Had to share these...

Warning Signs That You May Be A Scrapbook Addict

You may be a scrapbooking addict:

1. If you buy a new pink swimsuit because it matches the pink photo mounting paper.

2. If you refuse to take your child to the emergency room without grabbing your camera first.

3. If have tried to explain the benefits of skipping meals to save more money for scrapbook supplies.

4. If your idea of a dream date is a man who loves to hammer your eyelets and refill your Hermafix.

5. If you try to glue your child's tooth back into his mouth because you want a better "before and after" page.

6. If you think that you must take your scrapbook supplies with you for a romantic weekend away.

7. If you own 8 different tools that cut a perfect circle.

8. If you falsely report your child missing so that you can get the digital enhancements of how they'd look ten years from now from the police department.

9. If you're the only one at a social gathering yelling, "Just one more photo, folks; I don't have enough for a two-page spread!

10. If a regular sandwich is no longer acceptable--it must be cropped or cut with decorative edges.

11. If you try to claim your album purchases as a medical expense because it's such good "therapy".

12. If your three-year-old wants to know if her coloring book is "archival quality."

AND finally....

13. If you write to the friendly folks at Cropper Hopper to suggest a 2000 square foot tote transportable only by tractor trailer.

Kathleen Androlewicz's Awesome Blog - Bowl of Stamps

Golden Years - Poem for Older Folks

Ah, the Golden Years!

A row of bottles on my shelf
Caused me to analyze myself.
One yellow pill I have to pop
Goes to my heart so it won't stop.
A little white one that I take
Goes to my hands so they won't shake.
The blue ones that I use a lot
Tell me I'm happy when I'm not.
The purple pill goes to my brain
And tells me that I have no pain.
The capsules tell me not to wheeze
Or cough or choke or even sneeze..
The red ones, smallest of them all
Go to my blood so I won't fall.
The orange ones, very big and bright
Prevent my leg cramps in the night.
Such an array of brilliant pills
Helping to cure all kinds of ills.
But what I'd really like to know..........
Is what tells each one where to go!

Paper Rose Tutorial

6 Petal Punch Rose Bloom Tutorial, a photo tutorial for paper rosebuds:

click here

Easel Card Tutorial

I found a great tutorial for an easel card:

Easel Card by Beate Johns

Real Disney Princesses

I love this picture and had to share it

Moms Scrapping Weekend

Mom has moved into an apartment and now has an awesome scrapbook room for up to 5 people (I'll post pictures sometime soon). Last weekend she had a scrapping weekend with 7 people (2 of us were in the front room) and these are some of the cards that I made that weekend.

Great Accessories For Scrapbooking or Cardmaking

Buttons:
* as accent
* for sewing
* as an anchor
* on alphabet or symbol
* photo corners
* make shapes (like Mickey Mouse or a snowman)
* with brads

Hinges:
* bind albums together
* us as a pull tab
* create fixed decorative embellishments
* use for hidden journaling
* create an interactive page
* create an interactive card
* can be painted
* distress with black, white or brown paint

Brads:
* attach vellum
* bullet points
* center of flowers
* buttons on a shirt
* Christmas tree bulbs
* center of a pinwheel
* alphabet or symbol
* distress with black, white or brown paint

Photo Clip:
* secure a photo
* accent stamped images
* point to a word, image or accessory
* secure file folder closed
* close flap of card
* make shapes

Metal-Rimmed Tags
* stamp a design
* use as a notebook divider
* embellish the center
* add journaling to center
* use as title of page
* make shapes
* cover center with photo
* cover with Liquid Glass (to make a charm)
* remove center and use to outline something

Most of these were suggestions by Close To My Heart Training Academy.

Tish's Grad Book

Here is the Grad book I made for one of my best friends...

Tish's Grad Book Continued

Card Crop For The Troups

My husband & I went to a card crop for the troups. All the cards that were made are being sent to the troups for them to have cards to send home.



Here are 2 of the 12 cards we made

Great site for "Survival Kits".