Well, things have been busy since I was accepted to be in the mentoring progam at The Scrapping Garden. It has been so much fun yet a tad challenging. The first lesson is quite easy but I added a little challenge by doing the lesson on my new CS3 program. We were to keep it simple and only add a tad of texture if we wished. Scroll down and you will see a few of my better papers. I am intending on making several more so I have a good variety to choose from to hand in. We all have decided to do a mega kit together and this will help to introduce us all as new designers after the class is finished. This is the first class so we do not know how long it will last etc. They will be working out all of the bugs with this class so our input is crucial to the program.

I wasnt feeling to well yesterday so I went to bed early around 8:00 PM and slept really well unitl 6:00 am when I got up to get my son ready for school. I went back to sleep until 11:30 am so I am feeling really good today. I went to get my hair cut finally and it came out really cute. I just hope I can maintain the haircut halfway decently. It is funny how my hair can dictate the type of day I am having. I am sure alot of you can relate to that. Tommorrow I go back for a manicure and a Pedicure. I have never had a Pedicure before so we will see if I like someone messing with my feet or not. Everyone tells me it is divine. My feet may scare her though! lol She is probably use to it. I also stopped a blockbuster and got several movies. It is the time of year that I need to make all of my gifts for Johns teachers etc. I found a really easy ornament cover on the internet that I think I will use. I will be able to get a lot finished quickly. I think those are what I am going to work on to sell at bazaars. I havent seen any of then anywhere. They are so beautiful. People always seem so happy to get them as gifts. I have several I have made for my own tree. They are beautiful and I always get comments on them. Also, you can very the patterns to have all kinds of price points so people will definitely be able to afford one. Make lots of the more inexpensive ones and make some of the more expensive ones to show and I am sure I will sell them once in a while. They also make lovely bridal gifts etc. I will take some pictures of them and post them as I make the different ones.
Well, like I promised here are my papers. Remember these are previews only please do not copy them as they are copyrighted. They will be available to purchase sometime in the future. If you are interested leave a comment and I will email you when they are available. Thanks for coming to visit me. Aloha for now.

I just found out some awesome news! I submitted to be in The Scrapping Garden Mentoring 101 Program and was accepted! Classes start next week I was so excited and feel honored to be part of this program. After the program is over I am commited to be exclusive for The Scrapping Garden for a year. My dream of becoming a designer is going to come true! I am so so excited! Oh yeah did I tell you I was excited!! lol Yes, I am excited!!!! Monday evening is a meeting to explain about the program. I cant wait.

Today I went to a craft fair at the school where my husband works. I am glad I decided against going this year. There were so many painted items there this year. I didnt see any beaded ornament covers so I think I will work on those over the next year and Try those. I kinda got an idea on pricing so I feel It will work. It will be fun and I really like making those beaded covers. I also did not see any off loom weaving there either so I could through in a couple of bracelets maybe. It is worth a shot and if they do not sell I can keep them for me or give them as gifts.

I might even try to sell some digital work too. We will have to see. I did see some scrapbooking there but not anything like what digital scrapbooking is.

Well, I am off to take a nap now.

Well, today is November 1st. That means Thanksgiving is just around the corner. I am still back in January 2007. What happened to this year? It seems that every year goes by faster and faster.

Last week was pretty crazy for me emotionally. The fires in San Diego kept me up nights. My parents had to evacuate for a whole week! When they came home their house was still there. I witness to the fire said that it rolled over my parents house like a tidal wave. A huge bubble of air protected my parents house from serious damage. When we prayed for my parents my husband asked for God's loving hand to save my parents house from damage. If you werent a believer before I guess you would be now. Especially from what the eyewitness said. I can visualize the air being God's protective hand over my parents home. My parents are righteous people who have done God's will all of their lives. Helping others and rasing righteous childern in God's ways. We are eternally grateful to God for sparing my parents home. To this date my father is still working to help those who did lose their homes. He is commited to God's people to help in their time of need.

I seem to be feeling better which is a great blessing for me. I am living a pretty boring life right now trying to keep my stress down which will flair up my fibromyalgia. Keeping warm also is a key.

I have been working hard on learning new skills. I took a week off from all of my CT teams that I am on and worked on paper scrapping and tutorials for my CS3 program. I learned how to make customized shadows which make things look way more realistic and making ribbons and ric rac. I havent had as much time as I would like to design but I will be hopefully having more time soon. Part of my issue is sleeping too much. I just dont seem to sleep when I am supposed to. So what happens is I am not getting out of bed until noon which is bad. I keep trying to do better but am having a terrible time breaking this habit. I think what started it was when I was reading the Harry Potter books and staying up half the night. I would sleep in and I think that has really screwed up my internal clock. I have a few things to share with you. A couple of stickits and some layouts that I have made in the last couple of weeks, so make sure to scroll down to check them out!

I also have started on my Christmas painting this past week and hope to have some nice new decorations done for the house this year. I also think that I am going to start to narrow down the things that I am painting and paint those things that way it will be better to do shows etc. I really need to get going and get some bazaars scheduled for next year and maybe this summer.

I know this is a long post but I havent blogged for a while so I need to get all caught up.

