Well some of you may know that I was trying out for a Design Team position at The Scrapbook Stand.  Well the 4 new members were selected and announced on Sunday.  I’m super excited to say that I was one of the lucky four.  Now that the selection has been made I can start to share some of the projects I entered.

This is one of the layouts that I did.  I also did one altered item and a card. Anyway, this layout is done with all S.E.I. paper.  I have to say that I really like it and I haven’t cared for the S.E.I. product releases for the last several years.  I think I’m more into traditional prints and their stuff seems kinda out there lately and more along the comic lines.  Hard to describe, but it just hasn’t been me.  Honestly these prints are only two out of the bunch in this particular line that I even like.

The journaling, which I added after the fact is hidden behind the bottom photo with the Heidi Swapp floral as a pull tab of sorts.  The chipboard letters are Rusty Pickle.  I painted them, put foam squares behind them and embellished the edges a bit with ink and a white sharpie.

In other news I leave tomorrow morning some time for my scrapbook retreat.  The girls and I rented a house on Harsens Island this year to cut costs a bit.  I’m excited to leave and get some scrappin done.  The last layouts I did were the ones for the Design Team contest and I haven’t done a thing since.  Of course I have to pack up everything I own, lol.  So that is kinda a pain, but it really is worth it.  The packing shouldn’t be all that bad this year because I have the Craft Locker system, which I love, and that makes taking the vast majority of my stuff MUCH easier.  Pretty much just take them off the wall and go.  That system is a ton better than trying to wade through a ton of different boxes and such to try and find what I need.  Jeannie on the other hand has a billion different little boxes to store all her treasures in lol.  I don’t know how she can find what she wants when she wants it.  Of course we all have our own system and if it works for her, well more power to her. :)  My only real issue at this point is what cardstock to take.  I have a large cabinet full of cardstock but I obviously can’t take it all.  So I need to sit down at some point tonight and pick through what I want/need to take.  I have no idea where I will find the time to do that, but I’ll figure it out.

I left the house a little before 5am this morning and went to a car show with my Dad, Dylan and Ethan.  Ethan and Dad drove there in my Dad’s 1961 Corvette and I took his 1933 Ford Cabriolet with Dylan.  I think we all had fun.  Dilly was ready to go home before it was over, but I saw that coming.  Around noon the kid is just exhausted and usually asks to go to take a nap, so he was pooped.  I covered the kids in sunblock, (if you know me you know where this is going), but I didn’t bother to put any on myself.  Well I never tan, and I never burn.  It is a blessing and a curse at the same time.  My skin tone is ghostly white, so I could use a little color and I can never seem to get it.  Well, today I got home and felt a little itchy.  I went in front of the mirror to find a sunburn on my arms and face.  It isn’t real bad, at least I don’t think so, but it has been enough the bug the heck out of me for the last couple hours.  The last time I got a sunburn I was dating Denny and it was about, hmm, 10 years ago maybe.  So I guess I was due.

I’m waiting for Michelle to get here now.  We have pedicure appointments at 6pm.  FUN!!  I figured we could give our piggies a treat before we leave tomorrow.  I really could drop off into a nap any minute and it would not suprise me if I fell asleep in the middle of my foot soak.  My Dr. gave me some Ambien CR samples to try when I went in yesterday.  I don’t sleep.  Really, I don’t sleep.  It is just a fact of life for me.  I’ve tried Lunesta and Rozerm and neither was ANY help at all.  So the Doc suggested I try this and if it worked she’d write me a script.  Being I seem so resistant to all those types of drugs she put me on what I think she said is the highest dose.  Well I took it last night.  About 30 minutes or so later I was out.  I slept till about 1:30am when I woke up to the tv as I fell asleep watching it.  Then went directly back to sleep.  It was great!!!  I don’t feel hung over today, but I could use a little rest.  I think had I been able to stay in bed past 5am today I’d be fine right now though.  So here is to sleeping!!  I’ve missed it and I’m looking forward to getting some more of it, lol.

I’m off… if I have access to the Internet while I’m gone I’ll keep you posted an how I’m making out.  I intend to get a lot of scrappin done and I’m feeling pretty motivated!!  Wish me luck!

~j