Mocha Monday...

Starting something new today. Each Monday I will post a new drink with a picture when possible. Today's drink is a Frozen P.B. Monster Mash. This drink is made with Espresso, Chocolate Sauce, Peanut Butter and Banana Syrups; topped with whipped cream, Ghirardelli ground chocolate shavings and chocolate drizzle.



A Ghirardelli Milk Chocolate Square with Peanut Butter filling gives it an irresistible look!

Happy Monday to you :)

WITHDRAWAL....

I am going through severe withdrawal....I can't access We Scrap's forum :( It keeps giving me this database error. I have gotten it ALL DAY LONG! I can access the gallery and everything else, but not the forums. I am ADDICTED to the forums! Now what will I do? Hope they get it fixed soon because these shakes that I keep getting are not good for handling scissors and other blades. You know what I'm sayin' here?

On the positive side, I just emailed our (me and my mommy) latest order for Close To My Heart. They are having a buy 2 stamp sets get one of equal or lesser value free until the 11th. My consultant was also running a couple of other specials because it is her birthday month. I love to order new stamps, but I hate waiting for them to come in. The anticipation just gets the best of me....lol ;)

Michael's is having a 50% off coupon for Sunday through Wednesday in tomorrow's newspaper. I am planning on going to get some more of my storage cubes to hopefully be able to start the new transition for the room I have to share with my husband....whom I have "affectionately" nicknamed "Pig Pen"....you remember him right? From the Peanuts comic strip? You know, the one that has the little cloud of dust following him at ALL TIMES? Yep....that's Mike. One side of the room doesn't have a pen out of place and the other side? Well, let's just say that you are really, really lucky if you can find one. Prime answer #1 of why you will never see a picture of my scrap room posted on the internet....lol ;)

Hope your weekend is going well. We are having another stretch of gorgeous weather here. I can't believe it is almost the middle of November!!!! I should be putting up some holiday decorations, but I am crazy busy with laundry. I had been sick for over 2 weeks, so I am backed up on our stuff. Then, my mom's dryer broke, so I told her to bring her laundry over here and I would do it for her. I won't let her touch a thing though. I can't spoil her like she has done for me (she had quite the head start you know), so this is what I can do for her.

Enjoy the weekend!!!!!!

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Just sharing a layout and a card from a DT submission. It is over and STRIKE TWO...I didn't make it. I am usually pretty shy...especially about stuff like this, but I gave it another go right away because I was afraid I may never try again and I so wanted to be a part of a design team. Especially after leaving my beloved local scrapbook store :( As of right now, I think I am going to let the DT-Dream die. I don't want that 3rd strike ;) What I will do now is just concentrate on having fun in this hobby that I love so much. It has been 4 years since I haven't had a deadline and I can now have complete creative control over my projects. What on earth will I do?

"From The Heart" layout:

Products used:
Patterned Paper: Basic Grey Sublime Collection
Stickers: Tiny Aplhas Sabrina and Teal Ledger (Making Memories)
Buttons: Foof-A-LaInks: Distress Tattered Rose and Antique Linen (Ranger)
Chipboard Alpha: Lemonade Stand Ledger and She Pink (Heidi Swapp)
Other Supplies: Journaling Ticket (Tim Holtz); Peel 'N Stick Fabric (Delta); Zig Pen

Journaling: I think from the heart, I feel from the heart, I love from the heart...all things that you taught me. I am so thankful for you and proud to be your daughter.

