~More Imaginisce Fun, scrapping those old vacation pictures!~

Good morning my scrap-tastic friends!

I had a great day yesterday with a girlyfriend who

came over to scrap, and we ended up watching movies

while we scrapped, it was fun!

I made this layout, using the new Dino Roar from Imaginisce.

It's funny, I never knew I had so many dinosaur pictures

to scrap! I had forgotten I took so many in 2009

of the boys and our family on vacation in KY at the Dino Park.

I love that Imaginisce came up with this paper.

I also used my Ruby Rock It alphas on the title.

With some stickles on the FUN of course, because

every FUN needs some bling LOL

Can you believe how fast fall is approaching?

I am enjoying the lovely cool morning and cannot wait

to pull out my boots for my morning trips to school

and feeding the chickens!

By the way we are up to about 3 eggs a day now! WOOHOO!

I cannot wait for 8 eggs a day.

My boys are so spoiled, every morning I get up early

and cook them eggs for breakfast. They refuse to eat cold cereal,

so these chickens are heaven for them ! :)

Ok enough jabbering from me.

I am working on a Halloween project to share this week.

~Happy Tuesday y'all~
~ Thank you for popping by~

~Pinky~

~Monday?? Already? New favorite technique & Giveaway too!~

Good morning, can you believe it is Monday already?

I feel like this weekend shot past me.

I did work on a few projects but most of them are for

my DT work and won't be revealed for a while.

In the mean time I wanted to share my new

favorite technique with y'all.

I made this card using my Cricut Expression,

the Cindy Loo cartridge, Glossy Accents *Ranger*, PK Glitz Glitter,

and paint. But not just any paint!

I have discovered old gummy paint LOL

It is awesome! You can do it my way...or shortcut it.

My way is to use half a bottle of acrylic paint

then leave it for 4 months until it gets gummy

OR you can pour new paint onto a plate, add some

waterbased glue to it (the standard school kind)

let it set for 20 minutes or 1 hour, until it gets gummy

then spread it on your project.

For the best results I use my fingers.

I play with it like plaster. It leave great dimension without

the ugly shine. It will also crack beautifully if you

use a heat gun on it.

What do you think? Fun right?

Ok on to the giveaway, I have sitting here from CHA

2 SIGNED Tim Holtz Embossing Folders!

Yea that's right....Woot Woot!

And as of today we are at 724 followers.

I would love to hit 750 this week, my goal is 1000 by

December for Christmas, I hope anyways.

Come on guys help me out here!
Leave a comment, spread the word! :)

Just a little secret, I am working on getting a

Cricut to giveaway at 1000 followers! So it's going to be BIG! :)

~Happy Monday!!!!!!!!!!~

~Thanks for stopping by!~

~Have a beautiful day~

~Pinky~

~Learning can be fun! *Chicken too*~

Good morning!!!

I did not scrap yesterday but let me show you why :)

*I actually did scrap but it's all top secret for Provocraft*

We had a wonderful day full of family and friends.

We took the boys to Chattanooga to the Tennessee Aquarium,

thanks for my in laws who gave us a season pass *yea*

They had fun and we had a wonderful day!

I just love having these amazing days.

We really are blessed to be so lucky.

We don't have to get drunk or party to have a great time!

Nope we get high on love and family. What I always wanted.

Days like this make me really appreciate a great family

and even better friends in my life.

Tired of the pictures yet? :) Sorry I just had to share

Blown Glass Art *loves it!*

They even have a butterfly exhibit where you walk and

touch butterflies, they love pink hair!

My son's favorite *Seahorses*

Before the butterflies we saw birds in the open no cages

Color!!!!!!

I am a lucky mom!

Anyways it was a wonderful day, one of those

days we will remember for a long time.

Hopefully one of those days my kids look back on and say

"Remember that mom?"

Thanks for sharing in my non-scrappy life

and I have one more picture for ya!!

CHICKEN!!!!!!!! :) hahaha

I finally got a picture of my favorite chicken the black one.

I totally love her! :) I wish she would

look at the camera, but she is shy LOL

Have a wonderful Sunday!

~Back to scrapping today!~

~Pinky~

~It is a beautiful Saturday! Time to scrap those summer memories~

Good morning~

*Saying a prayer today for all those who lost 9-11

thank you to all the military who serve every day as well.*

On the family side and crafty side...

