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Seems like a familiar tune this year with this blog.

I have good intentions, take a lot of pictures, but just don't find the time to update it often. I think I was in a slump with wanting a change. So, when needing that creative outlet, you must go in search. For me, I came to the conclusion, I needed a blog make over. (one that actually happens.lol) So I've comissioned someone new to work on it in the New Year. I am STOKED. So that has got my heart going pitter patter working on fun stuff to send her. It in fact has motivated me big time!

Of course lot's of my work is always for companies and I don't get to show you many sneak peaks, but this year I thought I might change that. I love doing CHA boothwork, it is highly fulfilling. And I am well ahead of where I usually am for CHA Winter. I've got a good chunk done already, and that feels fantastic!!!!

Let's quickly catch you up on what has been occupying my time. As I write this, it feels like our Christmas letter. I didn't intend for it to be this way, but just rolling with it. So here is our Christmas Card to share virtually with all of you!!!

 

Ireland:

The number one kid in my house that has a gazillion nickname changes. Right now, we tend to call her pips. She has went through these so far in her short 4yrs. Little Miss, Pipsqueak, Pixie, Monkey and now Pips.

This little girl started 4yr old preschool. Going 3 mornings a week, which is fabulous. However that means I drive to and from the school 3 days a week.

We had her in Speech Therapy for a group of sessions this past 2 months and we saw AMAZING differences. Much stronger in her pronounciatio of words. So that is AWESOME! Of course she is just an active little girl, soccer and dance every week, and trust me, if they let 4yr olds join our Tae Kwon Do, she'd be in there.She is counting down the minutes till Sept.2013 when she will be able to go with the boys.

She really discovered Barbies this year, so her & I play Barbies daily, and sometimes the boys join in when I can convince them nice brothers do just that. So we also now have "Ken" dolls so the boys can play.

Pips is definitely our fashion diva. She is more conscious about what she wears than any other child I know. Always likes to match, have her hair and jewelry accesories match. Pretty neat to watch. My fave is her in tights and boots. So cute!

(first day of school pic-Sept.2012)

Jager:

This kid is our comedian. always entertaining, always dancing, always on the move. Smiles and sinister looks always are letting us know he is up to something. But I couldn't possibly live without my daily dose of Jager!

This is probably the most calm photo I have of Jager. Probably because he is embarassed I am taking first day of school photos while all his buds walk by. but tough. He should be used to it by now...REALLY! lol.

He has kept us busy with an intensive social calendar for a Gr.2 yr old. He's got a core group of buddies since Kindergarten, and they are tight like a mafia group.

He decided only to take Tae Kwon Do, hip hop and basketball this fall/winter. Basketball is a fist for us, recommended to take by his Gr.1 teacher. She told us he is amazing at it, I looked at her like she was nuts. But I trust her explicably, we enrolled him and who would've thought. The kid rocks at Basketball. So he's been enjoying that. and well Hip Hop is just his "groove". no surprise.

We still have him in French tutoring, and I won't give up our spot with her till Ireland is out of school. She works with Riley & Jager and is just that perfect part of our week that helps the kids out with the French.Great confidence builder that we actually have the kids reading in front of the class now. Who would've thought any of my kids would've been shy to read in front of the class. Not me.

Riley:

This kid is the heart and soul of our family. The biggest help and the kindest kid EVER. Just one big walking hug. We've had such a fantastic year with him, and have actually stopped counting how many times we get calls from the teacher on how he helped out another student, or from other parents that he was there for their kid, we even had such nice calls from the principal and vice principal. One day a kid fell and got hurt at his bus stop, he ran and helped and the adults all told us, he reacted so fast and just immediately took charge to help. Neat things to hear. Cause you wonder everyday if you are doing things right.

His strong points in life are definitely anything athletic. It just come naturally to him. This fall/winter season he is in soccer, tae kwon do and hip hop. Both boys did also play floor hockey for a few months. It's over now, but such good exercise.

So as you can see I do a LOT of driving and activity watching during the week. Around 21 hrs worth a week to be exact. But that is exactly why I am a stay at home working mom. I don't want our kids to miss out on any opportunities.

Now is really the time for them to figure out what sports they really enjoy, what activities they are interested in.

