in, cut it out and used some foam dots to elevate it and give it some depth....an a muse sheer ribbon completes the look I think! I think the scan is a little washed out....I wasn't paing attention I guess when I scanned it....and too late now, it's in the mail!

BONUS CHALLENGE!

2008-02-23T02:35:00.004-05:00

One last card, this was a bonus challenge, to use all 4 challenges in one card! so this is no color, manly, sketch, 3 of a kind!

thanks for looking!! The VMAA was tons of fun!! Can't wait to do it again!!

VMAA February Challenge #1

2008-02-22T22:54:00.004-05:00

My A Muse Addicts group is having a 2 hour VMAA....Virtual Meeting of the A Muse Addicts!!!! Every 30 minutes there is a new challenge, you have 30 minutes to do each one...Here is my first challenge!! Make a card with no coloring in of your images!!!

I chose Squirrel and the Nuts about you stamp, used a 4 bar kitchen notecard in coffee, (all A Muse) tied a brown ribbon with pink stitching (Sweet Petites, Morex Corp) around it....I thnk it came out sweet! Thanks for looking!!

STAMP OF THE WEEK CHALLENGE!

2008-02-10T22:28:00.000-05:00

Week 1 of the A Muse launch week challenges....and we had to use certain stamps...fortunately for me, I had just gotten Elyse, and was itching to use it!! So here is a little card I made with her:

Isn't she cute?? I just love her!! This didn't scan as cute as it came out....but you get the idea! Thanks for looking!

A MUSE CHALLENGE #26

2008-01-31T23:40:00.000-05:00

This weeks challenge was pocket cards.....I have been thinking about it most of the week....I so love my new Rocket and To the Moon stamps, as well as the Spots one too! So I had this wonderful epiphany this morning......why not make the rocket shoot up the card?? I had so much fun constructing this card!! Hope you like it....I am going to give it to my Sweetheart!!

Here is the card with the moon near the Earth....

And now here it is with the rocket up to the moon!

Here's a little tutorial on how I made my card....it's the first tutorial I have written, I hope it is logical and understandable!! I would appreciate any feedback on how easy it is to follow. I selected a coffee colored a muse 4 bar card as my "pocket, and some light blue marbelized CS for the tag and the oval. I also used a small piece of blue vellum and transparent vellum
I did a little cut out at the bottom left of the card, stamped the spot stamp on some blue vellum with Brown StazOn ink, and adhered it to the back of the card with double sided tape. I stamped the spots on transparent vellum with blue Versamark ink. I then punched a circle out of light blue marbled CS for the tag for the pocket, and adhered it behind the opening. I punched the oval out of the same light blue marbleized CS. I stamped the Love you to the Moon saying in the upper right portion of the card. The rocket was stamped on white CS, and colored in with black Spica pen and a blue Gel Writerz pen. I cut the circle out of the rocket, and pasted a picture of me in the window. I cut the rocket out, and then I attached it to the marbelized blue oval, and drew in the rocket smoke on the blue marbelized CS with the glitter pens. For the slide function, I determined where I wanted the rocket to travel up the card and marked it, then I cut a slit in the front of the 4 bar card along the line I marked, I widened it to allow my brad to slide up and down easily without it being too wide so the brad would wobble in the tract. I put a brad through the oval under the tail of the rocket so that it doesn't show, then I slipped it through the slit in the front of the card, then punched a small hole in the tag and put the brad through the tag and secured it. You now have a tag/card/oval sandwich. The oval should slide up and down easy through the slit, I then attached the ribbon at the top of the tag with a small white brad. I took a small piece of double sided foam tape and attached it to the inside of the picket right below the bottom of the tag in the "down" position. This makes the tag have a little more room to move in the pocket. Then I taped the sides of the card with double sided tape, making sure that the tag had clearance to slide in and out comfortabley. I ten used stickels ice blue glitter on my "spot" Earth, and some copper glitter along the bottom of the card for a little extra sparkle. One thing I did before using my a muse notecard and good CS was I did a mock up of the card in white CS to determine placement of the brad, the slit and size of he tag needed. This helped make the final construction a little smoother.

A MUSE CHALLENGE #25

2008-01-25T00:44:00.000-05:00

Another challenge, this week was for window cards (silly me, I made one last week for one of my Hip to Be Square cards for challenge # 24, not realizing I would be doing them for this week!!)

Love You To The Moon and Back

I cut the window, outlined it with my Black Spica pen (yes, I LOVE these pens!!) then I mounted a vellum with glitter in it behind, stamped the rocket on the inside of the card, colored it in with my spicas .....then I took a different vellum, and stmaped the spotted square in brown colorbox chalk, and cut it out with a circle punch. Stamped the Love You to the Moon and Back on the front of the card...I used a DCWV card that I cut down....

Love Blooms
I stamped Love Blooms on a printed vellum, (American Crafts Blossom) and cut it out with the giga Marvy Scalloped circle, then mounted it on a mega circle punched out of a pink a muse card. I drew in the stem and leaves. I cut a little window with a circle punch, and stamped the 3 little flowers from an a muse acrylic set. I traced around the edge of the window with a pink Spica pen....and drew in the stems and leaves. Inside I also cut out 2 scallop squares (mega size) out of pink polka dot pp and stamped the 3 flowers in the upper left and lower right corners...mounted one in the upper left of the inside, adn one in the lower right of the inside...I really should ahve scanned the inside in...maybe I will add it tomorrow....

