Trying new things...

So today I dug my sewing machine out of the back of my closet and decided to give it a try. I was making a Bridal Shower page today and thought it would look great with a little stitching. It was a little scrary at first since I don't technically know how to sew, but I know enough basics to put some stitches on my page. I am quite proud of how it turned out. I also ventured out in the land of ink. I broke out my new Tim Holtz distress inks and blended some "Wild Honey" onto the edges of the paper. Two new fun things that were so easy but with such beautiful results.

Phew... 14 stores down!!

Many to go... this is my charm braclet, with charms from each of the stores that I have visited. I have quite a few new favorite stores here in Southern California, good thing they are kind of far away, or it might be a little dangerous for my wallet. The two stores that stand out the most in my mind so far are Remember When Scrapbooking in Valencia and Collective Journey in Redlands. Both very large stores with a great selection of product.

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It has been lots of fun so far. On Friday I made it to 8 stores and only got lost twice. After the first time I became friends with my Magellan GPS, which I have since named Magdallena. She and I got along just fine, I learned to just listen and trust her and she got me to where I needed to be. Saturday my husband took me to 3 more stores and then 3 more again today. He even admits having a good time, and does comment when he sees a store he likes just as much as I do.

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Well I am off to some more scrapbooking fun tomorrow with my LSS, something similar to a small CHA from what I understand. Cannot wait, and then maybe some more Shop Hop stores on the way back home.

Scrapbook stores here I come!

Today is the first day of the SoCal Shop Hop. It is a 3 week long shopping experience at Southern California scrapbooking and stamping stores that choose to participate. It is sooooo much fun. I love seeing all the different stores and their samples and just how they are decorated. They are all so different. Plus all the great things that you find. The picture is of my "passport", it's what gets me 20% off at the stores. I took the day off of work and now I'm headed out. Hopefully I will visit 9 stores today before they close. Last one closes at 10:30pm and the first one is 1.5 hours away, so I better scoot. Yeah!!

"Love Story" Mini Album

I absolutely love love love mini albums... I have tons and tons of things that I have bought to make mini albums. I could probably cover a whole wall with mini albums if I used all the supplies I had already. Am I always good at finishing them? No. Am I so proud of me for finishing one in 2 days? Y-E-S!! My downfall is usually adding the pictures. So this time I created a mini album for the pictures. The pictures in this album were the pictures that I framed and hung from ribbon on the backdrop behind the guestbook table at my recent wedding. The pictures used at the wedding were 8x10 versions of these pictures. I had printed 5x7's as well and decided to make a book to remember the pictures that I thought were special enough to display at our wedding. I am thrilled with how it turned out.

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Supplies: Clear Scraps 8x8 tab album, Little Yellow Bicycle Love letters: Paper, stickers, brads, rub-ons.

Finished Cake

Here is my finished cake using the cricut cake leaves. I am quite satisfied with how it turned out. And everyone says it tasted great. More scrapbooking things to come, I have a whole weekend of fun planned.

Cricut Cake!!!

Today was the first time I used my cricut cake. It went really well. I am taking cake decorating classes so I made lots of flowers today. I had to make some leaves so I finally brought out the cricut cake and used it for the first time. After the leaves were done I just did some fun stuff. I made 2 crowns and added decorations. I am very happy with the results and cannot wait to decorate a whole cake using the cricut cake.

(Sorry about poor picture quality, the phone was the only thing handy at the time)

DONE

Tonight I finished all my projects for the BoBunny design team submission. I think my favorite element is the letter above. It is actually a BoBunny product, used to make your own word albums. I used it to accent my new last name, Rosas. It was originally black, but I painted it green with some Making Memories acrylic paint. After it dried I stamped it in purple with one of the BoBunny stamps that matches this paper line. I'm pretty sure you'll see more of these letters show up on my projects and layouts.