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I am VERY pleased to announce that I am the newest member of the design team Better Than Doing Laundry (BTDL). For years I have literally drooled over the work of these talented ladies, never dreaming that I'd ever be one of them. I couldnt be happier that I am. Such a sweet group of ladies and the talent in there is just AMAZING! You can find the work of all of the talented designers by searching BTDL in your search bar on ebay.

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It's been awhile...

Hello, everyone! It's been so long since I've posted on my blog, April 21, 2010 to be exact...alot has happened since then. In my home life, we FINALLY got our living room remodeled! It's taken a long time. Years, actually. We started out trying to do it ourselves, to save money, that proved to be a disaster. So we hired a guy to help us, he was slow, and we had to sometimes throw a fit to get him here, but he's cheap, and its done, so no worries. I am thrilled to have new carpet, tile and walls in here! Finally it doesnt look like the 70's in my living room, NO more panelling! Yippee!!

As for my world in scrapbooking, alot has changed there too. I left the design team that I'd been with for several years, and then later joined another one, I wont say which one, most of you know already anyway, let's just say that things "didnt work out", and leave it at that. I did join Treasure Box Designs DT about a month ago, I REALLY enjoy using Dina's patterns! They're so fun! I'm still in the Make Scrapbooks Not Dinner DT on ebay (MSND), of course I've been with those girls for years too. I have been creating quite alot lately tho. We will see if maybe I can get some photos on here without them being sideways! I'll try. I've been doing alot of premade pages and selling them on ebay, although ebay has been just a tad slow the last few weeks, for me anyway. I am currently working on a Zoo themed chipboard album, I'm not getting very far with it, as I seem to have lost my "mojo" a little bit. This happens to me alot, when I work steadily for a few weeks, then I need time off. DH and I are discussing a zoo trip to Oklahoma City on Saturday, so maybe a trip to an actual zoo will help my mojo come back...

I hope to be blogging a bit more in the future, I seem to always say this, and only come back every few months LOL...let's hope I can stick to this. I'd like to start playing with blogs and doing some scrapbooking blog challenges sometime soon, if anyone can reccomend any please leave me a comment! I've got one place in mind already...but since I dont blog often, and do the "blog hopping" I dont really know what is out there and who is doing what.

Blog candy from my friends!

My talented friends over at the beary scrap are giving away $100 worth of FREE BLOG CANDY! Check out what they're giving away and enter to win! Good luck!

Here is my latest...it was inspired by the children's books "Fancy Nancy" as well as my own memories of my daughter playing dress up as a child...

making fake frosting

Not sure what I am doing wrong on my pics lol...but here is an upside down one. This is my "fake frosting". I wanted to share with you the technique I learned if you dont already know it...I found it on another blog, and will now share it with you. All this is is "spackling", yeah, the stuff you use on your walls, mixed with chalk, spread out and let dry. You can also add glitter like I've done, and to make sure it stays just simply spray with hairspray when its all dry. Wallah! You have a delightfully delicious looking cupcake!

This set of pages titled "You are my sunshine" just sold last week. I thought they turned out quite well, and I'm really loving the colors, lots of coral, turquoise and greens! Too cute!Not quite sure how I got my picture sideways lol...

Love is in the air

   Here is one of my latest layouts, I just sold it on ebay last week! It's titled "Love is in the Air". I think it turned out so adorable. The deer is one of Lapulenta's, the turtle is treasure box designs, and the skunks & lovebirds are precious piecings...and of course, the bears are mine!

Happy Monday...

So I've been a busy girl the last couple weeks...I created two Valentine layouts for ebay, which I will show you later, and started a blog for the ebay design team I belong to Preserving Your Lasting Original Treasures (PY LOT), you should check it out, its still a bit under construction, but so far so good...I'm following it on this blog, so just click on its icon and have a look. My mom came to stay with me on Friday night...we live 120 miles apart, so we dont see each other often. She very much wants to get into scrapbooking, as well she should with the "mini hobby lobby" she has going on in her craft room. I'm tellin ya, she has an expressions and probably 50 cartrages NEVER OPENED! She's had the machine a year now! She's been dying to learn to make tear bears, so I gave her my pattern to take home, and taught her how I do it. She was so excited. It felt good to do something like that with her...I miss my mom terribly. I was going to upload pics...but I cant recall where I put them on my computer. Ill find them another time...or just go to ebay ID: brianbeard79 the two layouts are listed there.

Valentines day creations!!

