CPS 153 card

Here is my submission for the CPS 153 sketch. I loved this sketch alot. Worked well with the October Afternoon papers.

PageMaps blog contest submission

Here is my layout for the PageMaps blog contest. It is a layout from my niece's 2009 graduation from Padua Academy. She is beautiful and we were all very proud of her.

Sunday, Sunday

Well the CHA show starts today in CA and I so wish I was in the industry in some way that I could go. I hear the CA one is unreal. I went to the summer one in Chicago once as part of an online stores team and I was blown away so I can only imagine what CA would be like. Maybe someday! I guess I need to get my scrapbooking noticed and break out of my clean and classic mold to do that, who knows. I just know that I "heart" scrapbooking and wish that I was in the industry. Maybe if my job goes into the tank (which could be shortly), I will find something to do for someone and who knows.
So today is a quick layout for my niece's graduation last summer then I am off to Michaels to spend that gift card that is burning a hole in my pocketbook. They are having a sale so I will get more for my money. Good logic huh?!
Hopefully it won't be too cold out.
Talk to you all later.
p.s. 3 days out of 5 I went walking last wk. Gearing up for that Key West vacation in March.

Sad News for Christmas

The Saturday before Christmas in the midst of the biggest snowstorm in years, our sweet 18 yr old cat, Penny finally succumbed to old age or sickness we aren't sure which. She was failing in weight and listless and since the storm was immense, we didn't want to risk our lives to have her pass away in a cold, ER pet hospital so we just kept her comfortable all day long in her favorite place in front of the fireplace and we said our goodbye's and told her we loved her and will miss her terribly. I had never had a cat before but I have known others and I can unbiasedly tell you that Penny was the sweetest most affectionate, lap sitting cat I have ever known.
She was my cat mostly but we all loved her and I will miss her more than any pet I have ever had.

Wishing everyone a Happy Holiday and a joyous New Year!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wow I haven't posted since September, so sorry to those couple that might read my blog. I know there aren't many.

Hope that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I hosted this year and though we only had 10 for dinner and a few more for desert, it was enjoyable, stressful, funny and great to spend time with the family. Today is all about spending it at home doing whatever we want. No Black Friday shopping for me, I have done it before but so not in the holiday mood. This year has been very hard and stressful for me.

I won't bore you with the details but my Thanksgiving wish is for everyone's happiness, safety and job security.

Off to clean my scrapbook room table and spend the rest of the day munching and playing with scrappy goodness. I do have plenty of that in my room.

Basic Grey Giveaway at Craft Critique

Craft Critique is giving away 3 full Basic Grey paper collections to three lucky readers. All you have to do is tell one friend about the giveaway! Post a link on your blog, Facebook page or Twitter... then just leave a comment below on this post telling us your favorite of these three collections.

Here is the link to Craft Critique (I love their site, so informative):
http://www.craftcritique.com/2009/09/best-of-craft-critique-and-giveaway.html

Working on more mini albums today for the Craft show in Nov. and then tomorrow the Chaddsford Wine/Jazz Fest. Can't wait to taste the new Spring Wine. I LOVE IT!