One Lovely Blog Award, for me?!

WOW!! Over the last couple of days, I've received FOUR blog awards! A big ole THANK YOU goes out to: Lucy @ Lucy's Stamp N Scrap Hideaway, Deborah @ Scrapbook Czar, Amy @ My Life... as a Wifey, and Janelle @ Jaks Scraps! I'm just glad people actually LOOK at my blog, let along give me awards for it! lol

The rules for this award are: 1) Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award. 2) Pass the award to 15 other blogs (or as many as you can, I only had 8 new ones) that you’ve newly discovered. 3) Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

Here are my choices (in no particular order!):

Deneen @ http://apathofpaper.blogspot.com/

Lori @ http://clearlyfromtheheart.blogspot.com

Pam @ http://funkyscrapspam.blogspot.com/

Deb @ http://mcdoodlesscrappinplace.blogspot.com/

Lourae @ http://stampminor.blogspot.com/

Miranda @ http://www.scrampinwithmiranda.com/

Kathy @ http://scrapindogs.blogspot.com/

Bri @ http://jaybriannejacejaspursharianne.blogspot.com/

I hope everyone enjoys their blogs as much as I do! Keep up the great work, girls!

Mojo Monday Sketch#23

so I liked this Sketch enough to try it twice

Be Yourself card

My boys' last day of school was Wednesday; and while my older son could go to Grandma & Grandpa's house, my younger son had a baseball game Thursday night. So my friend, Vanessa, took care of my younger boy Thursday and today. Tomorrow night I'm taking her out to dinner & made her this card as a Thank you as she won't take money. What a great friend!

I also ramdom stamped the envelope in the same color palette.

I've been busy this week...

but not with scrapbooking - at work & getting ready to go to my nephew's graduation. SO I've decided to re-post a favorite picture I took for work back in December. It was freezing cold just before the sun came up when I got this shot. I LOVE how blue the sky is plus the head/tail lights blurring as the cars go by. All the matching buildings are in a development my office produced.

Thanks for looking!

22MAY09 Scrap Addict's Attic

I thought that maybe all the girls that don't get to come scrap in the Attic would like a peek...

The Sewing Station... during a crop we put food on the right end of the table, potluck style. Wonder Woman is a painting on canvas. Eventually this corner will go away when we have the money to add another staircase and this ceiling will then be a full 8' tall.

This is sitting in my chair (note placement of television for scrapping along). The taller "table" infront of me is actually our pool table, I keep it covered with a sheet to keep the felt top clean from scrap dust. The tan table on the far side of the room is for my boys to do their crafts on.

Here's my table when stand infront of the tv. To the left of the dartboard is my embelly cabinet, below and to the left of that is my mom's stuff (she just leaves it at my house).

The "cube" cabinet it my newest addition (need to get a good pic of it alone, it's awesome) and my old drafting table is perfect for setting eyelets & printer storage.

I love my room so much! Dh has been very generous with letting me have this space to myself with the exception of the addition of the pool table. When we want to play pool, I just fold up the tables and lean them against the front of my "cube" cabinet 1. it's out of the way and 2. it keeps small hands off my stuff ;-) We've had 11 scrappers working at one time in the room, sardines!

Hope you like it!

22MAY09 Two Misc Cards

Boom Di Ada Paper with Tickled Pink Stamp Set and Hollyhock ribbon


Tree Tops Stamp Set on Desert Sand Cardstock (darkest brown cardstock from other)

22MAY09 Wallets

the instructions for these came from CTMH's Art & Soul:
I made two, one for my real dad & one for my adpotive dad... it's a very long complicated story, how I grew up; but I love them both as different as they are. I made the tan one in the fishing style like Art & Soul showed (mhy adoptive dad loves to fish and takes my boys every chance he gets) & the barn red on in more of a travel (my real dad is into his motorcycle and driving to California for vacations). I haven't added any pics yet because I messed up my printer's ink cartridge & need to go buy another very soon

The Fishing one was done with Back Country paper & Campin' Fever Stamp Set. The Travel one was done with It's a Guy Thing paper & My Stickease, Campin' Fever Stamp Set, and Chocolate Ribbon Round. I used Waxy Flax & Bigger Brads on both.