Hello everyone! WOW I'm posting 2 days in a row! I wanted to share with you that I'll be having items for sale on this website for valentines items, along with my much talented friends...so stop by,check it out, buy some premade stuff, supplies or patterns!! CLICK ON THE TITLE OF THIS POST TO GO TO THE WEBSITE!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Hello, and HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone! I hope you all had a terrific holiday season! We had a great one, lots of fun and family time. I rang in the new year scrapbooking, DH was working, so it was just me and DS at home. I did complete and list a cute little tear bear Valentine layout on ebay! I also made a New Year's bear set with champagne glasses, turned out really cute. Other than that I've been up to nothing much. I am getting ready to start another valentine project, I'll post pics when I get it done. In the meantime, here are some photos of my recent creations!

Christmas Mini Album

Well, I'm all finished with the scrapbook album I started making to donate to our local PTA's craft booth tomorrow. I used patterns from Precious Piecings, Lapulenta, and Myscrapchick...I used a variety of papers...Basic Grey Wassail and tons of Daisy D's (My fave!). The album is a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 paper bag album with chipboard covers...Hope you like it!

Christmas mini album

Hello everyone...well I think I am out of my creative funk. I got wonderful news I wanted to share with you! The PTA has asked me to make something to donate to their craft booth at our town's Roger Miller Festival this weekend! That is the coolest that they thought of me and my work! It literally made my day and made me want to get up and go to my studio and actually make something. I am putting the album together now...I've got all the paper piecings done and embellies out, so it's time to glue down some pages. So far I have the front cover and first page done, its a 16 page mini album, 5 1/2 x 5 1/2, paper bag with chipboard covers...I'm using various Christmas themed paper piecing patterns from Lisa's Precious Piecings, Lapulenta, and Myscrapchick...I've got to have it done by Friday night...so I will post some pics when it's all done and ready to go. See you then!

NEW PATTERNS!!

I think I may be ready to create something today! I love paper piecing...and when I find great patterns it's even more fun. I recently bought some adorable patterns from Lisa's Precious Piecings...she is having a sale! Until the 23rd you can get her patterns for $1!! Here is how you find her if you've not already discovered her...I love her stuff!
Lisa's Precious Piecings Just click on this link, it'll take you to her site!

Another site I love is myscrapchick.com
My Scrapchick just click on this link, it'll take you there!

Some more of my favorite patterns come from my buddy Tara Williams...she has really great patterns too, and I use them alot. Not only does she have great patterns, she sells mulberry paper, pens, and if you dont have SCAL 2 yet, you can get it here! Go check it out!! Oh yeah, great pre made stuff available here too!
Tear A Bear Connection just click here and see what goodies you can find!!

scrapper's block and other things....

Oh it's been so long since I've posted here...I am ashamed to say that I've really not been busy at all. My husband did get a new job, he started last week, and we couldnt be more thrilled. I've got to GET busy and soon! I currently have orders for 14 of my Twilight inspired scrapbook albums and one OU Sooners album...DUE BY CHRISTMAS! I'm gonna be glued to my craft room next month. I have been very unmotivated since my vacation...and its time to find inspiration and get to work. Once I get my custom orders done I want to work on a craft that I'm not great at, but want to be wonderful at...and that is card making. I want to learn different techniques to make knock your socks off cards. I am also dying for Nov 20th when New Moon comes out! For those of you who know me well know that this is a VERY BIG DEAL to me! 33 days left so my blog New Moon countdown tells me! WOO! Here are some pics of things Ive made recently...I've been working, just not as much as normal.

These are my holiday peekaboo bear sets!

This is my Fall 12x12 scrapbook layout

Hello!

So it's been a couple of weeks since my last post here. I cant say I've been busy...I've been LAZY is what Iv'e been. Not creating much, therefore putting me in a "slump"...Time to SNAP OUT OF IT! I need to get to work. I have lots of ideas...just no motivation. I'm thinking of buying some new patterns, maybe that will help. New things to play with usually does! I'm off to cook supper, then to scrap some, working on a few little Christmas items...I'll be sure and post some pics when I'm done.

Twilight inspired purse scrapbook album

This is a purse shaped scrapbook album. It includes a purse "case" and has an accordian style album that fits inside. These are made by 7 Gypsies. I absolutely love these!

This is the "strap" of the purse....it's actually a long necklace, I thought it'd be perfect!

A closer look at the front...

All unfolded...

More of my Twilight inspired albums....

New Moon & Eclipse memory keepsake scrapbook album

This thing is PACKED!!!!