~Monday Magic, Christmas spirit is here!~

It's no secret I LOVE LOVE the holidays,

it's not the shopping, the food, or even the gifts.
It is family , pure and simple!
I love that most have a day or two or 5 off, the kids are out of school
and we get time to spend together doing whatever brings us closer.
This weekend we went to the Christmas Tree Farm with friends,
baked cookies while listening to Christmas music, and had
a very unexpected game night.

Since no scrapping was done I thought I would share a few pictures...
This is my son, I gave them all Santa hats, and clearly
he was NOT going to wear one at any cost! LOLThis is the money shot babay! I wanted this shot all year and
screamed across the field..."TAKE HIS HAND!!" LOL
That's right, I am NOT ashamed the scrapbooker popped right out, and
forced them to pose for momma! LOL
So that was just a glimpse of our weekend...
My entire life I wanted to live in a quiet country home ...
doors and hearts always open for company.
This week has truly been a blessing and it feels like home at last.

TOMORROW I will be drawing the name for the Chipboard RAK!
and I wanted to take one second to share with you some fun news!

You know the little tutorial video I made the other day?
The Snowflake Wreath?
Well, I bragged on Helmar in the video because...well honestly?
I love Helmar glue! It works fast enough to grab and stick and it last forever!
I use it all the time when I can find it...
well I get a little email asking if they could feature it on the Helmar Blog!
I was like..."Ummm heck ya!!"
So please go by and check it out!

I would love to show them I did send people their way! :)
http://helmarusa.typepad.com/blog/2009/12/helmar-glue-patrol-spots-amazing-creativity.html
OK back to real life and crafting right?
Today I decorate the tree with the boys and hopefully make some fudge!
Also I have some fun Imaginisce projects coming right up!
~Thank you for stopping by~
~Your words and kindness always blow me away I am truly blessed!~
~Have a great Monday~
~Pinky~

~Friday Field Trip! RAK DAY! Chipboard GIVEAWAY!~

Good morning all you beautiful crafters!

Today, I am so excited to go on a field trip with my 2nd grader!
How fun it is being a mom!

Yesterday I finished my Recipe project for Purple Cows...
here is a little sneaky peek!
Also this week...another project will be going up on Purple Cows...
Clear embellishment TAGS! Using your handy dandy Laminator
OR Clear Scraps Acrylic!!!
Here is just one fo the tags I made, there will be more and a full
instruction sheet for them, so you can try your hand at them!OK now, on to business right? LOL
VIJI Where are you girl?? You won on my blog a KIT!
And I lost ya!
If anyone knows VIJI please let her know!

And for today's giveaway!
CHIPBOARD! BRAND SPANKING NEW CHIPBOARD!
How do you qualify?
Follow my blog!
Also not a requirement but...
PLEASE make sure to follow the Purple Cows Blog and let them know
Pinky sent you! There is only a couple weeks left and I need
a few more people to follow!
50 would rock! 25 would be enough! I want to show them I am working hard
So go here!
Purple Cows
Tell them PINKY sent you and FOLLOW! :)

Dream Street Chipboard mini album!

Cosmo Cricket Buck Naked Chipboard Ornaments!
This is a nice BIG Package!!!!And
Making Memories game board shapes STARS!

So it's a great RAK about 20.00 in goodies!
Please pass the word along!
Will be drawing a name by Monday or Tuesday!

Thanks for stopping by!
~I appreciate every visit!~
~Have a beautiful Thursday~
~Pinky~

~A very Manly Thursday! hehe...~

Good morning, my crafty friends!
I am dragging today...seems my son was contagious LOL
But it's a quiet day so it should be a good day.

Here is my project for today...simple, but heartfelt.
My husband has the best boss, he paid out of his own pocket
for 2 men to come and move us into our new home.
So of course hubby asked me to make him a card!
Well...I just have to say, I am making him an awful lot of cards! LOL
He is a generous man...
This time I wanted the card to be very manly...
so I got out the brown Bazzill, cardboard, and Hambly!

I layered the wood grain Hambly onto the stripped cardboard so the card
is very thick and masculine, it has some weight to it.

Hubby was happy, and for not being a card maker, so am I!

Also I finished a cute project for Purple Cows, can you just says RECIPE?!
and Laminator??!~ Very fun project coming up, and very useful!
OK I am off to lunch with some girlfriends today!
For everyone who prayed and asked, Gage is doing much better,
he is back to school today and seemingly better.
I appreciate your concern, it really helps to have friends to lean on.
That boy will be the death of me! :)

~Ok off to dry my hair and take some medicine!~
~Have a great Thursday!~
Be sure to stop by tomorrow for a RAK!!!!

