Good Tuesday Morning!

Well I haven't been updating much been soo busy!
Ready Set Create Magazine asked me for 8 layouts for the Ocober issue and I am so thrilled because 5 of the were from our trip to to the Nascar Race and my DH is always saying I never scrap our family! LOL That's because I never have good photos of our family! So I am always using other people's photos! So Ready Set Create picked up 5 of our Nascar layouts, All five of them feature the Winter CHA Product lines from Around the Block Products! And 3 other layouts I did using non family members photo's! My precious friend Vicki Maloney's grand daughter Abbey's layout, My good friend Shanili's Daughter's layout and Rox aka Shultzfam's daughter Maycee's layout with the "gross thing she doesn wtih her toes"! I am thrilled!

I decided at the last minute to enter the KI Memories contest and am very happy with my creation, it's off in the mail today! Nothing like cutting it down to the wire. But hey that's when I am most creative! When I am on a deadline and freaking out? Go figure!

I sent a layout I just loved into PaperArts magazine and they loved it and asked me to do 4 more projects to go with the layout for a feature article! I was so jazzed and of course they had to have it in 4 days with shipping so I wipped them out and they loved them and asked me to be a freelance designer for them! Whoo hoo! What a great day that was!

I am still really hoping for Memory Makers Magazine Masters honorable mention! I worked really hard on my submission and don't have hopes of winning but some recognition would be awesome like a few of the layouts to be asked for publication would really make me soo happy! I used products from Around the Block Inc. and Prima on my layouts and would LOVE to see them in print!

The girls at Prima are haveing a ball getting ready for Memory Trends and there is some amazing things comming out like, 4 new paper lines and 35 new colors of Got Flowers and 32 new other flowers and some secrets! LOL Feel free to come over to the message boards and chat about your prima obsessions!!! We love to hear from you!

The girls at Trace are working hard filling the awesome orders from CHA and comming up with some new and amazing things for Memory Trends! Now if you haven't seen the chipper shapes they have you HAVE to! Come on over to the Trace Industries site and check out the new paper and chippers! Wonder around the site I am sure you will find some things you love! And be sure to ask your local scrapbook store to start carrying them! The chippers are amazing with a whole new line of brackets and flowers that come all the way up to 12 inches!! How cool is that?

Mimi and Therm O Web have some awesome things up thier sleeves for Memory Trends as well! But my favorite thing right now is the Vellum Tape runner from Therm O Web! It is so amazing it's a runner that you can not see through vellum, transparencies or anything! I used it recently on some Prima Flowers and ran it through the printer then repositioned it and re ran it through the printer so I printed on each petal and it worked awesome! I used it also on a transparency for MMM! You also have to check out the new MIMI laptop tote! It is so amazing!

Jen at Around the Block is also been very busy and traveling all over the world planning new things for us for Memory Trends! Rumor has it there will be 75 NEW items for us to drool over and play with! I have to say I am loving the tagger tool! You have to go over to the site and check out the new products from Summer CHA! They are just the bomb!

More photos from Kim Hughes!

My new bestest buddy, for "lookin for deer" with!!! Love ya Denny!!! Can't wait till Memory Trends!
The Prima Team!!!

Thanks so much Kim for sending me more CHA Prima photos!!!

You Rock!

This is my all time favorite photo of US!!!
We need to get alot more at Memory Trends!!!

Favorite photo's from CHA Chicago

The Trace Industries Team!! And a late night Squillen Cookie Feast with the Girls from Flair and Paper Salon!!!




Kim H, Tami and Myself after taking the booth down on Sunday!

Here are some of the Croppers Cottage Peeps!
Me and my new buddy Mitchell!!!

Kim H, Marnie, Tina, Carolynn and Mitchell

Marnie Tina and Carolynn!!

A new week!

Had a great week last week, setteling back in from CHA and finishing up my Memory Makers Master entry! Got it done and copied and all mailed out! Not that I think I have a chance at winning but this was my first attempt at one of the big contests and I really love the layouts that I produced! My hope is to have two of them picked up for pub!

I had a great weekend up north, we boated on Saturday and My sister JoLynn came out to visit on Sunday! We are looking forward to next weekend up there as well!!

They boys are enjoying thier summer vacation playing with the neighborhood kids and riding thier bikes... I am looking forward to school starting as Trey finally starts Kindergarten and I will be home alone for the first time in 14 years! What a change that will be! Maybe I will get a part time job at my Lss or something!

Any way I just thought I would update here and tell you all how much I love reading your comments and love hearing from you!

Have a great week!

smiles
tina

Honey I am home!!

