Circ-a-ler

ok, another word from CHA! Long story that really cannot be made short, so I won't go there. You really had to be there anyways.

I have been so busy lately my head is just spinning! New product is coming in almost every day and I just can't keep up... in a few weeks I will be receiving, literally, tons of product! And I do mean tons! I believe last realease there was about 3 tons of product. So, that will be fun to move down into my basement ;)

funny story... I was talking to my Grandma yesterday when I smelled something funky. I looked down at my baby girl to see her poop coming OUT OF HER DIAPER! WTH! I saw it! Her diaper was overflowing! It's not bad enough that she poops EVERY morning between 6 and 7 and the poop is overflows and all over the place... NO! She has to do it during the day too! good times.

I almost forgot to brag a bit :) :) :) I was asked to be on a Design team for Creative Charms. They have really cute embellies and I can't wait to start! I did order a few items for my store that I already have, you can check them out here.

Check out my cuties playing so nicely together.... it didn't last for long - lol












I am off to spend a few hours with my friend Lisa and her twins at Stone Fire Pizza. I haven't seen them in almost 2 years! Where does the time go?? I will be taking lots of pics :)

OH! I almost forgot.... Happy Birthday to me :) :) :) I am celebrating my 14th anniversary of my 21st birthday today *BIG grin*

Toilet!

That was the word of the night last Saturday. Details will remain disclosed to protect the innocent.

CHA was a blast! Here are a few pics for now and details will follow later when I have more time.
PrimaDonnas at the Prima booth - Tina, Michelle and me :)













Me, Robyn and Wendy :)













Happy Hour at the Embassy! Here's me, Lauren, Mary and Michelle.













Hours after Happy Hour....





The end!



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My green thumb...

Well, my thumb is not very green even in the most figurative sense! Although, once a year I get the itch to do something to make our landscaping just a bit prettier than what it already is. It usually happens when the weather is not too warm. And last week I got that itch! I planted a few flowers in our forest area in the back yard. I also transplanted some tulips that were growing under my hubby's ladders. I have been asking him to move his ladder pile for me to this this since last year and even though he did not move the pile, it was moved just enough for me to lean over and dig a few up. I figure that it's worth the chance of them dying since I can't enjoy them under his pile of ladders! Also, I bought a cute bird house that I stuck in there and a metal cat that bounces, so it's looking cute already, it just needs a little bit of color! Oh, I did buy 2 hanging baskets that are so low to the ground I can't really call them hanging, but they are out there too. I will not hold my breath (because I may die) for my flowers to bloom, but I am keeping my fingers crossed ;)


Corey's dad came over for Father's day and as usual it was a beautiful day! Here is Cassidy with her Gramps.

Corey took the kids on ATV rides.

Caytlynn read, no surprise here!

Cali almost jumped out of her Jumperoo!

And all the kids, minus Cali (she was too busy jumping away!) drove away on daddy's ATV, haha!

I forgot to mention that if you want one of the Summer Build-A-Book Mini Album Kits (see 2 posts below), just mention that you saw it on my blog and you will get $5 off! I now have them up at my store - click here.

Scrap On Peeps!

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If you suddenly stop hearing from me...

that means I did not survive the summer with all 4 kids at home!

Caytlynn got off the bus at 11:45 yesterday and with in the first hour of her summer vacation there were several time outs and at one point all 4 kids were crying!! Luckily things turned around!

On the very bright side, Caytlynn received a fabulous report from her teacher! She will be entering first grade next year, and right now she is at a begining second grade reading level! She got the award for most improved :) It seems as though every time her teacher sent a note or I talked to her she was amazed at Caytlynn's progress! I am so pround of her!!! We will be working hard this summer to excel her reading and writing skills. The best part about this is that she LOVES to read and write! In the past 24 hours she has written in her journal several times and has read at least 10 books! This is a pic from her graduation.

Anyone live in Southern WI or Northern IL??? I will be having a 12 hour crop in Mukwonago Wi on August 23. Let me know if you want the deets!

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This is for you mom!

My mom doesn't understand what a blog is, so I figured I would post and send her a link. Besides, it gives me a kick on the rear to update.

I just taught my first Prima Sponsored Class this past weekend! It was so much fun! Here is what I taught:
Everybody left with a completed book :)







I am selling these kits with detailed instructions, so if you are interested, please let me know!

Other Random things going on in my life...

Caytlynn and Cassidy had their dance recital a few weeks ago. Can you tell how much they love each other by the way they are in this pic? I wish they would act like this all of the time - haha!!!

