Red1der1's Scrapbooking Blog

Wow!!! Has it really been a whole month since I posted???

2008-06-30T22:16:00.003-04:00

OK, I have been slacking again!!! Actually, I really haven't been doing anything. I did make a whole bunch of cards for my cousins wedding and my Aunt & Uncle's anniversary party, but I forgot to take pictures. I have no AC in my scraproom so the crafting will me minimal this summer. Way too hot to do much!! I did manage to sneak in 3 cards tonight for co-workers. 2 who just found out the are pregnant and 1 who's wife had theri first baby last week. Hope you like them!!!

Swiss Dots Rak!! We have a winner!!!!!!!

2008-05-29T18:35:00.004-04:00

************We have a winner!!! Kimberly216!! Congratulations!!!!!***********

I placed an order for some CB folders that I have been dying to get my hands on and decided since many people are having a hard time finding the Swiss Dots folder, I would buy 2 and RAK one. Well, they came in the mail today so now I have one up for grabs. Leave me a comment and I will pick a winner Saturday night at 9:00. Make sure you leave your MB name if you are leaving it anonymously or your bloger name is different. Thanks and good luck!!

Baby Shower Centerpiece!

2008-05-29T18:26:00.002-04:00

I help host a baby shower for a co worker yesterday and made a centerpiece to match the baby's bedding. I cut the leaves out by hand. Used NA for the ornaments. Hope you like it!!

Some more Disney LO's!!

2008-05-23T18:52:00.002-04:00

I few more I have been working on.

Skittles RAK!!!!! Winner BRENDA!!!!!!!

2008-05-23T14:10:00.005-04:00

Congratulations Brenda!!!! You are the winner!!!

OK, so I now have way more skittles than I can possibly use. I split some of my bags with another Cricut sister and still have too many. So I decided that I would RAK the extra ones I have. Keep in mind these are my leftovers, they are not full bags!!! I have up for grabs;

1/2 bag of clear
1/4 bag of green
1/4 bag of yellow

Just leave me a comment on this thread and I will I will draw a name on Monday night!! Be sure to include your Cricut name if it's not your blog name or if you are leaving it Anonymously.

Thanks and good luck!!!

Booked my cruise!!

2008-05-23T11:04:00.002-04:00

I am so excited!! I booked my free cruise for October and I can't wait to go!! 140 more days, LOL!! Yes I said free!! To make a long story short, I went on a cruise last Nov with my parents and won a free 4 day Bahamas cruise on a raffle they had. I was so shocked cause I NEVER win anything!! So I decided to take my oldest niece and nephew (had to pay for one of them since the cruise was only for 2 people) They both are graduating from high school next week. Sad!! But anyways, i decided to take them as their grad present. They will be so surprised!! Can't wait to give it to them next week!!

Disney LO's

2008-04-25T20:17:00.001-04:00

So here are most of my Disney LO's I have been working on. I still have about 10 more pages to go to finish the book. Also not all the pages are quite finished yet. I need to add a few titles and journaling to them yet but wanted to start sharing them anyway. Hope you enjoy them!!

Taking the plunge!!!

2008-04-25T18:28:00.003-04:00

Well, Uncle Sam or I should say Uncle Bush is giving me free money on Monday!! I think this stimulus payment is really dumb but since I am getting $600. care of George Bush, I am going to treat myself and buy an Expressions machine. It's the first of all the dumb things that our president has done that I am actually benefiting from. So thanks President Bush for my machine!!

Been a while!!

2008-04-18T18:41:00.002-04:00

So I slacked again and haven't posted for a while. The truth is, it's because I have been busy actually scrapping. You know all that stuff we spend hundreds of dollars shopping for but never seem to use any of , Well, I actually dove into my stash and used it for once!!

OK, well mostly because of my weekend long crop I went to. It was pretty fun. I enjoyed myself. 2 of my friends had to cancel at the last minute so it was just Alexis and I but we still had fun. I was able to get 60 pages done. Yes, I said "60". I was very organized before so it was easy to get pages done quickly doing that. Since I have almost 130 pages for my Disney album, I knew I had to be this way.

Since I have come back from the crop I have done about another 25. And tomorrow I have our Cricut Swarm to attend so I am hoping to get lots more finished then as well. Once I am all finished I will post lots of pics.

But now I need to go pack my things for the Swarm!! I will update more Sunday!

The countdown to my weekend scrap retreat is on!!

2008-03-30T21:38:00.002-04:00

Only 5 more days to go!! WOO HOO!!! I am so excited! I really haven't had the time to scrap lately so I am really looking forward to having so much time to do it. 48 hours of non stop scrappin!!! I don't plan on sleeping much!! Everything is packed up and ready to go. Just need the time to go by so that I can be on my way!

