The Crafty Lady

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

TIME TO CELEBRATE

Today is Wednesday, May 8, 2013

and YES it is "Party Time" in SOOO very many ways.

My beautiful daughter Madison turns 16 today

My oh my WHERE has the time gone? She is a joy. Quirky & funny, with a quick dry wit, and oh so brilliant....it is so inspiring to watch as she chooses which path in life to take.

I am celebrating my "Gave Birth Day"

Don't you just LOVE that term? A dear friend introduced me to the concept a few years ago. Since then I have never spent the birthday of a child sad & blue but instead celebrating & rejoycing

Today is Fluster's Creative Muster Linky Party

In honor of Madison I am going to feature this layout which I just finished over the weekend as part of the Big Picture Classes National Scrapbook Day Challenges. I entered this one in these challenges:

CHALLENGE #4:
Use a sketch to create a multiple-photo layout. They provided us with this sketch

CHALLENGE #6:
Instead of falling back on your usual techniques and supplies, take a creative hike and try to mix up your next project I created the title in WORD instead of using the cricut or pazzles like I normally do....and all that white (yellow) space....just feels kinda naked....but hey, I'm TRYING to scrap outside of the box!

THIS IS THE LAYOUT I CAME UP WITH

I hope you all find something YOU can celebrate in life today

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Gonna Kiss Me?

Well....I have been scrapping almost NON-STOP since my post about National Scrapbook Day yesterday I DID join in on the fun over at Big Picture Classes.

We were given a new challenge every hour on the hour for TEN HOURS!!!! We have till tomorrow night midnight Texas time to get finished and upload the layouts to the appropriate galleries.

For those of you that know me wanna guess how many layouts I've gotten done so far?

THREE traditional double layouts (one still needs old pictures)
ONE single page digital
ONE "I challenge" project

I'm still scrapping but wanted to share this one....I am REALLY happy with this one, it was for Challenge #5. We were given a sketch to work from (I stuck PRETTY close to it just flipped the title & the journalling strips), and told to scrap about someone we love....this is what I came up with

It may be hard to see on the screen but the journaling ON the pictures was done in PicMonkey, it's the lyrics to the country song "Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or What?"

I doubled up a bit and submitted this layout in two more challenges also:

Challenge #8 - use arrows on your journaling (I did it digitally to point to the ring)
Challenge #9 - journal using your own handwriting....ok, still think it would look NEATER with computer journaling :-)

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Wednesday's Linky Party

Today I am featuring the March layout from
my "Dotty 4 You - Year In Review"

at this linky party

Won't you join me?

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

The Crafty Lady Dream Pop Workshop

Dream Pop is the CTMH National Scrapbooking Month special that you can ONLY get in the month of May. You can add it for $10 with an additional $35 purchase.

After FINALLY finishing our Dotty 4 You - Year In Review, that group of Crafty Lady's has asked that we "do it again" with Dream Pop.

Well I've been rather lazy and failed to pre-order Dream Pop but have worked out a plan. First things first, everyone that thinks they even MIGHT want to participate needs to get Dream Pop in their hands (I won't be able to order extras and once they are gone they are gone - that means get your order in EARLY!!! don't wait till the end of May or you might be out of luck.)
You can start ordering through my website on May 1, for you local ladies call, text or email me with your orders NOW :-)

The Crafty Lady Dream Pop Workshop*

you are going to need 2 packs to complete the year in review project I have in mind.**
spend $70 in May + add on 2 Dream Pops @ $10 each***(YES that order WILL qualify you for the May SOTM)
everyone that buys Dream Pop from me in the month of May will get added to a special mailing/email list
begining in August you will get a monthly email from me with the cutting instructions for at least one layout.
Each month I will offer for sale an embellie/die cut pack (if you have a cricut, Artiste & Art Philosophy, and want to use embellishments from your stash that is OK ;-)****

*The Crafty Lady Dream Pop Workshop will consist of 12 double page layouts PLUS a front and a back page for a total of 26 pages!!!

**if you choose to only purchase 1 Dream Pop you will not be able to complete the project as planned and it will be up to you to make any necessary adjustments

***your $70 purchase must be of current regular priced items. no bulk items and no "while supplies last" (although this is a WONDERFUL WAY to add to your embellishment stash)

**** you will purchase your embellie/die cut packs through my pay pal account. I WILL be offering embellie/die cut packs for sale which include directions

Are you In LOVE with Dream Pop and think you might need MORE?
ORDER 3 - one to play with and two for the workshop

$35 order + $10 dream pop = $45
PLUS
$35 order + $10 dream pop + $5 SOTM = $95
PLUS
$35 order + $10 dream pop = $140
YOU ARE ONLY $10 AWAY FROM THIS ORDER BEING A "PARTY"
At $150 YOU get $25 in FREE items!!!
If you choose to do this DON'T DO IT ONLINE....CALL ME....I HAVE TO PLACE THIS ORDER TO GET YOUR FREE ITEMS!!!!

Monday, April 29, 2013

Dotty 4 You - Year In Review

WOW! I can't believe an entire year has slipped away. It really is true that the older you get the faster time goes by....Ahhh for those school days when I thought "summer/prom/graduation etc... will NEVER get here"!

This time last year

I was still working as a car salesman...well kinda (I was working in the internet department due to the injuries.)
I was VERY MUCH "just a CTMH hobbyist"
I was excitedly getting ready for my first CTMH convention (in Dallas)
I was determined that I would get my CTMH Phd pin BEFORE convention
The "Dotty 4 You" National Scrapbooking Campaign had just been announced

While working my way through the soon to be extinct CTMH Phd classes (hopefully they will come up with something even better). Something caught my attention, it said "You never know....just SHOW your CTMH idea book to someone, they MIGHT be more interested than you could ever imagine". I had been working with all men at the dealership for so long (and they generally just rolled their eyes at "The Car Lady and her little hobby").

Well, the "next door" in my life opened just a crack the next day when I took an idea book to work to show the internet ladies. These ladies were just as smitten as I was with "Dotty 4 You". They all placed enough orders to get at least 3 or 4 packs EACH!

That is when the idea for a 26 page Year In Review album began to develop. It wasn't the first time I had attempted something on this scale but this time I was committing to taking SIX ladies along with me, and THREE of them were so new at scrapping they didn't even know how to use a paper trimmer!!!

YIKES! what a year.....now this year....

I no longer work at the dealership (still dealing daily with mobility issues & pain from the injuries)
That group of non-scrappers have become my friends (and my very first group of "Crafty Ladies")
We are getting VERY close to ALL having FINISHED "Dotty 4 You - Year In Review" albums
I am excitedly getting ready for my 2nd CTMH convention (in Florida)
The "Dream Pop" National Scrapbooking Campaign has just been announced
My "Crafty Ladies" have requested that we do ANOTHER big project with "Dream Pop"

To See what I have cooked up for "Dream Pop" CLICK HERE

This is the cover page - To see more of our "Dotty 4 You - Year In Review" album CLICK HERE

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

A Little Fairy Dust

Debbie (my upline) took this picture of me last year at the CTMH convention in Dallas. Unbeknownst to me Tink was already sprinkling her magic dust of "going to Disney" hope.