Disney photos of the day.

Disneys Port Orleans Riverside

Beautiful lush large grounds

Hi Ladies.
 I sure have missed you while I was MIA.
I hope you have all been well. I have been checking in
 on your post and awesome work.I have not commented
often ,staying quiet.I was off work for 18 mts and am now back
working full time at the hospital again.I'll try to post new projects soon
and Disney stuff of course.
See you all soon.Hugs and God Bless.
A special hello and prayers to Brenda at Brenda's Joy.Hope you are
doing ok GF.

               Me at Les Chef du France Epcot

blog closing for now

Hi everyone,
          I regret to say I have to close the blog for awhile.I've had a personal
emergency that will require my full attention .I have no idea when I'll be posting
again.I'll be checking in on all you guys.
Big hugs
Brenda

off to Mexico

Off to Mexico on Tuesday the 15th until the 23rd.
I hope you all have a great week .
I'll check in when I get back.
Hugs
 Brenda

Hey guys,

I don't know if it's the weekly snow storms or if my minds just on my up coming trip to Mexico in 10 days but I just can't seem to get in the crafting mood.So I guess I'll see you after my trip.We are away feb 15-23rd..

hugs

Brenda

What life lessons have you learned while scrapping?

Hi everyone,
I was  just wandering what life lessons you have learned
while scrapbooking.
Have you learned patience,to look at things in a different
 way/perspective,a sense of community or has
your scrapbooking been a spiritual journey?
I have learned all the above.
I'd love to know  what you have learned.
hugs
Brenda

A new look

Hi everyone,
I decided to try out a new blog look
 thanks to
http://www.ablogtobragabout.com/2009/09/free-pre-made-blogger-templates.html
for the pretty free  template.
So what do you think?
Should I keep it , go back to the old look or look for something else?
I need to tweek it a bit but over all do you like the look?
hugs
Brenda

Happy Valentine's day mini album/card

Hey guys,
I've got the flu so just a quick post today.This is a Valentine's Card
 I made using one sheet of patterned paper and a mini album template.
Cut 3 pieces of 4 x 12 paper, score each piece at 4 inches and 8 inches,
fold on score lines.Overlap and glue a 4x4 inch square end  to each other
 and repeat with the last piece.Fold and decorate.On the first glued square
I glued in a long piece
of white ribbon to tie and hold the card closed.
hugs
Brenda

new sketch site

http://www.sketchsupport.com/

Hey guys,
Sorry I have not posted lately.I had to work the holidays at the hospital.
I want to wish you all happy new year.
I was looking around and found this fab new sketch site.
hugs
Brenda

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas
 to all my online blogger friends......
may you be surrounded by the ones you love....
hugs
Brenda

Tear bear # 3

Just a quick post,

tear bear try # 3

pink this time
crazy busy with work and
holiday preps
to craft much,

hugs

Brenda

Tear bear #2 and My Christmas tree

Hi everyone,
I've kinda been MIA,sorry.between working 5
12 hour night shifts and
holiday preparations it leaves very little Me time...
I just wanted to share my 2nd attempt at making
my own  tear bear patterns and my
christmas tree picture.I put it up a bit early .
I did it while I had a day off to do it:)
Hugs
Brenda

Happy Thanks Giving

Just poppin in quick to say happy thanks giving
 to my blog buddies
south of the border...
Have a safe and happy holiday.
hugs
Brenda

my tear bears( Boo bear)

Hi guys,
Since I have my cricut I dont think much about hand cutting patterns
 but
I've been seeing so many very cute tear bears on layouts .
I thought I'd try to make my own patterns .I did a few here
is the first one.A bit big .I'll have to play with sizes later on.
hugs
Brenda
oh my nick name is BooBoo
so im calling him Boo Bear

Scrap'n Tote Cricut Storage Giveaway!

Hey guys
Jamie over at Bits of paper has a fab give away
a scrap'n' tote ..cool right...
since I have 80+ carts I sure hope I win lol...
but you can have a chance as well
go check it out
also while you are there check out the mad skills this girlie has
wow weee,,,
and to boot she is a very supportive sweetie...

http://jamielanedesigns.blogspot.com/

hugs
Brenda

my first tutorial..a pretty flower

Hi everyone,
today I am doing my first EVER online tutorial...
so bare with me :)
yesterday I posted a cute pic of 2 types of flowers
that I made.This is the tutorial for the purple one....
all you need is a
daisy punch,
glue or glue dots,
2 colors of cardstock (Thick cardstock is best,,,thin stuff rips)
and some water (in a mister works best)
Here we go.........
Using a daisy punch,
Punch out 5 coloured flowers and 1 green flower for the leaves...

Using your mini mister filled with water/ or spray bottle. Spray a SMALL
amount of water in the center area of the flower.

With your fingers work the water from the center to the edge of each petal....only a small amount is to be used...to much will tear paper...so easy does it....

Place the petal to be worked on onto a foam craft mat, old mouse pad....something soft and has some give...very important step

With the rounded end of a pen or embossing tool rub the petals from petal edge into the center .Do each petal until they curl upward...

With the end of the pen or embossing tool rub the center area of the flower in circular motions until it curves/cups...

Using your fingers form the flower into a small ball with the petals curled in toward the center.Do all 5 coloured flowers like this.

Take the green "leaves” flower and with your fingers bend each petal in half lengthwise

So that the petals form leaf shapes

Once you have all 5 flowers done...loosen each up a bit then assemble .alternate/stagger the petals.

I glue them between layers with Aleene's fast grab tacky glue...it works very fast...so you need to as well

Once all 5 layers are in place ,glue on the very back your  leaf/green flower...

Fluff up as needed...

Ta da you did it...not so hard is it....

(I first saw this tutorial online at www.scrapjackie.com/br ...this is my version of that tutorial using my words and photos)

I hope you have fun making your own....
Please let me know what you think of the tutorial .It is my first one and I need feedback on anything that needed to be done differently..
hugs
Brenda