Christmas Open House and Crop
November 19-20, 2010
Friday night 5-11pm
Saturday 9am-5pm
Fee: $25.00 which includes Friday dinner and Saturday Lunch, along with Door Prizes and "Make n Takes".

We will scrap Friday night and All day Saturday. If you like to Scrapbook or are interested in learning, then we hope to see you there. So call 618-204-0327 to Register. If you register by Nov. 6th you will receive a $5 Gift Certificate.

So Bring a friend, Bring a GROUP of friends, you will have plenty of scrapping room. There will be new products and even some sale items!! WOOT WOOT!!! (sorry Paula had to borrow your words there) =)

I am attaching the flyer if you would like to look at it, or maybe print it out and give to someone you know that loves to scrapbook!!

Please come out and help us raise money for our Missionaries in Africa. All proceeds will go to them!

Any questions just give Paula or I a call. Or call Carla Monroe at above phone number to Register and she can answer any questions you may have.

Hope to see you there!!!

Western Creations

Look what I received in the mail today. A new cartridge for my Cricut Expression. My husband text me at work today that I received it in the mail today. It was like at 2pm and I didn't get off till 6pm. All I could think about was getting home to try out my new "Old West" Cartridge.

So finally after we had supper and visited with the youngest and his girlfriend, I finally was able to open the box and get to playing...Well after 10pm.

Here are the Cowboy Boots. I thought they were cute. I didn't have much time to play so I cut out a pair in 2 colors just to try it out. I kept the same color scheme for the night.

Then came the Cowboy hat. It was 2 steps. I had to cut the hat then the band and then to assemble. After I used my scrapbook adhesive tape I had the Wonderful Cowboy Hat.

Here are 3 saddles I cut them in different sizes, just to see the effects. I can cut from 1" up to 23.5 inches. I love my Cricut Expression.

Each die cut has small cuts in them to embellish the piece, with the stitches and folds, etc on each piece. If you do not have a Cricut you need to purchase one, you wouldn't be disappointed.

I will be using these on my Western BBQ Palooza pages. I almost posted a page tonight, but thought no, I don't want to post any yet till I get some more pages finished so that I will have good pics to display on here.

Well I need to call it a night, I have to work tomorrow. Oh I didn't mention, I am the Administrative Assistant at our Church now. I love my knew job. Sweet dreams everyone and God Bless! Love, Debxx

Scrapbooking and Craving Ham and Beans

The past two days (Thursday and Friday) have been a blast. I spent them with my nieces and we scrap booked till 9:30pm on Thursday. I loaded my goodies into my Jeep then headed to Mom's. Mom and I set and had coffee and talked a while. Then on Friday the girls came over to my house and scrap booked for about 3 hours. They are going to come back soon. (And I didn't think to get a picture one from Friday while they were here.) ;(

I decided it would be A LOT EASIER if they came to my house from now on. Whew, just didn't know for sure what to take. So I took almost everything.....not really, I have a room dedicated for my crafts.

This is my sweet niece Corissa. I went over to scrapbook with her and give her some pointers. We had a blast, laughing, throwing comments back and forth at each other. Constantly, reminding her that journaling is VERY IMPORTANT, and embellishing the Heck out of her pages. Corissa did really good . She had made about 8 pages that day I believe.

Later in the morning my sweet niece Helen joined us. She had never really scrap booked either. So I got her started on 12 X 12 sheets and I am going to get her a scrapbook for her birthday. She did really good, made about 6 pages after she got to rolling. We had pictures taken of us working on our scrapbooks, but I didn't get pictures of our Layouts, I am sorry I will have to get some and post pictures later.

I know you are wondering what "Craving Ham and Beans" has to do with Scrap booking!?! Well Thursday my son Caleb text me and told me to get ahold of my Mom - his Grandma. And tell her that he was hungry for Ham and Beans. You haven't had Ham and Beans until you have had My MOM'S. They are wonderful I am telling you..And her cornbread is to die for....oh my did we eat well for supper that night.

Well Grandma couldn't make them on Thursday, so he had to wait till Friday. But by watching him eat, I believe they were worth waiting for. YUM YUM Mom, you did wonderful again. We Love you...Thank You!!!!

Have a wonerful weekend dear friends!

Love,

Deb

16 Weeks Challenge

I have been doing a 16 weeks challenge over on Barb's Blog. I haven't posted any of them so I thought I had better start posting some so that she knew I had been doing them. Here is a bit about the Challenge:

16 Weeks Challenge
Starts Saturday, May 3rd., and ends Aug. 16th. One layout a week for 16 weeks. I will post a prompt each Saturday. To get in for the prizes, you must do a layout for each week.

Week 1 Prompt - Awake/Asleep

Awake Layout

For my Awake Layout I decided to use some of the beautiful Spring Flower pictures that I took this Spring. I had several to choose from. "I love the first signs of Spring, It gives us hope for a New Beginning." Just like our Lord always gives us. I am so thank for such a caring Savior.

