Happy Friday!!!

Good morning everyone.
Happy Friday ~ TGIF!!! :)

I'm sooooo glad it's Friday. This has been the longest week, I don't know why, maybe cause I was home from work on Monday. For some reason 4 day work weeks drag.

Today the kids at Maxwell's school get to dress up for Halloween. This year Max decided to be a vampire but we say he's Eddie Munster. See, when Maxwell's hair grows out it comes down into a point just like Eddie Munster from The Munsters, so that's what we call him LOL

See the resemblance???

He's super excited to dress up this whole weekend. Tomorrow then have trick-or-treating at the Mall and on Sunday night I'll be taking him around the neighborhood.

I'm steadly making headway on my December Daily 2010 album. I got my cover done and I'm now working on my number tags for each day. When I was working on my album last night Max asked to see last years album. When he was flipping thru it he asked me "oh mom, what day was that?" That got me thinking, I always just put the number on the page and have no idea if it was a Monday, Tuesday, etc. So now I'm going to actually put the day on there also.

I also been enjoying doing the P12 this year where you make a layout for each month of the year. It's a sized down version of P365 and I love that I was able to keep up with it this year. So I got to thinking and I'm going to do another P12 for 2011 but I'm going to do it a little difference.

I decided to break up 2011 into quarters and do a mini album for each quarter. January-February-March will be done in a winter theme! I made a paper bag album above for my first album and I like how it came out. I still have to coverup the binding and decorate and embellish. I also got some ideas for each page and I like doing a paper bag album cause I can put lots of pics into the openings on each page if I want. I'll also be doing the following the rest of the year:

April-May-June ~ Spring Theme

July-August ~ Summer Theme

September-October-November ~ Fall Theme

December ~ December Daily 2011

If any of you are going to be doing this kind of project, please share pics and ideas, I'd love to see them!

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And finally, if you guys watch Project Runway and didn't see who won last night, please stop reading!!!

I've never been more upset at an outcome of a show. Seriously, how could Mondo not win??? He was clearly the best designer there, his designs are always amazing, he's so creative and talented. The fact that Gretchen won is a travesty! I didn't like her collecton at all, the green leather was horrid.

Mondo ROCKS!!!

Okay, that's my vent for the day LOL

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Have fun!

Hugs, Marlene

SLL Altered Tin Challenge....

Hi everyone :)

Hope you're all doing well and having a great week!!!

I just wanted to remind you that there's 4 days left to work on your altered tins for this month's challenge at Scrap.Laugh.Love

Here's another tin that I had altered this month, it was a giant medicine bottle that held chocolates. I used lots of Sassafras and these cute owl stickers that I got in a swap.

I added two large buttons on top and some cute ball fringe ribbon.

I love all the entries we've had so far, super cute.

Have a wonderful day!!!

Hugs, Marlene

My Dirty Scraps Blog Hop winner...

Hello :)
Happy Monday, hope you all had a great weekend!

I hope you all enjoyed the Dirty Scraps Blog Hop this weekend. I want to thank everyone who participated.
Thank you all so so much for stopping by my blog and following me.
I will be checking out all of your blogs and following you too! I love finding new blogs and inspiration!

Now for the winner of my blog hop prize is.........

ROSIE!!!!!!

rosie said...

Love the blog ... i'm a new follower and I think its great what you are doing for our troops

October 23, 2010 7:10 PM

Rosie, please email me your addy and I'll get your goodies to you ASAP: marlener8@earthlink.net

Hope you all have a wonderful week ahead!!!

Hugs,

Dirty Scraps Blog Hop is here!!!!

Hi everyone!!! Happy Saturday :)

The day has finally come and I’m so super excited!!!
Dirty Scraps Blog Hop has begun, so let’s get this show on the road!!!

Before we begin, I would like to give a special thanks to our sponsors: SFTIO, Liz, and Crop Stop! Also big thanks to Pinky and Carla for working so hard on this blog hop ~ you all ROCK!

First off, if you haven’t already, please head over and start out at Dirty Scraps here
Leave a comment and make sure that if you aren’t a follower you become one!!!

I love the fall; it’s my very best season and I had a blast putting my fall themed prize package together for you guys! One winner will receive the following goodies from yours truly:a Fall ATC
and a prize package which includes 5 sheets of autumn themed papers, a Colorbok scalloped edge chipboard mini album, EK Success pumpkin sticker sheet, Colorbok chipboard alphas and a Pink Paislee Pixie Stick.

All you have to do to win my prize package is leave a comment on this post and become a follower of my blog.

Now on to your next stop, the fabulous Laura!!! Hop on over to her blog right here

Have fun and get dirty!!!

Hugs, Marlene :)

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Hi everyone :) I just wanted to share some things with you...

My friend Val has a friend, Jeff Traeger who is currently in the middle of Afghanistan. The holidays are coming soon and she would like to send him and the other men and women in his camp some cards for the holidays. If you can help out in any way, either by sending cards or spreading the word it would be greatly appreciated. Please check out Val's blog here for details.

Also, Scrap.Laugh.Love is having a DT call!!! This is a fantastic challenge blog, so so much fun. Then check out the details here.

AND DON'T FORGET!!!

tomorrow is the 1st day of Dirty Scraps Blog Hop!!! details will be up tomorrow, hope you guys enjoy it and have a lot of fun!

As for me, I've been a busy little scrapper LOL Got lots of DT projects that I'm working on that I will share with you all soon.

The biggest project I'm so excited about is DECEMBER DAILY 2010!!!!