Thanks for looking!

A MUSE CHALLENGE #24

2008-01-18T14:57:00.000-05:00

It really is Hip To Be Square!!!! I did 2 cards for this challenge! Thanks for looking.

Margherita Time!

We had margaritas last night, so I made this card while sipping on it!!

A Cup of Good Wishes

A MUSE CHALLENGE # 23

2008-01-11T23:51:00.000-05:00

Ok, so I am a little late posting this, but better late than never I say! I did have it all done, but then I ended up going shopping....and totally forgot after I scanned my card to post it up....yup, I'm bad!!! LOL!!! TFL!!

I used our Linden Tree as my inspiration:

and then, for my card, I used the Embellish Tree....

You can't see it too well, but I did use glitter on the card, to be sparkly snow...I inked the edges of the heart and the edge of the DCWV PP...and added a little a muse ribbon embellishment to finish it off....Marvy giga scallop oval punch and mega oval punch, heart Sizzix die. Card is DCWV.

A MUSE CHALLENGE # 22

2008-01-04T00:43:00.000-05:00

Well, this weeks challenge was for Multi-Purpose stamps, to use an image in a way that it may not have originally been intended for.... so after thinking about it for almost a week, I was rummaging through my a muse bin of stamps hoping for an idea to pop out, and I ran across Boris, and thought "ohh..... mad....hmmmmm......mad about you....Mad for your love.....Mad about your love!!" So here he is, appearing on Valentine's Day, instead of hanging around till Halloween! I think my Sweetie will love it!!! After all, it's not too girlie!! I think Boris looks good in pink!! LOL!

I cut an oval out of pink mulberry paper, and then stamped Boris with black Stazon ink, colored him in with my Gelwritersx pens, the glitter ones, and then frayed the edges of the mulberry paper. I covered a pink jewel heart by Colorbok with Stickles Diamond glitter, and stuck it over the test tube, and used the stickles to highlight Boris's labcoat buttons, and then put glitter spewing out the test tube and beaker. Then I mounted him to a white oval the same size as the mulberry, and then foam mounted the oval to a deeper pink scalloped oval, then attached it to a pink argyle a muse notecard...tied a pink a muse ribbon around it, and hand wrote "mad about your love" in a black glitter Gelwritersx pen. I really love how it came out. TFL!!

MAKE IT GREAT IN 2008!! HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!

2008-01-01T17:29:00.000-05:00

I hope that everyone has a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year, with lots of creativity, scrapping and stamping!!! Thanks for reading my blog everyone! Stay tuned for lots of cards, LOs and photos while I "Make It Great in 2008!" That's going to be my motto for the year! Check out this picture of Morgan and Me, taken last night, Morgan made these cute little masks for us to wear while toasting in 2008! I feel another shadowbox taking shape!! The mask would be just too hard to incorporate into a SB page, and will look so cute up on the wall, reminding me of all the fun we had, and the hopefulness and expectations for the New Year!

A SCRAP RETREAT IS GREAT IN 2008!!!

2007-12-29T10:02:00.000-05:00

Make Scrapbooking in 2008 Great!!!! Plan a trip to the Linden Tree Inn in Rockport MA and join in on our 3rd Annual Crop-Port in Rockport!! I am so excited about the scrap retreat here at the Linden Tree Inn this year! We had so much fun the last two years, I can't wait to see what this year will bring! Come and scrap all those Holiday pictures uninterupted with no kids, no needless phone interruptions, and no need to worry about the cooking and cleaning! We try to promote a relaxed, fun, scrapping atmosphere, with lots of good food, friendship and a fab scrapping goodie basket to take home. And don't forget all the scones you can eat for breakast!!!! Arrangements can be made with area spa services for massages, pedicures or manicures. Let us know when you make your reservation if that is something you would be interested in.This year I have decided to have more days available for the Scrap Retreat. I am going to offer retreat time from January 10th through January 21. Come for any two or more days that fit your schedule. We still have good availablility left for January 11th-17th, and limited availablility from the 17th-22. You will have your own scrap space to set up for the whole time you are here with 24 hour acccess, use of a Sizzix die cutter with at least 10 alphabet sets, and over 100 dies and embossing dies, punches, rubber stamps, and a variety of other tools. The cost for 2 nights is $220, which includes tax, meals, drinks, snacks, your own guest room with private bath, and an awesome goodie basket. Special pricing for extended stays or for adding an extra day or two to your 2 night reservation! Because of our affordable pricing, we do not discount for shared rooms, nor do we assign shared rooms, every scrapper has their own guest room with private bath. We require a 50% non-refundable deposit to hold your place, with the balance due on arrival. On reciept of deposit, you will be sent a questionnaire to fill out regarding any food allergies and preferences for drinks and snacks. If you would like to register, you can post a comment, email us at ltree@shore.net or give us a call at 1-800-865-2122 or 1-978-546-2494.So when faced with all those holiday photos that are just begging to be scrapped, make you reservation to come and "Crop-Port in Rockport" this January!!! Bring along a friend or two, or maybe a family member....make it a girl's weekend crop! So take some time for yourself, and make it a getaway to the Linden Tree Inn Scrap Retreat!And now for some photos from last years retreat:The living room all set up for the scrappers to arrive, with goodie baskets on chairs! Each scrapper has half of a 6 foot table, their own light, wastebasket for scraps, pencil holder, and a small caddy for tools. Sizzix machines and dies available for you to use, I have over 10 alphabets and lots of different sized dies, as well as many other tools that you can use, along with loads of rubber stamps, small sewing machine, paper crimpers, Fastenator stapler, Clickit, Crop-o-Dile, small light table for stencil dry embossing, and all kinds of paper punches.....
There is also a computer with a scanner and printer for your use if you should need to print out more pictures or journaling. Photo paper available for purchase, or bring your own...A fully stocked snack table for all your afternoon or late night munchies! Let us know your favorite scrappy snack, and we will try to have it available! The chocolate is always in abundance at a Linden Tree Inn scrap retreat!

