Michael's Crop Night

Tonight was crop night at Michael's.  Tal and I had a great time.   Take a look at some of the projects she completed today!   It was so much fun helping her.  They turned out wonderful.  

This is her 3 beautiful children.  This was a quick and fun project.  She used Martha Stewart Punch Around The Page punch set to create the border around the mats.  The background is from a beautiful set of paper's she had previously purchased.   The frames were on clearance at Michael's.  A whopping $2.99 each.   Now she has 3 beautifully framed pictures of her children to hang up in her home.

Look at this project!   She made this to hang in her daughter's room.   This turned out so cute!

This project was simple and quick too.   The first thing you need to buy is the 3 mat frames.  These are the card board type that you normally put inside a frame.   Then she chose a background paper.  She chose pink to match her daughter's room.   We inked the frames inside and out with a dark brown.  The little girls are from the Cricut cartridge - Paper Doll Dress Up.   She made the Princess, Ballerina and the hula girl.   To add some additional dimension, she pop dotted them so they stood out a little.  Then to connect the frames she chose a pink ribbon a little over an inch wide.  By leaving a small space when gluing down the back ground she was able to thread the ribbon through.  We then secured it down.  Then we used the same ribbon to create a hanger by attaching it to the back of the top picture.  To finish it off she added 3 dimensional butterflies on top of the ribbons.   



90 Minute Hero Arts Scramble

I have had an amazing day today.   I started the morning off working on some demo items for new Cricut classes I'll be teaching.  I also am testing out new Cricut software, so it's been a fun morning.  Then at 11:AM on the Hero Art Flickr we had a 90 minute scramble. 

What is a 90 minute scramble?????   

A hostess chooses the time and describes a challenge and you have 90 minutes to complete it.  Marcy hosted today and did a wonderful job!  What was the challenge???   You had to use one Hero Arts stamp and the small filler stamps that come in a larger clear set. 

It was a lot of fun.   My results is below: 

The Hero Arts Stamp I used was the F3246 Fancy Fillament.  (the stem for the flower).  The smaller stamps I used were from an Inkadinkado set # 98692.  The Happy Birthday stamp is from Stampabilities  #FR1040.  You can't see it but on the outline of the butterfly I used Smooch. 



Happy Monday!!!

Good Morning,

Well I did do some crafting this week, just don't have any pictures to show.  :-(   I'm sorry.  

However, what I do have to share with you is a wondeful mini album that was made by another lady that is on a forum I frequent.   Her work is fantastic.

Now I don't know about you, but when I hear the word album, I automatically start thinking photo album.   Well this isn't a photo album.  That's what is so exciting about this project.  Helping to inspire and stretch us outside the creativity box.  

Well with out further delay click on the link below.....

Finding Time To Create

Is this not the cutest!

Stop by and leave a comment for Krafting Kelly.   Tell her I sent you.  :-)

Have a wonderful day and a blessed week!

Christmas in July

Happy Friday Friends!

So as some of you know I work for Micheal's as a scrapbook instructor.   Well we got a new store manager and he is awesome!!!  He asked me to do some displays for the store from their Christmas in July project sheets.   Here is the bag I made.  He told me I didn't have to follow the project sheet, but I need to make the project.   Here is what I did.:

Supplies:
Stamp:  Recollection North Pole set  (reindeer)
Ribbon -  this was just some red and silver ribbon Michael's had in their Christmas section
Embossing powder - Here I used detail.  Read on why I wish I hadn't.
Paper is from Brazzil's (I think)  --  note to self get better about tracking exact supplies
White card stock
Markers - I used momentos this time around
Ink:  Versa Fine - Black   and Tim Holtz distress ink - Antique Photo
Ribbon - the red snow flake ribbon I bought when JoAnn's was clearing out Christmas stock last year.
Plain Gift bag.
EK Success Circle cutter  -  love this little gem!
Heat emboss tool

Instructions:
I measured the bag space for the size to cut the snowflake paper.  It was 7 3/4 X 5 1/4. 

Then I took a piece of White card stock and stamped my reindeer.  (Now so I would have extra reindeers and since I was already inked up, I stamped 4 on the 8 1/2 X 11 sheet of card stock.   I stamped them using the Black Versa Fine ink.  This is my favorite go to ink pad.

With my stamping coming out so clear I made sure I set it aside for a few minutes and made sure it was dry before I began coloring. 