I had the most amazing time at CHA!! I have to thank Wendy for the awesome job she did with the designer reception! I loved meeting everyone!

I met so many people I wanted to meet up with! I met new people that will be forever friends and I missed some of the people I wanted to meet up with!

There is so little time and so many friends at shows like this! I appologize if I didn't get enough time with some of you!

The Prima booth was amazing and I had the best time meeting everyone from Prima that I had not spent time with before!
Denny and Sandy you guys are a blast!
Omar, Diego, and Kristen you guys Rock!
Kellie, Kim, Lara, Joy it was a blast working with you and getting to know you better!
Tami and Pom! You are the bestest bosses EVER!!!

Tami invited me back to Memory Trends and I am thrilled to be going with Prima again!

The new products rocked and the customers are simply the best!

Croppers Cottage Peeps!!!
I was lucky enough to have dinner one night with Kim R, Louise R, Marnie B, Carolynn D, Marnie B, Vici M, Mitchell K, Mark C, Scott C, and the rocstar Ethan!

It was a blast and I am blessed to have friends like you guys in my life!

A special note to my other mother!! I am so gratefull to have gotten to see you and spend time with you again!

Candace from Therm O Web that was a blast driving to dinner for hours LOL with you! Lisa F it was so nice to meet another Wisconsonite! I know we will get together again sometime soon!

Lisa Whitten and Misty Diller it was so nice to spend time at the Trace breakfast with you guys and meet everyone! YOu guys have to check out the new products from www.traceindustries.com!!! Your gonna just love the 12x12 chipboard brackets and flowers!!!!

Ok, that is a short version! There are still so many things that happened and people I met that I will be remembering for weeks I am sure!!

A special note to my cousin Lucas Sweeney! I am so sorry I didn't get up north to see you, but I am grateful that the boys got to see you! I am thinking of you eveyday and praying for you on your deployment! I am very proud of you and wish you health and a safe return home after your tour of duty!!!

Antoher speical note to my mother, who is 79 and still took on my 3 boys for 5 days so I could have this amazing opportunity! You are the best and none of this in my life right now could be possible with out you!

Heading out to CHA

Woo HOo!!!

Be sure to stop by the Prima Booth and say hello to me! I can't wait to leave tomarrow! I have a ton of things to do today, pack, drive the boys to Mom up north, get my hair done, finish up some layouts for some booths, LOL.

But tomarrow at 5 AM I am out of here! I am looking forward to meeting so many of my online friends~ Some I have met IRL some I have yet to meet!

I can't wait to see:
Cindy Curtis
Kim Rayas
Kim Hughes
Louise Robb
Carolyn Donohue
Marnie Bushmole
Vicki Maloney
Lisa Faluto
Shannon Allor
Mitchell Kraft
Scott Cotner
There are so many many more, that I only know by avatar!

Sassy2000
Squillen
Laura Achillies
RCinWi
Just to name a few.
If you see me please shout out! You are one person I have to meet!

Prima Sneak Peek~~~

This is the summer CHA Prima Sneak Peek~~~

There are 5 sets of chipboard letters with numbers AND punctuations even the @ sign that MATCH the new Prima papers~

Also Check out the New Flowers~~~
They are big honkin ones all the way down to little ones but they are made from the same patters and coordinate with the Prima Paper!!!!

Wow it sure has been long since I updated this, summer happened! We have been going up to camp every weekend and loving the time away! I am busy this week with projects for cha for my dt's and getting ready for the show next week! I saw a challenge on www.twopeasinabucket.com to do a abc lists of yourself and thought it was time to update this...

Obviously I am avoiding my work that needs to be done today! LOL

I am going to just write the first word that comes to my mind that I think describes me! I guess I am all of these things at times.

A. Animated
B. Bitchy
C. Catty
D. Doughty Girl
E. Envious
F. Friendly
G. Giving
H. Hopeless,
I. Intimidated, Inviting
J. Jovial
K. Keeping it all together
L. Lame, Light hearted
M. Motivating, Motionless
N. Nosey, Nice
O. Overwhelmed
P. Precious friend
Q. Queen bee
R. Rational, Reasonable, Resistant,
S. Stay at home Mom
T. Triston, Treyton and Thornton's Mommy
U. upbeat
V. Victorious
W. Weepy
X.
Y. Youthful
Z.

Craft Pro

Here are some layouts I did using the new craft pro punches!
They make word boarder punches and corner punches that are 4 in one and all of them have the plastic on the bottom to catch the scraps for no mess punching! They also have a lattice punch to run ribbon through and they punch through the BG ad Prima papers with no problems!

This one is for my Brother Tim! Go Digital or Traditonal Scrapbooking???

