A new blog site....and an insipired lo!

This lo is for a blog hop...featuring two of my favorite blogs and a new one, which is sure to become one of my favorites. The first two blogs are Sassy lil' SketchesI just adore the wonderful sketches this blog offers! So cute and inspiring! Next up is Scrap Fit I'm sure if you follow my blog you know about this group...the blog and the forum, are just awesome places to hang out! Next is a new blog...I can't begin to tell you all how excited I am to have found out about this blog! I just know I'm gonna be here again and again getting inspiration from these ladies...as is the case with all the blogs these ladies have stunning talent. I am so excited about what they use for inspiration, after all who else encourages the using of "Dirty" pics or pieces of life to scrap book! For those of you who know me...you will agree scrapping the good the bad and the ugly is something I have always done...so I can't believe it's taken me so long to find these seemingly soul mates! So check out Dirty Scraps What follows is the journaling for this lo! I hope it doesn't offend anyone...I was however inspired by the description I found on Dirty Scraps...I wanted to scrap the truth...as ugly as it may be! TFL




Though I call myself the strongest woman I know, I have come to understand other things about myself that really have nothing at all to do with strength. Some would even call them negative personality traits. The list I could make of these would be way to long for a simple lo. One of them however I will address. The "Bitch" . I am intimidating. When it comes to my family and loved one's. I will take a "No tolerance" policy. I will, have, and would again remove someone from my life for the simple crime of not being what's best for anyone in my inner sanctum. I speak my mind no matter who I may offend. I don't set out to hurt people, however I have been know to be more than a bit harsh at times. Sometimes this behaviour is mistaken for maliciousness. Though I do not mean it this way, I accept that being the kind of woman that I am will sometimes if not always lead me to be called or referred to as a "Bitch". It is my opinion that this term is given to any woman willing to stand-up and be vocal and passionate about her convictions. Also it should be said I really am a "Bitch". I'm mean m unforgiving, act out in callousness, unapologetic-even when I should be-selfish, narcissistic, snobbish envious, unsatisfied, harsh, rude, loud, all knowing. Yep all those qualities, add up to the (in my opinion) definition of the modern day term "Bitch". So while it makes me proud when perhaps it shouldn't I will wear the label proudly. I will be proud that even though the term may be derogatory, to some and may offend, to me it is simply me being true to the woman I am inside. I believe being courageous enough to be the woman I am with no excuses or apologies may be the most important lesson I ever teach my daughter.

A blog award!

I received a blog award from the amazing True...if you haven't found your way to miss True's blog please do yourself a favor and head over there...she makes some of the truly most beautiful cards I have ever seen! It's my pleasure to send this award on to six other blogs I adore!

Kim
Lindsay
Katherine
Madge
Linda
Kat
Julie

These ladies are most certainly making the blogging world more fabulous! Please stop by and see them...and enjoy!!

News!

I was going to do more of the challenges on the groups...however I have been literally sitting at this table all weekend and believe me I am not complaining! lol I have had an absolute blast! I can't wait for the next weekend crop-a-thon! As if getting all I got done...6 projects...not counting the 6 individual cards...I also meet a new friend who lives in wichita! She's close enough to actually scrap with in person! I can't tell you how much I am looking forward to meeting her and of course doing some scrapping together! So as for the weekend I am done...exhausted, ecstatic about my result, and totally satisfied...I might even take the week off from scrapping...especially since I ordered myself a couple of new toys this weekend...actually one new toy... a label maker...I am uber excited about that I just love the look of the label's for journaling....and accents. Also I ordered my scrapbook room furniture! YaY me! I have to get to the store sometime in the next couple of weeks and get paint and get the room cleaned up and painted so that when the furniture gets here I can put it together, organize it and jump right in to enjoying the room! So If I do nothing for the next week it's only because I'm recouping from a Fantastic weekend of scrapping!! Be Well all!

Trying to keep up!

I have been scrapping so much this weekend...(two weekend crop-a-thon's) so here are some pics. All the cards were for a "rainbow" challenge...make six things using the colors of the rainbow...so here they be...I even managed to come up with cheesy sentiments! The lo was for a "mainly black and white with a dash of color thrown in" challenge. The pics are all out of order sorry about that! I think it will be pretty easy to tell which card goes with which....due to the color theme! lol TFL!

A card challenge!

The challenge was make a card with the main color being white!

For the Bam book!

This challenge was based on the bumper sticker "I want to be Barbie, the bitch has everything" I have always been a fan of that phrase...so I was uber excited to make this lo happen...it's simple, but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out! TFL!

Then and Now!

Another challenge from one of my groups over at cafe mom! The challenge here was to have a picture from then and now! TFL!