Where do the days go?

Don't you hate it when your days run away from you? I've felt like that a bit lately. I've even crafted, but the cards havent made it up here on the blog. But, i took lotsa pictures today so i should be prepared for at least a few days! haha!

Today is St. Patty's Day! We love St Patricks day in my family. I have an irish background, so it's always been a fun holiday to celebrate.

Last night i met with some of my bella friends at Funkie Munkie Scraps. We call it the Bella Club. :) Each month i prepare a project for the club members to do. This is what we made last night...

We used GoodLuckaBella and stephanie graciously gave away the stamp to a randomly drawn club member. How fun, huh?!

And do you see that fun pot of gold? Thats using the My Time Made Easy Bouncing Baby Buggy (you know, the one i made into an easter basket, then a coffee cup and not a pot of gold... Lauren made it into a boat, a wheelbarrow a basket, it's really the endless template!)

My original thought was to fill up the "pot of gold" using those gold covered chocolate coins but i was unsuccessful finding them. Seriously? It's st patricks day! I checked all over the place! SO i used some chuck e cheese coins instead. :)

Chuck E Cheese coins are more coveted in my house anyway!

I opted to not fold in the top of the basket so that i'd have enough room to tie around a ribbon. I also used the Paper Dolls cricut cartridge to cut out a shamrock and add it to the pot. I used soem chalks to add a little definition.

Here's a close up view of the card we made...

So thats what i have for ya today! Thanks so much for stopping by!!!!

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I have arrived!

In wisconsin! haha. I'll be here until next week but i do have a few projects i havent posted yet. This one is my favorite! I used one of Lauren Meader's MyTime templates from PaperTrey Ink along with my new LuLu stamp from Stampingbella.com

It's to make a little treat for a friend... Check it out!







This project was made as a sample for Funkie Munkie Scraps bella club. If you want more info on the Bella Club contact stephanie from Funkie Munkie thru the blog! :)

Please forgive the lack of other deets, but it's time to go spend time with the fam! :) Vacations are fun!

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Happy National Scrapbook Day!

Happy National Scrapbook Day everyone!!!!! I'm sure you all have gobs going on today! Most local stores have crops and make n takes. For those that dont live near a store, there are online crops and challenges and more galore! It's just a fun weekend!

Today I will be at the Funkie Munkie for a good portion of the day having fun with the crafty ladies of G-ville! :) There are so many make n takes its not even funny! I was there last night and OMG, i really hope i have time to do everyone else's make n take! I recreated a Bella Sampler (i love it... took a picture but it's not uploaded into my computer yet so you'll have to wait on it!) so i'm helping Kim Murphy out with that, then there is a easy peasy copic make n take using "Color Me" paper by Luxe. This stuff is so much fun! And so many different designs!

Here's the one i made...


You can use the enormous amount of copic colors to make this perfectly custom for you. There is some fun paper that is coffee cups, tea bags, etc. I think i'll do that one tomorrow to put in my kitchen! :)

I should remind you that if you live in or even near Greenville, Funkie Munkie is having a 25% off the entire store (inluding clearance) to celebrate this wonderful day. You get a free bottle of stickles just for coming in. And there are prizes called out every half hour! Fun times folks... fun times! :) The store is open from 9-9.

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Support your LSS

Man! After a LONG weekend (with prom hair and makeup galore, birthday parties, and other things going on) i'm actually very excited to get back to the more every day routine (which is endless of course) of my life. I made a 20 page scrapbook for the birthday party as well as a shadowbox frame. Did i remember to take pictures of any of it? no i did not. Bad crafty person... bad!

I still have a few cards i need to post, so not all is lost. haha.

But more on the reason i posted this entry before showing off a card. And beware... this has been weighing on my mind... it could get lengthy!

Last week i got a sad email. A scrapbook store in Easley (a town about 20 minutes or so away) was closing down. The owner is a friend of mine. She's the one that owned The Scrapbook Company where i taught before. She's moving back to Florida to work at her old job (they called her out of the blue and asked her to come back) and as she put it to me... she and her husband needed health insurance more than she needed a scrapbook store. So she has lost both of her stores in the past year. Very sad. I wish her the best and hope that she is happy back at her previous job.

On thursday afternoon, i decided to make the drive down to her store just to see what goodies she had left. Now for some... making only a 20 minute drive to go to a local store would be heavenly. Since moving to South Carolina, I have been blessed with many scrapbook stores around me. But one by one... they are dying. And it's oh so very very sad! Main Street Memories in Easley is the 4th that have shut it's doors in the 3 years that i have lived here. I know there were others that suffered untimely deaths before I moved here as well.

Then when I was at Belinda's shop... i heard another local scrapbook shop in Easley was closing! Creative Chaos will also be closing it's doors. Now i had never been there. I tried once or twice, but the store carried odd hours and i never seemed to get them right. The odd hours may have hindered the shop's success. But it's still sad to see a craft shop go down.

