tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32887705915613411652024-03-13T21:12:18.030-07:00Pieces of meAmesOxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02854843523079481648noreply@blogger.comBlogger152125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288770591561341165.post-12335367298280882802010-09-23T07:22:00.000-07:002010-09-23T07:58:31.916-07:00SFTIO Blog Hop!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOyG6-RCkkXGfFtoJc6h0rsmVTTf7qtfYwOOJc-79QPgxqUDTo98t-2DQ55UUQnKLNBYPGTX2lWipc_8GQJWdmykVg4H1LRMvMqmuAsmBLxLUid8y5wioteAv33rcH6dHAExVx2rb2cQN/s1600/Sept2010FullKit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOyG6-RCkkXGfFtoJc6h0rsmVTTf7qtfYwOOJc-79QPgxqUDTo98t-2DQ55UUQnKLNBYPGTX2lWipc_8GQJWdmykVg4H1LRMvMqmuAsmBLxLUid8y5wioteAv33rcH6dHAExVx2rb2cQN/s400/Sept2010FullKit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520115799783970306" border="0" /></a><br /><center style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Good morning!! I hope you all have been having a wonderful week! Today is the Blog Hop for Scrapbooking From the Inside Out!!! So exciting, right?! We want YOU to win this beautiful kit - ENLIGHTENMENT....<br /><br />So what you have to do is go through the DT's blogs, leave a comment to better your chances at winning, and 'like' SFTIO on facebook. Easy Peasy right?<br /><br /><br />For me Enlightenment is a state of mind, a state of MY mind at least. So I created this LO with that entire concept. Something that is enlightening to me might not be so to you. So I journaled about that, about what enlightenment meant to me, in my own personal life. I have edited my picture by washing it out to create a sense of peace as well as left a lot of white space to represent the calmness I feel that comes along with being enlightened.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFuD7lA9Erff5GhweD7mLF9p1CS25Qhr18UBCQIozjrWcIo-XFgdKcNuuSKQUBxCIuwOcDZRgYl7VSu8-AnCx33PXISGFs8a7k3c8FMj9BL0clip9KhcBQDeCy0Jo61pnmgptHQ8Sg-AQ2/s1600/Amy0910StateOfMyMind.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFuD7lA9Erff5GhweD7mLF9p1CS25Qhr18UBCQIozjrWcIo-XFgdKcNuuSKQUBxCIuwOcDZRgYl7VSu8-AnCx33PXISGFs8a7k3c8FMj9BL0clip9KhcBQDeCy0Jo61pnmgptHQ8Sg-AQ2/s400/Amy0910StateOfMyMind.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520116006439224146" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It's a simple LO, but represents so much to ME, and that's what SFTIO is all about! Creating meaningful LO's that speak to yourself :)<br /><br />Once you have left a comment here then head on over to the beautiful <a style="" href="http://mypaperview.blogspot.com/">Nancy's blog</a> for another chance to win! Good luck!!!<br /><br /><br />PeaceOut-ScrapOn-LoveAlways<p><img style="border: 0pt none ;" src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/alaurelp/AmyPNGsiggy.png" align="center" /><br /></p></center>AmesOxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02854843523079481648noreply@blogger.com118tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288770591561341165.post-3235594263188052122010-09-22T15:02:00.000-07:002010-09-22T15:14:10.628-07:00Scrapbooking From the Inside Out Blog Hop Tomorrow<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvuI1LMn5WHfcNkO5wiX3SPpnvdrSVziB6_ao-FwDi2GaHs1BqoWpO8-dAXgYaHOoS0X0FxtNS_cYxLrIeJAuHLeeGMDttUlb2JH_OtF0lWYVImCS5bhTDKcwveyBYygVyH5zEkN4F5VyK/s1600/Sept2010FullKit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvuI1LMn5WHfcNkO5wiX3SPpnvdrSVziB6_ao-FwDi2GaHs1BqoWpO8-dAXgYaHOoS0X0FxtNS_cYxLrIeJAuHLeeGMDttUlb2JH_OtF0lWYVImCS5bhTDKcwveyBYygVyH5zEkN4F5VyK/s400/Sept2010FullKit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519863813515763938" border="0" /></a><br /><center style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Tomorrow is an exciting day! <a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.blogspot.com/">Scrapbooking From the Inside Out</a> is having a blog hop!!! That means that YOU could win the beautiful September kit - ENLIGHTENMENT!! So make sure to come back tomorrow and leave a comment on all the DT's blogs as well as SFTIO's blog for even more chances to win :)<br /><br />PeaceOut-ScrapOn-LoveAlways<p><img style="border: 0pt none ;" src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/alaurelp/AmyPNGsiggy.png" align="center" /><br /></p></center>AmesOxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02854843523079481648noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288770591561341165.post-61825944527500393302010-09-14T09:25:00.000-07:002010-09-14T09:55:01.178-07:00Life Experiences - SFTIO Reveal #2 - Enlightenment<div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">Hello Beautiful people! Amy here....yes, I know I have been gone for a bit...sorry! Life has a way of keeping me super busy these days!! Today I have my second reveal for </span><a href="http://scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.blogspot.com/"><strong><em><span style="color:#339999;">Scrapbooking From the Inside Out</span></em></strong></a><span style="color:#000000;">. Have I told you all how much I absolutely LOVE the colors in this months kit: Enlightenment?! I wish I could just take the kit and turn it into an outfit....I mean it would fit right in with my current wardrobe already :)</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">For this LO I focused on Life Experiences and how you learn from those. For me, life experiences are one of lives most in your face ways of learning....and seriously you learn!!! I have seen this tearing and layering technique around here and there and wanted to try my hand at it! I LOVE the way it turned out, especially with these muted colors. I did something a bit different and added punched layers and then stained all the paper with a new favorite - Walnut Crystals! So, if you ever get bored and have lots of scraps....just tear them up and slap em' on a piece of paper :) It is a stress reliever too!!! lol</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBEbgUXdK0eoUjO9EwjPSenElexCSUaHR2_iAQtApaxsBsCVQ8oQk-6Jr5QAD1xplQHS60ylhUyymE50f5GgYyk_4j3BUy38ckhDLQneGd44dJ2DFEbC3464ffA6JLgBtHqEirGrCTopod/s1600/Amy0910LifeExperiences.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 398px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516806614535270466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBEbgUXdK0eoUjO9EwjPSenElexCSUaHR2_iAQtApaxsBsCVQ8oQk-6Jr5QAD1xplQHS60ylhUyymE50f5GgYyk_4j3BUy38ckhDLQneGd44dJ2DFEbC3464ffA6JLgBtHqEirGrCTopod/s400/Amy0910LifeExperiences.JPG" /></span></a><strong><em><span style="color:#339999;"> </span></em></strong><a href="http://scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.blogspot.com/"><strong><em><span style="color:#339999;">SFTIO</span></em></strong></a><span style="color:#000000;"> always has beautiful and unique product in their kits.....I mean, check out that flower!! I wish I had 10 more of them. And the cream wax seal - love!<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixLaW2AIlAccdbyU2v_2gUSe04uZNJQ9zfLW6oRhAr7EAWGGpXPjsOAlvhql50RLv6xnBBjTzjhFrfZsRwf3NtE79M0YfkfKJCo3WJizVTelT8XiXO9AchiS63ueU2OipNRlKbTCYjacK1/s1600/Amy0910LifeExperiences2.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 229px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516806529477097954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixLaW2AIlAccdbyU2v_2gUSe04uZNJQ9zfLW6oRhAr7EAWGGpXPjsOAlvhql50RLv6xnBBjTzjhFrfZsRwf3NtE79M0YfkfKJCo3WJizVTelT8XiXO9AchiS63ueU2OipNRlKbTCYjacK1/s320/Amy0910LifeExperiences2.JPG" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> Journaling:<br /><em>Personal life experiences are always one of a kind. I have learned so much through my own life experiences. The kind of knowledge you can't learn in a text book. You have to experience them first hand. Learn from them and have a personal understanding as to how those experiences could or should...or should not apply to your life in the future. These can mold you into the you you need to be.</em><br /><br />Do you have any experiences in your life that has helped mold you into who you are today? Something that you will never forget? I encourage you to scrap about it, get it on paper. It may not be something that you want to share, but I promise you, anything....good or bad....that has helped make you who you are today is a beautiful lesson in itself!<br /><br /><br /></span><center><span style="color:#000000;">PeaceOut-ScrapOn-LoveAlways<br /><br /></span><p><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" align="center" src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/alaurelp/AmyPNGsiggy.png" /> </span></p></center></div>AmesOxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02854843523079481648noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288770591561341165.post-87572791601054763632010-09-01T22:18:00.000-07:002010-09-01T22:35:33.225-07:00Ignorance Not so Bliss - SFTIO Reveal #1 - Enlightenment<div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">It's the 1st of the month...that means it's reveal day for </span><a href="http://www.scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#339999;"><strong><em>Scrapbooking From the Inside Out</em></strong></span></a><span style="color:#000000;">! I have been waiting FOREVER to share this kit. It's absolutely remarkable. The colors alone make you gravitate to it, not to mention it is freakin' loaded with delicious product! Seriously, I would eat it! The emotion we are focusing on this month is ENLIGHTENMENT. This kit is all about looking beneath the surface at what moves you, at what spiritual expressions have shaped your path. Beautiful, exotic designs, rich color and meaningful symbolism will light your way. <br /><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMMUvoFrs1xrevDk3NaqLBQ8PvyVU6eHS-Fotn7NxMaM4373IT-_m_PtGoc0toaG6rVmeR77zL7R32JewijlzDW7H4qbiXMTWbpvHdZ6cgRlnnDx3t4tJKEvhRi9kv_2hB5-hnDs3hqzcl/s1600/Sept2010FullKit.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512182096055317026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMMUvoFrs1xrevDk3NaqLBQ8PvyVU6eHS-Fotn7NxMaM4373IT-_m_PtGoc0toaG6rVmeR77zL7R32JewijlzDW7H4qbiXMTWbpvHdZ6cgRlnnDx3t4tJKEvhRi9kv_2hB5-hnDs3hqzcl/s400/Sept2010FullKit.jpg" /></span> <p align="center"></a><span style="color:#000000;">Here is the first of many LO's I have created with the Enlightenment kit:<br /></span></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBJVF5uSI9vJBtInJfXvrgRlmaz_edP_41g9MOTJBVKT4ku5D8MER7oqYVWs9NWmNqixyAJt2L_Mz8caHufhVJGFPXDOEL6NIGE01rlQrDXbd9kCscPyvfGCPGXGvYDRFHD6Z7g2KiqF82/s1600/Amy0910Ignorance.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 397px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512182008655018370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBJVF5uSI9vJBtInJfXvrgRlmaz_edP_41g9MOTJBVKT4ku5D8MER7oqYVWs9NWmNqixyAJt2L_Mz8caHufhVJGFPXDOEL6NIGE01rlQrDXbd9kCscPyvfGCPGXGvYDRFHD6Z7g2KiqF82/s400/Amy0910Ignorance.JPG" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;">Journaling:</span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">To be so blissfully ignorant in some situations is something that I have chosen for myself. Why? Because sometimes it is easier to just not know the truth. It's a guarding mechanism I have created for myself. The truth can sometimes hurt just as bad as it can be good. So I hide in the shadows, eyes closed to certain realities because it's easier to face my self-indulgent perception. This is definitely something I am not so proud of. There is nothing enlightening about playing ignorant. I need to open my eyes and learn truths. <br /><br /></span></p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8W398eRbDoIyNLiQOIj5VzQYk5ntRy0qAMkF9ZWBG4ZbbqgMFrN54Yyb3GnR_okpAfXM1CVmLroGEEhX3kOvId2GGiDfBb95xc9Vc_7hIgX5Ysv7Pr16nXQZTWvBDFWUcDuzVSwjE6Iwh/s1600/Amy0910Ignorance2.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 229px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512181923846153250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8W398eRbDoIyNLiQOIj5VzQYk5ntRy0qAMkF9ZWBG4ZbbqgMFrN54Yyb3GnR_okpAfXM1CVmLroGEEhX3kOvId2GGiDfBb95xc9Vc_7hIgX5Ysv7Pr16nXQZTWvBDFWUcDuzVSwjE6Iwh/s320/Amy0910Ignorance2.JPG" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> If you are interested in purchasing this FABULOUS kit and exploring your inner emotions you can go </span><a href="http://www.scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.com/buy.html"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#339999;"><strong><em>here</em></strong></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> and Rachel will get one right out to you!!!