Now the only dilemma I am having is that I have way too many pictures. I have almost 126 pages to do for my Disney book. I have them all organized in the page protectors with coordinating papers and embellishments. I figured the more organized I am now, the more I will get done there. Since I have so much to do, I need to be prepared as much as possible. Anyways, I think I need to split them up and make two books. Something that i really don't want to do. I like when people can look at one of your books in one showing and see your entire trip in a whole. I am not too happy about that and now I need to look for another album. That should be fun!! Took forever for me to find the one I have now. I should just check into getting a second one of the one I have. Wish me luck finding it!!

More shopping and piture dilema!

2008-03-22T15:34:00.002-04:00

OK, so I was able to find the in Stich'z from http://www.embellishonline.com/. I am so excited!! I have been wanting them for so long with no luck. Well, most places have them, but not the ones that I wanted.

Last night I decided to start organizing the pictures I want to do for my Disney book while at my crop next month. I narrowed my pics for each LO and started putting them into the sleeves of my book. So here comes the problem. The book had an original 20 pages. I added about 30 more and guess what? I haven't even used up 1/2 of my pictures and I am out of sleeves. This is going to be a HUGE book. I need to go buy about 4 more packs maybe even more. We took almost 3,000 pictures while there and I want to show everything. So, how do you narrow down your pics when you have so many? Usually I only do 2-3 pics of something but since I am making a book just for this trip, I want everything in it. Have you ever gotten carried away and scrapped everything?? What did you do to simplify your book. Any ideas would be helpful.

UPDATE on my wish list!!

2008-03-18T23:27:00.002-04:00

Well, I guess I am still out of control cause I bought more today. I went and got most of the things on my wish list. This should be enough!!! I think I am done...For now!! I am sure something cute will come along that I HAVE to have!!

Anyways, I was able to pick up:

Large brads
Heidi Swapp Bling
More alcohol inks
More spray bottles
Ordered the last of my pictures
Metallic paint pens (well, I actually didn't buy these. My mom had them and gave them to me)

The only thing on my list I wasn't able to get was the Bazzill Stich'z. They seem to be sold out everywhere. Maybe I will come across them before Apr 4th.

I am way out of control!!!

2008-03-16T12:29:00.002-04:00

So I really have been good for a long time. I have not spent really any money on scrapping supplies in such a long time. But since I am going to a crop in April, I have started buying stuff to get ready. But now I feel like I can't stop. Here is a list of what I have bought in the past 3 weeks.

4 Cricut Cartridges-Cuttin Up, Printing Press, Alphalicious & Base Camp
Grungeboard Alphabet swirls
Grungeboard Flourishes stripes
6 Imaginisce stamps (the cute penguin summer ones)
8 Tim Holtz ink refills to make shimmer mist
Bollio stamp from Judikins
Flourish stamp from Judikins
Judikins wax microglaze
Heidi swapp bling stickers
Fiskadeals paper pack-vineyard
2lbs of the Artz unmounted stamps
3 page kits from TLC
Tim Holtz Crackle paint
Tons of Disney Jolles stickers
Tons of Disney papers
5 packs of ghost letters and shapes

And there is still some things on my list to get before I go.

Bazzill Stich'z
Large brads
more Heidi Swapp Bling
More alcohol inks
Metallic paint pens
More spray bottles
Plus I still need to get some more pictures printed

I AM OUT OF CONTROL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alcohol Inks

2008-03-11T20:03:00.002-04:00

This is was my first attemp to use alcohol inks. It took a little bit of playing before I got the hang of it. Now that I figured it out, I plan on dapping everything with them.

Pumpkin Patch!!

2008-03-11T19:58:00.003-04:00

These are from our trip to our local pumpin patch.

Cedar Point

2008-03-11T19:53:00.001-04:00

This is a LO of our trip to Cedar Point last summer.

Circus Time!!

2008-03-11T19:41:00.004-04:00

These are from the circus last year. I found the cutest circus rub ons that went great with the paper I had.

What would you do????

2008-03-10T21:18:00.002-04:00

So I think I realized why I haven't been into scrapping so much lately. Back when I started scrapping I used to store all my supplies in a corner in my mom's living room. Everything would be just thrown into a tote. It was such a mess. I would drag all my stuff into the kitchen and scrap away. I could go on like this for days with no stop.

Well, about a year ago, I decided to re-do my bedroom and make a small corner my scrap area. (You can see the pics in one of my past post below). Anyways, my stuff is now all nice and organized unlike how it was before, But now I NEVER scrapbook. I want to, I just don't. The thing is, the space is so small that I feel like I am so closed in, I don't feel like doing anything in there anymore. In order to get into a cabinet, I have to close my armoire. Who wants to do that? I only get stuff done at a crop which are few and far between. I do have the 2 coming up but I have so much to do, I still don't think I will finish them all at them.

So now, what do I do to get out of this funk?

I do have one solution but it requires so much work and I really don't feel up to it. You would think I would be ecstatic, but I am not. My parents have a spare bedroom that used to be our computer room and a storage room. We no longer have a PC, both have laptops. Mom uses hers in the living room and I use mine in my bedroom. So my mom said I can use the back room as a scrap room but I have to clean it. I could have my own scrap room!! Yaaayyyy!!!

