Tagged...

I am happily taking Karla's tag challenge of fun little things about me... these are all scrappin' realted BTW...

My Loves:

1. My acrylic stamps... I have just gotten into these over the last few months, and I love them.I have TONS of the red stamps, and have used them for years, but I like being able to see where the image is going.


2.The new Ali E book... well, okay, its not so new now, but other than the Bible, I rarely pick up a book and repeatedly learn something from it. I always go there for quick inspiration.

3.Heidi Swapp chipboard... sand it, paint it, put rub ons on it... I love them...

4.Scenic Route Paper... it was like a mission for me to get them, and now i keep them out in a pile by my stuff because I keep using them...

5.My staedtler pens. DO i love them just because they are German, like me??? No, it is also because they are the only pens I have found that don't make a scritchy scratchy noise/feel when I write with them... anyone know what i am talking about??



Not So Much Love for:

1. Adhesive that is on my table, which I forget, until I go to pick up something, and it is stuck. I need a big quilt cutting mat. (or to remember to clean my table more...)

2.Scratchy pens... see the above "loves" #5 for more on that...

3.Paper cutters that cut crooked... I am putting great hope in that new one from Making Memories...

4.My messy desk...I know its not technically the desk's fault, but being the good 4th child that I am, I must assign blame to something other than myself...

5.Scrapper's Block...knowing what I want to create, but lacking the mojo to do it



Things I tend to repeat

1.Heidi Swapp chipboard titles... is there really a way to have too much HS chipboard though???Really??

2.Stapled ribbon...I just love it, and I am not ashamed to admit it. Long after the ribbon craze is over, you will still see a stapled ribbon on my work I am sure. I will cling to it like I did my 80s leggings... and you see what happened there, they are so back! (though I have vowed NOT to wear them under a mini skirt again...)

3.The off set photo on a large piece of Patterned Paper. (ya' know, like a 6x6 piece of PP and a 4x5 picture... I just can't seem to stop...)

4.Sanding photo edges... I love it,love it, love it... and if being in love with photo edge sanding is wrong, I don't want to be right... hahahahaha... I love a little country song sarcasm...

5.Staples...I know i already said stapled ribbon, but I also like to just add a few staples if a page looks empty. They're cute, fun, and come in so many cool colors now...



What I want to try

1. A digital LO... just one. I love paper and am too computer dumb to switch completely, but I am intrigued by the cool designs...

2.Sewing on a LO... I am a horrid seamstress though...

3.Printing text on Photos... I know I can do this easliy, but with two little kids, sometimes I just want to print the pictures and get to scrappin' ya' know??

4.Going to a scrap "event"... like Scrap Etc. or CKU... learning ,laughing, other crazy scrappers..fun,fun,fun!!

5.Distress powders... after years of embossing cards I have avoided this product, but now I am seeing such cool stuff with it, I am forgetting about all the curled paper,burnt fingers, etc...



Products I would be cranky without

1.7 Gypsies Word stickers... I got the whole alphabet collection from QVC, and I adore them. Yes, I did just go into Julie Andrew mode by using the word "adore" to describe a scrapbooking item... (she played in Sound Of Music, ya' know, the "Hills are Alive" and all that...)

2.Mono-Adhesive... yes, I realize there are much more hip adhesives out there. I even own the renowned hermafix, but good grief, who wants to reload that thing? I am a mono girl...

3.My staedtler pens. I use them for cards, LOs, journals, and even my Beth Moore "Breaking Free" Bible study book... I want the future generation who finds my Bible study books to know that, while, yes, I was a horrid sinner, struggling with all manner of poor behaviors, at least I took the time to write about in a neat fashion.

4.Glue Dots...I love them for embellishments, and for all that stapled ribbon I use...

5.Cropper Hopper Paper Holders... vertical storage is the bomb... eeewww did I just type the words "the bomb"... what a lingo geek I am... oh, well... at least my paper is stored in proper trendiness...



Weird Things I do when I scrap

1. Drink something... I am clutzy, so this is akin to... well, stupidity really...

2.Stop in the middle of scrapping to look at my favorite online store...

3.Say things like "Love it" the way Wheezy on Dragontales says it, when I like how something is looking... In fact, when I leave any of you comments and it says "LOVE IT" I am saying it just like Wheezy from Dragontales...

4.Take out way too many papers...

5.I refuse to sand over my work area, I turn around to the computer desk to sand things...cause ya' know, sand dust is good for computers...



Dear Santa...

1. More stamps... some little flourishes would be grand...

2.An office makeover... cool little cupboards, storage, etc...

3.A taller desk... yes, this could technically fall under the makeover, but I would love a big tall desk that my kids hands couldn't reach...

4.A printer/scanner that can handle 12x12... wouldn't that be the epson???

5.The new Canon Rebel...



So, there you have it. If you read all that, I commend you... consider yourself tagged... and let me know in the comments if you're going to do it so I can read yours... and I'll leave with a fun photo... these are on their way here as I type... and I type so slow that they may be here before I finish... ledger stamps from Autumn Leaves...

can't wait...