~Our "Famous" Mascots!~

Just Scrappin' has had Mascots Thelma And Louise for a while now, they are traveling around the world to different scrappers and this is the first leg of their journey and already they are FAMOUS and have been photographed with the LEAD Fiskateer Rebecca!

How fun is that?!
Here is a link to the pre-blog.
Click here Fiskateers

Rebecca said int he thread she will be BLOGGING about our mascots and putting up new pictures! How fun!
Cherrie and Denise also Just Scrappin' Founders are in the picture with her!
Rebecca is in the black shirt with pink floral skirt and Denise is in the jeans.
Cherrie has the white pants on.
Rebeccs'a Gallery

I never imagines Just Scrappin' would be so well received and so many paths would cross, it has been an amazing, loving, beautiful experience!
We have over 100 members now and a great group of core members and support staff!
We have received amazing sponsors and have some very sweet beautiful souls in there!
I never dreamed it was possible to have such a great group of SUPPORTIVE kind women around with no bitterness or cattiness! I am impressed and thankful for sure.
I guess if you convey and good true supportive attitude it comes back to you in the end.

Thanks ladies for all you do...have a beautiful day.

~Oh What Fun~ Pic to follow

Oh what fun I had tonight on Creative Scrappers.
I participated in a ONE HOUR Sketch Layout contest! You have 1 hour to complete and upload a Layout from a sketch.
I was the ONLY one who turned the sketch on its side of course because that is just how I roll LOL
But it was exciting and super fun!

I will post a picture in the morning when I get some light!

~Sharin' the Giveaways~

OK Casey from Just Scrappin' sent me an email this weekend about a GIVEAWAY on a BLOG!
So I am sharing the love....this blog is having a giveaway every single day! Including a CRICUT!
Anyone who has one just ship it to me if you win ok?? hahahaha
I want one so bad!
http://www.vanillajoy.com/
Have a beautiful Monday folks and thank YOU for stopping by my blog!

~Went a little Crazy~

With the border punches and Cardstock lastnight! Haha
I had a challenge to ONLY use Rub-ons...(otherwise known as ruebons in my head)
And ONLY plain Cardstock on a LO....
BUT Scrap Your Crap also had a challenge to use 4 PUNCHES Yes FOUR on a Layout.
So I thought to myself..."why not try to kill yourself with a Layout?!" LOL
And I went to town.
Now its not my usual style but its funky and fun and I like it for fun purposes. I won't be winning any awards but hey its all good I mean its Scrapbooking for gawd's sake!
Its all about having FUN and being Creative and Creative this is! Hehehe

Oh and a little more about the crop.
I have decided to do it again!
I did not take the people not showing up personally. I knwo how hard it is to push yourself to get out and go somewhere new and meet new people. Life is crazy and difficult.
So even if only 1 person shows up next time its all good.
I will still bake my ass off and still buy too much candy! And get nervous and giggly.

It's worth it. I have made more friends scrapbooking then anything else in my life! I wish I scrapbooked a few years ago. It is such a great way to socialize and meet people with real big hearts! I mean crafters are all levels and all ages. But they all have one common bond, a love of friends and family and sharing their stories! What could be more amazing?
It's not about being perfect or being the best its about sharing the love.

I still am amazed at what crafting has brought to my life and thankful as well.
It,s been a good weekend. Friday night when all was said and done I went to bed with a smile on my face and love in my heart.

~WOOHOO Making it happen!~

Well quite a few things happened between last night and NOW!
First of all PLEASE check this out!

http://www.fiskateers.com/blog/

Angela from Fiskaters asked me to GUEST BLOG!!!! OMG how fun is that??! I had so much fun!~ Go one down and leave a comment!!! Hooray!

Second of all I had my crop lastnight! Obviously...it was a hoot!
Only 2 women showed but i had so much FUN!
This is what I created.

Thanks to Southernplate.com my butterfinger cake was a SMASH HIT and we cropped until almost 11pm! So 5 whole hours! we giggled and chatted and had SERIOUS FUN!
Even though hubby had to work late and I had to shoo the boys upstairs it was still worth it 100%
I will post more details later. I am bushed!




I did another Layout as well that i will post tomorrow

~Almost Forgot!~

IN all the commotion this weekend I almost forgot! The Thickers WINNER is~


AMY!!!!! PLease email me your address girl, i will message your blog!

