Happy Mail and Getting Packed

So I am getting some fun happy mail - this time I got one of the swaps I was in. A Graphic 45 card from one of gals I swap with regularly. It is gorgeous!

I am really excited though because this weekend we FINALLY get to have an in-person crop! It has been SO LONG! And it is pretty obvious how excited I am as I am already packed!!!

So looking forward to crafting in person with my peeps! So till next time, stay crafty my peeps!!

Still Crafty

My crafty roll continued! I was able to get the last of the directions and finished the "quilt" style layout. It came out even better than I thought it would.

But unlike my pal ShawnaLee, I didn't do a duplicate page with the scraps. I came up with something

completely different. I think it looks super fun. And my niece Bee agreed!!

I also got some more happy mail. And I opened my latest stamp from Brutus Monroe as well. So stinking cute!!

Yesterday was also the day that the new Tim Holtz INDEX launched. It is a great new way to keep track of all my crafty goodies by him. Of course it might also be bad for may wallet cause now I have so much more I want to buy!!

Now that I am on a crafty roll, hopefully I can keep it going. So till next time, stay crafty my peeps!!

Staying in the Crafty Groove!

As I said yesterday, I was in the crafty mood so I decided to spend another day being creative. The first thing I did was FINALLY get to the art journaling class from back in June. I was just so swamped that I couldn't get to it till now. It gave me the perfect excuse to break in my newest art journal.

It is the new Dylusions journal, that has all types of pages - black, kraft and plain all in one book! And I love the cover design.

I really love this journal page. It was fun to get to use some of my newest Distress Sprays, both the oxides and the regular sprays. Cori-Lyn did hers as a coffe page, but since I don't drink coffee, I made mine a Coke Zero page instead. The sprays are so awesome!! Doing the background was fun.

Love how the finished page came out.

Once I finished the journal page, I did a little playing with some of the other goodies I got. I got some fun new pastes from Brutus Monroe and I decided to do some swatches with them with my new stencils.

Then I decided to work on the die cuts and such that I got from the Treasured Memories Tiki crop. It was an in-person crop - I couldn't attend, but I HAD to get the goodie bag! So fun working with all of them - and of course I now have to figure out what to do with them all!!

The last project I worked on this weekend was the last demo that Chantel showed us on the weekend. I only got so far because I could not find the video to confirm the last of the measurments. I will have to get it done once I track it down.

Hopefully tonight I can get the last of the directions and can finish the page. I am on a crafty roll now! So till next time, stay crafty my peeps!!!

Treasured Memories Eh Team Crop - Day Two

Well day two of the crop was just as productive as day one! It was so nice to finally get back to my craft room for more than just a second or two! I started off the day like I said, making cards out of all the rest of the die cuts from the goodie bag. Not only did they turn out great, I was able to use them for the challenges!

I used this card for the Bright and Bold Challenge

And this one for the Lots of Lines Challenge.

Then I made the last two die cuts into these two cards.

Once I got the cards done, I went back to doing the first challenge - Summer Memories. I did a layout with the new Simple Stories Lemon Twist paper line! I had a great photo of me with the kids that I used and I got my inspiration for the layout from the cover page of the paper pack. I absolutely LOVE how it ended up coming out!!

Next challenge was to use a Bold Title, so I used this challenge to create a birthday card for our friend Duncan, since we were headed over there for supper. I used my new Tim Holtz Distress Prize Ribbon spray, as well as some of the new stamps I got. It came out great!

Then it was time to work on the two make n takes. One was a really cute card and the other was a great make n take. As always, the make n takes Treasured Memories do are fabulous!

With the card make n take I realized that I needed more space to showcase all the 3D projects that I have made and I got my fabulous hubby to make me some shelves to display them on. Now I can show them off in all their glory!

After I got all this stuff done, I only had one more challenge to do - Something that Makes you Smile. I had a couple swaps to do so used one of them for this challenge. I made a Graphic 45 card with the Under the Sea paper line. Turned out pretty good I have to say.

I finished up the night by completing one more swap project. This one was another card, but a slimline one this time. That is going all the way to Portugal! I used the Lemon Twist line again and I love how it came out.

It was another great day of cropping, and now that I am in the crafty mood I think I am going to spend the day in my craft room again. So till next time, stay crafty my peeps!

Treasured Memories Eh Team Crop - Day one

So day one of the crop was pretty productive. It was fun to finally get a chance to do some crafting. Work has been so busy I just have not had time to get down to my craft room. But a crop was the greatest way to get back into crafting. Always a blast to hang - even if it is just virtually - with all my crafty peeps!

Of course the first thing I had to do was put away all my new crafty goodies, 

which believe me took awhile!

Then I did the first make n take.

Then I did the first challenge - something Canadian Inspired. I still hadn't scrapbooked the photos from one of the last Canadian themed crops that Treasured Memories did. Back in July of 2017!! LOL

Then the second challenge was to do Red and White - so I did another layout from the same older Canada crop, this time with the whole gang.

To finish off the day, I made the rest of the die cuts we got in our goodie bags - they always absolutely spoil us for a crop!!

So now I am off to start day two of the crop! I think I am going to turn these die cuts into cards that I can give to my swap partners around the world! So till next time, stay crafty my peeps!

Let the Crafty Weekend Begin!!

So I FINALLY am gonna get a chance to get my craft on this weekend!! There is another Treasured Memories virtual crop this weekend and I plan to spend as much time as possible in my craft room. I even got more adhesives today so I am all ready to scrapbook the weekend away.

I also got some fun crafty mail yesterday as well. I got a swap from a partner that took a while because she was in the hospital for awhile. It was worth the wait as it is supper cute - and she sent me lots of goodies as well.

I cannot WAIT to get into my craft room this weekend - I have missed it so much. So till next time, stay crafty my peeps!!!

Even MORE Goodies - Still No Crafty Time!

Well things have continued to be busy - which is great! - but I needed a bit of a break so we went camping this weekend and I really didn't do much crafting. But I did bring my diamond dots with me and got more work done on the Spiderman one I am doing for my grandson! All I have left to do is the white.

Since the weekend I have still been swamped and not able to get down to my craft room, even though it is the only cool place in my house! I have still been getting lots of fun crafty goodies - I just hope I have time to play with them soon. First up a friend of mine sold me her Brother Scan and Cut machine. She won it at a crop and has NEVER used it so I got a good deal on it!

Then I got some fun happy mail - goodies I had purchased from Treasured Memories over the last month, including the goodie bag from the in-person crop that I didn't get to go to. Still wanted all the fun goodies even if I didn't get to be there in person. 

I also got the goodie bag for the crop coming up this weekend! 

I am SO GLAD there is a crop this weekend because I NEED to play with all these new fun goodies!! Cause I got more today - my fun new stuff from Brutus Monroe arrived today. So I will have LOTS to play with this weekend - how will I decide what I want to do?!

But the MOST exciting news today is that registration opened for the Great Canadian Scrapbook Carnival in Edmonton and I get to go, along with a TON of my pals!!!

We are all SOOOOOOO EXCITED that we can crop in person again. It has been a LONG time coming. And I REALLY am looking forward to crafting all this weekend. So till next time, stay crafty my peeps!!