~Sunday is here, what a great weekend!~

Good morning my crafty friends.

This weekend has been an amazing weekend for our family.

I began the weekend Friday night, it was Becca's

birthday bash so we all met in town and went out for the evening.

Can you believe this is the first time in over 4 years

hubs and I have been out alone? Crazy huh?

It was so fun to dress up and go out for a bit.

We had to dash out early because the next morning we

had a commitment to meet up and help to make 500 pillowcases

for Conkerr Cancer. What an amazing day that was.

It was so wonderful to see everyone work together to

make all these pillowcases for the children.

Here is a list of companies who donated

to the cause by donating food.

Demo's Restaurant in Hendersonville

Chick-Fil-A

Kroger

Publix

and Starbucks

if you know these companies please frequent them

and thank them for donating food to all the hard workers

who spent 10 hours making pillowcases.

*Especially the Middle TN area*

Sadly I took my boys home after 8 hours,

but they were so amazing, they ran fabric back and forth

cut, ironed and all the good stuff :)

On to scrappy schtuff!

Have you been to Dirty Scraps this weekend?

Here is my Layout for the challenge.

I used the Steam Punk Graphic45 papers, and

let me say I am IN LOVE! I also used my PLAID paint

and some Basic Grey.

I will definitely be finding the entire

Steam Punk line and buying it!!!!!!

If you want to find out more about the amazing

emotional challenges on Dirty Scraps

please do visit and play along.

http://dirtyscraps.blogspot.com/2010/09/challenge-18.html

Now I am off to finish up preparing for 2 birthday parties

we are having at our home today! I now am a mom to

an 8 yr old, 7 yr old and 15 yr old....oh how time flies :)

~Happy Sunday y'all!~

~ Thanks for stopping by and sharing in our lives~
~Pinky~

~HAPPY Dance For Glue & More Vintage Prints & GIVEAWAY!!~

Good morning my crafty friends! :)

I was so excited about the response from yesterday's

blog and the vintage brown bags, Thank YOU!

I know some of you emailed me asking for more ready made prints.

I made these using brushes found on Deviant Art (once again)

Now all you have to do is click the image and save it,

then print it off on your own paper bags :)

Private use only please. I checked permissions on the brushes.

My doorbell rang this morning and it was the mail lady

woot woot!~ It was my Glue Arts BOX!!!!

They sent me so many goodies I am so stoked!

I told them I wanted to try the new EXTREME adhesive

and I love the Permanent Glue Runner, it does not dry

and crackle and yellow like other runners I have used.

Thanks Glue Arts!!!!

You know they give away prizes all the time

go friend them on Facebook! The link is here

Now for my GIVEAWAY!

The Ribbon adhesive, let me just tell you it ROCKS!

So I am going to give away one roll to a lucky winner

just leave a comment here and I will randomly choose a winner

on Friday! *You know I always share the goodies :)*

OK I am off to grab some clothing for charity today

and pick up fabric for the Conkerr Cancer charity event

this Saturday from 8:30 to 5pm in Goodlettesville, TN.

If you want more information on these charities please contact me.

My boys are so excited to sew pillowcases for the children with Cancer

and what a great life lesson on how to be kind and live life to the fullest.

~Happy Monday y'all!~

~Have a beautiful day~

~Pinky~

~Too much to title today! Just check it out~

Morning my amazingly crafty friends.

I had an inspiring day yesterday,
I was privileged enough to meet Cindy Conkerr and her beautiful daughter.
If you do not know about this charity or who they are, please do check them out.
Rebecca Peck introduced me to Conkerr and it has
stolen my heart. It really is a great cause.
CONKERR HERE
Conkerr Blog (about her trip across country to meet coordinators)

Ok on to Crafty schtuff!
This is what I have been working on for the last few days...
and I have a story for you! LOL
So I head to Michaels thinking I would spend a couple bucks and
buy a foam wreath for the base of a project for Imaginisce/Purple Cows.
I get to the wreaths bases and hellooooooooo 7.99??? Umm
I don't think so! I have 3 kids with me, an impatient hubby and no coupon.
So I tell the boys to spread out and start hunting momma up a
cheap wreath. Just then I look over and I see a HAY wreath, neatly
wrapped in plastic wrap. OMG YES! Only 1.99 now I can handle that.
I snatch that sucker up and take it home and start working on it.
I left the wrap on because I THOUGHT it would be easier to work with.
Ok #1 did you know that wrap was not permanent? LOL
I had hay all over my chest and down my bra, what a freakin mess.
#2 Helmar 450 Quick Dry is my best friend in the whole world at
this point, becuase if I have to hold or glue one more piece of plastic and
flippin' HAY down, I might die! LOL
All in all I am pleased with it.
I used the NEW Brand new *that's right* Imaginisce To Love and Cherish
paper line....LOVES IT!
I used Helmar 450 Quick Dry (nothing else would have worked period)
SCAL
Clearsnaps glitter
And my handy dandy Purple Cows Freestyle Mouse.
I hope it was worth it. I will have FULL instructions for how to
on the Purple Cows blog this week some time
(they don't tell me when they love to surprise me LOL)

Don't forget the Helmar giveaway from yesterday, you have until
Tomorrow at 12noon Central to respond.
We almost hit 100 fans from
this post and remember what I said OVER 100 I give away more glue!