~Doesn't this make you want to visit my house?~

Well I prepared and cleaned and even baked this DELISH Butterfinger cake .
But I still am not sure who is coming to the crop. Three have dropped out so far.
So wish me luck. I am still going to have a great attitude and have fun no mater who flakes.
Even if its just me and Trusty Melissa!
I will still host one again in a couple weeks! I will keep on trying!
Have a beautiful day! I will share pictures tonight and tomorrow and post some Layouts too!
I hope to get my scrap ON!
~Pinky~

~Hi...my name is Pinky and I am a Thicker whore~

Yes, I love Thickers, I mean who doesn't LOVE Thickers!

So I have decided to give away a package of Black Root Beer Float Thickers! And some kick ass Ribbon with Cherries, Skulls and Barbed wire! I can think of about 20000 uses for this stuff!

SO here is YOUR chance to WIN

YOu can enter up to 3 times...
this week is giveaway on blogs week!
Check out this blog!
Tell her PINKY sent you for one chance
www.southernplate.com

She is also giving away a crock pot so it will be worth it plus she has some kick butt recipes!
I will be making the butterfinger cake for my crop!
I have been her stalker for a long time now. I see people who stalk me now stalk her too! LOL She is THAT good!
Her biscuits and chocolate gravy is some yummy goodness!

And here is a second chance PLUS another GIVEAWAY!
Leave her a comment and tell her Pinky sent you and make a guess for the GIVEAWAY!
http://www.kitcardshop.com/blog/

And third chance....yea you can put your name in the hat 3 times!
Leave a comment here with your favorite BLOG!
But you have to let me know whatcha did to get your name in the hat man!

I will be posting a WINNER on Friday NIGHT so you will need to check back in then!
A couple weeks ago I had a winner who never showed back up!

Much love to ya'll!
Pinky

~I made it!~ Round 4 here I COME~

~Keep your fingers crossed this is good enough for ROUND 5~

Well yesterday I stalked the Treasured Scrapbooking board all morning waiting to find out the results and YES I made it!!!!!
So did My GF Cherrie!! Woohoo Congrats girl!
So I sat down and did this Layout for round 4 lastnight!!!
I hand cut the side to look like notebook paper! That was a real Beotch! But it was worth it. I might have to do a tutorial on that one!


Oh yes, and we have a WINNER from yesterdays RAK!!!
So please send me your address so I can mail this off!


And the WINNER IS!!!!!!







TONA!!!!!!!!!!!

~CROP TIME~

Well since things have FINALLY settled down at my house.
I am having a CROP
So if you near Nashville or Middle TN please give me a holler and come on by my house
FREE Crop FREE FOOD and FREE company!
It might be small but it will be fun...I will be there after all *snort laugh*

Friday Evening!
Oh and did I mention some FUN Fiskars goodies!
For each person attending!

And in celebration of the CROP I have a GIVEAWAY today!!

Just leave a comment here on your favorite Thing about a CROP! And I will randomly draw a name for some
BRAND NEW Queen and CO Chipboard Alphas!!

~Much Butter~

Gage walked on his own this morning no help at all.
And when he woke up I said...."Gage how is you back today baby?"

He smiled and said "Much BUTTER Momma Much Butter!"

The Dr's said if he walked at all by MOnday it would be a miracle.
It's Sunday and he is walking on his own!
So I guess we have our own little Miracle on our hands!

~A new attitude~

What a difference 24 hours can make.
Even from this morning until tonight has been a drastic one.
Cherrie a close friend mailed Gage a box of Thomas goodies and for 3 hours that child colored those pages! And I took a nap!
He sat up today for the first time and has been able to walk across the room.
You can clearly see how much his face has changed from yesterday and how much better he is feeling! It's almost like he is a new boy!
He is still wincing and taking it easy but by golly today has been a GOOD DAY!

~Blessings all around me~

I have to admit my faith was quite shaken this week.
In my life I have survived, abuse, molesting, rape, my back being broken, more abuse, and a few other things. And in all those years God held my hand and
I never doubted he was there with me all along.
But this week, I questioned and doubted God for the first time in a long time.
I felt angry and alone, and like this was unfair and unnecessary.
But every day I would wake up to countless emails and even more comments on the forums I am in. And every one of them was for prayer and love to my family.

And yesterday I received not one , not TWO but THREE meals from a local company who delivers hand cooked meals...from the Lead Fiskateers!
Nothing could have been more of a blessing. It was funny. Hubby was working late and I was exhausted and those meals came about 5 minutes before I was going to make PB sandwiches for my 3 boys.

When Gage was first admitted to the hospital they told me he had a broken back, the next morning at 3am they told me NO he has a broken bone in his back....

then they called and said "NO he has NO broken bones we can SEE"
We got home and he still could not walk or even crawl and they did more test and said..."we don't know he might have a broken hip"

So I went home again and the next morning he crawled.
Last night he took his first steps...
The above picture is right after his steps.
You can clearly see he was in an immense amount of pain.