Riley was doing so well, he got asked to move up to the advanced class. Kinda neat since he's only been in Tae Kwon Do for a yr. Already Yellow belt, black stripe. working on his green belt next.

This kid however has discovered a passion for DC and Fox clothes. Ouch, those a nice and pricey. But on the same aspect, he's been saving and earning money like crazy. He's about 2 months away from being able to buy his own ipad. AMAZING drive! And he's got 100% on almost every single spelling test this year. Things like that just make us proud! He has to work so hard because surprisingly, the English language structure does not come easy to him at all. He's struggling but not giving up. Funny, he enjoys French so much. I always wonder if we are doing the right thing having our kids in French Immersion, but it's always the end goal I have in mind.

As for Jim & I, well our life has drastically been inverted lately. We sold our semi & trailer, now to get out of gravel hauling and buy a new truck to do a different job. Always freaky starting something new. I'm still pretty consistent, lot's of scrapbook work, still traveling to teach and work at events. Less than before, as you can see, my home life is BUSY! But I still love it.

Well, speaking of busy, gotta go pick the kids up from school, so I will try to keep up with the blog. Bare with me. Change is good, and I have had some exciting things happen to me lately, I can't wait to share!

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to the 2nd Hard Core Crop!

                 

We are bringing in the Holiday season with challenges designed to get you inspired to create for the Holidays. Please head over to the Core blog  for crop rules. And we have the Facebook HCC crop page here for you to chat and hang out with fellow Hard Core Croppers so make sure you head over there, too. You never know when challenges or giveaways will pop up over there! Today I have created for you Gift Bags.  These are a great way to brighten someone's day with a personal gift wrapping. Today I did 2 Thank you bags, but it would be a perfect concept for a birthday or Christmas, even a baby gift. I can't wait to see what each of you come up with.

Supplies needed:

• gift bag
• Core'dinations ColorCore Cardstock in the coours that suit your topic
• border punches/ favourite punches
• letter stickers
• adhesive
• twine
• Core tools-sand it & dust buddy

additional items that will be awesome:

• embellishments
• patterned paper
• ribbon
• embossing folders
• die cutting plates

Let's get started! Here is the first

 

Start out with a plain gift bag, I get mine from my local Dollar store.                                                            

 

Cover the gift bag with a base colour. I never ever go edge to edge with the bottom layer. I like a bit of the gift bag still peaking through.

 

I did sand ONLY around the edge.

 

 Make sure you use enough adhesive, the last thing you want is your gift bag to fall apart on the way to the recipient. :0

Next I started to create my layers. I started with a fairly light beige background. So it was natural for me to pull in a darker colour. For the darker layer, I sanded the entire thing. I wanted it now to "pop" a little more and by revealing the base it really stands out more. I also raised it with Scrapbook Adheive by 3L  3-D Foam Squares.

 

Break out those Spellbinders Dies! Here's a perfect time to cut out a funky shape! I picked red cause it seems to help the brown tones POP! For this element I DID NOT sand it. I like to really vary the layers with sand and no sand. I think they give a larger impact.

Again another fun die. For me it seemed so natural to add some tone of blue. I love the neutrals, but I love them more when they have some sort of "snap" to them to come alive!

Now for my main accent! I die cut a cute little Gingerbread man. (Tim Holtz die) I adore him and he makes me smile.

Add a title and somw twine and voila! Now it looks like a decorative piece!

 

Gift Bag #2:

I'm not going to show all the steps again, as some are a little repetitive of the first bag. Lot's of layering again. This time I used more border punches . Again I popped everything up with 3-D Foam Squares from Scrapbook adhesives by 3L. This time I added lettering stickers from Bo-Bunny.

I brolke out my EK Success punches and made some butterflies. I only put my Dodz Adhesive in the middles so they wings could be bent to look like they are flying.

 

  Rule of 3, so I balanced another butterfly lower down on the left.

Then I punched out a whole bunch of little flowers and layered those and used them as little accents all around the gift bag. Same with the itty bitty hearts. What I haven't shown you is, I later decided to put rhinestones in the centers of my flowers. I didn't have any on me when I was scrapping at a friends house, but when I got home I decided they needed a little something something.

