Down in the Dumps

ah, not having a very good day. actually, not a very good weekend altogether.
Won't go into the reasons, but suffice it to say they are mostly money-related.

On a brighter note, I won a free digital kit and add-on from Pyralis Designs. At DigiShopTalk she needed a name for her new kit, and she chose mine! YAY! The kit isn't in the store yet, though. I am thinking she said it would be there Tuesday. It is called A Painted Spring.

I did a page with it:

The tree stamp is from Scrap Stew Sue and the alpha brushes are Kelly Mickus. I've been practicing my extractions...can you tell? LOL. I did two other pages:


The Spring layout was done almost exclusively with elements from the Little Dreamer Designs Apprentice contest. Courtney Wilson, Dale Ann Cubbage, Mrs. B, and Lisa Sisneros are just some of the really talented designers in this contest.

The Enjoy the Little Things layout was done with papers from New Life Dreams, a frame by Cyndi Wetmiller and rub-ons and quote by Michelle Coleman in the Wild Sorbet kit that was a free download from Memory Makers.

You can sort of tell I have been playing around with doing those pop-out things with my pictures. I have also done a paper page and two cards, two loads of laundry, cleaned the bathrooms, made lunch and supper, been to the grocery store and helped Mary Beth with her algebra homework. She says she's not finished yet, so I guess I better get back to it.

Here's hoping that your weekend was better than mine! Love ya!

Baby Turns 14 Tomorrow

Yes, my baby is almost 14! Here she is last week at the park in Cleveland, MS
(where she was born and raised until I cruelly yanked her up and moved her after the third grade!).

Can you tell it was a "little" windy?

And when they talk about your hair standing on end? Here I am with my hair blowing pretty much STRAIGHT UP!
So we just had spring break, and spent three days in Cleveland. Very pleasant to spend quiet time with the in-laws. And the kids in Cleveland were NOT on spring break, so it was quiet in the neighborhood as well. Here are some pictures of my in-laws. Poppy is 84 years old. I won't say how old MawMaw is (she wouldn't like me).....but she is younger than Poppy!


A Scrappin Friendsy has a new weekly challenge going on. I like it; it involves scraplifting some of our new Design Team members. Why don't you go check it out? I'm definitely gonna try to get it done sometime this week. Other scrappy news? I got high TallyPoints yesterday at Tallyscrapper! Thanks to whoever cruised through my gallery and gave me points! I tried to return the favor this afternoon and spent nearly an hour in the gallery and gave away 700 points!

I wish I had some exciting news or a funny story to tell, but alas, I do not. Just a whole bunch of same old, same old around here. Well, I am excited that in THREE WEEKS I will be going to Nashville Tennessee to Scrap Etc. (my first ever scrap event)! I am rooming with my tally friend, Shirley. She is not a scrap event novice, like I am. Hope she doesn't think I am too, too lame.

I got the sweetest note from my internet friend Stephanie, asking if I was okay. She noticed that I hadn't updated my blog (well, I had also said I wasn't feeling well the other day). So, Stephanie, this update is for you! (all the rest of you, blame Steph!)

And if you like to digi scrap (or if you just want to look at some cute stuff) go visit Digi Treats and check out the different ABC kits. And if you want to see lots of freebies, go HERE.

Mighty Hunter has a mighty nice fire going in the living room, so I think I am going to put my pj's on and go in there for a while. Until next time...... good night!

March 5, 2008

So many things going on! Not interesting things, really, just THINGS. You know what I mean?

Still, I have just a few minutes before I go get ready for work, and I had to share something that was really exciting to me. I know it's silly, but still......

So I really love Royana Fritschman's digital designs. I did a digital page that turned out really nice, so I just decided I would post it at Divine Digital. Just a random decision, as I have never posted there. And guess what? She picked it as the layout of the day for Sunday, I think it was! And she told me she really liked it. She said I "rawked!" I laughed out loud at how silly I was.....because it was like meeting a celebrity or something. Hilarious. But anyway, here is the page I posted:And it was a kind of hard page to do (for me, as I am such a newbie to digital). Getting the negative strip done wasn't too bad, but then figuring out how to but it behind those ribbons but in front of the polka dot was hard, because that little thing is all one piece. Anyway, just thought I would quickly share that random bit of info! All my blog readers (all five of them) already know this anyway! LOL

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Well, It Has Been A Long Time

There have been so many times when I have come to the computer intending to update my blog, but found myself doing other things.

Like downloading free digital scrapbooking elements, as in the big TREASURE HUNT from DigiShopTalk a couple of weeks ago (or was it just last weekend? can't be). Anyway, it was fun.
And I saw lots of designers that I liked that I am sure I would never have seen before.

Art and Scrap is one, and also Nicole Seitler at Sugarplum Paperie.
Blushbutter has these neat vintage images in her kits, and I especially need the aviation one!
The Mighty Hunter is a pilot, you know.

There were others, of course, but it would make for a really long post, since this is not really the reason I am updating here at all.


I have had a birthday since I last posted. I am now 43 years old. Sigh. However, I had a nice birthday treat last Saturday. The Mighty Hunter gave me a card with one of those big-eyed chihuahas on it, and $100 inside it! That was great! Then he handed me another doggie card. And yes, you guessed it, another $100. So, I'm happy, and the girls are jealous! LOL
And he brings out another card. This one says on the inside: "Say NO to lapdogs!" And has $100 in it. And one last card that says, "I love you anyway." And, yes, has another $100 in it.
Mary Beth had made me a Happy Birthday sign on my Cricut, and it's still in the kitchen.


So, I got some unmentionables with my birthday money LOL! And, I haven't spent it all yet. I've been trying to get a new Cricut cartridge, but forces are aligned against me. Hobby Lobby is out of almost everything. They don't have one that I want, at all. And WalMart had ONE font cartridge I wanted, so I picked it up and put it in my basket. Shopped some more, and walked away from my basket, only to TRY to return to it and find it missing! Never did find who took my basket. It was weird.

We have since participated in the Winter Fashion Show, of which I tried to take pictures but really couldn't get a good one. Here's one, just for informational purposes:
Fashion shows are not like beauty pageants.....the models don't stand still.


We are having a wonderful weekend cybercrop at A Scrappin' Friendsy. Why don't you come join us? We have card challenges, color challenges, prizes and RAKS, 8 new technique tutorials.....come on over!