I'm back......

Hi all!  Sorry it has been a while since I last posted.  My hubby and I were on vacation, and enjoying some down time from work.  We traveled to see my cousin in Chicago.  Since Chris and I are big St. Louis Cardinals fans, we took in a baseball game at Wrigley field.  St. Louis and Chicago have been rivals for a long, long time, so these games are fun to watch.  At least it is a "friendly" rivalary.  So- anyway, we are back getting back into the swing of things.  I wanted to share a card with you today, but my watermark software is not working right now for some reason, so hopefully after I get my husband to check that out for me, I will be able to post a card for you soon. 


I bought lots of fun things for my cards, and other possible projects while in Illinois.  I was able to make it to my favorite craft store that is in O'Fallon, Illinois.  They have pretty much everything a card - maker, scrapbooker, or paper crafter could want or need.  If I lived closer, I would go there probably weekly!  The store is Scrapbook Factory, and they have products in every nook and cranney that they can fit.  It is an awesome store!!  I also had the first chance at visiting an IKEA store.  Very different store.  This place is huge!!  If you really look, they have awesome deals.  I picked up a few things.  I knew I couldn't get too much, as my hubby and I brought home a lot of things my cousin gave us already.  It was a great time off.  Back to work I will go tomorrow.  No tellin' what awaits me there....

I will be back soon to share some more cards in the next few days.

- Kari

First Scrapbook Page! ( with a little help)

Good Sat. everyone!  It is a nice day outside, and I am inside being crafty.  It is all good.  I will get out and enjoy the weather some today.  Last night I went to another Stampin' Up workshop, and as always I look forward to what I will be learning, and discovering.  It was a special night as one of our craft friends was saying goodbye.  She is moving to California to be near her children, and in retrospect for them to be near her, so they can help take care of her.  She has been ill lately, and needs to be around family.  At our workshop, it is usually about making cards, or a some other cute crafty item, but we were taught to make a scrapbook page more approachable to achieve!  I do not dislike scrapbooking at all, but just feel it is overwhelming at times..  I feel that there are numerous ideas out there that so many people come up with, and sometimes it is overwhelming to fill up a 12 X 12 page, or what ever size you choose, and make it presentable on a page with your pictures.  Having that said, we were introduced to a more simple way of approaching it.  Angie is awesome, and she has given me the confidence to try and maybe get into scrapbooking more.  I love my cards, and cardmaking, because it was the first thing I was introduced to just a year and a half ago, but as a crafter, I want to expand what I can do.  So - Angie helped us with planting the seeds, and now all there is to do is grow!  So - here is my first scrapbook page!!

 

First, the pictures are of my oldest nephew Justin and I back early 2000's.  He is 11 now, and I no longer have the long hair!  I chose these particular pictures because the colors matched the page so much.  That is another thing with scrapbooking.  I feel I have to match the colors in the picture, and sometimes that is added pressure ( for me anyway).  When Justin was very little, he came up with calling me "Kiki", and needless to say Aunt Kari loves it!  It has stuck, and some of my other family even calls me Kiki, which is fine with me!  Here is another pic of the page.

 

I messed up slightly on the journaling part, because it is my first page, and it is just for me anyway!  I am proud of this page, and maybe in the future I will see what I come up with in other pages.  

Stay Inspired! ( with any kind of crafting)