hello!

Wowzers, it has almost been a MONTH since I've blogged. I hope all of you have had wonderful holidays and have recovered from them better than I have. lol I love the holidays but they just wear me out. I am slowly (VERY slowly) getting things back to normal. hooray!

Before I move on to my big news...here is a little project I did at the iScrap cybercrop last weekend. I made it with the new Lucky line from Rusty Pickle...isn't it scrumptious paper? Unfortunately I wasn't able to be online as much as I wanted - so I'm afraid I don't have a lot to show for myself. This make and take was posted by Nancy and she had a way cute sample too!



So I guess the biggest news from Christmas is my new toy... a MacBook Pro. Tom completely surprised me - I know I have mentioned before how much I wanted a Mac for my next computer - but I didn't expect it for Christmas at ALL. And I will go ahead and say it now.... I LOVE MY MAC!!!!! There has been a slight learning curve and getting familiar with different ways of doing things, but I can tell you that this thing is amazing. I see the iPhone on TV and am amazed at how utterly cool that thing is. I don't need one - but that doesn't change the fact that it is just plain cool! Well, imagine all those nifty ways of doing things on a computer. This baby ROCKS. There are a few things that I have yet to figure out - and actually, a few that I've been told I won't be able to do. I print all my photos here at home and I like to get the most out of my photo paper so I am used to printing something then putting the paper back in to print another possibly odd sized photo on the same sheet. I am used to dragging the photo wherever I want on the paper and being able to print it. Well, I can't do that on the mac - at least not with the programs I have or am trying out (Aperture). I'm wondering if that is possible in Light Room or something. I need to do some investigating.

The girls are back in school and doing some fun projects. Jessica made butter at her pre-K yesterday. I couldn't believe it. Too funny. Sadly though, we were meeting a friend for lunch after I picked her up so her personal little baby food jar full of butter didn't get refrigerated right away. Lindsay got her report card today and slipped from Excellent to Satisfactory in Math - but hello....I can't even believe the kinds of things they expect 6-7 year olds to learn in math these days. I personally think she is doing great and she keeps saying that she loves math - and that's what I love to hear (because truthfully - I stink at it!). I bought her a couple 'chapter books' at the store the other day. These are her first and she's loving them. I'm so proud of her.

It is getting late and if don't go get dinner for the girls they are apparently going to shrivel up and waste away. You know - since I never feed them or anything. Of course I am totally kidding - don't call the authorities on me. The girls eat non-stop it seems, but when I don't jump up and make them dinner right away they put on their drama queen crowns and start workin' me. lol Ok - I PROMISE that I'll be getting back to normal here and back to blogging. I kind of needed a break from the computer for a bit. I've missed it terribly - but I have truly enjoyed the time I've had with my family.

Love,
Cami

Do ya feel LUCKY? huh? Do ya?

Lucky is the name of the new line by Rusty Pickle. It will be available at the beginning of December...and it ROCKS!

Cool schtuff...

I'm back from CKU - and I had so much fun going just to hang out with Rusty Pickle's own Kristan Paolacci, her awesome mom (love her!) and I even ran into a bunch of my local friends there. I helped out in the RP classes as much as I could and met some amazing women. Kristan's TA's were so sweet and we all had a great time together. I heard that the Pirate Princess contest the night before went very well - I just wish I'd been there to see all the awesome creations. Sounded like everyone had a blast! There should be some photos of that uploaded to the Rusty Pickle blog this week.

Heart in Hand Scraps had a new set of classes added to their boutique...and I won't tell you who has a class in there. heehee (*whistling and looking around*). Additionally, Tammy Tutterow and Linda Albrecht have new classes as of Friday. They are awesome - and be sure to check out the other classes available in the boutique.

If you subscribe to the newsletter from Julie Ann Shahin's blog, Everyday Digital Scrapbooking, you'll see my recent interview about hybrid scrapbooking. If you don't get the newsletter, you can read the interview in the Scrapbook Dimensions Magazine forums . If you haven't tried hybrid scrapping - I'm telling you, it's worth a try. You will LOVE it! You don't have to give up your adhesive and trimmer. Print out a simple journaling card (as I mention in my interview as one of my favorite hybrid products) and give it a shot!

Last week I did my first garage sale. It was time to finally purge the garage of all the baby clothes, highchair, playpen, strollers, car seats. I can't begin to tell you how difficult that process was for me as I love children and would love to have one more. BUT, I've accepted the fact that that isn't going to happen. I only made about $100 or so - and honestly I don't think it was worth spending a week in the garage sorting stuff out, then sitting out in the sun for 7 hours. Oh well. Live and learn. But I have to say that most of the purchases were like 25-50 cents on the clothes, and I was selling big toys that still looked brand new for $1 or two. So I did get rid of quite a bit of stuff.

