BBTB2 Owl Challenge

BBTB2's Challenge for this week is to use an Owl in your project. I didn't have the cartridge they used, but used the Owl from Create A Critter. This was a perfect challenge, I needed to make a b-day card for an adorable little guy who is turning 1. Creat a Critter is slowly becoming a favorite cartridge of mine.

If you get a chance, stop over at Bitten By the Bug 2 and take a look at all of the awesomness that is there. That is one group of talented ladies. They never cease to amaze me.

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BBTB2 Genie Lamp Challenge July 4, 2010

This week's challenge for BBTB2 was to use the Genie Lamp found on the Paper Doll Dress Up Cartridge. PPDU is one of my favorite cartridges. I'm not really happy how this card turned out, and didn't have time to re-do it. I made it for my sister-n-law's 50th birthday.

Have a Happy and Safe 4th of July. Thanks for stopping by.

Tuesday, June 29th

Someday I will figure out how to post correctly on this blog. Here are a few cards I made for challenges over at Simply Scrapping Crafts. My blog posting is below. I have no idea what I am doing wrong.....

I can not believe how fast the month of June flew by. It seems just as I am ready to enjoy summer, it is half over. The next few days will be very busy for me. We are trying to get away for the weekend, but have to be home very late Saturday night. My sister-n-law is turning 50, and my husband's family is having a surprise b-day party for her on the 4th of July.

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I'm sorry Dear Blog

I can not believe it has been almost 2 months since I have posted anything in my blog. I feel so bad. I have been very busy with lots of things. It seems once summer rolls around a lot of what I have been doing gets put on the back burner. I'll get back to those things once Fall comes. I have been doing a lot over at Simply Scrapping Crafts. The challenges are great and the ladies over there are wonderful!
The latest challenge I completed was for Wacky Wednesday. Transform a tin into some sort of summer kit. I didn't have a tin, but used a cigar box instead. I have a huge supply of cigar boxes. I seem to have an addiction to them. I do find uses for them eventually. I transformed a plain wooden cigar box into a travel kit for my son to use in the car. He loves it. I hope you guys do too.
This is the back of it. My pictures didn't post how I wanted them. Anyway, I laminated the tic tac toe board. I also laminated the bingo cards and hangman cards. A dry erase marker will work well, and easily wiped clean to use over and over again.
The Front:

The inside. I love the pic on the inside. The building on the right is the Klafter Cigar Company, which is the brand of cigars that were inside.

All of the goodies:

Bitten By the Bug 2 is having a cool challenge this week. Use the "Genie Lamp" from Paper Doll Dress Up. That is one of my favorite cartridges, and sadly I had no idea that this on it. Look through those booklets carefully, you never know what little extra surprises you may find! I hope I find a little bit of time to create something this week. I need to make a 50th b-day card for my sister-n-law and have a good idea on what I want to do. It would be great if I could incorporate the card to fit more than one challenge.

Thanks for stopping by. That is if I am still having any one follow me. I'm horrible at updating!

Have a great night!

What a day!

I worked on the scrapbook for my friend today. I started at 10:00, worked until 2:15, took a break until 6:00 worked until 9:00, then made one more final page at 10:15. A total of 18 pages were scrapbooked today. I do see a light at the end of the tunnel. My friend Elisabeth stopped by and took a sneak peek, she got all teary eyed. She said her mom is going to cry when she sees it. The page above is for the Topsy Turvey Challenge at Simply Scrapping Crafts. They are having a huge on-line party this weekend for National Scrapbooking Day, which is tomorrow, well no, actually today, it is after midnight. The challenge was to use at least 2 techniques out of the 5 that were listed. I was able to use 4. The only one I did not use was the flower burst. I don't know how to make it!

The Pens won against Montreal tonight. WOOO WHOOO!!! Game 1 of the second series. Will Lord Stanley be paying Pittsburgh another visit? Only time will tell.