I cut two of them out in a 4" circle.  (A 4" inch circle around each reindeer).   The other two I set aside to cut out later.  I will probably cut out the actual reindeer shape once I color them in.  But that will be another day.

For this project I only used one of the circle cut reindeer's.   I color him in with markers.  I chose Memento markers.  I have several different types of markers and depending on color I want to use, or technique I choose a marker.  I colored him in, in the white areas, I simply left it uncolored.  With the embossing over him, he looks fine.  Again I set him aside to make sure he dried and wouldn't smear.

OK, now I took my embossing stamp pad and stamped all over my reindeer image.  I then took my embossing powder and covered my image.  I did this over a sheet of paper, so I can easily put the excess back in the jar.  If you do it over your craft sheet, it tends to stick and it's an extra mess to clean up.  Now I picked it up with my tweezers and using my heat tool I melted the crystals for my first layer.  You know it's ready when the image comes through clear with vivid colors.   However, make sure you go over the non-color area too.   I repeated this process for about 5 or 6 layers. 

Why you ask... well this is the part where I tell you I wish I hadn't used fine embossing powder.  I was planning on doing a cracked glass technique and only had fine embossing powder.  I thought oh this will work the same just probably have to do extra layers.  OK, not that simple and lost my interest in layering quickly.  :-)   Still I continued on.   I put my project in the freezer to help with cooling off and was hoping my paper would curl more so I would get some good cracks.  Again ---- don't use fine embossing powder.

Next step.  I took it out of the freezer and proceeded to crack it.  It did OK, but not the look I was going for, it was more subtle.  The great thing about art, you can make it look like it wasn't a mistake!  :-)   So now I got out the distress ink and with a make up sponge wiped it over the embossed image.  Trying to pull out some of the cracks.  In real life the cracks are a little easier to see than in the photo.  

Oh what I didn't tell you was that with my first layer of embossing ink the paper seem to thin and I didn't like that look at all.  It made it look messy with the blue paper behind it.  Thus was my next step came into the picture.   I cut another piece of white card stock to put behind the image.  Everything that was suppose to be white was white again.  :-)   Glued it on the diagonal and trimmed with ribbon.   I attached my ribbon with my tape runner.  Then tied the handles with the red snowflake ribbon to bring out a little more of the red in the project. 

Time to get going on your Christmas projects.  I would love for you to share with me!

Diaper Cake

Hi Everyone!

Has it ever felt like things are really falling into place.  That is how I have been feeling lately.  God has really blessed me. 

In the previous posting I showed you a baby shower card I made.  Well here is the diaper cake I made to go with it.  I remember last time I made one it took me several hours, this time it went really quick.  Feels like I forgot a step, but it turned out really cute.

The topper is an item that was on her registry and I just loved what it added to the cake. 

So how did I do it???

Contains:

1 - box of Size 1 96 count diapers

various small items from registry

3 types of ribbon.  

1 - curling ribbon

1 - 1" size

1 - 3/4" size

1 baby bottle

Optional - candy to fill baby bottle

Plastic cake platter

Tape

Rubber bands

Glue Dots

I used the same size diaper for all layers.  (previously I have used different sized from new born to size 3.  Each layer getting a different size diaper)    However, my niece recently had a baby and even though she got a boat load of diapers, she still had to buy new born and size 1.   So I chose to do this cake with all size 1 diapers.  

What I'm not sure of is the # of diapers I used.   I bought a box of 96 and did not use the whole box.  I would guess around 50 or 60.   I rolled each diaper up and secured it with a rubber band.  One thing I recommend when rolling is to roll to the folded part of the diaper.  I found that it made each diaper more uniform and the ends came out flatter. 

I purchased a plastic cake platter from the dollar store as my base.  The center was a baby bottle.  For an added touch I filled it with candy.   I really should have used two bottles, but being a procastinator I didn't have any time left to go get another one.   The taller your cake the taller your center piece needs to be.  You don't have to use a bottle.  You could use a sturdy papertowel empty roll, gift wrap roll, alumnin foil roll, you get the idea.  :-)  What ever you choose to use, you need to secure it to your base.  I used tape and strong glue dots.  (The new elmer glue dots I think are really strong)

Once all of your diapers are rolled and you have your center secured you are ready to start assembly.  Take about 5 or 6 diapers and surround your middle base piece.  (the baby bottle or what ever you are using).  Then secure them all together with another rubberband.  Now surround those diapers with another layer of rolled diapers.  Now at this point I didn't have a large enough rubber band to put around this wring of diapers, so I tied curling ribbon around them tightly.  You now have your base layer of your cake.  You will repeat this process all the way to the top tier. 

