Mini album page and tech difficulties

Hello everyone,

Hope to find you all doing well. I'm doing a lot better now that

our heat wave is over. Since it has been hot it got very dry so

now we are dealing with fires all around us. The smoke is getting

thick here in the valley and they are warning that anyone with

breathing problems to stay indoors.  The smoke doesn't bother

me but still I will be indoors crafting.

In my header picture and the picture below is another page that

goes to the mini book that I have been working on

 

Like I said before just not happy with this mini and how it turned

out. Anyways moving on.

Well with all the heat that we have been having my husband has

been home fairly early from work since Wednesday and he gets

on my computer that I can never get on it and take care of my

blog. Also when I set my desk top up I didn't notice that files

disappeared so I have been trying to fix that. The wireless printer

wouldn't hook up either but finally last night it came all together

that I even opened my Etsy shop back up and started listing new

items to my shop.

Hopefully all my technical difficulties are done. One can only

hope. So until my next post Have A Splendid Day!!!!!!

Hump day = rant day

Hello everyone! Hope you are all having a good day.

I hope that with this header picture that it gives you an

idea as to how I am feeling.

First I want to say I love Medford. I spent four hours

at the Department of Motor Vehicles. Four stinking

hours to take my written test to change my drivers

license and to still not have it. Not because I didn't pass

the test but because I need my Birth Certificate. Ok

so when we moved here in the eighties the certificate

that I had worked. When we moved to Washington I

used the same certificate even after all the 9/11 situation.

I still am on file at the Oregon DMV because it was only

five years ago that we left the state. After a call to the

statistics office and thirty-one dollars I will have to wait

for about five days to receive my birth certificate

GRRRRRRRRRR!!!!

Now I said that it was rant day so if you don't want to

hear about the rest of the day you can run now.

.......LOL......

 

 

 

So the picture above really shows how I'm feeling.

I'm going to tell you now that if you ever want good

customer services if you borrow money from an institution

don't borrow from Wells Fargo they blow.

My son had purchased his pickup in Washington through

them. When you move to another state you have x amount

of days to change plates and licenses etc.  In May my son

went to try and change the plates to his vehicle. DMV told

my son that he needed to contact the bank and let them

know so that they would send the WA. title to DMV and

sold him a trip permit so that he would be legal if he got stopped

while waiting for the paperwork to be done by the bank He

contacted the bank and they told him that it would get done. So

he waits and waits and nothing. Now mind you he took a

day off of work the first time and he takes another day off

to try and get to the bottom of things. The bank once again

tells them that it will get taken care of it won't be longer than

three days.  Days go by and since all that should have to be

done is pay the fee and pick up the plates I go to DMV to do

that and guess what? Wrong !!!!! My son calls the bank

again they tell him that they have sent it. Liars!!!!! Monday

we receive a letter telling us that we are to go to DMV find

out what the fees are fill out the paperwork send the paperwork

to the bank along with a check written to DMV.  So while I was

there for my license I took care of getting the fee info.We are now 

six days from the second trip permit expiring and in Oregon

you are only allowed two trip permits on a vehicle a year. 

I call the bank they tell me to overnight the paper work and me

pay the overnight mailing fee. Really????  Lost wages, two trip

permits equal one pickup payment and now so that we can follow

the law in Oregon they want us to pay an overnight fee so they

can drag their feet once again and still not get the plates in time.

I've been on the phone telling them off. We are not trying to get

out of the registration fees or licensing fees which is a hundred

ninety-four dollars. Wells Fargo blows!!!!!! Don't do business

with them. They will pass the buck and never admit the wrong

that they have done and all the money that they have cost you

and may cost you.  So now you know Why I feel like the picture

in my post. Hopefully tomorrow I will get to a regular post.

Have a great evening!!!!!!!

Las Vegas CHA Celebrating Teresas' Birthday and her new collection

 

Hello blogger,

Just a quick post to remind everyone that CHA has

started. Teresa Collins is there and today is her 25th

birthday. If you are there stop in and wish her a Happy

Birthday.

Also she wants to celebrate by giving away a set of her

new collection which is four different sets To get your

name in go to the link below where you can also see her

collection.



http://teresacollins.typepad.com/teresa_collins/2013/07/cha-come-visit-us.html#comment-6a00d8344adac153ef0192ac28091e970d

Good Luck everyone!!!!

