~Sweet RAK-EE Day Sunday~

Have you played on DreamGirls Lately??

They had a FUN FUN Contest this week! Love it.
It was to make a LO in B&W and use the word NEW in the journaling or title. The ONLY exception for color was handmade embellishments....well I had been wanting to try to make my own lollipop flowers so this was the perfect opportunity.
I love challenge blogs and this one is my favorite. You should drop by and play along!

OK now on to the RAK!
One of my favorite products of 2008 are the TINY alphas! You get almost 500 in a pack for only 2.99 and I found these for 60% off!
I have used them on MANY Lo's!
So One lucky blog comment will win these and a package of
AMY BUTLER K&CO Embossed stickers.

Have a great Sunday
~Pinky~

~Super Saturday~

OK maybe is I was Wonder Woman! LOL
I did spend the evening sewing and scrapping, so I have been able to get work done.
But the boys being home just halts all my "me" time.
This LO and sign I made are from the Kit in Treasured Scrapbooking, I made them for my DT work and let me tell you I am IN LOVE with this stinking kit!

I have never scrapped with kits, not until I became a DT and I am so lucky!
I now want to be on 100 DT's LOL j/k
I just love kits! I may never go back!

Oh and check in tomorrow....I have a RAK Rak RAK!

Have a great day
~Pinky~

~Oh The first Friday of 2009~

Am I ready for the New year?? Yes....am I ready for today? NO! LOL
This Layout I did from the TS January Kit Lotus and as soon as I got it I knew just what I would do, I did 3 layouts and 2 altered items in 2 days! I just loved it!

This LO is one of 3 I am doing with 8X10 sepia toned photos of the boys for my hallway wall.
I will frame if I ever get to the store to buy 12X12 frames!

Aymee will be runnign the show in Just Scrappin'
this month to give me a few minutes to catch up with everything.
Thank you Aymee.
And we will have TWO 1 hour contests
So check the board!
WOOHOO
Have a beautiful Day
~PInky~

~Happy New Year to all~

I have been waiting for this day ALL week!
Leslie sent me a YUMMY kit this last week and I have been dying to share the creations!
So as soon as the gallery is set up I am rearing to go!
I have a few Lo's and a couple altered items as well. YUMMY!

This is a LO I did for the monthly challenge at Treasured Scrapbooking.
I do not do resolutions, but I love to wipe the slate clean every year and start fresh, so my challenge is to do a LO about the hopes and fresh positive view you have for 2009.

Cheesy yes, but heck why not have a little cheese to bring in 2009! hahaha
Happy New Year!
~Pinky~

~The Disturbed Scrapper~

************I will just warn you now, if you do not want to see an R rated Lo then please tune in tomorrow. This will be an R Rated post~**************



If you know me or have seen my work before, you know I scrap my life as is.
For some scrappers it is all about capturing those precious beautiful moments and having a happy loving album. For others it is about recording life.
For me, it is therapy and leaving my story behind for others to see.

Now this is the FIRST page ever, that I had to walk away from because I was so ANGRY making it I wanted to hit something. It is about how my EX husband broke my back several years ago.
Actually he knocked me unconscious in the bathroom and when I woke he was so angry I passed out, he said I was faking it so he threw me down and kicked me so many times, I do not remember, then he broke a chair over my back and beat me until I passed out again.

I spent 3 months in therapy and the hospital.
I have back pain every single day. Some days it is BAD some days it is bearable.
Lately it has been unbearable and I have been grumpy from it. I wake grumpy
and go to sleep grumpy.
My husband now is so understanding but it pisses me off.
The Guttergirlz Prompt got me thinking and I make this page.


IN case your curious the journaling says

I am so f*king tired of waking up every single day knowing I will be in pain all day long
and it will never change. Yet YOU walk free and upright.
I wish when you threw me down and kicked me until I passed out, I would have stood up and some sort of monster would have arisen in me and you would have been on the floor.
So I blame myself 2, How sick is that?
Well, you did it.
You broke me.
My back and body cannot be fixed.
But guess what asshole? I still have my mind and my spirit.
I might be pissed today but I can live with myself. So ROT IN HELL!