<br /><br /></span><center><span style="color:#000000;">PeaceOut-ScrapOn-LoveAlways<br /><br /></span><p><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" align="center" src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/alaurelp/AmyPNGsiggy.png" /> </span></p></center></div>AmesOxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02854843523079481648noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288770591561341165.post-85306410351220317492010-08-27T01:43:00.000-07:002010-08-27T02:31:01.537-07:00ScrapBiking is what I've been doing<div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">So, there isn't much scrapbooking going on here at the moment because I have been <strong><em>ScrapBIKING</em></strong> with my husband! As many of you know, building bikes is something that the DH and I love to do. It all started off as his passion and somewhere along the way I grew an interest in it as well....Well, more for the design of the bike than the overall mechanics. I will leave all that mumble-jumble for the DH! This month we started on a bike that I have been thinking about for quite sometime now, and I was super excited to dig in and get my hands a little dirty. We have a bunch of parts laying around that we have took off other bikes, that we have ordered and decided that we no longer needed, or that we have picked up at the local bike meets. My idea was to take all these parts and up cycle them to create one AWESOME bike! I absolutely do not like things to get wasted :) </span></div><span style="color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">Here she is in the just getting started stages: Just a Rigid frame, primered gas tank bought really cheaply on eBay, and a raw seat pan.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">(Don't you just love what Travis has done with my deep freezer?! He says all the paint adds character....I say "Hmm, OK dear")</span></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6dUBcUjRdWLH4bvq-vtsDGCEyo2oO69AzY1Bj7xjatRIhRjQJuCqJrgYb7zSP5OoDicyeT9FuNZ6ZZNy6c8oloJ7TAUIxFbX1pvi7ZrM3FOdESBdyE8RtWjCwd9MVug1Vsxaz-sSoxdSc/s1600/IMG00600-20100803-1616.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510008569332138786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6dUBcUjRdWLH4bvq-vtsDGCEyo2oO69AzY1Bj7xjatRIhRjQJuCqJrgYb7zSP5OoDicyeT9FuNZ6ZZNy6c8oloJ7TAUIxFbX1pvi7ZrM3FOdESBdyE8RtWjCwd9MVug1Vsxaz-sSoxdSc/s320/IMG00600-20100803-1616.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> For the paint job I wanted to keep it....cheap! All it took was 4 cans of spray paint in 4 different colors: Light grey primer, dark grey primer, black, and red. Look at me sanding away :)<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLuzdkVHtVDAWWm0_CKTYr2fAUw7BzG5PjzLXKXfV4rY4LLMmzzXpL3EShga7qmX3-cv0DgNVU3zZYI7nPe74GmEVpBfn2S3JMrOCDqOVh4L4j2zbt_mRTWNabVG-MilI7JWCE_aWDr5M9/s1600/IMG00619-20100807-2237.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510009546737664098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLuzdkVHtVDAWWm0_CKTYr2fAUw7BzG5PjzLXKXfV4rY4LLMmzzXpL3EShga7qmX3-cv0DgNVU3zZYI7nPe74GmEVpBfn2S3JMrOCDqOVh4L4j2zbt_mRTWNabVG-MilI7JWCE_aWDr5M9/s320/IMG00619-20100807-2237.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> Still sanding! Don't you just love candid shots. Look a Chai tea!<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOlmXe3jM1vTboSD21QtLAV-epc5upNhBMnf9BsPne2g8hWbhZhQ-X_iNxKDAv4rQk0IXfv2P6P9a1wmAQjvKlFiNWCiHjJ0m0l5XHsf3ke2kAgkAE5QCCQgiIkusCfUvtCEvgC7GkkgMD/s1600/IMG00621-20100807-2238.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510009538828055682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOlmXe3jM1vTboSD21QtLAV-epc5upNhBMnf9BsPne2g8hWbhZhQ-X_iNxKDAv4rQk0IXfv2P6P9a1wmAQjvKlFiNWCiHjJ0m0l5XHsf3ke2kAgkAE5QCCQgiIkusCfUvtCEvgC7GkkgMD/s320/IMG00621-20100807-2238.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> Here is the tank finished! It got painted in layers and then I sanded down the layers to give it an aged distressed look. It's an acquired taste.....or so I am told. I think it rocks!</span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510009555931200418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1uh1wrJpdLO1uELzWCY5rrknVW8YO6lwkyTH96PdDYEmLIgZE40BBdBNPxwF7gy4spytMSstZA7D7Q_be8N1Tpnun8gExa3F1XGyR1LiDmBxyUQNIya6kJlw__-rC41eBLM7oSn3Pv5KJ/s320/004.JPG" /></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Rear fender that I just finished up. This fender was another eBay find! It's not mounted yet, but it's getting done right now - so excited!</span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510009567103157346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nFPUp_xPnigaBvCkj2Or4ygLQ0VejaR2HEhhl0xWPM2snd6-vu0Tsa0ajoV3221rZPv9kRO5vfso5puGoQKJHnyL4zRBDck8MfYhoOHrxn1fYDZ1bPK7ueiSXVKJBGbk013zGVKTAaVs/s320/DSCN4818.JPG" />This seat happens to be one of my favorite things on the bike. Can you believe I actually covered this myself?! I still can't believe it. It only took 4 hours....3 of which were dedicated to doing some fancy Mexican Basket weave stitch to hold it together. MY. FINGERS. WERE. RAW. for days. The Ostrich leather was bought at a local Tandy Leather store for a whopping 3 dollars!<br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDCxYxqT23GHw9vsq1vZAeJZNAlYU9NDoSUXp0okQ6WgrfxVttfCJY9SFsfksO4py5PjtXE9f_OCKVjFXPRI7Y20ktTV3uTMERNVjBMSD3WxRJNwny_svLVXyOjnkV_yAiPW0a0EiFRsDi/s1600/015.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510009559201535954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDCxYxqT23GHw9vsq1vZAeJZNAlYU9NDoSUXp0okQ6WgrfxVttfCJY9SFsfksO4py5PjtXE9f_OCKVjFXPRI7Y20ktTV3uTMERNVjBMSD3WxRJNwny_svLVXyOjnkV_yAiPW0a0EiFRsDi/s320/015.JPG" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;">Here she is as she sat in the yard today (before I finished sanding the fender). We still have a long way to go in building her....BUT it's been fun so far! Not to mention a wonderful project for the DH and I to spend some quality time together! Ladies, you know a man loves you when he doesn't kick you out of his garage when he asks for a torque wrench and you have no idea what he is talking about.....Or any other tool for that matter! lol Travis is doing his part as well. Like I said he is working on the mechanics, like rebuilding the motor and whatnot's :) Guy stuff!<br /></span><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizumzq1iCy7WGrpHBgjDPJXS5LsWnwKNwyFpMN8EkWURVeAnWb95MElAwrFH_4-BEJVdUDNx3jYRf9ATpvGi4JBMyCUBi3M-dCzkQ8CJAPbFn36b1vqNezZkk-gm_hPMsKxGa_VlMuKQpH/s1600/DSCN4805.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510008913133005906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizumzq1iCy7WGrpHBgjDPJXS5LsWnwKNwyFpMN8EkWURVeAnWb95MElAwrFH_4-BEJVdUDNx3jYRf9ATpvGi4JBMyCUBi3M-dCzkQ8CJAPbFn36b1vqNezZkk-gm_hPMsKxGa_VlMuKQpH/s320/DSCN4805.JPG" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> Hopefully we will have most of her done soon. I would love to see her running within the next month. We shall see what time allows us now that Travis has returned to work!!<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><center><span style="color:#000000;">PeaceOut-ScrapOn-LoveAlways</span><br /><br /><p><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" align="center" src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/alaurelp/AmyPNGsiggy.png" /> </p></center></div></div></div><br /></div>AmesOxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02854843523079481648noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288770591561341165.post-16792609215301423382010-08-26T15:52:00.001-07:002010-08-26T16:01:32.397-07:00Want to win the Discovery kit from SFTIO?<center><span style="color:#000000;">Then head on over to </span><a href="http://donnadowney.typepad.com/simply_me/2010/08/sp.html"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#339999;">Donna Downey's</span></em></strong> </span></a><span style="color:#000000;">blog and simply tell her what you would like to DISCOVER about yourself! It's as simple as that! She will be choosing a winner tomorrow morning, so hop on over and join in on the fun! And thank you for your continuous support of </span><a href="http://scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.blogspot.com/"><strong><em><span style="color:#339999;">Scrapbooking From the Inside Out</span></em></strong></a><span style="color:#000000;">!</span></center><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></div><center><span style="color:#000000;"></span></center><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509856432429994546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz2WT3so_5zU7vLtm1SFowIoWktJ6BqMYOkJwmy5-obvA0aQ3Lbf47LQXBi1zsjxrx4NU7B5cL99ET9P8m7Frf9s82s54R-758z3QQjUtByeT4lHz418z8yg1eeG9BRICKQmvIs6F_hpBX/s400/Aug+2010+Kit.JPG" /> <p align="center"></span> <span style="color:#000000;">PeaceOut-ScrapOn-LoveAlways</span> </p><center></center><center><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" align="center" src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/alaurelp/AmyPNGsiggy.png" /> </center>AmesOxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02854843523079481648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288770591561341165.post-76900573809171062532010-08-25T00:00:00.000-07:002010-08-25T00:00:08.115-07:00No More Chances - Dirty Scraps<div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">The new challenge is now live at </span><a href="http://dirtyscraps.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#339999;">Dirty Scraps</span></a><span style="color:#000000;">! For this challenge you are being asked to create a LO based on the thought 'Your Love Hurts Me'. Now this prompt is a little difficult, one that will require you to dig deep and just lay it all out there. In my life I am one who doesn't really allow people to hurt me, and if I have been hurt I am the type of person to hold it in and never let it be known. There are very few people that know this about me and can tell when I am hurting over something someone has said to me. One of those people is my DH. Bless this man, he tries to protect me from said encounters and people. There is only one circumstance in my life that just jumped out at me when I started this project and that being one with my 'best' friend.......</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><br /><br /> </div></span><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">The challenge:<br /><span style="color:#993399;"><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;">Your Love Hurts Me</span></em></strong><br /></span>It's funny how people hurt the ones they love the most.<br />Sometimes is it so toxic you have to cut them off, sometimes you<br />can handle it but it's a daily struggle, sometimes you just avoid it<br />altogether. This challenge is all about those who love to hurt you<br />or just blindly hurt you while saying "I love you".<br />No it might not be intentional, but it still hurts.<br />Maybe it's the sister who constantly says how horrible your<br />children are, or the friend who always criticizes your weight.<br />Or the parent who only sees their child who makes mistakes<br />and does not acknowledge your accomplishments.<br />It's <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">ok</span> to see the pain, and it's <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">ok</span> to still love them.<br />It's therapeutic to be aware!<br /><br />Now go get Dirty!<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">No More Chances:</span></strong></span></div><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 396px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509071269854653074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgImJfVdYj-aEqCGfQOZfG-zG0zEzjwoS1KhMbkxdNeNuHXd1Fbt-CcHzr_p53liVPZ1-kISzQV6IIuSOMEGuRKs6Lz230a8GXRK7V5_cpOEJQkajPwY1uw-fxZsm70GoPG-ROQsP-EsBct/s400/DS-AmyOxford.JPG" /> </span><p align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">Our July Sponsor <a href="http://www.acidfree.com/"><span style="color:#339999;">Keller's Creations</span></a> was so generous and sent the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">DT</span> some amazing products to work with. So I wanted to use as much as possible in this LO! All the circles (except the yellow) are from Keller's Creations. I used <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">gesso</span> and embedded the circles into it to create a 3Dish background!</span></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgORu3AaxDvGsHilh9FgFKA7ct4LI1d5nm1j3T6Mrri64ifhXCDX0t9dC2n29PCHs5d4UCISFa_qcdl6lDL_TFYquvOFZHkFFu4Yg66TC8PJckSryGW5eaXKuVzd5RCCEIyPYc7AWgCS5oT/s1600/DS-AmyOxford-CU2.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509071168877018690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgORu3AaxDvGsHilh9FgFKA7ct4LI1d5nm1j3T6Mrri64ifhXCDX0t9dC2n29PCHs5d4UCISFa_qcdl6lDL_TFYquvOFZHkFFu4Yg66TC8PJckSryGW5eaXKuVzd5RCCEIyPYc7AWgCS5oT/s320/DS-AmyOxford-CU2.JPG" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;">Also from <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kellers</span> Creations are these white little frames I used to create this hidden pop out <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">journaling</span> spot. I am not one to use hidden <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">journaling</span>, but I felt on this LO it just needed to be hidden for design purposes.