~CHA Sneak Peek...Happy Thursday everyone!~

Good morning everyone!
I have been waiting MONTHS to share this.

As you know this is my first year to have
sneak previews and work on projects for CHA
and it has been a BLAST I tell ya!

This is the brand new Gingerbread Banner from Clear Scraps,
not even released yet, it's coming out for CHA

Of course I used my Helmar 450 Quick Dry because it IS
an acrylic product and I needed the PERFECT glue for it.

Also I used my i-rock tool for all the amazing gems...
and they are stuck on their for good!

I also used a new product *new to me*
VIVA PEARL PENS *swoon* love these things!
See the border on the gingerbread men??
That is Viva and it dries in a snap!

And my handy dandy Helmar clear Zapdots with glitter
because every gingerbread man needs a little BLING!

I wanted to keep it simple and show the acrylic.
I wish I has a special 8 foot studio for photographing these.No matter how hard I tried I could not get
the entire banner in the shot!!!!!
It is 2 snowflakes, 4 gingerbread men, and 1 house...and the house
is like 8-10" it's a great sized banner
It spans my wall with the long lace I added.

So, are you going to CHA??
I hope so...if you are PLEASE come by and say hello.
I will have some projects at the Clear Scraps Booth #1707

My home base will be Helmar Booth #1230

You might also find me at Imaginisce Booth #1417
or a couple other places *wink*

I am getting so excited and there is so much to do...
that same week I have to register the boys
for their new school
You know we moved across town and they are
a little upset about changing schools.
But I know in my heart it is for the best.

~OK I am off the boys need food and
they want to go to the pool today!~
~Have a great day y'all~

~Thanks for popping by~
~Pinky~

~Birthday Bash Winner~

Good morning my crafty friends...

I am running late with this prize announcement,
my weekend was FULL!

I have a quick funny story & pics this morning.
Hubby HATES watermelon, I mean he
hates it. He won't even kiss me when I eat it.
In all the years we have been together he
has never cut watermelon for me,
he always wants me to cut it.
Well that man...that man and his chickens.
He found out they LOVE watermelon,
now that man is a watermelon cutting fool! LOL
I went to the coop and saw he had cut the watermelon
for the boys and gave the rinds to those chickens LOL
It was cute and funny.

I finally got to see Eclipse *very good*
My girlfriend treated, I needed a girls day.

Hubby had baseball lastnight,
it has been so fun watching him play.

Today I will be pulling out my Helmar and
the BRAND NEW LINE from Imaginisce....
I am SO excited!!!

Ok on to the BIRTHDAY BASH WINNER!!!!!!!
#18 which was...

chignon said...

I just love sunflowers, it fascinates me how their faces follow the sun! :o) I just love the polka dot top - will you be wearing it at CHA? :o)

Friday, July 09, 2010

Please email me your address so I can get this
package of fun out to ya right away!
And to answer your question, no I won't
be wearing that top at CHA, I did make myself some dresses
though and I will be wearing those :)

I promise there will be crafting tomorrow!

~Thanks for popping by to say hello~
~Have a great Monday~
~Pinky~

~Handmade baby shower gifts and a little more chat~

Good morning my crafty friends!
It's another wonderful hot day inTN.

Purple Cows asked me to make a project
that involved a gift for a baby shower.
I am the first to admit I was stumped.

Then I got to thinking, what if we re-invented the wheel a bit?
EVERY new mom wants to share baby pictures.
I remember being a new mom with a wallet full of photos.

That lead me to think about how to make it more fun!
How to make it more crafty!
But also durable.

Then it came to me...HELLO Laminator! :)

I can make a mini book for all those first pictures...
but also make an awesome HOLDER for it!

So any mom could slip it into her purse or diaper bag
and not worry about it being ruined.

That's how I ended up with this project.
A mini album with a laminated wallet/pocket for the
mini album, that you could take anywhere.