Thanks for joining me today on making gift bags. I challenge YOU now to make a fabulous gift bag for any occasion. And then PLEASE SHARE!!!!! We love to see what our loyal Core Addicts do. You guys just ROCK!!!!!

ow one of you lucky followers is gonna win a sweet prize package from Core'dinations Color Core Cardstock. I am giving away the Jenni Bowlin: Vintage Brights Core Impression line. fabulous product!!!!!

If you do not have a blog, please feel free to use Photobucket or Flickr or any other photo sharing sight that provides links. Challenges must include Core'dinations ColorCore Cardstock. You may NOT combine this challenge with any of the other HCC challenges but you may complete this challenge as many times as you like. You must link by 8 pm, December 2nd (Sunday).

Thanks so much for joining me. Keep checking all the fun activities everyone on our team has planned!

Leica Forrest

*you can also find me on facebook where I share my daily adventures**

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So it is October, which means we are like 5 weeks away from

Crop & Create Saskatoon.

Last year we tested out this event, and we walked away with a list of how we wanted to change it to make it better, where we knew we had to hold the hotels up to a higher level and we knew what we wanted our fabulous team to bring to the table.

This is what we have learned:

* When we say Dessert buffet. we mean it. So over the course of the last year we showed pics of what we expected to all the hotels and said, "Top this"... and they did. Here's a few pics ...

 

parking- well Saskatoon ultimately was uggh for parking.  But what we learned is this. Saskatoon has the cheapest parking rates in all of Canada. yes that isn't comforting but it is something. Did we like that the Sheraton didn't have spots for us that we paid for? nope, so how are we going to make it better?

* well so far in other cities we've had people helping unload at each hotel. I personally was the person out helping in Winnipeg and would watch everyone's stuff while they parked. We had FABULOUS bell men help us. They ROCKED!!!!! SO in Saskatoon, the Bessborough said that they have parking on BOTH sides of their hotel, they have parking across the street on both sides. It will work. If you want help unloading, we will be there, if you want help walking to your car, call me! I recommend car pooling. If you are staying at the hotel, parking is FREE!  A pass will be issued on check in so be sure to ask at the front desk.  If you are not staying at the hotel the cost is $12/day ($14 for valet) 

 

Some things that we are super proud of:

Our TEAM!

We have a handful that have been with us this year. We have been blessed.  Super thanks to everyone! For a complete list of teachers and more about them and which cities they taught in click here. 

Crop & Create - Teachers (I am showing you their pics to say a HUGE THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM.  We can't do it without them)

Vicki Boutin		Jennifer Edwardson
Becky Fleck		Leica Forrest
Kelly Goree		Megan Hendrickson
Sarah Hodgkinson		Beth Kingston
Caroline Lau		Kimber McGray
Kelly Purkey		Kathy Thompson
Angela Urbano