TOMORROW I WILL BE GIVING AWAY ONE SET
OF CRI-KIT PENS SO STAY TUNED PLEASE!!!!!

Meanwhile here are some flourishes just for your Pens!
Click picture to download.
Flourish pack 2 for cutting


Enough blabbing for me today!
I am going to go relax and bake something I think?!

~Thank you for stopping by,I love reading all your comments
and questions, they keep me blogging!~
~Have a great Thursday~
~Pinky~

~Wednesday, what an amazing day ahead & Helmar GIVEAWAY!!!!~

Good morning! I am so excited today because Cindy Conkerr

(Conkerr Cancer)

is coming to meet me at 10:00am!
What a blessing this will be, I am very excited! I will take pictures for sure!

Meanwhile...do you want to win some V2 Adhesive from Helmar?
Keep on reading! :) Pay no attention to the dork behind the camera! LOLOK on to the "experiment"
Gail had a GREAT question on my Helmar project the other day,
she asked if the V2 spray glue (Vellum adhesive) would stay affixed or if it fell apart like
other adhesives she had used. You all know I am the no BS girl, so I called
Helmar and decided to give it a good old fashioned experiment and this is what
they told me, and what I found! :)

They told me the bond is permanent, it does not dry out and fall off.
I wanted to test it out for myself and share with y'all.
I sprayed the Helmar V2 Vellum Adhesive on both cardstock and paper yesterday.
I left it overnight because I wanted to see if it was going to fall off.
Now this morning when I got up
This is what happened, I tried to tear the Hambly off and it tore my cardstock.
Now remember I sprayed both sides to stick it together and you can see
it is still clear.
*I am NOT compensated by Helmar for this, this experiment is
completely on my own for my crafty friends who have asked me*
Gail, thanks for the awesome question! I hope this
answers it for ya, this Hambly ain't going anywhere LOL

Here are a few FREE SVG files for your Cri-kit Pens :)
Great for drawing, I also layered the flower so you can draw then different colors
on different layers, easy peasy right?
Just click the picture to download.

Whole flower

Inner flower
Outer flower
Paisleys

NOW back to the pink haired chick up above with the can of glue!
Guess what? You can win a can of V2 let me tell you how!
Just go to the fan page on Helmar and be a fan, then comment here
letting me know you are a fan!! guess what? If you are already a fan?
You can still WIN!!!!!!!!
Just let me know you are, heck refer a friend, I might have some other
Helmar goodies up my sleeve if we can get 100 fans today!
In fact I am sure I have some more Helmar goodness here.
Let's do it.
Thanks Helmar for providing awesome prizes!
HELMAR FANPAGE HERE!

You can also win a huge prize pack on the fan page!
Tell them PINKY sent ya, let's spread the word.
The more comments I get and fans, the more glue I give away!!!!

~Off to my meet up~
~Have a great day, send your friends here today!!~
~Thank you for stopping by~
~Pinky~

~The bigger picture~

Good morning my friends.

Amidst tending to sick babies this week
I had some lovely news.
Have you heard of ConKerr Cancer?
It is an AMAZING charity that distributes pillowcases to hospitals
for children all over the US.

“ConKerr Cancer: A Case for Smiles” was started when Ryan Kerr was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer at the age of twelve. Despite his illness - and many, many trips to the hospital - Ryan lived a full life of school, sports and friends. To make his hospital room cheerier, his mom Cindy began making fun, whimsical pillowcases to brighten up his day and put a smile on his face. Ryan liked them so much that Cindy started making pillowcases for the other children in the Oncology Unit. In a short time, the pillowcase project grew in amazing ways and has provided more than 160,000 pillowcases to sick children. Thousands of volunteers from across North America and South Africa have joined in so that ConKerr has more than 100 chapters serving over 150 hospitals.

This wonderful charity was introduced to me and the other
Fiskateers by the amazing Rebecca Peck, and she
really put a fire in me and the other Fiskateers to join in and help.
I was making pillowcases and found out they did not have a coordinator for
the Nashville area, after speaking with Cindy, I will be getting my
coordinator package sometime next week!
I am so looking forward to this journey, even hubby is excited to help.
You can go to the website and find a place to drop off pillowcases
you can donate fabric, you can just cut them if you want to!

So please do check it out, and you WILL be hearing more from
this Middle TN gal very soon!
http://www.conkerrcancer.org/

One more layout from my emotional DT work at
Scrapbooking From The Inside Out
I am almost afraid to share this one...it touches so deep
and I worry it will detour people and my craft work....but this is me
and my life 100% :) so I go on...
I get so many of those comments
"wow interesting" but you know me
it is not an angry layout it is just reality.

I never understood how having 6 children did not help my mother
to stand strong and stop abusing, because for me the love of my children
would never allow me to continue that abuse.
I guess her pain ran a little too deep. I don't think
I am capable of understanding it completely.
I do feel an enormous amount of sorrow for her but also
there is always some sadness in my heart that I cannot explain to
someone who has always had a mother since I never did.

Anyways, that's me today...just wondering and reflecting.
This has been the MOST intense series of layouts I have ever done.
I wish I could say all this to my parents, but since they are not
available to listen I guess My scrapbook is a great place to put it all.

That's it for me today...I hope you look into ConKerr
I know all you crafty people can make a huge difference!
Off to my sick boys, wish me luck! hehe

~Have a great day~
~Thank you for stopping by and being so kind~
~Pinky~