~Friday is here and are my *special* Dirty Scraps!~

Good morning!!!!! I have a special treat today

*shhhhh* don't tell the bosses! LOL

Dirty Scraps has their new challenge up and it's all about
"If I had Known"
I love it and it went hand in hand with my layout
for Scrapbooking From The Inside Out and their kit this month
"COURAGE"

I knew exactly what I wanted to do right away, so
I asked permission to share this early on Dirty Scraps
because the kit was so perfect for this challenge!

I love that SFTIO "gets" my scrapbooking.
I love that people are so excited about Dirty Scraps,
it has been an amazing adventure so far!

This is muy layout, it's about leaving my "family"behind
and how I was so much stronger than I thought.
I wish I had known years ago that
I did not need to take that abuse and did not
have to be with and please all those abusive family
members, I could have left sooner and I would have been OK.

It would not be my personal blog if
I did not give a shout out to my AMAZING HUBBY!
Who is 35 today and has a birthday!!
The man who is not afraid to stand strong
who works hard, who is a loving father and a kind man.
The man who sees past all my BS and somehow sees a
beautiful woman with a kind heart.
The man who looks at me every day and says
"You are so beautiful, I love you"
The man who tells each boy every night, "I love you"
as he tucks them in no matter what day it is.

Love ya honey, you make me who I am today!
I have tremendous respect for my husband and
I hope I am half the man he is when I grow up! :)

~Happy Friday y'all~
~Have a great day~
~Pinky~

~Final day of my ANGER reveals~

Good morning my friends!
I am headed home this morning and so excited to be
able to come home and sleep in my own bed and see
my chickens! LOL

Here is my last reveal for SFTIO and the June kit
I had such deep and meaningful inner exploration this month.
I am so happy I did it too.
These will go into my private journal and it was an amazing journey.

This page is FEAR

As much abuse as I had as a child, I was always
optimistic and thought I would find Mr. Right who would
see in me what no one else saw.

Instead I found a man who knew nothing of love
who only knew of pain himself, which included beating
me and abusing me at one point leaving me for dead.

He was a valuable lesson for me.
I learned to be STRONG and to trust more carefully.
I learned that when someone else is so broken,
they cannot love and help you.

I learned that you have to break the chain of abuse and there
is NO EXCUSE for abusing someone. No matter how broken
you are there is no excuse for abusing someone else.
But not everyone is strong enough to stop abuse.
I am so blessed that I won't be abused again and I will
NEVER repeat the cycle of my parents, my ex husband, and my family.

I hope I did not scare you off of my blog.
I love SFTIO and what they stand for.
They only have a negative emotion once every 6 months, so
it is a great way to release. I feel like I did just that!

~Have a beautiful day~
~See ya'll tomorrow~
~Pinky~

Good morning my friends.
Yes, it's another crafty reveal for Pinky today...

I think this is one of the most "artistic" layouts I have done in
a very long time. The technique I used for the dripping "pain"
is going to be revealed in SFTIO this month.

I am always amazed when I sit down to make a deep layout
how much pain comes bubbling up to the surface
even after all these years.
It has been over 4 years since I have even seen
my so called "family" and it's been 10 years since anyone
has abused me, but I sit here today at 35
and it feels like a distant memory, but the emotion is still exactly the same.

Not as much pain as I felt before...no crying and nightmares
any longer. But the pure raw feeling of emotion sits there
unchanged. I feel sad for them, I feel sad for me as a child.

I sort of thought if I faced them head on
(which I did) and faced my pain that it would all
wash away and I would have a pretty white bow on my feelings.

Instead the older I get the more sadness I feel
rather than anger and pain.
The stronger I feel for sure!

It's all about perspective I suppose.

Ok enough blabbering from me! LOL

~I hope you have a great day and I did
not depress you in any way~
~This is all for the amazing people who need it~
~Pinky~

~Hump Day #2 Reveal!~

Happy Hump day my friends!
Is the week going fast for ya??
I know it is for me!

Hopefully tomorrow I will have some fun aquarium
pictures to share....as we are headed out to the aquarium
this morning...the kids are tickled PINK!

Here is my second reveal for SFTIO and
the June Kit, the emotion for this hot kit is ANGER
So I dug deep and found my anger.

