It's All About The Journey

Blog Candy

I was hoping to give away blog candy before now but life got in the way as it some times does.  I have two stamps sets to give away so there will be 2 winners. Due to my fall cleaning and my trying to get organized I realized that I have lots and lots of stamps that need a home. Little by little I will be giving away some stamps on my blog and to my friends and family.

All you have to do is tell me what you like best about the fall season. As some of you know fall is my favorite season. I can not think of any thing that I do not love about it.:)  Two winners will be chosen on Friday night.

Here is the first set. I apologize for the photos not being a better quality but I did not have enough time tonight to edit them.

 

Here is the second set.

 

 

Oh my gosh......here is a photo of me. Ha-ha.

 

I had to share this with all of you. This past weekend Wayne bought me a  Sony Vio laptop. It's pink. Who would have ever thought that I would have a pink laptop. Not me that's for sure. When I saw it at Best Buy I thought it was adorable. But more then that I thought the laptop itself  was awesome. Wayne read the specs (he is the Geek) and decided that I needed it. I take lots of photos, edit many of them, do digital scrapbooking  have a few photo editing programs and all of it has been taking over my desk top computer. I also have an external hard drive but that is used to back up my photos and other files. Anyway, my laptop is going to be used for my email, and microsoft office, etc. Oh and it has a web cam built inside and a capture feature where I can take photos of anyone who dares to step in front of it. :)

Oh my gosh! It was only 52 degrees here today. After a few errands, I went for my walk. It was a tad chilly but still the air felt great. It is now 43 degrees and going downward. I sure hope that we have at least 3 more weeks of sun. That helps me to feel a bit warmer when I am walking.

Okay, I have gone on long enough. I hope that all of you are having an awesome week so far. Smile. :)

A lovely & Very Relaxing Day

I hope that most of you have been enjoying the digital pages that I have been showing on my blog at least once a week. I know that many of you who stop by are strictly card makers. I appreciate your stopping by to check out my pages even though you it's not your thing. :) Today I have 2 more pages to share with you. I used the new program from Stampin'UP!. It's called My Digital Studio and as many of you all ready know, I am having a blast using it.  It will be available on October 1,2009.

Here are my super simple scrap pages. I hope you like them. If you would like to see these pages in a larger format then please double click on the photos.

  As you can see I like keeping my scrap pages clean and simple.  I started scrap-booking 8 years ago. I started ut using papers and a few embellishments but always kept it simple. Then about 2 years into scrapping I started adding more and more embellishments to each page. They looked nice but since learning how to make digital pages I realized that for me less is more.  

 

I made a 2 page spread of our day at Wolfeboro, NH. Wayne andI had aa wonderful time. We lucked out with the weather that's for sure. If you ever get the chance to visit that town, I think that you will love it. Lots of shops, good food and the beautiful lake Winnipesaukee. Once again, I used the designer section of the MDS but I added  what I wanted and deleted what I did not want on my pages. 

Oops! I saved my post without finishing it. I'll be right back. :)

Personal Ramblings

We had a wonderful weekend . Our weather was sunny and  the temperatures although a little chilly were perfect! I hope that we have at least a few more weeks of this weather. Wayne worked all weekend. Poor guy. I had a very nice visit with my daughter, her boyfriend and the children today. Because it was so nice we stayed outdoors and the children had lots of  fun running around, walking through the woods (we all did )  and going down to the brook. It's always a good day when I can spend the day with family. After they left I went for my walk.

I have a feeling that many of you, or perhaps all you who visit my blog know that all Stampin UP! demonstrators had to sign anew IDA. I do not want to go into the specifics of it but I do want to let you know that even though I have signed the new IDA, there will be times when I will be posting cards on my blog using stamps from other companies. I will not be able to to state on my blog what company the stamps are from or link to the company. But if you ever want to know what I've used please send me an email and I will give you the information.  I am staying with Stampin'UP! because I want to and because I love the stamps, card-stock etc... Stay tuned because I will be giving away blog candy soon and I hope to have a brand new design for  my blog by the end of this month too. I am quite excited about that.

I hope that all of you have had a fantastic weekend. Smile. :)

House Of Haunts

Yes, another Halloween card. :) Slow put sure I am getting my halloween cards done. Here is one that I did tonight and would love to share with you.

All products that were used to make my card are from Stampin'UP! With the exception of the bat punch which is by Martha Stewart.  I used the House Of  Haunts stamp set, Versamark ink and black embossing powder. The card-stock that I used is whisper White, Crushed Curry, Old Olive and Dusty Durango. I stippled a little bit of the Dusty Durango link around the outer Whisper White. I used Basic Black ink to stamp the Happy Halloween sentiment and added a Dusty Durango grosgrain ribbon. To make the large circle I used the  Stampin'UP! Clear circle die. I used the corner rounder to round all of my corners. Ta-da........done!

Personal Ramblings.

I am still walking 2 miles each day. I do not have a photo to share with you today but I hope to the next time I post something. Today our temperature hit 80 degrees and it was very humid. It still is quite  humid and it is 72 degrees out. I'm sure that it will be cool again by tomorrow afternoon. It certainly felt like summer not fall. 

Today, I went and had my flu shot. Have you gotten yours yet? Do you plan on getting one? I never got a flu shot until 8 years ago. I got the flu from Wayne and I ended up in the hospital because  I was so ill. So ever since then I have been getting the shot. So far so good. :) 

Nothing exciting to share tonight so I am going keep this short. I hope that all of you are having a terrific week so far. Before you know it it will be Friday. Have fun and Smile. :)