~Pinky~

~Snowflake Wreath Tutorial and SFIO GIVEAWAY!!~

Good morning, after a tumultuous morning
trying to video tape this tutorial! LOL
I went and set everything up (about 30 minutes) then
went and set up the camera, got Gage all quiet...
started recording...then the dreaded BEEP...BATTERY EXHAUSTED
hehehe
which normally would not be so bad but I had to call hubby
to find the charger since half our belongings are still in boxes!
So here is the Snowflake Wreath Ornament, it is double sided (or can be)
and using scraps is a great way to make it!
Just like the Advent Calendar I used my new favorite glue Helmar 450
That stuff holds wicked good on altered projects!And here is the video how to, it cut short on the end, sorry about that,
but you get the gist of it! :)

Hope you make one and share with me!

You really do have to check out Scrapbooking From The Inside Out
They are an amazing group of supportive women and the kits
are just beautiful and focused on inner beauty and self exploration.
Do you want to win one of their amazing kits?
Check it out!
FA LA LA GIVEAWAY

OK that is about it for me today!
I still have a sick child at home and need to finish up a fun project for
Purple Cows!! Woohoo~!

~Thank you for stopping by~
~Hope you have a great day and enjoy the video~
~Pinky~

~Tuesday zoomed right in!~

Good morning all you crazy crafters! :)
Tuesday popped up real fast didn't it?
Seems like yesterday it was Thanksgiving!
I have a very sick boy at home today and many Dr. App.
We were in the ER Sunday and they did not find anything but he is still very ill
so if you feel the need, prayers are being accepted! :)

Ohhhh boy it's the 1st and I just dug out my scrappy supplies!
This is Treasured Scrapbooking December kit #1
It goes so well with all my summer pictures I could not resist digging them out!
The new owner really knows how to make those colors pop in a kit!

Here is a close up

I am so happy to have my supplies out and to be
scrapbooking again! I am excited to work on a few Imaginisce
and Purple Cows projects this week!

Ok off to the Dr~
~Hope your day is beautiful and happy~
~Thanks for stopping by~
~Pinky~

~How excited am I?!! It is a new day and a fresh start!~

Hey all you beautiful bloggers/crafters!
Pinky is IN DA' HOUSE! hehe

I am offically MOVED and having a ball unpacking...

ok ok not really a ball per say LOL but I am muddling through ok.
We have an amazing Thanksgiving with a total of 13 people here.
Everyone was gracious and kind about the food, and it was so relaxed and fun!
Here are me and my girlyfriends on the front porch before they all
left with their children. It was a great day!I never realized just how much my life would change for the better
moving away from Oregon. The peace and relaxation of the holidays
is 100% worth it. I know it has been a rough move and a trying 2.5 years
but the reward is finally showing.
No worries about running into anyone who might hurt me,
no worries about the stress of drama and pain or facing my past
every single year, just me and those whom I love.

OK on to fun Scrappy news!
A really great friend of mine, in fact one of my biggest supporters!!
She is starting a brand new kit club and let me tell you, she is doing it RIGHT!
It is coming out with a BANG!
You have to check it out!
This is what I created with her DECEMBER kit...HEELLLOOO! Is this not the coolest kit ever??!!
I am so tickled PINK about it!
Now I got the Advent Calendar on my own (it was a gift) plus the ribbons and Stickles
but the rest is her amazing classy, beautiful kit!Oh and the Advent Calendar is the Kaiser Craft Advent Calendar.
In case you are wondering hehe :)

I know her taste and I knew her style,
and I can guarantee this will be one of those waiting list kit clubs!
I am so signing up!
is her kit! I LOVE IT!

So...you want to know where to find this hot kit and new forum?
RIGHT HERE!
http://www.timelessdaydreams.com/
Dolores and Michele started this place and trust me, it's going to be sweet,
kind, fun and very creative! They both have style and grace to say the least.
Check them out....
at least stop by and register or see what the kit looks like!

Alrighty then, back to unpacking my scrap stuff! YEA!'
Hopefully scrapbooking tomorrow, since I have a bunch of work due like
NOW!
~Have a beautiful day~
~Thank you for being patient with me while I got moved~
~Pinky~

~Scrap Fit Blog Hop!!! Still moving *Update*~

Good morning all you beautiful crafty people!
This morning I am checking in because SCRAPFIT is having a BLOG HOP!
And I am one of their DT members.

So if you are hopping over to my blog because of them...
YOU HAVE ARRIVED!! hehe

I was unable to complete the card challenge because I am
knee deep in boxes and my scrap stuff is nowhere to be seen.
I moved on Friday and am still unpacking....

