New House.... Well, it looks like this is it... the offer has been excepted and escrow should close in about 10 days.. FINALLY !!! never thought it would happen ! The bank never decided on a price for the other house I posted so we had to give up on it ... but this house is beautiful. New carpet and paint, granite in the kitchen and baths.. I can't wait to get in and start decorating (huge smile) the other house needed lots of work, and I wasn't really into spending more money to fix it up... The grass needs a little water, but I think it will come back just fine.... This house also has a pool, it wasn't something we were looking for ... but...it comes with the house ! I hope I can do some cards this weekend... but I will probably be doing MORE packing. (does it ever end ) It is cooler here today, only 85, so that is a big relief, won't have to have the air on all the time ... going to Disneyland Thursday for my birthday with the girls, that should be a real hoot !! Hope you all enjoy your week.. Jen

I have never trusted polls since I read that 62%

of women had affairs on their lunch hour...

I have never met a woman

in my life who would

give up lunch for sex !

Erma Bombeck

Hi Ya All !!! That is my Okla/Tenn background coming out I guess ... I think fall might be here soon & I can't wait, I'm tired of this hot weather and so humid (yuck) that's not normal for Cali. ! Anyway, I thought I would share this Halloween paper bag book I made.. I used a lot of scraps from the past years and a felt pumpkin I have had in my stash for quite a while. I added tags to almost every page.. gotta love the tags ...

Some die cuts...stickers... buttons...rub ons...

These large tags go in the open end of the bags.. I used 3 lunch bags folded in half, made holes with my drill punch and added lots of ribbon, (you can never have enough ribbon).

We have put in offers on 2 houses and still don't have any word yet.. I am trying not to stress to much, and I have applied for 3 design teams.. so keep your fingers crossed that both will happen soon.. Enjoy your weekend... Jen

Be the kind of woman, that when your feet

hit the floor each morning the devil say's.

Oh, crap, she's up !!!

Author Unknown

Happy Thursday.... I'm better today, not so stressed :) made a "Happy Thanksgiving" card, not my favorite but it's ok.. going to sign MORE house papers today... Have a great day and see you tomorrow... Jen

Most folks are about as happy

as they make up thier minds to be ....

Abraham Lincoln

STRESSED ........ I feel like I'm being pulled in a hundred different directions ! (big sigh) All of this house stuff is driving me crazy, (and I don't have far to go !) Our house closed escrow yesterday and we still don't have anything finalized with our new house.. I feel like I have no place to live, luckily the buyer of our house is very nice and is letting us rent it back til Nov. 7.. whew... that helps a lot !! Still packing and trying to sell furniture that won't fit in new house... Hopefully I will be able to jump (well, step into the pool cause I don't know how to swim) into this beautiful pool and relax soon. (BIG smile:) I sure hope your day is going better than mine.. I think I will go make a card now and try to calm down... Jen

Stress is nothing more than a

socially acceptable form of mental illness !!

Richard Carlson

Mojo Monday 104.... Happy Monday... I've been finding a lot of stuff I forgot I had.. and some of my two son's baby things. They are 30 and 29 now and both fathers ( and it all happened in the blink of an eye ) I found Michael's "Curious George" and Jason's "Glow Worm" .. those were the thing's they had to have every night to get to sleep. I really miss those day's and those cute little boys ! Well, the packing is getting done, slowly, but it's getting done. I guess I will just be making cards for a while till we get moved, then back to the pages and all of the book's and other fun things.. Here is my take on the Mojo Monday card.....

I "love" the Debbie Mumm paper.. it just makes me smile :) Enjoy the rest of your day...Jen

Thanks to my mother, not a single cardboard box has

found it's way back into society.. We receive gift's in

boxes from stores that went out of

business twenty years ago...

Erma Bombeck

(and my mother Esther Johnson)

Cross Your Fingers !!! Hopefully this will be our new house... The offer is in and as soon as the bank decides a price we will go from there. It's 2700 sq. ft. and SINGLE story... woohoo !!! I am so tired of stairs :) It also has a great scrap room, there is room for everything ( but knowing me, that won't last long ) four more bedrooms and a pool, we really didn't want one but it comes with the house !! I love the entry way, it has a little courtyard where I would love to put a fountain.. That's all for now, hope you're having a great weekend... Jen

Home is where you can say anything you want,

cause no one listens to you anyway ...