Once you have all the tiers of diapers you want it's time for the icing a.k.a. ribbon and registry items.  In my example I took the 1" ribbon (Plain Purple) and wrapped it around each layer of diapers.  Then I took the 3/4" ribbon (Pink and says It's a Girl) centered it on top of the plain purple.    Then I used the purple curling ribbon to help secure various items on to the cake.   The 1st purse I just took one of the attachments and slid it into the ribbon and it held nicely.   (Make sure that you put each ribbon layer on tight to prevent slipping and so it can hold items.)  Because I didn't like seeing the seams, I used curling ribbon and secured two teathing ring type toys over the seams.  Add the curl for a little more punch.   I had two rattles that fast to a baby's arm or leg with velcro.  I just attched them around the ribbon.   

For the topper I used a baby security blanket my friend had registered for.  Then for some extra decorations I added a few barrettes clipped around. 

Well I can barely hold my eyes open, so I'm off to sleep land and hope to post more tomorrow! 

Good Night and God Bless!

Vintage Birthday

Hi,

I'm still working on keeping this blog updated on a regular basis.   I do love crafting, sometimes I just over committment myself.  Can you be addicted to stress?  I think sometimes I like chaos, just so I can figure a way out.

Well enough of me... On to this posting's project.

Yesterday I did a Hero Arts 90 minute scramble challenge.  See the Hero Arts Flickr site for upcoming scrambles.  They are addicting!!! 

THE CHALLENGE
1) Your new creation must contain at least one side without a straight edge.
2) Use your favorite Hero Arts stamp(s).
3) Use your favorite color combination.
4) Use your favorite technique(s).
5) Use your favorite embellishment(s).

The hostest with the mostest had some wonderful examples.   Below is my entry:

It's a card for a Baby Shower I was going to later that day.

This card is in the shape of a Onesie.   It was cut using my Silhouette SD.  I used a Hero Arts Butterfly digital cutting file for the butterfly.   The background stamp is an old Hero Arts trio butterfly set.  

Now I had also began working on a second design during this scramble (high hopes I could do two cards in 90 minutes --- let's just say I'm still striving to hit that goal.)  This card was for a dear friend's mother's 83rd birthday.   She threw her a party with a roaring 20's theme.  That is where I got the inspiration for the design.

This card was so fun to make.   The card base I used black card stock and cut the design from Silhouette.  Then the silhouette of the vintage woman is a Hero Arts design. 

Valentine Cards

I've created a few valentine cards I can't wait to share with you.

I loved how this card turned out.  The words are from a Silhouette file cutout.  The silver love and heart is a chain sticker, unfortunately I'm not sure who it is made by.   The heart and key are from Dress It Up Victorian Treasures.  Love these buttons!   The background paper is from DCWV Once Upon a Time paper pack set. 


The second card I did was for a friend of mine:

For this card I took a 8 1/2 by 11 white card stock and cut it in half.  Then I used Martha Stewarts scoring board to frame the card.   Then I used some scrap pink paper.  Using a stamp by Hampton Art.  Love these dollar stamps.  I first used a anti-static pillow to wipe over the surface.  The purpose of this is so that the embossing powder doesn't stick to anything but where I stamp it.  I then stamp the in Versamark embossing ink onto the paper.  Then I put Sweet Stamps white embossing powder generously over the stamped area and knocked off the excessed.   Then using a heat embossing tool I heat up the embossing powder. 

There is a embossed heart next to the words, but I wanted more punch.  So I used a heart sticker by Sticko.  Then on just the pink paper I pierced holes in each corner and added a small white heart brad.  These brads were by Marvy.  I then cut off one of the brad legs  that stuck out over the edge.  I used small Zots to attached the pink paper. 

To add a little more color I used a q-tip and chalked the score lines around the card.  I liked the add of color, but think next time I will ink it.