But here is the info/challenge you are looking for

That's right another blog hop and this time you get to meet all the
talented and creative women that make up ScrapFIT!First - there is a challenge.
You must create a Christmas Card using the phrase
"Wishing you a Christmas full of sparkle and a New Year full of cheer".
Post your card to ScrapFIT's blog.
Second - you must stop at each member's blog and leave a comment. You will start the hop at ScrapFIT's blog and from there you will get the next stop -so on and so on. I am stop # 5 on your journey. From here you will go to see HEATHER.
Her blog is http://www.puttingpicturestopages.blogspot.com/
For your efforts - you could win a prize! Actually prize(s)! So in order to be eligible, you must complete steps one and two above.
The ScrapFIT prize is sponsored by Quick Quotes -
an Enjoy Life Journey Mini book kit.
To get additional entries for the drawing you can do the following: For each one of the blogs on the hop you can earn 1 entry each just by choosing to follow them from your own blog. And another entry by joining ScrapFIT's forum where you can chat with the design team and have a little fun. The link to the forum is http://scrapfit.freeforums.org/
The hop ends on Tuesday, December 7th. I hope you join us and play along!

Ok I am back to unpacking, I will return to regular blogging
shortly! I am hoping by Wednesday to have my scrap stuff unpacked
but not sure yet as I have 8 guests coming for Thanksgiving! hehe

~Have a beautiful day~
~I hope you come back and say hi~
~There are tons of tutorials and goodies on the side of my blog!~
~Pinky~

~Friday...moving right along to a new home Friday!~

Today is the day!!!!

We are moving today!!!!!!
I am just too excited to begin our new life in our new country home!
No internet or phone for me until AFTER Saturday!

One of the great perks of being on a DT for Purple Cows,
is their partnerships with other companies!
I am so lucky to get my scrappy hands on all sorts of papers, glues, and other
fun goodies that relate to scrapping!
They sent me this Wild Things line from Imaginisce a couple months ago
PERFECT for my boys LOLPlus you know how much I love acrylic and they sent me
some AWESOME Clear Scraps sheets! *DROOL*

If you want FULL instructions on how to make this Layout
just go to Purple Cows and check out my page.
Every Purple Cows project I have made is on there
with a full project sheet so you can make your own!

OK off I go to move, I will be back in just a few days!
~Thank YOU for your support and kindness~
~Have a beautiful Friday and a great weekend!~
~Pinky~

~Wow it's all coming together so fast!~

Good morning once again!

So many things happening this week!I watched TV the other day and they were getting personal with
a contestant on the Biggest Loser
Well, it really struck home with me.
Some very personal issues came out including why I gained weight and
what was that pivotal moment that really changed me and changed
my life. And I have to say it is NOT pretty, it's really horrible in fact.
So horrible I could not quite get it all out on paper, but I was able to get
some of it out on paper, and here it is.
I LOVE Collage Press and their papers just make me want to
scrap from AM to PM!
The journaling (in case you cannot read my scribble LOL) says:
I bake, I craft, I care, I try....but still I have those days where I totally
feel all the pain, guilt and shame of allowing myself to stay in an abusive relationship
allowing myself to get all messed up, messing my body up
changing my life forever because I was not strong enough to get
away from you to save me or my baby.

Do I feel better after scrapping that? NO LOL but I guess it is a step.

Now on to prettier things!
Take a peek at our new car, ok ok, it's not NEW
and it's in our budget, but it is our second car for the first time
in over 2 years! I am so happy.
This will be hubby's little gas saver for work, and I will have the van to run
the kids to and from school/sports/meetings...etc...
This is going to be a real time and frustration saver!

Now y'all know I will be offline this weekend for sure!
And unpacking next week...so the blogging will be scarce for a couple days...
be sure to check out Purple Cows today!
I believe they are featuring a project I did and a how to sheet!
~Have a great Thursday!~
~Pinky~

~Card Kit WINNER! Happy Hump Day~

Good morning to all you lovely crafters.
I finished up 2 Christmas Projects yesterday!
I am feeling the Christmas spirit creeping on in. LOL

I almost missed this but did you see the Imaginisce blog
featuring ME??! WEEE!!!!!
HERE

They will be posted on Purple Cows in the next couple weeks,
here is a little sneaky peek! I used the Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly line.
And for the card kit winner??
Miss Viji had so many referrals her name went in like 6 times LOL
So
Vijaya Siddharth
send me your mailing addy girl!
Thanks for the referrals to Purple Cows!

Remember crafty peeps
the HUGE Purple Cows Contest!
Be sure to get your entries in!
You can win 5000.00 in product!

Also the Imaginisce Facebook FACE OFF!
Right here!
You can win 300.00 in product!

