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Christmas in July

For the first time ever in my whole long life, I bought a Christmas present early!

2 of them actually.

I stumbled upon a good deal this past weekend and picked up a couple of items for my dear ole dad.

I am usually a wait-until-the-last-minute-because-certainly-there-will-be-better-deals-or-i-will-surely-find-the-perfect-gift-if-i-just-keep-looking-fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants-Christmas-shopper.

Well maybe, just maybe, I am turning a over a new leaf in my thirty-second year of life!

{now the hard part is going to be remembering what i did with gifts purchased early once December rolls around!}

This deserves a celebration!

Hang the mistletoe!

Sip on the eggnog!

Don't drop the ornaments!
Here's to Christmas!
{scrapbooking style of course}

Christmas '07
That was a good Christmas.

Supplies: Patterned paper (Making Memories-red; Basic Grey-off white, My Mind's Eye-green, Fancy Pants-brown), Chipboard (American Crafts), Brads (American Crafts), Journaling block (Jenni Bowlin), Die cut title (Quickutz Spicy Chicken font), Pen (American Crafts), Chipboard star (Heidi Swapp for Advantus)

Supplies: Patterned paper, ribbon, Sheer Delight (KI Memories); Flair, chipboard embellishment (American Crafts); Bling (Heidi Swapp for Advantus)

Supplies: Patterned paper, border stickers, stickers (KI Memories)

Supplies: Patterned paper, brads, stickers (KI Memories); Bling (Heidi Swapp for Advantus)

Supplies: Patterned paper, ribbon, sticker (KI Memories)

Christmas '09.

That was another good Christmas.

{you do NOT want to know about Christmas '08}

I submitted this page to CK for their sketch in the upcoming December issue.

{obviously it did not get picked up}

I like the layout nonetheless.

Supplies: Patterned paper (Making Memories-green, My Mind's Eye-all other), Chipboard letters (American Crafts), Tiny glitter stickers (Making Memories), Snowflakes (Making Memories), Die cuts (My Mind's Eye), Border sticker (KI Memories), Bling (Heidi Swapp for Advantus)

Well Merry Christmas {in July} yall!!

and Feliz Navidad!
:)

gretchen

KI "mini" challenge

Jennifer Pebbles put up a challenge on the KI blog a couple of weeks ago to make something "mini".

With having a new baby its hard for her to find the time to make full-sized layouts like she used to.

But by making smaller pages & mini home decor items she can get more accomplished!

This is kind of the direction I was going with the 6x6 mini album of my 1/2 marathons.

I was hoping to run so many that I would never have time to scrap full pages for all of them!

bwhahahahaha!!

yeah right!
However, I did use Jennifer's challenge as an excuse to make another page for my album!

Supplies: Patterned paper, glitter stickers, jewels (all KI Memories!)
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By the way, I am really trying to distract myself this week & pretend that I am content to be at home & working as usual instead of up in Chicago where all the fun is being had!
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But hey, at least today is Tuesday and not Monday, right??!!
:)
gretchen

AC challenge

Aw look at me trying to go all simple & graphic.

I tried so hard!

:)

This is for the challenge on the American Crafts blog this week.

The challenge is to be inspired by the world wide web to create a layout.

So I scrapped my favorite Facebook wall post...

Supplies: Kraft cardstock (DMC Inc.); Patterned paper, foam Thickers, Pen (American Crafts)

And, yes, of course I applied for their design team.

I mean, didn't you??!
That one is a no-brainer!
:)

Happy Monday!!
gretchen

giveaway WINNER!! + some entertainment

OK so not as many people were interested in my KI stash as I thought might be.

{yall are just holding out for the new stuff, aren't ya!!??}

Oh well, better chance for those that do want some!

AND

THE

WINNER

IS...

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

7 

Timestamp: 2010-07-25 14:24:21 UTC

owliecupcake said...

I love the pockets, calendars, and the quick strips. Those calendar pages would be perfect for Addie's first year pages (or Reagan's or Tressie's for that matter, since I still haven't done them all the way. Bad mommy!)

July 23, 2010 8:18 PM

YAY!!

Christina, email me and I will get your goodies out to you!
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And for your entertainment...
{an added bonus because these silly pics really do not need to be the focus of an entire blog post!}
Last night I did the Retro Run 5k with the running buddies & about 500 other crazies!
I was feeling kind of rad last night & Kristin was feelin' more groovy!
{this gray line is bugging me but i can't get it off of here!}

B was feeling retro circa 2009!

And sweet Lee {who never let on one bit just how embarassed of me he really was} came out to cheer us on. Want to know who won the costume contest??
Uh, this guy of course... Now are you thoroughly entertained??!
{or are your eyes just burning??}
I thought you might be!
:)
Happy Sunday!
gretchen

13.1

I've been making some progress on my
half marathon album.
I am filling a 6x6 Mod album from American Crafts with a layout about each half that I run.
Each layout ends up being a 6x12 page which Virginia cleverly pointed out is half the size of a normal layout.

Yeah, duh, I was totally meaning to do that!!
{ha!}

Anywhooooo...

This one is from the Mercedes half this past February.

Supplies: Patterned paper (Bella Blvd-blue & striped; Crate Paper-brown; American Crafts-scalloped; KI Memories-stars), Alphas (Doodlebug), Rub-ons & Pen (American Crafts), Bling (Heidi Swapp)

This one is from the Talladega half last year.

Supplies: Patterned paper (Bella Blvd-blue & brown patterned; Sassafras-yellow border; KI Memories-stars), Chipboard numbers (Sassafra); Pen (American Crafts)

And this is from my most recent one {and last one for a while}.

Supplies: Patterned paper (American Crafts-scallops; KI Memories-all other}, Chipboard numbers (American Crafts), Pen (American Crafts)

These all look similar don't they??
That's what happens when I make a bunch of stuff in a small amount of time!

It all comes out looking the same!
{ha!}
Now I am going to run {literally}!
:)
gretchen

P.S. the KI giveaway below is still going on!

WOAH!!!

Stop the presses!!

Did you see the full sneak peek from KI??

WOW!!

I just saw it and I am pumped!

{yes, i get very excited about new scrapbooking supplies! i know all of you non-scrapbookers-who-i-found-out-recently-have-for-some-reason-been-reading-this-blog think i am weird & need help. yes, i am and i probably do. but it could be worse. i could be addicted to crack. well, the real crack-not the M&M pretzel crack that Virg has me hooked on now. i am beyond fixin' there.}

Well if you haven't seen it yet, go check it out here.

Then I want to know what you think!
Leave me a comment here & I will draw a random winner this week & send a package of KI goodness out to them!
{ok so i won't be sending any of this new KI stuff since i don't even have any myself yet. BUT i promise to send good stuff. i pride myself on good giveaways!}

:)

So tell me what you think!
gretchen