My guys are going turkey hunting in the morning. Getting up at 4:00 am, and back home by 9:00 am because my lil' one has bowling at 9:45. Only 2 more Saturdays of bowling left.

It has been a long day. I'm calling it a night. Thanks for stopping by!

Where did April Go?

Wow! I can't believe we are nearing the end of April. This month has flown right on by. I've been busy. I've joined Simply Scrapping Crafts. I just love it. If you get a chance, go over and check it out. I was referred to it by a fellow blogger who happens to be part of their design team. I have my own page over there with a gallery of my work. Such talented ladies! They rock.

I've taken on a new challenge, which I'm crazy for doing, but I have a hard time saying no. My friend found her mom's old pictures, just laying in a box in a spare room. Well she asked me if I would scrapbook them for her, and she would give it to her mom for Mother's Day. Mother's Day is now less than 2 weeks away. I hope I can do it. I'm not being as elaborate as I would like to be, mainly because lack of time. I can't journal on the pages because these are people that I have never seen before in my life. I am leaving a blank journal section on each page. I've managed to get 12 pages done in 2 days. Tomorrow I am not able to work on it at all. I am making 3 pounds of meatballs for my son's class, Wednesday is their Italian Day and I also have Weight Watchers, which I don't even want to go there! I'm gaining. I know I'm not being faithful, I know what I have to do, but why am I not doing it?

The card that I have made fits in with BBTB2 Challenge this week, and Simply Scrapping Crafts Paper Scraps challenge. Everything on my card was made from using the scraps in my beloved scrap drawer. You know the one it is jammed full of paper that you just can not throw away because you know at some point you can use it. LOL - I'm a paper addict. I can't help it. I love the smell of paper. Donna Mundinger is running the challenge this week. Donna's work is incredible. She continues to amaze me each week. The challenge was to use a "BEE" cut from a certain cartridge, but I didn't have that certain cartridge, I used the "BEE" from Walk in My Garden. Hope you enjoy the card. Please check out BBTB2. The ladies over there are so talented. I look forward to Monday's and the new postings. I am just in awe of them.

Thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Night!!

It's my Friday event though it's only Thursday

Hello Dear Blog,

I am so sorry that I have neglected you, (again.) Life has been a little crazy and a little busy. Easter totally snuck up on me by surprise. I was able to pull it off and we got one more year out of Danny believing. Sadly though, I think by the time Christmas comes around, the doubt of Santa is going to become a reality. My little boy is growing up. I don't want him to grow up. I miss my baby.
Tonight is the last den meeting of cub scouts for the season, followed by the Blue & Gold Banquet next Friday. My heart wasn't in Scouts this year. I was frustrated, no parent involvement. Ask for help, don't get any. I have a Den of 3 boys, with one of those boys being my son. Some den meetings only had Danny, others I had 2 boys, very seldom did I ever have all 3. Danny is advancing in scouts, he will be a Webelo 1, I have no desire to be a den leader after this year. I'm a girly girl at heart, I'm not into all of the technical building crap. I have inquired about another pack. The boys in this pack belong to a different school district, Danny will not know any of them, but it is for the best. At first Danny cried telling me that he wants me to be his den leader, he wants to stay in his pack and not go to a new one. Finally he understands that he will probably be the only one coming back next year for Webelos, you can not have a den with just one kid, and the new pack is run by men, and that makes all the difference in the world. If for some reason Pack 360 gets new recruits for Webelos in September, we'll stay, but I will not take on the role of Den leader. Plain and simple. I'm done. When Danny joined scouts 3 years, he joined, somehow I joined too, I was handed the Tiger book and was briefed on how to conduct den meetings. I had no choice in the matter. Never was I a girl scout, and I don't want to be a cub scout either.
Well dear blog, my lunch hour is over. I'm sorry I neglected you. I also apologize to any of my followers if you are still following. When I post something for BBTB2, I don't blog until after the contest is over. I want the designers to be able to find my entry without searching through all of the mess.
Have a great day everyone!