So, It's Been A While...

I kind of took an unplanned hiatus from my blog :( First of all, I was focusing more on miniatures and my Etsy shops, then the holidays came along which meant I was working crazy hours. And now, just when my hours are back to slim to none and I'm ready to get crafy again - a certain little 2 year old has decided she doesn't need to nap anymore. Well, there goes mommy's crafty time! :(

I didn't want to completely abandon my blog (again), and I'm hoping that I might be able to actually get some scrapping done even when she's awake. (Mission Impossible?) If I'm able to get some new pages done, you can be sure I'll post them here :)

Yippee!

I received my wonderful Pay it Forward gift from Marlene today!



A great little keepsake box - perfect for this Twilight fan (who by the way, is counting down the minutes until New Moon comes out!!) I haven't decided just what I'm going to keep in the box yet, but it has a nice home in my craft room! Thank you so much Marlene!

I have my Pay it Forward gifts all finished, and will be sending them out within the next week :) I've been really busy with cutom orders from my Etsy shops - which is nice for the wallet, but bad for the scrapbook which has been sorely neglected. :( If I can get my shops nice and stocked, then hopefully I'll have some more time to get scrappin!

Taking a Step Back...

For as much multi-tasking that I do on a daily basis, I am just not able to do that with my crafts. It's kind of an all or nothing, I guess. I was fully submerged in scrapping for MONTHS, couldn't think of doing anything else with what little free time I had. But then I picked up the clay and that was all over, I'm fully into making miniatures now. I've tried a few times to scrap a page, but my mojo is just gone.

I've emailed Christine at Practical Scrappers and let her know what's going on with me. I don't want to make half-assed attempts at layouts just to be able to say I scrapped. Better just to put it all on the back burner for a bit.

I'm working lots more hours, so my free time is a bit more limited of late.

You'll be able to see me a bit more often over on my other blog, Jellybean Junction.

Feeling Crafty with Felt

First of all, fellow scrappy bloggers, you may have noticed a distinct lack of layouts lately! With the holidays getting ever closer, I've decided to try and get my Etsy shops filled up, so I'm concentrating almost exclusively on that at the moment. Hopefully I can add a little more to our family Christmas budget.

But my design team commitments keep me in a scrappy frame of mind - which is very good for me... I'm far enough behind on my albums!

This week's challenge at Practical Scrappers is all about felt! I actually don't have a whole lot of felt in my stash, but I did find these fun felt ribbons in the bargain bin at Michaels!

I love these pics of McKenna. We were just hanging out at the park one morning and she was fascinated by the clover.

"Lucky Me
Cardstock - DCWV Brights
Embossing Border Punch - Fiskars
Cardstock - DCWV Brights
Acrylic Alphas - atd
Chipboard Tag - K&Co

Bad, Bad Blogger!

No Candy List this week, sorry :( I had all the best intentions to get it posted, but I had to stay late at work last night and just needed to sleep! But you can always find the links over there ----> on my sidebar :)

It's getting into our busy time at work, so I'm not going to have as much "me time" :( but I hope to get some new layouts posted soon!

BONUS!

I just love happy little surprises! In my blog candy package from LilSweetPea, one of the items was a Fiskars Embossing Border Punch. I used it on a layout earlier this week:
Just a sneak peek for now... the full page will have to wait for next week's design team reveal!

I was left with dozens of teeny tiny white cardstock flowers. My mini mind immediately kicked in, and I made this:


Too cute!! I'm definitely on a mini kick at the moment.

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Pay It Forward Ladies
I haven't forgotten about you all :) I'm pretty much done with your little gifties, but it might be a little bit before I'm able to get them all packaged up and sent out. Here are some little sneak peeks for you. I tried to match your items to the little questionnaire that I sent you, so you may be able to pick out which one belongs to you. I've also posted the full picture "elsewhere", so if you happen across that, you just might have an even better idea which is yours!

8 Years Later

A Candy List

Here's a list of the giveaways I've found this week :)

I have done almost NO blog stalking this week, but I did find a few new giveaways to add to the list :)


Brae's Candy - Giveaway at 100 followers

Carol's Paper Candy - Ends September 13th

Jude's Holiday Candy - Ends September 14th

Caryn's Christmas Candy - Ends September 14th

Joanne's Surprise Birthday Candy - Ends September 17th

Priscilla's Stampy Candy - Ends September 18th

Kath's Holiday Candy - Ends September 20th

Kim's Candy - Ends September 21st

Carolyn's Blog Candy - Ends September 22nd

Ida's Blog Candy - Ends September 24th

Vikki's Surprise Candy - Ends September 30th

Ingvild's Fabulous Candy - Ends September 30th


Good luck! :)