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HaPpy HaLLoWeEn!!!!!!!!

Happy Halloween everyone! I can't believe it's already here! Wow! This year has truly flown by!

Last night, we did our pumpkins. The kids wanted to paint theirs...Madi's was a collage of colors and Hudson just slapped some paint on there. Then I painted a 'Thomas' train on it for him...he was so happy! :) Ryan cut out a scary face on his...and I quickly did this after I took some photos of everyone and helped the little ones. This took no time at all...but was fun too! :)

I hope you all have a wonderful Halloween! Be safe!

Guess what I ordered last night...a new iMac Apple Computer! :) I'm so excited! This one I have is running soooo slow...it takes me so long to edit photos and I'm really just dreading it every time. So, hubby let me do it - LOVE YOUR RyeBeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! Dang it adds up though...what an investment! I hope it will last for a long time. I got some software too so I'd be ready to go.

Anything I need to know about a Mac? I'm nervous about switching from a PC....I know this thing inside and out. So I'm nervous. Any tips..software or things I must get? Please share!!

Ok...have a good one. Thanks for your post...it's sure quiet around here. I know I haven't been the best poster....need to get back into the swing of things. I have some layouts I did for CHA that I'll share this week. Have an awesome day!

Howdy!

Thanks to everyone that came by the chat Wednesday night! It was a lot of fun! I was just trying to keep up with all the questions...but I hope that everyone enjoyed it. Thanks again for asking me Beth! :)

They asked me to do a challenge there for everyone so I did and this is the layout that I created with the Superstar Portfolio Kit. It's not my fav....I kept playing and finally just had to finish it up! LOL! But, it was fun to do. I just love all those Rhonna Autumn Leaves goodies and stamps...so fun!

So, as I was at the Dr. with Hudson the other day, they gave him the flu shot. I felt like we were sick all last winter so I wanted to do whatever I could to help. Well, he's had a high fever ever since he got it. I feel so bad. Thrush and a fever....so sad! Last night him and Madi both slept really good...I was so impressed. And he seems to be feeling better this morning and eating Goldfish...I hope that kiddo gets better soon! I've been so worried about him.

Madi had her trunk-or-treat party yesterday at preschool. It was so fun and she looked just darling! I can't wait to scrap a Halloween page now...her in her sweet Snow Princess outfit...gloves and all. She wanted to put it all on...so fun! I need to download my picts but I hope to post some. She loved it. Halloween is so fun!

Any fun plans for the weekend? I've got some work that is due on Monday...gotta get that done. I'm hoping to have somethings in the mail today...love good mail days! It makes me so happy! Heheheheee! SO, I'll share picts tomorrow if they come! I realllllyy hope that they do! :) Ok, have a good one! hugs!

Just a quick post...

I will be chatting at Creating Inspirations at 6 pm Pacific, 7 pm MT, 8 pm Central, and 9 pm Eastern. If you want to join me...I'd love to have some friends coming to say hi! :) You may need to login, (create a free account/password) and then it will be on the Message Board in the Celebrity Chat board. Hope you'll come by!

Also...I did my layout for the awesome COLOR blog, but it looks like they want to use it for something else. LOL! So, I won't be posting it after all...but you'll see it sometime in the future. So sorry. I would love to play again and do another layout but I just don't think I'll be able to make it this week. I hope that you'll check out the blog and play along. Mellette is doing it on Friday...I'm sure her challenge for the upcoming week will be fabulous!

Took Hudson to the Dr. ...thrush again. He's got sores on his tounge and I'm sure all down his throat. Poor little guy. Got some meds so I hope that he gets better soon. Ok....I'll post tomorrow. Got a layout to share if you wanna see. Where is everyone? It seems quite around here. Hope everyone is well! Hugs!

Hi! New challenge up!

I promise I had good intentions all week to post a bunch of stuff and then I feel like it just slipped away from me. Not sleeping again...or should I say the kids aren't sleeping again! LOL! So, it's been a bit of a rough week for me. I think Hudson has Thrush again...gotta get him to the Dr. Don't know what's going on with that litlte dude.

I posted a new 3 Product Challenge today at Two Peas. Thanks to everyone that has been participating...last week was a lot of fun! If your interested in playing along, here is the link to the message in the Pub.

I used this layout as my inspiration for the challenge. It was published in the Oct. BHG - thanks BHG! I LOVE that mag! :)

Got some things I need to get done today...don't we all! :) I'm working on a layout doing Jen McGuire's challenge on the Color Blog. Check it out and play along if you'd like. I'll post mine in a day or two.