Have a great evening!!!!!



Trifty Tuesday and a change of the brains

Hello blog world and all my followers.

Hope to find you all doing well. I'm trying not to melt in this

heat wave that we are having.  We are suppose to be cooling

down but not by much. We will make it through it like we

always do. So onward to my header picture. I found this stack

at Biglots for five dollars. It called The Wizard of OZ made by

Paper House.

There are twelve different pages and you get two of each page

but the two pictured here are my favorites. The pages are

double sided. The page with the shoes says "It's all about the

shoes". Just love these pages. Don't you?

Ok so as you all noticed I missed posting a couple of days

and the reason for that is that I finally found a computer desk

that I really liked which means that I had to re-arrange again

so that I could set up my desk top (the big brain). Once I get

everything set up I will take a picture of it. How I missed my

desk top because it is much faster than the old laptop. So I put

off getting on the laptop but finally bit the bullet because I

needed all the pictures that I had taken for blogging and my

etsy shop. 

Well

I'm off to find what I need to get everything put away again.

.........LOL........

Wish me luck that I find what I'm looking for. Until my next

post Have A Splendid Day!!!!!!!!! 

Mini album pages #2

Good morning everyone.

I hope to find you all keeping cool. We are slowly getting

warmer every day. Luckily it cools down at night. The next

few days will bring three digit temperatures here. I will be

doing my chores early then that way I can just lounge around

in the hotter part of the day, Ok enough about the weather.

Lets talk about my header picture which is another page

of that mini album that I struggled with.

 

I love this cardstock that I didn't want to cover it up. I put three

tags on the page so that pictures can be put on them or they can

use them all for journaling. I know it looks a little plain but I just

can't cover the page up. Believe me I have tried and nothing looks

good to me. Let me know what you think.

Until my next post Have A Splendid Day!!!!!!!!

Running late and mini album

Good Hump day to everyone!!!!!

I know that I'm running late in posting today. I have had

a summer cold and last night I think I hit the peek of it

because I felt real achy. I slept in today but woke up feeling

so much better.

In my header picture is a page from a mini album that I have

been working on .

 

As you see in the photo above I made it so a picture can also

go on this page. For some reason this mini has been a real task

for me.  It just isn't coming together like I would like it to.

I'm using some of the Le Romantique collection from Graphic

45 along with some other collections and that may be the

problem. I was really thinking about just trashing the whole

thing but now I feel it is a challenge and I need to conquer

it. I'm up for a challenge.....LOL.....

Speaking about challenges ha ha ( sneaky huh) don't forget

about our last challenge over at NMWC blog. Link below

http://nomatterwhichchallenges.blogspot.com/2013/07/challenge-11.html

Hope you will join us.

Until my next post Have A Splendid Day!!!!!!!

I'm off to do all my chores before it gets to hot.

Thrifty Tuesday with a twist

 

A beautiful Tuesday Morning to all my wonderful followers.

Our temperature is starting to climb again but it is expected

because without fail every year during fair week here we get

into the hundreds.

In my header picture is a stamp set that I won in a giveaway that

Robyn from My Pink Stamper had. I just want to remind everyone

that there are many blogs out in blog land that do giveaways. Another

way to get free supplies is to enter the challenges. A lot of the blogs

hosting challenges do random draws for a winner. So take a chance

and enter a challenge you just never know you could win,

Ok so you are all wondering what has happened to me. All of a

sudden I am posting often on my blog. You might have thought

I wore a frown like our dog in the picture below.

Well it all has to do with being back here in Oregon. Where my

time is my time. No one showing up at my door at eight in the

morning and staying till noon. Where people aren't spreading

rumors like your an alcoholic when he/she is the one that is and

even has a DUI on their record. Where your friends don't use

you. Where friends that you haven't seen for a while don't forget

the things that you did for them. Also thanx to Megan at Brassy

Apple for her Refashion your Life series link below

http://www.brassyapple.com/

The most biggest Thank You goes to the Lord our God

for leading us to where we really are suppose to be.

You will be seeing more posts so until my next post Have A

Splendid Day!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

What to do with a mountain of scraps?

A Happy Monday Morning to all my wonderful followers.

Hope to find you all doing well and staying cool. It's going

to be a warm one for us. The lovely weather man says it will

be a hundred degrees here today. So when the weather gets

warm and I have a mountain of scraps, I sit and use my Martha

Stewart punch and cut out flowers petals. At night time when I'm

sitting in front of the television I put the flowers together like

what you see in my header picture.