Another card I made for Valentine:

This card I started out a little differently.  I started out with the pink top piece of paper.  I like the muliple lines in this paper pack page.  I then built on the colors within the topper.  It had dark brown and blue stripes.  The following supplies were used:

• DMD paper pack
• VersaFine - Onyx Black
• StazOn - Timber Brown
• Copic - Tender Pink  RV13
• Copic - Frost Blue B00
• Jellyroll - #720
• SandyLion - heart stickers
• Craftsmart - flower hearts
• Hampton Art - Happy Valentine Day
• Brown ribbon

I used 8 X 5 1/2 piece of white card stock folded in half.   Personally I like to match the two ends up and fold.  I then make sure I have a crisp fold by going over it with a bone folder. 

The last valentine I will post today I did for a Valentine exchange for Hero Arts Flickr group.  Check them out you will see some great work and these ladies are so much fun!  Hero Arts Group

With the Hero Arts group it's about using Hero Arts products.   So the diecut in the middle, is a file I cut using my silhouette.  The file was made by Hero Arts.  I used Martha Stewart's border punch to get the lace look on the paper.  The pink hearts are stickers that I got in the dollar bin at JoAnn's.  The Happy Valentine's Day stamp is a dollar stamp by Hampton Arts.

I'm back and going to stay more focused

Have you ever bitten off more than you can chew.   Well for me that is often a natural state.  I'm beginning to think I like all that stress.   (whew... that was a fleeting moment of insanity)  :-)

So what was I up to while I was away.   Working too many jobs, holidays, family and relationships.  The good news is that I survived, paid cash for Christmas, and enjoyed the holidays with family and friends!

I am so excited to get going on this blog and take it more serious.   As part of this I have taken the EKSuccess training classes and have become a certified trainer for their scrap booking classes.  I'm so excited.  I teach my first class at Michael's on Feb. 8th.  Now to get customers excited about taking it.

So where are more pictures and updates... those will be coming real soon.   I made some valentine cards that I will be sharing this week.  I had fun making them.   I will say this, I started out with a completely different idea then what I ended up with!

Hey have you heard about the Spotted Canary?  http://www.spottedcanary.com/
Great new website that was launched.  And if you are lucky enough to get the PBS channel they have a crafting show.   Take a look around!

Since it is February, it's what I call the Love month. 

So I'll end today's post with a verse about love:

Mark 12:30-31:
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' 31 The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these.

Till we meet again! :-)

Good Morning!

Hi Everyone,

Hope you are having a terrific start to your week!

It's been busy, crazy and fun all in one for me.  I'm kicking myself right now though.   I needed some quick Thank you cards and created 4 new ones.  They turned out great.   However, this dummy forgot to take pictures and upload them.   DUH!!!!!!   Oh and of course I delivered them to their intended recipients.

On the positive side I need to do 6 more for them, so I hope at the end of this week to post some new card projects.  

So I thought I would share with you a little bit of what my week is about.   (Give you a little insight into my wonderful talent of over committing myself. :-) )

Geocaching - another one of my favorite hobbies.  You are a treasure finder of sorts.  People hide an item (referred to as a cache) and log the GPS Coordinates at geocaching.com.   Then other people download those coordinates into their GPS and go seek the cache.   It is not about finding monetary treasures.  It's about the thrill of the hunt and often the place the cache was placed.    This game is played around the world and their are a variety of events and other aspects to the game.

So this week some fellow geocachers have arrived in Vegas for their honeymoon.   They received this trip, because their family planned it and gave it to them as a wedding present.  As part of the planning the 2 sisters of the groom, new that the bride and groom liked geocaching.  So she reached out to the Geocaching community here and asked if we could help further their surprise.   So I have hidden a cache 1.5 hours out side of town for them to find.  Complete with a note and further instructions for them.  And I'm dropping off daily packages to their hotel all in the spirit of the game.   Those thank you cards I mentioned, they are for them. 

I had to complete several hours of training for one of my part time jobs so I can play video games and walmart and sell sony playstations.
My fulltime contract job which was suppose to be just 40 hours a week, is turning into 60 hours a week.
My partime contract job that was suppose to be 40 hours a month is turning into 40 hours a week. 
My daughter has a list of various items she needs assistance with.

You know what, I love it when my life gets crazy.  I get bored quickly if it isn't.

Well let me leave you with the thought for the day.   JB from Air1 radio station shared it on Facebook yesterday and this is something that I need to remember more often.  It's a Billy Gramham quote.

‎"it's the Holy Spirit's job to convict, God's job to judge, and it's my job to love." - Billy Graham

Have a blessed day!