Happy Birthday To You Apple Card:

Products used:
Card: Darice
Border Punch: Fiskars
Twine: Darice
Cardstock: Unknown (using up scraps)
Patterned Paper: DCWV
Stamps: Imaginisce (Apple); CTMH (sentiment)
Ink: Archival Jet Black (Ranger)
Brads: Doodlebug Beetle Black
Other supplies: Tim Holtz Alcohol Inks (Ranger); Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Refillable Pen (Ranger)

Colored the apple with alcohol inks. Those alcohol ink markers are genius! Coming from Tim Holtz would you expect anything less? If you haven't tried them yet, you definitely should. Fun times...fun times :)

Happy "It's Almost Friday" Thursday :)

Date night?

ok...so we are getting older and it wasn't so much night as it was late afternoon. No matter what time of day it was a date. No work, no cell phones, just me and Mike for 2 hours by ourselves at the movies. Seriously by our selves....there was not a single other being in the theater with us. It was great! When I didn't hear something I didn't have to poke him and give him my crinkled up confused face for him to lean over and whisper what just happened. Nope. All I had to do was ask...out loud...it was great! Of course I had to have popcorn. I chomped on that before the movie started and my blood sugar dropped (we have no idea why that happens, but EVERY time I have popcorn, my sugar level drops). We were prepared with the Fruit Punch, and leftover Skittles from Halloween in my purse. Have Skittle, will travel ;) So, I am soooo glad I decided to eat before the movie (we were early) because I was unable to do so during the movie. We went to see Saw VI. That's right....date + gore = constant snuggling :)

You know I had my camera on hand and since there was no one there to think I was a goober (except my husband who already knows that I am) I snapped away.

YUMMY!!!!! An hour after the movie is when I craved the popcorn the most. Doesn't it figure?

FREE class!

If you haven't done so already, RUN and sign up for this FREE class from Jessica Sprague! I took the Stories In Hand class that she offered last year and it was FABULOUS!!!! It is also SELF PACED. Whoo hoo! NO PRESSURE :) It was a great experience and I HIGHLY recommend it to all. Remember...I did say it was FREE. Sign ups start today and the class starts on the 16th. Hope to see you in the forums :)

"13 Days Of Halloween"...Day 13...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO ALL!!!!!

I had originally planned a mini album for this 13th day, but then I got smacked with tonsillitis that turned into the head cold from hell. Needless to say, since I could not get out of bed most of the week, I did not get it finished :( I will post it, however, when I do get around to finishing.

Thankfully, I had made some extra projects :)

Glimmer Misted Pumpkin Card:

The card itself, the tulle and the oval circles for the pumpkin were all sprayed with a combo of 4 different Glimmer Mist colors.

Close up of the faux barbed wire (I learned this trick from Mr. Tim Holtz....just some wire and staples):

Supplies Used:

Card: Darice

Cardstock: unknown (using up scraps)

Stamps: Close To My Heart

Inks: Archival Sepia (Ranger)

Wire: recycle from packaging

Tulle: Michael's

Glimmer Mist (Tattered Angels): Sunflower; Candy Apple Red; Golden Terra Cotta; Coffee Shop
Other: Pop Dots; Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher

Hope you all have a safe and Happy Halloween :)

"13 Days Of Halloween"...Day 12...

One more day to go until we indulge in the Halloween gluttony! I am STILL sick, but will be passing out candy drenched in anti-bacterial hand sanitizer. It is fragrant, so it's not too bad. Hopefully it doesn't attract vampires (unless their name is Edward Cullen...lol).


Frankenstein Box with handle:


Side view so you can see his bolts that are made from spray painted tacks:


Bolt close up:

I first stuck the tacks in foam and spray painted them silver. All I had at home was clear ones and that simply wouldn't do. I used Krylon Short Cuts which dried to touch in a little less than 30 minutes. One coat was all it took. Next, I cut the sharp part off with wire cutters and sanded the sharp edge down a bit. I didn't worry too much about it because I attached it to the box with the thick craft glue dots. It covered up the stub leftover.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: Darice

Punches: 1/2" Circle (EK Success)

Other: Coluzzle Box Template; Silver Spray Paint (Krylon Short Cuts); Tacks (Wal-Mart); Zig Marker; Uniball Signo White Pen

Happy Friday...that's right, it's Friday....Whoo hoo!!!!!