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FRIDAY FREEBIE(s)

HELLO!  So Ive been suppose to be working on a Collab kit with Da Wenchies.. well.. a few of us decided we would rather give it away then put it into the store!  so yall are getting some FREEEEEEBIES!!!
Here is my part..

PAPERS
ELEMENTS

Head over and grab this from SHAZ

and head over to Da Wenchie Poo herself  ..Kristine and grab this

DONT FORGET TO GIVE LOVE!  our poor mojo is battered enough..lol  we need alittle summfin summfin to perk us up!!

“altered” guitar case AND some six flags pictures

My oldest son has started playing the guitar and was given a hand me down hard case.  This was at Christmas time.. well the lining was just in crumbles due to it being 30+ years old!!  I kept saying I was going to redo it for him.. well it was time!
This was the shell after I spent almost a hour trying to get all the BITS out.

It took me even longer to get the cardboard inserts.. and here I thought I was a master of all things cardboard.. HA!

All the cardboard covered with batting and one side covered in the material my son picked out.

I thought I was going to need more supplies, but I thought on it over night and figured out a way to make it work.. and I even have some left!

And here it is all finished.. just waiting for a guitar!

Its been so long since I posted or did anything.. I should be lashed with et noodles for a week.. Ive got alot of pictures and stuff to post.. will have to just DO IT! 
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EDITED TO ADD MORE PICTURES!(forgot to post them!)
Here is my hubby standing in line for one of the rides (hes so tall all you saw was this croud of people all scrunched up and then his head over them..LOL)

Here is the gang with Scrappy Doo

Josh and the Martian Crew

The gang with Wiley

Josh and Cody preparing for SUPERMAN

As soon as it took off!  LOL (made this one bigger .. to get the FULL effect..lol)

After the ride

The boys

Logan driving alone for the first time

These guys had just finished a play and were more then happy to hold us up!

Cody HOLDING Logan.. prolly one of the last times this will EVER happen.. as Logan .. even tho he is 10!!  is only ONE FOOT shorter then my 6’4” husband

Josh at a rest stop on the way home from Texas

HEADING OUT!

I know its been a spell since I last checked in.. SO MUCH going on..will have to get back into gear soon.. but FIRST our family is heading out this weekend.. going to have some fun.. Not only is it Fathers day weekend.. its also our 17th wedding anniv.. so its a good weekend to just go have fun with the family!!

SEE YALL when I get back!

swine flu? and some project 365 pictures

Well.. this Tue will be SEVEN WEEKS that I have been sick.. and I'm not talking a little cold.. I'm talking SICK IN BED.  They tested me at the begin of all this for the swine flu.. I guess I didn't have it.. no one ever said I do or I don't.. I've been to Dr after Dr.. no one has a clue what's wrong with me.. I've had a fever for 6 weeks.. and a cough and a sore throat.. I'm so done with this!!  The kids have been great about it all.. I seem to always fall asleep in the recliner.. and when I do.. the boys turn everything off and sneak out..lol  making sure I'm all cozy and left alone.. SO SWEET.. They have really grown up.. and turning into amazing little me.. I'm so very proud of them..
I've been slacking on posting the 365 pictures.. every chance I get (normally when I go to the Drs..lol) I take my camera and see what I can take a picture of.  I will try and start posting a few when I can.. I need to get back into the swing of things.. and back into designing.. I feel like I've lost my best friend since I've been sick and not able to design.. I'm using a new book frame I did.. hopefully it will be available soon.

I FINISHED!!! YIPPY!!

Everything but the feather dusters on the helmets, and foam wolf faces on the shields are made out of cardboard boxes and hot glue!! (well I painted them but everything else is cardboard!!)

WOWZERS

So I've been sick for over 3 weeks.. was tested for the piggie flu.. I guess I don't have it.. no one called to tell me.. I said I would make some costumes for my oldest sons end of the year play.. well due to being sick for 3 weeks.. IM BEHIND!!!  I did get the mummy outfit done and sent.. I also had to make 2 Roman soldiers.. the play is next TUE.. had I not been sick I would have been done.. EEKS.. I still need to make the other kids body armor.. then both their flanged skirt thingies.. and if I have time.. leg armor and arm armor.. this is what I have done after 2 nights till 3am.. the main problem is.. the 2nd kid is HALF the size of Logan.. lol so I cant just make 2 of everything.. I have to make Logan's.. then shrink one..  Lemme tell you.. If I have to battle.. I'm tossing one of these helmets on..lol  talk about BUILT TOUGH.. who knew cardboard and hot clue could be stronger then metal!

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I forgot to say.. this is all made with cardboard.. except for the inside shield .  Each helmet is made from alittle over half a box ( approx12x12 box)  the parts left over is what im using to make the flange (just finished both sets.. just need to decorate and paint)

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Out and About… 365

 
A friend took me out for a drive a few days ago.. and she showed me this amazing little bed and breakfast..  this is the driveway.. COOL HUH?

Ive started making changes in my life.. and trying to be a better parent.. these 2 little books really make me smile
Charlie and Sara.. Charlie is a litter mate to our dogs.. A friend took him home.. We get them all together at least once a week to play.. on this day we went to the park.. and they were DONE after a hour of play!

Big pants, BELT, and yet.. UNDERWEAR.. I'm so glad I'm not young anymore.. I cant stand to have my butt crack flappin in the breeze!!

Project 365.. really behind.. but still going!

I've been taking pictures every chance I get.. I just haven't been able to do much more then that.. so I worked a little bit tonight.. still have tons more to go.. but here are a few more off my list!