I have a busy week ahead. I have a LOT of creating I need to get done for assignments, and my parents are coming to town as well...which means more house cleaning. oh joy! I can't WAIT to see them though. I don't get to see my mom and dad as much as I'd like. Hopefully next time we can go out to Denver to see them. I miss seeing the rest of my family too!

Another blog of note...get in on the fun

So with all the fun we've had on the Rusty Pickle Blog - all the fun comments and giveaways, Lance has decided to do some fun things on his new blog as well. Check it out for MORE giveaways!! If you can't tell by now, Rusty Pickle is extremely generous...why not join the party!

Where in the World is Lance?

I've also added a list of links to my blog called "All Things Rusty Pickle" so you can always click on the Where in the World is Lance link each day.

And the winner is....

Thank you for all your comments yesterday. One of you (Christine W) caught the attention of all the Chefs with her comment on the final prize post on the Rusty Pickle blog. Congrats Christine!

So I printed and cut up all the comments and called my 4 year old into the spare bedroom. I threw all the papers in the air and after they all floated to the ground, I had Jess pick one. Her lucky little fingers selected.........
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DAWN W!

Congrats Dawn! Please email me at camibhere@hotmail.com with your full name and address to receive your RAK. Thanks to everybody for your comments, that was fun. I've decided I will be doing a RAK each month - so please check back for more fun!

A RAK, Warehouse Sale, and new challenges

Before you do anything else, make sure you stop by the Rusty Pickle blog (CLICK HERE for the specific post) to get in on the last giveaway - it is for a ton of BRAND NEW product!! There's also a giveaway for the 500th and 1,000th person that posts a comment. AND - I will personally RAK someone that posts a comment on the RP blog - then comes back here to let me know that you posted there. Just post a comment on my blog with the time your comment was posted on the blog...and of course your username here must match the username on the RP blog. I will announce the winner of the RAK (via random drawing) sometime tomorrow.

If that's not enough - then be sure to get in on the Rusty Pickle warehouse sale. Here are the details:


With October comes new fun on the RP blog. We will be posting challenges each month for you. The Chefs will be posting sample projects to give you some ideas. I hope to see you participating. Rusty Pickle is very generous and I would love to see some of my readers win some loot!

good news and bad news

First - the bad news. I received an email from a friend of mine in PA letting me know that a friend of ours had died of melanoma cancer. She had just found out about a spot of melanoma on her toe while we were still living there 2 1/2 to 3 years ago. She passed away this weekend and I just feel so sad. Can you imagine the pain her husband must be going through - and her children...it brings me to tears just thinking of what they are going through. This tragedy has reminded me to love on my family and friends every chance I get. It has also made me think about my position on always being the one behind the camera. I am so self-conscious about how I look. I put on some pounds during both pregnancies and thanks to my non-functioning thyroid...I can't seem to take it off! I need to get over it. I need to remember that if something unfortunate were to happen to me - I want my girls to have lots of pictures of us having fun together. (sigh...) This is something that is so hard to think about - yet I can't stop thinking about it. KWIM?

Ok - so now for the good news. You still have time to get in on the Rusty Pickle giveaway! Go to the blog now: http://rustypickle.typepad.com/ and just leave a comment on today's post to be entered to win today's giveaway...NEW French Market papers AND an acrylic album! WOW! Go back tomorrow to see if you've won...and if you haven't, keep leaving comments! The last day of the giveaway will be soon - but it will be a big one I'm told. So don't miss out!

What else is new...
Tom and I are starting to talk about buying a house. When I start looking - I get so excited and seriously - I just LOVE looking at potential houses. We went to an absolutely BEAUTIFUL neighborhood last weekend. Many of the new homes were on a lake. Gorgeous houses. But I think the neighborhood is a little far north for us...well, for Tom. We have his commute to consider. So I'm looking on some builder websites and found another house that I fell in love with. And I'm telling you - this house was AWESOME. Again, on a lake, mature trees and landscaping, 2 story (there are way too many 1 story homes in FL) and the house itself looks like homes that are priced for twice as much in this area. Tom even admitted that he liked it. I had called the builder to see about getting a walk through, but 6 hours later when they called me back, I was told that the house sold that very same day. BOOOOOO!!! Even though we are not ready to buy right now, I was really - truly bummed. I know there's something else out there for us. But you know, when you get all excited about something, it's hard not to be bummed.

