The Big Reveal

Patience

 Oh Shelley...one day that squirrel might fall off the bird feeder. :-)  In the meantime, enjoy the morning.

Peace,

Jacquie

More stuff I've made

 
 I took these pictures of one of our backyard buddies trying to get into the bird feeder. This layout was made mostly using Studio Calico's wonderful Anthology line.  I have been hoarding it because it is just so pretty. :)

I made the bottom border under the photo out of the striped paper, but instead of just putting it down as is, I cut it, crumpled it, and glued it down.
I love my little woodgrain butterflies~ 

Have a lovely Sunday!

Peace, 
Jacquie
  

Busy.Good.

Hard to believe that August is right around the corner.  Summer has went so fast, especially July.  We have been pretty busy here at the Dean house. :-)

First, some things I've made....
This is one of my kitchen sink creations...everything on it but th kitchen sink LOL...or maybe the 3 lb card, call it what you want.  I love to make little vignettes with details.  This card was inspired by this person and her fabulously detailed work. 

I also made this layout using Basic Grey's Max and Whiskers...perfect for my doggy pics!
Lots of fun little details on this one also.  I used an envelope to journal on.  Here are a few closeups.

I would be remiss to not mention the one thing that has been monopolizing a lot of our time....I'll give you a hint, its not a puppy, or a baby, but it is Orange and has 4 wheels, and I made this card for him when he got it. :-)  (pics coming soon, for some reason, not on this computer! Ack!)

Found a photo! That is my smilin' happy husband with his new toy.  He's wanted this car for 30 years, and I could not be happier for him. :-)

   and that's all for now friends!  Be back soon!

Jacquie

A pretty little card for summer...made with a pretty line from GCD Studios. When they sent me this Ava line, I squealed with delight because it is full of "my" colors...turquoise, green, yellow...it all just screams summer and I love it! This card was pretty simple, I used GCD paper of course, but then I added a little handmade doily, and a Hambly Rubon frame as a way to showcase my greeting. I also love the tulle..its subtle and seems to add just the right touch to a card. Hope you enjoy it!

Today is a day I've been looking forward to. I'm taking Shelley to another specialty show. This one is in San Antonio. In preparation..here a layout using a photo from our last show together in March. :-) I hope she wins!

This week for GCD I made this little wall hanging. I suppose you could hang it, or make a card, or even put it in a picture frame. I love making little vignettes of layered fun stuff....here is my latest creation.
I used GCD paper collection, Cosmo Cricket Alphabet, and Prima flowers. The ruffles around the edge is scalloped crepe paper. the skinny little frames were made with my Slice machine - the Vintage Findings card.

Pretty excited about THIS today! I am guesting for GCD Studios this month. They sent me a beautiful selection of their papers and embellishments to create with...yummm. Here is my first creation!
You can see more at www.gcdstudios.blogspot.com

Let's catch up, shall we?

 
I cannot believe how fast Summer is getting here.  It is already 90 degrees everyday and getting hotter.  We have a lot of fun planned for the summer including kicking off Memorial Day weekend with a garage sale!  (WHAT?!) 

Since we redecorated the kitchen, well, I could not put everything back in there, you know, all the old items that I haven't used in forever.  So I have been going through absolutely everything in my house, trying to pare down, purge and become more organized.

I'm also into reusing what I have or rather repurposing what I have for storage instead of just heading out to the Container Store to get more storage stuff.

The first thing I did was make a huge list.  I took a PINK legal pad (love Pink!) and made a huge list.  I broke down everything into small, manageable tasks.  Between work, cooking dinner, cleaning, and trying to find a little time for myself, I think that I can do small tasks and stay motivated this way.

It really does inspire me to continue organizing by doing it this way.  Of course, it takes way longer, but you know the end result will be worth it.

In the coming days, I will be trying to catch up and load a lot of my scrappy creations that I've made lately.  :-)  I have even done over my scrapbook room.  Since we put in new kitchen cabinets, I was able to take the old ones, and put them in my scrap space.  Ooh la la...LOVE it!

This layout is a photo of me showing my Shelley puppy at the National show.  :-)

Peace,
Jacquie 

Where in the world has Jacquie been? :-) Well, lets just say I have been involved in a huge remodeling project for the last few months that has pretty much taken over all my free time! We remodeled our kitchen, new cabinets, new floors, countertops..you name it. When we embarked on this project I thought, "hey, they can do a whole kitchen in a weekend on HGTV." LOL...not so much. Especially when yours truly and her hubby are doing the work themselves. But, there is a light at the end of this project. Basically we have one more thing to cross off the list, and that is to do the tile backsplash, and then, its done. I have to say at this point that I LOVE what it looks like so far...I feel like I'm in someone else's house and kitchen, certainly not mine. Pictures coming soon.
Oh, and I have been creating when I can...here's a pretty little birthday card. Peace,
Jacquie

Crazy week, lazy Saturday

So much has happened this week that it makes my head spin when I think about where I started last Sunday.  Let's see...Sunday, my parents left, and I was left with a messy house, and the crud.  I spent Sunday and Monday in my pajamas sleeping in a feverish stupor.  Tuesday, we got 3 inches of snow, so that was exciting. (see previous blog post) and then things started to seem like they were getting back to normal on Wednesday.  Not so fast...Thursday, Troy has this terrible headache develop, so terrible that they end up giving him oxygen, and sending him to the hospital to be sure he does not have a brain anuerism.(sorry, spelling).  Thank God, that is not the case, but we still have to deal with the headaches.  Its possible that he has Cluster headaches....I guess we'll be pursuing treatment for that, if that is the case.

Needless to say by Saturday, I said to heck with my messy house, I had wanted to try out for the GCD Studios Design Team call and the deadline was Saturday.  Having my parents here for the entire month of December, part of January, and all of February seriously cut into my scrappy creative time.  I thought about just submitting what I had, but I LOVED the GCD Melody Ross lines I recently found at Archiver's so I thought...go for it!

This (above) is from the Artsy Urban collection by Melody Ross (yes, the Chatterbox Melody Ross!)  I was always such a huge fan of her stuff, and I love that her talent is being shared at GCD...awesome!

And this is using the Homespun Chic collection, also designed by Melody Ross.  I love this collection, so fun and vintage-y. This collection reminds me of the quilts my grandma made...full of love.

Anyway, here's hoping that the next week brings better things!!  And with that, I do need to get the house cleaned.  :-)

Peace,

Jacquie