For those of you

that don't know, I broke my leg Thursday.  I slipped, slid, tripped and fell my way to the ground.... Finally made it to the ortho and found out I'm having surgery on Christmas Eve morning.  The doctor is going to put a plate in near my ankle where I have a break that runs up one side and down the other.  Then move the bone over that fits into the ankle bone so the space is even and do a few other things.  I'll be getting a block behind my knee for the pain so I can enjoy Christmas Eve.  I'll try to post an update when I get back.....  Love you all..

PattiM

Applying for the JAN. GUEST DT CALL at WHIMSY STAMPS

Here's my entry for this Guest DT Call.  Material was ordered from Fat Quarter Shop & Keepsake Quilting,.

Dog stamp, bucket of bones from LILAC CITY DESIGNS

Chipboard-AMR RAK

Single bone-Boxer Productions

WHIMSY STAMPS says to do this to be eligible

Monthly guest designer for January 2009, design call now open!

WHIMSY STAMPS are looking for a talented crafter who loves to stamp, create and share! Each monthly guest designer will be asked to create at least one Whimsy Stamps project per week. This project must then be posted on your blog. Whimsy Stamps will post your artwork on the gallery page of our site. We also ask that you participate in any other Whimsy related challenges.

Important:
-Anyone from around the world may enter this design call.
-Monthly Guest designers must have their own blogs to share and promote projects featuring Whimy Stamps.
-Enter as many times as you would like.
-It is not necessary, for this particular design call, to use a Whimsy Stamps image, however if you have one, please do.

Monthly Guest Designers will receive free Whimsy Stamps, during your design period, and links on our website to your blog!

To enter the Whimsy Stamps Design Call for January 2009, please do the following:
-Make a card or scrap book page using atleat 3 layers and 3 embellishments with an animal image or Whimsy image
-Post this card on your blog and announce our guest designer call
-Upload a picture of your project here on PCP with the tag whimsydesigncalljan09
-Leave a comment on this discussion with a link to your entry

If you would like to guest design for Whimsy Stamps, please follow these guidelines and enter by Saturday, December 27th! Good luck!

Progressive Challenge LO's at AMR

This is the first page of the Progressive CHallenge at All Moments Remembered.  This is such a cool challenge.  Heather, DT coordinator,  lists something new to add or remove from your LO each day.  We don't adhere anything till the end when she tells us its OK to do.  So here's mine and this is the list (I made a 8x8 instead)

12x12 pp

1.  1-ledger p(journaling goes here)

2.  PP that coordinates w/12x12

3.  Add 2 more sheet pp (3x6/text)

4.  File tab

5.  5 sml. identical rubons-or stamp 5 times

6.  1 tiny piece p that could be used as tag or ticket

(1"x2")

7.  Rub-on flourish or stamp to 2nd item on list

8.  3 different colors ribbon(8.5 long)

9.  3 buttons (2 different types/colors

10.  Charm

11.  2-8.5x1/2" strips decorative edges

12.  Title-2 different colors & 2 fonts

Everything from the AMR Nov Kit except
Yellow flowered ribbon, my ribbon jar
Some buttons-AMR Rak
Chain/ball-mine
White wire-paper clips
Scalloped lace-AMR Kit/sept

IT SNOWED!!!

YEP!  It snowed at our house...    Theres more snow right now than these pictures show...  These pictures were around 3pm and it 9:15 pm right now.  Gorgeous, white, cold snow.  The scenery around us is breath-taking, the flurries were huge and we had a ball playing in the cold stuff.... LOL  Course we came in when we were cold to sit by our wood stove.  It's finally slowed down, so it will be interesting to see if it snows tomorrow.. I've heard its supposed to be sunny and in the 40's tomorrow but you never know, it was supposed to snow on Monday but that was wrong.

I'm the one with the black knit hat that has flowers on it... LOL

 (Pebbles our boxer is enjoying the taste of snow.. Thats the first thing she did when she ran out into it, reminds me of a kid.  The other two pictures are of up and down our street.)

JOANNA CAMPBELL SLAN'S 2ND BOOK

in the Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-N-Craft Mystery series is at amazon.com on a pre-order basis.  It's only $10.17 if you pre-order.  The 1st book kept me reading until I got to the end...  I loved the story line and that it included scrapbooking...and I wouldn't have minded if one of my GS's picked it up and started to read, it's that clean on language. 