I am busy designing classes for Heart in Hand Scraps. It is a wonderful site that offers online classes. They have an ad in the latest Paper Crafts issue as a launch of sorts since the site was new and basically had members just from word of mouth up until now. Lots of great instructors there - check out the bios and join the forums. Things are going to start taking off there very soon! My first class will be available soon - possibly this Friday!. I've also been designing projects and writing supporting articles for another site that will be launching soon, designing some mini albums for a special project that I cannot share with you yet (there I go again!) and gearing up to play with more hybrid scrapbooking. Glitz sent the DT their CD's and it all looks so awesome. Those will be so fun to work with! And of course I'm busy doing projects for Rusty Pickle. Man oh man am I loving all the new stuff! The winter papers match the Grinchmas line and are so pretty! I have 2 layouts I will be uploading this next week that were designed with the new winter papers. I am also trying to get back to my album using French Market. I also have some acrylic albums sitting here that I want to work on. These new Rusty Pickle albums are to die for! I mention all this to let you know why I haven't uploaded many projects lately. Much of what I'm doing is for something specific that is not released yet. Exciting stuff I tell you!

ok - gotta run and get Lindsay...then tennis...then ballet for Jess...then out to dinner I hope! I will be uploading some photos from the RP Retreat in the next day or two. Beautiful place - and I had the best time!

New Memory Trends Release!

I just got back from the Rusty Pickle Retreat last night and am half dead tired and half still completely revved up by the new product releases and the new classes that Rusty Pickle has set up for 2008. I will share with you the new releases for Memory Trends. They are AWESOME! The Chocolate Kisses is one of my faves! I made a sample for the booth at Memory Trends, but since my Pirate Princess album got stolen at CHA, they are going to take the one without photos. But if you're going to MT - go check it out...UBER CUTE new line!!! The sticker quotes are hilarious and the perfect thing for making a mini album. I didn't have the stickers or alphas for my sample, so you'll have to imagine it with those instead of my own computer generated phrases. I also got to work with the new French Market line. The colors are so rich and perfect for fall photos. The new acrylic stamps that go with this line are scrumptious...who can have enough flourishes? Not me!

One of the best things coming out is the new acrylic albums. The shapes are the same shape as their chipboard albums...scalloped, rounded tabbed, small square, large square, circle, arrow, tag and flower shapes. AND acrylic alphabets that match their chipboard Random Alphabet font. WOW! I will be working feverishly to get the acrylic album done and my French Market album so I can give you more sneak peeks, but I do have lots to catch up on after my trip - so bear with me.

Lookie!! Lotsa links!

I've been meaning to post the link to Rusty Pickle so you can see the new winter papers. They are SOOOO awesome. I am having a hard time linking you to the exact post, so just click on the link below for Rusty pickle and page down until you see the winter papers slide show.

And also, be sure to bookmark Rusty Pickle's new blogs. One of them is full of ideas from the Rusty Pickle Chefs, and the other is Lance's blog. You can keep track of where he will be teaching, contests, sneak peeks etc.

ETA: well - after trying to edit the links over and over - and I can still not get the links to go to the right place...I guess I'll just direct you to the main Rusty Pickle site. Go to the bottom of the left hand side and you'll see the links for the "Rusty Pickle Blog" and the "Where in the World is Lance Blog". To see the winter papers, click on the Rusty Pickle Blog, then page down to the August 9th post.

OH! One more thing! Be sure to visit this blog: http://armstrongfamilyfundraiser.blogspot.com/ where you can get more information about the fundraising events and raffle I mentioned a few posts ago - remember, every penny goes to help this family. If you would like to keep up on Tracy's progress you can click on the link to "Visit Tracy's Blog" just below the blog header. It seems he is making baby steps in his recovery, but if you ask me - that is an answer to prayer. After being riddled with bullets, it's wonderful to hear news that he can move even if it's the teensiest bit. If you would like to buy a raffle ticket for a chance to win $500 worth of Rusty Pickle goodies - there is a link for that there as well.

New projects and new photos of my sweet Jess

Okie dokie, more projects. This first one was made with new Rusty Pickle Addam's Family papers, stickers, cardstock coupons, and some Princess Bride trims. Oh, and the lil chubby chipboard alphas I covered with papers, sanded - then added Glossy Accents to them. This was so much fun to make - I love creating stuff like this.

