LOOK what I have created!!! Happy Dance!

OMG! I joined a swap at Your Paper Pantry (a very cool site with extremely talented people that love scrapping, card making, journaling, etc. Check it out!) The following video was made by my swap partner. I was so shocked when I saw this, when I heard what she was saying. The funny thing is that when I saw what a beautiful plaque she sent me, I felt the same as she did! I just didn't think my tag was good enough and I felt like I had not done enough. And yet we're both so happy with what we received! What a great day!

My apologies that the video is no longer on YouTube.

Do Something Nice for a Fellow Scrapper

Go here and buy yourself some beautiful handmade cards. These were put together by some of the best scrappers and card makers who came together to form one giant heart. All proceeds from the sale of these cards will go to Claudia D'Alessandro who recently lost her husband and father to their six children. Yes, six. I believe the oldest just graduated from high school.

You're gonna buy cards anyway....and some of you are going to buy them online....so why not buy them at Jade's Etsy shop and help a fellow scrapper. Imagine giving up something you love doing so much... imagine how hard it would be to sell off all of your scrap supplies... imagine your life if you lost your spouse, your kids lost their father. Nothing will ever be the same again for this family. Please help.

A Couple Graphic 45 Layouts

I signed up for a class because it said GRAPHIC 45. Yep, that's all it took! I made four pages that day but I'm still playing around with them, trying to make them my own.

Stay cool and have a good weekend!



Original designs by Yvonne Nash.

Altered Clothespin

I made this for my sister to keep notes in or to display pictures. It's a giant 9" clothespin that I covered with scrap paper, a little Prima and a little Tim Holtz. I love the way it turned out! Just in case you can't read it, the book plate on the front reads "Sister", and the one on the back reads "Friends". I have another one that I'm keeping but it's not done yet. Still needs a few embellishments so it will look pretty too!

You can pick up a clothespin kit complete with Graphic45 paper and all the trimmings at The Jule Box .

Dedra Long is back!

My darling young friend, Dedra Long, has returned to blogland! Yaaaaaaayy! I couldn't be happier today if you told me it was the 4th of July! OMG, it's the first of July....celebrate people! Independence. Freedom. The right to be HAPPY!!! Yes! We have the "right" to be happy! No one is going to stop us from smiling, or whistling a tune....from singing out loud or dancing in the street! (ok, maybe the street's are off limits to dancing, but hey, you know what I mean! What I'd give to be one of the flashmob that danced to the Black Eyed Peas on Oprah...that was SO COOL!!) So, do you get it? I'm happy. I'm happy to be alive, I'm happy that I discovered scrapbooking again after so many years, and I'm happy that Dedra is back! I love Dedra. If I had a daughter I would wish for her to be Dedra. Yeah, I would.

If you go waay back to this post...you'll see where I bought one of Dedra's books and loved it so very much! I wanted to journal in it and make it pretty with bows and ribbons and adornments from years gone by. I wanted it to look like one of Dedra's books.....oops


But it was MY book now, made by Dedra, but MY book. Wow....I had to chew on that for a while 'cause you see, I don't journal. Never have. Can't be bothered and believe me, I've tried. I hate journaling....(is that one l or two?) So here I am, almost TWO YEARS later....TWO YEARS!!! and Dedra's book is still Dedra's book. I haven't done a damn thing to make it mine...I just look at it and dust it off on occasion. Until now....wanna see? I think I can show you a page but that's about all because it's PERSONAL! I'm using Dedra's book as my PERSONAL Art Journal and I love it. Okay, here's a page in progress...but I'm only showing this for Dedra, the rest of you close your eyes.



So there it is. One little page consisting of water colors, acrylic paint, some gesso and glue, an old tag that I love, and lots of pink. Look closely, you just might see my soul.

Welcome back, Dedra, and thank you for making art journaling a part of my life, long before I was ready for it.

This Is What Cute Looks Like

...the finished album.

Fiber! Fiber! Fiber!

I've been SHOPPING! Yes!! Shopping at Creative Fiber Arts. If you like fiber.....go there now. They sell their stock quickly, but restock just as quick, and right now they have GREAT stock and even GREATER PRICES! Honestly, you can get 15 yards of fiber for a buck. A BUCK! They sell in packs of a single yard for about 30 cents up to whole skeins. It's fiber heaven and I found it through the mini album girls on YouTube. Boy, do they know how to shop. ~ post written 3/25/10

OMG,I didn't even post this. I've really ignored my blog and I shouldn't do that. People stop visiting when you ignore your blog! So, let me take some pictures and I'll show you what I've been up to. Honest, I'll be back soon!