Friday!!! What a wonderful day! I worked all day and now it's the weekend off. What to do this weekend?

Well first thing was to head to Hobby Lobby after work to pick up some more alcohol inks. I've started playing around with these just to see what kind of effects I can create. They'll come in handy for the ATCs I'm making. The only problem is that I can't find glossy cardstock. Now why is that? They have glossy cards, but I don't want cards. I guess I could just buy them and use them, but then the envelopes are leftover. I really don't want to pay for cards with envelopes when I know I won't use the envelopes for the cards I make. Oh well! Tomorrow I'll head to Michaels and see if I get lucky there.

My daughter and husband also went with me. It's always fun to take my husband into a craft store. He just wanders around behind me. Sometimes though he goes off and finds something he'd like to have. He does draw very well so it's usually something to do with art. My daughter walks around picking out stuff she thinks I need. She's 23 and 95 percent of the time she picks out JUST what I need. So it's always good to have them along although we end up spending more money.

Well, that's it for today. Not much really going on. Have a great weekend, ya'll!! I'll be back tomorrow---hopefully with a few pictures of some ATCs that I've made.

It's Thursday

Today is going to be a good day. No matter what else happens, it will be a good day.

I'm in several swaps over at SCS for ATCs (Artist Trading Cards) and gift tags so I will be working on those over the weekend. I will try to get some pictures uploaded to share with everyone.

I've been reading blogs about CHA this past week. Everyone who attended seemed excited about all the new products coming out in the next few months. Basic Grey, my favorite line of paper, has 3 new styles that I truly want: Marrakech, Porcelain and Wisteria. They also have one called Lime Reality but I'm not sure that I really like the bright colors. Others might. Just not my style. I did see their Bittersweet papers and want them as well. They're already out.

Then there's Tim Holtz. I've watched his demo videos several times. First because he's just adorable. Second, because he's so talented. It is because of those videos that I delved into distress inks, crackle medium and now alcohol inks. Next thing you know I'll be using the masks!!! Hard to imagine! And grungeboard? Oh I love that stuff. Of course it has this strange smell when you first open the package, but it goes away completely after a few hours. No worries!

I've grown addicted to Stickles as well. And when I don't want that glittery-glitter look, I like the Distressed Stickles. They tone it down and it give that oldie but goodie look. Love that stuff!

I've wanted a Bind-It-All for months now. Unfortunately it's not high on my list of things I can afford to get. But it sure looks like fun to make all those books and bind them yourselves. I can use it. But I'm a patient person. I'll wait.

Next I noticed that Inkadinkadoo has come out with more Inchie stamps. These are so cute. They are perfect for ATCs. I plan on purchasing some of those this weekend. Just love the way they look.

Now on to something different. I was lurking around a scrapbooking board and it was interesting the topic of conversation that came up. It was about "judging". Within the midst of some well-written posts, there was reference to the political threads that were up during the election. During that time there was a lot of rudeness and name-calling from both sides of the fence. Today I read that some feel that it was a shame others couldn't discuss things without doing that. Funny, but I recall some of that rudeness coming right from that horse's mouth along with a couple of others. Pot, kettle, black, my dear? It's amazing how people can start a thread about "judging" yet they are the most judgmental people around. And once again, the "authority" on Scripture in the Bible rears its ugly head.

I do judge people. Not on the basis of their ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc., and not immediately upon meeting them. I judge them as I get to know them. It's a fact of life. We all judge each other. Some people judge others based on their political beliefs. Some people judge you on your religious beliefs. Personally I prefer to judge you on how you treat me and those around us. Now I do, however, judge people's clothes--like mixing two different plaids together. Can anyone say "fashion police"? But it's the superficial stuff that I judge on. Once I get to know someone, I can judge whether I really want to have them in my life or not. And based on some of the women at this board, I wouldn't want them on my block.

Oh well, life's just full of bitches!

A great little board to join

I wanted everyone to take a chance to visit Yakkity Yaks. It's a new board. It started as a small group of reality junkies (specifically people who met online during Big Brother) and has expanded into a board filled with everything you can imagine including an Arcade. It's a great group of people who enjoy all kinds of varying topics.
There is a political section that allows discussion tempered with maturity. We don't all agree, but we do agree to disagree. It's better that way.
There's a complete section for all reality TV shows that someone might watch. One for celebrities, movies, music, regular TV shows, news, weather, creative forums, etc.
Please stop by and see what a great little board this is. Here's the link:
http://www.forum.yakkityyaks.com/index.php

Hello scrappers and papercrafters

This is my first blog and my first post. I'm so excited to be able to have this. I love scrapbooking and papercrafting. I've only been doing it for about 3 1/2 years, but I've evolved. My favorite thing to do right now is to get into swaps for ATCs and tags. ATCs (Artist Trading Cards) are so much fun. You can do them on any subject whatsoever. I've found some amazing swaps at SplitCoastStampers. I also recommend Paper Craft Planet and Two Peas in a Bucket as great forums for people with a scrapbooking/papercrafting addiction. Nice people!

Just make sure you have a thick skin in some instances. People can be blunt (I am like that myself) and so you have to make sure you can handle that kind of bluntness.

For me, I was a member for 3 years on another forum and I started getting the heebie jeebies when the "etiquette threads" started over there. Frankly I'm too old for people to tell me how to post or leave comments in a gallery or when I should or when I shouldn't. I just don't have time for people to try to tell me how to be polite. Whatever. Seems to me like when you point fingers at someone you ought to be aware of those three fingers pointing back at yourself. We call that "pot, kettle, black" syndrome. A lot of people have that. I certainly do. I don't fault people for it. You should just know that you are doing it.

Because a few "special" people at that forum were starting to portray a sense of entitlement there, I started removing my uploads from the gallery. Frankly I didn't want to associate with people who thought they "ran" the forums even though they will tell you that this is simply not true. Anytime a thread was started about etiquette they were right there to tell you the proper way to do it. Anytime a thread was started about scraplifting, they were there to tell you to credit the person each and every time even if you only scraplifted the placing of a ribbon or picture on a scrapbook page.

Not only that but there were those who would call others names just because the others did not agree with their political point of view. And spouting Bible verses? Oh my. My question to them would be "What would Jesus say to you for being bullies?" Being called a troll or a drama mama got old after awhile. Rude and ignorant is not a great character trait to have and these people have it in spades.

But more on that. As I lurk around the forums and see what I shall see, the three boards I have previously mentioned by name in this blog are my favorites. They are truly worth visiting. The other board holds itself above Two Peas because they deem themselves not "vicious". I'm here to tell you differently.