Enough challenges for ya? LOL!

As a reminder...my chat with Creating Inspirations will be this Wednesday at 6pm PCT
7pm MST
8pm CST
10pmEST
I hope that you'll all come and chat with me. It will be lots of fun!

Have a great Monday! I'll be better at this...truly! Come say hi...what are you up to this week? Anything fun? Did you do anything fun this past weekend? Hope all is well! Hugs!

Thanks! :) Memory Trends Products...

Thanks everyone for your sweet comments and emails! I hope that you'll pick up the Designing with Details Autumn Leaves Idea Book when it hits stores in February - it is so amazing! :) :) :)

UPDATE:: My chat originally scheduled for tonight at Creating Inspirations has been pushed back till next Wednesday, Oct. 25th. Most likely at 7 pm MT - 9 pm EST. I hope that you will all join me there - I'll feel silly if no one shows up! LOL! THANKS!!!! :)

I've been wanting to share somethings I found pictures of from Memory Trends Trade Show in Las Vegas the past week. It's a smaller show so there aren't huge releases from manufacturers, but there are still lots of goodies to look forward too. Here are some that I'm excited about...

Foofala Red Black & Cream Line looks awesome! Love paisleys, love stripes, love the colors that can be used with anything...this will be a timeless line for sure! Super excited about all their releases.

  That Karen Russell girl...really lovin' her releases lately!!! These Journalers Notebooks are just awesome! I'm still trying to get my hands on the one that was released at CHA Winter - and then this cute pink one and a blue one were released at MT. Love it! Can't wait to play with those!

Oh my goodness...I am in serious trouble here! These adorable felt albums by KI Memories - LOVE! I'll need to collect a lot of these cuties....not sure yet what I'll do with them, but I will think of something. Love the colors, the frame window...just darling!!

Another thing I absolutely LOVE....Bazzill Shimmer Cardstock! Shimmer...glitter....LOVE that! Tons of great colors and the price is the same as their regular cardstock...50 cents a sheet. So cool! I will be buying this...in bulk! :) :) :)

Making Memories seems to have a lot of great releases at this show as well...some favs of mine....the KRAFT papers and stickers and embellies! Love that idea! Also so excited about the dyed tags and the bag of buttons - I love those buttons. Super excited to get those!

Quickutz REVOLUTION die cutting system...one word...SOLD! Super cool - new alphas that cut up to 4" and die shapes and more! And 5 new Alphabets in the large size! I just love my Quickutz tool - so fun and this will be such a perfect addition to my addiction! LOL!

SO, I know there are more...I'll maybe post more later...but those are some things I'm really looking forward too. What did you love? What are you most excited about?

I got another order from ScrapGal the other day...got some neat new 7 Gypsy things...just love the photo corner pockets and the label stamps. I just got the 'naked' one and it is big...I didn't realize they were that big. Love that thing! So cool! And I love her store...no, I don't know her, but her service is fabulous and I've loved shopping there. :)

Ok ... gotta go get to work. Have a great day and thanks again for your nice notes! :)

Some random things...

I really had good intentions to post sooner! :) I have so many random thoughts that I've wanted to post about - hopefully this week I'll get to them all! I've got a busy week - lots to get done but it's all good and fun. I'll have something on the Freestyle Blog later this week so if you want to play along, a challenge for this week will be posted shortly. (((ETA: Just kidding! LOL! It looks like they are going to go ahead and close it earlier than planned. So, be sure to check out the Designing with Color Blog for great weekly challenges!!))

So........I just have to share! :) This is my 'secret' toot from awhile back! Who would of thought that it would of turned into so much more...with me working with AL. I just love it! This book was super fun to work on and I've seen a lot of the layouts in it....incredible! These girls always amaze me! I really love some of the layouts I did for this book...too fun! So neat to see my name on that list...I've just admired these girls for so long. So neat to be apart of it ... so grateful!!!!!! :) :) :) Thanks for letting me share! ((And a huge thanks to Scrapbook Oasis for the picture - hope they don't mind me sharing it here as well.))

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Thanks to everyone that has been asking about the '3 Product Challenges' and wanting them to return. I posted a new one today at Two Peas and I hope that many of you will come and play. I am really busy this week so I didn't have time to create a new layout for the challenge, so I pulled an OLDER layout as my inspiration for the challenge. I did this layout in Oct of '05 but it's still a fav of mine. Thought I'd go ahead and share it here too... (it has a white background - hard to tell).