Then on Saturday i got a letter saying a very local shop (it's within 2 miles from my house) will also be closing it's doors! This one had me in total shock. I didnt realize the store was doing so poorly. My dear friend, Jan (whom i worked with at The Scrapbook Company) works there. I wonder if she saw it coming. This one is quite as sad of a story... they are closing their brick and mortar store to return focus to their online shop ... http://www.scrapbooksupplystore.com. Locals will be able to buy online and then pick up at the warehouse, but no more in store browsing (unless someone happens to be at the warehouse. So it's just very very sad to me!

I guess economic times are hard for everyone. But that being said. it's still a very sad thing to see the little people go under. Being a "little company" myself. It kinda makes me never want to shop at a chain place again!

Ok... my soap box has tipped over and this post has gotten very very long... but it's been on my mind and i wanted to get it out. For those who have even beared with my rambling this long... here is a card for you today. It's a card i created for Funkie Munkie Scraps using Argus from Paper Makeup Stamps.



All products used on this card are available at Funkie Munkie Scraps.
Patterend Paper (on sale for a huge 60% off) is by American Crafts. See that fun scalloped border? It's already cut on the paper. Easy peasy. Cardstock is by bazzill. LOVE their rich browns and there are so many to choose from! Buttons are from the glorious button bin. You can get 20 buttons for like a buck. Outstanding deal!!!! And the floss is bazzil's In Stitches. Now i have a slew of cross stitch thread but this stuff is a little thicker and wonderful. It's also made for paper so you arent going to get dust and fuzzies while you are sewing on your paper.
OH - and Argus is colored with copics. (of course, you know i love my copics!)
His body is e35 and E37. I did a wee bit of shading with E29 as well. The green spots are YG21 and YG25. Teddy is E43 and E44.

Thanks so much for stopping by and listening to my rant today!

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FUN NEW CLUB INFO

We all like to be a part of something, right? Well Funkie Munkie Scraps is kickin' off 4 new clubs on National Scrapbook Day!!!! Each club will have store happenin's but they each also have a blog and opportunities for crafty ladies all over the country to be a part of!!! Club benefits include superduper sales, preorder chances, kits and much much more!!! You simply gotta check 'em out!!!!

Copic Munkies

TGF Farmerz

Southern Bella (stamping bella)

Savvy Scrappin' Divas

Now don't these look like fun?!  I'm so pumped for them all!  I will helping to run club meetings and classes for the Copic Munkie club and helping out some with the Stamping Bella club.  And i'm just going to have to participate in the other clubs too because they look like so much fun!!!

I'll post more info about them as the weeks go by but seriously check them out!!!  :)

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a bella card

Thank you so so much for all the emails and well wishes i got! Yesterday was really bad. I thought the pain was bad sunday but i was mistaken! Luckily greg was home and took care of the boys for me. Of course the boys were all out of sorts and jack came in crying asking if he could take me to the medicine house because he just wanted me to feel better. It broke my heart! But finally we're seeing some light at the end of the tunnel!

Ok, i just felt like i should post that since i've gotten so many emails! (again, thanks so much, you sure do make a girl feel loved!)

Now onto my card...


i actually started this card on saturday for the Bella Homepage contest. I used my new Jugglabella from Stamping Bella. Man, am i excited i can get these locally now! This card in particular you can see at Funkie Munkie Scraps and will be included in some of the cards we'll be making in one of my classes. I havent figured out which one yet, probably the coloring class on the 12th.




Now i love jugglabella. You could easily mask out those hearts and put a whole slew of things in there. I'm sure I will at some point, but right now we're nearing february so hearts it is!

The paper is by American Crafts and the line is called Romantic. All of the paper is double sided and thick (think cardstock) with a solid color on one side, and the patterened paper on the other side. So it's fantastic to use because you always have your coordinating cardstock!. I used bazzill cardstock for my base. And those fun little pom poms? Thats the new Daisy Bucket ribbon. it's so fun! It's almost like paper. You can rip it, stamp on it, rub on it, curl it, crinkle it... endless possibilities! very neat stuff! It sells at FM for $5 a spool (which has 10 yards on it). I'm thinking of doing a bulk buy swap with it, so if you are interested, please let me know.

Ok, thats it for now. I feel miserably behind on everything so i'm going to try and get caught up.

Good news though - i'm hoping to have the Paper Makeup Stamps in by the end of the week!!!! YIPPIEEEEE! More new on a release date soon when i have everything!

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MY LAST POST WAS MONDAY?!?!

WHAT?! Did i read that right? My last post was MONDAY!? Sheesh. This week has just flown by! I even have stuff that i prepared to post. haha. But i will let you know i have been hard at work on the website and it's pretty much done, just needs to be put on the new server.

SO - i'm finally posting that layout i told you i did forever. Yes, I actually scrapbooked. The picture isnt the best, but it works, right? :)



Everything on this layout is available at www.funkiemunkiescraps.com

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