I've been working hard on my album and I can't wait to share with you all.

Who's in??? Who's doing one this year???

You can check out Ali Edward's blog when you click on the DD button on the right!

Okay, see you guys tomorrow!

Many hugs and love, Marlene

3 more days.....

until the Dirty Scraps Blog Hop!!!!!
can't wait!!!!

Hugs,

you're invited to Scrap.Laugh.Love

Need some crafty inspiration, then head on over to Scrap.Laugh.Love

We have a great challenge this month. We would like you all to alter a tin; it can be any size and/or shape. You have until the end of this month to submit your entry. And by the way the prize is amazing ladies!

We also have a new tutorial up: a super cute paper bag album!!!

Oh and if you want to check you my scrap space, head on over and check out my pics! Cant wait to see you there!!! Have a wonderful weekend!!!!

Hugs, Marlene

Some goodies to share...

Hiya everyone!!! Hope you all had a great weekend!!!

This past Friday was my son Michael's 16th birthday. I seriously can't believe I have a 16 year old LOL
He's the best though, I love him :)
Happy Birthday Mike!!!

We also spent the day in Ocean Grove, NJ this weekend and got some great shots to share:

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I did another ATC for the new Simply ArTistiC challenge that is up now!!! The flowers in Alice in Wonderland was the inspiration.

Check it out here:http://www.simplyatc.com/2010/10/card-5all-in-golden-afternoon.html

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I found this blog last week and love it!!!
The new challenge is to scrap your favorite fiction character. Mine is Fred Flintstone. I just love The Flintstones to this day, brings back such great memories of my childhood!


Check it out:
http://whatisyourfavething.blogspot.com/2010/09/these-are-few-of-our-favorite-fictional.html

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Oh and I'm finally working on some new items for my Etsy store, so stay tuned for that!!!

And don't forget Dirty Scraps blog hop coming soon!!!

Have a wonderful and blessed week!!!
Hugs,

Dirty Scraps Challenge No. 19 is up!!!!

Dirty Scraps Challenge No. 19 here

You thought I didn't know....but I do.

We all have those little secrets we run across.
You know those conversations you overhear or the truth comes out and you see someone for who they really are. It's crushing sometimes and other times it is enlightening for sure.
When someone lies to you and you question why int he world they even lied?
When you walk in and find something you were never meant to see....it's all life...it happens.
Life is messy and dirty....go scrap it all!

Our Awesome SPONSOR!!!!!!

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They carry amazing products!!

Please do visit them, you know these companies are awesome to sponsor

us and they sent us GREAT goody packs for YOU to win!

1 prize per challenge, and it's beautiful

including a whole paper pack and more!!

Come on over and check it out!
Hugs,

Check these out, you'll like it...

I have a couple of things for you guys to check out:

1) Bento Box Giveaway!!!
check out this fab blog for a Bento Box givaway...
http://sonomabento.blogspot.com/2010/10/10000-hits-bento.html#comment-form

2) Ustream!!!
I discovered this site, you can check out past live videos from Prima Marketing! Great tutorials on mini albums and other goodies:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/primaflower


3) Jeremy Larson!!!
He has a free download of his new song "The Leave Behind" on his blog. I can't stop listening to it, it's awesome!!!
http://jeremylarson.typepad.com/

Bye for now :)
Hugs,

Happy Monday...

Hi everyone. I’ve been super busy lately and I have a couple of things to share with you all!!!

Head on over to Scrap.Laugh.Love We have a brand new challenge up now and its super fun!

Alter a metal tin (any size or shape)
Use at least one butterfly on it
Show us a before and after picture of the tin
Upload to Mr. Linky before October 31st midnight

Here’s the tin that I altered, it’s cute and simply, hanging from my favorite new tree branch:

Head on over and check out the rest of the amazing design team projects and the amazing prize package! I can’t wait to see what you all do!

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Awhile ago I had posted about our upcoming Dirty Scraps Blog hop. Just wanted to remind you all that the blog hop is coming up real soon ~ October 23 and 24!!! Dirty Scraps will be having some amazing prizes and not only that, but each design team member will be having a little giveaway on each of their blogs also! You don’t want to miss this… more details will be coming soon. I wanted to share a little sneaky peak at my prize giveaway…

Can’t wait for the hopping to begin LOL

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About two Friday’s ago I had to go for jury duty. I got it postponed but I’m not sure when I’ll have to go back. I hate jury duty, it makes me extremely nervous, I don’t know why but it does. I was glad to get out of there, that’s for sure!

That Saturday my aunt had a block party. We had a lot of fun, they had some blow up bouncy things and rides, cotton candy and my aunt made some yummy food. I made potato salad and man, that takes a long time to make LOL Here’s a picture of Maxwell with my aunt’s dog Susie:

Maxwell loves that dog so much and Susie was cuddling up on Max, my aunt was jealous. It reminded me of the Spongebob Squarepants episode when Gary wanted to go with Patrick and Spongebob was so sad.

This Saturday we went to Lancaster, PA again just for the day. It was a lot of fun and the weather was beautiful after all the rain we’ve been having in NY.

The boys and my dad played mini golf and me and my mom tagged along. I took this shot on the golf course, I love the way the sun rays are coming thru the branches. I love this picture, I guess cause I love trees so much know, they’re so beautiful!!!

I’ve been working on a couple of projects, one is a dog themed mini album for a swap on sb.com, I can’t wait to share with you all. And the next Dirty Scraps challenge is coming up next.

Well all, have a fantastic week ahead!

hugs,