It's Been waayy tooo long! A Christmas mini album!

Hi everyone, it's been way tooo long since I posted here. I have been very busy starting my own stamping/scrapping business, and having a blast! I have been teaching classes at my local quilt shop, and in my home. I have found that teaching others our scrap art truly makes me happy:) I wanted to share with you some of the things I have made recently. Now, granted my style has had to change due to my operating a business. (Not everyone wants to spend 14 hours on a layout:) I know, it's so very hard to believe:):):) I can honestly say, it took me quite a while to find a happy medium. I still want to keep adding and adding more and more.... but I am getting better:) I hope this mail finds you and yours well, and I also want to thank all of you for your constant inspiration! If you would like to come and visit me at my other blog, I'd love to have your feedback on my projects! www.inkspelled.blogspot.com

Have a great day

Hugs

Jamie

Bloggers United!!!!!

Hi everyone,

I hope ya'll had a wonderful weekend, enjoying your families and hopefully some scrap time as well. I am just busting at the seams to share my good news! Scrapping and blogging has led me to meet so many kind people:):) One in particular has become a dear, valued friend! We have been chatting via e-mail, skype, phone etc, and it's never enough! We found that we have so much in common! To have finally, at 35, (ugh) found my kindred spirit friend is wonderful! Except for the fact that she lives oceans away, in Norway!........ But with much planning she is coming to Texas this friday to stay with us for 8 whole days!!!!!! Wahooo!!! I am sooo very excited!!! We plan to shop, tour the city and of course get some serious scrap time in!!!!!! I will break in my newly painted room with my dear fellow scrapper!!!! What a dream come true!!! The internet is truly an amazing place!!!:):):) I am sooo very excited I can barely sit still:):):) We
plan to document our trip and scrap the heck out of it!!!!!! Karen is an amazing artist and I can't wait to pick her brain!!! (aka www.scrapoholiker.com... )I just had to share my excitement and my news!!!

Scraproom part 3

My own version of clip it up, I used a towel rack and clips from Ikea!

And of course Evan and Roxy needed a place to hang out! This last pic
is my old sewing cabinet made new again. I painted and distressed it to match! This is probably the last time my room will look so nice and neat!!!:):)

Thanks for looking, have a great day!

Scraproom part 2

Love these tables and organizer drawers from Ikea!

And my favorite is this red storage cabinet, great to hold lots of pretties!

My scraproom part 1!

Yippee!!! My new favorite place to be!!! Santa brought me a newly painted, furnished place to create!!! :):):) I have been told that he likes Ikea alot!:):):)

Construction photo!

Happy New Year everyone!!! Here is the reason I haven't been able to scrap much lately!! But we are almost done!!! Wahoo!!!! Laying tile is HARD, HARD work!!! But very rewarding to have done it ourselves!:):):) I'll be posting pics of my almost done scrap room next!!!!!

A penny for your thoughts

Hi everyone, I have been an awful blogger and scrapper! This was the last layout I made waay back in Oct! (blush) I HATED this layout, it was for a contest where we were required to use the less is more concept! And we had to leave white space..... OMG! that is soo not in my thought process!!! lol:):):):) Anyhoo, one day I will revisit this page again and make it mine!!!!

Things have been crazy insane, we are in the process of remodeling, and re-doing my scrap room!!!! Wahooo I can hardly wait to get in there and create again!!! I have to say thank you to all of you for sharing your talent and inspiration! Even though I haven't had time to blog or scrap, every now and then I get to pop on and visit your fabulous blogs!!! I am constantly amazed and awestruck each time!!!

If only I could find my camera cord I could upload some construction photos.... (this layout pic was already on the desktop)I"m just gonna have to break down and buy a card reader! Anyway everyone take care and have a Merry Christmas!!!!! Hugs Jamie

A necessary break!

Whew! It's been a while!! I missed blogging and chatting, but I must admit that I went through blogging/scrapping burnout! Have any of you experienced this? This is my first blog ever, and my first venture into the scrapping cyber world. Instantly I became addicted to surfing and posting and finding new forums , making new friends, etc.., fun for a while, but then I noticed I was losing scrapping time! And I felt guilty if I didn't respond to every post right away, or if I didn't have something new to update! Then I joined my first big contest and the pressure was on! All of a sudden my passion wasn't fun anymore, I was following someone elses rules for what I needed to scrap and felt like I couldn't be myself! Maybe once I've been scrapping longer it will be easier to shift into other styles etc... So I just needed to take a break, find my center as they say:) My head is back to dreaming of scrapping now and hopefully I have learned a valuable lesson in time management! Anyway, I just wanted to vent and share. I have missed all of you and your fabulous blogs! Thank you for all of your comments and friendship!!!
Hugs, Jamie

Family

Yippee!! I made it through week 1 of Bad Girls Top Designer!!! So here is my class 2 LO.
We had to use a least 2 types of printed paper. As usual I went overboard:):):) But "to thine ownself be true" right? :):)This design has been in my dreams for awhile now and it feels so good to finaly have it on paper! I love quilting and wanted to encorporate it into my scrapping, so I made my own victorian crazy quilt! I sewed tiny pieces of paper and fabric together to make this mini quilt. What fun to not worry about 1/4 inch seams and precision cut pieces!! This was very liberating:) I used alcohol inks on transparency for the leaves, crackle paint, glossy accents, embossing, lots of stitching and distressing! The Prima peach and blue flower is from my dear friend Karen, aka Scrapoholiker! (Thank you Karen:)This photo was taken 6 years ago when we were a family of 3! It really was was perfect day! TFL:) take care!

