Cookin on the Christmas cards!

Yep, as I said in an earlier post I am Hosting a challenge on Chattyscrappers.com
to have all our christmas cards DONE by the time the season rolls around! So I am getting my inspiration here: http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/ fabulous site I tell ya! Anyhoo, I recently was fortunate enough to purchase some VINTAGE D.O.T.S...not CTMH stamps and had to make them up! Aren't they CUTE?~ Thanks for stopping by!





Stamps: DOTS/CTMH
Papers: CTMH Evensong and Aspen
Inks: CTMH
Punches: Marvy, Martha Stewart, CM

FINALLY!!!

I started working on our Disney Album....we went last year as a Graduation gift for our daughter....we had the BEST time of our lives!!! It truely is the Happiest Place on Earth! If I could go again this summer, we would be there! So I leave you with this LO I just finished along with a Christmas Card I made because I want them done early!!!!

National Scrapbooking Month and a CTMH Fabulous Offer!!!!!

Close To My Heart has a great promotion to celebrate National Scrapbook Month starting April 15. The Tickled Pink kit contains everything you need to create 2 beautiful 12x12 layouts.

Here is what you will get:

Tickled Pink Scrapbooking Kit
Featured Colors: Blush, Crystal Blue, Twilight, Hollyhock, Sweet Leaf
1 – My Acrylix® I Am Stamp Set (D-size)
2 – 12" × 12" Floral B&T Duos™ Paper (1 with glitter)
2 – 12" × 12" Stripe B&T Duos™ Paper (1 with glitter)
1 – 12" × 12" Blush Textured Cardstock
1 – 12" × 12" Crystal Blue Textured Cardstock
5 – 12" × 12" White Daisy Textured Cardstock (1 sheet with die-cut shapes)
1 – Mini-Medley Accents White Daisy Collection
1– Foam Texture Tool
1– Brochure

Here is how you can get it:

*Place a minimum order of $60 in MyAcrylix stamp sets (excluding K-size and Stamp of the Month sets) between April 15-May31 to receive this kit FREE!
*Purchase the kit outright for just $34.95 plus tax and shipping.
*Sign up as a new consultant between May 1-May31 and receive it FREE!
*Host a Home Gathering between April 15-May 31 with minimum sales of $400 and receive the kit FREE!
For more information and to order, please go to
http://tildapapergal.myctmh.com

Or if your in town give me a call and I'll get it sent in for ya!!!!! Happy Scrappin!

Here are three LO's I did with my pack and I STILL have paper left over!!!

Mojo Monday Challenge #81

Christmas cards! Yep........You heard right, starting on my Christmas cards early so when December rolls around I will be ready!!! I got the sketch here: http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/
Sketch #81...I am a sucker for snowmen..so I just had to pull them out when I saw this sketch! What do you think?

Glitter tutorial

Alot of people like the look of glitter but hate the mess, well I have a little tutorial to share with you on how I get my products to look Premade (from the factory!) It is No SECRET that I am a FAN of glitter!!! If I could sprinkle it on my food I would ! LOL!!! Anyhoo I can tell you this Martha Stewart puts out FABULOUS glitter and her MS Glitter Glue is great. It really holds the glitter AND you don't have that flaking you get with other glues.....so with no more waiting here is my tutorial on how to apply glitter to chipboard!!! Enjoy and have a glittery day!

Supplies: Martha Stewart Glitter, Glitter glue, Chipboard and a sheet of paper folded in half with a SHARP crease...open

Glue your chipboard piece

Sprinkle with glitter
Cover the entire piece of Chipboard

Carefully pick up the chipboard piece and tap off excess

Set piece aside to dry, before doing so I usually also press the entire piece with the bottom of glue bottle to secure glitter into place and tap again

Next Take up both sides of paper to slide the glitter into the fold

Pour the glitter back into the bottle

Beautiful looking Glitter letter!

Use your dried glitter chipboard on your layout or project! Enjoy!

Back in the groove.........

A good crop will get me back in the groove of scrappin....so I thought I would share a few things I have completed! Have a joyous day!

Christmas Card

Yep, I am getting started! Don't wanna wait like usual and then before I know it I have to make 75 cards in one night! So I am going to TRY to start making a bit each month. I have also posted a challenge that is in the works over at

www.Chattyscrappers.net

Join us, sign up and be ahead of the game!