These 2 are from Sandia Peak.  I cant wait till warmer weather so we can go and enjoy it more there
 

I grew up playing with this ashtray.. no one ever used it for what it was made for.. it always had candy and other neat things in it.. its HUGE.. about 14 inches across.. if not more.
  
FINALLY signs that spring is indeed here
  
These are actually “weeds”  they are growing all over the neighborhoods around here.. no rhyme or reason.. just everywhere.. which is FINE by me.. they are so pretty!
 
Taken about 3am.. on one of the many potty breaks .. when we first got the puppies
 
Anyone who knows my husband knows.. DO NOT fall asleep in the living room.. or this will be your fate..
  
One of many great shots I got from doing a recent photo shoot.  a true natural she is!  Her mother announced.. I WILL be doing many more shoots!  YIPPY!!

DESERT SPRING

Bet yall thought I had left for good huh?  Nope.. just had some heavy life stuff going on.. Its starting to slow down so I was able to actually play.. does a mind good to be able to let my mind wander around in PSP.. the outcome.. my latest kit!

you can grab it HERE.. and ITS ON SALE for 25% off for one week.. so grab it now!! 
Here is a layout I did using the kit.. its soo vibrant!!

AND!!  The Wenchies all got together and made this most perfect collab kit.. TRANQUILITY.. check it out HERE.




Here is the layout I did using most of my part!

TAGGED and a CZECH pipe tool!

so many of you wanted to know what that odd thing was.. well its a pipe tool.. used to clean and pack a pipe.. who knew! got some real interesting guesses.. thats for sure!!
LYNN tagged me.. here are the rules!
•Go to your photo folder in your computer
•Go to the 6th folder of photos
•Go to the sixth picture
•Put the picture on your blog and a description of it
•Invite six friends to join the challenge
•Link them in your blog.
here is my picture.. Taken at FUDRUCKERS.. and taken becasue when I looked up from my meal.. I noticed the sign behind cody.. uhh.. didnt have all the letters.. and I about spit my food out..LOLOL something else was blocking the first part of the sign..
I TAGGGGGGG:
KRISTINE (da wench)

LORI K
DONNA
TRACY
TABBY
JOY

anyone know what this is??

the spoon and pick can be turned all the way around.. like the hands on a clock.. but it does not come apart
(click picture to see it larger)

SPIRIT OF SUMMER CHARITY KIT!!!

Spirit of Summer is a charity collab benefiting the
Victorian bushfire Appeal. Not only has this affected Australians, but human beings the world over. 29 Australian and international designers have banded together to help support many Australians, animals and communities decimated by one Australia's worse national disasters.

What happened? On Saturday, Feb 7, the temperature in Melbourne was 33'c by 9am. By noon it was 40'c and by 2.50 pm soared to 47.9'c (a state record).Thousands of people were also about to start running from the inferno that would
become one of Australia's worst peacetime disasters. Trees ignited in the blink of an eye. By the time people heard the roar, it was too late to flee ahead of the flames.Unfortunately no one or thing could have stopped this inferno that wiped out communities, bushland, and lives within minutes. Many towns now cease to exist!.After watching interviews with survivors, many say that they cant put into words what they went through, saw or felt on that day.Here are just a few pictures(courtesy of google,The age,sbs &abc Aust.) of this horrible disaster:Why is this charity kit different?No money will change hands at Scrap N Tag (our host website).
We are asking for your support by donating DIRECTLY to one of the following charities:

Donations can be made here: The salvation Army or here: Australian Red Cross

What do I get for my donation and where: You will be helping the people of Victoria, Australia most importantly, but you will also
receive this amazing MEGA kit (see below).
There are 167 papers, 326 elements, 2 Alphas and a glitter syles pack as well.How amazingly fabulous is that and you can receive all of this for as little as a $5.00 donation.(**Vouchers will be emailed upon receipt of proof of Donation**) But thats not all! For showing us how much you all really care, you not only get the MEGA kit but receive a Quickpage Album if you donate over $10.00...WOW how awsome is that!
To receive your Charity collab go here at Scrap N Tag (** Don't forget your receipt of donation**)

Donated! Wear your blinkie proudly: (made by Michelle Filo)

I want to personally thank those invloved in the creation of this MEGA kit? Don't we all! 34 ladies have done an amazing job planning, creating,collating and Advertising for this Charity appeal! Below is a list of blogs with the names of these 29 people. Please leave some love for them all to let them know how appreciated there efforts have been.

A work in Progress-designs by
Vicki
Ambowife Designs
Carjazi Designs
Carolyn Kite- Co-Owner
of Scrap N Tag
Chaos Lounge
Charlie's Digiscraps
Color with Caryn
Desert Designs
DigiLover's
Addiction
Emcee Scraps
Flergs
Gillian Foley- owner of Snap
& Scrap
HoleyCow Designs
Jeanette Bollinger Designs
KimB's Designs
KylieM Designs
Laitha
Lindsay Jane Designs
Mel_h Designs
mITSYBELLE
Piggyscraps Designs
SKrapper Digitals
Scrap'it Designs
Scrappin happens/Julie
C Designs
Shazbutt's Digi
Scrapz
Sweet Blossom
Designs
WenchdGrafix Designs
Zesty Digi Designs
[ksharonkdesigns]
Dunia
Scrapidea Timkova
Toni Autrey Designs
PST Designs
Designs by Aliya

Personally i would like to thank Vicki and Shaz for all the organizing of this wonderful collab and to Carolyn for hosting this at her website, collating and doing the previews.You have done an amazing job ladies.  Also to my fellow designers, without your generosity this Charity Kit would never have happened...well done!

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Here is what I contributed!! now stop reading and go donate!!