 I would definitely suggest getting this book, Cut, Crop & Die.  I know I am after reading the first one, Paper, Scissors Death!

Newsletter type LO

Here's day 14 of my December Daily Album.  One of our AMR members posted about deer antlers and how it was female deer driving Santa all over the place delivering goodies to children around the world.  So I decided to do a newsletter type LO.  The templete is from my iMac, pages.  

Supplies:

PP & Overlay-Angeltown, Angel Hartline, BRRRR

Tree-J3 Designs

Newspaper templete-iMac, pages

December Daily Album, Day 13

I made the GK's pancakes for breakfast...

PP-Scrapgirls, Grandma's letters (Syndee Nuckles)
Curtain, PP, postcard, flower-ScrapGirls, Brocadelicious-KVE
Lillian Ashley pic-Scrap Girls, A collage unleashed (Syndee Nuckles)
Teapot/cut-Afternoon tea (KVE)
TFL......PattiM 

December Daily Album, Day 12

Here's day 12.  Trying to keep up with this album.  Good thing it's super windy outside, staying inside to keep warm gives me time to scrap.  WHooooo Hooooo!  TFL.....PattiM

Supplies:

PP-quilted/AFX

PP-Rakscraps March 08 Mega Kit/beibel

PP-blk/Scrapdish Digital Scrapbooking-Correen Silke

Poem/verse-gift from Chrispea

Jewel-Rakscraps Mega Kit Ma 08 kit-Enableem

Flower-MissMint/Painted Season

Brad-Creative Victorian Pea Royal Brad

Flower-Rakscraps Mega Kit March 08/jbolton

Christmas Poem

Here's a poem thats perfect for us scrapper's....  I got this off of Scrap-n-away's blog.  This is a retreat up in the mountains in Fraizer Park, CA...  Lovely looking place and I hear good things about it.  Bonnie the owner says she received it in an email and doesn't know the author....  LMAO after reading it!!  Even DH thought it was funny...Twas the night before Christmas

Twas the night before Christmas, I'm glued to the tree.
I'm wondering what Santa brought just for me.
Could it be cardstock or chipboard or lace?
Or a Cricut, I said, with a smile on my face.
And that's when I heard him,
"Hi Santa, " I said
"You know....good little girls
should be in their beds."
"I know I should Santa,
and now I've got caught.
But I was just so excited
To see what you brought."
"Well, let's take a look
in this room where you work.
He shook his head quickly,
And left with a jerk.
I heard him exclaim
as he put it in gear.
"You've got enough crap,
I'll see you next year!

More of my December Daily Album, Day 9 and 10

Dh and me in our matching Guitar Hero's jammies.  Aren't we cute!!  LOL

J3 Designs Kit 

A fallen leaf is nothing more than summer's wave goodbye.

PP, Tree, Book, Ribbon, Frame-J3 Designs

Tag-J3 Designs
Word Art-Rakscraps, Sept

08MegaKit

Joanne K 

Another blog candy alert

on EVERYTHING PAPERCRAFTS!  Go to Irina's blog and find out what you have to do to be eligible for this awesome candy.  YUMMO!!  I'm already drooling.....  While you there look at the gorgeous card she made and all of her other creations....I love the exploding boxes....

BLOG CANDY ALERT AT

Cute stamps!

Super cute book!!

TALES FROM POLLYCRAFT.   It's a fairy tale book that contains 9 of the new, not yet released  Woodland Elves...  Here are 2 of the elves out of the 9 stamps.

Here's what you have to do... Go to TALES FROM POLLYCRAFT and read what Paula says to do to be eligible to be entered into the drawing.

December Daily Album, Day 8

YEA!!!!  I'm caught up.  Now I can start on today's...LOL  and I'll probably get behind again...