(second journaling spot)
Ya 11 years and it still F**king hurts!! It's hard to trust God knows what He is doing.
But he must or Bill would have killed me that night.

Oh and all of the supplies I used came from the #2 kit in Treasured Scrapbooking and items from the store. Can you believe I got the paint and 5 other bottles for 2.50?? Love TS stuff!

Every year I make my FIL a card and struggle with it more than any layout LOL
It's the whole card and masculine thing.
But I am happy with it. I used the Kit #2 from last month at Treasured Scrapbooking.

I will be mailing out prizes for Just Scrappin' and this blog tomorrow.
I have them packaged and ready to go.

I just cannot believe it is almost 2009.
I am ready scrap-wise but everything else...well I just need a few more days! LOL
I did start cleaning my scrap room which technically should be called my Pig Stye,
until last night
Hubby was a doll and took down all my decorations...woohoo...getting clean and ready for the New Year!

Thanks for stopping by
~Pinky~

~Spoiled Sunday~

Ever have one of those days where you just KNOW and FEEL how blessed you are?

OK I am officially spoiled from Leslie's kits! LOL
I went to scrap on my own and this is what I came up with, or maybe
it is because I am still in Christmas mode and not Thanksgiving.
Every Thanksgiving and Christmas, we get out our "red goblets"
or red "goblins" as my son calls them.
and our pretty snowman plates.
My son is just enamored by the red goblets, he freaks out...insisting they be filled with ice water immediately! I am so scared he will break them but for 2 years now....
they have managed to survive LOL
It is so cute and definitely one of our family traditions.
I think I will journal it all on the back of the LO.
This one was so minimal.

I found a super deal at Micheal's yesterday! Man, Oh man!
FaLaLa Tiny alphas for 1.50!
I am going back to buy more today so I can RAK them out!
So look for some fun tiny alphas next week! WOOHOO!

Ohhh....and a winner for those fun PINK Rain Dots!!
Marilyn said...

Woo Hoo Pinky!!!! Way to go! I can't imagine how excited you must be, I am excited for you!

December 27, 2008 4:09 PM

Marilyn PLEASE send me your address!

Thanks for coming by everyone else.

As always I wish I had 50 packages to give away.

Have a beautiful day

~Pinky~

~Very Exciting Saturday~

Well, did you miss me?
I know I missed a few days of blogging, due to the holidays and family time.
I always feel so bogged down the day after Christmas.
But today I woke up to a great surprise email!


Hello! We are emailing you to let you know that the following project(s) you submitted to Scrap n' Art have been picked up for publication in our January/February issue:
Good Wet Fun
Do you remember?
What You Stole
Big Boy
Please remove this/these project(s) from any online blogs, galleries, or forums until March 1st, 2009. You will be able to download the Jan/Feb issue of Scrap n' Art on January 1st at www.scrapnart.com

PLEASE be sure to download Scrap'N'Art on the first!
It is FREE!
So not 1 or 2 but FOUR Lo's accepted for submission! WOOHOO! That makes me HAPPY!
And in the spirit of Giving and The New Year, I decided it was high time I did another RAK!
So how about some RAIN DOTS in my favorite color??!! PINK!

Leave a comment here between now and Sunday at 12noon and I will choose a winner tomorrow.
IF by chance you want to leave a comment for someone else as well as yourself, then go right ahead. They will have a chance as well but you will need to be able to provide info for me to mail it!
Oh and I did scrap last night! WOOHOO!
So it's a good day.
Happy Holidays!
~Pinky~

~Christmas Eve Day!

I just want to say to everyone who stops by here to visit me.
Thank YOU ALL!
And I wish you from the bottom of my heart....
a VERY
MERRY
CHRISTMAS!!!

Thank YOU for chatting with me throughout the year, and giving me
the encouragement to keep on crafting and spreading the crafty cheer.

