* G E T F E L T U P * Challenge

We’ll I’ve decided to host yet another scrapbook challenge online.

*** GET FELT UP ***

This one is revolving around the use of felt.

It will run on Tally from 6/1 – 6/20
(Prize will be mailed by 6/25, and will be chosen & mailed by me)

Up for grabs on this challenge is an assortment of felt cut-outs

AND

A special addition ----- but I'll let that be a surprise!

CONGRATULATIONS LAURAJEAN

for her winning submission...

The same challenge is also running on a different website
I moderate at, ScrapbookSuppliesDirect.com from 6/1 – 6/30/2008.

If you wish to double your chances AND POSSIBLY YOUR PRIZES,
Register where I moderate … tell ‘em ScrappyDoo2u sent you!
Any contest won on ScrapbookSuppliesDirect
Will be selected and mailed by the site owner.

Q & A with Tally's INKSTER

Q & A with Tally's INKSTER

INKSTER: How long have you been scrapping?
MY REPLY: I started just before the birth of my first child in 1997. I was dishearted due to the product limits in the industry after about a year and gave it up. In 1999 I discovered the industry had flourished with millions of products, techniques and the possibilities were only limited by MY creativity. The scrapper in me was reborn!

INKSTER: What products can u absolutely NOT live without
MY REPLY: I'd have to say my cutterpede, my adhesive, and stamp sets. Although I'd never give ANY of it up!

INKSTER: Whats is your fave snack while scrapping?
MY REPLY: Beverage would be either Vault or Coffee. Snack Food would have to be PB Crackers

INKSTER: Do you prefer crops or scrapping alone?
MY REPLY: I mostly scrap alone, otherwise I loose my train of thought and gab too much. Although I do like my crops!

INKSTER: Whats your fave scrappy brand?
MY REPLY: I have numerous favorites. For Papers it's Cosmo Cricket & Karen Foster. For Adhesives its Glue Dots or Herma, For Papercutters I chose Cutterpede. I haven't found too much stuff that I don't like. If I narrow it down to just one brand............. TIM HOLTZ PRODUCTS!!!

INKSTER: Have you ever been on a design team?
MY REPLY: Yes. Presently on two different web-sites and I teach at my LSS, as well as offer private classes.

INKSTER: What colors do u find yourself using most often
MY REPLY: I try to very it, but find myself using more earthtones and blues/aquas.

INKSTER: Whats your position on using gluestick?
MY REPLY: Hate 'em! I think they are messy & don't adhere as well. Maybe it's just the brands that I've tried, but I just don't bother with them.

INKSTER: Do you scare yourself with the scrap shopping or overshopping?
MY REPLY: Heck yeah! I always spend way more than I want to and always have to do some creative finances to get what I want. DH does not financially support my habit (I keep it that way so he can not ever throw the cost back at me since I am a SAHM). If I don't buy anything except adhesive now .... I'll have enough stuff to fill over 20 SB BOOKS!

INKSTER: Minibooks or single layouts?
MY REPLY: Although I tend to create layouts instead of mini-books, I don't limit myself. I create ATC's, Cards, Mini-books, layouts, and an assortment of altered arts.

INKSTER: Ice cream or cupcakes?
MY REPLY: Most definitely ice cream. Cupcakes are good, but I like to savor the flavor and I eat the cupcake too fast. So I scream for Ice Cream.

One Woman's Trash become MY TREASURE

Recently a friend of mine called me and said that she had found a yardsale that I needed to hit. Lucky for me the woman said she'd be out for only another 45 minutes ....... it was a 15 min drive. When I got there it was like paradise. The lady was a former Stampin Up rep and was cleaning house. She had a whole table dedicated to scrapbooking items that she was getting rid of. They were all things that were brand new. I checked with my catalog when I got home and compared the prices.... all the goodies I bought would have totalled up to $683. Whew I can't afford to throw that kinda money at my hobby, especially not with a gallon of milk (or for that matter gas) costing what it does now. I left with a huge box of goodies and it cost $100! I can chew on that one for a bit and swallow that cost when I considered how much I saved. To give you an example.....

Heat Embossing Gun ........ Lists $35, Paid $3
Dry Chalk Pallate ............ Lists $29 (i think), Paid $6
Stamp Set .......... Lists $29, Paid $5
Stamp Set .......... Lists $19, Paid $1
.....and the list just keeps going!

Needless to say, I will watch this house like a hawk for future yardsales! She said she had more goodies, but for that day she was only selling the things she had acquired, but never used. Maybe next round she'll have some used items too!

LOVIN IT!

Daddy gets what daddy wants!

My poor Mojo! Yesterday was ‘supposed’ to go to the vet for a check-up and ‘discussion’ about her ears. Turns out, that the vet wanted to crop hers immediately because she was at the age where her ears might not take a crop.



I was not happy … I love those cute floppy ears. Daddy wanted her to look like a Doberman with the cropped ears and all so yesterday I they cropped her ears. My poor baby has her ears all bandaged up and I miss those cute floppy flaps of flesh. Besides that, I just don’t think cropping the ears is at all necessary.

As usual, daddy gets, what daddy wants!

(Mean ‘ole daddy)

I got my MOJO!!!!

My dear Roxy, whom I lost over a month ago, will NEVER be replaced in my heart. She was a great protector, friend and companion. I will forever miss her!

This week I finally came to the point (in my heart) that I felt that I had more love to give again …. I just got another Doberman.


Her name is Mojo and she’s an 11 week old black & rust AKC and is full of herself! She’s high energy, non-stop pup! She has had her tail docked, but has not had her ears cropped.