What do ya think? Cute right? I like it :)
Of course I used my handy dandy Helmar
Adhesive Runner and 450 Quick Dry!
*I always do* LOL

Sometime soon Purple Cows will have the full tutorial and step
by step on how to make your own.
That's my project for the day. I am
pleased with the end result..now to find a new mom
who needs a baby book! LOL

~Have a GREAT Thursday~
I am going to bake cakes today for hubsters!
We are going to surprise him with a cake and ballooons
at work for his birthday. Oh he is going to kill me LOL

~Thanks for popping by~
~Pinky~

~Happy Friday!~

Good morning! I was going through my vacation
photos and playing around and ran across
this one I took in *I think* Fayette-ville, TN
You know these buildings are so beautiful
and I wish they were still running Post Offices,
it's sad to see history slip away.
I guess I have an old soul.

We all know this one right?

this is why MOM holds the camera LOL
I have maybe 50 of these shots...of thisLesson learned, NEVER say
"Honey can you hold the camera for a few minutes?"
I have been scrapping ALL WEEK! I am working
on a couple acrylic projects, a new video
and a few more things...

This is another Helmar/Scrap-tastic Layout...
OMG I am in love with the ZEBRA FUR TRIM!
And the Lush Clear Paper...
BTW Never ask 2 boys to hold up some tulle and clothespins LOL
They practically did a carnival ride with the layout!
Bwhahaha, I was swinging and jumping to get a picture.
This is my friend Adrienne, she is sick
right now. We have known each other a long
time and she just moved to TN!
It's funny how life sends you in directions you never expected.
She came from Florida and I came from Oregon
and we met in the middle.
No plans just happened that way.

OK I am making a video today and tomorrow I hope...any
requests? Anything you want to see?
I want your input before I make one.
Let me know and don't forget about yesterday's GIVEAWAY!

I am baking a giant baseball cake today, so
lets' hope I survive and I will hopefully get pictures up tomorrow!

~Happy Friday my friends~
~Thank YOU for popping by~
~Pinky

~Oh BOY a NEW GIVEAWAY! Free SVG's and more!~

Good morning my crafty friends :)

Yes, I was scrapping again last night.
So happy to be home and playing with paper again!

Another fun Helmar project
For this one I used my Helmar Adhesive Runner
& the 450 for the fabric letters.

I was so excited to be able to participate
in my son's play this year (ok I was not in it)
But making the shirts and helping was fantastic!Scrap-tastic has been a long time supporter of Helmar
and when people ask me where to get Helmar
that is the place!

This is another great page from the Scrap-tastic partnership
Helmar has, I love the Prima ADORE and the
Pink Paislee papers!

On to FREE SVG's!
I am working on a project for CHA and

I needed a snowflake but could not find one anywhere
in my stash so I made myself a template
and changed it into an SVG.
So I have snowflake SVG's for ya!

They are much clearer in the cut :)
Just click on snowflake to download

Snowflake
Snowflake 2
Snowflake 3 (use larger because of intricate pattern)
I have not given anything away
for long enough! Time to have a blog drive!

I was so tickled to make it over 500, should we try for 1000?
WHOA Nelly right? LOL Ok ok how about 600 or 650.

While I was in Kentucky I bought a few things
and I have been saving a few items here and there
for a huge giveaway, I am happy to tell you I have an
over 100.00 in scrap supply GIVEAWAY!
And more!
*yes some glue too*

Here is the deal...the more followers I have
the more opportunities I have to give things away!
From the very beginning my philosophy has been
GIVE AWAY what you don't need, buy double of
anything on sale so you can give the second half away.
I might get busier, my style might change, my DT's might change,
but I won't ever change!

On July 1st I will randomly draw a winner....
all you have to do to qualify is be a follower
(as ALWAYS if your already a follower you can win too!)
PLEASE add me to your SIDEBAR! :)
As a blog friend, share me with your friends.
I do surf blogs when I have time and find
so much inspiration on sidebars.

If you add me to your sidebar, I will put your name in twice!
If you blog about the contest I will put your name in 3 times.