Here's the new bunkbed that we bought for our DGS's for Christmas... Can you believe they sell bunkbed's full size.   The kids are only 5 & 6 but the bed come apart so they each have one for their room, when they get their own room.  Plus, these will last up into adulthood.  (keeping my fingers crossed on that one)

Supplies:

PP, frame, strip pp & leaf-Lissy In Italy, watercolor 

Clasp & clip-Creative Victorian, refined legacy clasp

Roses, cherry blossoms & sml flower-J3 Designs March Kit

Daisy-ScrappersGuide, Southern Days-Teri Hanson

Doily journal spot-DAC I CIYI ? (don't know what that means, I'll have to go back and check it out)

TFL>>>>>>>>>>>>>PattiM

Silhouette Craft Cutter Giveaway!!

VANILLA JOY is having a giveaway for the Silhouette Digital Craft Cutter by QuicKutz.  The winner will also receive 5 of their adhesive vinyl colors: dark pink, navy, light blue, teal and green.  Each roll of vinyl is 9 inches wide and 10 feet long... 

Vanilla Joy says this is what you have to do to be eligible for the giveaway.. (go to Vanilla Joy's blog and read what it's all about)

Blog Giveaway Guidelines:

1. To enter this contest, leave a comment on this post between now and midnight PST on Saturday, December 13th.
   
2. You can earn additional entries for this contest, and I would strongly recommend doing so to increase your chances - it’s easy!. To learn how to increase your chances of winning the Silhouette, click here.
3. One comment per person, and you must include your name.
4. This giveaway is only open to residents of the continental United States…sorry.
5. The winner will be randomly picked and announced in a new post on Monday morning.

December Daily Album Day 7

Here's a LO of our boxer and me.....  Isn't she pretty!!!  This is for Day 7, still have day 8 to go... Hopefully, I'll get that done tonight so I'll be all caught up....TFL.....

PattiM

Supplies:

PP, frame, strip pp, leaf-Lissy In Italy, watercolor

Clip & clasp-creative Victorian, refined legacy clasp

Roses-J3 Designs, march kit

Cherry blossoms-J3 Designs

Daisy-ScrappersGuide, Southern Days-Teri Hanson

Sml flower-J3 Designs

Doiley journal spot-DAC I LIYI

December Daily Album Day 4

I got behind on my LO's but am slowly catching up.... Have to do yesterday's and today's....  Here's our decorated tree.

Supplies:

Everything is from J3 Designs... Except the little boy which I received in the mail from a friend.  (Saturday Evening Post)   TFL.....PattiM

Journaling:

Our grandson's decorated the tree with ornaments from the past and the present.  We took pictures of the whole process, the fun, the mess, even us standing in front of the tree.  See how beautiful our Christmas tree looks.  See how it shines with the light.  When you come into the house and see the tree, you just know Santa will be coming to our house to leave that one special present for each child.  And we will look back years from now and remember it all.  Only problem is, after Mema charged the battery for the camera - knowing that she would have lots of pictures to scrapbook - she forgot to check to see if the memory card was in the camera... OOOOOPS!

December Daily Album Day 5

Here's day 5 of the album I'm doing at AMR.  I got behind on the LO's due to appointments and am trying to catch up.  This is our cutie #2 grandson.

Supplies:

PP, Tearbear, Staple, Button, Leaves

(Rakscraps Sept. 08 Mega Kit-clcrook, dede smith, enableem)  TFL

PattiM

December Daily Album LO, Day 6

Here's my LO for today...This is the album we're doing at AMR....Again I can't find the list of supplies that I had written down.  Will try to post for this LO and the other one too....

Supplies:

PP-Club Daisy-KP Kids & Co., Suzanne Cruise

Kids-Club Daisy-KP Kids & Co, Suzzane Cruise

Frame-Scrap Girls, Karen Fisher, Folded frame

Music pp-Scrap Girls, Expressive pages, KSC

Staple-ScrapRak, March 08, cduffy

SANTA BABY BY BASIC GREY

HEATHER at ALL MOMENTS REMEMBERED (My favorite place to shop)posted this on the MB.  I came in her newsletter from Basic Grey.  I left some links to what the name is and some I put what I like that matched.....  Have fun drooling.....

