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Thanks for stopping by and have a wonder week.
~Jill

Must be doing something right!

I am one seriously lucky woman!!
Last week was the Craft and Hobby Association Convention in Chicago, and although I didn't attend, I did have a very fun week. I wasn't feeling very well so I spent a lot of time in bed on my laptop, blog hopping. I entered into a bunch of different giveaways and was lucky enough to win 2 of them.
From the Making Memories blog I won the Slice & Slice Hands Free System, it arrived safe and sound, I am very excited and can't wait to try it out.

From T!m Holtz blog I won a "surprise" summer 2010 CHA released item, It came yesterday and I was extremely pleased that it is the 100th Collection of his cling mount stamp set!!



Happy crafting is in my immediate future.
Thanks MM & TH for the wonderful goodies, and thank you for stopping in to check out "what's up".
Have a happy, scrappy week.
~Jill

What I've Been Up To

Last weekend (July 10th) Life on the Scrap Beach hosted a virtual crop from 9pm to 3am on Ustream. A friend of mine from that on-line community along with her husband and another friend came out to our place to "play" during the crop. Although I didn't enter my layouts (life got hectic) I did want to share what I had created.

This photo is of Papa & Emma on Easter...she was scared that the Easter Bunny was still in the yard and was going to "get her"...lol, she ran to Papa for protection. I cherish this photo and was glad to use it in my crafty world and to simply describe it as "love".

One of the challenges was "summer fun", and although these photos are from a few years ago it was fun to finally put them to paper. I believe it was Emma's first encounter with "bubbles".

The next two layouts use photos from our cruise that we took in May of this year, using Graphic 45 paper made them fun to complete.


Thanks for stopping by to see what's up in my crafty world.
Have a healthy, happy, scrappy weekend.
~Jill

Still having fun...

I wanted to share this "journal" page that I did yesterday. I'm sure it's not done because for some reason they never seem to be complete until I move on to the next journal and I no longer "see" these pages.... go figure!
When Tim Holtz announced his new distress ink colors this January at the winter 2010 CHA I was thrilled with Rusty Hinge. Being that we are a family of die hard fans of the Texas Longhorns it really was a no brainer... well, little did I know that the Wild Honey would be a wonderful "background/accent/shadow" color to my beloved Rusty Hinge. While playing with this page (which was inspired by the velum strip from years past) it automatically lead itself to the loudest moments in our home, Longhorn football. As I turned out the lights to go to bed last night I had to giggle with the story this page tells (to me)...
Thanks for taking the time in your busy day to stop by...
Have a healthy, happy, scrappy week!!
~Jill ♥

Emma's dance class...

I put this up on my you tube account so I had to post it to my blog as well...
Have a healthy, happy, scrappy week!!
Thanks for stopping by.
~Jill

In Austin

We are in Austin watching the grandkids while my daughter and SIL are in Galveston for the weekend with friends. Yesterday was full, Emma had ballet and tap class in the morning followed by lunch at McDonalds. Then to the Round Rock outlet mall where Papa bought Emma and I new Crocs, JT got a pair of Nike sandals, and Papa ended up with a new pair of shoes for work (he walked a hole in his old pair Thursday).
Emma is the ballerina in the orange tutu...

I wanted to share this picture of a page I did in my art journal last week, it includes a cricut cut from my friends cartridge. The story is how I am feeling lately, I want to fly, (and I don't mean by plane)... I have so much swimming in my brain and I can't get it completed I'm exhausted from brain busy! lol

Today was "deadline" day for my June swaps!!

This is some of what I've been up to lately....


Thanks for stopping by, we are off to see the grandbabies for the weekend.
Have a healthy, happy time.
~Jill ♥