Back to School!

Made these for the kiddo's teachers. Got the directions from Momo's Blog (she's just the best)! My little girl is a SIXTH GRADER! When did that happen? Gotta run, tradition dictates that we go get a hot chocolate for the first day!

Rock Princess Card for Kris

Wouldn't you love to win!!!

Jodi at INKED INSPIRATIONS is celebrating her birthday with 5 wonderful giveaways! This is one of them which I just love! She's so generous! I actually just discovered her blog and am following for sure! Hop on over to her blog to sign up for a chance to win! http://inkedinspirations.blogspot.com

I'm Back! Throwback Thursday Challenge!

I really didn't fall off the edge of the Earth! I've been cleaning my scraproom (which was kinda a black hole)! I've also been enjoying summer with the family. The last couple of weeks have held the Brewclub Campout, Aidan's Cubscout camp, and 4th of July at our friend's cabin! So much fun and great time with friends and family.
This weeks Throwback Thursday from Emma at My Creative Time is all about Animals! I wanted to do a mini album for our friends the Nygards who had us to their cabin and since I had to do Animals for Emma's challenge, it was a double wammy! I don't have Zoobaloo so I used Animal Kingdom to do the squirrel, bear and moose and then I used Graphically Speaking for the Nature word. I think it turned out really cute!

So this was my first mini album using my G (Rose Lee) She had lots of fun telling my E to cut out chipboard! I think I'll stick with using recycled cereal and soda boxes for these. Those cut really easy and didn't make my E squeek and groan!

Clear Acrylic Stamps SOLD

Posted these on here for the Cricut Product Review and Deals folks to look at.

Throwback Thursday Project in the nick of time!

Emma at My Crative Time had another Throwback Thursday Challenge for everyone. This time she went back to the Doodlecharms Cricut Cartridge and challenged us to make a scrapbook layout. The only thing was, the anual Brew Club Campout started at noon on Friday and wouldn't ya know I had a migrain on Thursday...Not to worry, I took my good friend Gypsy (Rose Lee) and spent some quiet camping time with her! I actually had come up with a layout for our Hawaii Album but changed my mine (it's a girls perogative!) and came up with this instead.




Doodlecharms has so many great cuts but when I looked at some of the other posts, most of my favorites had been used. That said, I tried to go in a bit of a different direction. There are actually 2 Doodlecharms cuts here.
1. The trees are the boarder function on page 125. Perfect spruce tree look!
2. The stick frames are made by using Rose Lee to weld the sticks on page 95. (I'm getting more adventurous with each use of my Gypsy!)

My cardstock was all Bazzill, the patterned paper is from We R Memory Keepers (Grandma's Kitchen I think). I used the Stamped Cartridge to do the lettering. I am kinda thinking about doing some doodling on the trees but not sure yet.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed my take on this challenge. Click on Emma's blinkie on the side of the page to see her WONDERFUL sight!

Air Force Pararescue Memorial Ceremony

I was blessed for a time to work as an Air Force Rescue Radio Operator in the Alaska Air Guard. I got to work with some of the most elite AF guys there are, Pararescuemen. They would be kinda the AF equivilant of Green Berets or Seals. One HUGE difference is they are trained to SAVE people. The AK PJ's are all EMT's and all jump and dive qualified. They are a crazy, fun bunch of guys who don't take anyone's guff. Sadly, 2 PJ's were lost on June 9th, in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. Please watch this and remember that freedom isn't free and there are those who will do things, THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE!!