Pat works on her project, while Anne takes a short break from her scrapping.

A MUSE CHALLENGE # 21

2007-12-28T20:49:00.000-05:00

Here are a couple of cards I did for the challenge, came out kind of cute, well, one I think was done, slightly ahead of the challenge, but will post it anyway, it is the cute Housewarming one! the one i did for the challenge is the warm winter wishes one with the adorable Elzybell Penguin Snowflakes stamp! I love him, he is sooo cute!

2007-12-27T21:48:00.000-05:00

Can you believe, I have been tagged again?

OK, so 7 more random facts about me......

1. I started stamping to help a child I was taking care of participate in art activities.....
2. I started a toy lending library of toys adapted for young children with severe motor disabilites
3. I love the ocean, but hate the sand on the beach in the summer...it gets into and sticks to everything! (yuck!)
4. I have been a Mac user since 1985/86 when they first came out....and have always only owned a Mac, until we bought the inn......I use the PC only because of the business (and to access the internet because it is faster than my old 1999 iMac)
5. I went to Fleur de Lis Camp for girls in the summer, it was an overnight camp in Fitzwilliam, NH, and I loved it....the first 3 years I went for a month, the last 2 years I went for 2 months, my favorite activity after canoeing was arts and crafts!
6. My BFF (and college roomie) and I were introduced to each other by our mothers at our college orientation, but we didn't become roommates and BFF till our junior year.
7. I really hate icky sticky stuff on my hands

Ok, 7 more random things for you to ponder.....and since everyone I know that blogs has been tagged twice over, I will not torture anyone else...however, if you have not been tagged and are reading this and want to play, feel free to consider yourself tagged and go for it! rules are in my original post about being tagged below.....

ACCCKKKK I'VE BEEN TAGGED!!!!

2007-12-16T23:43:00.000-05:00

I got tagged by one of my a muse addict friends Rhonda !! Do I even know 7 other bloggers to tag??? And 7 random things about me???? My life is an open book!! LOL!!

The rules of the game:
*Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog.
*Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself on your blog, we all want to know them.
*Tag 7 random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs.
*Let each person know that they've been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Ok, so some random facts about me, I know you all are dying to know this!!

1. When I was little all I would eat was vanilla ice cream, till my brother introduced me to "pink vanilla" who knew strawberry could taste so good if you just changed the name? Thanks Kim!
2. I almost always wear New Balance sneakers
3. I have pierced ears, and lots of earrings, but I never change them, and always wear the same ones.
4. I was in my high school marching band, I played the clarinet
5. I was in a sorority when I was in college, Philodemic Society, Delta Phi Delta
6. My DH gave me a violin for my birthday in 2001, and I took lessons for a year before we bought the inn and I moved too far away from my teacher!
7. I won second place in my 7th grade science fair. My project was about mold.

Now, to tag 7 people that I know that have blogs that have not been tagged yet......hmmm,
Here goes:

1. Laura
2. Kelly S.
3. Mel
4. Lisa
5. Sonda
6. Lindsey
7. Pat

A MUSE ADDICTS CHALLENGE #19

2007-12-10T21:40:00.000-05:00

Well, this weeks challenge is "it's a Guy Thing" And I thought, man, is this hard (no pun intended....really!) But then it hit me.....my last name since I got married is Shepherd....and I frequently go around singing Christmas songs that have shepherds in them, and well, sometimes I just like to change the words to them too.....so, my current favorite song to sing, especially when doing laundry is "As Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night...." changing the words to "As Shepherds Washed Their Socks By Night"

And here is my artistic rendering of it:

Thanks for Looking!!

PAYING IT FORWARD FOR BLOGGERS!

2007-12-09T23:20:00.000-05:00

I am participating in a "Pay It Foward" for bloggers. I was one of the first 3 posters on Tracy Clemente's blog EAT, SLEEP, STAMP (I always love all your a muse card ideas Tracy!!!) and she is going to send me a fun surprise of goodies!! So I have some stamping and/or scrapping stuff to send along to the first 3 people to leave a comment on this post. So if you are one of the first 3 posters and want some goodies from me, then you agree to "pay it forward" on YOUR blog. Yup, the only requirement is that you have a blog to participate. So let's see all those comments now! And thanks for visiting.

MORE A MUSE CHALLENGES, #18

2007-12-07T13:20:00.000-05:00

This weeks challenge was to make some Christmas thank you cards....here are 3 quickies I made this week!

The first one uses the Snowflake Mittens stamp, and the Thank You from the Personal Stationary Set

For this Thank You I used the Embellish Tree, stamped in gold, then I used my glue pen to outline the tree and covered it with glitter! The Thank You stamp is from the Tag Time set, again, stamped in gold, then outlined with the glue pen and glittered!

