Friday, January 26, 2018

.....which as they kiss....consume.....

I'm a Twihard.  Everyone knows that.  The Saga is important to me, it provides so much inspiration for my art.  Watching New Moon, hearing the Shakespeare in the beginning, that's where this came from.


Just a few challenges:


Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting!  Laters!!!

Thursday, January 25, 2018

**ANYTHING MIXED MEDIA GOES** New Challenge with A Inky Mess!!

Hi everyone!!  It's the 25th and that means a new challenge at A Inky Mess!!  Our theme is always Anything Mixed Media Goes!  We get to work with our own images this month, so of course I went with Unity stamps!!  I used a new paper, with speckles on it, for my pencil coloring and I'm not sure how I feel about the outcome!  And I also tried Brea Reese Modeling Paste for the first time on the background with the heart stencils.  I LOOOOOOVE that stuff!!



Just a few challenges:


Be sure to visit the blog and see what the rest of the DT created  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!!!

Friday, January 19, 2018

**ANYTHING GOES** New Challenge with Crafting with Friends!!

Happy Friday!  It's a new challenge at Crafting with Friends and as always, our theme is Anything Goes!  Our lovely sponsor is Bugaboo and I'm working with Circle Sentiments Warm Wishes!!


See it unfolds and there's a space to write in!



A few challenges for this card:


Be sure to visit the blog to see the rest of the DT's work!  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!!

Monday, January 15, 2018

**ANYTHING GOES** New Challenge with Crafting From The Heart!!

It's a new challenge at Crafting from The Heart and as always our theme is Anything Goes!!!  Our lovely sponsor is Crafty Sentiments and I'm working with Blitz!!  I went kind of unconventional with these colors, blue, copper and pink, but I LOVE how it turned out!!!


Just a few challenges:


Be sure to visit the blog to see what the rest of the DT have created!  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!!

Wednesday, January 10, 2018

**NEW/ANYTHING GOES** New Challenge with Creative Moments!!!

Happy Hump Day!!  It's a new challenge at Creative Moments and our theme is NEW!  New Year, New House, New Baby, anything you can think of!!  Of course you can always play Anything Goes, but with a new year starting I wanted to celebrate the opportunity to set and hit new goals!  Our lovely sponsor is Decosse's Dynamite Doodles and I'm using one of her awesome sentiments for this card!



Just a few challenges:


Be sure to visit the blog to see what the rest of the DT have created.  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!!

Tuesday, January 9, 2018

**SEASONAL/ANYTHING GOES** New Challenge with A Snowflake's Promise!!

Hi everyone!  It's a new challenge at A Snowflake's Promise and as always our theme is Seasonal or Anything Goes!   Our lovely sponsor is Morgan's Art World and I'm working with Fae 2!  I went a little springy with my card because with all this freezing cold weather, I need spring to come like yesterday!!



Just a few challenges:


Be sure to visit the blog to see what the rest of the DT have created.  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!

Sunday, January 7, 2018

**ANYTHING GOES** New Challenge with Angie's Digi Stamps!

Hi everyone!  It's the first Sunday of the month and that means it's time for a new challenge at Angie's Digi Stamps!!  Our theme is always Anything Goes and we don't have a twist this month! Remember that you can now shop for this adorable digi and all of Angie's other awesome stamps at the blog!


I just wanna share the inside, too, because the sentiment is fun!!


Just a few challenges:



Be sure to visit the blog to see what the rest of the DT created and to enter this month's challenge!  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting!  Laters!!

Friday, January 5, 2018

**EMBOSSING** New Challenge with Simply Create Too!!

Happy Thursday!  It's a new challenge at Simply Create Too and our theme this month is Embossing (wet or dry)!  I used dry embossing and rubbed Inka Gold over my design.  I love this look.



Just a few challenges:


Be sure to visit the blog to see what the rest of the DT created!  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!!