<br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk3UYDZ7eUFoPOzEPZgWvx5eUGXzVG39U5f_WjBmrDx5W6lhjnFQkz2UxpcMcncNuc8U-ddVht9DgAmrw60X68TCd3nx-3kvSCSNLWXyLJzgWEvwvI_KcP6dC9a-aNxI0M6i9tudxEESKR/s1600/DS-AmyOxford-CU.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 229px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509071086059027906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk3UYDZ7eUFoPOzEPZgWvx5eUGXzVG39U5f_WjBmrDx5W6lhjnFQkz2UxpcMcncNuc8U-ddVht9DgAmrw60X68TCd3nx-3kvSCSNLWXyLJzgWEvwvI_KcP6dC9a-aNxI0M6i9tudxEESKR/s320/DS-AmyOxford-CU.JPG" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Journaling</span>:<br />Having a child at 18 really puts into perspective who your true friends are in life. There were a few people who I had thought were forever friends, but as soon as I had a child and was no longer able to be the 'Amy' I once was, they distanced themselves from me. What hurt the most is that they still claim to be one of my best friends. All the while talking crap behind my back. I overlooked it over and over. Guess What? NO MORE 'one more chances' with me. YES!!! I had a child at a very young age. Do I regret it? Hell NO! It caused me to finally grow up and learn to appreciate life so much more. I'm actually sorry our friendship is over, but having people in my life that don't support me when they said they always would is not something I want. I want my kids to value friendship - TRUE friendship. You hurt me far too many times. NO MORE.</span></p><p><span style="color:#000000;"></span> </p><p align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">This challenge is being sponsored by <a href="http://www.shopscrapbooksupplies.com/store/"><span style="color:#339999;">Scrappy Jo's</span></a>! Come on over and play along with us....we would love to see you get Dirty!!!</p><p align="center"><br /><br /></p></span><center><span style="color:#000000;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">PeaceOut</span>-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">ScrapOn</span>-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">LoveAlways</span><br /></span><br /><p><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" align="center" src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/alaurelp/AmyPNGsiggy.png" /> </p></center>AmesOxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02854843523079481648noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288770591561341165.post-46789117977914771322010-08-24T12:48:00.000-07:002010-08-24T13:04:17.045-07:00Destination - SFTIO Reveal #5 - Discovery<div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">Hello, it's Amy coming at you (of course it's me, this is my blog!!!) Today I have my very last reveal from the August kit - Discovery from <a href="http://www.scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.com/board/index.php?s=8728eaafb32442872b270b35c3194f23&act=idx"><strong><em><span style="color:#339999;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Scrapbooking</span> From the Inside Out</span></em></strong></a>! This LO just happens to be my absolute favorite one from the August kit. Although it is the simplest one I created, it represents something that I am forever working on and struggle with in daily life - discovering myself through God. This piece of paper just spoke to me as soon as I pulled it out of the kit. It's just so beautiful! I used it to represent letting God be my compass through life. My picture is in the center to always remind me that no matter which way I go, that if I just let myself be true in my relationship with God then I will forever be going in the right direction. </span></div><span style="color:#000000;"></span><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zny4oRiI-Y5Cr8crltpm2KXbOnyIM3rIXfX6lJ2KaV9Ak9VwB_zNlUudXMJ4TRVmnFj3iRGOkCvwGoJ-Y2twHV_xsT4ronGM8dlS-stzpTcoNYEEaOFDyY2aKKZojOntDiNKTMZsXF27/s1600/amy0810destination.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 399px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509066054510031986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zny4oRiI-Y5Cr8crltpm2KXbOnyIM3rIXfX6lJ2KaV9Ak9VwB_zNlUudXMJ4TRVmnFj3iRGOkCvwGoJ-Y2twHV_xsT4ronGM8dlS-stzpTcoNYEEaOFDyY2aKKZojOntDiNKTMZsXF27/s400/amy0810destination.JPG" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> <strong><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Journaling</span>:</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">Over the years I have lost sight of who you are and what you mean to me. I have set you aside and lived for me. I am slowly finding myself and building our relationship again. This time I am discovering myself through you. You make me better.</span></div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzzbcU4Y7ShDIGwoJGuyBWO4Gqmm8NY1PvFLB6euSYVel9bGUvL4VuhacMg50sP9hzNvuA_-1_zol7cJWJ863XbCw1DQDyCLUCNI1Vcme1GFQj7sP4ZaXot6sTYeIy-ksmY6QyDfGA3Ky/s1600/amy0810destination2.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509065954966332546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzzbcU4Y7ShDIGwoJGuyBWO4Gqmm8NY1PvFLB6euSYVel9bGUvL4VuhacMg50sP9hzNvuA_-1_zol7cJWJ863XbCw1DQDyCLUCNI1Vcme1GFQj7sP4ZaXot6sTYeIy-ksmY6QyDfGA3Ky/s320/amy0810destination2.JPG" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> The embellishments on this LO are very scarce, but I wanted to show the pen work I did to make the compass pop a little more. I used a black & white pen and outlined the compass...never a straight line though..this is to represent that I am still shaky in my relationship with God. I can't be certain that those lines will ever be straight though. Just one more thing to work on! <br /><br /></span><center><span style="color:#000000;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">PeaceOut</span>-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">ScrapOn</span>-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">LoveAlways</span> </span></center><center><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" align="center" src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/alaurelp/AmyPNGsiggy.png" /> </center><br /></div>AmesOxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02854843523079481648noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288770591561341165.post-15257259431654454442010-08-18T13:05:00.000-07:002010-08-18T13:27:23.268-07:00You Learn - SFTIO Reveal #4 - Discovery<div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">Hello beautiful Bloggers! I am coming at you today in a very happy state of mind! One of my most amazing friends is currently (as I type this) in in labor! Hopefully soon we will have a beautiful little girl joining us in this world of ours!! Her son is currently staying with us Ox's, and it's so precious to see the excitement in his face knowing that soon he will have a baby sister! I love babies & Kiddos, they truly do light up our lives in ways that we never thought imaginable. Please keep the Lloyd family in your thoughts and prayers today as they welcome an addition to their already cute little family :)</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><br /> </div></span><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">Also today I have my 4th reveal from </span><a href="http://scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.blogspot.com/"><strong><em><span style="font-size:100%;color:#339999;">Scrapbooking From the Inside Out</span></em></strong></a><span style="color:#000000;"> - August kit - Discovery. For this LO I focused on learning about life and love. When I was 15 years old I read a poem by Veronica A. Schoffstall called <em>You Learn</em>. This poem resonated with me in such a deep way and has stuck with me over the years. Every time I need a few words of encouragement I reach in my wallet and grab my old, worn, much read copy of it and read it yet again. Every single time I read this poem it seems like the first time. It has taught me a lot over the years. Helped me through rough times with friends, family, and even my own husband. Life is a learning experience, one that should be cherished.</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSDac5fzGio-R1I2K46GQYGwIscqyg2CO_-wpcUZo6wkZg7nSmZn2vFaKar55LR1VmHdA1mp02VUZzdDgJ_FPQQ42sHirlGgRkMLBFXdRiXvSV8a5KguJrHw_y-ldWuUp0gh7hBgKK7VzX/s1600/amy0810youlearn.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506843819793873250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSDac5fzGio-R1I2K46GQYGwIscqyg2CO_-wpcUZo6wkZg7nSmZn2vFaKar55LR1VmHdA1mp02VUZzdDgJ_FPQQ42sHirlGgRkMLBFXdRiXvSV8a5KguJrHw_y-ldWuUp0gh7hBgKK7VzX/s400/amy0810youlearn.JPG" /></span> <p align="center"></a><span style="color:#000000;">After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul<br />and you learn that love doesn't mean leaning<br />and company doesn't always mean security.<br />And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts<br />and presents aren't promises<br />and you begin to accept your defeats with your head up<br />and your eyes ahead with the grace of woman,<br />not the grief of a child<br />and you learn<br />to build all your roads on today<br />because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans<br />and futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight.<br />After a while you learn that even sunshine burns if you get too much<br />so you plant your own garden<br />and decorate your own soul<br />instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.<br />And you learn that you really can endure<br />you really are strong<br />you really do have worth<br />and you learn<br />and you learn<br />with every goodbye, you learn...</span></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilVFoV8jf8vv47LEVgj0gmIcAh4qL14Pmuu_CxDZRlkTUDDfPHnsTvLRD1gArPNWrLkwe8BPaGi5xXNEiPY4hfc0Z4_bZ6WBNyjx_UhOxbWOdE4OHKY1F73osRvG2EpeVXwn_HqUKqZD2-/s1600/amy0810youlearn2.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 229px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506843730639479458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilVFoV8jf8vv47LEVgj0gmIcAh4qL14Pmuu_CxDZRlkTUDDfPHnsTvLRD1gArPNWrLkwe8BPaGi5xXNEiPY4hfc0Z4_bZ6WBNyjx_UhOxbWOdE4OHKY1F73osRvG2EpeVXwn_HqUKqZD2-/s320/amy0810youlearn2.JPG" /></span></a><br /><span style="color:#000000;">PeaceOut-ScrapOn-LoveAlways</span> </p><center><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" align="center" src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/alaurelp/AmyPNGsiggy.png" /> </center>AmesOxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02854843523079481648noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288770591561341165.post-70452367553421879912010-08-16T21:43:00.000-07:002010-08-16T22:01:31.430-07:00First Sketch Reveal for Sketchabilities & Cardabilities<div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">I am so very over the moon excited! Today my very first Sketches went live for </span><a href="http://sketchabilities.blogspot.com/"><strong><em><span style="color:#339999;">Sketchabilities</span></em></strong></a><span style="color:#000000;"> and </span><a href="http://www.cardabilities.blogspot.com/"><strong><em><span style="color:#339999;">Cardabilities</span></em></strong></a><span style="color:#000000;">!! It is amazing to see so many fabulous scrappers working with my sketches. I, myself, LOVE working with sketches and love interpreting them into my own style. It's truly TRULY awesome to see SO many different takes on a sketch! If you have the time I would like to invite you over to join us. This Sept Sketchabilities is celebrating their 1 year anniversary! There will be guest designers, FABULOUS sponsors, and a Blog hop on Sept 15th! </span></div><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">LO Sketch for Sketchabilities:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506235504281056642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiylUMDFBKRubArm7Yy175TU1cq75yYiIN3GeQm3HM52nPIcOfNG0tbOQXVRq_4tCUuFqYn0Ia-Y8dlRFjxoVXAYCrCMmPcAAQjofL4EBP1dGrtdL4umEe7gnGZTwK2WoDEyBcKlTc59BDd/s400/sketch+22-amy+oxford.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Card Sketch for Cardabilities:</span></span></div><a href="http://www.cardabilities.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 274px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506235439438045970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-CXj72SrSaDlKwSXS-gCeMuxV5QaDaMWQhFQoWpO3Mbm0fsdUbCa7BBsc8pEztzO4wjnpSoENxmdUPS4fgBGBcT6Pe50HwHcYT1PfBdTmE5I4OdAQUpf6npb1WCip0rDa6oblcEpDVEdW/s400/_9-amy+oxford.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3tHHFxM27dGHIo9wvZcrOBNEDsQiZioRYI5y0a9Uqsn_7uv9UAJXVIw_WJXLTrLLbvlyCOLOTfvZ8wzcJeyX-GjtLjlCbamyDqcnKvauD5Rk5MEmWXMk8b7M6O3yzmIb08ezBYDkDWekV/s1600/birthday+logo+cele.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 209px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506237610815130018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3tHHFxM27dGHIo9wvZcrOBNEDsQiZioRYI5y0a9Uqsn_7uv9UAJXVIw_WJXLTrLLbvlyCOLOTfvZ8wzcJeyX-GjtLjlCbamyDqcnKvauD5Rk5MEmWXMk8b7M6O3yzmIb08ezBYDkDWekV/s400/birthday+logo+cele.