I haven’t hardly had a moments peace today. I’m not a big fan of noise, and well, my house is full of it lately. Yesterday Denny decided he “needed” to build something. There are at least two bi-products of his need to build something that I find really disturbing… 1.) Noise 2.) Mess, I don’t like either one. His project for the day yesterday was partitioning off part of our walk in crawl/basement area and making some little trap door thing to conceal storage, (yes, he thinks he is clever, and for the most part he is). Today, he has decided that after about four years he is finally going to get around to fixing the sophit in the kitchen so that it is even all the way around. As I type this now all I can hear is the rhythmic sound of a nail gun. Argh.

I did escape for a little bit today with Jeannie. We went to drop off some goodies at Scrap Palace of Romeo and then made a quick stop at Artful Scrapbooks in Romeo. I picked up a nice set of rubons and Jeannie found a printed paper she just couldn’t go home without. We made the trip in my Fiero, which Dylan fondly refers to as “Mommy’s Hot Rod” - gotta love that kid. I’m not sure how impressed Jeannie was with my sweet ride, lol, but she didn’t complain about the wind in her hair or the fact that she was practically getting road rash on her butt cheeks. (That car sure is a lot lower to the ground than I remember it being when I was 16!) Anyway, that was the only quiet time I got today, and I had to pay $3.15 a gallon to get it.

Friday Jeannie came over to scrap with me. She made a cute little altered board book and I made a small album out of microscope slides and that MaisyMo tin I picked up in Traverse City last week. I put some photos in it of our visit to the Grand Traverse Lighthouse. I did have to cut the length down on the slides a bit to get them to fit.

The tin and each of the slides is tinted with alcohol ink in a light shade of blue and brown. I then applied a rubon to each slide and brushed the edges with some with paint. I then adhered small indexed sized photos and embellished slightly with Heidi Swapp small flower jewels and a white sharpie. All the photos are adhered using an EZ Runner by Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L. The set of slides are strung on a small ball chain made by Making Memories.

The tin itself was coated with a layer of Mod Podge after I inked it just to help protect it from scratches. The lid is embellished with a small trip of cardstock distressed with white paint. On top of the cardstock is a Prima Jeweled sticker and then I stuck some American Crafts Thickers on top of that. It’s a sticker sandwich.

I really like how this came out. I came up with a little something outside of my regular box, and I’m happy with that. I’ve been a very strict scrapper for years and then I let myself go into cards, and then into a few things altered. I’m glad I took the “leap” into something different.

I mentioned this the other day, but I now have time to go over it a bit more… I’ve added Scrap Palace of Romeo to my teaching schedule. I’ll be doing card classes there for now, not sure if that will lead into anything else or not. It will depend a lot on the response. Anyway, I wanted to give the full details here for all of you that are interested. I just dropped off the advertising materials this afternoon which will be available at the Scrap Palace open house this coming weekend. (July 21 - noon to 4pm) If you can’t make that here are the full details:

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In this class, held each month at Scrap Palace, you will make 12 unique, and super cute greeting cards to send to your family and friends.Each student will be provided with envelopes for each card, along with all the materials and embellishments needed to assemble each card in class.

Please bring a basic tool kit consisting of adhesive, scissors, and distressing inks along with you to class.
This class is appropriate for all experience levels. As always, if you can’t make the class, kits are available.
To register please contact Jen via phone at 586-649-1614 or email jen@scrapbookhut.com. Registrations are also accepted on location at Scrap Palace of Romeo.
**There is a 24 hour cancellation policy. Cancellations received after that point are responsible for the class fee and will be provided a class kit.**

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Back to other news, CHA is quickly approaching and I wanted to share a sneak peek that found it’s way into my inbox the other day. I’m a sucker for cute packaging, and lately I’ve got a thing for clear stamps. So this my friends, is right up my alley!!

The case is approximately 4″ in diameter, so that gives you an idea of the size of the stamps. They come in all sorts of assortments and include and upper and lowercase alphabet. How stinkin’ cute is that???

I love Queen & Company!

That about covers it on my end. I now return to the never ending sounds of the nail gun. Wish me luck in my quest for silence!

~j