I finished!!!!

I did it! I uploaded my first ever kit to to the Scrapartist server this afternoon! I did not think I would ever complete it , as I had so many ideas- I could hardly narrow it down . It is a relief to have it completed and my Dh is probably more happy than I am! He has had to babysit while I worked! I thank God that he was off , or I would not have gotten it done. So he is very happy that he can return to his deer stand.

Aren 't these flowers just beautiful!!!!!! My dear family surprised me with this gorgeous bouquet! And if that was not enough , my Dh shocked me by buying me my dream computer!

I have never had a new computer before! I always have just put together my family's hand me downs and used those over the years. I usually just go out to eat for my birthday so this was a shock!!!!!!!! It is a Dell Inspiron,1.7 ghz,core duo processor, 1 gb ram, 16ogb harddrive and a 17 inch wide screen!!!!! I have not had time to play with it as I have been making my SA kit. My only problem is keeping it safe from the kids! Matt from computer works (my fave shop) came and set up my network for me and it is awesome to access my external hard drive and desktop! I am so happy I can play with it now!

What a week!!!!!!!!!!

Woohoo! I have had the best week !!!!!!!! I am so excited I am in shock! My birthday is this week (big 45) and I am going to the final Scrapartist apprentice round!!!!!!! WOOHOO~ All 9 of us are creating a kit to sell in the store. It is truly a dream come true for me. I love to create art, and to be able to sell it just validates it. There will be 5 of us that will become Scrapartist designers. And if that is not enough- I am typing this on my brand new DELL laptop!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have never had a new computer before- just my family's old ones they were getting rid of. So - my DH surprised me with a fully loaded, 1.7 ghz, duo core, 1 gb ram, 160 gb Hd, and a 17 inch wide screen!!!!!!!!!! It is a Dell Inspiron 9400- awesome. Then my friends at computer works in Chatham , came and installed my network , so I can share all my files and my external hard drive. Sweett!
I also got the most gorgeous bouquet of flowers- for my birthday from my family! It is one of the prettiest I have seen. I will upload pics soon.
Both my kids get all A's and B's in school- ( my son was failing last year on purpose) so I could not be happier-and JD is going to cut his hair and play basketball!!!!!!!! Thank you Lord!!!!!
Icing on the cake- I got a wonderful critique from Michele Coleman about my entries!!!!!!! ( all 9 of us did)-- Scrapartist rocks!!!!!
Just wanted to tell someone as I am about to explode with all these blessings!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Back to work on my kit!!!!!!!!

I did it !!!!! yeah- I finished a complete uc and LC doodled alpha on my Wacom!! woot! You can get all of the above for free - right here. I am so tired - so off to bed I go.

Yippee !!!!!!!! I made it to round 4!!!!!!!

I have been posting really! It is just that blogger has been eating them! grrrr. So I got mad after writing them and waited until today. Yes - I am so excited to go on to round 4 in the Scrapartist Apprentice challenge!! There were 90? Of us to start and I made it to the final 1o!!!!! Happy dance!!!!!! I am humbled to be chosen with all the terrific talent out there. To those of my friends that did not go forward- I think you are all winners and keep designing!!! I will look for your things in the shops! I give all credit to the Lord for the talent he has given me! Before I started this- I prayed and John prayed that if this was not His will for my life that He would shut the door. I have learned over the years that just because I want something and think it is perfect - it may not be what God thinks too. I can save myself a lot of misery to put Him first in my endeavors. This is the last round before 5 of us create a kit to be sold for a dollar at Scrapartist. 2 winners will be chosen to sell at their store.
My things for this round will be offered as freebies , so be sure and check out the gallery for them. The challenge is to create 2 brushes from Dover clipart and 2 doodles. I have had so many people tell me they love that I kept my fairy tales them throughout the competiton - so I am keeping it this round. I do not know whether that will help or hurt. I also have been creating giveaways at SBG - check out the Studio matters blog. If I ever figure out how to give away things on my blog - I will.
I got a wonderful surprise in the mail this week!!!! Some angel sent me an anonymous- from a friend spa package as an early birthday present!!!!!!!!! Woohoo!!!!!!!!! I love it - but want to thank the person that gave it to me! Should I go for a massage?
Okay- back to reality and errands, diapers, laundry and other monotonous things-

I made it!!!!!!!!!

WooHoo !!!!!! happy dance ! I am so excited to find out that I made it to Round 4!!!!!!!!! Yeah!!!
It was a tough round and I thank God for the talent He has given me. I am humbled because all the other entries were terrific! There are 10 of us , down from 90. This round involves brushes and doodles! I love brushes! But I usually make mine from stock photos and they said it needs to be clip art. I love a challenge. They also said to use Adobe Illustrator- which I do not have- but my Mom is getting me it for my Birthday/Christmas present! I can get it for 95 dollars with an educational discount. I have been wanting it for quit awhile - so this will be fun to play with.
Thanks Mara and Jeannie for the sweet comments! I would reply to the comments - but Blogger does not let you do that like typepad did.
Emily has done an awesome job playing basketball!!!!! she is a natural , just like JD. Unfortunately the 7th grade team she is on (she is in 6th grade) has 1 small 7th grader - the rest of the 6th graders are VERY tiny. So - the little ones moving the ball on the court , get it stolen everytime. They can't get it to the taller girls. So - they have not won. Also - we have no second string- so all the girls are very worn out by the second half. Then the other teams put in their rested second string . But - I give them A+ for effort - they do not give up.
The school will not let JD pull his bangs back - so I do not know whether he will play BB. I am praying he will. He is so talented and everyone- all the team wants him. Everyday - someone asks me if he will. I have tried every tactic in the book- even thought of bribing his girlfriend to be "delilah" and cut it off. LOL
Ben has a cold and diarrhea and to no surprise he is not sleeping!!!!! I let him cry 2 nights ago and he went steady for a good 30 minutes. Daddy had left for work at 4 and Em could not hear him- so no one to rescue him from mean mom!
gotta get busy! thanks for your support!

I made it to round 3!

Here is my submission for the Scrapartist challenge. We were to create stitches, a metal element, a glitter element and something uniquely yours. The real challenge of this round was to do it while cleaning and cooking for my wonderful family that I have not seen in years. They drove 22 hours to be here from VA. I created everything 100% digitally and have never done the metal -without a style. I made it from metal overlays and tweaked the styles until they were "right". But what I like and what everyone else does are 2 different things. LOL I will just be happy that I gave it 150% , and be satisified with that. I hope to be posting more as I anticipate a little more time.

first day

used the awesome Basics collection from SBG and Ronna Penner's free template from the SBG newsletter, fonts- diesel and ck woodbine and photoblast action- chocolate

This is a fabulous free template from Ronna. You can get it here. I have been so busy with CT things, doing house projects and just the day to day - caring for Ben and cooking- there has not been any time left for artistic endeavors! This weeks voting is on Friday for the Scrapartist apprentice. There are so many beautiful papers I do not know how they will judge! I did not know whether to go with a painterly over textured approach - or scrap paper. But - I did not want to keep second guessing so I turned them in early. It is in God's hands- will see. My family from VA. is coming on the 14th!!!!!!!! Yippee~ I can't wait! Have not seen them in ages!

This is for the 10 things I would do over challenge at SBG -I used Doris Castle's Windows of time kit.and Maya's weathered treasures kit, fonts, PS bluegum froest, Porcelain, brush- damned in black