Here is my first. I just bought the Reindeer and Merry Christmas banner off of Craigslist for only $1 eacy! What a bargin! So I got home and started it right away....I love it! So fun to color in....I sponged the brown color around the reindeer, it originated from White cardstock. All CTMH Inks and papers! Thanks so much for stopping by!

New Layout

I had bought this paper a lllllllloooooooonnnnnnnnngggggggggggggggg time ago at a scrapbooking expo yardsale type of place. When I was picking it out I knew it had to have potential so I got it and did what I usually do, stored it! The other day I was looking at my paper and decided to pull it out! So glad I did, I love the results. The paper is All My Memories,Flowers are Awesome Blossoms over at Scrapadilly, Chipboard is from my stash, glitter is Martha Stewart, Stamps and Ink is CTMH, Marvey Punches. Enjoy!

Dear Mr. President,

Did any of you watch Jay Leno last night with President Obama? Well my husband and I decided we would be sure to watch this program....we usually watch it anyway but definitely last night. Well during the 10pm news the two Anchors mentioned a "blooper" that the President had.....and told us......I was DEVASTATED that Our President would say something so insensitive. During the last few minutes of the interview Leno says okay lets talk personal stuff (they had been talking about the economy and the AIG bonuses etc...). Well they were saying how he is putting up Bball hoops using the Tennis courts and then Leno mentioned the bowling alley and Obama said he is getting better at it and bowled a 129 ....so Jay was cracking his jokes and the audience was laughing and then Obama said "I look like I'm in Special Olympics" MY HEART JUST SANK!!!!! I could not believe that he would make such a derogatory statement about an already discriminated population! In fact it cut so deep I didn't not sleep well.

You see, as you may have read in previous posts the World Special Olympics Winter Games were held here in Feb 2009 and WHAT AN EVENT!!! Please read older posts from Feb..... It was so encouraging and what we all have been trying to accomplish with the general Population was well recieved and educated MANY people that really don't have any knowledge about Special needs individuals. They struggle everyday just to TRY to fit in to society. They are made fun of, rediculed and shunned by their peers. When in fact they see the world in PERFECT glasses.....I myself have two daughters (biologically ours) that are intellectually challenged and I tell you since Special Olympics came to our town there has been so much more tolerance and caring and love to people with disablilities. Basically this one event EDUCATED the citizens and what a difference it has made. And what Mr. Obama did was he just STRIPPED all of that away. My heart was so heavy last night......Had someone come up and made any kind of racial slur in the slightest there would have been headlines from coast to coast....but no, nothing in our local newspapers....Of course one of his "aides" apologized for him, which is NOT okay, he needs to come on tv and make amends and apologized for his slur.

I guess you all have your opinions and think that maybe I am coming on to strong, but until you have walked a mile in my shoes, and watch the way the general population REALLY treats Intellectually Challenged People, HUMAN BEINGS, you really don't know what it truely is like .....When I watched my kids, especially in Jr. High, struggle for acceptance but was made fun of, called names , Especially the "R" word, my heart just crumbled.

So I have a Plee Mr. President, Make this right, Don't just let your aide issue a corrective statement.....Do what is right and Publiclly Apologize on Camera from your own words and your own mouth.....afterall it was your own words and mouth that got you into this predicatment. I ask this on behalf of our two daughters.....

I have seen all the loving photo's of you with your daughters and how wonderful it is to see young ladies in the White house! I think they are adorable and I love that you and Michelle preserve thier innocence and instill good work ethics in them, but now you must take one more step, Educate them on Special needs People...it could be the most valuable lesson. My husband and I were just like you and Michelle with our girls and only wanted the best for them. so Please Start Educating your daughters and people about this.....Respectfully , Tilda

UPDATE: Please read a Statement from Tim Shriver:

http://www.specialolympics.org/official_statement.aspx

Bad Blogger, Bad , Bad Blogger!!!

I just haven't blogged in awhile! ....so today I will share with you come cards I have recently made. They are some fun cards that I like how they turned out! I hope you all had a great St. Patty's day! Carry on............

This card was a scraplift by Bits N Pieces

This was a scraplift as well, but can't remember where from, if its yours , please remark!!! thanks!

