SSPT Fall Challenge

At the SSPT blog Carrie (Greenbean) issued the following challenge, "This challenge you're going to "fall" in love with! That's right, it's all about autumn! With all the leaves turning, it's given me the inspiration to work with all those purty (sorry that's the WV in me) colors. So break out your reds, purples, oranges, golds and greens and create something totally fall-some!"
I would have loved to use some warm fall colors in my submission, but all my fall stuff is at work since I'm working on bulletin boards again. So I had to hunt hard in my craftroom to find some Halloween themed items & paper and this is what I came up with: a large treat bag. I made the rossette with my new Sizzix die that just came in the mail today from http://www.stampingscrapping.com/. TFL

First Imagine Layout

This was the quickest, easiest layout that I ever made. I used the Best Friends cart. I also printed the background paper from the BF cart also. I see myself ordering more ink very soon.

My Imagine Came!

I was very surpsrised to see my Imagine box in my laundry room when I came home from work today, because I didn't pay extra for shipping and the shipping date on my order said 9-23. Updating was easy and cutting and printing was fine also. The only thing that I don't like is the lack of stickyness (is that a word?) on the mat. So I had to use glue on a "brand new" mat. Here are a few of my first cuts, yeah I'm gonna be buying a lot of ink. I love the princess, as soon as the printable vinyl comes that I purchased she will be all over my DD room! So far I'm really loving my Imagine.

Paper Mache Bag

I felt like I had to have this cute little paper mache bag when I saw it in Pictures In Time in Jacksonville, Fl. As a matter of fact I purchased three of them. If you are ever in Jacksonville, please stop by Pictures In Time Scrapbook store she has a lot of great things! Today I finally got around to decorating one of them. I used a few cuts from the Creative Memories Reminisce Accents cart, Heartfelt Creations dies & stamps and MS punches. TFL.

A Few Quick Projects

Lately I have been doing a lot of cleaning and trying to organize my DD's room and my Craft room. I'm satisfied with the work that my DH & I did in her bedroom, but I dare not ask him to come in here and assist me with organizing. I can hear his words already, "You don't need to buy anything else!" So in between the cleaning & traveling to Florida to see our GD, I was able to do a few simple projects: A bookmark for Pebbles, an embossed frame (Cricut) for her room), a decorated Picture frame (Cricut) and labels for her drawers (Cricut & SCAL). TFL.

Back From CKC Charlotte

I really enjoyed CKC-Charlotte this year, I left Thursday with my DH & DD in tow. We stayed at the Hilton and thanks to my Nextar GPS we found our way around the city and we ventured to the Concord Mills Outlet. Hubby has finally admitted that my Nextar is better than his Garmin. When we used my GPS we travelled without incident, but when we used his GPS all we heard was "recalculating, make a U-turn as soon as possible". Wr also travelled to the Northlake Mall & went to the movies to see "Expendables" which had all of our favorite action hereos in it. We walked around the city a lot and had a great time. I have a lot of pictures that I need to get printed. The Vendor Faire was good, but could have been better. There was a lot of paper & embellishments, but not a lot of gadgets. I did see Cricut Dan, but he didn't have the Cart that I wanted, "Happy Hauntings". I shopped at the Vendor Faire both days and we left Charlotte on Sunday. My DH & DD can't wait to go again next year.