Is it Friday yet?

Hi there,

I can't believe how fast the year has gone, but why is it only Tuesday? It feels like it should be Friday already and I haven't even gone into work yet. I have a feeling it's going to be a long week. grrr.

Did I tell you that my Shutterfly calendar came in the mail? Well it did and I must say I was pretty pleased with the way it turned out considering it was my first attempt. You can definately tell the difference between the photos taken with my cheap Sony and my brother's almost professional Nikon. Big difference. I'll have to make sure that if I do it again next year, I use pictures from the same camera. Most likely his. I know my mom will be pleased and that's all that matters. I kinda wish I had done another one for me, but oh well. Next year I'll know to hunt up codes on Ebay.

Check out Heather's new kit. Flashy New Year. Isn't it the coolest. I have the perfect picture in mind for this kit, but darned if I can find it. And that is killing me cuz without that photo, I can't scrap this kit. Does that ever happen to you? You see in your head exactly how you want your lo to look but something is missing. Well, when it's the photo, it's bad. I'm hunting for that one and trying to find another but I'm stubborn and can't get past the missing photo. Anyway, go pick up this kit at Plain Digital Wrapper. You'll love it too.

Remember I told you that Fantacy was working on a new Christmas kit too. Well, here's Santa's Vintage Susupenders. You can pick this up at Designing-moments.net. And here is just one of the fabulous layouts that Fantacy did with her new kit. Isn't it awesome! To me it looks like the cover of a store bought Christmas card.

And here is my layout using it and her Feral Faeries kit. That's Em after her first Christmas. Plum tuckered out she was. And just what are Sugarplums anyway?

Well, looks like I've gotta get ready to go into work. Hope you all have a great day!!!

Until next time, scrap happy.

Give Thanks - Life is good.

Hi there!



With Thanksgiving coming up tomorrow, I decided to stop for a minute and think about what I have to be thankful for. I think that far most I am thankful I live in a country where I am free and I am thankful of parents whose children are fighting to keep it this way. I wish you peace this holiday season from the bottom of my heart. I am thankful for the family I have now and the love that we share. I am thankful for the roof over my head and the love that it contains, the unconditional love of my two dogs and the "even though we annoy each other we still love each other madly" love of the old man. I am thankful for my health and the ability to make a living. I am thankful for the warm embrace of the scrapping community and the friends I have made here.

Look, I made you a little avatar type thingy. Heather, I'm thankful to you for giving me a chance. Kristine, I'm thankful for you cuz you always make me laugh. Cate and Andrea, I'm thankful for you for your unfailing support of me and reading the blog daily. Yen, I'm thankful for you for sharing yourself so freely on your blog and updating us on your little peanut, I'm glad that I can share that with you. Dawne & Traci, I'm thankful for you for showing that a grand idea can grow if you put enough love into it. Fantacy, I'm so thankful for you for giving me such a warm welcome over at SBB and letting me know it's ok to be new. And Kerry, I'm thankful for you for bugging the heck out of me to see my own potential and getting me into the CT scene. Without you, I wouldn't have 90% of the friends I have now. And if you read my blog on a regular basis I'm thankful to you too. If you haven't stopped by the blogs of these wonderful ladies, take a minute. Each and everyone is talented in their own way.

Ok, on to Black Friday. My favorite subject - Shopping. I'm pretty sure that most everyone is having a sale. Some of the designers over at SBB have already started theirs and I grabbed some great closeout products from Michelle Underwood for dirt cheap. (I mean like $.25 and $1.00) And I know that several of the designers over at OAKS are going to have their store on sale at a ridiculous 50% off on Friday only. The good thing is that there aren't any "doorbuster" sales and you don't have to get up at 4 AM to get the good prices. Just make sure you check it out. OAKS ladies will have their grab bags out too. In the real world, I'm debating as to whether or not I'll get up to try to get some of the "earlybird" sales. It seems that they are opening the stores earlier and earlier each year. I mean Kohl's is opening at 4 AM. And the outlet stores at Jeffersonville are opening at midnight. Unbelievable. I'm thinking Target and ToysRUs may be the only ones I try for early. I've given up on the laptop idea.

Make sure you check out the Humpday Hunnies for their fabulous freebies today!!! Start at Kristine's, she has the link to them all. No one has previews up yet. And while you're out looking, make sure you stop by Andrea's and check out her fab new kit Tickle that will be available at DSO. Don't forget about Heather's PSP actions and great new Christmas kits.

I hope that if you're celebrating Thanksgiving tomorrow, you can be with your loved ones and you can remember what you're thankful for. Right now, I'll be thankful that I don't have to work on Friday. hehehe

Happy Thanksgiving!! Scrap happy.

Shopping Spree & a freebie list

Hi all,
I had such a blast yesterday. I mentioned that I had won the Queen of Chatterbox contest over at ScrapBook-Bytes for September. What I didn't know until later in the day was the scope of the prize I won. There were 9 designers that gave me gift certificates to their stores. Talk about a kid in the candy store. I was in the shop all day long, drooling over this and drooling over that. It was really hard to choose because there was just sooooo many cool things to choose from. I'm sure you'll be seeing lot of the new stuff in the layouts in the future. I still have 3 designers to go. I was uploading all night long last night. I still managed to get a few layouts done though, so I'll show you those after the freebies.


Wednesday is Humpday and to help us get over the hump, the designers at DSO do a blog freebie. Here are some previews from the Humpday Hunnies. Click on preview to go to blog.




These are the one's that are up on the blogs this morning. I'll edit this from work to add the others. lol

Have you seen Susan's (Raspberry Road Designs) Take Care kit. It's an awesome kit she's done from fan requests. It's a great kit for scrapping the Nurses in your life. Check it out.

Check out the Halloween kits from my designers- Kelli at Tallula Moon & Fantacy Scrappin Hillbilly Sweetpea Designs.

Don't forget about the RAK promotion for Tallula Moon Designs, you could get Kelli's kit.
Grab her fan blinkie, add it to you sig line and let me know where you're sporting it at. Since the one here is acting funny, if you want one, email me at carjaziscraps "at" gmail "dot" com.

Here are 2 layouts I did last night with Scrappin Hillbilly's Fraidy Cat & Hallowtween papers.




The card above was made with Jessica David's template from the OAKS template challenge.
Check out Fantacy's blog for a great desktop freebie made with her kit.

One last preview and I want your opinion on it. I made a word art overlay and thinking about adding it to the freebie list. Here it is.


Ok, it's later than I thought and I gotta jump in the shower. I'll edit at work and add in more freebie previews.



Ok pet peeve of the day: How come I can train my man to drop the seat but he can't seem to replace the roll of toliet paper????? Seriously now. And of course, he's always gone when he does this. grrrrr

Until next time, scrap happy!

**-Diane