CTMH Card Book

CTMH Card book!

This is why we do what we do........

Up at our Cabin..............

We have hit the BIG TIME!!! and BLOG CANDY!

Yep! Chattyscrappers has hit the big time!!! WE have an upgraded site and a new BLOG!!! WOOHOO!!!! See it Here: http://chattyscrappers.net/blog/ go check us out!!! We are a Newer Scrappy Site!!!! We've been around for a few months but now we have gotten fancier! Yeah! So tell a friend or 10!!! And check out the link for some BLOG CANDY!!!!!!!!!! Click the links on the right of the blog to register for the site and join in on the fun!!! Hope to see you there!!!!!

Acrylic Album and AWESOME flowers!

So I have to tell you , if you love flowers you HAVE to get yourself some of these!!!
And the acrylic album is SECOND TO NONE!!! They are fabulous......Tell BonBon Tilda Sent you!!!! Here is the link to the flowers and albums

http://shop.scrapadilly.com/category.sc;jsessionid=C791180CCF6DB033287CF1BD469259BD.qscstrfrnt02?categoryId=3
http://shop.scrapadilly.com/category.sc;jsessionid=DAA49E3ECC2DEE6D0D4E453321ECF393.qscstrfrnt01?categoryId=2

ONLINE CROP FEB 13th -17th!!! AWESOME PRIZE!!!

Chattyscrappers is having an online crop! This weekend! Here is what they are giving away to one lucky winner!!!!




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2009 WORLD SPECIAL OLYMPICS!!!!!

Right here in Boise! That's right! And what a Beautiful Ceremony! I have copied a pasted an earlier post I made on my scrappy site and wanted to share it here on my blog!!! Go BE ACTIVE!!!! MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!!!!!!!!!!

What an evening! I can't express the emotions that I was feeling as I was there.....You see both of our daughters (they are biological) are Intellectually Challenged. And most of the time people stare at them trying to figure them out and we are used to it, but I also have to say most people are pretty kind and don't rush them, then there are the few...oye. Anyhoo, a little history of Special Olympics......

It was founded in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver (JFK's Sister). She hosted a Free summer camp at her home and a friend had called her stressed because she had a Special needs child and there wasn't any summer camp that would allow her to come. Eunice welcomed her in and from that point Special Olympics was born. The first games took place 9 days after her brother Robert was assassinated with only 100 spectators and 1000 particpants from just the US and Canada. And it just rolled on from there! Now , there were about 2000 participants from MANY different Countries World Wide and this is just the Winter olympics, there are many more participates in teh Summer games as well!! You have to understand the magnitude.....these games are the best of the best of Special needs....there are MILLIONS of participates This is a LARGE scale of people with many different needs. There were over 100 countries that represent the Special Olympics.....You also have to remember that in Many countries People with special needs are often Ostersized by their countries and are institutionalized in some of the most horific conditions. What Special olympics has done is LIFT those Disgraces and those preconcieved notions that these people are a lesser person...when in fact they are the opposite...the are VERY ABLE. We from the general population have ALOT we can learn from them.....they are Non Judgemental, caring, sweet, loving, athletic, intelligent and just plain wonderful! I would encourage you to check out the website:

http://www.specialolympics.org/

And see what's going on here in Boise!!! The love, Spread it! Here is a small excerpt:

The 2009 World Winter Games are the largest international sporting and humanitarian event of the year, with more than 2,000 athletes from almost 100 countries, including Afghanistan, Cuba, New Zealand, Malaysia, China, Serbia, Kazakhstan, Iran and even Jamaica competing in seven winter sports from 7-13 February. For the first time athletes from Somalia, Comoro Islands and Djibouti are competing in a Special Olympics World Games.


Okay so here are some photo's of the evening:
Me and my daughter's with Tim Shriver (Eunices son , JFK's nephew....he is a WONDERFUL dedicated Man to Special Olympics!!)


Eunice Shriver Via Video

Me and my family

Our girls and Troy McClain...they were star struck! LOL!!! He is also dedicated to people with disabilities...he is an AWESOME person!!!

The Video on the screen when we first walked in


The Sea of wonderful Athletes!!!!






Let the games begin!!! The lighted CAULDRON