Asleep Layout

For my Asleep layout, I also used pictures that showed the Earth asleep. No signs of life when these pictures were taken. We had an Ice Storm hit southern IL in March. My son and I were driving around and seen the sign in the middle of my layout. We live in "Kell, Illinois" and the storm hit in "March" and Kell and March were the names on the Road signs. SO I had to have a picture of them. =)

Week 2 Prompt - Likes/Dislikes

Likes Layout
For this prompt I picked some of my favorite things in life. I love spring flowers. Making beautiful cakes, especially Wedding cakes, A Fresh blanket of Snow, and my Mom's sense of humor...Yes my Mom's Christmas Tree is hanging from her ceiling...She is such a nut. I love you Mom. =)

Dislikes Layout

For the Dislikes layout, I used pictures and letter die cuts that I didn't like. I do not like it when my pictures turn out blurry, when the cakes I decorate turn out ugly, When I am stopped by trains when I think I am in a "hurry", and The ice storm that hit our area and blocked the roadway to my house, and destroyed many of the trees in our area.

Week 3 Prompt - Clean/Messy

Messy Layout

I wanted you to see the Messy Layout first, so you would appreciate my Clean Layout. My poor Scrapbook room was terrible till I finally got my shelves and organization. Everytime I would purchase new products they would lay on the table or my desk because I didn't know where to go with them. Or if I needed something that was in one of the 10 totes under the long table, it would get threw on the table. Frustration would set in, then it wouldnt get put up, and I couldn't scrap or do anything. So it was always a mess. Then one day I had it. I boxed everything up, set them outside of my room, told the hubby lets go, we went to the shed I got the shelves out of shed cleaned them up and that was the start of organizing my Scrapbook/Craft Room. YEAH!!

Clean Layout

This is my CLEAN Scrapbook room I am so proud of it. My desk stays so nice..well except when I am doing something. But now I can put the supplies up as soon as I am finished with them. They have a home..=) The first pic is of my desk, 2nd is my new Cricut Machine...so wonderful, and then one of the Shelves that I put in my room. I have organizers with drawers that helps alot with the organization. There is another set of shelves beside this one that I keep my sewing supplies on, yarn, material, crochet thread, and ribbons. I also have a cabinet with my sewing machine and supplies in the other corner. But couldn't get the pictures of the machine and the shelving unit on this layout.


Week 4 Prompt - Fire, Water, Earth, Wind (had to pick 2)


So I choose Water:


I picked beautiful pictures of people having Fun In the Sun at the beach. There isn't any thing prettier then the blue water against the sandy beach. So thats where my mind went when I seen the prompt for Water.

I also picked Fire:

These are some of the fireworks from our local 4th of July Celebration. The 4th of July is one of my favorite Holidays. Even as a kid I couldn't wait till the 4th of July to get here. The firecracker in the middle of the page is made from cardstock, yarn, and fibers.

Week 5 Prompt - City/Country
(I am really sorry about the scan on this one. I have tried different ways to scan it and it just will not turn out. I guess its because of the light paper that I used to scrap on.)

For the City Prompt I have pictures of Motels, Tall Buildings, Villas, and heated indoor pools...then I commented, " Everything is way too close together. I need breathing space like in the ----->"

Country Prompt

Here I used a picture of my son at a Go-Cart Race in a friends pasture, my sisters dog swimming in the horses water, a long beautiful path that one can go for nice quiet walks, and of course the beautiful wild flowers that one can see on those walks. "Country - A lovely place to Live"

I hope the long post wasn't too bad, but I wanted to get these posted so Barb could see them. Thanks again for the challenge Barb. I have really enjoyed working in it, I will post some more soon, I want everyone recover from this long post first. =).

thanks for stopping by,

Debxx

New Pictures added - Post long overdue

Back in March I attended a Altered Art and Scrapbook Retreat. We stayed in a beautiful cabin near Pinkneville, Illinois.

At this Retreat we made art muses. I was recently reminded that my friend, Paula, hadn't seen my muse. So I will post now for all to see.

This is my Faith Muse.

I am sorry the pic is alittle dark, but I believe if you click on the picture it should open so you can see it better. Here's another picture of it.

We took foam board and cover with tissue paper and then scrapbook paper. After everything was covered to your liking, we embellished the muse. I choose to add different embellishments that represented my Religion to me. I love looking at her hanging above my desk.

Thanks for stopping by,

Debxx

Debbie Loves Her New Cricut

Woo Hoo I have played all morning with my new CRICUT....I so love it..I would suggest to any scrapper to save your money and Invest in one....it is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO worth it....I only have the one Cartridge right now..but BELIEVE me I will have some more soon.

Just a short post to let you know that I love it!!!