Santa baby, slip some Wassail™ under the tree, for me 
I’ve been a awful good girl 
Santa baby, I have a crop to go to tonight 
Santa baby, a collection pack of Bittersweet™ too, will do 
Valentine’s is coming so fast 
Santa baby, I want to make my love cards tonight 
Think of all that I’ll create 
Think of all the pages that simply cannot wait 
Next year I’ll be a good girl, too 
If you’ll bring me some BG loot 
[bah-dum, bah-dum] 
Santa baby, I want a set of printed chip shapes, in case 
I need some stars on my page 
Santa baby, bring me one of every set 
Santa honey, there’s one little thing I really need, a mat— 
magnetic with all the tacks 
Santa baby, a Rub-On Roller would be the best 
Come and make my holidays 
with some color rub-ons so that I can play 
I really do believe you know 
That BasicGrey would make my Christmas glow 
[bah-dum, bah-dum] 
Santa cutie, fill my sock with buttons and 
stamps and brads 
glazed and painted for me 
Santa baby, I have a lot of projects to make 
Santa baby, forgot to mention one little thing, a pack 
of every BasicGrey line 
Santa baby, I know you’ll fit them into your sack

December Daily Album LO

Here's day 2 for my December Daily Album over at AMR....  Stitch (DD's) and Pebbles (ours) is in the post before this one.  But she's part of day 2 also...

The 3rd day is of our best friend lately, the Guitar Hero.

Stitch's LO

PP-Scrapbook Demensions Magazine 08, Nancy Rowe Janitz, Dianne Rigdo

Guitar Hero LO

music pp-ScrapGirls Simple July Club, Brandy Hackman/Kerri Scheller

Wordy garden pp-Scrap Simple July Club, Brandy Hackman/Kerri Scheller

Wordart-Beauty Brush, Kerri Scheller

X, adorable, one of a kind, subject-BHA_SS_LYO

Lines-expressivepp-ScrapGirls Simple July, KSC_SS

Heart-MAD, Hugs & Kisses-Brush Set, special

DECEMBER DAILY ALBUM AT AMR

Here's Dec. 2nd's LO...This is our beautiful boxer, Pebbles...

Supplies:

pp-ScrapGirls Simple July Club

Brandy Hackman, Kerri Scheller, BHA, SS, Lyo, Mad

Flowers and heart are from ScrapGirls too....The pp I added the color to...TFL

THANK YOU FOR THE SURPRISES IN MY MAIL!!

I want to thank everyone for the sweet surprises that arrived in my mail box.  It's always nice to receive from my scrapping/card making friends.  THANK YOU!!
The first 2 pictures are from Heather over at All Moments Remembered.  She's the DT coordinator and as you can see she's very talented.  Not only did she send this cute ATC but she also sent this adorable necklace that she made.  Her ATC says:

{Every day lived well makes yesterday a fond remembrance and every tomorrow a dream of hope.}

This next ATC is from Lyn.  Tilda & Friends ATC CHallenge Blog did a swap and I was lucky enough to receive this cute ATC from her by air mail (par avion).    This cute Christmas card and Friends Forever Atc are from a AMR member I've met IRL.  Samantha/ScrappySam is mega talented and such a sweetie.  And last but in no way the least is a Christmas card from Leslie/SoCalScrapr.  The picture came out a little blurry but you can see how cute the card is and it brought a huge smile to my face.  I would also like to let Leslie know she's in my thoughts and prayer's.  Hope your day goes easy and your symptom free.  We're all sending positive vibes your way.  Lots of hugs, PattiM

DECEMBER DAILY ALBUM AT AMR

I decided to do the December Daily Album and hopefully I'll stick to it... Here's December 1st's LO.  Our new artificial tree, no decorations yet-we're waiting for our grandson's to get home.  I'll add journaling to a pocket on the back of the LO.....  TFL

BTW.... I still have to make the album but I'll post a picture when I finish....  8x8 size...

WHIFF OF JOY'S ADVENT CALENDAR

WHIFF OF JOY STAMPS has an advent calendar, be sure to visit each day. You just might be the lucky visitor who win's....