 

 

I try and use up every inch of scraps that are left from creating other

projects. My son laughs at me and tells me that if I need more

cardstock he will take me to go buy some more. I try not to be

wasteful. My husband calls it something else but I won't go into

what he calls it. I'll leave you wondering which maybe will

have you laughing just thinking of what it could be.

....LOL...

Honestly if  I took all the scrapbooking paper that I own and

stacked it all up I probably have a stack that is three feet tall.

........LOL...... 

By the way the flowers in the pictures are about an inch in diameter.

I also make flowers that are half an inch in diameter.

Well I'm off to get some more creating done, so until my next

post Have A Splendid Day!!!!!!! 

 

Altered Clock

A happy Sunday morning everyone.

I hope to find all of you doing well and rested. Hopefully the

rooster didn't wake you up to early. Speaking of roosters in

my header picture is a clock that I had bought a few weeks back.

I needed a clock for our living room but was having a hard time

finding one that I liked and would match the rest of the décor.

This is the clock that I finally settled on but once it was on the wall

you couldn't see the numbers or the hands because of the color of

 the wall. I had started to alter it as you can see in the picture

the number six looks wonky

This is what it looks like now hanging on the wall. The picture

really doesn't show how dark the wall is. The wall is much

darker in real life then it shows up in the picture. I have no

idea why my camera isn't picking up the color right. Oh

well I guess you understand what I mean.

What I did was painted all the numbers and hands with

silver paint. Now at least we can tell what time it is.

I guess you can say that no one else will have a clock

like mine because I altered it.

..........LOL........

Now don't forget to join us in our last challenge over at NMWC

blog.

Until my next post Have A Splendid Day!!!!!

Another Masculine card

Good Morning Everyone.

Can you believe that I have done more posts this week than I have in

the last couple of months. I know totally amazing isn't it. Well I hope

that you are all doing well. As most of you can see I am doing great.

Especially because I am crafting again and blogging. In my header

picture is another masculine card that I made. Hope you like it.

 

 

Hopefully in a few days I will be able to open up my Etsy shop

again. Just waiting for paypal to verify everything no thanx to the

thieves that messed up my life for a couple of weeks. I just thank

the Lord that I caught it before they emptied my account,

 

On a brighter note we are getting cooler days and no longer in the

hundred degree weather here. So I'm off to create. Until my next

post Have A Splendid Day!!!!!!! 

Quick Graduation card

Good Morning Everyone,

Hope to find you all doing well and staying cool. We have been

having a warm summer but it is starting to cool down around here.

A friend of ours had a son graduating in and I needed a card. At

the point and time that I needed this card so much of my craft

supplies were still in boxes so I grabbed the first cardstock I could

find and set out to find rubberstamp and ink.

This is what I came up with in a pinch.

Not my best work but it did the job it needed to do.

Just a reminder that we are having our last challenge over at

NMWC blog. Please come join us.

Until my next post Have A Splendid Day!!!!!!!!

 

Thrifty Tuesday 7/13

Good Morning my fellow bloggers.

Hope to find all of you doing well. The weather here is climbing

again so I'm trying to just stay cool. I know it has been some time

since I have posted a Thrifty Tuesday so finally here is one. In the

header picture is a Zutter machine that I found at Tuesday Morning.

The Zutter is a machine that binds scarapbooking albums together

with the wire.

As you see in the picture on the box it came with two sets of wire one

in white and one in black. It also came with three sets of chipboard covers.

This is what is really going to aww all of you. It cost me twenty dollars.

The machine normally sells for close to seventy dollars. It was a steal.

I know that there are all kinds of other brands that have come out and this

one is what most would call last years model. That really doesn't matter

to me. Like I've said before, if you are willing to wait you can find

some really great deals. Last week when I stopped in at Tuesday Morning

I found that they were having a clearance sale with up to 60% off on

specially marked items.  I bought a few things and I'll show them to you

at a later date,

So until my next post Have A Splendid Day!!!!!!!

Hello fellow bloggers,

Hope you all had a great weekend. Mine was a quiet and some

what relaxing. In my header picture is a card that I made for my

mother-in-law for her birthday. Her birthday was in June. At the

time that I made this card so many of my supplies were still

packed so I grabbed what I could get to easily without making

a huge mess.