Monday, January 1, 2018

**PEARLS AND LACE** New Challenge with Get Creative Challenges!!

Hi everyone!  It's a new challenge at Get Creative Challenges and our theme is Pearls and Lace!!  This one was so fun for me, I love anything girly!  Now I picked this digi because for whatever reason, it looked Twilight-y to me.  Our lovely sponsor is Scrap N Dipity and I'm using Under the Misteltoe!  In my Twilight-crazed mind, I see this as Jake and Nessie going to a Lord Of the Rings-themed New Year's party!  So that's where the inspiration for this card came from.



Just a few challenges:


Be sure to visit the blog to see what the rest of the DT created.  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!!!

**ANYTHING GOES** New Challenge with Crafty Girl Creations!!!

Hi everyone!  It's the first of the month and that means it's a new challenge at Crafty Girl Creations!!  As always our theme is Anything Goes and that means we can go nuts with our projects! Our lovely sponsor is Bugaboo Digi Stamps and I'm working with Rose Block Trio!



Just a few challenges:


Be sure to visit the blog to see what the rest of the DT created and to enter this month's challenge!  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting!  Laters!!

2018 Goals and Accomplishments

To see how I fared with my 2017 goals, click here.

Randomness


  1. Watch Seasons 1-4 Chicago P.D. **FINISHED 4/10/18**
  2. Watch Glee Entire Series
  3. Watch Roswell Entire Series
  4. Watch Dawson's Creek Entire Series
  5. Watch Veronica Mars Entire Series
  6. Watch VM Movie after finishing series
  7. Watch all five Twilight movies over five nights
  8. Watch all five Twilight movies in one night
  9. Watch both versions of BD1 in the same night
  10. Watch BD1 & BD2 in the same night
  11. Watch Fifty Shades and Fifty Shades Darker in one night
  12. Organize SU stuff by theme
  13. Organize punches--toss bad ones
  14. Use an entire 12 x 12 paper pad
  15. Use an entire 6 x 6 paper pad 10-12-18
  16. Use 2 8 x 8 paper pads
  17. Hang all your posters/prints
  18. Finish one of your scrapbooks - ANY one of them!!!
  19. Start Christmas tags in January and make at least 12 over the year--KNOW WHERE THEY ARE!!!!!!!
  20. Watch the following movies:
  • Before I Fall  3-20-18 B- it wasn't clear at first and was slow
  • Better Living Through Chemistry
  • Friends With Kids
  • The Last Word
  • The Lifeguard
  • Live by Night
  • Manchester by the Sea
  • No Strings Attached
  • The Romantics
  • The Runaways
  • Struck By Lighting
  • Table For Three
  • When In Rome
  • The Zookeeper's Wife 6-17-18 A- so good but so sad

20. Read 25 books this year:

  1. Without Merit (B, it was good but the ending was not good, too cutesy)
  2. Two Girls Down (B, I liked the book but it was creepy and I didn't like the ending)
  3. My Sister's Secret (B-, it was good but parts were a bit slow, no real ending)
  4. Crimes Against A Book Club (C, because it was SO cheesy and sorta lame but parts were good)
  5. We Were Mothers - (C, interesting book, odd ending!)
  6.  Then You Loved Me (C, sort of cheesy, weird ending, predictable)
  7.  I'll Be Watching You (B in that it was engrossing, but the ending was eh)
  8.  Etched In Sand (B, good book, too sad)
  9.  The Wedding Dress (B, would make a great movie)
  10.  Be My Reason (C, totally cheesy romance novel)