Here's what Whiff of Joy, Kathrina's Blog had to say yesterday:

Tomorrow is the start of the most beautiful and charming time of the year :) Whiff of Joy Stamps want to celebrate this time with an Advent Calendar filled with WoJ goodies and fun, starting tomorrow.Jacqui Dennis (WoJ events coordinator) was so kind to offer her help and will be posting here on my blog every day until christmas to give you the chance to win yourself some extra christmas gifts ;) Hope you like the idea and come back often to try your luck!!! Lots of hugs

Here's what Whiff Of Joy, Kathrina's Blog had to say today:

Each day a new window will open with a surprise gift for one lucky visitor, the new window will be posted at 00.01 GMT everyday and the winner of the previous days gift will be posted at the same time.Don’t forget to check everyday after 00.01 GMT

All you need to do, today, to be in with a chance to win an extra Christmas Gift is to leave a comment with a link to your blog HERE (Monday, Dec. 1st), mention the Advent Calendar in a post on your blog, that is it, easy isn’t it?

BLOG Candy Alert!

This post is from her blog not mine. Please go to her blog to leave a comment to enter for her blog candy..ARTFULL ILA has some blog candy for hitting 100,000.(contributed by Magnolia & High Hopes) Whoooooo Hoooooo! Thats a huge amount of visitors...

Here's what she says to do to:

To enter all you have to do is comment on this post....telling me what your favorite Christmas movie is or your favorite Christmas song.... by Wednesday night Dec 3rd.... If you would like to spread the word about this candy....that would be so Wonderful!.. ..but is not a requirement to enter to win this candy......Everyone is Welcome to enter! I will post the winners on the morning of Thursday Dec 4th.

You can buy Magnolia stamps in the USA at Magnolicious.

CARD FOR A FRIEND

I made this for a special project.  I used the Prudance Line from Crate Paper that I won in a RAK at AMR.  The angel is a WHIFF OF JOY STAMP.  It's a 4X6 size card....  TFL

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Nothing scrappy today, just wanted to wish everyone a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!  Hope you have a safe and fun day.  CME37 at AMR has this in her siggy line.

We'll be having our turkey on the BBQ for at least 4 hours, thank you DH. (He cooks a yummy bird)  

GOBBLE TILL YOU WOBBLE!  Now, I think this is super funny because I've done that since I was a kid during turkey day.  Now adays it takes alot less to feel that way.  LOL

Have a great day!!!!

Tagged

I've been tagged by Chris Hertel/Chrispea on her blog Works For Scraps.  (she's an AMR member)   And I want to apologize because I forgot all about doing this.  And if you go to her BLOG, she has some really cute Christmas journaling spots... Really cute!!
(The rules….link your tagger and list these rules on your blog. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.)

Here's 7 facts about me:

1.     We traveled the world when I was younger for my Dad's Drag Racing Career. (loved it!)

2.     I've been married to my childhood sweetheart for 32 years.

3.     I'm an addicted to All Moments Remembered MB kinda person

4.     My favorite holiday is Christmas (lots of scrappy present)

5.     I love fried spam

6.     I don't cook the Thanksgiving turkey anymore, my DH does on the BBQ

7.     My first car was a 340 Plymouth Duster that I loved to race.

Instead of tagging people that probably already did this, I tag all visitors to my blog if their interested... 

AMR CROP, Craftyscrapr/Angie's challenge,

Here's another challenge I completed.  We had to do a Christmas ATC with a favorite verse, poem or song.  Then we're supposed to send it to someone at AMR. So, someone at AMR will receive this one from me....

Supplies:

Tree & curvy line-Basic Grey

Stamp-Magnolia

Snowflakes-unknown

Brads-Oriental shopping catalog (LOL can't think of name)

ATC-7 Gypsies

Stickles-Stardust, Ranger

Hearts & snow-unknown

AMR CROP, Stacey's challenge

Supplies:

Chipboard & ribbon-AMR Nov.'s kit goodie bag

Ink-stazon, brn

        versa magic, mango

Heathers Challenge at AMR Crop

Us girls at the hotel when we went to the expo.

Heather's challenge is to use masking tape and ink on a LO.  This is what I came up with.  I've weaved the tape then inked...

Supplies:

Ink-Stazon, blk

         Versa color-Tsukineko, peony & lapislazuli

          Palette, brn

Chipboard-Nov. Kit goodie bag/AMR

Pen-American Crafts photo marker

Masking tape

AMR CROP LO, Nicole's challenge

I finished my first LO at the AMR Crop thats going on right now.  Had a list of color combo, texture items, etc to pick from and this is what I came up with.  The girls and me at the expo we went to.