This Thank you uses the Holiday Drinks Stamp, and the Tag Time Thank You. I colored teh drinks in using my Gelwritersx glitter pens, and also added some glitter acccents on the top of one of the drinks, and around the outside of the white circle.

Thanks for looking!

SCRAP RETREAT AT THE LINDEN TREE INN

2007-11-28T21:32:00.000-05:00

It's time to Crop-port in Rockport again!! Thanksgiving has come and gone, and soon the winter holidays will be upon us. I am so excited about the third annual scrap retreat here at the Linden Tree Inn! We had so much fun the last two years, I can't wait to see what this year will bring! Come and scrap all those Holiday pictures uninterupted with no kids, no needless phone interruptions, and no need to worry about the cooking and cleaning! We try to promote a relaxed, fun, scrapping atmosphere, with lots of good food, friendship and a fab scrapping goodie basket to take home. And don't forget all the scones you can eat for breakast!!!! Arrangements can be made with area spa services for massages, pedicures or manicures. Let us know when you make your reservation if that is something you would be interested in.

This year I have decided to have more days available for the Scrap Retreat. I am going to offer retreat time from January 10th through January 21. Come for any two or more days that fit your schedule. You will have your own scrap space to set up for the whole time you are here with 24 hour acccess, use of a Sizzix die cutter with at least 10 alphabet sets, and over 100 dies and embossing dies, punches, rubber stamps, and a variety of other tools. The cost for 2 nights is $220, which includes tax, meals, drinks, snacks, your own guest room with private bath, and an awesome goodie basket. Special pricing for extended stays or for adding an extra day or two to your 2 night reservation! Because of our affordable pricing, we do not discount for shared rooms, nor do we assign shared rooms, every scrapper has their own guest room with private bath. We require a 50% non-refundable deposit to hold your place, with the balance due on arrival. On reciept of payment, you will be sent a questionnaire to fill out regarding any food allergies and preferences for drinks and snacks. If you would like to register, you can post a comment, email us at ltree@shore.net or give us a call at 1-800-865-2122 or 1-978-546-2494

So when dropping your "What I want for Christmas" this year hints, don't forget to add the "Crop-Port in Rockport" in January to your wish list!!! Bring along a friend or two, or maybe a family member....make it a girl's weekend crop! So take some time for yourself, and make it a getaway to the Linden Tree Inn Scrap Retreat!
And now for some photos from last years retreat:
The living room all set up for the scrappers to arrive, with goodie baskets on chairs! Each scrapper has half of a 6 foot table, their own light, wastebasket for scraps, pencil holder, and a small caddy for tools.

Sizzix machines and dies available for you to use, I have over 10 alphabets and lots of different sized dies, as well as many other tools that you can use, along with loads of rubber stamps, small sewing machine, paper crimpers, Fastenator stapler, Clickit, Crop-o-Dile, small light table for stencil dry embossing, and all kinds of paper punches.....

A fully stocked snack table for all your afternoon or late night munchies! Let us know your favorite scrappy snack, and we will try to have it available! The chocolate is always in abundance at a Linden Tree Inn scrap retreat!

There is also a computer with scanner and printer for your use if you should need to print out more pictures or journaling. Photo paper available for purchase, or bring your own....hoping to have a new computer this year....but this is last years set up!

4 SS NOVEMBER SKETCH CHALLENGE YOU MIGHT BE AN A MUSE ADDICT....

2007-11-25T20:20:00.000-05:00

Well, for this months sketch challenge, I decided to scrap my love of a muse stamps! What's more fun than stamping with a muse? Scrapping about it!! Thanks for looking!

The Journaling reads:
A. a muse stamps cover your desk
B. Marvy Giga scallop punches
C. Abundance of a muse paper products
D. Glitter everywhere
E. Photo taken of you at a muse card class by Jenn Shurkus because you are covered with glitter
F. You may be an a muse addict especially if you scrap about it (the last line of that was cut of in the scan!)

YUP, ANOTHER A MUSE PROJECT!

2007-11-25T09:19:00.000-05:00

Yes, I have yet another A Muse project.....just get used to it, I am so in love with these stamps!!! They may even make a debut on some LOs!! Stay tuned to my blog!

But isn't this cute? I made napkin rings using the A Muse Holiday drinks stamp.....Thanks for looking!! I stamped the image on a scalloped square ( the blue Marvey one, Mega?) and colored it in with my watercolor Faber-Castell colored pencils and used my Agua Pen to blend them. Then I applied glitter to the rims of the glasses, and to the scalloped edges. Next I cut a another square slightly larger than the scalloped square, and mounted the completed image on it with a foam dot. I then took the cardboard core from a roll of paper towels, and cut a ring 1 1/2 inches. Covered it with a strip of coordintaing scrapbook paper, and mounted the completed motif on the seam where the paper meets with a pop up Glue Dot! Voila!! You could even put the guest names on it for a combination napkin ring/placecard! You could also put some mod podge or glossy accents on the stamped scallop pice to give it a glossy look! Have fun, and thanks for looking!
An aerial view so you can get an idea of how they look on the rings....I will try for a better photo later!

OK, I am adding in my other project, it's an a muse garland. I cut scalloped circles and ovals out of solid red and green CS, then I stamped them with different a muse Christmas images, colored them in and glittered them. Inbetween I used my Sizzix die cut christmas light, ornament and christmas tree. I cut them out of solids and PP, and I stuck two together, and glittered some of them. I hung them from a fake holly rope with gold ribbon. I will post the whole garland, and then a couple close ups of the a muse stamps.