This is the day the Lord has made let us rejoice and be glad in it!

Good Morning!

Instead of posting a card today, I've decided to leave you with a bible verse I work everyday to live by.

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
( Ephesians 4:32 KJV )


I sure wish it was as easy to do as it is to type.  

Blessings!

Posting Final Challenge project

Hi Everyone!

Well thanks for understanding as I got some much needed sleep.  I had an idea for the last day's challenge but never could get it to come out the way I wanted it to.  I wanted to dry emboss with this stamp because I thought it would look so neat.   If you have or can, please do share the details.   I tried metals and vellum and just didn't get the outcome I was looking for.

On to today's project.   I'm pretty excited because I did a masking technique with the snowman.   He came out of a Rubber Stampede set.   Then in Vivid UltraMarine I stamped the Starry Night stamp.  I then took a piece of vellum with white polka dots and overlayed the image.   Clean and simple.  I think that is becoming my favorite style.

Supplies used:
Hero Arts  Starry Night - C0224
Rubber Stampede #3425 Whimsical Gift Tag Set
Stampabilities - Merry Little Christmas 02  -  #DR1139
Vivid - Ultramarine 
Versafine - Onxy Black
Paper Pizazz - Vellum Dots
Cardstock - Blue and White

I have had so much fun with this Hero Arts pairing up challenge.  I couldn't have asked for a better partner! 

If you didn't get a chance yesterday, pop by Nancy's blog and see what she created for our final challenge day.   It is truly beautiful and unexpected.   http://www.happyheart-nancyljk.blogspot.com/

Final day of pairing up challenge

Good Morning / Good Evening my friends!

Thanks for stopping by to see what I've created for our final day of the challenge.    To be honest, you won't find a card post from me today.    See I did something silly.  

I have been out of work for almost 6 months.  I accepted a new job, (no wait that isn't exactly the silly part.)   In the mean time I had applied for a few others.  Then job 1 tells me they only have about 40 hours per month for me.  (hmmmm..  still need to feed the family.)  So I got a second job offer.   I accept.  (you just think you got the idea... there's more).    Rarely overtime only when we need it for crunch time.   Ok, great.  Can't work from home, though have to go into the office.  (Ok, if I must).    Then this part time job I really wanted called me back and said we have a store for you.   And you guessed it ...  I accepted.   So I have 3 jobs right now.   Now I will admit, that alone should not have caused the delay, if I hadn't procrastinated I could have had all my cards done prior. 

I was really disappointed with the quality of work that I turned out yesterday, and I feel that Nancy and this challenge deserves everything God gave me.   So I hope to repost tomorrow with my creation.

Thanks again for stopping by.   Now don't delay if you haven't been to Nancy's yet, go see that beautiful card.

http://www.happyheart-nancyljk.blogspot.com/


Words to live by:
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men” (Colossians 3:23). 

Pairing Up Challenge Day 4

Hello wonderful friends!

I hope you are enjoying our blog hop challenge.   I know I am.   It's been exciting getting up and checking Nancy's blog to see what she posted and how different / or similar it was to what I was doing.

Well it's one of those mornings, so this post will have to be short and sweet...     (I know sometimes that is better than me rambling on. :-) )

So this is our first of two days using the starry night stamp from Hero Arts.   This really is a great stamp.   Since I hadn't inked it prior to last night I wasn't sure what to expect.   Now I can't wait to get home tonight and create with it again.   This stamp really has so much potential.   I understand now why Nancy says it's her new favorite stamp.  :-) 

Hop on over to Nancy blog and see what she has created for you!

Happy Heart Blog

Thank you for joining us on this blog hopping, pairing up journey!  We really are so appreciative of all the wonderful support and comments!

Have a blessed day!

Day 3 of Pairing Challenge

Good Morning Everyone!

Hope you are having a great week so far!

It's day 3 and this is the last day of using a non-Christmas stamp, but making a Christmas card.

Hope you had a chance to check out Nancy's beautiful creation yesterday  Click Here.   I love the way swirls look on a card!   She is a great partner, I am so lucky!

Did you ever have one of those days where you sit down to create the perfect card.  You've got it all designed in your head, you know exactly what you are doing and then you begin.....

Then it just doesn't come out the way you had it pictured.   Well that was today's card.  The concept is still the same, it's just the execution.  I think I should have chosen to work with different materials.  

