Hoarding Scrappin' Style!

 
Hysterical!!  This could be me but NOT YET!!  Yesterday I threw out a large brown paper bag of paper scraps!! ..... hey - it's a start....

Then I placed all of my retired paper packs in a crate - time to "use 'em or lose 'em"....  You may see some of the Artbooking samples in these retired paper packs..... this cartridge cuts up the paper 'real nice'....

So stay tuned...

Club Scrap Pajama Party!

Woohoo!!  This week I participated in a Club Scrap Pajama Party using the Wisteria kit from this month.  

Here is the sketch that we were given to use as our inspiration!

The papers were a perfect match for my shirt that I was wearing..  you know me!...  It was so funny - I had already picked out these pictures to go along with the paper and Miss Classy Girl had the same idea in mind!  ( I love her picture selection as well...)

Bruce and I retired the same year from teaching in Florida - June 2011 and these photos were taken before the party that we attended...All of the elements just seem to come together.

The cuts- outs are from the NEW Cricut cartridge - Artbooking and you can purchase the cartridge from me starting August 1st!  Psst... I will tell you a secret- I am having a giveaway coming YOUR way very soon...  please check back on this blog for more information!!

Keep checking my posts for 'snippets' of everything NEW and exciting from 

M- E!

My convention bundles arrived today!!

Look what was at my doorstep today when I got home!!

I was soooo excited!!  Here is everything in the box!

Check it out.....

As soon as I send off this post I am cutting from this cartridge!!  How about some more "sneak peeks"?

AND......

AND lastly ....

So now I am off to create!  Check back soon for some artwork from all of my new treasures....

Club Scrap PSL Layout

I am VERY busy - so why did I decided to join the Club Scrap PSL Summer Camp?  To get some layouts done, of course!

Lately it seems that everything I finish has to be on a demo board for at least 6 months and my scrapbooks are crying for attention!  So here is my first finished layout from a WCHS Cross Country Meet in 2000.  My children have been neglected for way too long (P.S. they are boys -they do not care! but mom does!)

      (click on the photo for a larger view...)

The die cuts are from the Cricut cartridge - Sports Mania and the Club Scrap paper pack is the Marathon paper pack.  More layouts are coming...stay tuned..

Here is the next one....

WooHoo ...another one finished and in his sports album!

and lastly - BTW - the paper pack is "all gone"!

I am so excited!  I have layouts finished and into Robbie's Sport album...  they have been sitting around for more than a year waiting to be finished...ta da!!!

July Make It From YOUR Heart Workshop

Ladies, it is July and I have been crazy busy!  I hope you have all received my July newsletter, if not let me know and I will add you to my CTMH mailing list.  Convention was FAB-u-lous!! and I am all excited about the new product.  But the July workshop is at the top of my list right now!

I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July and you took lots of pictures.  This paper pack may not resemble any fireworks but it sure does scream red, white and blue!

My layout this month is from the Make It From Your Heart - Volume 1- layout #16.  Yes - there is a Volume 2!!  I am excited to see it and it will be arriving soon...

I had a little help from my fellow consultant, Pam Thorn.  I used her idea for the tag and journaling accent on the lower left.  The pictures are from the Lucille Ball Memorial Park in Celeron, NY.  My hometown is Jamestown, NY and it is not far from this landmark.  If any of you have been to Chautauqua Lake, you will recognize some of the sites.

  

I took these pictures on a beautiful summer day in August of 2010.  I guess I have been saving them for the "perfect" paper pack.....

As usual we will be creating a card with the July stamp of the month.  The original design I found during the recent Stamp of the Month Blog Hop.  You can visit Krista's blog here if you are interested in comparing the two....:)

If you love the Tommy paper pack, then you are in luck!  This paper pack is one of the papers that will move forward into the Autumn/Winter Idea book! Unfortunately the   Buzz and Bumble , Later Sk8tr and Claire paper packs are gone!!  But the G1057 Later Sk8tr Workshop To Go ,is still available....just sayin...  If you want a Workshop To Go, you had better order it soon as the Buzz and Bumble AND the Chantilly ones are already gone!  None of the workshops to go move forward into the new Idea Book!

Place you order on http://ctmh.com/SweetAline and select the SHOP tab and add the numbers to your order.  A few of you were lucky last month and ordered the papers before they were gone and they are in your bags!

Please RSVP for the workshop before July 10th so I can cut all the paper and assemble the kits!

July Make It From YOUR Heart Workshop:

WHEN:  July 12th from 6-9:00 p.m.  (Always the second Friday of the month)

WHERE:  My home - email me for directions!

COST:  $10.00 for a 2 page layout and a card

RSVP:  by July 10th Sweetaline@verizon.net

This workshop ends the Make It From YOUR Heart Workshops.  Starting in August I will be offering the "Artbooking with Addie" Workshop (a.k.a. AWA Workshop) on the second Friday of each month AND the "MiniBook Magic" Workshop (a.k.a. MBM Workshop) on the fourth Friday of every month.  You can sign up for both or only one depending on your schedule!

My Fall Open House is scheduled for August 4th from 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.  The theme is "Death by Chocolate".  Check out the August SOTM for the reason behind the theme....

So be prepared to each some mighty fine chocolate treats!  More info coming soon on the Open House.

My NEW CTMH Idea Books are Here!!

Yippee Skippee!!

If you attend my Make It From YOUR Heart Workshop in July, you will be able to have a sneak preview of some of the new products!  PLUS you will receive the NEW Idea book absolutely free!

More information coming soon.....