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></span><center></center><center><span style="color:#000000;">PeaceOut-ScrapOn-LoveAlways<br /><br /></span><p><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" align="center" src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/alaurelp/AmyPNGsiggy.png" /> </p></center>AmesOxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02854843523079481648noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288770591561341165.post-77269615805810106472010-08-13T21:54:00.001-07:002010-08-13T22:16:39.105-07:00Me Myself & I - SFTIO Reveal #3 - Discovery<div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">DISCOVERY. When I first heard </span><a href="http://scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#339999;"><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;">Scrapbooking From the Inside Out's</span></em></strong> </span></a><span style="color:#000000;">emotion for August I immediately thought of one thing that we all yearn for - Self Discovery. What is self discovery in general? One thing I have come to realize is that finding yourself is a long and never ending journey, and that's a good thing. We are always changing and we need to learn to love who we are no matter what life's circumstances are. </span></div><span style="color:#000000;"></span><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOn5Z_Itz8aiG9KWeV3dS-txL-2GO4bbyE5fjE3mfi9AdZT8iWusm6Myge85MCJkTUJIkk31VizIP0f_T_5QlmE_rgbOA-6sGS1ST6zvDjZa4MPPKpp4nqSe_9WxBKhjlvcBAYkvU0JBMy/s1600/amy0810myself.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 396px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505124760388005378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOn5Z_Itz8aiG9KWeV3dS-txL-2GO4bbyE5fjE3mfi9AdZT8iWusm6Myge85MCJkTUJIkk31VizIP0f_T_5QlmE_rgbOA-6sGS1ST6zvDjZa4MPPKpp4nqSe_9WxBKhjlvcBAYkvU0JBMy/s400/amy0810myself.JPG" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> Journaling:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">Finding yourself is an enlightening experience. You become self-sufficient and do things for others without expectations of something in return. You are no longer needy and become utterly grateful for all the things people have done for you in the past. Finding yourself is a time of harmony because you develop that philosophy or belief system that will carry you throughout the rest of your life. When you love yourself and who you are, you will savor and enjoy both life's pain and pleasures. How do you know you have found yourself? When you are able to help others find themselves. Finding yourself is not easy. If you have never felt connected to who you are, and you want to find whatever makes you you, being yourself will be hard. The first step is always the hardest, but after that hill, you will be smooth sailing to discovering who you are. Be you!</span></div><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></span><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23f9yKA5GZ9pTU5yoidhzcBaWMbsBJMK9n10S1Burn-a3eAkLToHmsfbK-DKWpvFnRbrvoeeHt6p_jUM2qFW2z4BqTw69AlQx8CbEBgQ6W6onp7Y0TTN-ICYTt_CVHMgfz2w5rWqDEWSu/s1600/amy0810myself3.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 229px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505124670847034994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23f9yKA5GZ9pTU5yoidhzcBaWMbsBJMK9n10S1Burn-a3eAkLToHmsfbK-DKWpvFnRbrvoeeHt6p_jUM2qFW2z4BqTw69AlQx8CbEBgQ6W6onp7Y0TTN-ICYTt_CVHMgfz2w5rWqDEWSu/s320/amy0810myself3.JPG" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> See...isn't that one BEAUTIFUL kit? There are still some in the</span><span style="color:#339999;"> </span><a href="http://www.scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.com/buy.html"><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#339999;">store</span></em></strong></a><span style="color:#000000;"> if you want to head on over and grab one up!!<br /><br /></span><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicJNR-olpS_hKICVr3EZsu7vI1CSt48aQdAQEy86ApMQejecA9GqQImDqRMZonCtwUHlT_amFyfaVKzcTcMpA-XcVGSFWTgi33GG8dpkomQrAu-vPK7baTds2WgzhJ41zpS3Qz2hQrqKxa/s1600/Aug+2010+Kit.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505124451785607650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicJNR-olpS_hKICVr3EZsu7vI1CSt48aQdAQEy86ApMQejecA9GqQImDqRMZonCtwUHlT_amFyfaVKzcTcMpA-XcVGSFWTgi33GG8dpkomQrAu-vPK7baTds2WgzhJ41zpS3Qz2hQrqKxa/s320/Aug+2010+Kit.JPG" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"><br /><br />PeaceOut-ScrapOn-LoveAlways<br /></span><p><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" align="center" src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/alaurelp/AmyPNGsiggy.png" /> </span></p></div></div>AmesOxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02854843523079481648noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288770591561341165.post-18916340560222249842010-08-06T23:49:00.001-07:002010-08-07T13:04:07.138-07:00Self Love - SFTIO - Discovery reveal #2<div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">Hello everyone! Today I have my second reveal for </span><a href="http://scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color:#339999;"><em>Scrapbooking From the Inside Out</em></span></strong></a><span style="color:#000000;"> August kit - DISCOVERY. For this LO I focused on discovering self love. I think that self love is a very important aspect of life. Without loving yourself then you aren't opened up entirely to allowing others to love you. I have struggled with self love for a really long time, but by opening up my mind and looking at myself through others and seeing what they see, I have learned to love myself in a completely different way. </span></div><span style="color:#000000;"></span><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZLMowtZKxSjdZohmY0-wkkoejiX7yzAZTh5KpMJsTyS2uLL0VJv9vOtTA0XqEgQDSW3y9H87BfDNfyOhB1GyTGpDCMwToRZDRlqG2bl2itFqYs671T6JJjHlfc0dHLb7vG7OGAwP4SQJt/s1600/amy0810loving.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 397px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502556641839138226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZLMowtZKxSjdZohmY0-wkkoejiX7yzAZTh5KpMJsTyS2uLL0VJv9vOtTA0XqEgQDSW3y9H87BfDNfyOhB1GyTGpDCMwToRZDRlqG2bl2itFqYs671T6JJjHlfc0dHLb7vG7OGAwP4SQJt/s400/amy0810loving.JPG" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> Journaling:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">It took me a long time to love ME. Discovering myself through others helped. Sometimes you have to travel outside your own head to truly discover life and who you are. Take a look at yourself from the outside. Do you like who you see?<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmB9zWmJekPuhvUEOmRNBtrs_expP-dZJG_gyVS97yxIZWjkwdgrsmTV5btImdyxrUs_UJJ_mDOuFgxZWXA_N7hBnzLPp9YrZ1b5syFPCTWbeTocCWyvT4ALIgar7-EOUaiMYwHwcnna_1/s1600/amy0810loving2.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 229px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502556541756374754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmB9zWmJekPuhvUEOmRNBtrs_expP-dZJG_gyVS97yxIZWjkwdgrsmTV5btImdyxrUs_UJJ_mDOuFgxZWXA_N7hBnzLPp9YrZ1b5syFPCTWbeTocCWyvT4ALIgar7-EOUaiMYwHwcnna_1/s320/amy0810loving2.JPG" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></span><center><span style="color:#000000;">PeaceOut-ScrapOn-LoveAlways</span> </center><center><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" align="center" src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/alaurelp/AmyPNGsiggy.png" /> </center></div>AmesOxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02854843523079481648noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288770591561341165.post-42981873031981079882010-08-01T03:33:00.000-07:002010-08-01T03:32:41.931-07:00DISCOVERY - SFTIO Reveal #1<div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">Today I have my first August Reveal for <a href="http://www.scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.com/buy.html"><strong><span style="color:#339999;">Scrapbooking From the Inside Out</span></strong></a>. This month we are exploring Discovery and how that applies to our past, present, and future. What are things that you have discovered or want to discover? Maybe you have discovered a way to overcome those fears to move on to a better place in life. Maybe you have discovered something about yourself that you never thought possible. Maybe you even discovered the perfect recipe for that German Chocolate cake! Every discovery that we make in life, whether it be good or bad, has a place, has a meaning....and that's what we are exploring this month!<br /><br />For my first adventure in Discovery I wanted to create a LO about how 'all the little things' add up to create something much bigger, referring to my relationship with the DH.<br /><br /></div></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6l9HGqsgjdFHULzMr5cGHN-YP_qnIQhnctFyd15QyE9wgJg6ltJNnsa2nI3_Vl6sn-Jh4jObGmrYAk8LQ3lYqoDlzpXdFBd_lKRPQiPyDeDmYbQ0phhc_-S43YVCL9us2KiNLQ6diKoK9/s1600/amy0810littlethings.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 398px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500384932089894290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6l9HGqsgjdFHULzMr5cGHN-YP_qnIQhnctFyd15QyE9wgJg6ltJNnsa2nI3_Vl6sn-Jh4jObGmrYAk8LQ3lYqoDlzpXdFBd_lKRPQiPyDeDmYbQ0phhc_-S43YVCL9us2KiNLQ6diKoK9/s400/amy0810littlethings.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a><span style="color:#000000;">Journaling:</span><br /></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;">Growing up I always thought that when I fell in love it would be like all the fairy tales. My love would be picture perfect, without problems, without inhibitions. It would be one huge gesture of perfection wrapped up in two people that couldn’t live without each other, white picket fence and all. To be in love with my very own Prince Charming is every little girls dream come true. As I grew up I have discovered that love is not a fairy tale, it’s not just one huge gesture of overall life completion. Love is a combination of all the little things added together that creates a life with that one person that you can’t imagine living without. Love is having the ability to fall in love with you over and over again, deeper in love each and every time. Love is two people growing together, learning life together, compromising, and always having the ability to say you’re sorry and actually mean it. Love for me is having you know me so well that you mail me Carmex from Afghanistan because you know I always forget to buy it for myself. Love is waking up in the morning to a pizza bagel on the night stand and a text that says “Enjoy babe”. Love is not being able to sleep without you beside me because I miss your cold feet resting on my legs. Love is our children who bring us so much joy, and our undying love we share for them. Love is just being happy sitting on the couch watching a random late night TV show. Love is that one look you give me that just makes me melt. Love is so many things. I could go on forever about the little things that make our love ours. You are love. We are love. I knew at 15 that you were the man for me and 13 years later I still know this. We may not be Prince Charming and his Princess, but we are so much more.</span></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaG-F798J-ZxwImXIAQJPJ3pemebJIO3RCULWMvSpLKUsqMoq63AfNXnzLPvpHVpoyG2BEYx6gU3L8exaZUSGq73Z4_kj49wCU_uZq_7cQIhnqI0AXEpXL2gW6Ani_i4MVwzB1xCYqfl78/s1600/amy0810littlethings3.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 286px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500369866318335954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaG-F798J-ZxwImXIAQJPJ3pemebJIO3RCULWMvSpLKUsqMoq63AfNXnzLPvpHVpoyG2BEYx6gU3L8exaZUSGq73Z4_kj49wCU_uZq_7cQIhnqI0AXEpXL2gW6Ani_i4MVwzB1xCYqfl78/s400/amy0810littlethings3.JPG" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong><br />August SFTIO kit - DISCOVERY</strong></span><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjazuw_f01SI_G71PZLts8clv3U5-3R-7x7n0rwZsyeeu_ke6j5tNg0A2siMgzi_S_A8bOCJZKnu_yVj0bGNFjmzyS9d70Ko-mKVuGNN5BVR18YpvLHnL3inQKRlbkW1RMnKe0d6muhOESz/s1600/Aug+2010+Kit.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500369698318720770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjazuw_f01SI_G71PZLts8clv3U5-3R-7x7n0rwZsyeeu_ke6j5tNg0A2siMgzi_S_A8bOCJZKnu_yVj0bGNFjmzyS9d70Ko-mKVuGNN5BVR18YpvLHnL3inQKRlbkW1RMnKe0d6muhOESz/s400/Aug+2010+Kit.JPG" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> This kit is FILLED with amazing product. Featuring Little Yellow Bicycle 'Pack your Bags' and Bo Bunny 'Mama-razzi'.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho46F6TdPMk-qIzE2RyTJY4CgvHOPDk4Q2TaV256zZtKZCTGaDt2dsJ8Bbe7BEWdzDE1QXbRyhVlpKrTfDGkTEqZJYpzrSbV2ZwzWZgmL1FplMOD5fOHHspLPg3yapd1rx7toKqCZu0zDE/s1600/Sneak+1.