This morning, he woke up and he was hurting but no tears and he walked across the room. Now I held him up and he did not bear down completely but he walked across the whole room and was able to stand up and PEE!
So this morning the Dr. called and said... They found nothing on his newest XRays or scans. And he should have trouble for a while but he should be ok.

He said it was nothing short of a miracle that he can walk and he is not paralyzed or broken.

Now it will be a week or even two before he is normal but Thank God above that he is OK and will be walking again hopefully 100% normal.

And thanks to everyone who has lifted my family up and supported us.
I felt so alone and devastated...and honestly the messages and emails...they held me together.
All the girls at Treasured Scrapbooking...nothing could have been more personal or caring.
Just Scrappin' came in and gave me love
Start a Scrapbook did the same
I can't even explain how much it helps!

~Another day arrives~

This week has been a rough one, as rough as I can remember but things are slowly but surely changing.
Gage woke up in pain but crawled about 3 feet this morning so I have alot of hope.
The X-Rayed him some more yesterday and thank the Lord that they found nothing.
No breaks, no compressions that they know of.
Now it is still a VERY real possibility that he has a fractured hip or leg.
But we won't know for a few days period.
I am amazed by the outpouring of love and support, even the neighbors have dropped by and given him small gifts. So sweet. Everyone has really come together to make sure we feel support!
I thank EVERY one for their prayers, I am sure they are helping.
Now if I could get someone to cook for me! HA!~
I suspect tonight I will be serving McDonald's ala DAD

I did this Lo the day he fell. Never got to post it but it was chosen for Member LO of the Day in Treasured Scrapbooking so that was cool.
It was my Round 3 reject. ( I rejected it not the contest LOL)

Have a beautiful day. ((((Cristal)))))

~When things go badly they go BADLY~

Well, not such a fun scrappy day today.

Lastnight my 4 yr old son (the scrapping boy) fell from our 2 story window and landed very hard.

It happened around 7pm and I was in the hopsital/hospitals with him until 5am this morning.
The first hospital told me the bones in his back were broken and they transferred him 45 minutes away to a Children's Hospital, where they discovered in fac5t no bones were broken *thank you Jesus*

Frankly I am exhausted....they did 25 X-Rays and then 3 CT scans, then 4 more X Rays, and they cannot find anything broken, but bless his heart he screams bloody murder when he moves even one inch.

He begged them to "Stop hurting me PLEASE stop hurting me" as they missed his veins several times....now if that does not rip a mother;s soul out and crush it I don't know what does?!

They even gave him morphine for the pain, I have never heard of a 4 yr old receiving morphine before.

They do not know what is wrong but he cannot walk today still.
I spoke with the orthopedic Surgeon and explained to him that my son needed to be home and feel safe so he could verbally explain what was wrong.

He is not a very developed speaker yet and the nurse was yelling at him to tell her where it hurt.
Well he can barely say a sentence let alone verbalize while hopped up on Morphine.

So at 5:00am we were allowed to take him home form the second hospital.
No one had any sleep. With only one car and 3 kids...well you get the idea...Daddy had to bring them to pick mommy and Gage up.

Everyone slept for 2 hours them shuttled of to school and work.
Tonight we are all exhausted and a bit grumpy/overwhelmed.

One thing I did NOT expect...was the amazing amount of emotion and outpouring of love I have received from the scrapbooking community.

I have received the MOST heartfelt message from Just Scrappin' and Treasured Scrapbooking. And the word spread from there....Fiskateers had over 50 responses of support and love, not to mention the emails.

Now if that does not lift you up and support you I don't know what will.

When I was crying and feeling completely isolated and alone, I would go into a forum and start reading. I would be bawling like a baby but leave feeling loved and comforted beyond words.

I have to admit my faith has been shaken for the first time in many years today.
Through all my life and the rape and molesting and abuse I did not waiver but standing in the hospital facing my son's broken body....sometimes you just feel like enough is enough! And I felt so angry.

Plus this week we were turned down for state insurance so we have NONE But i think between the 3 programs the hospital sent us through we should be covered??? I really HOPE!

This evening was another comfort, I have a small crop scheduled...I called to see if I could get some help with snacks and such because I am feeling a bit overwhelmed to say the least, and the girls were SO understanding and insisted I cancel until next week! Now thats good people right there.

So until tomorrow, please keep my son in your prayers, he is a good boy and i hope he is just severely bruised and nothing is permanently damaged. We won't know for a day or two but we will take whatever comes and deal with it.