It was hard this time because I finally feel so peaceful inside.

But there is always residue to be washed away.
It seems like each time I scrap a page
with anger or strong emotions, I feel a little bit cleaner
and I wash away a little more dirt in my heart.

Maybe one day it will be pure and clean like
I want it to be :)

Aren't these chipboard flames FLIPPING AWESOME??!
I have some techniques and small tutorials
Exclusive to SFTIO and they are called
Exclusive Content.
You have to check them out on the SFTIO board!

OK I am off to have fun with my babies!
~Thank for popping by~
~Pinky~

~Happy Tuesday- Reveal week begins!!~

Good morning my crafty friends,

I will forewarn you, the next 5 days will be INTENSE
because these are my reveal days for
Scrapbooking From The Inside Out
and their theme this month is ANGER

So....bear with me, it only comes around every once in
a while...but I firmly believe if you can it is wonderful
to express your emotion through ART and to me
scrapbooking IS ART!

Here is my first page with this month's amazing kit!

The others do not include photos

But this one has a GIANT photo (8X10)
Because I feel the battle inside me is so epic.

Please don't judge me, it is extremely difficult to
share these pages so loudly, since they are so personal.
But I do because I know other people feel
the same way it is always a good thing to share.

Ok I am off to have some fun today!
We are having a great week with company.

Yesterday we visited the Jack Daniels Distillery in Lynchburg, TN
I thought I would have no interest in it but I LOVED IT!!!!!!
It was great!
I thought I wold share a couple pictures with ya!
The cave in the Distillery area, so cool and amazing!
The boys had a great time
(it's a dry county so no worries, no drinking allowed)
They loved the ice cream shop after wards!
This picture cracked me up! LOL
Grandpa and Grandson, I love this picture!
Here we all are with the Jack Daniels statue.
It was a long day but so fun!
I was happy to be home :)

I wanted to take a moment to talk about prizes and the MANY
MANY prizes I give away out of my own pocket.
I do this to share the love of crafting and out of kindness.
I always send the prizes off promptly, I believe I have
now given over 150 prizes to on my blog, each time
paying for it out of my own pocket.
If by chance the USPS did not deliver it to you.
I apologize, from the bottom of my heart.
Out of 150 prizes only maybe 2 have not made it.
I am very sorry, but many times I do not have a replacement
prize and I am NOT a business and I do not have much money.
I have sent things all over the WORLD out of my own pocket!
I am just like the rest of you, I do the best I can.
Thanks for understanding and not being angry with me
because it was simply a gift :)
Please take it in the spirit it is intended.
I am only human and do the best I can always....

~Have a wonderful Tuesday~
~Thank YOU for stopping by~
~Pinky~

~It's the 1st again, you know what that means! Reveals, Winner & SVG time!!~

Morning, morning...Gooodddd mornniiing!

It is my favorite day of the month (ok not really LOL)
But I am excited about this month.
I finally get to share all those layouts I have worked on all month long!

Scrapbooking From The Inside Out always amazes me with their
kits and this month was no different. In case you have not
heard it yet, their kits are emotion based and this month's kit was
delicate, beautiful, and wonderful! The emotion for April?
Femininity!!!

I really enjoyed this kit and these papers.
Here is my first layout, I matted each index photo and added
a few frames, of course I used my Helmar ZAPDOTS to pop a few up.
And the V2 spray for the glittered letters.
I also used my Cricut to cut the frames, I am LOVIN that machine man! :)
OK more layouts to come tomorrow!

I wanted to share a couple more SVG's I worked on yesterday.
I have some uploaded on the sidebar that I have not posted here.
Feel free to share this blog and share the files!
If they don't work holler, I will look at them.

Click on the picture to download
This dress is delicate but worth it! So pretty in person.

Ok and on to the paper pack WINNER!!!!
Thanks everyone for playing along with me by the way,
I just love giving away goodies and sharing the crafty love.
*drum roll*
The winner is...
#12!!!!!!!
which is

mommamikki said...

wow this is sooo cool. I have one of those wheels sitting on my desk in my tool holder...now I have a good reason to use it! Thanks Pinky for sharing!

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

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~Thanks for stopping by and saying hey (loves ya for it!)~
~Have a beautiful Thursday~
~Pinky~