New Mini Album To Share With You!!!

Good Morning Everyone!!!

I wanted to share with you this morning a new mini-album that I put together over the past couple days.  I found all the materials and the tutorial on the Flying Unicorn forum.

I hope you like it....There is a post right before this one that has a Halloween Mini that I would love for you to see...but for now here is this mini!

I really hope you like this...I thought it was pretty but I need to work on the sewing of the books together some more...other than that I think I did a decent job on it!

I hope you all take care and will have a GREAT day today!

Thank you again for stopping by...It means so much to me!

Triangle Tri-Fold Card & A Scrapbook Layout about Conceiving

Good afternoon everyone!

Yes it is Monday again time to get things done and let go of the weekend's past fun.  I found this 

little poem on a site about Monday's:

Monday must be the most horrible of days.
The reasons it's horrible are too horrible to say.
But with that said, I'll try to explain
Why Monday must bring us oh so much pain.

You see on Monday, you work with a frown.
The full work week ahead has gotten you down.
The weekend has come, and the weekend has passed,
And like all weekends it just didn’t last.

But Monday sure lasts, it lasts so long.
You keep checking your watch to see what’s wrong.
But against your wishes your watch is just fine.
Against your wishes you can’t speed up time.

So you sit and you wait and you pretend to work.
You dream of a boss that isn’t a jerk.
But then you wake up and you almost cry.
You wish and you wish that the day would just die.

But wait, please listen, don’t worry my friend.
For one thing is certain, all Mondays must end.
Now that it’s been said, I’ll say it again.
More Mondays will come and more Mondays will end.

I thought it was cute and something a wee bit different to post. 


I belong to several groups on Yahoo! and one in particular is having a Tri-Fold card swap.  I created a Triangle tri-fold card in the colors that my partner likes most; blue & green.  This was my first attempt at this type of card.  What I love to do is go to YouTube.com and look up tutorials and go from there.  I started a book that has everything I have learned in it so far.  It's a big book! 
Anywho...here is the card that I made for Carol; my swap partner: 

This is the card closed

 As you can see I embossed the triangles

 This is the heat embossed greeting on the inside of the card

 This is how the card looks opened up


I really hope she likes it!  It was VERY easy to make actually I was surprised!  I am thinking of making some for Lake Waynoka's Craft Fair in October.  I am thinking some card sets or something.


I also created a new layout yesterday.  This layout was made using The Flying Unicorn's August Kit of the Month.  A great kit I would like to add!  I received it the other day in the mail and wow!!!
This layout also uses pictures that you may have already seen of me.  I thought the self-portraits that I took for the Shimelle Explore class would be perfect for it!
I want to explain the layout...
Eric and I have given this a lot of thought and we have decided that we want to try to have a child.  I know that I am 39, have a 19 & 17 year old, and some minor health issues...but this is something that he and I really want.  We have already seen the high-risk doctor who has sent me to a diabetic specialist.  So I am doing what I need to do.  Anyway, I wanted to make a layout about my decision on this matter.
Hope you like:

Full layout

close-up 

This opens up

here there is hidden journaling 


I hope you liked what I shared with you today, even if it is a Monday!  I hope you all have a fantastic day and thank you for stopping by!

New Scrapbook Layout and some concert pictures!!!

Good Afternoon Everyone!!!

So much has been going on lately that I want to share with you.  I had my son Kevin here for 3 weeks and he left this morning to go back home.  I already miss him.

This week I had been working on and off on a layout for his graduation.  I used 3 photos that represent his very first day of school, Junior High graduation & his graduation from Little Miami High School.

I think it turned out very nice!  I used a sketch from The Flying Unicorn.  This is a great site, check out their store while you are at it!!! Great products and awesome kits!!!

I also went to see a concert this past Wednesday {August 3, 2011}...Journey/Foreigner/Night Ranger all at Riverbend Music Center.  Eric surprised me with tickets a few weeks ago for this and I was so happy!!!  It was nice for us to get out by ourselves.  It was truly like a date night.

The concert itself was pretty good.  Night Ranger was on first, then Foreigner, and then Journey.  Eric and I were not to impressed with Journeys performance though.  The other 2 bands were great though!

Here are a few pictures of Eric and I at the show with a couple of crowd shots to show you how packed it was!

If I remember correctly there was over 30,000 people in attendance this night.  We were out in the lawn and it was packed as you can see!  

I also received a letter in the mail from a woman who invited me to be a vendor at their annual craft show up in Lake Waynoka!!!  I was beyond thrilled to get this invite.  I will be sending in my application soon.  The craft show is on October 8th.  Which happens to be  my 40th birthday!!!

I also got my Gypsy back today from Provocraft!  I have missed her so. Hehehe!

Thank you all for stopping by and I will post more soon!

Take care everyone & have a great day!!!