~Love and well wishes~
~Pinky~

~Terrifically festive Tuesday~

This is a series of Layouts I am working on. All have 8X10 photos and I will
be framing them for my wall. I think down the hallway would look nice.
They all have a more toned rustic look. Soft browns and subtle shadings.
So far I am pleased with the look.
I did not want to embellish much, I wanted ALL the focus to be on the photos.
I will share all of them when the DT stuff comes out in January and the last one is published.

Its just about time for Christmas Eve.
I have butterflies and am excited for my boys, every year I get the same giddy joy.
This is what I made yesterday
PB and Chocolate fudge. Event he husband eats it! And he is a picky B*** hehehe

Merry Christmas!

~FREAKY MONDAY~

Well bless my socks, I had a fun surprise this morning!
I am FREAK OF THE WEEK on ScrapFreak!
One of my favorite sites to play on.
It's relaxed and fun.

I did an interview for it and posted a couple of my Fave Lo's.
Fun stuff! I love my online buddies!

Now today I plan on baking for Christmas Eve and spending some time with my boys.


I did scrap 3 pages and 3 altered items this weekend but it is all for the January DT at Treasured Scrapbooking.
So, no sharing just yet...
Ok maybe one sneak peeK??Or two??

Have a GREAT Day and Merry Christmas!
~Pinky~

~So proud Saturday~

I am so happy today!
For the FIRST TIME EVER, my 5 yr old son spoke to Santa.
I have never in his 5 years gotten a picture with him anywhere NEAR Santa.
Even last year he would NOT go near him, not his chair, his lap, his freakin gift bag!
NOTHING!
This year, he said "NO" , but....when we got there, he shocked his momma.
He walked right up and sat down beside him and said
"I want a Thomas The Train Canyon Track set!"
He smiled and repeated....Santa did not understand so I said it clearly.
He stayed and smiled for pictures, then got up happy as can be!

YEA!!!!! This is a HAPPY Tired momma tonight!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!
~Pinky~

~Frisky Friday~

Are my boys full of personality...or what??
I ADORE this picture.
Hubby did NOT understand why...Oh why?? Did I have to take 40 shots....I calmly explained...because inevitably only 1 or 2 out of the 40 will even be usable.
And sure enough...I had TWO shots that I could use!
And no we are not the Norman Rockwell painting family....or even the Cleavers, or the Harriets (yea getting old school on ya aren't I?! I mean who under 50 BUT me remembers Ozzie and Harriet??)
But we are happy, and my children are not the quiet timid boys, they are active, crazy, happy and these are the moments I TREASURE!


Oh and for Scrappy schtuff, I made this memory box from
Kit 2 for my DT work at Treasured Scrapbooking.
I do not know what to do with it. But it was fun to make!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!
~Pinky~

~A Happy Thursday~

Sunday we TRIED and TRIED to see Santa but to no avail.
So instead of making an "I saw Santa" LO I made this one. Hahaha

But I had fun making it and it had been quite a few days since I had last scrapped.
Scrapping really has become a therapy for me for sure!
It's like I NEED it to relax some days and I feel so happy when I am done.
Energized even....so does that mean I am addicted??
Is Scrap my drug of choice??hehe
Well, it could be worse!

I also received my January Kit for TS today and WOW am I excited! It is beautiful!
I cannot wait to crack into this bad boy!
Well, I am off to spend the morning with my son at school and have breakfast.
He is so darn excited and honestly so am I.
I am nervous too because I am not sure where to go or what to do.
Having been home schooled, school always feels like jail to me.
Wish me luck!

Merry Christmas to everyone, oh and Adrienne your package was mailed yesterday!
~Pinky~

~Watery Wednesday~

Well, its raining again today but thank goodness, no ice like yesterday.
Still have a sick baby so I am running slightly behind.

Oh and I forgot to put up my reveal from my DT Kit on Treasured Scrapbooking,
so here is another page I did from that yummy kit. I do love me some Jenni Bowlin papers.

Did I mention I have a winner to the Bella BLVD paper pack??
And the winner is.....
*randomly drawn in Random.org*

ADRIENNE!!!!!

So please email me your address so I can get this out in the mail asap!

Merry Christmas
~Pinky~