Today instead of Rubber Stamps, I used digital stamps of sorts.

The Umbrella and bucket are Hero Arts Silhouette shape and so is the Sailboat.

I colored the Sailboat with glitter pens.

The Umbrella I used a red/green/white twine I picked up at Michaels.

The sand is Flower Soft - fine sand.

The stamp (saying) is from Stampabilities.

Have a no regrets day....  Live, Love and Laugh

Now, take time to blog hop over to Nancy's and let's see what beautiful card she has made today.  Click Here  

Day 2 of Pairing up challenge

Good Morning/Afternoon / Evening everyone!  

It's day two and wow did you see the beautiful card Nancy made for our 1st day on the challenge?  Awesome!   I better step up my game today. 

This card actually started out with a completely different idea in mind.   I don't know about you, but that seems to happen to me more often than not. 

Here's my take on the challenge.....

Supplies:

• Red Ribbon
• Sizzix die cut tag
• Merry Christmas (words) was in a box of stamps (small wood block)
• Hero Arts Stamp - H2047 - Square of four backgrounds.
• Red and Green Cardstock

Originally I was going to somewhat be lazy and use the backgrounds to kiss some other Christmas stamps.   My kisses just weren't coming out the way I wanted them to.  So then I looked and saw the blocks on the paper and my mind jumped to a package.   I couldn't be happier on the way this came out.

Hope you enjoyed it...    Be sure and hop over to the Happy Heart Studio and see Nancy's beautiful creation.  Click Here  

Hero Arts Flickr group Pairing Up Challenge

Hello everyone,

I can't believe that this is already the 20th of September!   I'm excited about this week, but I missed posting all last week.   Well with the start of this week, starts a new chapter in my crafting world.   Not only did I recreate my blog, I am pairing up with an exceptional lady and crafter.....   Nancy  (aka Nancyljk).  She is a hostest with the mostest over at HeroArts.   Being paired up with Nancy has been a wonderful experience.  A little nerve racking, because she is a hostest and that meant she sat the bar high with her cards.   It's ok, I enjoy a challenge.

Here is what we are doing this week.   
Monday - Wednesday we are taking a Hero Arts non-Holiday stamp and turning it into a Christmas/holiday card.
Thursday and Friday - We are using a Hero Arts stamp we both have and doing a different technique with it each day.  

Ok, I've rambled on enough...  here is my card for today.

The supplies used:

• 
  
  Hero Arts H5328 Row of houses
• 
  
  Stampscapes  180E Cracked Earth
• 
  
  The trees are from a $1 sticker pack
• 
  
  The Happy Holidays is from another $1 sticker pack
• 
  
  The Happy Holidays paper is from Paper Pizazz
• 
  
  Versa Mark Ink - Black

I took a pre-scored card base.   Then covered the front with the Happy Holidays/Merry Christmas paper.  Then on a gold piece of card stock, I stamped the row of houses, then the cracked earth.   Then I embelished it to look like Christmas.   Now you may be wondering where the falling snow is, or the snow men.   Well in Vegas, we don't see that stuff around Christmas, so I gave it more of a home feel for me.  :-)

Hope you enjoyed my first posting for this challenge.

  

Here is the link to Nancy's blog...   Hop on over and enjoy her first card for our pairing up challenge.

click here   

Rejuvination

Hello!

I have made a decision to change blog servers and start over brand new.  A Rejuvination of sorts.  Life is about rejuvinations and I enjoy life!  I was reborn as a Christian.  I decorate on a budget, which means using something old for something new.  Garage sales - repurposing other's discards.  Scrapbooking - this is taking a picture you already took and making it come to life bigger and better, hopefully recapturing the moment.   Card Making - I really enjoy challenging myself to take something and use it in a way it wasn't necessarily intended for.  I've also purposely chosen my new launch date to be 9/13/10 in rememberance of 9/11 and rebuilding.  I'm sure you can think of a few items yourself.

So what am I'm going to do with my blog?  Well I hope to inspire, teach, learn and enjoy everyone.   I love it when I receive comments I use it as a tool to grow in my craft. 

As part of my new launch I have paired up with another very inspiring special person from the HA flickr group - Nancy.  We will spend the week showing you how we both interperted the day's view point/challenge.   I'm so excited for this opportunity to work with Nancy.   I hope you enjoy visiting our blogs to see how the challenge is inspiring us both.