Thanks for looking!

YET ANOTHER A MUSE CARD

2007-11-23T11:47:00.000-05:00

Yup, made another one! I think this one came out pretty cute! TFL!! And don't forget, we are still taking reservations for the January Scrap Retreat at the Linden Tree Inn!! January 10-21, pick whichever days you would like to come....details in the blog posts from October....join us for a great couple days of creative play!

MORE LITTLE PROJECTS!

2007-11-22T20:59:00.000-05:00

Well, I've made a couple more cards using my A Muse stamps. Can't decide which I like better, any suggestions?

I also added music to my slide show a couple posts back...hope you enjoy the music!

a couple more A Muse tags

2007-11-17T00:41:00.001-05:00

Here are a couple more tags I made with my A Muse stamps, think I might make a bunch more for all my presents this year, they came out pretty cute!

Check out this blog! Prepare to be A Muse(d)

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Are you an A Muse stamp addict? Want to know more about the A Muse Stamp craze taking over the stamping world? Check out Erika's blog! http://www.erikadesigns.blogspot.com/

I made these tags with some of my A Muse stamps: I changed this for a better picture, I decided to scan it:

LOOK AT WHAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON!

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These are some composition books I have been altering, I think they have come out pretty cute! TFL!!

Are you addicted too?

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Saw this on my friend Ali's blog, so I thought I would check it out! YIKES, better spend a little less time on the computer, eh?

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Get a cash advance

SCRAP RETREAT AT THE LINDEN TREE INN

2007-10-20T11:34:00.000-05:00

It's time to Crop-port in Rockport again!! Autumn is fast slipping away and soon the holidays will be upon us. I am so excited about the third scrap retreat here at the Linden Tree Inn! We had so much fun the last two years, I can't wait to see what this year will bring! Come and scrap all those Holiday pictures uninterupted no kids, phone, no need to worry about the cooking and cleaning! We try to promote a relaxed, fun, scrapping atmosphere, with lots of good food, friendship and a fab scrapping goodie basket to take home. And don't forget all the scones you can eat for breakast!!!!

This year I have decided to have more days available for the Scrap Retreat. I am going to offer retreat time from January 10th through January 21. Come for any two or more days that fit your schedule. You will have your own scrap space to set up for the whole time you are here with 24 hour acccess, use of a Sizzix die cutter with 8 alphabet sets, and over 100 dies and embossing dies, punches, rubber stamps, and a variety of other tools. The cost for 2 nights is $220, which includes tax, meals, drinks, snacks, your own guest room with private bath, and an awesome goodie basket. Special pricing for extended stays or for adding an extra day or two to your 2 night reservation! We require a 50% non-refundable deposit to hold your place, with the balance due on arrival. On reciept of payment, you will be sent a questionnaire to fill out regarding any food allergies and preferences for drinks and snacks. If you would like to register, you can post a comment, or check out our Linden Tree Inn website for contact information.

So when dropping your "What I want for Christmas" this year hints, don't forget to add the "Crop-Port in Rockport" in January to your wish list!!! Bring along a friend or two, or maybe a family member....make it a girl's weekend crop!

Hope to see some of my online scrappy friends this January!

Having Fun With My Scrappy Friend!

2007-10-19T09:11:00.000-05:00

My online friend Terri came to visit with her Mom and son! They had a blast sightseeing and checking out all the fall foliage. But they had to leave today....I really enjoyed having her here, and meeting her family. It's only been an hour or so and I miss her already! We had so much fun chatting and talking about scrapping, and even did a little scrappy shopping at Absolutely Everything! I got some cool new stamps and the second Clean and Simple Scrapbooking book by Cathy Zielske. I loved her first one!

Here's a picture of Terri, Pat and I....can't wait till we are altogether again!

And here is a picture of Terri and Me:

It's October, Where did the Summer go???

2007-10-10T14:20:00.000-05:00

WOW is all I can say!!! Where has the time gone, last I knew it was the start of the summer, and now here we are smack in the middle of Fall! It has been so busy at the Inn I haven't had any time at all to sit down and spend time at the computer to post to my blogs. I have been able to find a wee bit of time to squeeze a little scrapping in..and will post some of my more recent LOs for you.

I have been busy planning the January Scrap Retreat and will make another post with all the information you will need to plan your getaway to scrap at my "Crop-Port" in Rockport at the Linden Tree Inn. We have had a great time the past 2 years, and I am really looking forward to hosting it for another year.

What projects have you all been working on? I hope to start making my Christmas present LOs soon, as I always end up leaving them till the last minute! I'm always looking for great present ideas, so feel free to post me some project ideas in your comments.

Here are a couple of my recent LOs....hope you enjoy them!

This LO is of our 6th wedding anniversary that I did this summer...I decided I needed to scrap the 6th anniversary before we celebrated our 7th this September. I really like the way it came out!

My night bloooming cereus bloomed in September, the second time this summer, I was very excited and was able to get a lot of really fabulous photos of it while it was blooming. I decided to make a LO with some of my favorite pictures of the inside of the flower. The paper is all Arctic Frog, from my October 4 Scrappy Sisters Kit!

Thanks for checking out my blog! Happy scrapping everyone!

IT'S THE 4th!!!