I think we have finally narrowed our search down for our live-in travel trailer. I think we will be ready to purchase it around this time next year. We will need to buy a new truck. A one ton because this is a 30+ft fifth wheel. It is beautiful. We will be able to go and take a look at them on Sunday to make our final decision so that they will make sure to have one when we are ready to buy. I will take pictures to share.

Well here are the layouts and the stickits that I promised.

Country Harvest Stickit Preview:



Here is the download. All I ask is that you abide by the Linda's TOU.

http://www.4shared.com/file/28067964/6c415e66/Country_Harvest_Stickit.html

Whew! That was work! I forgot how to link to my 4shared account! Old age again! lol

This stickit was made from Linda Cumberland's Country Harvest. You can find these awesome kits here: http://scrappinggarden.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1460 and here: http://scrappinggarden.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1459

The second stickit is from Linda Cumberland's Come Autumn Kit. I love these two Autmun kits for the Country feel they have. Here is the stickit



This stickit is one of my most favorite layouts that I have done so far. I am learning more and more every day on how to make my layouts more realistic. The belt has a custom shadow that I just recently learned how to do. Fun, Fun. They more I learn the more addicted I get to this awesome art of digital scrapbooking! Okay, now for the link to this stickit.

Again I ask that you abide by Linda's TOU. Dont share this with your friends please send them to my blog to download it for themseleves.

http://www.4shared.com/file/28067529/7f861ebb/Come_Autumn_Stickit.html

You can find the Come Autumn Kits at The Scrapping Garden, here: http://scrappinggarden.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1496
and here: http://scrappinggarden.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1495

Enjoy your stickits! Hope you have a great day. In the next few days I will be posting the pictures to the beautiful fifth wheel that we will like to buy this time next year! We are so excited and I think you will to when you see it! It has everything that we were looking for and needed for us and John Paul.

I am having a hard time getting going again after being sick. I seem to have no motivation and want to sleep all of the time. If I dont snap out of it soon I am going to go to the drs. to have him check my thyroid. It just seems like if it isnt one thing it is another. It seems like us creative people have a hard time with our health or other issues going on. I guess it is the plight. Every thing else seems to be going okay. I have started on my Christmas presents. I am a little behind this year so I hope that I can get them all completed. I am taking a week break from doing peoples CT so that I can focus on things here at home and hopefully get back on track. I am hoping to have another freebie available soon and will also post some more layouts. Linda Cumberland has a few more kits available. I have been making layouts for one of them. I will post them when I am finished. Well, I hope you all have an awesome day and I need to get back to John Paul. He is home today and tomorrow because they have confrences at school. So it is a long weekend this week for me because Dean is working on Saturday. Hope to get a freebie posted by the end of the weekend so make sure and check back!

I am starting to feel a little bette now. I have had a couple of weeks of headaches and upset stomaches on and off. It makes it rough to do anything Creative. I know some of it is being out of one of my medicines. It has just about taken the Titanic Sinking to get it re-filled. I dont know who dropped the ball my Pharmacy or the Drs office. At a certain point you dont care anymore you just want your medicine.

Speaking of medicine John Paul is going through a rough patch of not wanting to take his medicine. It has caused some major upset in our family. I hope it is just a phase he is going through. Some of his medicine will land him in the hospital if he doesnt take it. On the other hand he is 18 years old and the law says I cant force him to take it so it can get pretty frustrating around our house in the mornings and evenings.

On to a better note I got some great pictures this weekend and am looking forward to doing some more digiscrapping. I also need to get some work done on my sisters vacation album both paper and digi. She has so many pictures I am doing both. It has been so much fun putting both these albums together for her. I also have been thinking about my Christmas Cards and other various Christmas projects I need to finish. It can be depressing if I dwell on it too long. It just seems as though I am never going to get them done in time. Wow, Im on a real bummer today. All negative. I probably should just stop. Dont want to get you all negative.

One good thing is my son emailed me last nite and told me he got orders to San Diego which means he will be very close to the rest of the family and a lot closer to home. I hope this means that we will see him more often. Especially my parents. They miss him so much. My sisters kids and him are pretty close in age so hopefully he will spend some time with them also.

Well, as they say if you dont have anything else good to say then go away!! LOL I will post a few more layouts and then be done for today.

Here is a layout of John Paul and our dog Pierre. I happened to be riding in the back seat trying to get a snooze and caught these cute pictures of the two of them over the front seat:


There is nothing like a boy and his dog!

In the above layout I used Linda Cumberlands About
a man kit. I love that kit so much! It is very versitile
You can get it here: http://scrappinggarden.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1201

Here is another layout with John Paul in it. This one has a cute story behind it. He was out in the backyard swimming in his pool. Dad stepped in the house really quick to get the camera
and in the meantime JP thought the dirt looked more fun. I laugh every time I see these photos! I keep scrapping them over and over because they are so great! John Paul had a blast until Dad had to hose him down and then he did not think the cold water was any fun!



I love all of the depth in this layout. It almost looks like a shadow box. I used Beth Kern's Mini Kit My Boy. You can find it here: http://www.oneofakindscrapz.com/store/product.php?productid=17481&cat=0&page=3

Keep coming back to check I should have another freebie to offer you by the end of the week.
Thanks so much for stopping by!