Wishing you all the very best ~ Thank you

Well, here we are... the end of another year.  Can you believe that 2010 is over??  The decade 2000-2010 has gone by extremely quick.  In the decade, we have reached some major milestones... my daughter got married, had 2 beautiful grand children, my son graduated from college and got engaged, we downsized our home from the family home to a townhouse.  Lots of changes for us, in the '90s we had little kids in elementary school to having grown children with an empty nest.
My Mother has always said, "life is like a roll of toilet paper, the closer to the end the quicker it goes".  Man, is she right!
So, with all that being said, I hope that you and yours have a safe and happy New Years Eve and a very Happy, and Healthy 2011!!
til next year,
~Jill

Merry Christmas

Hope today finds all happy and healthy sharing the day with those we love.
Happy Scrapping the memories of today and tomorrow.
~Jill

Mimi is officially in the "Dog House"

The last time my daughter was visiting she browsed thru my scrapbooks to see what I had been up to, she made some very complementary comments, laughed a little, smiled, even winked (I think).... as she put the last book back on the shelf where they are kept she calmly asked, "why are there no layouts of JT?"

JT???  did you say JT????  well, I, well I'm, ah crap... I don't know ---- all I could say was, "this Mimi blew it big time".

Keep in mind, I haven't really done much of any traditional scrapbooking since I've been derailed with mini books and art journaling.  I however, did not think it was an excuse I should say out loud to the mother of my grandson..... YIKES!!!

So, I'm currently getting photos printed and trying to get some layouts done of JT.  This is what I've accomplished with the photos I had already printed.

Yes, he had already had his 1st birthday when the observation had been made that there were no layouts of JT.  (bad Mimi)

Back to work - I have so much to get caught up with in my daily life, then I get to play.
Thanks for stopping in to check on my life adventure.
~Jill

Day 12 (2 days late)

Well, can you believe that the 12 tags of Christmas have come to an end????
I have had tonz of fun, learned bunch, and enjoyed sharing the experience with you.
I loved the lessons that were taught on T!m Holtz blog... being the technique junkie that I am, it has been 12 wonderful exciting days.  (although, next year I am challenging myself to stay on track with the 12 days and not to have an open house party during the event!! - live & learn)
I hope you have enjoyed checking in on my life adventure.
~Jill

Day 11 - (3 days late)

Well, as I had feared having a cocktail party on Saturday and company for the weekend I am just getting back to my 12 days.
I didn't get to "make my stamp" out of a die cut (although, I promise I will, eventually), instead I used a snowflake stamp to emboss the background.  I used the tree stamp from the Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz collection CMS 031, I stamped it onto GrungePaper and cut it out for the die cut tree.
Off to complete day 12.
See ya in a bit - thanks for stopping bye to check on my life adventure.
~Jill

Day 10 - T!m Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas

Day 10 ---- you would think that it would start getting easier???  NSM (as Mario would answer)
I really had to dig deep into the "how on earth am I going to do this??" pit, I obviously don't own the snowman die, however I do own the snowman & snowflake texture fade embossing folder (remember, I won it on T!m's Blog back in August/September).  To come up with a close similarity to todays tag I ran grunge paper and grunge board thru my cuttlebug with the snowman folder, then went to work with my scissors.  I was feeling really good about how it was all coming together, got my grunge on with the sandpaper, painting, and inking.  Then reality hit when I placed Mr. Snowman here onto the tag, WTF - he shrunk!!!  I am assuming (and we know what happens when I ass u me) that the embossed snowman and the die cut snowman are NOT the same size???
Well, at this point 1:10am Sat morn I had no choice but to finish as started....
I also ran into problems with the washers, as in, I have none....so, I cut out some 1/2" circles of metal duct tape, it was as close as I could get.
I ran into some scheduling conflicts today as in my son and his finance came in this afternoon from OKC, OK we were not expecting him until late in the night tonight, but NO a phone call at 10am informed me that he was 2 hours away!!  YIKES!!!!  Since I had spent the better part of the last 10 days playing in the loft (any guesses as to why???) I had to put on my Super-Mom cape and get to work, in hyper-drive!
Tomorrow, I don't think will be any easier, as we will still have company and I am hosting a Christmas open house here at our home.... (please, wish me luck).
With all that being laid out as my, "big fat excuse" as to why todays tag looks like yucko, I am still having fun, still learning, and still creating.
Thank you for stopping into check out my life adventure, until tomorrow...

~Jill

Day 9 - (& still) Playing with T!m Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas

This is what I came up with for today...I was seriously missing every single item needed to complete this tag.  So this is what I did!!  The rosette flower I made with the Martha Stewart scoreboard, using a 10" long piece of paper 1" wide scored every quarter of inch (reversed every score).  Again, I made my baubles out of glass beads.  I used the Blackletter font on my cricut using Core'dinations Vintage Collection in Starry Night.
I came up the stairs to the loft today... OMG you would not believe the mess that I have made up here in the last 9 days.... It's a crime, I tell you.
Thank you for stopping in on my life's adventure... hope to see you tomorrow.
~Jill