I know it's along shot to win but it is a BIG prize
(for lil ole me anyways LOL)

3 ways to WIN!
#1 Be/become a FOLLOWER

#2 Place my Blog LINK on your blog sidebar

#3 Make a BLOG POST about this blog

I will make sure this blog post is linked at the top of my blog
until JULY! :)

~Thanks for stopping by and saying hi~
~As always, I love to hear from you and I read every comment~
~Have a great Thursday~
~Pinky~

~Happy Hump Day my crafty friends....~

Good morning my crafty-licious friends!

Since I did that Layout for SFTIO I have become
OBSESSED with giant photographs....
I wanted to do another layout with my eyes
without the pain and anger, so I made this one lastnight.

*BIG CONTEST ALERT*
Want to win a FLIP Video Camera??
http://helmarusa.typepad.com/blog/2010/06/helmar-flips-video.html
Helmar is having a HUGE contest! WOOHOO
wish I could enter!

Another Helmar page, I used my 450 and Adhesive runner

partnered with Scrap-tastic supplies!

Loving all the lush goodies.

OK indulge this Pink one with a few more
"vacation" pictures...
You know you are the MOM of BOYS when people
come up to you and say "Are those your boys?"
And you think...OMG what in the heck are they doing now!
Well this happens to me frequently with my oldest
I have had more mothers approach me saying that
then with any other boy so far.
We were on a small train (long ride but small train)
ride and a woman comes up to me not 5 minutes after I take
this shot from the from the back of the train and
she says..."You have those 3 boys? is that older
one yours?" I hung my head and said "yes"
She said..."I am watching him hang himself off the train and grab
things from the trees and rocks, he almost fell out too"
Lorday...*HMPH* I got nothing else to say about it
except that boy jumped 10 feet when I walked up to him
and he TRIED to tell me he had no idea it was wrong
but if your not doing anything wrong, you don't jump
10 feet and hit your head when momma walks in!
Here we are on the bus to the train
(hot as heck too!)
He insisted he get a picture with momma too!
The boys took their own...they are growing up fast!

Alrighty then, I was going to take pictures of a prize today
but it is thundering and lightning, so I am going to wait until
tomorrow. Don't forget the Dirty Scraps challenge will
be up tomorrow too!
NEW SPONSOR and a prize there!
http://dirtyscraps.blogspot.com/

Thanks for coming by to say hey!
~Have a great day~
~Pinky~

Hey, hey it's Tuesday and she is back to scrapping!~

Good morning my friends,

I took yesterday off because my boys are officially
*SICK*, so I spent the day at the Dr.'s office and it
was our last days with hubby's parents.
They left at 7:30am this morning....what am I thinking??
NAP TIME!! LOL

I wanted to share a few pictures of the Aquarium we visited,
the in laws were generous and gave us a MEMBERSHIP
so we can take the boys all year long! It was so fun.
They just loved it and we will be going all year!
I will be sitting down and reading my manual though,
to find the best settings for aquarium shots.
I knew that manual would come in handy some time!
Next time I will be prepared, we plan on going
again in a few weeks, it is only like 1hr 45 min away.
A rare shot of hubby smiling too! :) My men!

Now for scrappy fun!
Remember that Helmar partnered up with Scrap-tastic this month?
This is another layout I made, it's from my little man's 8th
birthday, I snapped this shot while they were blowing up balloons.

I made the "candles" from rolled paper and twine.
I also used that pretty Mist on the background to blend it all.
I love the mist because it really helps to blend the colors.
The Helmar 450 works great for rolling paper!

Have I blabbed on enough today? I think so LOL
I am off to clean, do laundry, take a nap
and have some me and my boy time!

I loved the company and we had a great time, but I
am ready for our normal days again :)

I will be back tomorrow....I have some prizes and fun coming,
just need to get myself organized and ready!

~Thank YOU for popping by~
~Have a great Tuesday~
~Pinky~

~Back from vacation!!!!~

Good morning!!!!!!!

