Virtual Crop Accomplishments

Here's some more layouts I completed during the WiScrappers virtual crop.

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Some New Stuff!

Here's a couple layouts I've completed for the WiScrappers virtual crop and a card, too.

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My First Design Team!

Woo, hoo! I was selected to be on the WiScrappers design team! I'm really excited, but a bit apprehensive, as well. I have no idea what I got myself into and I sure hope I can fulfill my obligation. I'm just a bit worried because I am a terribly slow scrapper. I over analyze every layout and card. It sometimes takes me hours to complete a card or layout. I hope I'm given enough time to complete stuff. I'll just do my best. That's all I can do! I'm sure I'll love it. If it involves scrapping and paper crafting, what's not to love, hey?! So pop on over to the WiScrapper blog and check me out! I start sometime in August.

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The Pink Elephant Challenge #24

I'm having fun over at WiScrappers at the Virtual Crop. This card happens to fit one of the sketch challenges in the VC and it also happens to fit TPE challenge this week, too! Lucky me!




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I'm Excited!

Tomorrow starts the virtual crop on WiScrappers! It's been a long time since there's been one. One pre-VC challenge was to take a photo of your scrap area before the VC started. Here's my scrap room. I'm slowly taking over the entire basement!











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Summer Virtual Crop At WiScrappers

Wisconsin Scrappers is having a virtual crop from Sunday, July 19 through Sunday, August 16! Yeah! It's been what seems like a really long time since the last one. I'm excited especially because at this point I still don't have a job lined up so I still have some time to craft. I have a couple job prospects, but won't know for a week or two, yet.

I found out yesterday that my golden retriever, Cedar, has anaplasmosis (a tick-born form of lyme's disease). We started treating her for arthritis a couple months ago as she had started to become stiff in her hind legs. She is 8 years old. Well, when I took her in for her routine heartworm test, I expressed my concern that she just wasn't showing much improvement on the arthritis meds. The vet did some tests and discovered anaplasmosis! Apparently it can be treated with antibiotics, so hopefully we will see some marked improvement in her stiffness within a day or two. Who knows, maybe she won't have to have the arthritis meds for now anyway. Or if she does, maybe they'll work better for her.



Here's my baby Cedar!

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I'm Caught Up!

I was behind on my Christmas card challenge at WiScrappers by two months, but I am now officially caught up! I made 6 of these today for the challenge plus, I made an extra 2 for the Cards for Heroes challenge, too.



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Christmas In July Cards For Heroes Challenge

I am asking everyone to please take this challenge from Cards For Heroes (click on Current Challenges). It's the Christmas in July challenge! Create Christmas, winter or holiday cards for our nations heroes to stay in touch with home. The deadline is August 15th, so you have lots of time to crank out a whole bunch of awesome cards! There is a prize involved... But, please, just do it out of goodness of your hearts. These men and women do what they do so that we can live the lives of freedom that we enjoy. Let's show them our appreciation and gratitude.

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Design Team Submission

Did a layout and a card last night for the DT "audition" for WiScrappers. And I did my June Christmas cards. Now I'm only behind for July's Christmas cards, but still have half the month to do them. So, I guess, technically, I'm not behind! I'm really liking the idea of doing 6 cards per month for 10 months and when it comes time to mail out Christmas cards, I will have them done! And this way I have a variety of cards to use, too. Andway, here's what I did last night.







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Strange Turn Of Events...

Well, that job was very short-lived. I already quit! It was definitely not the right job for me and it was not a good experience. I'm not going to go into the specifics. So, needless to say, I am still looking for the right job. I trust that God will lead me to the right job for me in His time if I am just patient and listen to Him.

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How's That Hope And Change Working Out For YOU?

Well, tomorrow I am starting another job. I'm not a happy camper about it, either, but it's a necessity as there is barely any building going on around here. Taking into consideration what is happening in our country, I guess I should be happy that I even found a job. I have worked for our family business for 13 years at home, so this is going to be a BIG change for me. And an even BIGGER change for the rest of the family. I will still continue with my job for our business in addition to this new full-time job. I'm really anxious and worried about it. I know the house won't fall apart if I'm not here, but things just won't get done the way I would do them... I've actually got myself sick over the whole thing. And the worst part is that I won't have as much time to scrapbook and paper craft...

I'm so terribly worried about the direction that this country is going. I sure hope we can hold on until we're able to vote these Bozo's out of office. I just have one thing to say. Educate yourself on what is happening in our country! Don't just listen to what you hear on the 30 second blurb you see on your evening news. It is not fair and balanced coverage and it's not the WHOLE story. Tell your senators and congress people what you want and tell them over and over that they work for you, not the other way around. If we don't, we have no one to blame but ourselves...

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