Valentine ATCs

ATCs (Artist Trading Cards) are so fun to make. All you need is a 3 1/2x 2 1/2 piece of paper and put what ever you want on it. Here are some I made.

Cards

I made 4 cards yesterday at a card crop online. I don't like them all but I did the best I could. There were 4 sketches and i did 3 of them. TFL

Paper Peicing

Oh what fun it is to see what you can create. All you have to do is find a picture you like print it and cut it up. Make sure you write on them what they are so you know were they go .

Quilling

I was playing around and found out quilling was lots of fun. Here are a couple things I made.
There are lots of places online that shows you how to do it. Here is one I just found http://quilling.blogspot.com/2006/09/quilling-basics-getting-started.html . Have fun and please share if you make anything.

LO Share

Here are a couple pages I did last year. The kids love the outdoors.

Simple Card

I made this last year, but I wanted to share how simple it was to make.
All I did was stamp and ink the card, put a flower on it, and wrote love out of wire.

Cleaning My House

Decluttering my house is not going well. With dh home more, and it seems like the kids are home more to. I'm not looking forward to summer when the kids are home all the time and I won't be getting nothing done except outside things.

I am looking forward to going to camp and on vacation, so I know I need to do something around here now. I have started exercising at 10 am, I'm trying to do it everyday (2 weeks now and my but is hurting lol) and I'm trying to get my house all cleaned before I do it. That way I can get my shower afterwards, relax and spend time on the computer until my family gets home.

So when Monday gets here I'm going to add another thing to my routine and that is clean one hot spot a day or if its a big one it might take more. I will work on it everyday until it is done. Then I can feel good about myself I do feel good about exercising but I no I will even feel better with a cleaner house.

I hope everyone has a great weekend.

2 More LO Shares

Page 1

Page 2

There are still 2 more pages to come, as soon as I get them done I will post them.

Altered Book (Valentines Day)

Here is a book I made for my dh last year for Valentimes day.

Front and back cover.

page 1 and 2
pages 2 and 3.

Coffee Filters ..who knew! Not just for making coffee....

1. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave. Coffeefilters make excellent covers.
2. Clean windows and mirrors. Coffee filters are lint-free sothey'll leave windows sparkling.
3. Protect China. Separate your good dishes by putting a coffeefilter between each dish.
4. Filter broken cork from wine. If you break the cork when openinga wine bottle, filter the wine through a coffee filter.
5. Protect a cast-iron skillet. Place a coffee filter in theskillet to absorb moisture and prevent rust.
6. Apply shoe polish. Ball up a lint-free coffee filter.
7. Recycle frying oil. After frying, strain oil through a sievelined with a coffee filter.
8. Weigh chopped foods. Place chopped ingredients in a coffeefilter on a kitchen scale.
9. Hold tacos. Coffee filters make convenient wrappers for messyfoods.
10. Stop the soil from leaking out of a plant pot. Line a plant potwith a coffee filter to prevent the soil from going through thedrainage holes.
11. Prevent a Popsicle from dripping. Poke one or two holes as neededin a coffee filter.
12. Do you think we used expensive strips to wax eyebrows? Use stripsof coffee filters.
13. Put a few in a plate and put your fried bacon, French fries,chicken fingers, etc on them. Soaks out all the grease.
14. Keep in the bathroom. They make great "razor nick fixers."

I got this from PA Cafe

Recycled Walker-Wheelchair Bags.

My grandmother has started useing a walker and I have seen others that have bags on them so they can carry anything they need with them. I found these bags and fell in love with them because they are made out of the plastic bags that we all collect. Here is the Patteran for them. http://www.myrecycledbags.com/2007/10/13/wheelchair-walker-tote-bag/
Have fun

Great Site for Gift Ideas

I was looking around for ever and got many ideas. Thanks Shawna for finding it for me. I hope you find lots of gift ideas.


http://www.layersuponlayers.com/winter-project-round-up-from-our-archives/

How To Make, Beanies, Ponchos, Mittens, Threadbanger

This would be so cool to do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=582z7Za98nM

Snow Snow Snow

Here is some pictures of Miya shoveling the sidewalk. I wished they stayed young and wanting to help for a long time. These were taken 1-13-2009

Layout Share.

These layouts are from are family vacation in 2007. I have at least 4 more to do.
Sorry about the camera flash.

Playing with Photos

Here is a a couple photos I played around with in Jasc Paint Shop Pro 9. I'm not that good at it but I do have fun when I find the time.

Week 1 of Decluttering is now Week 2

I didn't get my kitchen done so I can't move on to another room, but you can.

Remember if you have to second guess it pitch it.

Digital Scrapping

I had alot of fun making a couple digital layouts. I don't think I would want to do it all the time because I want to see my layouts anytime. I did it in Jasc Paint Shop Pro 9.

Cruise Layouts (Liberty of The Seas)

I got 5 layouts done and I have alot more to do. I will share more when there done.

Another Card

I have been having fun working on the cards. I hope I find time to do more.
Thanks Scrapbooklane for the fun card challenges.