I've been bitten

Okay, I now have a disturbing obsession with the Twilight series. I seriously forgot to BREATHE during one part of the movie I was so into it. I was feeling a bit sick about taking it back to the store so I assume I will be buying it very soon.

Already read the first book, and bought the 2nd today... sigh...

EDIT: I bought the movie yesterday while getting milk (sigh) and am 2/3 of the way through the 2nd book already... Heading to Costco at lunch today to buy the 3rd and 4th as they are still hardcover and WAY cheaper there...

EDIT #2: Okay, it is now Monday, April 6th and I have now finished all 4 books... sigh... I am sad but book 4 was SO awesome! And now have the soundtrack on my iPod. Did you KNOW that Rob Pattinson sings... and really well too!!

New Stampin' Up stuff...

Well, I had so much fun unpacking my first order from Stampin' Up (I signed up to be a demonstrator last month). The next two cards are made almost entirely from the preordered paper, rub-ons, clear sheets and stamps from the new Occasions catalogue that begins April 1st. The pp paper is all from the same pack! Very different looks, eh?!

I also got to play with my new Big Shot, very fun and made the both the small tag on the "Friends forever" card AND the big "journal" spot on the "Thinking of You" card. The Top Note die is scored around the outside so I cut that off on the white paper so you can see a green border around the outside from the die cut underneath. I can see me doing that a few million times :) hee hee... I love journaling spots/boxes/tags/whatever... I kind of obsessively watch for new ones at scrapbook stores!

I am waiting on one final box to arrive so I can play with the rest of my preorder... I am missing some "equipment" to do the other project I wanted to do... which really sucks as I was hoping to make a little Pick Her Up present over the weekend. I'll have to make it tomorrow night instead.

Enjoy my cards below. Nighty, night... I'm exhausted (up WAY too late last night reading Twilight... OMG, I love that book and am RUNNING out tomorrow at lunch to buy the next one...)

Jen ;)

CPS Sketch # 109

I was on a roll tonight... here's one of the three challenges that I did... the other two are below in separate posts. This one is from Card Positioning Systems

(http://cardpositioningsystems.blogspot.com/) and BOY! did I struggle with this one for a while. I picked the flowery paper and had in my mind what I wanted to do and then... I argued with myself over the two strips for like an hour :) Finally I said "self, enough, it will be fabulous the way you thought to do it the first time..." AND, I do like it :) Jen

CardPatterns Sketch #8

I made this card based on Card Patterns Sketch #8... You can check them out here: http://cardpatterns.blogspot.com/ I have a special someone who is going to be receiving this card. I've been thinking of her and she LOVES butterflies!

The sketch called for a square shape but I made that into a window with a clear sheet backing and then applied this rub-on to the sheet. I laid it flat so it would photograph better and the white is just the inside of the card.

Jen

Monster Card

Here's a card I did for Challenge 32 - Monsters over at Cupcake Craft Challenges (http://cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/). The only rule was it had to be monsters - cute ones, not scary ones!! I love this blog :) Here are my cute monsters... my take on a 40th birthday card. Jen

Shout Out

To my friend Lisa... hugs to you girl, hang in there :)

I love this painting so thought everyone else might like to look at it today. It is kind of soothing and pretty... just what I could use this week :) (side note: I actually got to see REAL Monets in the museum in Paris... I almost started crying they are so beautiful)

Happy spring weekend everyone! Jen

Gift card holder...

Just did this in an hour... cool, eh?! Carla did a great Make 'n Take over at Lil Scrappers and taught us how to make this. I bet I could make it again in even less time! Perfect for last minute gifts... or I can see me making TONS of these next Xmas! Oh, and I have that super cute October Afternoon Xmas paper too... sorry... I digress :) Here's the pictures. Fab night to you all in cyber land. Happy scrappin' Hugs, Jen