What I'm "Up TO"

I decided I would love to be part of a scrapbook Design Team....I love to scrapbook. I love to share. I love to get inspired and be inspired. I love getting challenged to push the envelope!

Right now I am working on this submission: Looks like a great opportunity!!

Want to be on our Design Team ?
We are looking for fun, enthusiastic, and creative paper crafters to join our Design Team. Our design team motivates, inspires, and supports our online community. We are looking for paper crafters of all skill levels, with or without design team experience. Paper Popsicles kits and store products appeal to a wide audience, so we're looking for all type of scrappers... from traditional to chic. We are accepting applicants from the U.S. & Canada. this time.Deadline for Design Team submissions will be Thursday, April 30, 2009. To apply, please send the following items to paperpopsicles@gmail.com.
Full contact information (Name, Address, Phone Number, Email Address, and message board user ID).
3 layouts (1 layout must be 2 pages with multi-photos), 1 altered project and 1 card - these can be previously published items - we just want to see your best work!. Links of your blog, online galleries, or other places where your work can be seen. Please include any user IDs necessary..
Register for our message board and get to know the members of our community and allow us to get to know you a little better..
A short resume of your paper crafting experience, including any current or prior design teams..
A short bio about yourself; including what you consider your scrapping style to be and why you want to be part of the Paper Popsicles Design Team
Design Team Requirements:
Our designers rotate between the main kit and mini-kit assignments. Main kit assignments consist of 4-6 projects using the supplied kit contents. Projects should be a variety of layouts and cards; 3-4 layouts (a multi-photo two page layout is required each month) and a card set (2 or more cards) per kit. All projects should be made with at least 90% kit contents or store product. All items to be submitted prior to the monthly deadline..
Every other month, choose a project you have recently created using store products and provide written directions and photos for an online workshop. Directions should focus on specific steps needed to recreate your project, including techniques used, measurements for cutting, and include sketches as needed. These may be published on the blog as well as the how-to forum..
Each design team member is expected to participate actively on the message board, gallery and contribute content to the Paper Popsicles blog. Activity includes starting new threads, posting questions, tips, responding to threads, and leaving gallery praise..
Every designer is assigned a week each month to post the question of the day on the board.. Participate in any online events that are held during term.. Participate in Design Team discussions.
Commitment to a 4 month contract term May 2009 - August 2009 with the possibility of an additional 2 months or until October 2009.
Design Team Compensation:
Receive a discount on purchases from Paper Popsicles.. Receive monthly Design Team kits as assigned to be used in creating monthly projects. Free shipping on orders shipped with Design Team kits. Other store merchandise as creative work is needed.
Watch the Paper Popsicles blog on May 2, 2009 for the exciting announcement of our new design team!!!

And this opportunity too! Its been great fun so far!!!

Q&A

The following questions come from http://www.paperpopsicles.com/

*How long have you been scrapping? THe modern way, for 6 years or so.

* What is your fav adhesive? Scotch Quick-Dry Adhesive

* Cardstock you can't live without? I'm not picky

* Do you prefer acrylic or rubber stamps? acylic

* Pigment or dye ink? I'm a bargain hunter. I own probably 10 stamp pads at the most.

* Patterned paper preferences? I love variety. I tend to avoid thematic papers or too many pastels, but, like I said, I like variety, so those are even good from time to time.

. * Fav paper manufacturer? Tough to say. If I list one, I would have to list about 10. Although if I HAD to pick one I would probably pick all the GCD lines because they are all awesome.

* What style scrapper are you? a mix of freestyle and linear.

* How often do you craft? as much as I can, probably about 1-5 layouts a week.

* Do you make cards? honestly, only if I have to.

* Do you send the cards you make? that's why I don't make them. I send some of them.

* Snack while you scrap? I snack ALL the time.

* Do you just have to have the current releases? No

* Are addicted to scrapping? Yes

* Fav rubber stamp manufacturer? Autumn Leaves

* Do you have a stamp you always use? no

* Flowers for embellishments? yes!

* WHY do you scrapbook? I love design, photography, artistic expression, writing, color, socializing, challenges, practical things....and scrapbooking has it all.

* fav tool? my 1/4" punch from Marvy

* Least fav tool? Not sure...as far as tools go, I keep to the basics unless it is a gift (like my cricut).

Hope you are having....

a nice, lazy Sunday. As for me, I think it is time to get moving. Its cleaning day.

LOVING LIFE

I would love to change pretty much everything about my life...but I love it all the same. I figure it is the best choice I have--love it or loath it, right?

In the next year I hope to be more "romantically established", moved to a new town, less in debt (getting there!), with a total career change, in a scrapbook design team (something I have put low as a priority when I think I shouldnt have denied myself) and closer connections to other people. But I am happy that I am relatively fit, have a promising romance to be had, a fun hobby in scrapbooking, an exciting hobby in paranormal research, some new friends, some old friends, great family, loving pets, and my health.

Tombstone, Arizona

I traveled to Tombstone, Arizona for the tail end of my Spring Break. The first part, I spent with one of my most favorite people in the world--TK--where he lives in Dallas.

We went to Tombstone for a ghost investigation with our group, Texas Paranormal Research Team. We did an investigation (and found evidence) at the Bird Cage Theater and Tombstone Cemetery. The Bird Cage is the oldest building still in its original form. It hosted an 8-year high stakes poker game, round-the-clock entertainment and over 20 deaths. It is chock-full of history (cieling, walls, and floors are still riddled with bullet holes) and just plain amazing.

Then we went to Bisbee, Arizona. Someday, I will go back with more time and my best camera. The shots I took are from a van. There is quite a bit of color in this border town--both literally and of the lots-of-character sense. The first thing you notice are the houses--built one on top of each other in an impossible sort of way.

It was worth all the traveling--and I mean ALL the traveling. I traveled NORTH to Temple,TX (8 hours) then NW to Dallas (2 more hours) then SOUTH back home for 1 night (13 hours) then NW to Menard,TX (7 hours) then on to Arizona (12 hours) then back all the way home (19 hours). I had great company!