Thanks to Jen Walker for everything amazing she does behind the scenes. Last but not least, Catherine Tachdjian. (I'm tossing in a picture of her hubbie Jack too, because he is 100% HANDS-ON in this production! (if I had a pic of her kids too, they'd be up here. HUGE HELP!!!!!)  We are also very proud of our CLASSES!  Crop & Create - Saskatoon - Classes Stamp-endous Technique Class Let’s Get Inspired! Layout Class Flower Making School - Maya Road Style Whimsical Home Canvas Class BoBunny Cards For Every Season Designer's Dozen 2.0 Layout Class BoBunny Trinkets & Bobbles & Bling, Oh My! Maya Road - The "Mini" Method Album Class Misting & More Mini Album Class Pinterest Inspiration Station Workshop   Stamp-endous! Let's get inky! This class will have you inspired to pull out your favorite stamp sets. We'll play together and work through Kelly Purkey's favorite stamping tricks using Studio Calico and Hero Arts stamps. From heat embossing to stamping with mist, this technique heavy class is also heavy on fun. Together we'll create cards and tags to show off your finest stamping skills. Teacher: Kelly Purkey Duration: 2 hrs. Friday: 5:00 – 7:00 pm Sponsors: Studio Calico, Hero Arts           Let’s Get Inspired! Join our resident patterned paper expert AND self-proclaimed sketchaholic, Kelly Goree, as she shows you just how easy it can be to rock a scrapbook sketch and create fabulous pages as a result! You’ll never have another excuse for running out of scrappy ideas once you learn her fun tips and techniques for taking one amazing sketch and streeetttching it three different and unique ways! In this class you will create one double-page and two single-page layouts all from the same fantastic PageMaps sketch designed just for this Crop & Create class! Complete colour instructions along with two bonus PageMap sketches for you to practice your new skills on will be included! Teacher: Kelly Goree Duration: 2 hrs. Friday: 5:00 – 7:00 pm Sponsors: Bazzill, American Crafts, BasicGrey     Flower Making School - Maya Road Style Want to learn the latest in how to use Maya Road products to create your own little catalog if fun flowers? We will do it Maya Road style with Caroline Lau. Caroline will walk you through up to 10 different ways to use Maya Road products to create your own flowers and coordinating bits and pieces. You will go home with a Maya Road Acrylic Stand of finished flowers you can refer to over and over for cards, layouts and more! Learn to use zipper trim, wooden products, stamps, chipboard, kraft and more to create something uniquely your own. Teacher:  Caroline Lau Duration: 2 hrs. Friday: 7:30 – 9:30 pm Sponsors: Maya Road   Whimsical Home Canvas Class (Part 1 & 2) Have you ever wanted to create home decor? This is the perfect way to show off your style while experimenting with different techniques. This class will provide a great opportunity for you to learn about paper collage, layering, and then how to create different unique looks with paint, stamps, ink, doodling and rub ons. Of course there will be bling! This is the perfect mixed media class that will suit all skill levels. Easy paced, and lots of room for you to be creative and experiment! Teacher:  Leica Forrest Part 1 Duration: 2 hrs. ($10 kit fee due at time of registration) Friday: 7:30 – 9:30 pm Part 2 Duration: 1 hr. Saturday: 8:30 – 9:30 am   (ps, I have 3 different versions of THIS canvas in my house too! lol. I can't wait to teach it, I have a few exciting surprises that my students are going to get. You know me, there is always a little twist to my classes. Wonder what it will be? I do have spots left, wanna join me and find out...?) Sponsors: Jillibean Soup, American Crafts andCrafter’s Workshop     Cards For Every Season - Bo Bunny Special occasions always seems to sneak up on us, leaving everything to the last minute! Isn’t it nice to have a handmade card ready to go right when you need it? Join BoBunny to plan ahead and create cards perfect for each season and occasion. Learn to make the most of great card sketches by utilizing them in different ways to create cards with their own unique style. In this class, you’ll play with BoBunny Double Dot papers and BRAND NEW BoBunny collections to make eight gorgeous cards. Teacher:  Megan Hendrickson Duration: 2 hrs. ($10 kit fee due at time of registration) Saturday: 8:30 – 10:30 am Sponsors: BoBunny   The Designer’s Dozen 2.0 Whether you joined her for the first round of the popular Designer’s Dozen workshop or this is your first very experience, you absolutely MUST attend this ALL NEW workshop! There will be plenty of new material, fabulous product and of course twelve more tips and tricks in this ALL NEW2.0 version when you join Kelly Goree for a fabulous "scrapbooking baker's dozen!" We all hunt for those cherished