A blog award :)

"Dawn at Lost in Paper Scraps - Met Dawn (and Jeanne too) on the first Yahoo group I ever joined. Dawn you seem to always find the bright spot in life and your optimism and sense of humor cheer me up when I am down. Thanks so much for sharing your light with others! "
-Lora Washburn

Wow! What can I say? Thank you so much Lora. You made my day.

Lora's award has motivated me to pass this award on to some people who inspire me.

Jeanne- I can't say enough about you GF. You enhance my life in so many ways, it's impossible to list all the reasons you inspire me. For being who you are is the best way I can say it :)

Bob Canada- You draw the coolest characters and make it look effortless. You inspire me to draw. I also love your posts on The Walking Dead TV Show!

Amber Alvarez- Your artwork has a way of making me smile, even it it's just a toaster. How do you do that??!!

Jingle Belles- Motivational? YES! After MONTHS of no new posts to my blog, this Christmas Card Challenge Blog got me motivated not only to create a card, but also to post it! Kudos to Lauren and Stef!!

Thanks guys for doing what you do.

Thank You Pink Elephant!

This Perpetual Calendar Tutorial posted at The Pink Elephant couldn't have had more perfect timing. I am currently trying to finish all the Birthday cards I need for a year of birthdays. What better way to keep track of when to send these cards than with this handy dandy calendar! I think my new favorite color is green. I just love it so much!

I used Basic Grey Nook and Pantry paper and stickers for this one. I printed out the calendar pages (the pdf is available for download over at The Pink Elephant!). They spray painted their clothes pins but I just used Stazon Timber Brown ink. It was faster and I don't have any spray paint ) O.o Thanks again Pink Elephant, for a great tutorial!! Also, thank you for stopping by to have a look.

I made more cards!

I decided I need to make all the Birthday cards I would need for the new year. So I will resolve to mail them to the people I made them for on or before their actual Birthdays! Here are some I whipped up the last couple of days:

My daughter Sarah bought me the cutest stickers that I just had to use for Valentine cards! They are small (3 1/2"x 2 1/2"). I enjoyed working in the smaller size. I wonder if the Post Office will let me mail them? Anyone know what the rules are on this?

Jingle Belles Card Challenge Week 1

I am participating in the Jingle Belles card challenge. There is a banner on the right hand side of my blog if you are interested in making 1 Christmas card a week using their challenges as a starting point. The idea is to have completed Christmas cards in plenty of time to send them out next Christmas. I cheated a little and made two of these guys for the first challenge of "Something Old, Something New". My "old" is the paper. They have been in my stash for YEARS! The New is the mini scallop punch I just got by EK Success. I couldn't wait to use it. Thanks for looking!!

Thank you Lauren!

Check out the lil cutie I won from Lauren's Blog "All The Good Names Were Taken"!!! I love him and think he's totally adorable! If you want to see some super pretty cards, scrapbook pages and other cool goodies check out Lauren's blog. You won't be sorry. Thanks Lauren for hosting such a fun giveaway!

I taught again!

This is the project from yesterday's Santa's Workshop. Taught by yours truly at the Scrapbook store where I work. It is a perpetual desk calendar. I only had one student but we still had a good time with paint (lots of paint) and paper :) After seeing the vinyl letters and numbers in action, I decided.....I NEED VINYL! It's the coolest stuff ever! Looking into that today :) HUgs to my peeps! Hope you are having a fabulous day.

I taught a class....

.....and I liked it! No actually, I loved it! Here is the wall hanging I created:

(Took the photo from the store's website ;) ) It was my first time teaching and I was really nervous at first. The ladies that came to the class put me right at ease and we had alot of fun. Aside from rolling the petals on the green flower lol. We started late and finished late, but everyone was a good sport and we managed to get it all done :) . Yesterday was a good day.