fabric hoop bulletin board

fabric hoop bulletin board
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What a wonderful idea....! I have several of these up in m y closet that belonged to my great-grandmother. I am gonna get them out and create a board for my desk at home and even one at work. Just love this fun way to display these wonderful heirlooms!

New Project....

Well, it's been awhile since I have been here or even scrapbooked for that matter. I have been so busy with work and school and kids, it just seems like there is now down time to try and enjoy at the end of my day.
However, I have started working on two projects: One is a Christmas Present for my sons Great Grandmother. I have recently found some old family photos online that she dont have of her Mother's family and I am making a FAMILY Chipbook album for her. Can't wait to complete it and give it to her. I will add pics soon. The other is a GrungeBoard Book for my Daughter who just turned 16 the other day. WOW! How she has grown.... going through all the old pics and seeing how she changed through the years turned me into a big cry baby that evening. Anyway, I am working on stuff and will get it posted soon. Hope everyone is enjoying this summer and hope the heat goes away soon.

Update!

Hi Everyone,

Hope life is treating everyone good. Sorry I have not posted in a while, but life has been keeping me pretty busy. I hope to get school under control this week, so I can start scrapping again. I do have some new stuff to post, so I will get it done soon. Till them keep in touch and have a great summer.

CROP OUT CYSTIC FIBROSIS CROP

Hi Everyone, Sorry it's been so long since I have been by, but life has really been keeping me busy. I moved and changed jobs both at the same time and family just dont seem to give you any breaks. Speaking of FAMILY! My boyfriends daughter Raegan has Cystic Fibosis and last year I recruited a few family and friends to create RAEGANS WALKERS. On May 9th, 2009 we will be participating in the GREAT STRIDES WALK to help raise money for the CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION so that they may continue to create new treatments and drugs so one day we can make CF stand for CURE FOUND.

This year Wenona and I decided that instead of a bunch of small fundraisers we would do what we know best..... SCRAPBOOKING. So we teamed up with SCRAPBOOK 'N SUCH and decided to host a crop. Please see the invitation for more details or email ROBIN if you would like a ticket.

1ST ANNUAL CROP OUT CYSTIC FIBROSIS EVENT

MARCH 28TH, 2009

10:00 AM TILL 8:00 PM

LOCATED AT:

SCRAPBOOK 'N SUCH

4020 Rhea Rd.

Wichita Falls, TX 76308

(940)691-8777

Or Email Robin or Terri.

Stop by and visit Raegan's Walkers

"Where there is HOPE, there is LIFE"

Etsy

I have added two notebooks to Etsy.

Haunted House Mini-Album

This is my first mini-album I have listed in Etsy.com for sale.

Halloween Moon!!

Halloween Quotes!!!

A grandmother pretends she doesn't know who you are on Halloween.
-- Erma Bombeck

Ask not what your Pumpkin can do for you, ask what you can do for your pumpkin.
-- Author Unknown

At first cock-crow the ghosts must go
Back to their quiet graves below.
-- Theodosia Garrison

Backward, turn backward,
O Time, in your flight
make me a child again
just for to-night!
-- Elizabeth Akers Allen

Charlie Brown is the one person I identify with. C.B. is such a loser. He wasn't even the star of his own Halloween special.
-- Chris Rock

Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.
-- Mason Coole

Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
-- William Shakespeare

Everyone is a moon and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
-- Mark Twain

Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
-- William Shakespeare

Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.
-- Miguel de Cervantes

Ghosts, like ladies, never speak till spoke to.
-- Richard Harris Barham

Halloween is huge in my house and we really get into the "spirits" of things.
-- Dee Snider

Hark! Hark to the wind! 'Tis the night, they say,
When all souls come back from the far away-
The dead, forgotten this many a day!
-- Virna Sheard

Hold on, man. We don't go anywhere with 'scary', 'spooky', 'haunted', or 'forbidden' in the title.
-- Matthew Lillard as Shaggy in Scooby-Doo

I bet living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween.
-- Author Unknown

If a man harbors any sort of fear, it makes him landlord to a ghost.
-- Lloyd Douglas

Nothing on Earth (is) so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night.
-- Steve Almond

On Halloween, the parents sent their kids out looking like me.
-- Rodney Dangerfield

On Hallowe'en the thing
you must do
Is pretend that nothing
can frighten you
An' if somethin' scares you
and you want to run
Jus' let on like
it's Hallowe'en fun.
-- from an Early Nineteenth Century Halloween Postcard

ON HALLOWEEN
The witches fly
Across the sky,
The owls go, "Who? Who? Who?"
The black cats yowl
And green ghosts howl,
"Scary Halloween to you!"
-- Nina Willis Walter

One need not be a chamber to be haunted;
One need not be a house;
The brain has corridors surpassing
Material place.
-- Emily Dickinson

Once in a young lifetime one should be allowed to have as much sweetness as one can possibly want and hold.
-- Judith Olney

Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen,
Voices whisper in the trees, "Tonight is Halloween!"
-- Dexter Kozen

This Halloween the most popular mask is the Arnold Schwarzenegger mask. And the best part? With a mouth full of candy you will sound just like him.
-- Conan O'Brien

Where there is no imagination there is no Horror.
-- Arthur Conan Doyle, Sr.

More Ebay!!

