I worked on a canvas yesterday for my Mom. I guess it was really for my parents, but somehow I doubt my Dad was too interested. I have to start working on projects for other people because I’m really running out of places to put things in my house. :p Anyway, here is the finished product using some Canvas Concepts product.

I cut the lettering out of cardstock using my Pazzles Creative Cutter Pro. How I lived without that thing I don’t know. It is such a great tool once you learn how to use it. I cut all sorts of things with it. I have a bunch of QuicKutz dies that very rarely get used because i have the font files that match the alphabets so I just cut them on my cutter. Best part about that is that I can cut them any size I want and join all the letters together, etc. Actually I think the font I used for the titles on this project were QuicKutz ones.

Denny has been on overtime since last week. This week though has gotten to the near crazy overtime. Overnight stays at work are what I consider “crazy overtime” so we reached near crazy if that tells you anything. He will be working through the weekend. Not only does it exhaust him, but I’m beat too. Non-stop kids really wears ya down after awhile. It doesn’t help that I feel poopy today. I went with my Mom and Michelle to the Scrapbook Zone today and I swear I could have tossed my cookies in the store. (Bad headache) It was Freaky Friday there and Michelle wanted to go, so I took one for the team, lol. They had a free Autumn Leaves stamp set promotion going on. So you got to pick a set free if you spent 40.00. Michelle and I combined out stuff on just barely hit it. So that was cool, and sadly, kinda worth the sick feeling I battled while I was there.

Tomorrow I hope to go do make-n-takes at Scrap Palace if I can get away from the kids. She has nine gals there this weekend and I like to go do a card make-n-take. But like I said it will all depend on the way it goes with the kid. I’m sure the group of ladies don’t want 3 kids visiting them on their weekend away if you know what I mean.

We are having the same problem we had last year with Ethan complaining about being bored at school. He is asking for things to do and hopefully I can help him out with that. It’s funny to hear a kid say “I wish it was just a little bit harder.” Hello, what kind of kid says that, lol? So Denny and I are exploring what we can do to help him. I’m not sure that challenging him at home is going to do any good being the root of his complaining is from his time spent in school. I’ve found out that there are a few key things I can be helping him with, so I’m going to investigate that this weekend. Wish me luck!

~j

I want to take a minute to thank all the students that have been taking my card classes. The response has really been overwhelming and the move to Scrap Palace has been possibly the best choice I’ve ever made. Teaching there lets me be in control of the supplies I choose to use and how much I put into the kits. I have free run now and the fact that I like to give away my samples after class is a choice I can make without anyone “above me” getting upset, or putting a stop to it. Anyway, a big thank you. There are only three seats left for the October class on the 30th, so I hope to see some of you there if you can swing it.