My 1st Wal Mart Black Friday

Oh my gosh I am so thrilled right now. I just got back from Wal Mart!!! I unloaded my haul and took a picture first thing. I couldn't wait to share with everyone. I got 2 of everything hoping that maybe I can have some MAJOR candy later on.

Tara and I got there at 10:45 and went straight to the crafty isle and there were 2 huge boxes. We didn't know what each had inside but they were Cricut. Score nobody else was there so I parked myself and didn't move. Slowly a few more folks arrived and there was Tara and I and 2 other girls right next to the boxes and you know what curiosity does.

Slowly we started tearing the plastic little by little while watching for those nasty folks in the blue shirts. Tear some more, stop til they go by, tear some more, stop til they go by. Finally we got one of the cardboard sides off. We started asking what others were waiting for and handing out carts. Oh the excitement. The 2 Expressions that I wanted were right on top so I stashed them under Tara's coat so no nasty worker wouldn't make me put them back until 12:01. Got all the carts and 2 Expressions in my cart by 11:30 and at 11:45 all you heard through the store was this woosh of the packaging being removed from everything. Tara says lets go now so she pulled the cart with me behind through the store to check out and what do you think? Yep first one in line. We waited for 13 minutes til the registers would allow sale prices. It was so funny.

Drove through McDonalds to fuel up and headed home.

OK I need to go open my pretty pretty new toy but the problem is I can't decide which one.

Precious Hugs

First Video - not crafty related

I had to give this a try. Yesterday we got "Just Dance 2" for our Wii and we were having such a blast. If you have a Wii you have to own this game. It is quite a workout also (which I desperately need). When I told my soon to be X-son-in-law to sober up he told me to "thin up".

This is a video of my daughter and grandson having fun. Bryce got to stay up late since there is no school tomorrow YIPPEE! The kids will go with their dad for a few hours tomorrow and Friday, for his family celebrations, and we will have our celebrations on Saturday and Sunday, since this is Tara's weekend.

Precious Hugs and Happy Thanksgiving Everyone

Flaunt It Fridays

There is a brand new blog and it sounds like it is going to be such an exciting place to be. They will be having a Cricut Challenge every Friday starting December 3rd.

They are also hosting a GIVEAWAY in celebration of their Grand Opening. Can you believe it, it's a set of PEACHY KEEN STAMPS!!! All you need to do is:
1. Visit Flaunt It Fridays and become a follower.
2. Leave a comment.
3. Post their button on your blog to help them spread the word!

You have until December 2nd so pop over and enter. You can also meet every one of these 11 creative women. I visited all of their blogs and they are full of such amazing inspiration.

Precious Hugs

Perpetual Calendar - January

This is such a festive page! I used glitter pens on all the fireworks and pop dotted them on. OK so I admit it.... I used glitter pens on EVERYTHING! Come on it's New Year's, the holiday that glitters. I dotted stickles on the party hat and glossy accents on the champagne glasses which I absolutely love. It truly looks like bubbly champagne. These glasses would also look awesome on a wedding page.

The design file I used is called January New Years from RS Mobleys Designs. I bought the Year Collection and got the Perpetual Calendar file free.

Precious Hugs

Luminaries

I absolutely adore these 3 little luminaries from RS Mobleys Designs. (Happy ThanksGiving - Turkey Luminary, Thanks - Acorn Luminary, Fall - Pumpkin Luminary) They are cut on Pearlized cardstock which makes them extra shimmery. I didn't have to do anything extra with these cut files because they are beautiful just the way they are.

I used the "Happy Thanksgiving" from one of the luminaries to add to an Acorn card from K Andrew Designs. I used my Cri-Kits gel pen to draw the face and colored it in with a Copic multiliner and white gel pen. I also added a few crystals between the words.

Precious Hugs

Stylish Blogger Award

Oh my goodness I can not believe I received another blog award! This is so awesome and I want to give a huge thank you to Amanda from "My Scrappin Obsession".

The rules for this award are:

1. Thank the person that gave it to me and link to their blog.
 THANK YOU AMANDA VERY MUCH!!!

2. Share 8 things about yourself:
 1. I cry when I watch Hallmark commercials.
 2. I really like Survivor, Amazing Race and Big Brother.
 3. I am a major craft JUNKIE.
 4. I would give the shirt off my back for someone that needed it. (as long as they promised not to make fun of my fat rolls.) :-)
 5. I spend more $$ on crafts then I do clothes.
 6. I would rather do almost any other household chore before cooking.
 7. I am majorly obsessive/compulsive about certain things.
 8. I would do absolutely anything for my family.

3. Pay it forward to 8 bloggers that you have recently discovered.
 1- Yolie at Just Yolie, Just Create
 2- Tammy at OBX Stamping and Crafting
 3- Kristal at Getting Cricky with K. Andrew
 4- Meighen at Scrappin 3rdeeschik
 5- Alex at You Had Me At Craft
 6-Raechel at Raechel's Cards
 7- Sharon at RS Mobleys Designs
 8- Caroline at Aussie Caz Designs

4. Contact those bloggers and tell them about their award.

Precious Hugs

Snowman School

I put the burgandy hat together and my OCD kicked in so I put the pieces for the other hats on top of the burgandy one so they would all be the same. Well when I finished I realized my mistake and the other 4 hats were backwards so what else could this scene be called except "Snowman School".

The cut file for these adorable snowmen came from the dollar downloads section on Scrap Chick and the stamp is from Close to My Heart's Evergreen set. I used a glitter pen on the carrot nose and white gel pen on the hat and scarf. You can't tell from the picture but there is a Spare Parts polka dotted brad in the knot on the scarf. They turned out so cute.

Precious Hugs