My Son

Here is my latest LO of dear hubby and Evan! My little man was only 5 days new! This was created for the Bad Girls Top Designer competition class 1! We had to focus on layering and showcase at least two examples!! As usual, I couldn't stop adding stuff:):):) As for techniques used, I sewed the background paper to the hambly transparency, and sewed the photo down as well. I used crackle glossy accents on the hands stamp, (a tip I learned from my dear friend Karen)! Alcohol inks on the metal clocks, and lots of distressing! Of course, I had to sneak in some bling, and two tiny butterflys! Thanks for looking, ya'll have a great day!

I am published!

Yippee, http://www.scrapbooknewsandreview.com/ has accepted all 6 of my LO's!!!
I submitted these on a last minute whim, awhile ago, and had not heard anything. Then
yesterday I received the mail!! I was totally shocked! So if you have ever even thought about
submitting, just do it!!! You never know if and when!!:):) I'll try to post the cool logo, but I am not very computer savy and not having much luck! Have a great day and thanks for looking!

Awards for me!!!

I have received sweet awards from wonderfully talented artists! Thank you so much for thinking of me!!! I'm sorry it took so long for me to respond, things have been hectic around here!!
Please check out their lovely blogs! Karen, Vibeke, and Anne Kristine! To save time I will post my nominees here and you can do as you wish with the award! Enjoy it and or share it!!! Thank you all again for making my day!:):)

OK, I'm having techincal difficulties, I can't seem to post the cool picture!!!

I am featured on Inspirational!

Wow! What an honor!!! I am thrilled:):):)
Thanks for looking!

Lookout World Here I Come!

My latest LO is for the Scrappehuset challenge! The challenge was to create using things not made just for srapping! To use some unique items. My daughter Brenah is starting her first year of high school, and she inspired me to do this LO! I used cake paper, or paper doilies behind her picture! It's kind of hard to recognize here, because I inked it to death! But it's normally plain white and round! I also used leftover toile fabric scraps to create an extra layer of petals behind the metal, felt, paper flower! I added a glass heart charm from an old necklace of mine, a Norwegian coin, antique buttons, and vintace lace! As for the normal scrapping supplies, I used some of the new chipboard I purchased in Malaysia from Scrappingglitz.com! Crackle paint, prima flowers and lots more!!!! The Journaling reads: Dearest Brenah, This is one of my favorite pictures of you! We were at the park and you had this lovely smile on your face! Confident and ready to take on the world! Thanks for looking!

Breaking Dawn book release!

Just wanted to share this pic of me and my daughter Brenah, at the local bookstore release party! We both love to read and this series "Twilight" by Stephanie Meyer has been tons of fun! It's a great young adult story about love and friendship! (And vampires and werewolves!!) The party began at 10:00 pm and lasted until midnight, which is when they released the newest book!!! I hung out with my daughter and several hundred over zealous teenagers!!!! It was a costume party, hence Brenah's lovely scars! She went as the character Leah, who is a Native American Indian that was attacked by a werewolf! We played trivia, had our fortunes told, made a toilet paper wedding dress, and overall had a wonderful time!!! By the way, she won 1st place in the costume contest!!! Any other Twilight fans out there???? Thanks for looking!!!

Scrapping in Kuala Lumpur..

Yes, I had to try to and find a scrapping store here in KL! And I did!!! It's called http://www.scrappingglitz.com/ ! It is family owned and and run by the sweetest person! I called the number given on the site and spoke with Nadrah, she runs the store out of her home and was very happy to have us. She told me to get a taxi, head for the National Zoo and have the taxi driver call her on our mobile to get the rest of the directions! What a fun adventure we had all in the name of scrapping! We made it to her home in about 30 minutes. She offered us coffee and Jerry, (DH) played with her son while I shopped! She had a lovley selection of paper, chipboard and handcut paper flourishes!!! I got to see her lovely scraproom, she does beautiful work, by the way! What a nice treat to meet a fellow scrapper so far from home! Thank you Nadrah for having us! If you are ever in Houston, let me know!!!! Here is a pic from our vist! Check out her blog, she posted a pic of our vist too!

Malaysia Bound!!!

We're outta here!!!!! Wahooooo Malaysia here we come! Yes, I'm so looking forward to getting away! Except I'm still trying to figure out how to pack just the right amount of scrap supplies..
just in case....:):):) Dear hubby thinks I'm nuts, but hey, uninterrupted time to scrap is hard to come by! :):):) This will be the first time we leave the kiddos for more than one night! I'll miss them dearly, but still can't wait!:):):)
I will post pics when we get back! Take care, TFL!!!

Look Mom!

My newest LO! #2 in a series, I was lucky enough to get several good pics of Evan playing in the rain, so I thought why not do my first series??:):) I was excited to try sewing directly onto

transparency with metallic thread! I dreamed about doing that one night and couldn't get it out of my head! :):) I wanted the thread to appear like it is floating.... Anyway, this was fun, it was difficult trying to make myself STOP adding stuff!!! Does anyone else have this problem?:):) I used more of the lovely crackle paint, grungeboard, and fancy pants stamps. The fabric music notes was a piece left over from one of my quits. The felt butterflys and chandelier beads are Heidi Swapp. Thank you so much for looking!

I'm a Featured Guest Designer!!!!

Yippee!!!http://www.stamps-paper-scissors.com/ asked ME to share my LO Full of Wonder on their web page!!! I will be featured there and in their Newsletter!!! I can't believe it.... I am so very honored! Who knew??? Not me for sure! LOL!:):) Please go check out their site!!! TFL