Author Unknown

Halloween.... Well.. I'm supposed to be packing.. but as you can see I made some cards instead (big smile) I don't think I could get through a day without stamping or making a card or page... I started an assembly line and it went very quick that way.. but I did have to make a quick trip to Wal-mart to get some black ribbon :).. I was out of Kraft card stock so I used brown paper bags.. I think they look very cute....

I glued all of the openings shut... but you could leave one end open and add a tag.. or candy.. yes I think candy would be good (hehe).....

I am finished with my Halloween cards so I think I will start on some Thanksgiving cards..... maybe tomorrow.. I'm off to do some more packing...Enjoy your day .... Jen

Nothing on Earth is so beautiful, as the final haul on Halloween night....

Steve Almond

Mojo Monday 103.. I really should be packing right now... but I don't want to :) I have every room started but not one is finished.. started on the kitchen Saturday and I guess I twisted wrong and pulled something in my back... I'm getting too old for this stuff !! It's much better today !! I came upstairs to my scrap room to start packing up, but instead made a Mojo Monday card.. So.. here it is.. Couldn't decide which picture to put in so I just put both of them.. It's such a beautiful day today I took one of the pictures out in the backyard... that is one thing I am really going to miss is my beautiful yard.. I love to sit out there with the kids (dogs) and read a magazine or just enjoy all of the nature, birds, butterflies an occasional squirrel.....

Hope it's a nice day where you are.. take time to enjoy it... Jen

There can be no other occupation like gardening in which,

If you were to creep up behind someone at their work,

you would find them smiling...

Mirabel Osler

Brittany Nichole.... This is my neice Brittany... she was such a beautiful girl inside and out.. and her son Carter, who was her whole life.. she loved to dance, be with her friends and family and enjoy life... We will miss you Brittany...

The angels are alway near to those who are greiving,

to whisper that their loved ones

are safe in the hand of God...

Elaine Elias Freeman

Mojo 102... I know.. I said I wouldn't be here for a few days, but I got in the mood to make a Mojo Monday card, trying to keep my mind busy and not be too sad. I was thinking of Brittany and when she was 8 months pregnant with Carter.. she was putting on a really cute little sweater and she looked at me and said " This fit me last week ! " and then gave that big grin she always had.. I will never forget that smile... I stamped the background paper with a bat stamp and stamped the owl on a scrap... and another paper "book" flower...

We had a very tough weekend.. My 22 year old

niece was killed in a car accident early Sunday

morning.. she leaves behind a 3 yr old little boy

who will dearly miss his mommy.. I won't be doing

any posting for a while, I think you can understand..

I'm gonna go hug my kid's and grand kids now

and you go give yours a big

hug too.. Jen

Chucky Cheese...

This was Alyssa's official birthday party at

Chucky Cheese.. awful pizza, screaming kids,

creepy man in the mouse suit... but she loved

it !! Her friend Madison was there and they went

on every ride and tried to play the video games..

they are still to little.. but they thought they were

winning .. so cute :)

I will be looking for a new house this weekend,

so I will hopefully be back on Monday with a

Mojo card.. Have a "cool" weekend.. Jen

Two things are infinite: the universe and

human stupidity..

And I'm not sure about the universe..

Albert Einstein

Boo & eek !!!

Holy Cow Man.. it was a hot one here today in Cali..

104 in the shade !! so I didn't do much packing, I turned

on the air and made a few Halloween cards just for fun..

I got the stamps in the dollar bin at Michaels..

I used scraps leftover from last year..

Sure hope it's cooler where you are.

It's supposed to be another scorcher here

tomorrow... 107 :{ No matter how rich you become,

How famous or powerful, when you die

the size of your funeral will still pretty

much depend on the weather...

Michael Pritchard

Mojo Monday 101

I finally got to create.. I am SO tired of looking for

a house so I just decided to make a card and work on

some pages for Alyssa's 4th birthday party.. yes there are

more pics.. her official party was at .... where else...

Chucky Cheese.. not my favorite place but she had a lot

of fun.. I'm having so much fun using all of the clip art

I forgot I had.. and I know I will need quite a few

Halloween cards so I did this one for Mojo Monday 101..

