A little change............

Anyone that knows me, knows that I am totally bananas over cows!!! My kitchen is done totally in cow collectibles and they are slowly spreading throughout the house. I am trying to keep them corralled in the kitchen though. I have been looking for a blogger template that reflected my love of the bovine beauties with no luck. I have found a few but they just didn't do it for me, know what I mean???

So, I've spent the morning playing around with my template I had to see if I could adjust it and create my own layout - well, so far this is what I've come up with. It does reflect what I was looking for to a point but it is still missing something. I am now trying to figure out how to make a header and get it put in. I know it has to be easy because doing these adjustments were way simple, it is just a matter of figuring it all out now!!!

Whaddya think???

Oh yeah, here is a layout I completed about a year and a half ago dedicated to my addiction:



Happy scrappin' all, over and out!!!

Road Trippin'

Well, yesterday morning I woke up to my darling husband saying "Road Trip!!!" He told me to get showered, get the kids up and get packed for an overnight road trip. Yeah, well if you know me last minute stuff isn't my thang baybay!!! But, I got everything ready and out the door we went to the great unknown - he wasn't really sharing many details at the moment.

We headed out of Austin and hit many little towns along the way - I can not remember them all but will give it a shot!!! (sung to the tune of I've Been Everywhere Man) We've been to Dripping Springs, Pedernales State Park, Johnson City, LBJ National Park, Stonewall, Luckenbach, Cain City, Fredricksburg, Kerrville, Medina, Bandera, Pipe Creek, Boerne, Bergheim, New Braunfels, San Marcos, Buda and back to Austin!!!!

Now that I see all the places wow, I didn't realize we went through so much!!! We had a fab time while out and about and got some great pics as you will see here in the slide show:

Happy Scrappin'!!!

Sisterhood of the Blogging Scrappers

Well, I stumbled upon this group of ladies yesterday and signed up. The are known as The Sisterhood of the Blogging Scrappers. You group up into 20 and then support each other throughout our scrapping endeavors. This is very exciting as I love to meet new people with the same interests!!! I can't wait to get going full force in this new group!!! Check it out if ya like!!!!

Happy Scrappin'!!!

Going back...........

.................to college!!!

How odd at 30 something to be going back to school!!! It feels good, exciting, nerve wracking but most of all I am going to accomplish something in my life!!! I've always wanted to go back but never had the chance or real drive!!! But, I've been working on this and I got my PELL grant in today and my financial aid for the remaining tuition!!! So, I enroll in classes on Tuesday and start back in just a couple weeks - July 30th to be exact!!!

Wish me luck!!! I'm ready but kind of nervous!!!

Happy Scrappin'!!!

Put those punches to work..........

Do you own the Marvy Uchida scallop circle punch? Want to see how to get more punch for your buck? Check this out then:

1st:

Punch your scallop from cardstock



2nd:

Place the cardstock that you just punched your shape from on top of a thinner piece of paper - notebook paper works just fine. Line your punched piece up with the cardstock and use repositionable adhesive to adhere to the thinner paper.



3rd:

Remove your cardstock to leave the punched scallop adhered to the thinner paper



4th:

Line your punch up with the scallop you cut out and adhered to the thinner paper then turn just slightly so that the points on the punch are in the center of each of the scallops on the cardstock.



5th:

Punch and voila!!! You now have a star type punched piece of cardstock!!! These are fabulous to use on cards when you want to make it look like a 1st place ribbon. I'll have to make a card to show you but give it a try!!!



Sorry for the pictures not being the best quality. It is very overcast here today and my desk is a mess so I had to work in a very small space. Goal for this week - clean my scrappy area and reorganize........AGAIN!!!

Happy Scrappin' everyone!!!

Hope you have a safe and happy 4th of July!!!

Just Scrappin's June 15th - June 30th Card Challenge

So, you all recall when I posted about joining forces with Aymee to host monthly card challenges at Just Scrappin' right??? Well, if not, here is the post.

Aymee started off our challenges with a rocking sketch by Becky Fleck over at Pagemaps. Boy, did the girls at Just Scrappin' step up to the challenge!!! Here are the cards created:

You ladies did a fantabulous job with this challenge!!! Thanks for playing along, can't wait to see what you do with the July 1st - July 15th Ad/Cover Challenge!!!!

If you haven't stopped by Just Scrappin' yet, what are you waiting for??? We are growing very quickly - much quicker than any of us expected!!! All we are waiting on is you!!!

Over and out ya'll...................happy scrappin'!!!!

Lots Of Stuff

Wow, lots to report since Sunday.

First, we spent Monday at Schlitterbahn with my friend Jenn. Her and I have been great friends since the 4th grade (many years ago...lol). She now lives in Connecticut so I don't get to see her too often. We had a fab time and were able to reminisce quite a bit!!! Here is a pic of us:



Love ya Jenn!!!

Then today, I had to post my card challenge for the first half of July. I decided to do an ad/cover inspiration. I chose this old magazine cover:



I loved the feel of this cover!!! I was totally inspired by that red hat!!!

Here is what I created:



I love my PCS stamps so much and Lily is just so fun to play with!!! Oh and little did I realize that this card also fits the design team challenge on the PCS blog until I went to check the blog for any possible sneak peaks for the July stamps!!! So I managed to kill 2 birds (no offense Tweet) with 1 stone!!!

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Rob and I bought a new car today!!! It is a Pontiac Torrent and I just love it!!!

I believe that is all my excitement for the day!!!

Over and out ya'll.............happy scrappin'!!!!

Another late night creation....

Finished this up last night before I went to bed. I was totally lovin' this layout but felt it needed a little more - hence the candy canes. Meh, now I don't like the candy canes on there but it was so late that I just didn't feel like trying to fix it - so, they stay!!!

This is another LO from the Just Scrappin' Summer Crop. Remember it goes through Tuesday so you have plenty of time to join in and get some challenges done!!!

Thanks for looking!!!



Happy Scrappin'..............over and out ya'll!!!

Delirious!!!

Well, it is almost midnight and I'm exhausted!!! I've been having a blast over at JS scrappin' with the girls tonite!!! Cait and I had the music blaring, Coke Zero for the caffeine and forums up to keep chatting. Well, I decided to break out my dancing skills tonite for Cait.



I was practicing my belly dancin' skills to Shakira's "Hips Don't Lie" - who knew scrappin' and belly dancin' went together so well???

Here is one of Cait and I being silly in between challenges:



And this last one, well, Cait had the auto timer on her camera going and was trying to get a pic of her singing but she couldn't quit laughing long enough to get a pic of her singing!!! If you look close in the background you see me making faces.....LOL



Well, gotta finish this LO that I'm working on then heading to bed!!! I'll be finishing up my crop challenges tomorrow along with a couple other things that I need to have done by tomorrow night!!!

Happy scrappin' all!!!

More from Just Scrappin' Crop

Wow, I can not believe all that I have gotten done so far at the Just Scrappin' Summer Crop!!!!

Here are a few more things I've gotten done:

Aymee's Tea Bag Folding Card Challenge




Cristal's Scrap a Card/Postcard Challenge





Ashley's Product Appreciation Challenge



So now I have completed 4 project challenges!!! Cherrie challenged us all to show our beautiful faces since we've had so many new members so that makes 5 challenges done so far!!! Here are the pics I shared with them - mind you these are after a long day out in the heat and then coming home to start scrapping!!!







OK, gotta get back to my crop!!! Check back later for more work!!!

Over and out ya'll...............happy scrappin'!!!