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500369627891736002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho46F6TdPMk-qIzE2RyTJY4CgvHOPDk4Q2TaV256zZtKZCTGaDt2dsJ8Bbe7BEWdzDE1QXbRyhVlpKrTfDGkTEqZJYpzrSbV2ZwzWZgmL1FplMOD5fOHHspLPg3yapd1rx7toKqCZu0zDE/s320/Sneak+1.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> Yummy embellishments too! Thickers, Flowers, printed ribbon, chipboard, and MUCH more!!</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG3_Q1bBfPV-FcYASXQFwwml9NhiONahJPHf5rAXeYKgQxXHZqtRglY69Oni854OQbvB1bV8n-CgLX_0SHKzMTDAzaubbiBvIx80CV4pRz4-Izsd6IpWlOi3nvBde0aqO2nqXzILmPDzzT/s1600/Sneak+3.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500369525271149506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG3_Q1bBfPV-FcYASXQFwwml9NhiONahJPHf5rAXeYKgQxXHZqtRglY69Oni854OQbvB1bV8n-CgLX_0SHKzMTDAzaubbiBvIx80CV4pRz4-Izsd6IpWlOi3nvBde0aqO2nqXzILmPDzzT/s320/Sneak+3.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"><br /><strong>Speaking of Discovering... I have realized quite a few things the past few weeks......</strong></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;">1.)Having your Internet go down really doesn't do wonders for ones nail biting habit. I need a manicure bad.</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;">2.)Blackberry's aren't as cool as one might think, unless I am just that special that I couldn't figure out how to access web sites and get them to load....</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;">3.)My DH leaving his freshly shaved facial hair in the sink is causing me to go crazy. Daily.</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;">4.)Not having Internet made me actually scrap MORE :) I guess there was a silver lining after all.</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;">5.) When did my dog get allergies???</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;">6.)Wanting to cook again is requiring more patience than I expected. Why can't my DH just eat mac-n-cheese? The kids love it :)</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;">7.)Reese's Whipps are REALLY delicious and I should stop buying them.</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;">8.)Twilight movies are getting to be disappointing. I think I should have read the books AFTER seeing all the movies, not before. I am not on team Edward, or Jacob. I am on team <span style="color:#000000;"><strong>'get me out of this theatre with all these yappy little teeny boppers before I blow a gasket...where are my migraine meds?'</strong></span> Yep, that's my new team. You can join me if you want!</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;">9.) I should really consider cleaning out my car more often. I did so this morning and found something very important hiding under my son's car seat. BUTTONS! Buttons that I had thought were mailed, but apparently not. Also hiding in the dark abyss were 3 half eaten chicken nuggets, my spare house key, 7 hot wheels, a barbie comb, a pair of gloves, and one scooby doo house slipper. Wow, what a kid. The Buttons ARE mailed now, expect them soon. Sorry, as I hold my head in shame :(</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;">10.) Last but definitely not least....I have discovered that my DH thinks I am not nice, and he loves it. He was helping out a buddy today with some car issues, he came home and said "Wow, his wife was nice. I mean overly nice...Too nice. Amy, you would drive me insane if you were that nice." <strong>Thanks dear......I think.....</strong><br /><br /></p></span><center><span style="color:#000000;">PeaceOut-ScrapOn-LoveAlways<br /></span><br /><p><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" align="center" src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/alaurelp/AmyPNGsiggy.png" /> </p></center>AmesOxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02854843523079481648noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288770591561341165.post-15486978718224019532010-07-25T01:00:00.000-07:002010-07-25T01:00:05.622-07:00Dirty Scraps Reveal #14 - IMPACT<div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">The new challenge is now up at </span><a href="http://dirtyscraps.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#000000;"><em><strong><span style="color:#339999;">Dirty Scraps</span></strong></em> </span></a><span style="color:#000000;">and it's all about things that IMPACT your life. You are being asked to create a LO about something that has had an impact on you in some way, shape, or form. Here are the details.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><br /><br /></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#990000;">IMPACT!!!</span><br /></span></strong>I think of a car wreck when I hear the word IMPACT, but it can mean so many different things. An abusive parent can IMPACT your life in detrimental ways.<br />A wonderful teacher can IMPACT your life in amazing ways, a loving mother can IMPACT your life forever. You can be scarred or shaped with it. Scrap a page with the word IMPACT in it, make it strong, make it you! </span></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDm8McK2sIviXEqdel-vCufQ1mAtDMAHgA4N591ZQtnLwcyXqF6r2xZc22h8A6Xube6Z-m2_kJc2jm7lPjQKx6wBKd4v-XQgv5J4LhmBv9Emn28DDWigX6UaAP8e9FfxecncYjbCp_qmb/s1600/DirtyScraps-AmyOxford-Impact.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 396px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497697027986244610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDm8McK2sIviXEqdel-vCufQ1mAtDMAHgA4N591ZQtnLwcyXqF6r2xZc22h8A6Xube6Z-m2_kJc2jm7lPjQKx6wBKd4v-XQgv5J4LhmBv9Emn28DDWigX6UaAP8e9FfxecncYjbCp_qmb/s400/DirtyScraps-AmyOxford-Impact.JPG" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"><strong> Journaling:</strong></span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Good or bad, memories affect lives in unimaginable ways. Just remember everything happens for a reason and you will always have those memories to learn from.</strong></span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">I created this LO as a reminder more or less to myself. I didn't add specific journaling with all the details, but it represents the friends I have lost due to death because of decisions they have made. The memories that they leave behind in my heart are wonderful, but the personal decisions they made were horrific.</span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">It's a reminder to myself to be careful, to love life, and to never take a minute for granted. Because honestly, it could be your last.</span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><br /><br /><br /></span></p><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">This Challenge is being sponsored by:<br /></span></div><center><span style="color:#000000;"></span></center><div align="center"><a href="http://www.acidfree.com/"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 291px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 85px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497703551897809922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGqObIYRy6Fx8Et-R9nAlF2z9LY9uL80DmSvZwd12NXUbEntsEJy6qzPaj3v3ZGrlwmPXATNnhmRgVA38h3NZvLzDK68R8gdF_clo9giXDFkrdBJ0YymvjoCPgv7IgKxqOs_18MlHgXCrO/s320/Kellers_Creations_Logo.gif" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> They are sponsoring the winner with a $50 Gift Certificate to their online store! That's one pretty amazing prize and all you have to do is be in it to win it! Create that page about IMPACT and share it with us over on the Dirty Scraps Blog.<br /></span></div><center><span style="color:#000000;"></span></center><br /><br /><center><span style="color:#000000;">PeaceOut-ScrapOn-LoveAlways </span></center><center><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" align="center" src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/alaurelp/AmyPNGsiggy.png" /></span> </center>AmesOxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02854843523079481648noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288770591561341165.post-11152163606347163862010-07-24T20:36:00.000-07:002010-07-25T00:39:46.404-07:00DAD - SFTIO - COURAGE Reveal #5<div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">Hello beautiful bloggers and friends. Today I have my last July reveal for </span><a href="http://scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.blogspot.com/"><em><strong><span style="color:#339999;">Scrapbooking From the Inside Out</span></strong></em></a><span style="color:#000000;"> kit - COURAGE. When I was perusing around online one day I came across this sentiment: Hate is easy, to love takes courage. It stuck with me, as it resonated feelings of my relationship with my father. Many of you already know that I have daddy issues and struggle with our relationship on a daily basis. I find that scrapping about those feelings gives me a sense of relief. And that's what SFTIO is a all about. Scrapping all those inner feelings - let them out! Scrap them out! It's truly amazing.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></div></span><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">Here is my LO - DAD:<br /></span></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW4ukFtxjZXrp3aqs1KrKO9SB5ISXjO4hpiIK9fg-WB_G8rTqCnXaIZy3jO0P5w1LBtboHHuWGJF-MDSTzSDPb5JDEj6DNVY5vASp8AtqvLDgHs-Ys1v7BcH0goINJ-1mAGp_lpcd59oAN/s1600/amy0710dad.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 397px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497683119012618882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW4ukFtxjZXrp3aqs1KrKO9SB5ISXjO4hpiIK9fg-WB_G8rTqCnXaIZy3jO0P5w1LBtboHHuWGJF-MDSTzSDPb5JDEj6DNVY5vASp8AtqvLDgHs-Ys1v7BcH0goINJ-1mAGp_lpcd59oAN/s400/amy0710dad.JPG" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> Journaling:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">Sometimes I wish I could just hate you and be done with it all, but you are my father. I can't help but love you and want what's best for you. To want you to actually stop drinking again and just be a normal dad. The dad you were for the past 10 years of my life until you picked up that beer again. But I doubt that will ever happen. I hope one day it will. I will continue to love you even though you continually disappoint me. I will always be here for you, for my father.<br /><br /></span></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXM6nNQgw0P6Axf8FsAcI5LAlr2p2IBShNfMqSTMLO-TlsSlVlIHfPSdnhAToeqCfVjWt-ZPIWjCTQu197vH4doXJkBJjmWqhGy-TOooQw6Q9jtWGrmsNvai251rUPKU_M5H5gkIn-ETt/s1600/amy0710dad2.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497683038955007522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXM6nNQgw0P6Axf8FsAcI5LAlr2p2IBShNfMqSTMLO-TlsSlVlIHfPSdnhAToeqCfVjWt-ZPIWjCTQu197vH4doXJkBJjmWqhGy-TOooQw6Q9jtWGrmsNvai251rUPKU_M5H5gkIn-ETt/s320/amy0710dad2.JPG" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> I know I have scrapped this picture before, but it's one of the very few I have of my father. It's a wonderful picture taken candidly by my Brother in law </span><a href="http://www.jasondodgephoto.com/"><span style="color:#339999;"><strong><em>Jason Dodge Photo</em></strong></span></a><span style="color:#000000;">. I LOVE this picture because it captures my father perfectly. Jason works out of Arkansas, so if you're in the area and need some awesome pics check him out! He's AMAZING!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">SFTIO still has a few July kits available if you are interested. It's packed full of some of the most current and bold products to help you scrap some of those courageous feelings :)<br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOSWif0x_yL6Xt-bfaHvC4ysnzRYDUr_bbUlD1Wsdlo7aQUqWzLRAveRuZp3gyIyj3QGQk9PLQyQyQTU7Odsm_u2xnMYbfCPuDcrolkiJfutUTHW9S-cy5qA9f6DCTtkfYa4Ew2SdDHIKh/s1600/July2010LargeKit.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497683190989748962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOSWif0x_yL6Xt-bfaHvC4ysnzRYDUr_bbUlD1Wsdlo7aQUqWzLRAveRuZp3gyIyj3QGQk9PLQyQyQTU7Odsm_u2xnMYbfCPuDcrolkiJfutUTHW9S-cy5qA9f6DCTtkfYa4Ew2SdDHIKh/s320/July2010LargeKit.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></span><center><span style="color:#000000;">PeaceOut-ScrapOn-LoveAlways </span></center><center><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" align="center" src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/alaurelp/AmyPNGsiggy.png" /> </center></div>AmesOxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02854843523079481648noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288770591561341165.post-41679741882098470592010-07-09T21:19:00.000-07:002010-07-09T21:41:00.102-07:00BRAVE - SFTIO - Reveal #4 & Chance #3 at winning the courage kit!