2007-07-03T23:48:00.000-05:00

Wow, can you believe it is the 4th of July? We will have a busy day planned, with lots of good photo opps I hope! Breakfast for the guests, then sometime during breakfast, I will drive the truck down to the bottom of the street to park for the parade....love having a seat waiting for me!! LOL! Then in the afternoon we will have a cook out for all our guests that don't go to visit friends or family. Parade at 6pm, Bonfire at about 9pm, it will be a full day!

I've been Tagged!!! WOW! OK, so here's the scoop... you have to post 7 random things about yourself on your blog and then tag 7 others to play. The 7 people I tag do the same thing and so and so forth...so, here goes:

7 Random Things About Me:

1. I make a really fabulous Chicken Chow Mein that is better than take out!
2. When I find a pair of shorts/pants I like, I buy about a half a dozen of them!
3. I love to fold sheets and set the table, it's like a meditative retreat
4. My favorite thing to drink is root beer
5. I wear my sneakers out in 3 months
6.I like a cup of green tea in the afternoon
7. I love to photograph sunsets

Now for the 7 to tag....guess I am so tired I will have to add this in the morning!

IT'S SUMMER

2007-06-22T21:10:00.000-05:00

At least, that is what the calender says, so how come we all have on long sleeves, and the A/C is off? Today was an assortment of weather, sun, clouds, sprinkles, downpours, thunder and lightening!

Still working on moving my paper to the basement, yeah, I know, I think I have way too much, so how come I keep seeing all this paper I want/ I have to have, I have been very good and not bought any paper in the last month or two! I need to keep scrapping and use what I have, so I can justify buying more! The space is shaping up a bit...I have all these wire racks for storing paper that I got at AC Moore at a great price, combined with a 40% off coupon, I only paid $12!! I have 2 for 8 1/2 X 11, and 2 for 12 X 12. They are really super! After I have this one particular pile of paper down, then I am going to start setting up my new wire shelving, and start to get my fabric cubes organized. I am trying to decide what to do with my ribbon, it is all in a jumble in a fabric bin, and I need to dig to find what I want.....I'm thinking large glass jars for the loose ribbons, but still not sure what to do with the ribbon on reels.

All this moving of supplies, has got me really itching for a good scrappy session....I have some photos I particularly would like to scrap, so maybe I can just stop thinking about it and just get down to business!

JUNE?? TIME SURE DOES FLY!!

2007-06-01T09:01:00.000-05:00

Where did May go???? Here it is June already! I got a few pages done in May, so that was good! I hope to keep going with my scrap room to the basement....I am in the process of moving all my paper down there....I now have all my kits in wire cubes more or less organized, so I can just take one off the shelf and play with it. Once I have the paper all sorted and organized, then I think I am going to work on the embellishments, ribbons and fibers. I know that just getting organized is going to make me much more productive! If anyone has tips on how to sort their papers, I certainly would love the feedback!

4 SCrappy Sisters just underwent a face lift, and the new logo and the gallery look great! We had a "Going Down" challenge, and I did this LO for it! I like the way it came out....thanks for the challenge 4SS!! The photo was taken quite a few years ago....it is one of my favorites of my Mother and Godsister...why not sort through your photos and find one of your older favorite pictures of your family that hasn't made it into a frame, a scrapbook or photo album and scrap it this month? That way you can enjoy looking at it instead of wondering where it went.

Hope that where ever you are this finds you enjoying some fine weather and the feeling you would get as a child towards the end of school anticipating the summer stretching out before you!

IT'S MAY!!

2007-05-07T11:15:00.000-05:00

I love May!! The flowers are blooming, spring is here, and the air is warming up. The smell of the sea air here in Rockport is heavenly...if only the pollen would blow away so I could smell it!

I have been busy with the inn, wrapping up the retreats before the season starts with the last 3 retreats of the season. This year the retreats went very well, and we met a lot of new people that we hope will make The Linden Tree an annual home for their groups! Took plenty of pictures to scrap, so maybe you will be seeing some of them on my LOs in the future here.

My Heart Full of Memories site was winding down, so we were interested in possibly finding a new home, we found a new site that was just getting started, and they welcomed us all with open arms! So now I hang out there too. The new site is 4 Scrappy Sisters, http://4scrappysisters.informe.com/index.php and they are a lot of fun, check their website out, they have lots of really great stuff in the store and a lively Discussion Board. If you want to sign up and jump on in chatting with us, say Hi to everyone in the Welcome thread, and mention that I sent you.....they are having a contest to get to their 30th member, there are several challenges going on, so check them out! They are also having a fundraiser for the American Heart Foundation. The sisters had some acrylic stamps designed that are really nice, and the proceeds go for a good cause!

Oh, and guess what??? I am the featured scrapper over at 4 Scrappy Sisters: http://4scrappysisters.informe.com/viewtopic.php?p=1750#1750 Check me out!! They will be posting a new layout each day....and thanks for looking!

I hope to get some scrapping done, it seems lately all I have been able to accomplish is making some cards. I am in the process of moving all the scrap stuff to the basement, so half is upstairs, and half is downstairs, and I spend a lot of time going up and down the stairs, and with interuptions and all I get sidetracked easily. I bought some wire shelving to set up, so I will get those up soon and it should get things much better organized. And yes, I will take pictures!!

Well, catch you all a little later!! Check back soon, I hope to get some more LOs posted up!

I MADE IT!!!

2007-04-05T08:51:00.000-05:00

Well, I made it to the end of the 8 week Summer Springboard contest over at Creating Pages. Some weeks were easier than others to complete the challenge, but I had fun scrapping some photos that would otherwise still be in the proverbial "box" of the hard drive on my computer.