But there is one problem. There is sooooo much stuff in there. Boxes, totes, bags among other things. It's not dirty, just cluttered. It is also where she does her ironing so the iron and ironing board must stay. I really don't feel like clearing it out. Where would I put everything?? Plus Henry and I have been talking about buying a house in the near future and I don't feel like setting everything up and then have to pack it all again to move.

So now what do I do?? Deal with my small space and just make it work until I move? Clear out the back room and make it my own temporarily? Or just scrap at crops when I can and not do anything at home?? What would you do????

Been a while

2008-02-24T19:13:00.002-05:00

OK, So I don't exactly keep up with this blog. I am really bad at it as you can see.

So what have I been up too since my last post. Well, the craft show I went to to sell my cards was a total waste of time. I think I made 75 cards in all and came home with 73 of them. My parents did take the cards to a few of their other craft shows with no luck either. Over 3 months of craft shows, I sold about 7 cards. Guess people rather go to the dollar store and buy those cheesy looking basic cards that are BORING!!!! Well, look on the bright side, I have many cards that now have ready when in a pinch and don't have to buy or make one.

I went on a cruise to the Bahamas with my parents in Nov. Was a fun time. Although I was sick our 1st and last day. My mother fell when we were touring Atlantis and broke her foot. Well, they said it was sprained and she just had it wrapped and was in a wheelchair the rest of the cruise and when we got home, the x-rays showed it was broken. On a good note, I won a free cruise when we were on the ship. I won it drinking!!! No it's not what you think. I wasn't getting loaded or anything. Over a 3 day period, every time you bought a drink made with Malibu Rum (My favorite) you got an entry form. Well, I had just a few drinks and on the last day, they pulled my name out and I won! I was in total shock. I never win ANYTHING!!

The holidays were great. Busy running around shopping and making sure I visited everyone. I love being with all the family but it does become exhausting after a while and I am now glad they are over.

We did go to Walt Disney World in early Feb. We went for 6 days. I haven't been there in 14 years and Henry hasn't in 12 so we were almost like 1st timers. It was a blast!! We had so much fun. It was great to be 30 somethings and get to act like children and get away with it. We decided we will be going back about every 2 years or so in the future.

As far as my scrapping, Well, there hasn't been too much of that going on lately. I really haven't had the time. I did manage to go for a night with a fellow Cricut sister to a crop for a few hours. I did about 8 pages but no titles or journaling. Need to go back and finish them all. I am going on a weekend long crop in April. Can't wait. I have so much to do. Pretty much all of my 2007 stuff plus the cruise and Disney. Think I will just do Disney stuff that weekend. We took over 3000 pictures so I will have plenty to scrap and will keep me busy. I can work on the other things on other weekends.

OK, well I think I got you all caught up. I promise to post more regularly and keep you up to date. Thanks for looking!!

Craft Show this weekend

2007-09-13T12:04:00.000-04:00

Well I am heading to my 1st ctaft show this weekend to sell cards that I made. I am a little nervous that I either will not sell a thing or sell out too quickly and not have enough to go around. But it will be a learning experience either way. I made plenty of cards and also a few altered journal note books. I may make some bookmarks too but not sure if I will have time to get them finished before the weekend. I am planning on making for future shows some altered picture frames too. I did try to make some altered gift boxes that you can store the cards in or use for gifts but the mod podge makes the lids stick to the box and rip the paper. Even after drying a few days. I only did 3 so I am glad all my effort wasn't wasted making a whole bunch just to have them ruined. Anyone know of a different type of sealer that will not remain somewhat tacky and ruin your work? Would love to hear of an alternative or even some other ideas that I can make and sell. I will post some pics later of the cards I made and even some of the craft show itself. Wish me luck!! Thanks for looking and have a great day!

A few cards I made

2007-05-19T15:43:00.000-04:00

Here are a few cards I made. Hope you like them!

My Scrap Area

2007-05-19T15:20:00.000-04:00

Check out my little scrap space. It's not huge or antything. Just a small corner in my bedroom. But I like it just the way it it. Hope you like it!

All about me!!!

2007-05-19T14:54:00.000-04:00

My name is Nicole or Nicci to some. I started scrapbooking in 2003. I was getting ready to go on vacation to Punta Cana and saw the cutest Jollees beach stickers in a store and decided that I was going to buy them and make a scrapbook of my upcoming vacation. So off to the store I went and purchased many items to get me started. I was able to put together a pretty nice book for being my first one. And I did it rather quickly too. Only took about a week to get finished. Well now it's 4 years later and I haven't stopped since. I now also beside scrapbooking dabble a bit into card making as well. I have also tried my hand at a few altered projects. They didn't turn out bad but I think I will stick more with the scrapbooks and cards instead. Well, I hope you enjoy my site and all the projects I have accomplished in the art of crafting. Thanks for looking!!

Nicole