Caytlynn will graduate from Kindergarten on Friday - YEA! I am so proud of her! She had early release today and read most of the afternoon. She reads ALL the time! Even when she was outside yesterday, she was reading most of the time. She loves to read!
Cullen turned 2 in April and has offically hit the terrible twos just recently. Any suggestions on dealing with the tantrums is greatly appreciated!!! ;) Most of the time he is sweetest little guy, but watch out if he doesn't get his way!
Cali Bear just turned 7 months and is cute as ever! She really knows how to get around without even crawling. She will be crawling very soon!











Last, but not least, here is one of my recent LOs... I used Glimmer Mist to "paint" the paintables!

Thanks for visiting me!

Scrap On,

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over.

So sad that my little getaway is over. I left Friday to go to CKU and came home Saturday night. It went too fast! I helped Michelle teach her hanging frame class which was so much fun! I helped out with 6 of her classes, we made 4 examples Friday night in 90 minutes, we had a few beers, made a lot of friends and had a blast! It was so hard leaving and knowing that it won't be until summer CHA that I see Michelle again. Although, I'm sure that every day until CHA we will talk on the phone at least once a day and sometimes more - lol! On the bright side, I did meet a few people that would like me to teach either at their store or at a retreat - yea! By far, the coolest chick I met there was one of the TAs for Saturday - Marilynn (sorry if I spelled this wrong!).






















ok, I almost forgot I have been tagged! i need to describe myself with the letters of my middle name... here we go!
Lazy (I am all about being lazy, but I am ambitious too, just depends on what has to be done - lol)
Yummy (one of my favorite words to describe a hot guy)(sorry, this is all I could think of!!!)
Naughty ;)
Nice :)

Seriously????

Really???? It's gone? I know I posted my Build-a-book here a few weeks ago and now my post is gone! humph!

Well, I guess I'll have to post it again - lol Along with that, check this out - http://www.rubberstamproundup.com/ I'll be teaching a Paintables class at an expo here in Milwaukee, I can't wait! If you are from the area, make sure you sign up early! I forgot to mention that I am a Prima sponsored teacher now, so you will be seeing a ton of Prima creations from me!

So, here's my mini using the new Build-a-book by Prima, designed by Fire and Ice Designs :) These bad boys will be available in 3-5 weeks. You can pre-order them at my site - http://www.scrap-tastic.com/ - build-a-book pre-orders















and my newest model!!! Isn't she just the cutest!!! I love how cute and pudgy her cheeks are :)

and a LO of my little cuttie pie. I used the March Kit and also used a pencil lines sketch :)

Other stuff: The other day I got food poisoning - not fun (or pretty)! 4 hours of wasted time spent in the bathroom floor, mostly napping. I lost 10 pounds, but put it all back on when I drank water to rehydrate. It was nice feeling halfway skinny again - lol. the hubby got snipped yesterday - yes, we are SO done having kids!!! 4 is plenty ;) And after the day I had today, it seems like too many - haha! My Grandma turned 97 today!!! Her party is tomorrow, which I will be taking the 4 kids to all by myself *eeek*! That will be interesting! My mom, the kids and I went to the dells a few weeks ago, that was FUN!!! Looking forward to doing that again soon! The kids loved the water slides! Even Cali liked being in the water. I'll be Michelle's Teacher's Asst next weekend at CKU in Chicago. I'm actually staying overnight *shock*. We should be trouble, uh, I mean, it should be fun :) I guess that's all for now. Make sure you leave me a comment and let me know you visited me :)

I'm Scrappy!

Amazingly, I have been scrapping!! Here are a few of my favorite LOs from using the Fun & Festive Kit that I designed. If you are a scrapper, the extravaganza kit is a must have! I had so much fun creating the kit AND scrapping with it! Actually, after this post, I'll be off to do another using the kit! Hope everyone had a fabulous Thanksgiving, we did! Oops, this first one isn't made with the kit, just a few parts of the kit were used.

Oh My WOW!

Finally, a victory! Well, second place... but it's just the same to me! My LO below came in 2nd in the Prima Paintables Contest!

What's a girl to do?

I just got an e-mail from someone telling me some very exciting news! I can't tell anyone, yet. What do I do? I guess you all have to wait until tomorrow afternoon! Then I can spill. Do you think I am actually going to be able to sleep tonight? Nope. What's a girl to do? maybe a beer will help! Maybe posting some LOs will help... I used the Flavorful kit to make these. I really loved working with this kit. all the colors are beautiful!!!!


ok, I'm still pretty anxious to spill, but I will just go instead!

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Who has time to breathe??

I certainly don't! I feel as though I don't even sit anymore unless it's to feed the baby! I do have to say that I love my little baby girl! We, meaning the 3 older kids and I, gave Cali a bath today! Caytlynn was the photographer, Cass was the big helper and Cullen was the biggest helper (in not letting me do my job - lol!) it all boiled down to a great time and fun for all the kiddos. I wanted to get a pic of all of their feet, but it just ended up being a laugh fest with all the kiddos stomping their feet on the floor:





And here is my baby girl, she is perfect! Look at that hair, what a DIVA! Most people pay big bucks for fabulous hair like that and here she is, only 9 days old and she doesn't even TRY to have good hair, it's just naturally perfect! She is so model-esque in this photo, I love it! This photo is much better than some of those ANTM pictures. I'm telling you all right now, she is going to grow up and be a model with fabulous hair! And did you check out those legs in the last photo??? That really just seals the deal!