tried-and-true recipes that not only make our lives easier but make us look like we’re Martha Stewart to boot! It’s those favourite go-to basics that save us time and stress in the kitchen and it’s no different when it comes to our scrapbook pages! Well known for her bold use of color, pattern and design, Kelly will teach you how to follow the recipes that will take your layouts from tasty to extra-yummy in no time. In this class you will create three single-page, design-packed layouts that you will love as well as receiving the class lecture material with your instructions for easy future reference! Teacher: Kelly Goree Duration: 2 hrs. Saturday: 11:00am – 1:00 pm Sponsors: Bazzill, American Crafts, BasicGrey     Trinkets & Bobbles & Bling, Oh My! - Bo Bunny Are you a whiz with paper, but struggle to make the finishing touches come together? Join BoBunny to discover one of the funnest parts of scrapbooking…embellishing! Learn the basics of creating embellishment “clusters”, to balance your pages and add dimension. Before you know it, you’ll be an expert “cluster-er” as you bring your layouts to life with layering and details! You’ll go home with two double-page layouts full of BRAND NEW Bo Bunny product! Teacher:  Megan Hendrickson Duration: 2.5 hrs. Saturday: 2:30 – 5:00 pm Sponsors: BoBunny       The "Mini" Method Have you always wanted to learn some simple tricks, tips and techniques to use when creating a Mini Album? Let Caroline Lau, owner of Maya Road, share some of her best secrets as you work on a beautiful mini album! From photo sizes to photo editing to embellishment, simple tricks can make mini albums a breeze. Learn to use trims, pins, chipboard, glitter, Maya Mists, wood and more. Create a fabulous cover, learn how to decorate the inside and then bring home your album to fill with your favourite photos! Teacher:  Caroline Lau Duration: 2.5 hrs. ($10 kit fee due at time of registration) Saturday: 2:30 – 5:00 pm Sponsors: Maya Road (just so you guys know, I have this album IN MY HOUSE and I simply have it on display. lol. It is THAT beautiful!!!!!!! )     Misting and More Misting is a hot new trend right now and a must-have in your supply stash! Kelly Purkey will guide you through putting together a beautiful mini album using fresh and fun misting techniques. You'll see how to stretch your supplies with the help of mist to create background, accents, and titles. New to misting? Here's your opportunity to jump right in and learn the secrets to misting up a storm like a pro. Teacher: Kelly Purkey Duration: 2 hrs. Saturday: 6:30 – 8:30 pm Sponsors: Studio Calico, American Crafts   Pinterest Inspiration Station Do you love the DIY embellishments you see on Pinterest and wonder how to make them? Then this is the class for you! In this fast paced class we'll create a variety of embellishments using products from your favorite manufacturers as well as items you might have laying around your house. Every student will receive Xyron product and lots of extra supplies to create additional embellishments on your own. Can't wait to see what you'll create! Teacher: Beth Kingston Duration: 2 hrs. Saturday: 6:30 – 8:30 pm Sponsors: Xyron, Maya Road   A few things we haven't changed about our event---FABULOUS make n takes. Our goal is to provide a cute, fast & fun projects that you can use. They usually show a great idea, or a technique, something to inspire you. Of course these & all our classes could not be possible without our amazing manufacturer support.  So THANKS to the following: Crop & Create - Sponsors At Scrapbook & Cards Today, we are very lucky to have amazing sponsors!  When we shared with them, the Crop & Create concept, they jumped at the chance to be a part of these events! Thank you to the following sponsors of Crop & Create: ok, I've talked forever and ever. But the reality is we have 21 spots available. We'd LOVE to have you! If it interests you, click here to sign up! (ok let's be serious, just between you and me, I LOVE hamming it up for the camera with my crazy friends. Teaching across Canada over the years has allowed me to meet amazing people! So I may have had a few giggles... want to join us for some more?) my fave pics over this past year... (a fun little montage)   ok, I will leave you with that fun thought. I am on a high right now. While I was creating this post, I just found out fabulous girls I adore are flying in from New Brunswick to join in on their THIRD Crop & Create with us. They attended Moncton and then Ottawa last weekend and can't get enoughso they are coming to Saskatoon. So I am tickled pink. It is such a fun time to hang with your girls. I will probably keep talking about some of the amazing things we have taking place in 5 weeks, such as a BRAND new make n take that is gonna blow your minds! cannot wait!

