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July is Upon Us!!

Geez Louise is time flying by! July already!!

In 5 days I leave for Atlanta so I can fly out Wednesday to Texas!! Texas Tally Rally time baby!! I'm very excited...at the same time very nervous! I don't have anything ready yet! Egads!

In other scrappy news, Paper Popsicles has their July sketch challenge, and the first week's theme challenge, up! This is the sketch....


The theme challenge this week is to make a card using orange and yellow. This is the card I made....

(Yes, it opens!)

Amy Duff also has another card sketch challenge up on the blog!

I'm going to get motivated and work on both sketch challenges right away!! :0) Hope you join in on the fun, too!

It's Blog Candy Time!!

Head on over to Paper Popsicles blog to win this wonderful lot of scrappy goodness!!




You have until midnight July 19th to enter!

Their blog candy is the best!!

While you're over there, check out the store! :0)

Egads!!!

I can't believe it's been so long since I updated this thing! (Actually, I can. But doesn't it sound better to say I can't?! lol)

Anywho, my hubster's 2 weeks R&R has come and gone already...so quickly. We didn't do anything spectacular while he was home. There are no pictures to share...no interesting stories. We just spent a lot of time hanging out around the house, and he worked on the landscaping and such in the backyard. The young people loved spending time with him outside! Sadly, he won't be back for a long while...like spring of next year. :0( Blah! It makes it better and a bit easier because we have every day phone and internet access. So, we can all see each other pretty much when we want.

On to some scrappy news....Christine is selling Tally Scrapper. But it's for very good reason. She is moving forward with another dream and will be working at the police department as a public safety officer! I love her and am proud of her! I am also so very thankful for being a part of her Tally dream and for being part of such a wonderful group of women (and a few guys)!! Thank you, Christine!! (Oh, and no worries...someone is taking over. So, Tally won't be gone...just changed.)

Well, as you know, I've been in a horrible creative dry spell. Guess what?? I think I am slowly starting to come out of it! :0) (That or I'm finding I have smaller boundaries and limits...which is fine too.) Whatever the deal, I've been scrapping!! Whoop-whoop!! I've gotten most of my inspiration from Paper Popsicles. :0) The ladies over there offer a sketch challenge and a 4 week theme challenge every month. There is also a card sketch challenge every week on the blog! Oh...and don't forget the swaps that are going on! Head on over and check it out! If you can't find even a little insiration there, it's time to see a creative therapist! lol
Without further ado, the few things I've been working on.....

For part of the theme challenge.



For one of the card sketches.



For the June Sketch Challenge.



For the blog card sketch challenge for this week.



For the recent card swap.




This is the 6x6 cover I did for my Texas Tally Rally album.



I have some more to say, but everyone is up and running for the day. I'll catch-up again later!! Ciao!

Finally??

The cause of all this awfulness that I've been dealing with medically. Hashimoto's Disease. I have every symptom...and my bloodwork came back positive. Only problem is that my bloodwork is so confusing. (I won't worry you all yet.) I got a referall to the endocrinologist. So....hopefully I'll be feeling better soon and start losing this weight!


Hubsters comes home this afternoon for his 2 weeks R&R!! So, I'll be MIA for a little while. :0)

Guess what?!

I've been "scrapping" some more!! I can hardly believe it! It's not much, but I made an ATC for a challenge at Tally Scrapper. We were to use paint somewhere on it and to do some cut work. Here it is....



Also, as some of you will remember, I was trying to put a mini album together in an old sewing kit. Well, I totally farked the kit itself! (No. It was not fixable.) So, I just cut and scored a 3/4 inch piece of Sass Lass to use as the "spine". Here it all is....


I started working on not 1, but 2 layouts. However, I don't have pictures printed. So, right now they are ideas in progress. I am hoping to get them finished before the hubsters comes home...'cause I won't have the time to do them then! :0) By the way....8 days and a few hours left!

So....

....I have been scrapping a little. I felt like scrapping, which has been a rarity. So, I stood at my counter and went to work....and I enjoyed it!
This is a layout I did just because.

This is the front of my art journal page I am doing. It's explained best by Rachel (TallyHo) over at TallyScrapper. So, head over there to check it out.

These are cards I did for two blog challenges. One on the Paper Popsicles blog. It is being hosted by Amy Duff! The other is on the Mosh Posh blog. It is being hosted by Estee Stone!

All that medical stuff...just ignore that. I had more bloodwork done today. It's a longer story than the last one. I'm alive. That counts for someting, right?? lol