Hey Everyone....

I know,

you have not seen me much lately...

I have been so busy with the Holiday's and all

Christmas that is...I hate to say 

'Happy Holidays'

It's called 'CHRISTMAS' for a reason

and if I offend anyone that is their problem, right...

OK on to where I have been...

I have resigned from Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Co design teams...

I just could not keep up...I was feeling like I 'had' to get this and that and this done

all the time...it became a choir instead of  enjoyment...

Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Co is a GREAT company...

They have great stamps that are awesome to stamp with...

However, I want to focus again on what I LOVE to do...

and that is

3D paper crafting and Scrapbooking...

On the Scrapbooking side I have some goodies I got to start

a Project Life scrapbook...

That is so fun, I don't know if it's any easier but I am having fun

and want to do more of it...

I don't like to scrapbook the 'everyday' stuff...

I prefer doing a 'holiday' or 't'rip' or something special scrapbooking...

so we will see how I get my Project Life books going...

I would love to learn how to scrapbook the 'everyday' thing...

because my memory is getting worse I feel like I really

do need to do more of the everyday stuff...we will see...

Yesterday my hubby helped me put a ribbon holder together

It's not 'pretty' but it is functional...I think it will work great for me...

What do you think...

Can you see it? it's just above my so AWESOME ink holder...

the ribbon holder is cool huh...I think I will work great,

other than when I run out of a color in the middle or add a color

I will have to take it all down and put it back together...

oh well I will see just how long it will stay grouped in colors...heehee

Oh and that ink pad just behind it, well I think I did a blog post about it already...

maybe not...I can't find it on my blog...

anyway it's an old hotel key/mail box...

My friend Angela gave it to me.

she has had it for sometime and we think it came out of the old 

Hotel in Holbrook... My dear dad cleaned it up and made it all pretty again...

got ta love those parents, right...

he is so very talented in EVERYTHING...

it fits just perfect on it's side and the

Stampin' Up ink pads fit perfect, and where the 

key hung from makes a perfect pen holder next to it...

What do you think, perfect huh...

I put a little box from Stampin' Up...

they are the Stamp & Supply Boxes

they are on clearance now...you get 10 clear boxes for $0.99 right now...

oh my, I think I need more...what do you think? at that price it's crazy...

if you are interested in purchasing some of these great boxes

and don't have a demonstrator to purchase them from

Please feel free to add

Joshua Wenger as your demonstrator...

You will have to do a search to find him, and add him as your demonstrator...

Happy New Year

2013 has not been the best,

so I hope 2014 will be the best ever

Well, that's about it for now...

Hugs to all...

Thank you for all your support....

Happy Craft'n

Katie

It's A MyGrafico Monday...

Hey, what's up with this beautiful weather?

 

It's great to have such wonderful spring...

 

Well today I decided to do a scrapbook page

maybe even get back into the swing of things...

and start to scrapbook again...

wouldn't that be so much fun...heehee

 

I used an svg cut file from MyGrafico,

You Are My Sunshine

The artist is PPbN Cuts...

 

I just love her look and all the smiley faces...

what a great designer of svg files...

 

Oh you want to see the file...ok

 

 

Now look at that...so darling...I love the way they cut too...It's a great design...

I will say that there are a lot of layers to each element, which can be a great plus...

lots of detail...she also includes png, eps and jpeg file formats so if you have a Cameo, like me, you can do the print and cut if you don't want to do a bunch of paper piecing...

 

Well here is the scrapbook page I created with this darling file...

 

 

I was looking for some important papers when I ran across some long lost photos...

these were just a few...lol...

 

I paper pieced some of the elements but the title I did print and cut on...but then added

the sun, and paper pieced it to give it some dimension...

I really like how this turned out...

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my project today...

Have a happy week &

Friends of Speedy TV Challenge...

and boy was this a challenge for me...

Make a scrapbook page...

you know a few years back that is all I did...make scrapbooks...but since I found my cutter

I have been into 3D paper crafts and now card making...

so to try my hand at a scrapbook page was really pretty hard...

I was never one to use stamps on a scrapbook page so that too was kind of hard...

well I thought and thought about it and I came up with this...

bad picture I know...but it's hard going from a A2 card to a 12 x 12 layout...

but I managed...

I used the Autumn Splendor stamp set by Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Co

I can see maybe a fall photo at a pumpkin patch or corn maze on this layout...

now I have to set the stage for a photo to add to this page...heehee

Now it's your turn to make a Scrapbook page and enter it to the 

Friends of Speedy TV Challenge 46

Happy Craft'n 

Happy Stamp'n

Happy Veteran's Day

Thank you to all the men and women that keep my country safe...

my God always bless you as much as you have blessed me... 

Good Monday Morning ~ MyGrafico

Oh my is it Monday already...

I am so not ready for this week to begin...

Well this week we have this fun file to work with...

MyGrafico Wedding File

and I so did not know what do to with it...

so I decided to do a digital scrapbook page

using the silver rings to show my rings that I got

on my wedding day...

Oh, don't you just love those

pictures on your wedding day

the picture of the rings

Joining the hands together...

this has to be one of my favorite

pictures at my wedding,

it's been almost 8 years now.

What beautiful years that have gone by

what a blessing I have to be married

to my very best friend...

I am so blessed !!!

oh, OK enough of that mushy stuff...

back to real business...

I used Photoshop CS5 to create this layout...

I am not the best at digital scrap booking,

But boy, this would be a great file for those bridal shower invitations, wedding announcements and any other fancy dress day...Even a New Years party, this file would work for that too...

Be sure to hop on over the the Challenge blog at MyGrafico and see all the great creations the design team has come up with...

Happy Monday, hope your week is full of fun, smiles and crafting.

I hope I have inspired just 1 person today...

Happy Craft'n

Katie

Sneak Peak of whats next for County Fair results!!! Check it out

OK, so I am sooo busy, but I wanted to show you just a little bit of the other entries and what I got for them!!!
So next up is......
     This is a '1 page' (lol) scrapbook layout for Christmas !!!! It's really a shutter fly protective sleeve, its way cool, I bought them thinking it was something else, oopps, and  now I realize I really like the look/layout!!!

1st Place Baby..... 

1st Place (again) baby

This is also a '1' page scrapbook layout, for vacation, this is part of my Disneyland trip last December, we just could not go to Disneyland without going to the beach, Huntington Beach, we love to take pictures and see who will go out in the ocean the furthest, and it was COLD!! but Josh, Alex and Sierra got up to their necks in it, with the splashing of the waves!!!  oh what fun!!

More Later