My Pink Stamper NSD - Tag

I love this project but it is not my original idea...I did one just like it as a make and take at the SD scrapbook expo...but I love it, so I bought all the materials to make more!  Hope it still counts if I win!!!

Scrapbook Page

I know you are not going to believe this...but this is my first scrapbook page EVER!!!  I used Martha Stewart paper because it all coordinates and my Creative Critters cartridge to cut out the i heart you and the shapes for the pictures.  I added a little blue bow for some bling and plan to add some glitter but couldn't do that and get it dry to post for the My Pink Stamper challenge #7.  I really like the way it turned out for a first effort...

 

Mother's Day Card

I went to the Scrapbook Expo in San Diego last week and found some great things!  This fantastic paper was one of my finds.  I wish I knew what brand it is but sadly...

The paper is two sided which made this card quick and simple.  Used my Martha Stewart bubble punch on the edges of both the blue and brown paper then I cut a shape for the sentiment using my Plantain Schoolbook cart.  I wasn't happy with the first cut as it was too small so I increased the size by a half inch.  After playing with the shapes I figured out the way I liked them best, layered! So I used both.  Added a quick bow and some bling and a simple stamp and ta-dah!  Really happy with the look of this one!

North County Cricut Swarm

Saturday June 18, 2011

10 am to 5 pm

o  Lunch

o  Snacks

o  Take some/leave some table

o  Door prizes

o  Free Wi-Fi access

o  Professional instruction

o  Lifelong Friendships!

With Special Guest: Kristal Andrew

Journalist for GingerscrapStreet & Scrapstreet Magazine will teach a “Paper-Piecing Pizazz with your Cricut!” class. Fantastic make-and-takes!  

Class begins at 10 am.

Space is limited!

$45.00 for class and Swarm!

Contact: Gabrielle

760-290-3148 or gabyek1@yahoo.com

to sign up and for more information!

Something Yummy!

Another fun challenge from My Pink Stamper!  The assignment is to make something yummy and it may be my state of mind at the moment but something yummy would have lots and lots of gin in it! 

Found this great Martha Stewart paper at Ross for $3.00!  Used the Wild Card Cart and cut the envelope for the Champagne bottle and trimmed it so I had the martini glass.  The stamp and the ribbon I got a Michael's in the dollar discount bin.  Cheers!

Its been awhile...

I know its been awhile since I've posted.  Lots happening that isn't so much Blog worthy.  

Here is my entry for the MPS first Blog Hop.  I really enjoyed doing it but I have to admit being pretty overwhelmed!  Way too much cute stuff to look at.  Anyway, the assignment was something cute and pink.  Did I mention I got 3 YES 3 new cartridges from Michael's during their $10.00 Cricut cartridge blow-out?  Well worth the drive to the 3 stores I visited in my area!

I cant wait to buy some of MPS' stamps.  I am really short on Sentiments!   Anyway, the paper is Stampin Up and the sentiment is a Michaels dollar stamp set.  I forgot the bow that goes over the flower, but I will add it before sending out! 

Hopefully back to card making! 

My Rant about those who have not read Harry Potter.

Call me Ishmael…umm nope.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness… yeah, not really.

Okay, we all know that I am no writer.  Aside from a creative writing class or two in college, I have absolutely no experience.  But I do have something very important to share and so I hope you will take the time to read what I have put down here and at least consider it before crumpling it all up and pitching it in the round file.

Here is my basic premise: Harry Potter saved my life.  I don’t mean the fictional character popped out of the book or anything, I’m not that in need of Prozac, but I do mean the incredible series of books that JK Rowling thoughtfully and graciously imagined on the back of that silly little napkin in that lackluster café on that fateful day.  I promised to tell you how they saved my life in a few paragraphs, but for now I want to address a growing problem I see in today’s society; people who have not read even one of these magnificent books.

This problem was brought to my attention several years ago when my cousin, who will read almost anything, refused, to my face, to even consider reading what I’m sure he called “silly little drivel” although I can’t be sure because it was a long time ago and my memory has been getting worse (proportionate to my kids age) but he has a lot of acumen and would probably say something like that.

Recently, like today I mean, the not reading Harry Potter (which we’ll call NRHP from now on) was again thrust into the forefront when my very good friend, who shall remain nameless, (just protecting your identity Ali) was seen on Facebook saying, “No, I didn't review the new Harry Potter movie -- by choice, thank you very much. I figure it will get plenty of coverage by more qualified people who have actually read the books and seen the previous films.”  Did I mention that my nameless friend was the Movie Critic for a major metropolitan newspaper (the UT) in San Diego?  Well, I was just crushed.

It’s not that I don’t understand the phenomenon, I myself almost refused to re-read Elie Wiesel’s incredible Holocaust story Night when in 2006 it was named an Oprah’s book club selection.  Who wants to read something that Oprah tells you to?  She’s a bit like my mother trying to force me to read Anne of Green Gables; it just feels right to refuse.  But here’s the deal, NRHP, refusing to immerse yourself in the cult phenomenon makes you the loser.

Let’s review some of the facts: 325 million (and climbing) copies of the first 6 books were sold around the world in more than 200 countries, published in 65 languages and Braille (the final book weighs 12 pounds). 8.3 MILLION copies of the final book sold in the US in the first 24 hours; I did the math, that’s a lot per minute.  And so far the movies have grossed 4.1 Billion (that’s with a B) dollars.  Just to compare, the GNP of most small countries is less than that.  I know because I looked at a chart.  If those numbers don’t compel you to try to get into “the know” and out of the NRHP rut, consider this: JK Rowling was knighted (in France).  Think about all the other incredibly gifted authors who have not been knighted in Great Britain including William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens and you’ll know ole’ JK is in good company.  And think about this: knockoff copies of the books including one called “Harry Potter and Leopard-Walk-Up-To-Dragon” are being sold in China for a fraction of the official bookstore price.  I mean, if they are being sold next to the Fake Louis V and Rolex’s?!?!

So here’s my point, reading these books is like going to the Red Lobster and ordering the all-you-can-eat shrimp and cheese biscuits.  You can cower in the corner booth hoping that someone doesn’t see you, but in the end you will have scampi butter drips on your chin and T-shirt and you’ll walk out of the place KNOWING that you just indulged in a true guilty pleasure. So for goodness sakes, barricade the house, crawl into bed, pull the covers over your head, and read about how this young wizard comes of age.  I promise you’ll love it.

As for how Harry Potter saved my life: I love to read.  I read every day.  When my Dad died, I couldn’t concentrate on a book.  I would stare and stare and not see anything.  My heart was broken because of my Dad and exacerbated by the fact that the one pleasure I knew I could always count on was slipping away.  Then I picked up the first Harry Potter book.  I was transported.  I was elated.  I was reading again.  And it was Harry Potter that brought me back.