November Special-- Holiday Wishes Stamp Set

When you place a minimum order of $25 in My Acrylix^® stamp sets in November, you can purchase a new D-size Holiday Wishes stamp set for only $5! That’s significant savings off the full retail value of $17.95 US / $19.95 CAN. And here’s a bonus: many of the images in the set coordinate with our Cricut^® Art Philosophy cartridge for added cutting and stamping fun! I'll be using this set and my Cricut to create our family's cards this year. I always see beautiful cards but don't have the patience for all the "fussy cutting" involved in some of them. But now with the Cricut^® Art Philosophy cartridge I can make them! Shop with me using the button to the right, or call or e-mail me with your order.

The 25 Hour Day

Don't we all wish there were more than 24 hours in a day? Well, yesterday, there was! How did you spend that extra hour? Somehow, I got less sleep than usual!

Something I've often heard said to people wondering how you find the time to exercise, or to scrap with friends every week, or read books for fun, is that you can't "find" the time, you have to make the time to do the things that are important to you.

Now, confession time: I'm a stay at home mom of school age kids. My part time job takes up very little time, so I have plenty of time. Yet, I still find myself feeling crunched for time because I get involved in other stuff. I remember reading about a study a long time ago that said high school kids who worked up to 10 hours a week actually got better grades than those without a job because having less free time meant they had to learn better time management. And that's always stuck with me, perhaps now more than ever. I do have a little too much free time. Which I don't enjoy much, because there's always something else I "should" be doing, so I feel guilty. Yeah, I'm spoiled. I admit it.

So I'm getting re-acquainted with my planner, to better organize my time. I use it to keep track of the events that are, essentially, planned for me: parent-teacher conferences, parties, holidays, races, etc. But I don't think to plan the things that "should" happen, or that I'd like to have happen.

Yesterday I made the time to attend an all day crop, run by my friends over at Crop N Time. As always, we had a blast. I got 5 pages done, got some inspiration for my Christmas cards, did some organizing and took some orders. If you're somewhere in the vicinity, I highly recommend spending time with Crop N Time and having a great time with your friends! The next crop is February 25, 2012. 2012 already? Where does the time go?

And, as is always the case after a crop, I'm inspired to do what I can to scrap more often at home, even alone. Tomorrow I'll take the time to do the things I have to do in order to spend some quality scrappy time on Tuesday, guilt-free. And on my list: posting photos of the pages I did yesterday!

Summer Days

More Fanfare paper and Stickease, another Cherish layout. I did Four pages on a Tuesday night!

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Happy Day

Fanfare paper and matching Stickease. I used foam squares for dimension and used a Cherish layout. The "old books" still inspire!

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Typeset Workshop on the Go

Join me at my home on Wednesday November 16th at 7 pm to create this beautiful layout using the Typeset Workshop Kit:

Prices are as follows:

Full workshop kit (Level 2 paper pack, unique stamp set, Milepost shapes, Create a Shade Pearl paint, and instructional brochure): $35 (includes S&H and tax)

Value option (includes 1/2 Level 2 paper pack, you get to keep what you don't use and I provide just the additional materials you need, and instructional brochure): $10 

Call or e-mail me today to book your spot, before this fills up!

There's nothing like cleaning house...

to make you realize how much stuff you have! I've been cleaning and organizing my basement scrap area for the last couple of days and it's inspiring me to scrap more. I had forgotten how many beautiful papers and stamp sets I had, and now that I've refreshed my memory, I can't wait to use them. And while I've been having fun with the Cricut, I do still love stamps. I love the look of stamped quotes, flourishes, borders, titles, flowers, and other accents.

The next time you're pulling out your stash, take a few minutes and find something you haven't used in a while, or something you bought once and have been saving for just that "special page." You know what I'm talking about. And you know you will be able to find something else just as good, or better, someday so just USE WHAT YOU HAVE!

And then....then you can buy something new and exciting.

My family

Black and whites my photographer friend took one gorgeous autumn day. Typeset paper and shapes, stamp is Love Life, some shapes by Cricut Art Philosophy, sketch is based on Scrapbooks, Etc..

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