I still have not set up my pc and am using a laptop which means

that I can't look at my files to let you know where the image comes

from. I wish I knew so that I could give them the credit they are

due. If anyone knows please let me know. Thank you for stopping

by. Remember you can follow me on Bloglovin. until my next post

Have A Splendid Day!!!!!!! 

Masculine Birthday Card

Hello fellow bloggers,

Hope to find everyone doing well. I'm doing well now that things

have begun to settle down I am finding the time to craft and blog.

 In my header picture is a card that I made. I needed to get some

masculine birthday cards made up so here is one of them. Can

 you tell that I missed crafting. I really got into making this card,

 

The funny thing about this card is that the image comes from the

Graphic 45 A Ladies Diary Collection. The background paper comes

from Me & My Big Ideas Journey 5 X 7 paper pad. The rest of the

cardstock is all scraps so I'm not sure what companies they are

from. If I remember where they came from I'll post it later.

OHhhhh

I keep forgetting to let everyone know that I can now be followed

on Bloglovin.

Last but not least 

I would also like to remind everyone about the new challenge over

at NMWC blog the link is below if you would like to join in.

http://nomatterwhichchallenges.blogspot.com/2013/07/challenge-11.html

We would love for you to join in for our final challenge,

So until my next post Have A Splendid Day!!!!!!!!!

 

NMWC Challenge #11 Anything Goes

Good Morning Fellow bloggers,

Hope that everyone is having a great weekend. Here it is

July and time for a new challenge at NMWC blog. Before I

get to the challenge it is with great sadness to say that this will

be the last challenge at NMWC blog. It has been decided that

the blog will closing down. It has been a wonderful journey

for me. I have had a wonderful time with all the talented

design team and our wonderful leader. Thank you everyone

who has entered the challenges.

Now onto our challenge # 11 Anything Goes

Follow the link below for the rules

http://nomatterwhichchallenges.blogspot.com/2013/07/challenge-11.html

 

Our sponsor for this challenge is

Jackie has generously donated a

 

$10 Gift Certificate to Sweet Stamps store

 

to the lucky winner

 

Here is a little about Sweet Stamps....

 

SweetStamps.com manufactures artistic rubber stamps

on cling cushion for use with acrylic blocks. We carry a

variety of stamping and paper crafting goodies like our

own Shades dye inks, metal embossing plates,

embossing folders, cutting & embossing dies (Cheery

Lynn, Marianne, Joy! and Nellie's), fine detail embossing

powders, specialty cardstock and vellum along with

supplies for parchment crafting.

Below is my card

The image is a Saturated Canary image. This card is for

a soon to be mom next door to me. For more inspiration make

sure to visit the rest of the talented design team. Hope you all

like it. I'm off to take care of some yard work. Until my next

post

Have A Splendid Day!!!!!!!

 

Where Oh Where Have I Been?

Hello my dear followers,

I hope you all had a wonderful fourth of July.

Mine was kind of quiet but so relaxing just cause I really

needed to collect myself and I'll tell you about it toward the

end of my blog. For now a little about moving and some

crafting.

I know that it has been some time. I am truly sorry. There are

times when life just really gets in the way. For those of you that

may have not read some of my other blogs we moved back to

Oregon. We have been busy trying to settle in. I almost have

everything put away. I just need a few more pieces of furniture

to make this house a home. I have been crafting just that trying

to figure out where I have put all my supplies has been a little

difficult.  In my header picture is one of two scrapbooking pages

that I made for one of my friends here that has been so helpful.

Below is the other page that I made for her more for her daughter.

Rosa loved her pages so glad she did.

For those of you who have moved before and know what a big

job it is will know that it will take me a little bit more time to

get settled in and for things to run smoothly as long as something

or someone doesn't mess that up. In my case it did happen. I was

hoping to really get into blogging and getting my Etsy shop

re-opened by the first of July but someone got a hold of my

bank account and was in Georgia spending my money, Thank

goodness I had fraud and theft protection and could prove that

I was in Oregon spending my money while they were in

Georgia spending it too. So to make a long story short it will

be about the end of July for my Etsy shop because of the

changes that I have to make with my paypal account. I'm just

 thankful that I got all my money back. It took some time

though. Anyway for now I'll take care of my blog.

So until my next post Have A Splendid Day!!!!!!.