Anyone willing to share with me how to get a black border around photos or layouts? I'd love to know! :) :) :)

This weekend we did something that was sad for me....I'll share picts and my 'story' another day this week. Crazy how fast time goes by.... ):

Anyway - hope you all have a great Monday! I gotta get scrappin'...deadlines to meet and fun stuff to create! I created a page last night for an upcoming Autumn Leaves project that I just Love! I love when things come together - and quickly! LOL! Still need to work on that 'quick' issue with my scrappin! Thanks for coming by! Hugs!!

It's Official...

My little brother is a married man! We drove up to SLC on Thursday morning and then flew out that night to Nauvoo where they were married in the LDS Nauvoo Temple on Saturday. It was a beautiful weekend! They were so happy and it was so neat to get to experience Nauvoo with my family. I had never been there before and it was so beautiful and special...full of such amazing church history. We didn't take the kids with us so it was a bit stressful for me - I know that they had a hard time, but I was so grateful that we were able to go for the weekend! This is just a casual shot of them - they were so happy! So cute! So weird to think that my little bro, my only bro, is now married! All of my parents kids are married now - just crazy! Where has the time gone?

So, we had a great weekend! It's always good to come home though. My hubby and I are both really busy right now with work so it's a busy week. I've got lots to get done and am trying to work on all of that.

In the midst of 'to-do' lists, it's Memory Trends this week in Las Vegas. I was really wanting to go but with my bro's wedding...it just wasn't possible. I love 'trade show' time! Love seeing the new products that are coming out! So exciting! I've found some picts of things at these sites and I'm sure they will be uploading more...

Lifetime Moments
Scrapbook Oasis Blog (fixed the link...sorry)
ScrapTalk

Lots of fun stuff! I'll post tomorrow with picts of some things that I'm way excited about! If you find other sites with picts, PLEASE share! And share what your favs are! Does anyone still read this thing? LOL! I know I've been a bad blogger - hoping to be better with it again.

Anyway - hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I'll be back soon with picts of my favs from MT. Hugs!

Embellishment Tray

This is my muffin/cupcake baking tray I got at that antique store in AZ. I'm not much of an 'antique' girl but I'm trying to break out of my mold! LOL!

I love this thing! I always would shove embellies to the side here and it was a complete mess. Now, I have a little hole for photo corners, brads, flowers, buttons, tags, fabric strips, chipboard letters, misc. and more. It is perfect and keeps them all organized! So fun!

Thanks for all your nice comments about my layout - it was fun to do! If you still do the 1 hr. Challenge, be sure to link me up! I'd love to see!

And if anyone is interested, I'd love for you to come and chat with me at Creating Inspirations on Wednesday, October 18 at 8 pm MT, 10 pm EST.  I was honored to be asked to be a Guest Designer this month, along with Rhonna Farrer who's chat was last night (you can read it on the message board if interested). I'll be posting a challenge and layout next week so I'll keep you updated. I'd love for you to come and join me though at the chat! It will be my first chat online - kinda scary! :) :) :)

Any fun plans for the weekend? I got big plans - but I'll share with you next week! :)

And....Memory Trends trade show is in just a few days! How exciting! The shows are my favorite time of the year - love seeing all the photos posted up on the web and seeing all the new products coming out! I love new products - you all know me! LOL! So, it's so exciting! For those going, stop by the Autumn Leaves booth for me! :) Say hi to everyone! And if you find sites with photos - please share here! I know we all will love to see them!

Ok - have a good weekend! Hugs!

1 hr. Challenge Layout & a COLOR Blog Share

Hi! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend! I enjoyed listening to General Conference - so uplifting - so many things that I needed to hear. Got some scrappin' done too so that was fun. So, did anyone play along with the 1 Hour Challenge? It was kinda random, I know. But, I loved doing it. It was good for me. here is my layout that I completed in an hour...

  I've been wanting to use these Heidi Swapp Journaling Spots and never have - so that was fun. I had two more photos printed of Madi's toys but I just couldn't get them to work on the layout so ended up doing this. It was fun though.

I also wanted to share this cool thing that is up on the Color Blog by all the AL girls. Be sure to check it out...really neat (and fun to do!!). Love those bags now!!

Ok, gotta go help Huddy. If you did the challenge or if you do it, be sure to link me up here in the comments - I'd love to see! Have a great Monday!