Cross Town #3

Hiya everyone!

I know I said that I would be blogging more but I have a problem all the things that I am working on right now I have to keep a secret LOL. I am in 2 swaps, 1 secret project that I don't want to jinx, acts for a meet up later in the year and some journal pages that would get me baned or kicked from blogger if I post them. The only thing that I could show is the jewelry box that I want to make but that is just in the planing stage.

BUT at lest I have the Cross town challenge to post about. Challenge 3 was to make a file folder mini and this is what I came up with. Yes it's a Halloween one but that was the paper pack that I find 1st. I do have some paper but not like many out there and a good bit is Halloween. What can I say I LOVE Halloween.

I used
Graphic 45 paper
file folder (duh)
Craft paint
Lindy's  Spray

I need to still add the ribbon to close it but I couldnt find it LOL.

Cross Town Challenge

Hiya everyone.

I am taking part in a challenge that was put on by Felicia. It's a weekly challenge that she and a friend are doing and said anyone can join. For the info on the challenge click here.

I missed week one on purpose!!! Fel was trying to kill me with card making. I am not really a card maker but I am getting the hang of it but that's not the reason I skipped it. The reason was lest then a month ago I had to make a 100 that's right you read 100 Christmas cards SOOOOOO I needed a break from cards. LOL I will come back to do that on tho.

For week 2 Tracy was MUCH nicer ( I still love ya Fel ) and posted Put a 2013 on it. It could be anything you wanted but you just had to have 2013 on it .

So this is what I made. Its the cover for my 2013 art jouranl. I am using a binder that has a clear front pocket and that slips right into it.

Can't wait to see next weeks challenge and I hope you will join us!!

New Year is here

Happy New Year Everyone!!!




As the New Year has started resolutions come into play. I really tried to think of some this year and all that I could come up with is the usual lose weight, stop smoking and organize. The only problem is that those just don’t mean much I have made them all before and they just don’t stick. Then I watch a friend’s TTMT and she said something that really hit me. She was talking about her resolutions and said the word BALANCE and that’s what I truly need.

I NEED to find that happy balance of family, work, life and crafting. So many things have happened in 2012 the biggest was my surgery and that a lone has made me look at things differently. I don’t want to get all sappy or really heavy on this post so I will not go into detail.

Any way back to 2013 this is some of the things I will be working on.

*I need to manage my online life. I have so many accounts everywhere and I really need to stream line them. I don’t know which ones I will be getting rid of but I will let people know as I do. By the same token I will be using some again. There are some groups that I would really like to get back to as well.

*As far as crafting will that’s in a few parts.

1 is kicking myself in the butt to do more

2 really chip away at the poor forgotten projects

3 post them

*I want to get back to reading blog post again and keeping in touch more.
I know that this will not be a quick thing but I am ready for the quest of Balance and I am looking forward to less stress that it will bring. Hey who know those old resolutions mite finally work out if everything falls into place.

See ya soon