Well back to scrappin'.. Enjoy your day..Jen

Families are like fudge.. sweet with a few nuts !!

Author Unknown

Tea Time Book...

Hi.. hope everyone had a good week.. mine

was very busy.. I didn't get a chance to do any

cards and probably won't until all of the house

hunting and moving is done.. Sooo, I wanted to

share a "Tea Time" book I made a while ago to keep

receipts, ideas, coupons etc. in..

I used 5 x 7 top loading envelopes, I used 5 and the

front and back are cardboard. I cut off the top,

then covered front and back of each envelope

with patterened paper I made

and A LOT of clip art...

The binding is an accordian fold strip and the

envelopes are glued between each fold.

(does that make sence)

I love black toile, I hope to use a little in my new house ( a little goes a long way ! )

You can't see the saying on this very well but it says..

"There is no trouble so great or grave that

cannot be deminished with a cup of tea..."

This one says...

"Remember the tea kettle....it is always

up to it's neck in hot water, yet it still sings"

I put a black cardstock binding on with ribbon to

keep it closed.. I really enjoy making books, I have

made quite a few for friends and my grandkids.

I hope one day they will enjoy them.. Well,

hope you all have a great weekend, I probably

won't be here for a few days, but you never know..

it's hard for me to stop creating and doing what I love to

do so I could be back tomorrow.. (big grin:)

Check out my friend Pat's blog .. she has a lot of

new and used CTMH stamp sets for sale (blog address

on left under inspiration) check it out..

enjoy the rest of your day... Jen

Mojo Monday Sketch 2...

More owls... so stinkin' cute. This is some clipart I

have and I added to it with Copic's..

Well, maybe the house hunt is over.. we made an

offer on a single story (woo hoo!) today, but still

looking just in case :) Keep your fingers crossed ! Jen

In wine there is wisdom, In beer there is freedom

In water there is bacteria !

Benjamin Franklin

Mojo Monday Sketch 1...

This was a fun card to make.. I inked the background

with a dragonfly stamp I've had forever..

I'm off to look at more houses and maybe get

Sketch 2 & 3 done.. Have a great day.. Jen

Housework is something you do that

nobody notices until you don't do it !!

Author Unknown

CPS 129

Tuesday already ..... looked at houses ALL day Sunday and some

of today. Found a couple but still looking !!

Here is my CPS card for

this week..

I'm not real thrilled with it.. but I did it in a hurry

so I would have something to post today.. I know

how it is when you look forward to looking at some

ones blog and they haven't posted in a few days...

Oh well....hopefully I will be back tomorrow

with a Mojo Monday card..Jen

Enjoy the little things for one day you may

look back and realize they were the big things...

Robert Brault

Fall Banner...

Hi .. hope all of you had a good week, mine was

very busy...we sold our house so now the

work starts. We are looking for a new house

and packing up 15 years of stuff.. and of course

the big garage sale to get rid of a lot !!

Here is the project I have been working on, my Fall Banner

I love it.. love all the fall colors. I bought the "Speaking of Fall"

Cricut cartridge.. it worked great, there are lots of

leaves, pumpkins and two different fonts..

of course another paper "book" flower... sprayed

with Tattered Angel's glimmer mist.. much cuter in person... looks really dark here..

Chipboard letters, stamps, buttons and twine,

split rings and tulle ( that doesn't look like it's

spelled right, but I checked an it is :)

now I am working on a Christmas project, I'm not

sure yet if it will be a banner or something else..

Well, enjoy your weekend and I will see you

on Monday with more card challenge's... Jen

Weather forcast for tonight... Dark !

George Carlin

Thank You...

I can't believe how fast this week is going..

Thursday already !! I had some scraps leftover from

Alyssa's B'day pages so I decided to make a

few thank you cards, it seems like you can never

have enough of those... I had

a little assembly line going

and got them made super fast...

I used some stamps, (can't remember the brand ) vintage buttons,

ribbon and twine.. gotta love the twine.. a finishing touch :)

I'm going to work on a new project

I started last weekend... it's soooo cute..

guess you'll have to check back to see what it is..

Enjoy the rest of your day... Jen

Ah, summer.. what power you have to make us suffer.. and like it !

Russell Baker