Here is another listing I have on ebay!

Ebay!

Well, I am attempting to sell Cricut Die Cuts on Ebay. I have one listing so far but I am working on more to get on there. I am working on Christmas themed ones but as soon as I get the cartridges that I ordered I will work on some Halloween ones. Here is a picture of my first ever listing on Ebay!

Birdie Bits Book

This is a book I made for my daughter when I was in Tahlequah, OK last weekend at the Scrappin' Pad. I left the mats empty so she could add her own pictures.

The paper is Dream Street, Birdie Bits and the Cricut Cartridge I used is Cuttin' Up (which is such a fun one especially for kids) and I used my Zutter Bind-It-All to bind it together.

Let me know what you think.

Cowgirl UP!

When I first moved to Wichita and started getting involved in Scrapbooking, I had looked Creative Memories up on Line and had been in contact with one of their reps. Last week, I got an email from her inviting me to a Crop on Friday Night. So, Bonni and I went to Electra to the Crop and met a new group of Ladies. Let me tell you, they ROCKED! We had such a great time. This is the layout that I worked on. The CowGirl Up was created using the Cricut Machine with the Storybook Cartridge...WHICH I SO GOTTA HAVE!

The pictures are Reagan and Madi at New Years lovin on Rudy..."Gandmaw's Horse" This layout really gave me fits...It took me the whole crop to complete. Sometimes, I am too picky. But when if finally came together, I loved the end Product. Anyway, have a great weekend.

Birthday Cards

This is my first set of cards to complete! It includes 4 birthday cards.

My First Alterable

Ok, so I got this star shapped box at Hobby Lobby a few months ago and have been building up my courage to tackle it. Well, I did it! And here is the results. The pictures are not the best, but I hope you can see what I have done....



Supplies Used:
1 Star Shapped Box-Hobby Lobby
Paint: by Scrapbook Colors (Evergreen)
Material: Micro-suede (saddle color)
"R": K&Company "Twinkle Type"
Rope: Natural Jute 4 ply #72

My first task was to attach the suede to the lid. I did that with Modge Podge Glue. Once I did that I trimmed the extra material and then used Tacky Glue to adhere the Jute Rope around the lid of the box. This step took a little time and patients but was not as hard as I had expected it to be. The Tacky Glue held the Jute in place very well. I Then painted the star and box the matching "Everygreen" color and let them dry. Once the star dried, I punched a hole in the center of it and the lid and attached the star with a brad. I flattened the head of this brad so it looked like a nail. I then placed the "R" on top.

I almost forgot...before I put the Jute on the lid, I went outside and with a lighter I burned the rope so to give it that old rustic look. I really liked how it turned out. Once I finished the lid, i painted the outside of the box and the inside of the lid the same matching green and let dry.

So there, FINISHED! I am pleased with the finished project. I just hope the individual receiving the gift will like it. I have another box like this one that I have started, but it will be pink instead. And the "R" will be replaced with an "M" for our little "Princess COWGIRL"

Little Book of Sketches BLOG

Ok Everyone, Please go and check the Little Book of Sketches Blog out this awesome Sketch Blog that Bonnie found today. I just love the work that they have on here. They have everything on here from Card Sketches to 12X12 Layouts and the sketches themselves are just fantastic. The possiblities are fantastic.

They even have some blinkie's for us to use and they are cute. So stop by and say HI!

Stamps, Stamps, Stamps

Robin and I have been experimenting with stamps. Here are two more that we did. they will eventually be used on cards.

Big Shoes to Fill

I am so hooked on these adorable stamps. I recently got another TREASURE on ebay at Custom Stamps. They make all the stamps and can even customize something special. I spoted this little treasure and WOW! I love her. I call her, Big Shoes to Fill... I made three postcards with her and just lovin her. So I wanted to share her with everyone else.
Stay tuned for more creations to come........

My 2008 Layouts Updated

Mini-Albums

I wanted to share the two mini-albums I recently completed.
The first is my "Family" album. I love these albums that are stacked words. I am going to have to do some more of these.

The second mini-album is one I did for my son from our trip to San Antonio, Texas in June. He was so excited about it, and I love the finished result too!

My New Stamps

Hey Everyone, It's been a while since Bonni and I have been here... we had gotten into how do you say a scrapbooking "FUNK" However, we went to this awesome Retreat in Tahlequah Ok, in June and it just got my creative juices flowing. However, work has kept me busy, so I have not been able to do a lot with it. I got some new stamps in the mail today and let me tell you, I am so excited.... The photo above is of my "Cowboy Boot" stamp that Bonni bought me on EBAY and man do I love it. I have not used stamps very much but after playing a little bit tonight, I can tell you I will be using them a whole lot more. So this is my first shot at Stamping.....(Photo Above)..PS the glitter effect on the yellow part of the boot and the spur is a gel pen Bonni and I got at our local scrapbook store that you can use to glitter anything...just love it too!
friend so much...I know, he would kill me if he knew that. You don't belive me, go check out my personal blog.....LOL!
Here is an upclose and personal photo of the "CowPup", I also got him on EBAY too. I got him from a seller by the name of SimonSays and man do I love their sellection of Stamps. They have it all. After I colored each of these stamps, I cut them out and then inked the edges of the paper and then went over it with chalk....