I must let you know that I'm having computer issues AGAIN and I just got my computer back tonight with a new motherboard. My iPod still won't show up and all my contacts are mysteriously gone, but other than that - things seem to be working ok (hardware-wise that is!). And what is it with blogger these days...when I upload photos it gives me the code - and when I upload a bunch of photos, it makes it so difficult to move them around. argh! frustration setting in...

This has been another busy week...bear with me. For all my friends that I've totally been neglecting, it isn't by choice - I promise you. I miss you all very much, and I owe Kara a huge birthday wish since I failed to touch base with her on her birthday (I'm soooo sorry sweetie!!) I think I owe Cheryl a birthday wish as well...anyone else? My dad's birthday is in a few days, and my 12th anniversary is on Sunday! :) Love you honey!! Also, I will not be around next Thursday-Sunday as I will be at the Rusty Pickle Chef retreat. I can't tell you how excited I am about that!!!

Tonight I leave you with some photos from my photo shoot with Jess this afternoon.

Do you remember me?

Bad, bad, neglectful me! I cannot believe that I have not posted since the 12th. What can I say, I have been busy! Well, where to begin. I suppose I owe you all some layouts, don't I? Here are some Rusty Pickle layouts.




The first layout, Rhinestone Cowgirl, features paper, stickers and stamps from the Git R'Dun line from Rusty Pickle. The second layout features the Guenivere line from Rusty Pickle. And the third layout features the Pashmina line from Rusty Pickle.

What else...well, the girls are in school now. Lindsay started first grade and is loving it. Jess started PreK this year and she just smiles from ear to ear everyday when I pick her up. We had company last week - my husband's parents, brother and sister all came for a visit - and we went to Weeki Wachee. If it sounds remotely familiar, it's probably because Paris Hilton and Nicole Richey went there during Simple Life II to help with the mermaid show. Weeki Wachee has been visited by National Geographic and the Travel Channel as they are known for their mermaid show. The girls (especially Jessica) could barely contain themselves...every time I looked at Jess, her eyes were wide open and she had a look of extreme joy on her little face. They couldn't believe their eyes! Real mermaids! lol...one more thing to add to the list of let downs when they're older. No Santa, no Easter Bunny and no mermaids. But it was totally worth the trip, just to see their faces when the curtain on the lake/tank went up. It's basically an underwater play - The Little Mermaid. They also have a natural springs water park. Both girls went down the giant water slides by themselves. I was SHOCKED that Jess did it by herself. They had loads of fun!

I will post some more photos soon!

I have a sneak peek for you!

CHA is quickly approaching and sneak peeks are starting to trickle around the message boards. Rusty Pickle released their sneak peeks today and I wanted to share - they are beautiful!!! Be sure to click on each cluster for a bigger view. :)

I'm a CHEF!!!!

Who knew those wise words in the lids of my Jones soda would be so true! (see previous post). Words cannot describe how excited I am to be a Rusty Pickle Chef! Making their design team is absolutely thrilling for me!! It really was a lot of hard work and late late nights - but on the other hand, it was SO much fun!!! It has been amazing to get to know the other ladies in the race - all just fabulous gals! Seriously, we've been chatting away about non-race-related things and it has been fun just to hang out with them online. Some of them are really good story tellers...we've all gotten some great laughs in during our chats. :)

I just have to say thanks to Rusty Pickle for this fun ride the past 3 weeks. I just know that being a designer for them is going to be an incredible experience. I also have to thank my husband - who wants this for me almost as much as I want it for myself - but who has mentioned that he has missed me during the race. thank you thank you thank you honey! And also - thanks to my local scrap friends that have been cheering me on! My peeps at The Scrapyard...you're the best!!!

I also received my prize from winning the Spring Bling contest at Scrap Galaxy today. Photoshop 5.0!!!! woohoo!!!! Thanks Jess and Brent!

Well...it's been AMAZING

The Rusty Pickle Amazing Race is over. :( I hardly know what to do with myself today. Honestly, I've found myself staring into space a few times. I'm a little tired, but I can't say enough how much fun the race was and how much I love the projects I've created with Rusty Pickle products. Our last challenge was to create at least 4 party themed items with any of the papers we had left. I chose to use the Island Summer line (as I did on my original submission). I love that line - and it is so bright and colorful...it just screamed 'party' to me. So I did a luau...which, not too surprisingly, is what many of the other contestants did. Here are pics of my entry - you'll see my drink tray, the cup sleeves, the drink umbrellas, the message in a bottle invitations with sand in the bottle, the menu, the lei, tiki lantern and party favor (hula girl with sand and shells).