22. Movies Watched Per Week:


  1.  You've Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle, That Thing You Do!, Everything Everything
  2.  You've Got Mail
  3.  Burlesque, BD, BD2, Grease
  4.  I forget but I know there were some
  5.  You've Got Mail, Mona Lisa Smile, Fifty Shades Darker
  6.  Fifty Shades of Grey (unrated), Fifty Shades Freed (B, TOO SHORT and TOO RUSHED)
  7.  .....
  8.  Fifty Shades Freed, Fifty Shades Darker, That Thing You Do!
  9.  Fifty Shades Darker (unrated), Fifty Shades Freed, Stick It!
  10.  Santa Clause 2, 
  11. SATC2, Before I Fall (C, because some of it was omg and it was slow to start), The Ugly Truth
  12. That Thing You Do!, Win A Date With Tad Hamilton, 
  13. SATC, BATB
  14. SATC, SATC2, Unforgettable
  15. Mulan, Cinderella
  16. Mulan, Inside Out, Fifty Shades of Grey
  17. Safe Haven, The Notebook, Runaway Bride
  18. Bring It On, Cinderella, Dirty Dancing, Magic Mike XXL, 
  19. k
  20. How to Make An American Quilt, Shag, You've Got Mail, Grease
  21. Cinderella, SATC2, Just Go With It
  22. The Notebook, Notting Hill, Toy Story, Toy Story 2
  23. SATC, Jurassic World, Mermaids
  24. Bounce
  25. Jurassic World 2 (B), The Zookeeper's Wife (A, good movie, sad story), You've Got Mail x 2, Can't Hardly Wait
  26. The Princess Diaries, The Wedding Planner, Mermaids
  27. The Notebook, Can't Hardly Wait, Some Kind of Wonderful, 
  28. Mermaids, You've Got Mail, Sleepless In Seattle
  29. Toy Story, Toy Story 2
  30. Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3, Sleepless in Seattle, The Wedding Planner
  31. Mona Lisa Smile, Scream, Scream 2, Brooklyn
  32. Scream 3 x 2, Scream, Mulan, Cinderella
  33. Beauty and the Beast, Mulan, Cinderella, Win A Date with Tad Hamilton
  34. You've Got Mail, Grease x 2, Some Kind of Wonderful, Jane Austin Book Club, Catch & Release
  35. Dirty Dancing, Santa Clause 2, 
  36. Bring It On, Mermaids, When Harry Met Sally, Catch & Release, Scream 3, Fifty Shades of Grey x 3
  37. Dirty Dancing, 
  38. You've Got Mail, Cinderella, BATB, Mystic Pizza
  39. The Incredibles, You've Got Mail, Finding Nemo, Finding Dory
  40. Scream 2, Scream, Scream 3, Dirty Dancing
  41. Mermaids
  42. Scream 2, 
  43. TWILIGHT!!!!!!!
  44. Scream, Scream 2, Scream 3, Clueless
  45. Santa Clause 2, like four iffy Hallmark Christmas movies
  46. The Grinch (B, SO CUTE), Crappy Hallmark movies, You've Got Mail
  47. Center Stage, crappy Hallmark movies, Pitch Perfect 3 (C- and that's generous), SATC
  48. You've Got Mail, Burlesque, 
  49. Elf, Miracle on 34th Street, White Christmas, Surviving Christmas, Wedding Planner
  50. White Christmas, Miracle on 34th Street, Family Man, Santa Clause 2
  51. Miracle on 34th Street, White Christmas, Elf x 2, Practical Magic
  52. Miracle on 34th Street, White Christmas, Elf, Santa Clause 2, Sleepless in Seattle, several Hallmark/Netflix Christmas movies that were all eh, The Greatest Showman (B-)

23. 2017-18 Season TV Show Tally:

One Show Cancelled (Chicago Justice, sniff sniff)
Only watching Dick Wolf shows!!!



Craftiness

Creative Goals:


  1. Ten Design Teams (2018 I have nine teams plus Momenta!!)
  2. Make 400 Cards
  3. Join an elite DT
  4. 500 Challenges Entered
  5. 100 Linky Parties Entered
  6. Finish Craft Room Decor
  7. Twilight posters matted and hung
  8. Canvases finished and hung
  9. Make red, black & clear bracelet for yourself
  10. Alice book finished
  11. Ariel box finished
  12. BATB box finished
  13. Christmas house finished
  14. Easter scene done


Cards Created By Month
GOAL: 500 (42 per month)
Actual/YTD

Jan: 17
Feb: 19 (36)
Mar: 27 (63)
Apr: 20 (83)
May: 12 (95)
Jun: 59 (154)
Jul: 11 (165)
Aug: 27 (192)
Sep: 35 (227)
Oct: 32 (259)
Nov: 11 (270)
Dec: 42 (312)





INK UP All Those Stamps!!! 
Goal: 250
Actual: 132