<div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">Hello beautiful <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">bloggers</span>! I hope you are all having a wonderful, fun filled summer! This week has been <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">real</span> HOT for WA! I have been living in front of my fan, sleeping in front of my fan, and I swear if I didn't think it was too weird I would even bathe in front of my fan. I DO NOT like to be HOT! I'm one of those 'keep it cold, I can add layers to stay warm' type people. I hope you are all dealing with this summer heat better than I!!<br /><br />Today I have reveal #4 from <a href="http://scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color:#990000;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Scrapbooking</span> From the Inside Out</span></strong></a>. The July kit COURAGE is based around some of the most beautiful summer fresh Lily Bee papers called 'Hello Sunshine' I LOVED these papers and quite honestly could use them on every LO! Who doesn't love a red polka dot piece of paper though?! I have featured this entire LO around one quote by Mary Anne <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Radmacher</span> <em><span style="color:#339999;">“Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow.”</span></em> Something about this quote makes me have a sense of bravery. One has to be brave to face the day never knowing what could/would happen. And if your day doesn't go as planned then don't let it get you down. It's just one day!!! Try again tomorrow!<br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxJx1po9eiCRJdYj7K_XI1cvP7jmuhpUCdSnDGpDX-S_eQTIgnGHf76zNlmOwV8MnO75uHUh8gqWPiqIXNqBYvHX1BRjzlAQslsUWzIsPZDXeeEY0CFfqR0wNX5-VaR2jhHevOB0tt2AnM/s1600/amy0710brave.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 395px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492127685228018002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxJx1po9eiCRJdYj7K_XI1cvP7jmuhpUCdSnDGpDX-S_eQTIgnGHf76zNlmOwV8MnO75uHUh8gqWPiqIXNqBYvHX1BRjzlAQslsUWzIsPZDXeeEY0CFfqR0wNX5-VaR2jhHevOB0tt2AnM/s400/amy0710brave.JPG" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">SFTIO</span> is being featured on the </span><a href="http://lilybeedesign.blogspot.com/2010/07/scrapbooking-from-inside-out-win-kit.html#comments"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Lily Bee</span></strong> </span></a><span style="color:#000000;">Blog TODAY. If you head over there and leave a comment then you could be the owner of this amazing COURAGE kit! I'm so excited because one of my <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">LO's</span> is <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">being</span> featured! <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Whoo</span>-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Hoo</span>!!! So that is now 3 chances you have at winning the COURAGE kit. Scroll down to previous posts to see the other 2!<br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG1PAgbM36xWxbsCqhaJpaaBIgp0teQb9tSuUw7T0CDrPjXTGuIUbrR3vTVQXNrDYmGhDJTZGPSqWvES_zxkX3d1rW8geyI83EOc_lY_-PbN4kPk-Wm9_LD9uSbUEmmIaQt1wb-KBAOAvg/s1600/July2010LargeKit.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492127534287682418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG1PAgbM36xWxbsCqhaJpaaBIgp0teQb9tSuUw7T0CDrPjXTGuIUbrR3vTVQXNrDYmGhDJTZGPSqWvES_zxkX3d1rW8geyI83EOc_lY_-PbN4kPk-Wm9_LD9uSbUEmmIaQt1wb-KBAOAvg/s320/July2010LargeKit.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"><br /><br /></span><center><span style="color:#000000;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">PeaceOut</span>-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">ScrapOn</span>-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">LoveAlways</span> </span></center><center><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" align="center" src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/alaurelp/AmyPNGsiggy.png" /> </span></center>AmesOxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02854843523079481648noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288770591561341165.post-19666391027977039422010-07-08T10:04:00.001-07:002010-07-08T10:08:44.426-07:00Want another chance to win?!<center><span style="color:#000000;">Win the July - </span><a href="http://scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.com/"><strong><span style="color:#339999;">Scrapbooking From the Inside Out</span></strong></a><span style="color:#000000;"> - COURAGE kit that is! Then head on over to the </span><a href="http://glitzitnow.blogspot.com/2010/07/scrapbooking-from-inside-out-kit.html"><strong><span style="color:#339999;">Glitz Designs</span></strong></a><span style="color:#000000;"> blog and leave a comment for yet another kit giveaway! This month's kit is featuring Glitz Kismet line, and it's delicious!</span></center><center> </center>AmesOxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02854843523079481648noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288770591561341165.post-19515887341331680632010-07-07T17:47:00.000-07:002010-07-07T20:58:51.415-07:00SFTIO Courage Reveal #3 & a chance to win the Courage Kit!<div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">At </span><a href="http://scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color:#339999;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Scrapbooking</span> From the Inside Out</span></strong></a><span style="color:#000000;"> we are focused on courage and what courage means to you. I have based this LO around just being myself and finding the courage to do so. It's not journal heavy, but I did put little tags of things I would like to remind myself. It's <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">OK</span> to be jaded. It's <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">OK</span> to be weird. It's <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">OK</span> to be passionate. It's <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">OK</span> to just be me and to have the courage to do so. I have created the background in a patchwork style that represents the different layers of myself that are all patched together to make me who I am. No one is perfect, we all have patches....don't be afraid to show them. It's OK to be YOU! </span></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4EcuLXKmiWgnhF_a0lizyVYVNfx-oOaHUnjJ60E_22J9Bh3I7JR7BxCWH_MmMIwOq6irGRYY9c7y87Iyrxf9EKt2DTPV1mGWMtv0jhbnJA0hKZsC3sDbax6ALFhI_WoCYi2TyJAzB3K65/s1600/amy0710beyou.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 399px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491330942690358930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4EcuLXKmiWgnhF_a0lizyVYVNfx-oOaHUnjJ60E_22J9Bh3I7JR7BxCWH_MmMIwOq6irGRYY9c7y87Iyrxf9EKt2DTPV1mGWMtv0jhbnJA0hKZsC3sDbax6ALFhI_WoCYi2TyJAzB3K65/s400/amy0710beyou.JPG" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> Would you like a chance at winning the July kit - COURAGE - from <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">SFTIO</span>? All you have to do is head on over to the </span><a href="http://gcdstudios.blogspot.com/2010/07/kit-give-away.html"><strong><span style="color:#339999;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">GCD</span> Studios</span></strong></a><span style="color:#000000;"> blog and tell them what courage means to you. <br /></span><center></center><span style="color:#000000;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Scrapbooking</span> From the Inside out is being featured on the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">GCD</span> blog today which is so exciting! Head on over for your chance at winning this amazing kit. Winner will be chosen on Monday, July 12<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span>. <br /><br /></span><center></center><br /><center><span style="color:#000000;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">PeaceOut</span>-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">ScrapOn</span>-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">LoveAlways</span></span> </center><center><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" align="center" src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/alaurelp/AmyPNGsiggy.png" /> </center></div>AmesOxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02854843523079481648noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288770591561341165.post-80174276908932847302010-07-03T22:11:00.001-07:002010-07-04T08:43:02.080-07:00Please Return to School - SFTIO Reveal #2<div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">Hello beautiful Bloggers! Today I have another reveal using <strong><a href="http://scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#339999;">Scrapbooking From the Inside </span></a></strong><strong><a href="http://scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#339999;">Out</span></a></strong> -<strong> </strong>July kit - COURAGE. I can't even express enough how much I loved this kit. It's full of vibrant colors with just enough softness to balance it all out. Which is the perfect combination! Did I mention that this kit is FULL of stars?! I love stars! With the focus of this month being courage I immediately thought about myself returning to school. This is by far one of the things in life that I needed courage to do. </span></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieSZeIrkRIYYP1jpV0VdCAS8m5axlNLp08uYGBEllg5b3CPCZIWsIgkZ3FobK20zAeDHUIoRi8mmCuTLC4zRLKQyK9yw0XNduImIZ2YhDQXxsCR0aa-3don_EbTjA8JSdH71fnf8tSrwZs/s1600/amy0710school.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 397px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489914728574422690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieSZeIrkRIYYP1jpV0VdCAS8m5axlNLp08uYGBEllg5b3CPCZIWsIgkZ3FobK20zAeDHUIoRi8mmCuTLC4zRLKQyK9yw0XNduImIZ2YhDQXxsCR0aa-3don_EbTjA8JSdH71fnf8tSrwZs/s400/amy0710school.JPG" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> Journaling:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">At 18 I made the decision to give up a college scholarship to pursue being a stay at home mother and wife. It was an easy decision at the time, but now 10 years later I face the difficulty of starting all over. I am terrified of submerging myself into the unknown. At home I have everything perfected. There is nothing that I can't handle. I guess this is what scares me. The Unknown! What will happen? How will I do? WHAT will I do? I have no idea. I am still undecided. I do know though that I have finally built up the courage to embark on this journey. Now I just need to have the faith in myself to succeed. I have the ability. I have the heart. I have the strength. I CAN do it!<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5LSgGWhiBU4-W699WfWTFUGwukXYEOGDCi4Oyegd0nJ3506ryg94RlFixJwJvPW24mmBpxncyZ7qXb69b-_5tbCSCdaDGQpBpEp_ry8G82zcxLu6jkYA2XPSV7QrqVrjy_rP1A-rZsKtG/s1600/amy0710school2.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489914618893251266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5LSgGWhiBU4-W699WfWTFUGwukXYEOGDCi4Oyegd0nJ3506ryg94RlFixJwJvPW24mmBpxncyZ7qXb69b-_5tbCSCdaDGQpBpEp_ry8G82zcxLu6jkYA2XPSV7QrqVrjy_rP1A-rZsKtG/s400/amy0710school2.JPG" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> A little close up of the embellie cluster. I have a hard time NOT putting a little cluster on every LO! Look at the beautiful flowers that are included in the COURAGE kit. Yellow! I have had such a weakness lately for yellow flowers! </span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Here is the kit in it's entirety. Totally Drool worthy! You can order yours <a href="http://www.scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.com/buy.html"><span style="color:#339999;"><strong>here</strong></span></a>! :)<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPIo7MUNSEQ6s5xwdi7qPxKbD5xPsKtuCKOkaGtdr6EaXvENMsLjDvzd02cclP-P_DJDFHw70pFKlYCwKlXTye4tnV5fltjt-p4pV267kIKOzTUwH_YMVYdg4nObQM6x2hGj_xuuuGjHzK/s1600/July2010LargeKit.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489914529062111794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPIo7MUNSEQ6s5xwdi7qPxKbD5xPsKtuCKOkaGtdr6EaXvENMsLjDvzd02cclP-P_DJDFHw70pFKlYCwKlXTye4tnV5fltjt-p4pV267kIKOzTUwH_YMVYdg4nObQM6x2hGj_xuuuGjHzK/s320/July2010LargeKit.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></span><center><span style="color:#000000;">PeaceOut-ScrapOn-LoveAlways<br /></span><p><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" align="center" src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/alaurelp/AmyPNGsiggy.png" /> </p></center><br /></div>AmesOxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02854843523079481648noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288770591561341165.post-55483863818624680002010-07-01T20:20:00.000-07:002010-07-01T21:47:56.075-07:00Scrapbooking From the Inside Out - July Reveal - Courage!