The announcement for who made the Design Team will be posted on Monday, July 9th. Keep your fingers crossed for me! All the creations made in the course of this race have been spectacular - by ALL the racers! I am honored to be among such talent. I can't imagine voting anyone out - but it has to be done...so keep your fingers crossed for me (NOT to be voted off), would ya?

Here's something fun I want to share with you. The bottles I used for the invitations were Jones soda bottles. I have never bought those before so I didn't know they had little messages on the inside of the lids. When I opened them one by one to empty them out, this is what they said:
Bottle #1: try a new hair color (I JUST bought a box of hair color a couple days ago)
Bottle #2: You will make great gains in any project you undertake.
Bottle #3: You will have a pleasant surprise soon.
Bottle #4: Your fantasy will come true.

LOL...how's that? I'm not superstitious or anything - but I thought that was neat to get those messages on my final project before the announcement is made. :) cool huh?

For my friends in the USA - I hope you had a great 4th of July celebration. We watched the fireworks from our driveway (I love not having to go anywhere!). I did something to my camera though. I was fiddling around with the settings outside in the dark and before I knew it - it just wouldn't take ANY pictures. So I'm bummed. I desperately need to take a photography class - and learn more about my camera!

More Pickleliscious projects

Forgive me for not knowing how to spell Pickleliscious. Really have no clue. But you know where I'm going though - don't you. :) I have finished my projects for pit stop #6 and #7 and here they are. Pit stop #6 was hosted by http://www.lifetimemoments.com/ - we were instructed to use the chubby heart album and the Princess Bride collection (more yumminess!). I have never done a wedding album - I suppose I just never liked how I looked on my wedding day so I have avoided doing anything with the photos. Terrible excuse, I know. It was one of the best days of my life just for the reason that I married my best friend - who happens to be the most awesome man in the universe. :) That's reason enough, right? So here ya go:

(the ivory colored flourishes were handcut from another paper from the Princess Bride line)...my hands were sooo cramped!

So there's my wedding album. The next challenge was to make a word art/decor project using their jumbo monogram chipboard and whatever paper we have left. I have been itchin' to use the Guenivere line as I adore purple and green together. I decided to do the letters DREAM and make a night light for my girls room. You probably already knew this, but yes, I am a crazy girl and decided that instead of using sequin trim - I would glue each and every sequin by hand. ??? can you say...back spasms? lol- actually, not so funny...it really hurts. But I'm done, and I LOVE it. In the daylight it shimmers and sparkles, and at night it looks so pretty with a nightlight behind it. It folds into a hexagon, but I kinda like it in a half circle shape. It works well on the girls dresser that way. Anyhoo - enough babbling, here it is:

The 8th, and last pit stop will be posted tomorrow around 2pm my time. I can't wait to see what we're supposed to do!

Rusty Pickle Amazing Race II - Pit Stop #5

* Another Rusty Pickle Amazing Race II pit stop completed...yippee! I have to say that so far, my favorite line has been the new Mayflower line, but the Pashmina line is TO DIE FOR! It is just scrumptious! The trim alone...just beautiful. A must have I tell you!

Here is my entry for this pit stop at Scrap Gal. I continue to take photos instead of scanning because the scanner doesn't capture the full effect of the luscious sequin trim. ;)

Thanks for looking! You can click on the Scrap Gal link above to see the Rusty Pickle Amazing Race II Gallery and see all the entries. We will be starting on the challenge for pit stop #6 in a few hours!

Rusty Pickle Amazing Race II - Pit Stop #4

Ahoy, me hardies!!!! Pit stop #4 complete! woohoo! We were instructed to complete a 2 page layout using the Cap'n Jack line. I actually spent quite some time on the first layout I did. When I finished, I took pictures and it was then that I noticed my title needed to be moved. It was ok - but I certainly don't want to submit it as my entry. I got out the Undo...but it didn't undo! I need to go get more adhesive remover and try again. I'd love to post that layout here at least. I got up this morning and frantically started working on a 2nd 2-page layout. I got it done in the nick of time - but I can't stop thinking about that first layout. LOL Once I get the thought process going - I have to finish! So hopefully I'll get a chance to fix that layout and post it. In the meantime, you can check out the entries in the Rusty Pickle gallery at Scraps Ahoy: http://www.scrapsahoy.com/content/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=349

Time's a tickin'....and Lindsay has her tennis lesson in 90 minutes. I gotta get started on pit stop #5 as it's due in the morning!