While in Colorado on my "Dad's memorial weekend" with my siblings, my brother kept urging me to go digital! He was convinced that, that is where the industry is headed! Now he is a mountain man living in a small town in the mountains of Colorado and owns a thriving towing company, what would he know about my industry?

Well here is an article that blew me away, in the New York Times!

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/07/technology/circuits/07scrap.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Here are some quotes!

DEVOTEES of the hobby known as scrapbooking spent an estimated $3 billion last year on patterned paper, ribbons, stamps, brads and fabrics. They also spent untold hours combining these things with family photographs to make personal albums.

Many big companies have noted the trend. Conventional scrapbookers are finding tools and materials, called embellishments, in craft stores, drug stores and camera shops. But the main action is on the digital side of the hobby, which is the fastest-growing segment of scrapbooking, attracting novices as well as the most experienced compilers.

Scrapbookers find that going digital solves several problems. For one, they no longer have to devote a room — off limits to children — to store the die cutters, scissors, metal embossers and embellishment materials.

Another advantage is that a scrapbook, stuffed with pages decorated with ribbons, eyelets and mementos, can quickly get thicker than a New York deli sandwich. The albums are hard to peruse and the creators are loath to let people handle them too much because of potential damage. A digital version, whether stored online, on a CD or printed, avoids these problems. And copies can be made in various sizes from coffee-table to souvenir booklets.


OK, so what are your thoughts on this subject!! I am still unwilling to toss my ribbons and rub ons? What about you?

Ok, here is the deal!

I went to my interview and she was amazing@! I could have talked to her for hours! I can't give out any details about the company or the products they are making but there will be a press release sometime soon and then I will be able to spill all the beans!!

I can say I am going to love working for her, with her and with this company! Thank you all for your good vibes while I was going through this and I wish I could tell you more! I am so jazzed about this new adventure!

Scrapbook Resumes Does Work

I was a way for the holiday weekend and when I arrived home Tuesday there was an email from a company in my inbox!! How exciting! The title of the email was "I love your work we need to talk"!

I called her and we talked for quite a while! I asked her how she found my name and she said she was cruising the Scrapbook Resumes Gallery and some of my layouts really caught her eye!
Wow isn't that the coolest thing?

I am driving to Chicago today to meet with her! I can't really give you any more details than that but I am thrilled and also scared! This will be my first in real live interview in over 10 years!

I will update when I can!

Smiles
Tina

I am home!!

Dad's weekend was a blast! We headed up to the mountains on Thursday till Sunday and then relaxed in Westminster Sunday night and monday!! While in the Mt.'s we shopped for 8 hours a day for two days!!

We stayed near silverthorne, where it is like a valley filled with outlet malls and resturants~

My mom had us 6 girls and one boy, and she bought us all t-shirts before she came out there that said "Mom likes me best"! And she got herself one that said "MOM"...

Here we all are wearing them at dinner on Thursday night!

I really had an amazing time bonding, laughing and crying with my family! My dad would be so proud that we have made this commitment to do this one weekend a year!

My new best friend!

The big bottle of un do!!
You can get it at alot of links.. on the web.. it is sold for so much cheaper than you find in "scrapbooking stores"! I got this bottle!for 21.99 for 32oz!

Most scrap stores sell it from 5.99 to 8.99 for 1oz! I did the search and saved the links if anyone wants to see that some are selling it for 8.99 for a 1 oz bottle.. LOL

What you have to do is look for un du framing remover! Same acid free! Same product exactly just sold to different market!I just pour it into my little bottle when I need a refill!

So this bottle I got for 21.00 should have been 192.00!!


Here is the link! http://www.expressivetraditions.com/32oz-Un-Du-Framing-Adhesive-Remover-p-149.html

here is a link to someone selling it for 5.00 for 1oz!
http://susansscrapbookshack.com/un_du_adhesive_remover.html

Happy Thursday~

For some reason in my mind Thursday reminds me of scrapping!! I always do my best most creative work on Thursdays??

Had a great week, moved around bedrooms, like exchanged physical rooms for other rooms in my house all weekend and into the week and the house is finally all back together! Now I want to paint my scrap studio! But first I have quite a few DT things I need to work on!

I did shop alittle for my trip to Denver the 18th! I so wish I knew what the weather was going to be like up there! Do I take capri's or is it going to be snow? Someone help a Wisconsin eite out! I know we have a harsh winter but when the snow is gone in May it is gone for the year! LOL

I wanted to do alittle blog challenge:

10 Foods I can not say no to if offered to me!

But I can only literally think of 1!?
Angle food candy!

I can and do turn down most things if I am not super hungry... That was a hard one for me.