The move from the back messy room to the basement scrap area continues, as I organize and delineate storage spots for all my scrap stuff. I am really liking having a table all set up, with my tools all out that can be left till next time, and no one is complaining about the mess or how much room it is all taking up!! LOL! Right now the Easter stamps are all spread out on the table, waiting for the Easter card inspiration to hit!!! I need to to 11 table decoration place cards by Sunday, so I need to get that scrapping mojo into high gear.

Yesterday my friend Pat and I went to Absolutely Everything, my LSS. We drove through a freak April blizzard to get there, when the urge to shop for scrap goodies hits, we don't let anything get in the way, specially a little snow!! Threw the truck into 4 wheel drive and took off!! I got some cute big polka dot Prima flowers in spring colors, think that I will use them on the place cards....but we'll see. Also some 7Gypsies stuff....and a great new book on making Mini Books. Have to post a review once I have a chance to check it out totally. I love little books, and I am hoping it helps me branch out from paper bag books and accordion pocket books with tags...although both very cute and versatile, want to try and broaden my bookmaking repertoire. And I also got a couple cute little A Muse rubber stamps, love those little guys!!! they are so cute, and make adorable cards or embellishments for smaller SB pages!

I'll be posting some of my newer LOs a little later...check back!!!

CROP INTO SPRING AT CREATING PAGES!

2007-03-22T00:57:00.000-05:00

OK, so I didn't win the contest at Heart Full of Memories, but Kelly C. did, and her LO was fab, and am I a fool, and I didn't even vote for myself cause I thought hers was so great! LOL! But I love my LO, and that is all that counts really!!

Anyway, Creating Pages is having a crop this weekend, and I can't wait to see all the great challenges that will be posted, hop on over and join us, should be tons of fun! http://www.creatingpages.biz

Tell em Tobey sent you!

VOTE FOR ME!!

2007-03-16T21:03:00.000-05:00

Well, the layouts are all complete, and the voting has begun. I took part in a 10 step challenge over at Heart full of Memories, and now it's time to vote on your favorite LO! And I am certain that mine is your favorite!! So click on this link, sign up to be a member and VOTE for me!!! I think my LO came out great....

Click here to register: http://heartfullofmemories.com/forum/profile.php?mode=register&sid=ab72f344745e8be21acf7c024fb9b099

Once you are registered you can see my Layout:
http://www.heartfullofmemories.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1619&limit=recent

and then VOTE!!!
go to the contests forum, then click on [Poll] Please Vote

Thanks everone!! I will post the actual LO here in a little bit, I have the LO on my Mac in the other room....

MY LATEST LAYOUT

2007-03-15T21:16:00.000-05:00

Well, here it is, my latest layout. I did this one for the Creating Pages Springboard to Summer Challenge, week 5, the theme was "What's Cooking" and the LO had to be inspired by something in your kitchen. Well, I had so many ideas for this LO, it was hard narrowing them all down, but since I had just visited King Arthur Flour in VT, I just had to do this LO! The tag in the little shopping bag pulls out and talks about my trip to VT, and our visit to King Arthur (just read the previous post, and it will tell you all about it) and from my previous posting, you could probably guess why I picked "Who Knew" for the title. I guess my big inspiration was of course, my flour canister, pictured, but I also used a lot of silver eyelet brads, and the inspiration for those were my colanders. Thanks for looking, and feel free to leave my comments, I would love to know what you think about it!

MY TRIP TO VERMONT TODAY

2007-03-08T23:32:00.000-05:00

My Mom and I went to visit my Aunt and Cousin in Vermont today. It was about a 2 hour trip from my mother's house. Route 89 is absolutely gorgeous, with scenic vistas all the way up...unfortunately I was driving and didn't get any pictures...I did get some pictures of my Cousin and Aunt...and the big bonus for me was my Cousin took me to The King Arthur Flour store.....it was only 2.5 miles from my Aunt's, how could I pass that up, all I use is King Arthur flour in my scones (yes, the legendary ones...) I was pretty excited, and I did take my camera with me....my Cousin took my picture sitting in the King Arthur Throne!! I was like a kid in a candy store really! I bought flour (Queen Gueneviere cake flour), some baking mixes, some really great citron extract, a new oven mit, and some of the best french bread DH and I have ever eaten!! It may have been my first trip there, but it will definately not be my last!!! My Aunt let me have one of their old pictures of my Grandfather with my Uncle Joe * to scan it....I am hoping that my cousin will come down to visit me here and bring the all the old photos so I can get copies of some of them, of my mother and her sisters and cousins when she was young, maybe when she was in her 20s? They are photos from the 1930s and 40s....amazing!! My uncle (*who is really my first cousin once removed, and the cousin that I visited with is really my second cousin, all on my mother's maternal side of the family....for those of you who are genealogy buffs) well, he took tons of pictures, and put them all in albums.....none of them in any order, but they are pasted into albums, labeled! Wonder if he would ever have become a modern day scrapbooker with all the fancy doodads and die cuts and PP and CS....one never knows, unfortunately he passed on way before the modern day scrapping craze hit! Will post pictures of my trip when I get them downloaded off the camera!