Rusty Pickle Amazing Race II - Pit Stop #3

Big sigh and a smile...I finished and uploaded my project from the Rusty Pickle Amazing Race II - Pit Stop #3. You can see it here: Welcome to the World Little One

I am soooo tired. Stayed up until 4am working on it - then got up early to take photos and upload etc. The clue for the 4th pitstop should be posted soon! Then away I go again...gotta love it! I am having such a blast doing these challenges. The last challenge doesn't end at pit stop #8 either...the last challenge will be cleaning up the 2 rooms I have now taken over with scrapbooking! ....and the rest of the house too for that matter ;)

The Scrapyard event on Saturday went great! I didn't get anything done for myself, but my class went very well. I even have a waitlist for additional kits. I heard through the grapevine that the students were all very happy with the class -- that makes me so happy to hear! :)

Well - I need to get a couple things done before the next challenge is posted. I will also apologize now to all my blog and email friends...I promise I will catch up with you guys. I am sorry, I've been a little busy ;) Miss you though!!!

Rusty Pickle Amazing Race II - Pit Stop #2

Pit stop #2 was at www.amillionmemories.com. I liked the concept of my mini album - but it was really hard to get good pictures again. It definitely looks better in person. Part of my problem was trying to take pictures at 3AM! Talk about bad lighting! LOL Here is a link to my project: http://www.amillionmemories.com/forum/viewlayout.php?id=3204

On the page with a picture of my iPod - the part that says great Tunes is a pocket - and there is a mini CD inside with my favorite music on it. Lots of hidden journaling throughout. I used the Rusty Pickle 4 x 6 wrap around album and the Chocolate Bunny line. Love the brown/blue/cream combo...YUM!

Waiting for the 3rd clue (which is the only way I have time to come update my blog!). I am so tired. Didn't actually go to bed until 4am after getting my pics loaded and all. Then I quietly sneak into the bedroom and WHAM! this terrible odor completely overwhelms me! I was blaming it on Tom's feet (bwahahahaha!!! love you honey!) but it wasn't. I like to tease though. It was, however, some smelly socks that had been worn in 100 degree weather playing golf and then they were zipped up in a bag and forgotten about. Holy moly...I couldn't sleep in there. So I had a restless few hours on the couch. Need to go start the dishwasher and laundry and whatever else I can get done before Clue #3 shows up!

Finished with Pit Stop #1 (Amazing Race)

Good morning! I finished my album for the first pit stop of the Rusty Pickle Amazing Race. I love mini albums - but have always had a hard time photographing them so you get the same effect as looking at them in person. Tom even mentioned that you just don't get the same effect looking at them online as when he's holding it in his hands. Oh well - generally speaking - I think that's the case for most any mini album. You can't be interactive with them just looking at a photo. At any rate, I do love mine - and will be saving it for my girls. It is kind of a letter (of sorts) to them about living life - letting their beautiful personalities and warm hearts guide them. Jess has a tendency to hang her head and pout if she can't do something as well as her sister, so my notes to her are more about believing in herself, keep trying, and never give up. Both of the girls love getting comments about how pretty they are (who doesn't?) but I don't want them to grow up thinking that's who they are - just 2 pretty little girls. They are SO much more than that (hey, I'm their mother! heehee). Seriously though, Lindsay LOVES people and animals and is such a great kid. She is a lot of fun - and loves to make other people laugh. So that is what my journaling is about for her...she's not just a pretty face...she is an amazing person with a whole lot more to offer.

Anyhoo - Not sure if we're allowed to post our projects or not, so here is a link to the thread at Scrapbook.com where all the finalists are posting their entries: http://www.scrapbook.com/forums/showtopic.php?tid/1423963/tp/1/ I think the first entry starts around page 3 (??)...there are links provided in the posts. My links are on page 4 - although you can also see them if you just go to my homepage at Scrapbook.com: http://www.scrapbook.com/myplace/index.php?u=79202 and you'll see at the top right - pics from my gallery.

The deadline is today at noon (I'm guessing MT zone?) so if you want to see them all, check back around that time. I will be anxiously awaiting our next clue and will then be off and creating again! I'll take this opportunity to say thank you to my family for eating leftovers and frozen food the last 2 days (bwahahahahaha!!!). I promise I'll make you a hot meal tonight...but tomorrow you may be eating cereal or popcorn for dinner! Seriously though - thank you to my hubby for understanding (sorta) this whole world of scrapbooking and what it means to me. I wouldn't be able to create these things if I didn't have the best, most supportive hubby in the world! MWAH!!