a cupcakey birthday

another card I made this month.  This one ticked me off like no other, and I finally just said “DONE” even though I wasnt happy with it.  It needed time to dry and get in the mail ASAP… I used some patterned paper I got from Big Lots, cut the circle out with a coluzzle and spritzed it with perfect pearls. Colored my new inkadinkdo stamp with some watercolor pencils and a blender pen, then cut it out. added some glitz n shimmer with my new Sakura gel pens.  The…

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Paper Roses – a quick how to

Im so excited! My friend Shannon loaned me her Wishblade a few months ago.  I’ve been so scared I’d tear it up, that I’ve not really messed with it since she sent it.  But yesterday, I bit the bullet and finally worked it out!  After many failed attempts I finally got yesterdays card done. So today, after a little googling and tinkering I figured out quite a few little tweaks and tips on using the Wishblade!   I stumbled across a tutorial on how to make your own flowers a month…

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a Birthday Card

Just posting pics of a card I made today… If you knew how long I sat down there, and how many times I tried to cut out the shape using a Wishblade. OMG!  I ruined several pieces of cardstock.   Come to find out there are 2 spots to change the paper size, and I had one set to A4 instead of letter, so the thing would pull the paper in and bloop shoot it out the other side. Once I figured that out, I could get it to cut but…

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Bookmark for Jan 2011

Here’s a super quick project you can do.  Took less then 5 minutes to create!  This is my January Bookmark. Its super easy to create.  All you need for this project is paper, ink, stamps, blending tool, embossing powder, heat gun. For mine (above), I simply embossed the white paper with Clear ZING.  Then using my ink blending tool and some ink and inked over the entire paper.  Super easy!

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Christmas with the Cates

Hi friends! This is just a catching up post. LOL!  Someday, I will get my life on some kind of schedule that WORKS and then I wont change a THING so it KEEPS ON WORKING!  Someday I will.  SOMEDAY.  I swear it!  haha!   I really thought this year was going to suck.  First, no one was coming in AND the hubs had to work Christmas Eve AND Christmas Day.  So I was thinking it was just going to be me and the kids.  Dad usually comes in from Chicago,…

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Im looking forward to in 2011 – TV

The Cape http://www.nbc.com/the-cape Starts January 9th on NBC! I can’t tell you how much I <3 Summer Glau.   Two words people – FIREFLY.  Ok, its one word, but you know….  FIRE->FLY!!!!!!!!  River Tam was amazing, both on Firefly and in Serenity.  She wouldn’t have worked so well, with anyone else playing her I don’t think.  I miss her!  I miss them all, but I really miss River.  They should’ve given her a spin off show! lol!!!   Being Human http://video.syfy.com/shows/being_human Starts Monday January 17th Ok,  so Im just as much…

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Twas the Night Before Christmas…

"Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house  not a creature was stirring, ‘xcept the crazy Procrastispouse.  With glue in her hair, and glitter in her face… she cut it and stuck it at an amazing pace! The sweat did not phase her, nor did the snow as it began to fall… ”I will get these finished!  Dammit, I’ll finish them ALL!” She rocked back and forth rubbing the pain in her back and she giggled with glee at the sight of her Mod Podge and Perma Tac.…

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PIP: Completed BDAY BOOK

Well, here we are the night before Christmas Eve, and Grans BDay Book is FINALLY complete!  Just snapped the final shots and wanted to share them with you before I wrap it up and throw it under the tree!  Will come back and edit this post to add a COMPLETE supply list for you when I have a bit more time.  Enjoy the photos!       ok, back in a few days with the COMPLETE supply list for this project.  Off to wrap it up and toss it under…

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2011 BAM Class w/Bunny Cates

If you’ve ever thought about making a “Book About Me” scrapbook, join me as I post the BAM 2011 class! Take your BAM to the next level in 2011!  A BAM can be more than just a scrapbook.  Leave a Life Legacy for your family!  This class is a scrapbook/journaling class and will have a super strong focus on journaling and story telling.  With the weekly prompts in this class you will create a 52 page memoir full of your memories, for your children to cherish.  Forever!  Photos are not…

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PiP: Still working…

Still not done with Grans Christmas present…  The PiP book I started in OCTOBER! I think I am about done with the cover.   I added a flower, and for the center I glued Grans pic to the back of a bauble, and hot glued that on.  I reprinted the LABEL, stickled the edges, and attached it with dimensionals, and then hot glued the flower on… Theres a tutorial on how to do the baubles in this post: FUN WITH MAGNETS {HOW TO…} For the calendar pages, I printed out a…

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