<div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">It's July 1st! That means that <a href="http://scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#339999;"><strong>Scrapbooking From the Inside Out</strong></span></a> has revealed their brand new FABULOUS kit! I am extremely excited for this kit as it is my very first DT reveal with SFTIO and the emotion of the kit is Courage. What a perfect emotion for the month of July and for what I have faced in the last year of my life. I have had to have courage in times where all I wanted to do was curl up into a ball and hide in the darkest corner I could find. I am sure we all have those moments, but the important thing is that we find the strength within ourselves to pull ourselves up and live each day to the fullest....no matter life's circumstances. How we face our daily trials and tribulations is what makes us the person we are, and I am proud to say that I can go to bed at the end of the day knowing that I am happy with the person I am. The person I have become because I have had the courage to do so.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></div></span><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">I encourage you to look inside yourself and find the courage to scrap about YOU. Scrapbooking From the Inside Out has put together this amazing kit to help you do just that. This kit is loaded with bold star images – your badge of courage - in chipboard, felt and even a distressed acrylic stamp. There are gorgeous Prima flowers of course, some rustic burlap and some gentle yellow roses. And more: printed corduroy fabric from Buzz and Bloom, gingham and lace ribbon, embossed cardstock, journaling cards, die cuts, vintage-look buttons from Jenni Bowlin and beautiful Melissa Frances resin wings.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></div></span><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">Check it out in all it's glory:</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHCSor1_sFqbG_xGCHqeER6Q0pKHN7918OciR6EYgGwVNjm3UIA-qZ5h1V-1wyfmPdLgRWNd9BRoPJzfvUSqwtef-YisHexpObFVh7NIN2Jc0hbyVKdTKevtr7aEGHm6iWsMaCp6X3kqDj/s1600/July2010LargeKit.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489153744403520530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHCSor1_sFqbG_xGCHqeER6Q0pKHN7918OciR6EYgGwVNjm3UIA-qZ5h1V-1wyfmPdLgRWNd9BRoPJzfvUSqwtef-YisHexpObFVh7NIN2Jc0hbyVKdTKevtr7aEGHm6iWsMaCp6X3kqDj/s400/July2010LargeKit.jpg" /></span> <p align="center"></a><span style="color:#000000;">Here is the first of many reveals I have using this kit.<br /></span></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQSvt3JUp1gEDzLsePXi2SFyaLz_X-55hzSwECW-3mAwXf1nrXN7sMhlff_5Vjh5M9LPGvNbHLJYE8RkzeBJT89oAuQmhUgvaZmiU0ht0dket-ad_RpcmC858FltZyzBloHpUzcDBVmLGa/s1600/amy0710withoutyou.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489153603188058850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQSvt3JUp1gEDzLsePXi2SFyaLz_X-55hzSwECW-3mAwXf1nrXN7sMhlff_5Vjh5M9LPGvNbHLJYE8RkzeBJT89oAuQmhUgvaZmiU0ht0dket-ad_RpcmC858FltZyzBloHpUzcDBVmLGa/s400/amy0710withoutyou.JPG" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> This LO is about the courage I have had to find within myself to live our daily lives without Big Daddy alongside me every step of the way. I have ripped the paper to represent the broken aspect of our lives while he is away, and the netting represents all the little threads that still hold us together. There is nothing that we can not make it through together!</span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">*Netting is not in the kit. It's an apple bag that I recycled into my LO!<br /><br /></span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbnOREM3SqVJ64FJSJqtYPyHOgPi3P66LSCOcnwMVwjWYz_rCR7_VdaDdtANehTYB2uHC3C_MUsd9YVxTzDoqlY3R0NhZd_NQ1nle3Vv72zhKIZuAWUtMXBF2lzvJEuBsRx5himH3Yj1G/s1600/amy0710withoughyou2.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489153484305067074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbnOREM3SqVJ64FJSJqtYPyHOgPi3P66LSCOcnwMVwjWYz_rCR7_VdaDdtANehTYB2uHC3C_MUsd9YVxTzDoqlY3R0NhZd_NQ1nle3Vv72zhKIZuAWUtMXBF2lzvJEuBsRx5himH3Yj1G/s400/amy0710withoughyou2.JPG" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></span><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">Scrapbooking From the Inside Out is a wonderful kit club that inspires you to scrap your emotions and put them to pen and scrappy paper. Dig Deep within yourself and learn more about you in the process. I would like to invite you all to join us in the <a href="http://www.scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.com/board/index.php?s=8728eaafb32442872b270b35c3194f23&act=idx"><strong>FORUM</strong></a> and get to know other wonderful supportive ladies. If you are interested in this AMAZING kit you can find them <a href="http://www.scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.com/buy.html"><strong><span style="color:#339999;">here</span></strong></a>. Be quick though, because SFTIO sells out of their kits FAST!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><br /> </div></span><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">Thank you all for stopping by today and joining me in the journey of finding the courage within.<br /><br /><br />PeaceOut-ScrapOn-LoveAlways</span><br /><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" align="center" src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/alaurelp/AmyPNGsiggy.png" /> </div>AmesOxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02854843523079481648noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288770591561341165.post-71214009743774644402010-06-26T17:55:00.000-07:002010-06-26T18:08:44.391-07:00Dirty Scraps Reveal - I wish I had known....<div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">It's Challenge time at <strong><a href="http://dirtyscraps.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#339999;">Dirty Scraps</span></a></strong> once again. This challenge is asking you to dig deep and be reflective. Here are the details:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">I wish I had known......</span></strong><br />This is a reflective challenge. Everyone has had those moments, those "I wish I had known then" moments. Maybe it was too late to say goodbye, maybe you wish you had known you were beautiful and sexy, maybe you wish you had known how hard it would have been or how EASY it would have been if you had tried it earlier? I wish I had known it was going to be ok, I wish I had known I was going to lose you, I wish I had known how valuable I really was.<br />So much life to scrap, so little time. So put on your thinking cap, pull out those memories, dig deep, scrap it real. Can't wait to see what you do!<br /><br />This challenge is being sponsored by </span><a href="http://nikkisdoghouse.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color:#339999;">Nikki Sivils</span></strong></a><span style="color:#000000;">. She has donated one amazing prize pack for the winner!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><br /> </div></span><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">My LO:</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9MYSCRcyQIJPcsk5T7Eq8-ZBVan0567-iavToVCi0qwx3cha6XqK1NFQcYbqW2dicMyTptsTgpEM-pIcuSBLQSveTOZf4_pBdvYsNX7mNBYNnOuC03S0GPY8z-LOesh-4bafHR7oWQvVd/s1600/DS-AmyOxford-Challenge12.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487250942727927474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9MYSCRcyQIJPcsk5T7Eq8-ZBVan0567-iavToVCi0qwx3cha6XqK1NFQcYbqW2dicMyTptsTgpEM-pIcuSBLQSveTOZf4_pBdvYsNX7mNBYNnOuC03S0GPY8z-LOesh-4bafHR7oWQvVd/s400/DS-AmyOxford-Challenge12.JPG" /> </span><p align="center"></a><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Journaling:</span><br />I wish I had known how hard it would be to tell you goodbye. You were my father’s father, My Grandpa Page. A man that was happiest sitting in his recliner watching a football game or in your workshop building. Working with wood. You had a magical hand grandpa, you could build anything and I always looked up to you for that. But in your house I always felt like an outcast. After all, we were our father’s children. Children that came from a home you did not approve of. From a man that has caused the family a great amount of disappointment. I know you had big dreams for your children. You worked hard to make a life for them, and he let you down, and in retrospect I always felt like I was a disappointment to you as well. In your house we were strangers. As a child I always wondered what was wrong with me. Mom and Dad always made us give you hugs when we left your house, it was never comfortable. It should have been hugs filled with love; instead it was a race to see who could let go fast enough. I have a childhood filled with memories of awkwardness, forced affection, and I just want you to know that I do love you. I always did, but I did hold a lot of resentment towards you and my grandmother. When we found out that you had cancer and were becoming sicker by the day I loaded up my family and drove 9 hours to be there. I was only able to stay a couple days, but those few days changed my heart towards you in ways that I can’t even explain. I came to your house and saw you laying in bed and my heart hurt. This distant man who has been such a huge part of my life is leaving us. You asked to see Kyrsten. You had never met her. She was only a few months old at the time. You looked at my girls and told me how proud of me you were, that I was a strong person and that you loved me. In all honesty I had never felt so loved in my life. It’s a silly thing to think that those few words could make such a difference, but they did coming from a man that I had longed for acceptance from for so long. Less than a month later you passed away. I made the trip back down to attend your funeral. I was lost. I was upset. I was sad. I was an emotional rollercoaster that kept turning circles with no destination, and all of a sudden I crashed into a river of tears. Tears for the past 23 years of my life that I knew you, but never really knew who you were. You were a good man, a strong, silent, observant man. I know this now. I know you loved me in your own way. I know you only wanted what was best for me, and I love you for that. Every time I get the chance to visit you I do. I sit at your grave and talk with you to let you know how I am, but you know that. Now that I have gotten older I understand you. I just wish I could have known then what I know now. I wish I had known that telling you goodbye would be one of the hardest things I have had to do because I do love you grandpa. I do.</span><br /><br /></span></p><center><span style="color:#000000;">PeaceOut-ScrapOn-LoveAlways</span> </center><center><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" align="center" src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/alaurelp/AmyPNGsiggy.png" /> </center>AmesOxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02854843523079481648noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288770591561341165.post-42402286816258764872010-06-17T23:31:00.000-07:002010-06-18T01:10:20.978-07:00Some Exciting and Randomness stuff<div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">First off I want to apologize, I have been really really busy this week and I am behind on posting, commenting, and emails. I am playing catch up as we speak! Today we celebrated <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Koen's</span> 3rd birthday. It was a blast! He specifically asked for a bubble party and a car cake. I thought it would be a fun idea for me to personally take on the task of creating this cake with wheels.....big mistake! It was a task I was not ready for to say the least. But I sucked it up and did my best. He loved it, so that's all that matters!<br /></span></div><p><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484004061087053010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZHP2XyW-gII1tR4tVXRFlEiEcq1vOb3JMVaozLu9J8543CL8hg7XqQQoj5c0h9S2u3JdD9PA17W1KyBZ3okolPRG5njs6PF00VzclKWp5jeKUEBaxhI_0M8sAGJAxZNgfT6hgbPgFVUfU/s320/026.JPG" /></span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">Here he is blowing out his 3 candles on his tank cake, fork in hand ready to dig in.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCJ-Pr_S6Ilzyf96iDv9pJTtyQzmR-aGBGbLroA9lndauKZxtO45rqtLaDwT_oN3poH5e4XoZf8q9p-3cJj2nQE84N4m_M9sGrcAg6uTEUSkQDEtpixKgSBgSNoxo05jIVOG_RVx3DmbBb/s1600/027.JPG"></p><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483998360097080482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCJ-Pr_S6Ilzyf96iDv9pJTtyQzmR-aGBGbLroA9lndauKZxtO45rqtLaDwT_oN3poH5e4XoZf8q9p-3cJj2nQE84N4m_M9sGrcAg6uTEUSkQDEtpixKgSBgSNoxo05jIVOG_RVx3DmbBb/s320/027.JPG" /> <p align="center"></span></a><span style="color:#000000;">Little man had me relight them 4 times so he could keep blowing them out!</span><br /></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></p><br /><p align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">Another thing that has kept me over the top busy this week.....<strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc33cc;">Kayla</span></strong> had to create a project for school that determines if she passes on to 5<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> grade. She used some wonderful </span><a href="http://www.mosdinc.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><span style="color:#339999;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">MOSD</span></span></strong> </span></a><span style="color:#000000;">products on her project, and it's currently being featured (by a proud momma, of course) on the </span><a href="http://www.mosdinc.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#339999;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">MOSD</span></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> blog! Please head on over there and leave Kayla some love. She would love to read it. And THANK YOU!!</span></p><br /><p align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">My big announcement!! I am SO very excited about this as it is something rather new and different for me to! I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">received</span> an email from <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Karan</span> Gerber this morning telling me that I had made the new Sketch Design team at </span><a href="http://sketchabilities.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color:#339999;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">SKETCHABILITIES</span></span></strong></a><span style="color:#000000;">! I was so nervous when I sent my application in because I am SO SO new at sketches. I had only created 4 when I initially sent my app in. I wrote it up, hit send, and held my breath for 3 weeks...until this morning! Thank you <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Karan</span> for this opportunity. You have no idea how excited I am to be doing this!!!</span><a href="http://sketchabilities.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 291px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484002586746648098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhivM_PD7HTTxDAmFvdbh7fvhUlmBXwNX9g7kVBLuekHfgbGdqDPTcbMq9AVxvc4ZssRmPzC25m8TxEUbgOTRLGxtv-doik16V6CXhx-X_Y4zvqVmHj6RJHlGE9hA3kT9ZasIsl476j2nx/s320/sketch+team.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"></span></p><p align="center"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">**Freebie Friday will be back next Friday! I have some great stuff planned!!</span></strong></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">PeaceOut</span>-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">ScrapOn</span>-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">LoveAlways</span><br /></span><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" align="center" src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/alaurelp/AmyPNGsiggy.png" /> </p>AmesOxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02854843523079481648noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288770591561341165.post-79239518407470680192010-06-15T16:48:00.000-07:002010-06-15T19:37:47.873-07:00Birthdays Challenge - Candy Shoppe Designs<div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">As you have probably noticed, this month is all about Birthdays over at the<strong> </strong></span><a href="http://candyshoppedesigns.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#339999;"><strong>Candy Shoppe Designs</strong></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> challenge blog. Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to create a project that reflects anything and all things birthday. The deadline for this mission is: 24 hundred hours (midnight), 21 June.</span></div><br /><span style="color:#000000;"></span><br /><p align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">For this challenge I opted to create a LO about my DS's 'Birth' Day. Little man is turning 3 years old on 17 June, and is a true joy in our lives. He is very special to us. He is our only boy, our last child, and he joined our lives on Father's Day! It was a very emotional day for our family, especially for Big Daddy. Koen's timing was perfect!</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;">I remember like it was yesterday, when I was in my last month of pregnancy. We were in the middle of a move from Fort Campbell, TN to Fort Lewis, WA. I was staying with my mother while Travis was getting our home set up in WA. We had originally planned on me coming to WA after Koen was born so I didn't have to travel 36 hours in a car while being 8 months pregnant with 2 little girls and a huge dog. But one day Travis called me and was upset due to the fact that he would be missing his only son being born. He wanted to be in the delivery room as he was with our girls. Due to his job he couldn't come to me, so I packed up the car, convinced my brother to drive me, and we started the drive. We made it to WA in 2 days with little to no sleep. I was 38 weeks pregnant and scared to make this trip, but in the end it was worth ever doubt, every fear I ever had. Because 12 days later, when I saw my DH holding his son, knowing that I have given him this joy, it was all that mattered.</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;">So, yes, I am rambling....it's been a very emotionally draining week!!! </span><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;">But here it is. My LO dedicated to our son on his 'Birth' Day:</span></p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDt3k8c1sdNozcGus67YYw7tt3ucSaZUeqh4-ulGz4cJEOXaW2NlO8Hk55KfVEP5HtJNCS2imzgBX3iVY282ibYwZDGe6tMu9D9rmyyZit_snPpiluyEvzE-xIgwizsf8hlUlcqpnlLyjr/s1600/CSD-AmyOxford-Birthday.JPG"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 397px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483151687496248146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDt3k8c1sdNozcGus67YYw7tt3ucSaZUeqh4-ulGz4cJEOXaW2NlO8Hk55KfVEP5HtJNCS2imzgBX3iVY282ibYwZDGe6tMu9D9rmyyZit_snPpiluyEvzE-xIgwizsf8hlUlcqpnlLyjr/s400/CSD-AmyOxford-Birthday.JPG" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> All entries for this Challenge will be entered into the drawing for a "Good Times" kit that has been generously sponsored by <a href="http://www.colormemiki.com/"><span style="color:#339999;">Color Me Miki</span></a>. So come on over, grab something sweet, and celebrate birthdays with the Lollipop girls at CSD!</span></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTM4Ae1Ruq0yyJ9riUXC1gw_ken31rgjyJrlqhYov-oBWqYKImwTMufcFweDFgcwOv5OpgV_4tSZlpQBJYuxjNRnX82R6IgGKfx_zalJqI1ZLHYj9KpDWHnV5TBQQHhibu12hElobv5SEO/s1600/Good+Times+Kit.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 228px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483181047656894178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTM4Ae1Ruq0yyJ9riUXC1gw_ken31rgjyJrlqhYov-oBWqYKImwTMufcFweDFgcwOv5OpgV_4tSZlpQBJYuxjNRnX82R6IgGKfx_zalJqI1ZLHYj9KpDWHnV5TBQQHhibu12hElobv5SEO/s320/Good+Times+Kit.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;">Side note: I am currently loving Paper Trunk's new Rockabilly line.....OMGoodness, this line is fun! </span></div><p><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></p><center><span style="color:#000000;">PeaceOut-ScrapOn-LoveAlways</span> </center><center><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" align="center" src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/alaurelp/AmyPNGsiggy.png" /> </center>AmesOxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02854843523079481648noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288770591561341165.post-37454879953931048092010-06-14T04:46:00.000-07:002010-06-14T19:21:25.539-07:00And the CSN Stores Random Winner is:<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIifCxzeWWYAUQCfSCxmH-uO1dUzesLYV0vxLerA7t0SEmDPjzEivSObNID29lTsBGzPTDORwBe0auWsMOBZaxjFW1kr8lZjG2joiZ4Vikj9iWttRsXAzN3KqvpJrSkhuamDegl5Ny1oe-/s1600/random.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 171px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 238px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482595341877075554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIifCxzeWWYAUQCfSCxmH-uO1dUzesLYV0vxLerA7t0SEmDPjzEivSObNID29lTsBGzPTDORwBe0auWsMOBZaxjFW1kr8lZjG2joiZ4Vikj9iWttRsXAzN3KqvpJrSkhuamDegl5Ny1oe-/s400/random.JPG" /></a><br /><center><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc33cc;"><a href="http://thetuckerwolekclan.blogspot.com/">Julie Tucker-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Wolek</span></a></span></strong></center><br /><center><span style="color:#000000;"></span></center><br /><center><span style="color:#000000;">Congratulations Julie! I have forwarded your email to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">CSN</span> Stores. You should be receiving Your $40 Gift Certificate via email to use at over 200 <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">CSN</span> stores of your choice! Thank you all for playing along and making this giveaway so successful!</span></center><center></center><br /><center><span style="color:#000000;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">PeaceOut</span>-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">ScrapOn</span>-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">LoveAlways</span></span><br /><p><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" align="center" src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/alaurelp/AmyPNGsiggy.png" /> </p></center>AmesOxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02854843523079481648noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288770591561341165.post-43056830097335295882010-06-08T15:53:00.001-07:002010-06-08T17:01:27.058-07:00Celebrating Birthday's with CSD via Cupcakes!<div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">The new challenge is now live at </span><a href="http://candyshoppedesigns.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><span style="color:#339999;">Candy Shoppe Designs</span></strong> </span></a><span style="color:#000000;">and we are celebrating Birthdays. Not just any one's birthday though, today is Lynnette Davis' big day! Happy Birthday Lynnette!!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">To kick off her birthday festivities CSD is hosting a Cupcake challenge. You are being asked to create a cupcake out of paper and decorate it using scrapbook supplies! (there is a tutorial on the CSD blog) I personally had a lot of fun creating cupcakes although I couldn't make up my mind on a theme. So.....I created a Girl and a Boy one just to keep things fair in the Oxford household.</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_T_pxMuP8oxZQsdQgO_Hq5vilE5tID9NqHDmNHr6ZG5tXaCms2HbApDAlfk6T8W22B276g4YWhhk0xKxwLEPjfRat45ufY0il3MGGmv4DjuUiaCFRqbBCkApMJT9-zndq-7crWOlssd8q/s1600/CSD-cupcakes-AmyOxford+(2).JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480540087893812482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_T_pxMuP8oxZQsdQgO_Hq5vilE5tID9NqHDmNHr6ZG5tXaCms2HbApDAlfk6T8W22B276g4YWhhk0xKxwLEPjfRat45ufY0il3MGGmv4DjuUiaCFRqbBCkApMJT9-zndq-7crWOlssd8q/s400/CSD-cupcakes-AmyOxford+(2).JPG" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></span><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIUuvQOa1QlbwbWeFHw7bqA4Ho0aN02smLnSvovfQHCMz_vd2ChKcPqLCW2LDfO-uYHJWQp-BCnI6bkaNgbhxTxHc33Gt1qf5-Okmo03mTXvN8GmAXG8w9znHkKUJiFj5O0pHTeSeIh925/s1600/CSD-cupcakes-AmyOxford.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480539986834888754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIUuvQOa1QlbwbWeFHw7bqA4Ho0aN02smLnSvovfQHCMz_vd2ChKcPqLCW2LDfO-uYHJWQp-BCnI6bkaNgbhxTxHc33Gt1qf5-Okmo03mTXvN8GmAXG8w9znHkKUJiFj5O0pHTeSeIh925/s400/CSD-cupcakes-AmyOxford.JPG" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><a href="http://www.colormemiki.com/"><span style="color:#339999;">Color Me Miki</span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> is sponsoring CSD this month with this "Good Times" kit. All you have to do to be in the running for the win is create a paper cupcake and post a link in the comment section on the Candy Shoppe Designs blog. Pretty easy, and not to mention fun! Come on over and get sweet with the Lollipop Girls!</span></div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://www.colormemiki.com/"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 228px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480539774966880882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2g-xfl7Iwdytks33LkTZg3KiP3j8FV8P1BP3DKTZa_pG1jbtFXHjzSp3hyNN1q5rst3BhTlVWNc68_BAyHkv6g_F8RAhd_9YJr2kiC-AplGnTWAn7ypuQKqfvVzd-arfeEL7KWRjIwYwI/s320/Good+Times+Kit.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"><br /><br /></span><center><span style="color:#000000;">PeaceOut-ScrapOn-LoveAlways</span> </center><center><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" align="center" src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/alaurelp/AmyPNGsiggy.png" /> </center><br /></div>AmesOxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02854843523079481648noreply@blogger.com7