OK back to packing! I changed our internet and cable
over this week so I will be without internet on Friday/Saturday! EEK!
~Have a great day!~
~Pinky~

~Tuesday is here and so am I!~

Good morning you beautiful Crafty people!
A couple weeks ago I made these Place Cards and a tutorial
for the flowers on them, I used the TS Kit #2
Then for my reveal this week (Sunday) I made some more,
a little less casual Place Cards using Kit #2 from TS as well.
I just love all those Fall Colors!
My new DT gig Scrapbooking From the Inside Out
they are being featured here...
http://scrapbooking.craftgossip.com/kit-club-feature-inside-out/2009/11/14/
and here!
http://northridgemedia.net/blogs/scrapbooktrends/?p=943
Guess what? You can WIN one of their amazing KITS!
You will LOVE these kits and the emotion based ideas around them.
Right up my alley, definitely what scrapbooking is for me.

~Have a beautiful day~
~Don't forget the above kit contest from ME!~
~Pinky~

~Just another Manic Monday....Ohhh ooo...~

I wish it were Sunday Oooohhhh hehehe

Yesterday was the 15th Kit Reveal for Treasured Scrapbooking.
December will be my very last month at TS!
This was kit #2 in November and I LOVED it!
I am so going to frame this and use it in my scrap room.

You know it really is true, I am Happily Domestic, I love
being a MOM and staying home to cook and clean.
I am SO hoping to raise chickens, and bees in our new home!
This will be the first picture to go up in my scrap room!
It has been a beautiful, amazing year with Leslie
she was an amazing store owner and a great person to work for.
Now Treasured in headed off into a new direction and
many new things are happening in my small scrap world.
I am so excited! Thanks Leslie for taking a chance on a newbie scrapper!

This is the very last week of my boys going to school on the bus!
From now on I will be driving them to school!~
Now, let's hope we find a car in the next 2 days LOL
Or the plan will be ruined! hehehe

Don't forget to turn in your Purple Cows Contest Entries!!!

~Thank you for popping by!~
~Have a great week, Happy Monday!!~
~Pinky~

~Scrap-worthy Sunday~

Happy Sunday morning!
We hunted all day for a used car yesterday and no luck.
Since we now reside in the south, everything is closed on Sunday,
looks like it will be after work this week when we get back to hunting.

The Dream Girls have a new challenge this week!
LIST IT!

I made my list about December/Christmas/Holiday time.
I just LOVE LOVE the new Pink Paislee Christmas/Winter paper!
All my blogs will be short and sweet this week due to packing and the move.
I am limiting myself to just a short amount of time online every day LOL

~Thank YOU for stopping by~
~Have a beautiful weekend~
~Pinky~

~Saturday popped up quick! New challenges and contests!~

It's that time again

the next SCRAPFIT challenge is up and running!
'Here is my entry, I love me some Betty Crocker LOL
The challenge was to create a layout using recipes passed down from
someone to you, well I don't know/have anyone like that
so my homage is to my dear friend Betty! LOL
And another FUN announcement!
This one is close to my heart and I am SUPER EXCITED about it!
Remember that place I mentioned a couple weeks ago?
Scrapbooking From The Inside Out
Well...after seeing what they are about, I decided that was the place for ME,
and I took the plunge to be on the DT.
I got the call yesterday!
I am now a SFIO DT member! WOOHOO!!!

Have you seen the new Imaginisce contest? You can win 300.00 in product

just for signing up on Facebook! I am so excited, just click on the picture and it will
take you to the blog/contest and links!

That's about it on the scrappy side for me,
I am packing and buying a car today!
~Have a beautiful weekend~
~Thank you all for stopping by, I hope you enter the contest!~
~Pinky~

~Fabulously creative Friday!~

Morning all you crafty people!
Yesterday was great! I went to my son's school and had Thanksgiving
"Lunch" with my Kindergartner, then stayed for my Second Grader.
It was fun and they were thrilled I was there, I love being a mom!
LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!
I also had a little scrappy time, I made this card lastnight
It's a Thank You Card for my in laws.
I love Stickles! This card has the copper color Stickles...my new favorite!

And I also FINISHED my special project! I am so darn excited
about this project! At first it was a gift from a friend, but then
someone special approached me about making it for her
BRAND NEW Kit Club!
SOOOOO.....I am only posting sneak peeks today, but the
new kit club reveal will be shortly.
Let me tell you, you will love it!
The kits are amazing and the people are amazing as well!
Whatcha think so far?
I am so happy with it! I wish I could do 5 more advent calendars!
I think I need to alter more items, they give me such a thrill.
The neat thing about this project is...not only do I get to keep it
but I get to use it for years to come for the boys!

Don't forget the KIT Contest/RAK on my blog.
Also one quick mention...if you have not entered the Purple Cows Contest
PLEASE DO!
All you have to do is find someone who has a Purple Cows Product and
take a picture of you using it! I mean how easy can that be?
The contest is for all levels of scrapping and is a BLIND VOTE!
Get those submissions in!

~Ok back to normal life today~
~Thank YOU THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for stopping by~
~Have a beautiful day~
~Pinky~