The one with my new stuff!

I finally made it over to Scrappy Chic today! You would think since I'm not working that I would have all the time in the world.... but the funny thing is... I am almost more busy not working than when I did! I feel like there is always something to get done.

Anyway.... last week I picked up this Tim Holtz die... so today I bought the long plates that I need for my Cuttlebug so I can actually use this die! I am sure they will be handy for other things as well....

Some new Dear Lizzy! Are those dark purple alphas I see???? lol. Yes I am a dork and have e-mailed AC in the past suggesting that they make dark purple alphas! I am sure its all Liz Kartchner's idea... but I like to think it was my nagging as well :)
Check out the 'just write' journal cards! As soon as I saw these at CHA I had to have them! I plan to use these a lot. And the cute felt flowers... Ahhh love them.

More flowers here from Maya Road. More neutral... but I have plans for them already ;)

These clear stamps from Kaiser look cool on their own..... BUT the real reason I bought them is because there are matching die cuts that go with this set! All you have to do it stamp. I like that. Unfortunately they were not in yet.... so I just got the stamps for now!
Jillibean twine. Saw this used over on Angela's blog... snagged the last pack!!!

Of course I got some of the new tiny type.... and the Jenni Bowlin school house letters (not sure if thats the real name... but thats what I call them!) Love the new tiny size!!!

This afternoon I have been doing a major purge in my room! I have a HUGE box of stuff ready for the yard sale that will be on the 26th of September. There is some good stuff in this box too!! So I am excited to have more room in my little space as well as some more shopping money. I still have some cleaning to do so I am sure I will find more stuff to sell!

Good news... kinda! I had an interview this morning! It went really well and I think I will get at least a part time offer out of it. I am very excited about this but don't want to jinx it by getting ahead of myself. So fingers crossed!!!!!

-Liz

The one with some Christmas in August

A Christmas layout??.... in August??.... yes!

And that is because I hate to scrapbook Christmas! I have had this photo on my desk for about 8 months now... and every time I see it I put it back for and pick a more fun picture to scrap. But its about time I just get it done.

Super simple and cute. Momenta paper and cardstock here. Loopy love letters and some AC ribbon. Done and done!

On to more fun layouts :)

These are some pics from our day out at Tiger Stadium!

Super fun and bright Echo Park papers here! Had them for a while now and wanted to play with them so bad. Worked out well with some Doodle Bug 'grass' trim at the bottom and some glitter Thickers.

Last but not least.... one of the new-ish MME- So Sophie lines! Love the turquoise mix with the puce green/yellow-ish color.
The yellow trim from the Pink Paislee Queen Bee line woks perfect with this paper. The brown flowers are Bazzill and the Blue one is Maya Road! Pictures were taken at our favorite southern BBQ restaurant that just opened up in Windsor about a year ago. Lots of food and super cheap! Yum :)

Hope everyone had a good weekend... not too much going on here. Played a little golf and did some scrapping. Had some friends over for dinner on friday. Pretty relaxed weekend overall.

Tomorrow I am heading over to Scrappy Chic to drop off my layouts and do some shopping!!! Yay!!! They have got so much stuff in its crazy. Also its 40% off coupon day.... so I will be pickinp up my new long cuttlebug plates!!

-Liz

The one with some Imaginisce

This has been a pretty low key week for me. Feels like I have not really been getting much done... but I have been working on my DT layouts for Scrappy Chic!

Here is the one I made yesterday afternoon....

Old school Polaroid photos that I took at my Dad's 40th Birthday party. I think I would have been about 12 at the time. I thought I was so cool because I got to go and no other 'kids' were there. I got to help serve the food and take pictures!

Papers are Imaginisce, Pink Paislee trim, lots of mics buttons, thread and chipboard here too.

I had lots of left over scraps.... so I thought I would whip up a birthday card. Can never have too many of those! I like that this paper can really be used for ANY kind of birthday- kid, adult, boy or girl.

Today I have been finishing up my Momenta projects for the month.... and dog-sitting for my parents! This is our dog Georgia!
She rreeeaaallllyy HATES the camera!!! Its so hard to get a picture of her looking at the camera. I surprised her as she snuck around the corner :) I will have her to keep me company all day tomorrow as well.... which means I will not get anything done because she has to be at my side or sitting on me ALL THE TIME!

Can't wait for Alain to get home from work so she can bug him :) lol.... she LOVES Alain!!!

-Liz

The one with two personalities!

This weekend was kinda rainy and overcast.... so I got to do some scrapping! These next two layouts are both mostly Sassafras Lass - Indie Girl. Love the colors in this line!

You & Me - Jess and I at my brother Sean's wedding a couple weekends ago.

The ribbon is May Arts silk. So soft and beautiful to work with (too bad I can't sew straight!! oops!!)

A BG Olivia flower here with the matching BG ribbon doilies. Bazzill swiss dot green as the background here.

CHA- Yay! I was so excited to scrap some of my CHA pics. This one is super cute. All three of us at the Sassafrass Lass booth... thought it would be perfect to use SassLass paper :)

Kind of a 'flat' layout for me... but I like it. Both of these are for Scrapp Chic. Hope to head out there tomorrow to drop them off!

Now to switch gears totally!!!

Alain and I went to the Green Day concert last night at DTE! They put on the best shows ever. I liked them a lot back in the days of 'dookie' but Alain is a super fan.... so I have really gotten into them over the past 7 years as well.

View from our seats.... not the best... but we could see much better than this picture really shows!

Us at the show. Wish I kept count... but I believe this is something like my 10th Green day show. We have gone to at least one every year since I have been with Alain. Some years we have gone to 2! I know we don't look like punk rock fans.... but we are :)

This was during Boulevard of Broken Dreams. Its amazing... they played for 3 hours!!! We missed their first song because we didn't know they would be going on so early. Anyway....we had a blast as always :)

Hope you had a great weekend!

-Liz

The one with some Reminisce

When I got this paper in my DT kit I knew exactly which pictures to use...... and thats because I am not a fan of the beach and have hardly any beach pictures.... so there were not much to choose from :)

And what is this???? A white cardstock background??? Crazy I know!! If you check out my gallery over on 2 Peas you will not find many solid backgrounds or cardstock anywhere! I love my patterned paper.... But this line seemed so dark for a summer beach line... it needed some white to pump it up!

The letters are good ol' loopy love... doubled up here with black behind the white to make them pop a little more. Jenni Bowlin scalloped journal spot (my fave!). Made the word borders with the stickers lined up on white paper and then trimmed in blue too.

Hope you like it!! It will be up at Scrappy Chic soon.... and you need to get over there and check out all the new CHA products that have been rolling in! I have no idea where Chris is going to fit it all.... but I can't wait :)

Have a great weekend!

-Liz