I am SO HAPPY to be home....
what a HUGE surprise it was to go into the GA
mountains, with a promise of fishing, home style cabin and
high speed internet, only to discover that meant...
CRAZAY mountain folk *Wish I had the picture*
(drunk and very PINK curious)

Tiniest fish I ever saw but the BIGGEST snake I ever saw and *big shocker here* high speed internet that
never really worked and I had to hike 1/4 mile onto
the TOP of the mountain to get any cell reception.
Which is all fine and dandy EXCEPT we had
planned on using the laptop for directions etc...LOL
Fun and totally hilarious.

I will get to the stories all week but first the drunk hillbilly.
*DISCLAIMER* Now mind ya, I love the south and I
do not think everyone in GA is a drunk hillbilly, no no...I just found
the classic example is all LOL

On the road we stayed on it was a dead end, so I decided
I would *ALONE* drive to the end to explore, I thought maybe there
was a fishing hole down there.

Well, them GA folk don't care for people driving on "their" road.
I waved as usual and a drunk man jumped out in front of the van
sort of growling....but all hunkered down and scowling at me.
I smiled and waved and went around.

When it got dark, I heard a loud knocking on the cabin
door, my MIL answered and it was Mr. Growly Pants,
he was staggerin' drunk, I mean slurring, staggering drunk.
He said "Ma'am I am the KEEPER OF THIS ROAD...*yes he said he
was the keeper of the dang road LOL* and he came to let us know about
a swimming hole down stream and see if y'all were some Mexicans, cause
we had some"Mexicans" here last week and we had
an "incident".
I nudged my FIL and told him to go help mom,
he said " She can handle it she is a librarian!"
UMM?? Hello?? LOL
So he went over and he stood there and they shooshed
him off. MIL proceeded to barricade doors and lock stuff
then. We watched him about fall down 4 times, and set
his beer on the ground so he would not drop it as
he half fell, then he picked it back up and walked on home.

EVERY DAY we found them in our yard drinking and
fishing and throwing bottles down in the fire.
Not very family friendly *EEK*
We took it all in stride :)

Anyways I better go cook for the famz~

*Giveaway Alert*
A friend of mine in Kentucky
http://t42originals.blogspot.com/

Now for a Helmar Project!
Helmar partnered up with Scrap-tastic this month
And this is one LO I created using their products and Helmar's Glue!
LOVE the glittered alpha and Helmar ZapDots

I have more stuff to share, and my in laws leave
in 2 days so I will be back full force then!
I think it's time to try to hit 600 followers
which means GIVEAWAYS!!!!!!!!
*Stay tuned* More stories and pictures to follow!

~Thanks for popping by~
~Have a great Sunday~
~I am so happy to be home~
~Pinky~

~Super Sunday, FREE SVG's, FREE PRIZE, FREE FUN!! ~

Good morning my crafty friends :)

You know it is rare lately that I get to scrap a page just
for fun, with no DT work or kits involved.
I am NOT complaining but last night after my gf
came over and helped me clean off my table, I was
totally inspired to scrap a page, so I sat up until midnight
and made this page.

Of course I used my Helmar Zapdots because I love
dimension, and some old Fancy Pants paper I "found".
I think I was inspired because yesterday was so fun and Gage
insisted I take a picture of him with his team hat.
It was so cute and I so wanted to scrap it.
We had a great day with the party and all.

Justice loved his cake and everyone had so much fun!
Now on to the FREE SVG's.
*click on picture to download*
Music Notes, this one is so fun and cuts into one piece.This Guitar with Wings I suggest you cut it larger
because the details gets blurred if it's too small.

OK on tot he PEN SVG's! These are for your Cri-Kit Pens
or any Cricut pen! Yow know how scarce these files are!
Blossom #2

Blossom #1Ok you stayed with me through all the scrapping and family stuff,
I thought it would be fun to give away a small prize today
A NEW Package of Helmar ZAPDOTS!!!
Woohoo! Everyone loves glue right??
So leave a comment here and Tuesday I will choose a winner
*randomly* if there is alot of comments
I will give away 2 or 3 packages :)
These are cheap on my wallet to ship *yea*

That's about it for me today,
I am off to sew all day...
have a great weekend!
As always THANK YOU for stopping by.
Love your comments and love you!
~Pinky~