I went to Michael's for a Lego City Person book, I SWEAR!!!

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Hey All!!

 

So after the week I had, I needed a break. My great grandmother passed away on Wednesday night. She was 88 and she was suffering. She had a stroke years ago that she was never able to bounce back from. She was getting infection after infection after infection that her body could no longer fight off, and she was just TIRED...that's it, TIRED. She was upset that her body would not work when her mind did, and she was tired of relying on other people to help her. She needed to be on hospice for the last 3 weeks, and like I said, she was tired; she slept for the last 2 weeks, and she passed in her sleep.

 

She was a wonderful woman. I may not of been AS CLOSE with her as I grew up due to jobs, family, etc., but she knew I was always there for her. She adored my son, and he know how to understand where she went. He was making my Babci (Polish for Grandmother) laugh on Wednesday night, and she said that was what she needed to help her with loosing her mother. He was such a big help! He made everyone forget their sorrows at this time, and enjoy celebrating her life.

 

So, last night, I told him since he was such a great big helper, I would talk him to pick out a SMALL present. He said, "OK". I said "what will it be"? He said "You know how you ALWAYS make me wait around with you in the craft store when you go? (I laughed)Well, last time I saw a Lego book I wanted there". That concept is crazy to me...go to Michael's for a LEGO BOOK? Not a Smash Book or Sn@p Book? WHHHHHHAAAAAATTTTTT????

 

Well, as you know, I have put a HALT to my shopping UNTIL I USE MY ITEMS IN MY CRAFT ROOM! I have SLOWLY been making a dent into my items. I have not been able to use a lot of time in my craft room lately because of time constraints. BUT, on Mothers Day that will change, lol.

 

So off to Michael's we go...for a Lego Book. And you ALL know I was not gonna just get the Lego book and bounce...NOPE! I NEEDED to see what was going on in there! You know, like a moth to a flame type stuff???

 

Well, I get in there, and it changed!!!! They redid the Stamp and Ink aisle, the button aisle, the Smash aisle, everything!!! I even found some new goodies hiding in there...check these out!!

 

 

New Heidi Swapp stuff! They are stencils for Color Shine's! SUPER CUTE!! They were $3.99 for small & $5.99 for the big ones!

 

Look at all the new TIM HOLTZ Stuff!!! VERY COOL! New colors of Distress Ink are coming out too!!!

 

The new Recollections Date stamps and new Hero Arts, Momenta, and Recollections Stamps!

 

 

The We R Memory Keeper pages for the scrapbook were $1.79! I couldn't get a picture cause too many people were around it!

 

I was pretty impressed over all!

 

So that was it...All I got was the Lego City Book...At least I got to use a 40% off coupon on it so it made me FEEL like I was crafty shopping!!!

 

OK all, just wanted to fill you in!

 

Hope to catch you Craftin' and Stampin'!

My LAST shopping haul for a while BUT I show AND tell you why! Prompts Containers!

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So...its time to show my last shopping haul....yea, like that would EVER happen! LOL! I'm only kidding on the last part! I just recently made this decision after I went looking to take inventory of my Scrap Stash on the new app for the buying at Scrapbook Expo! I found SO many things that I hardly ever use! Like my Stickles, Embossing Folders, Stamp Sets, Card Making Kits, etc. That was EXACTLY  the wake up call I needed to show my self that I need to step back and take a BACK TO SCRAPBOOK BASICS assessment!

 

I thought about how I would do this, and I think I came up with the BEST idea!! I made PROMPTING Cans! I have Prompts for:

 

Project Type (Project Life, Cards, Smash, SNAP, etc)

Machines (Cricut, Silhouette Cameo, Big Shot, etc)

Stamps (Stampin' Up, Jaded Blossom, Unity, Close To My Heart, etc)

Paper Line (DCWV, Recollections Patterned, Echo Park, etc)

Embellishments (Buttons, Brads, Ribbon, Eyelets, etc)

Optional Extras (Copics, Stampin' Write, Pastels, etc)

 

I have devised  a system as to how I will determine how I will use this prompts, and I show you in the video below! I actually picked for next week already! AND ITS A GOOD PICK ;)

 

Here's the video!

If any of you are interested to know what I put in each container, please leave a comment below and I will email you what I used!

OK all, hope to catch you Craftin' and Stampin'!

Small Haul Video & Using Tags, Bags, Boxes & More 2

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What a week! Had TONS of great stuff happen this week!! I found out I made another DT, I found out I am going to be a Guest Designer for the Day at Unique Crafters (post will be sometime next week!), I FINALLY figured out how to make an Angry Bird with my Cricut, and business is starting to pick up! I can tell you that I TRULY feel blessed! And on top of everything else wonderful that has happened, I picked up a TON of new friends and followers this week! Thanks so much for following me!

So, on to today's post! I got the new Bags, Tags, Boxes and More 2 Cricut Cartridge and I couldn't wait to play with it! I also got a TON of 70% off items at Michael's and AC Moore!

Here is my small haul video first!


Then, once I was done filming my haul video, I decided I wanted to play with BTBM2 a little bit! I am NOT going to lie, it was a bit confusing to look at the booklet to say the least. But, Provo Craft DID include a booklet on putting all the boxes together! Woo Hoo! I will say the one BAD thing I did was not purchase the Scoring blade and its housing. They have Feature buttons that score the lines for you! HOW AWESOME IS THAT? And believe me, after fooling around with making Score lines, I can tell you that you NEED IT for this cartridge!

 Here are some pictures:

Here are the booklets

 Here is what the first piece cut out at 7' looks like!

Here is what the Box Side 1 & Box Side 2 look like

Here is what the Gable Box looks like all put together. ITS SMALL!!!

HERE is the You Tube video for scoring the lines and putting the box together!

So, I will be doing more videos on this cartridge cause over all, its a great one! There are SO MANY things you can make on this! I am going to experiment with quite a few!!!

OK guys, gotta jet to work! Hope you enjoy the video's and I hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'!