Found some Blog Candy!

I was blogging around and found some blog candy that you stampers my be interested in! Froggys Froggaritaville is giving away 29 Studio G series stamps. go to http://froggysfroggaritaville.blogspot.com/2009/02/its-time-for-blog-candy.html
Have a Great day!
Patti

How Does This Happen? ( Invisable Teen Syndrome)

Ok, I do laundry everyday! I have to with 7people living in the house. I just want to know why when I do laundry there are more of my teen girls clothes then anybody else? They cannot possibly be wearing 4 pairs of pants, 4 shirts, and 4 pairs of underwear a day. Or can they? I haven't witnessed it yet, but the laundry says different. Take for instance yesterday, the girls were home all day, I did do laundry, and today I have a stack of clean clothes that says they wore them. Granted everytime I saw them yesterday they were both wearing the same outfits. So I have come to the conclusion that i have more then 2 teen girls living in this house. Yet again, I have never seen them! When I catch them I am going to make them wash their own clothes. The invisible teens have struck again! For proof I have uploaded this picture. As you can see the middle stack is the girls. I unfortunatly couldn't take the picture showing the top of the stack, but trust me there is more! Well I am off to find those invisible teens because there is more laundry to do....I will keep you posted if I find them:)
Take Care,
Patti

Cricut Cutting Mat Cover Overlay

Hi Again,
Well again I was sitting at my scrapbook counter and an idea came to mind... I had just tossed out a cricut cutting mat that was really bad. I then looked down on my counter and saw the clear mat cover laying there so I picked it up and WAM! my idea... I had decided to make my own overlays for LO and cards. What is great about using the cutting mat cover is that it is larger then 12x12 which is perfect for us peps that scrap in 12x12 format. The first thing I did was cover the whole mat with 3 different color alcohol inks. I put a few drops of one color then used bubble wrap to schmuz it around using a tap and twist motion. Repeat for the other 2 colors. then I stamped my images using embossing ink and powder. I thought that the heat gun would distort the transparency, but it didn't. I just stamped, powdered, then placed the mat cover on a flat heat safe surface ( I used my kitchen counter) and heat embossed. Then repeat as many times as you want. I then cut it out, but you don't have to. If you plan on using it as a full 12x12 overlay for your layout then make sure you run the mat cover through your paper trimmer 1st. before you start stamping. Other ideas are to just cut the center of the mat cover out to fit a picture and stamp around the cutout, cut shapes out of the mat cover with your cricut, then stamp images on the shape. There are so many possibilities!!!! I could be here all day listing them. Remember DON'T THROW AWAY YOU CRICUT MAT COVERS!! Save yourself $1.99 and make your own transparent overlays.

Interesting Find!!!

Hi Again,
I was looking around on the web for something new to try and came across something interesting. I haven't tried it yet, but I will as soon as my kids go back to school ( they had a week off). Ok, here it is.... you fill a balloon with rice, macaroni, beads, buttons or whatever you can fit in it. Then you use it as a stamp and make some really interesting background paper. I just thought I should share this one... If you try it before I do comment this post so I can take a look! I will post a new LO or project next week when i have alone time..
Take Care,
Patti

Altered Clipboard

So I was having a creative weekend! This clipboard was sitting around and yesterday I decided to do something with it. I painted it first, put crackle on it, then painted it again in a different color. The paper i used was some old Close to my Heart paper. I thought it was cute paper for a clipboard. Oh and i used a lot of ribbon too! I just love ribbon!!! This clipboard has made me happy! I have been quit sad because of the plane crash that happened in Clarence Center, NY. It is not too far from where I live. My prayers go out to the families that lost a loved one in the crash.
Take Care,
Patti

2 Cuties LO

Well, I was in the creative mood today... so I made a LO Yippie! I have been having a creative juice block for awhile now, and decided to just jump into it and try to create something. Sometimes it is good to just do something even if it's not your best work just to get the creativity going again. This layout is of my daughter and our little kitten, Edward. My teenage daughter named him after a character in Twilight.. Anyway, we were waiting for the bus and I looked over at her and thought what a cute pic, so I grabbed my camera and snapped a pic. For this LO I grabbed some old paper, and embellies that i had hidden. I did use my cricut for the title though ( that is new). This LO took me just about all day to do because I had to fuss with it too much, but who doesn't fuss with their work. Somebody told me once that there is no mistakes in art. I wish i could remember that when I am creating a LO.Well maybe tomorrow will bring something creative, I can only hope!
Take Care,
Patti

Need Help... What are your Faves?

Ok, in one of my previous posts I mentioned that i was trying to open a scrapbook store in my town, well it is happening. I am so excited, the name of my new store will be "Pocketful of Memories" I will be having classes, crops and retreats along with scrapbook products for sale. So now all I need is to figure out what products to sell. I am looking for your suggestions... What are your favorites? Please list your favorite pattern paper Co.,adhesive, embellies etc. Also, please pass this post on to your blogger scrapbook friends. The more input I have the better. Thanks for all your help in advance. Just reply to my post with your answers.

P.S. you can list more then one Fav if you like...