The weekend is here WEEEE! I am so excited.

I had a scrappy day yesterday with my girlfriends,

it was the first one at my house and I had a ball!

You know that Sweet Summertime Echo Park Paper?

I used it and I had so much fun scrapping our

summer memories!

I have 4 pool buddies, A, Becca, Melissa and I

we love to hit the pool and giggle all day.

These papers were perfect for our summer fun!

I used Picnik to edit the picture...I love Picnik!

I don't know if you know it but this week I won a

contest and the prize was a new PINK ATG

gun! OMG I am too excited! I could not wait to try it out.

Thank you Thoughts2Paper!!

I love my crafty family!!

I hope you have an amazing day today.

I wanted to take a second to thank my amazing friends

you know who you are and you know why I love you and appreciate

you 100%!!!

And my amazing blog friends,

y'all make my day more special than you know!

I love ya for it, thank YOU! :)

~Have a beautiful Saturday~

~Pinky~

~ROAR!!!!! Happy Friday!!!!!~ hehe

Good morning!!!!!!!

I finally sat down last night and played with the

new Dino Roar papers from Imaginisce...how much fun are these??

LOVES THEM!

I am super excited because we took the kids to a Dino Park

last year and I have had these pictures forever in my drawer!

I made the Dino using my Cricut.

Now I need to dig out the water paper because later this weekend

we are taking the boys tot he Aquarium!!!! WOOHOO!

I am very excited.

Have a wonderful day my friends

~Thank you for popping by~

~Pinky~

~Busy week & Happy Mail!~

Good afternoon!

First of all I apologize for being behind this week

I have been at school helping out and so busy!

I just had to share what came in the mail today!

I am in a swap and this rocks, thanks Kristin!

Not sure what it's for but I am going to find out.

I love the vintage goodies and what a fun surprise!

I had a crazy day when in Wendy's with a gf eating

this man came up and he was so loud and insistent.

He asked the next table what they thought of my hair, he

even asked me to stand up please in front of the restaurant to

wave to his wife.

It was pretty funny LOL

That was my wacky day!

I also went to Franklin, TN to buy fabric today

and I came away with a haul!

I am now ready to make Halloween dresses! WOOT!

I love making them for Halloween, I wait all year for these!

Anyways that was my day, how was yours??

~Pinky~

~Happy Hump Day & Laminator Winner!

Good morning!

I am off to volunteer at the school today.

*my excuse for running late*

Thanks Pam who sent me this blog award.

Her note to me was so sweet!

Pam you made my day, thanks!

Pinky, though we don't know each other but through blogging. I have given you the Cherry on Top Award for your blog. I love coming to your site and seeing all the inspiration you have but more importantly on how open you are about your healing process of having such a difficult childhood. I too have been there and it is awesome when you finally get control and begin to heal and forgive, not forget but just forgive so you can be happy and carry on. Thank you. Pam.

But before I left I wanted to leave the name of the randomly drawn

winner of the Purple Cows LAMINATOR.

And the winner is....

Rebe0485 said...

Cristal! What a wonderful Layout you have! Also, what a wonderful give away! Good luck to the person who gets it!

Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Please email me your address, I will get this

right out to ya!

~Have a wonderful day!~

~I always appreciate your amazing comments and stories~

~Pinky~

~Paris Creativity Autograph Book + New Reveal!~

Morning, morning, morning!

It's been a while since I made a Paris Creativity

project, so I paired up UNIBIND & Paris Creativity

for this fun totally trendy autograph book!

When I think of Paris I definitely think of the stars!

I wonder if she collects autographs? If she

did I would SO send this to her! hahaha

I am in love with my Unibind!

Let's not forget my last layout with SFTIO September

kit *Enlightenment*

This page is about my trip to Hawaii and how it changed

my view onmyself, being plus sized and self acceptance.

I did not journal on it....yet, but I do intend to.

I don't know quite where to yet and what I want to say just yet.

But Hawaii truly did change my life!

It definitely kicked off my journey of happiness and

taking away all fear of moving away and pursuing

a family and true happiness.

That's it for me today.

