Ok, first slideshow 'gadget' is up and running....

Hey everyone!!  It's been a super Thursday so far, was supposed to work but I got a day off "Hospital Convenience Day" which means they overstaffed and I got lucky!

Currently, I'm uploading some pics of various cards I've made recently, I was able to get the gadget slide show to work on the front of the blog so whatever is on the Flickr account will show up.

I noticed that for embellishments I'm very much into using stuff I get on sale. Is it that it's on sale, or that I saved money, or what?? Either way, I think the embellishments look pretty good. Most of the cards are somewhat playful and whimsical in nature, which describes my personality pretty well (when i'm not STRESSED out! lol...)

I either use a bought embellishment (on sale, of course!), a stamped image which I've colored in creatively, or a Cricut cut out of some sort. Seeing as I'm still getting used to the Cricut and doing a lot of experimenting you can see why I have fewer Cricut cut outs than anything else. Still, as I become proficient with the Cricut you'll undoubtedly see more of that. There's so much you can do with a Cricut and the options are endless. Now, to get ME trained!

I'm off to finish cooking my homemade chicken enchilada pie for my family. The chicken is simmering and everyone is already gathering in the kitchen even though there's about 45 more minutes left to the cooking process.

Silly family.
:)

Home from Temecula...

Had a great day and a half out there hanging out with my daughter Chelsea. We got to go shopping at Joann's (and got GREAT stuff for 40% off!) and I brought out all the paper stuff and envelopes I bought which we split. Then I got my hair done and we went out to an early dinner at Sweet Lumpy's.

Finally made it home just in time to pick up my sister and her kids from LAX where they were returning from a trip to Hawaii. They were all so TAN!  For them it was only 9 pm, but for me it was midnight, so they decided to head on home and get unpacked and relax there. 

Me? I decided to go to bed.

Goodnight!
:)

First Video Creation....err.....or something! :)

Putting together the first crafty video is a little daunting. There's the technical stuff like who will hold the camera? Obviously not me since I'm, well, crafting!  Then there's the whole embarrassment part. Like I don't spend all day at work talking to strangers. Gosh. 

Having said all that, just know that I'm going ahead with all the editing and splicing together the first video. I'm eager to get it up there because, well, it's FUN!  I hope you enjoy watching it and don't feel like you have to be TOO critical, ok?

;-)

First Official Post!

Welcome!!!!

...To my first post. I'm new to gmail's blogger, but not a newbie by any stretch!  

This blog will be specifically for my crafty stuff, which I've recently become reacquainted with. When my kids were small, I got into the whole rubber stamping sensation and made cards, went to rubber stamp conventions, and had rubber stamp parties. It was a blast. Things have progressed quite a lot, I'm happy to report. 

A friend of mine at work had mentioned all the fun she was having scrapbooking, which for the life of me didn't really sound like fun...but she kept mentioning her Cricut and everything it could do. Not till I actually went to her house and tried out her machine was I fully hooked. 

In this blog I hope to chronicle some of the projects I tackle along with my daughter, Chelsea. Feel free to leave a comment or suggestion, we are all just crafting buddies here! :D