Everything is from the AMR November Kit except the ink and the punches.

Supplies:

PP-October Afternoon-Sweater weather

                                               Cozy home

CS-Bazzill

Chipboard-Basic Grey, off beat

Ink-Palette (AMR)

         Versa color, Tsukineko (AMR)

Buttons-Basic Grey colored buttons

Brads-My brad jar

Flowers-Blossoms by Creative Impressions

Rub-ons/October Afternoon

Alpha-Thickers, puffy-chit chat

Punches-Sml. & Lrg flower-Marvy Uchida

ALL MOMENTS REMEMBERED ADD-ON KIT/NOV.

GRATITUDE

This album I made from the instructions on Heidi Swapp's blog.  You get the front cover pp and some journaling spots, tags, etc. 

I used a mailing box for the front and back, covered them with the Gratitude pp on the front and some Theresa Collins/Damask on the back.  The ribbon is from my ribbon jar and the manufacturer is unknown.  I used cardstock for the paper inside and did 3 different sizes.  I haven't figured out what I'm going to do yet, maybe some photos from Thanksgiving and have everyone write in it.  Haven't decided yet but I love the way it turned out.  Cute huh?

Digi LO

Click on picture to see all of it.  

Here' a digi LO with pictures from our trip to the Expo in October.  This was at dinner on the last night. Yea, thats me and my DD doing the raspberry.  LOL  And my son and his girlfriend in the picture on the right..........TFL>>>>>>>>>Patti

Supplies:

Butterfly-J3 Designs

Tree pp-Scrap Girls, Kerri Schueller-Tree of life

Leaves-Christina Renee

Bird-Angela Blachard

Journal Spot-Scrapper's Guide, Linda Sattgast

Medalians-Scrapper's Guide, Linda Sattgast

Brn p-Scrap Girls, Keri Schueller-our of order

Lt brn p-Scrap Girls, Kerri Schueller-Just Words

Flowered -Scrap Girls, Kerri Schueller-Small Flower Edges

String bow-Unknown 

YUMMY BLOG CANDY ALERT!!!

over at PASSION FOR CRAFTS.  You have until, 5pm next Wednesday-November 26th.  So head on over to her blog to find out what you have to do to win this make me happy candy.  And while your there, check out some of Debbie's gorgeous creations....

CHRISTMAS WREATH/DOOR HANGER

LITTLE BOY BLUE

JOY TO THE WORLD

And I am now a follower of her blog, that way I don't miss any of her new creations.  Whooo Hoooooo!

BASB CHALLENGE

  2 page 8x8 LO

This is for the BASB CHALLENGE.  We are supposed to make up our own kit from different manufacturer's and do a LO with this kit.  My pictures are always out of order when I upload to my blog.  The one with the supplies are all the items I chose from my stash.  There are two tags that are hidden and I've taken a picture of them so you can see what I did.  Then theres the finished LO.  

Supplies:

Journal spots-Theresa Collins-Journal It (AMR)

Overlay-Hangman old flame, pop culture-KI Memories (AMR)

PP-Bo Bunny, Organic jasmine (AMR)

       Pink Paislee-Spring Fling Collection (AMR)

       Dream Street Papers, Art Nouveau, Kelly Shults Designs (AMR)

       Bo Bunny-Beautiful Life Collection (AMR)

       Fancy Pants-Couragous (AMR)

       CS-Wausau (special) (AMR)

Metal Tag-Inspirations, Markings by CR Gibson (gift)

Flowers-Prima (from expo)

Chipboard-Basic Grey, Intense (big lots)

Ribbon-Offray Microspool, My Dog & Bones (gift)

Skittles-My skittle jar

Ink-Pallette (class kit at expo)

Bark-Our wood pile

Blog Candy Alert #2 for today!

Carlz Cardz has some delicious blog candy for 4 lucky people.  4 awesome pictures showing the prizes on her blog waiting for you to go drool all over.  Here's one of the prizes.  Cool, huh?  Now, go over to her blog and see the 3 other prizes and find out what you have to do to have your name added to the drawing....