The kids go back to school which means mommy starts

cleaning again, and getting back to life! LOL

~Thanks for popping by today~

~I really hope you had an amazing weekend!~

~Pinky~

~Labor Day, First Unibind Book, Chicken Butts, & A New Reveal~

Good morning my crafty friends....

are you ready for a creative day??
First the crafty stuff then the chicken updates *wink*

I received my Unibind Photobook Creator last week

and could not wait to get started!! I had a couple of

others projects to finish first then I got right to work!

Now my ideas are not the traditional photobook ideas.

I love them but I wanted to get artsy and funky!

This is an art journal book I created for me and all my crafty

friends to play with! I am going to take it to crops

and with me everywhere, allowing my friends and family

to create pages in their own personal style.

It will be a wonderful memory for this time in my life

and something I can go back years from now and look

at, remembering all those amazing friends I have!

I started the first page with stamping and I am going to

write instructions inside for my "artist" friends to begin creating.

I used Jenni Bowlin, MOD PODGE, Tim Holtz, Basic Grey, Smooch Spritz,

Chatterbox, Hambly, even Ruby Rock It rub-ons! :)

So what do you think?? Ready to make your own

Art Journal?? Come on make one! Let me see it!

It's perfect for other scrapbookers!!!

I had to share a few pictures of my chickens

because this week they are finally old enough to be "free range"

we let them out now to hunt and peck, it's so cute!

Aren't their little chicken butts cute?!! hehehe

"psstt did you see that pink haired chick who keeps taking our pictures?"

hehehe the hens cackling.

This is the one who has taken over the "momma" roll

she calls them all back in and calls them when I come out

to feed them, it's SO cute and fun! I loves her!

Let's not forget it is SFTIO reveal week on Pinky's Blog!

Look at these amazing papers! This kit is STUNNING!

It feels so tropical/India/Morocco to me.

I just loved working with it! The layouts design

just flowed like hot chocolate syrup! :)

More of the "Enlightenment" journaling.

I have to say this kit got me thinking for sure!

It was thought provoking and pushed me to really study

my inner thoughts. I love that.

OK we are off to the movies today I think....depends on how

it goes with the kids :) We might have to stay home and do

yard work...now what fun is that?! LOL

~Happy Labor Day~

~Thanks for stopping by and saying hi~

~Love to hear from y'all!~

~Pinky~

~Making Pop Art & Another Reveal + Winner!!~

Good morning! It is Sunday and we are headed to

the pool this afternoon with the boys, they are so excited!

It is our big stay-cation excursion.

I have been wanting to do a pop art card or

layout for a while now, and I finally sat down yesterday

and played with it a little.

My girlfriend is a coffee LOVER and it's her b-day

so this was perfect!

I used my Wall Decor Cricut Cartridge, my Imaginisce i-rock,

Core'dinations cardstock, Purple Cows trimmer, and my 450 adhesive.

First of all I cut 8 images. 1 in each color, then 1

layer in each color. Then I glued them down to a 4 piece

cardstock card.

It took me about an hour to get it perfect, but I am so

pleased with the results! It was fun and it's perfect

for her style and taste!

Now for one more reveal from the September

kit from SFTIO (Theme- Enlightenment)

Honestly when they sent me the kit I was blown away

it is amazing but when I knew I had to create using the

theme "Enlightenment" I was totally intimidated.

The first person that came to mind was Eminem

because for me, he speaks so much truth and dares to

speak on so many subjects that are 100% taboo,

for me personally, that is "enlightened".

So I took his album cover (of course I had one on hand LOL)

and I used that picture, then I used a Clear Scraps ATC card

I brushed it with my Staz-on INK pad and also stained the letters.

It was very strong graphically so I left it simple.

Actually this is one of my favorite layouts for this kit :)

OK on to the My Mind's Eye Halloween Paper Pack

WINNER!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sandra Wilson said...

Fabulous layout again. Incredible talent. Love your work.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Please email me your addy so I can get this out to ya!

And once again thank you Thoughts2Paper!!!!!

I welcome blog sponsors any time,

if you know a company who wants to sponsor send them my way! :)

~Happy Labor Day Weekend y'all~

~Have a great Sunday~

~Thank you for stopping by and saying -hey~

~Pinky~