Memory Trends Gear UP is on!!

Whoo HOoo in 10 days I will be on a plane to Memory Trends~! I am so excited to see all the new products from all the amazing companies out there! This will be my 3rd trip to Vegas in one year! I so wanted to go to Heart and Huntington to get a tatoo while I was there! I am totally addicted to that show INKed!! But I looked it up online and due to the second season of taping and the growing popularity of the show you have to show up early in the morning before they even open and put your name on a list and wait! That doesn't even gaurentee you get a tatoo that day! Not to mention it isn't on the strip, it's in the Palms hotel which is off the strip with nothing around it. So you can't really even leave the Palms, since you have to check back in every hour to keep your name on the list! I am alittle bumbed! I wanted a Prima Flower toe ring!

Any way I am so excited to get busy with the products for the booths for Around the Block, Prima Marketing, Therm O Web adheisves, Pentel and Trace Industries. It would be nice if product samples for show release were availabe to us sooner but that is the nature of the buisness I guess! So I am still waiting for 3 of the companies products and then it's crunch time!

Any way I hope you guys have a great weekend! I am off to the Nascar race and will be home Monday! Which leaves me exactly 7 days to get everthing done that I need for Vegas Baby!!

Good Tuesday Morning!

Huge Congrats go out to the 2 winners of the KI Memories contest! I can't wait to see the winning entries! I am thrilled to be a finalist! I will be receiving an Ipod, some Ipod socks, one of every one of the Color Theory Line of products from KI Memories! I am thrilled to have been a part of that amazing list of talent even if it was only for 2 weeks.

Now on a personal note: the stripped kitten is not doing so well. I have been nursing it with kitten formula every 2 hours day and night for the last 3 days! Wish me luck with that one. LOL The boys are just freaking out!

I have alot of work to get done downstairs this week. So this will be a short entry and I will post more when I have anything I think you would be interested in!

It's a Boy! It's a Girl???? LOL

So now I am all recovered and down in my studio "getting ready to be really creative"! And my cat is all over me? I mean rolling on my counter top? Where I am trying to work! And she is like climbing me? Standing up in my face and licking my lips? Not like her at all! All of a sudden I look at my pattern paper I am working with and there is a smear on it? What is that? I of course stick my finger in it for further examination! Is that blood? I of course smell it! and no I didn't go as far as my husband with the spots on the drive way that drive him CRAZY and taste it!! But realize it's blood, from her? OMGosh she is having a kitten! Yep before I can get her off the countertop in my studio out one comes!!! Right there~!

She ended up with 3 so far! But "I" can't believe for as big as she was and still is that 3 is all she had in there! She is a Selkirk Rex which is a curly haired large boned cat! I know 2 are curly haired like her for sure and will have to further examine the 3rd. But wanted to give her some privacy! I already had the camera in her face! She is quite used to THAT though!

Here they are!
One is Gray called Blue in the cat world, and it is curly like her.
One is Striped called Tiger and I am not sure if she is curly
One is Black and White Tuxedo like the mom and she is curly also!

I HAD to add this last Butt shot!! Is that the cutests little butt you have ever seen or what????

Huge Thank you to everyone!

The surgery went very well last week and I am healing up great! I am heading down to my studio to get busy this monday morning!

I just wanted to thank everyone who has kept me in their prayers, it was a scary time for me. The Dr. said all the lumps looked good and I will get the official word on Wednesday!

I also wanted so say a little something for those who lost family members 5 years ago today! This is a day that will haunt Americans for the hystory of America. We are strong and we will heal and time will make us stronger!

My KI Memories Project is out of my hands and the waiting game begins! The winners, there will be two, will be announced Monday! Whoo hoo~ Congrats to all who entered!

The PubBlog also has the new Manufacturer Challenge Posted! Be sure to check it out!

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I am working on some things for Prima, Trace Industries and Around the Block today!
I think I am gonna like having my day's to my self after all~! Although I told my husband it's alittle creepy being home alone and working in the basement by myself! LOL

I hope this beginning of a new month and a new week brings you all happiness!

smiles
tina

The saddest happiest day ever!

I have waited 14 years for this day, the day all 3 of my boys would all be in school. I have dreamed of being home alone, of being able to scrap with out interuption, or someone "helping" me. But I can't believe the reaction I am having. I am a weeping mess. I was crying BEFORE I even got out of the car at the Elementary school to drop Trison off to 3rd grade, and Trey off to Kindergarten.

I need to go journal these feelings now while they are still so raw in my head and heart.

In other news. I was camping this weekend and apparently the whole world knew I made the KI Memories Finalist list! I was so excited to get my messages and "get the call"! Typical! I would miss my first call, from a major contest! LOL!

But I am so thrilled to be a finalist and can't wait to see who the grand prize winner is on September 18th~

So I am off to pack up my album and get it shipped off to KI Memories for judging! Whoo hoo!

In other news I am having a biopsy on Thursday so keep me in your prayers that everything comes back ok... Thank you to those who have commented on this! It means alot to me to know there are people out there that care! Please know I am also keeping you and yours in my thoughgts and prayers too!

I thought...

I better update this blog, I didn't realize people really read it! LOL Yes the link is no longer active~ Trace had an awesome give away and if you missed it, please ask your Local Scrapbook store to carry it~ You won't be disapointed!

I am alittle off this week, have some medical things going on here. Can't really concentrate on my work! And I have a ton of it to get to! But I guess sometimes life get's in the way of art and that's how it goes!

I am going to force my self down into the studio to see what I can accomplish! Wish me luck!

I still have all the school supply shopping to do, shoe shopping, and school cloths shopping! Why do I always wait for the last minute? Well I wouldn't be me if I didn't! LOL
This time I have to shop for 3 boys! I am excited and sad at the same time for Trey to finally start Kindergarten! The first time in 14 years that I will be home alone! I guess I am feeling reflective today!

Free stuff!!!!

The amazing people at Trace are offering free stuff to the first 100 people who click thier link on the website!!
Run don't walk to www.traceind.com and check it out!!!

Tell them you saw it on Tina's blog! LOL

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.