I'm so excited about this!!!!! I have 2 LOs in here. I try to forget about publications until I actually GET the publication, but I happened to see this on-line and hyped myself up about it and can't wait to get it!!!


That's it for now! All I need to remember is to just breathe!

Cali is here!

Yea! I am so blessed to have a healthy AND beautiful 4th child! Seriously, I could not ask for anything more! She is the tiniest of the bunch weighing in at 8 pounds 2 oz. You can visit her web page here - and leave a message if you wish. I will be including all the messages in a scrapbook page, go figure ;) Here are a few of my fav pics from the BIG event!

The Final Countdown!!!

7 days until my due date - yipee!!! Hopefully it'll be sooner! Although, every night I think to myself "well, at least I can get this and that done before I have this baby!" - lol. Seriously, I have been so busy!!! The UPS and Fedex guy are now my friends!

I have been tagged by 3 of my peeps! I will get to it, I promise, but probably not before the baby is here - sorry!!! Yikes, I haven't had any time to visit those blogs either!!! Too bad they didn't have internet access at the hospital... or do they??? hmmmm, looks like I'll be checking into that tomorrow! I could get caught up on so much stuff!

Well, I have been to 2 crops in the past 2 weeks. which is more than I've been to in the past 30-some years of my life ;) I can't wait to share what I did with the November kit, which BTW, is a MUST have kit!!!

The girls tri-bunk bed should be here this week! Yea! They are so excited! Here's a pic, just imagine pink walls, princess comforters and barbie and tinkerbell sheets! - lol
Corey just painted the room a really pretty pink. I have been waiting for the beds to decorate the walls with flowers, butterflies and flourishes! I may even use some of the huge prima say it in crystals swirls... just hoping it won't look stupid and then i ruined the paint job and the swirls!

Here's a few of the LOs I have done in the past few weeks:







Thanks to all of you that visit me here :)
Becbeck out!

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2200!

Yes, 2200 pounds of Urban Lily secret Keepers and board books invaded my home yesterday! One by one I brought a box to the door where my mom helped and stacked them in the appropriate spot. My mom, what an angel! One more shipment of journals, I wonder how much those bad boys are going to weigh???? Any estimates?





We have chosen Cali Kenzi for our daughter's name. 6 weeks and 2 days until the due date! I can't wait to meet her :) oooooooh, I can't wait until she's out of my belly too!!!

Party Time!

Caytlynn turned 5 last week and I decided to let her have 4 friends over for a party. All went well! I had all the girls dress up in a princess outfit, I sprinkled fairy dust over their heads and asked them to make a wish, we played pin the lips on the frog, ate pizza(you know princess do eat pizza!) and made some paper purses and decorated with paper flowers. Here's Caytlynn, she had such a blast! A "as good as it's going to get" pic of all the girlies!! Cass was the hardest to get still!

Caytlynn had 2 days of school this week. When I asked what happened she said "we went out for recess!" and I said "what else?" she said "i forgot" nothing has changed from K4!!! Although, her and Cassidy sure do make up for lost time when she gets home... constant bickering, fights, toy stealing! Before they could spread all that love throughout the day, now they only have a few hours to do it and it drives me bonkers!!

Christine (check out her blog: http://wwwpaperrhino.blogspot.com/) tagged me, so I must keep this going! It's been a looong time since she tagged me, but I am still going to do this. The Rules: So this is how it works. I must post the rules, 7 random things about me and then tag others to do the same. Sound fair enough, right? These are the rules…. each player starts with 7 random facts about themselves on their Blog. People who are tagged need to blog 7 facts about themselves and post the rules as well. At the end of their blog list 7 people you are tagging. Let them know that they are tagged by leaving them a comment.
1. I have a tattoo of a kitty just under the waist line.
2. I played violin, flute cello and alto sax in HS.
3. I am one of the BIGGEST reality TV junkies!
4. I love 80s music and plan to listen to it until the day I die.
5. I am terrified of going over high rises and big, long bridges. Although I do because it's so darn convenient :?
6. I cannot get enough Miracle Whip on any sandwich/burger!I love it so much! Also, I used to eat Miracle Whip sandwiches... just the bread and mayo - eeek!
7. I am secretly married to Wentworth Miller... shhhhh, don't tell my hubby ;)
And now I will tag:
Jessica
Em
Barb
Karen
Sandy
Melita
Tanisha