2007-03-05T23:38:00.000-05:00

This is a Layout that I did 2 weeks ago for the Springboard to Summer Challenge Series going on at Creating Pages, for the Week 2 Challenge. The challenge was to use paint on your LO, and it had to be 50% or more of the LO. I decided to watercolor wash the background, so I took some white textured cardstock and used my watercolors to create a sunset background. I took these photos out the sunroom door one late afternoon while chatting on the phone with my DH John as he was driving home from work. I mounted the photos on black cardstock, and used a tree punch to make the tree branches. I punched out black cardstock trees, and then cut them in pieces and adhered them to the LO. The letters were from a diecut letter stack that I got at AC Moore, I didn't really like the font that they were, so I cut the edges to be more what I wanted...the "S" on Sun was put on with foam squares to make it pop out, as is the bottom photo.

Check out some of the other great work the ladies and I are doing for the series at CP, the link to CP is in my favorite links... or http://creatingpages.biz/gallery to take you right to the gallery. My online screen name is: Tobey. How original!! LOL!

Check back for this weeks LO coming soon in another post!

Tobey

Didn't take me long to get something scrappy up for you to check out! TFL!

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WELCOME!

2007-03-04T20:02:00.000-05:00

Welcome to Scrap Those Memories! I will be posting my favorite layouts and projects, and talk about what I'm working on, and all kinds of scrappy chatty stuff! Leave me comments and let me know what you think! Thanks for stopping by!

SCRAP THOSE MEMORIES WITH TOBEY

A MUSE|STUDIO WEEKLY CHALLENGE UP

NEW A MUSE STUDIO CHALLENGE UP!

A MUSE|STUDIO NEW CHALLENGE

A MUSE|STUDIO GOES ON THE ROAD!!

NEXT CHALLENGE, DIRTY JOBS!

MAY 9TH COLOR SPLASH CHALLENGE

MAY 8THSCRAPBOOK CHALLENGE

THE LAST TWO NATIONAL SCRAPBOOK DAY PAGES....

MORE NATIONAL SCRAPBOOK DAY LAYOUTS

IT'S MOTHER'S DAY!! ANOTHER LO FOR MY MOTHER'S PRESENT!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY...MAY 6TH CHALLENGE

MAY SCRAPPING DAYS MAY 4TH AND 5TH

MAY SCRAPPING DAYS MAY 3RD

MAY SCRAPPING DAYS AT STORYTELLERS CLUB

CYBER CROP AT STORYTELLERS CLUB!!

I LOVE THE NEW A MUSE CALENDARS!

JUNE CARDS!

MY LATEST CARD CREATIONS!

YET MORE PEEP-I-LICIOUS FUN!!

AS PROMISED, SOMETHING PEEP-A-LICOUS!

STAY TUNED....

ANOTHER A MUSE PAJAMA PARTY!!

IT WAS A PEEP-A-LICOUS EASTER!!

BY THE SEA VINTAGE PHOTO BOOK

BACK TO MAKING CARDS....

VISIT MY FRIEND'S BLOG!!

FEBRUARY LAYOUTS

A MUSE LOUNGE PAJAMA PARTY!!!

CARDS CARDS CARDS!!

SCRAP RETREAT TIME!!

MAY SCRAPPIN' DAYS

MY FEBRUARY CREATIONS

JANUARY SCRAPBOOK PAGES

JANUARY IS STAFF BIRTHDAY MONTH!

JANUARY SCRAP RETREAT!

THE SCRAPPIN' ELVES!!

MORE CARDS!!

VMAA DECEMBER 08!

BABU THE BABOON VISITS THE LINDEN TREE INN

LET'S PARTY!!!

A*MUSEA*PALOOZA TWINKLE TIME WITH TAYLOR!

SHEETLOAD SHORT CUTS!!

IT'S BORIS.....

LOOKING FOR MY SCRAPPING MOJO....

MORE CARDS!

IT WAS ANOTHER VMAA..........

COME AND CROP AT SCRAPCITY!!

ME, ORGANIZING????? YES IT'S TRUE!!

ETERNALLY {FROZEN} IN MY MEMORY

Check out my Slide Show!

SCRAPPING TILL I DROP WITH THE 4 SCRAPPY SISTERS

SHEETLOAD OF CARDS CELEBRATES 15,000 HITS!

AMUSE ADDICTS CHALLENGE #30

I've been tagged!!!

ANOTHER CARD..IT'S ELZYBELL!

BONUS CHALLENGE!

VMAA February Challenge #1

STAMP OF THE WEEK CHALLENGE!

A MUSE CHALLENGE #26

A MUSE CHALLENGE #25

A MUSE CHALLENGE #24

A MUSE CHALLENGE # 23

A MUSE CHALLENGE # 22

MAKE IT GREAT IN 2008!! HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!

A SCRAP RETREAT IS GREAT IN 2008!!!

A MUSE CHALLENGE # 21

ACCCKKKK I'VE BEEN TAGGED!!!!

A MUSE ADDICTS CHALLENGE #19

PAYING IT FORWARD FOR BLOGGERS!

MORE A MUSE CHALLENGES, #18

SCRAP RETREAT AT THE LINDEN TREE INN

4 SS NOVEMBER SKETCH CHALLENGE YOU MIGHT BE AN A MUSE ADDICT....

YUP, ANOTHER A MUSE PROJECT!

YET ANOTHER A MUSE CARD

MORE LITTLE PROJECTS!

a couple more A Muse tags

Check out this blog! Prepare to be A Muse(d)

LOOK AT WHAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON!

Are you addicted too?

AMUSEAPALOOZA TWINKLE TIME WITH TAYLOR!