words to live by...

 

what a great picture and thought!

 

LUV these kids!

Well you know my passion for mini albums. Just cannot stop making them. I find that I make one for every "major occasion". photoshoots, camping trips, summer faves, holidays, etc. that way, the kids can look over and over at their pics, I don't worry about them wrecking these books because  I don't create these for a lifetime, those are the layouts in the albums that I want them to take with them. The albums are for our pure enjoyment now. 

I love to make my albums out of chipboard or acrylic. Fave bases ever! I enjoy tackling making an album on burlap, canvas and other materials, it just requires more thought on how to adhere things.

This album is bright and fun! I sanded almost all the edges to give the album a "framed in" look.

I LOVE how I layered rows of ribbon on the edge binding. It felt like a girly touch. :)

 

fun right? It gives it a different look. Don't forget to include a spot for the CD. I used the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L CD pockets. They ROCK!!!!! I put them everywhere! I like to decorate a paper and I slide it in. I put the CD between the paper and the back, then it still has the protective paper in there.

Here's a few inside pages:

a little fun project!

See you later!

Leica

 

LUV these kids!

Well you know my passion for mini albums. Just cannot stop making them. I find that I make one for every "major occasion". photoshoots, camping trips, summer faves, holidays, etc. that way, the kids can look over and over at their pics, I don't worry about them wrecking these books because  I don't create these for a lifetime, those are the layouts in the albums that I want them to take with them. The albums are for our pure enjoyment now. 

I love to make my albums out of chipboard or acrylic. Fave bases ever! I enjoy tackling making an album on burlap, canvas and other materials, it just requires more thought on how to adhere things.

This album is bright and fun! I sanded almost all the edges to give the album a "framed in" look.

I LOVE how I layered rows of ribbon on the edge binding. It felt like a girly touch. :)

 

fun right? It gives it a different look. Don't forget to include a spot for the CD. I used the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L CD pockets. They ROCK!!!!! I put them everywhere! I like to decorate a paper and I slide it in. I put the CD between the paper and the back, then it still has the protective paper in there.

Here's a few inside pages:

a little fun project!

See you later!

Leica

 

Just realized...

I showed you a gift bag yesterday that I did lot's of step outs for. If you would like to see them, go here. Quick & fun and use up those scraps!

 

This little layout came together sooooo fast.any sort of ledger paper sends me to heaven and back! So I had fun mixing and matching this limey yellow with hot pink.The Core'dinations cardstock worked sooooo perfect for this layout. I love the dimension this cardstock gives when sanded. bestill my heart.

This little girl also makes it easy to grab the bling and decorate with anything shiny! Lot's of times, I have no desire to have a specific"title" for my pages. So it is fun to just find inspiring quotes to put on. Makes me happy. This song I adore, so instead of using the most common line "These are a few of my favourite things." (funny even typing that I sang it outloud. happy times.) Anyhow, the song is fun for little girls and I like how Ireland always has her hair perfect, so the ribbons and hair bow prt has always reminded me of her.

 

Totally loved this quote today:

Pretty darn cute! makes you wonder...

Pinterest, my love, what did I spy today to share?

Snowflake ideas; they can never come too early. Gives me time to practice up before Winter gets here. Great activity for the kids.

 but then I found this concept. LOVE. It is brilliant.

see you later!

:))

Something fun to live by!

LOVE this quote. It fits me to the fullest!!!! and Jager. poor kid, I know he gets that from me. I simply cannot help it.

 

 

right now I am inspired by Heidi's handwriting tips.

 

 

I just love her handwriting. always have, so trying to better mine. Especially in my journaling classes, trying to fine tune those. Make them a little more interesting for the upcoming season.

 

If I had one wish for a out of this world priced object to have in my house it would be this.Simply IN LOVE!!!!!!

I spend a lot of time driving the kids to and from activities and sitting on the sidelines watching and cheering.  I love it. I love seeing their improvement. IT is AWESOME!

So I fill a lot of that waiting time on Pinterest. shocking. It is SO addicting. On the plus, I've spiced up our daily meals, created some wicked crafts, learned some yummy eye shadow tricks and just have enjoyed the inspiration.

Favourite thing found today:

Totally think Pipsqueak would love if I made her a few of these.

 

I've been making a lot of gift bags lately. Quick, easy and a nice personal touch. Great way to use up scraps and stickers!

Off to wash the floor. See you later!

 

 

Burlap Trinket Box

This was SOOOOOOO much fun to do. I covered it in Canvas Corp burlap using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Crafty Power Tape. I loved bringing in some texture paste and Tattered Angels glimmer mist.

 

Here's a closeup of the flowers that I misted with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist. My preference is start with the Prima Marketing flowers or Petaloo flowers that are plain white. I love mixing and matching to make my own coloured flowers.

Even the Canvas Corp burlap I covered in mist and some Glimmer Glaze. (The glaze helped stiffen the bow)

 

 

The texture paste added just a little dimension. This pumice texture paste I mixed with Tattered Leather glimmer mist to enrich it to a deep chocolate brown. Just a different sort of a way to add something creative to the box.

 

Thanks for stopping by. I'm on a roll touching my blog. AMAZING, I know. But hopefully I can slot some time to make it work. But don't forget if you wish to see my work, grab the latest Creating Keepsakes, I'm in there! Pretty stoked. 

Also I've been making lot's of videos for Core'dinations Color Core Cardstock. Or you can also find me at Tattered Angels or Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L. I've got loads of posts on those fabulous sites!