Debxxx

I love Spring Flowers

We went on a walk this evening, oh wow the wonderful smells that were enjoyed on our walk. The Honeysuckle is in full bloom right now...MMMMM it was so yummy.

The Blackberries are right on schedule, so hopefully around the 4Th of July or shortly after we will have yummy ripe Blackberries.

The Wild Rose Bushes are blooming like crazy also. They are so Beautiful, but watch out for their thorns.

My daisy's are starting to bloom, they are always so beautiful.

Ahmm.....I am not for sure what to call these little guys. I am actually trying to teach myself how to make crocheted flowers. I love the ones you can buy for your scrapbook pages, but have you priced them lately...ouch. I will keep trying to perfect mine.

ATC Deck of Cards about Me

I have been busy trying to make an ATC about me each week. Actually I have been playing catch up. Here are some of my takes:

Week 1 Goals for 2008 (front)

Week 1 Goals for 2008 (backside of ATC)

Week 2 Quotes (front)

Week 2 Quotes (back side)

I have had a lot of fun doing these, I will post more tomorrow. Have a Blessed night and sweet dreams.

Love,

Debxxxx

RAK from Wilna

Wow, I am sorry the last week of my youngest son's Senior year has been so HECTIC.. I hadn't realized that its been a week since I last posted. I am sorry I will try to do better.


I wanted to share pics of the wonderful Making Memories RAK that Ireceived. I totally love it and can't wait to start making things with it.




Making Memories Grommet words - 12 Travel Grommets, Mini shimmer brad value pack - 90 stars springtime, Mini shimmer brad value pack - 90 stars in bloom

Making Memories 12 X 12 DieCut Scallop Circles,

DieCut Scalloped Squares, and DieCut Artisan Papers (BEAUTIFUL)

Making Memories Egg and Bunny Chipboard Shapes

Making Memories 5" x 7" Halloween mini book kit

Making Memories 12" x 12" Tropical Palm Tree and Paper Hibiscus, reversable sides showing.









Making Memories Tropical Stamp Stickers Alphabet and Tropical Pebble Stickers.






Velvet Brads - in bloom, Awesome "clear alphabet - polo" see my name "Deb" I love them, and Travel Alphabet map stickers.







Making Memories Diamond Brocade and Lizzie Geometric Flower - these pages are reversable, also showing the solid side.

Making Memories Garden Party Series - 12"x12" Stripe, Flowers, Dots - these pages are showing their reversable sides. (painted pink, polk-a-dot light yellow, and lime green gingham).

Making Memories 12"x12" Glitter Diagonal Stripe and Glitter Dots Pink

Making Memories 12"x12" Ruby Razberry Floral and Ruby Berry Flower Papers, reversable sides showing.

Making Memories 5th Avenue Sophia Floral and
amplified Moondog

I LOVE it all Wilna thank you.

Love,

Deb

Sunday Stampers Challenge

I used my Grungy tags that are tea stained and scented

with vanilla.

I stamped them with my stamps from "Close to Heart" they

are acyclic stamps.

The background is a description about, "family, friends, love".

Then stamped those words on top of their description's.

I used my Powder Puff ink from Quick Quotes to stamp

the descriptions of each word.

I used my Color Box Pigment Cat's eye, in Rose color

to stamp the words, "family, friends, love" on the top

of each tag. I used the same Cats eye, and distressed

the edges of each tag.

Thanks for visiting my site.

Love,

Deb

Girls Day Out

On Wed. April 23, the Girls escaped away foa day of scrapbooking and altered art shopping.

Paula and I went to Fairview to meet Cat at her
house for lunch. We met her wonderful family
and seen her beautiful house. We had a wonderful

baked chickensalad on toasted frenchbread,

Sister of Soul mac and cheese. She is a wonderful hostess.

After our wonderful lunch they took me to RedLead...I

had never been there. And OMGosh.....what a place!
You will find all kinds of things you will not find
at your normal scrapbook store.

I found this cool paper...yes I know you can find scrapbook paper anywhere. I just fell in love with it and had to have it.

I just love this large pink tag, and the colored scalloped papers.

There was a wall of collage pages....I chose these wonderful 4 pages.

tag book, house book, and these forms...I plan on decorating them and using them to hold scissors, pens, etc....my scrapbooking supplies

clipboard buttons, and spring and fall ATC's collections

crowns, wings, stamps, diamond dust

Cat wanted to take us to a Cute little Cupcake Bar
The Cupcakery, it was so cute. We had Cupcakes and

hot tea. A wonderful time setting and talking. But
it was so approiate for Cat to take us there...Click on her
name and check out her blog.

Paula and Cat outside the Cupcakery.








Cat holding the "CupCake" Receipe Book.










Paula, Cat, and myself at the Cupcakery

We left there to run to Archiver's to use our Free CardStock coupons.