Create and conquer

This past couple of weeks I put my ALBM album aside and worked on a banner I saw featured on TvWeekly, and I had a ton of fun, it was easy and fast to make and I took some pics today so you could see it, is going to hang over my door in my scraproom and it´s super springy I´ll have to do one for halloween and Christmas now.

(the pretty kitty in the back is not included in the banner)

(is kind of a long banner, excuse the mess in the back)

I´m so happy and proud of myself today I started conquering one of my biggest fears: lizards; I am terrified of lizards, big or small, green or blue, vicious or tamed, caged or free they simply FREAK ME OUT!! But today leaving home to go to work I greeted our neighbors who love animals and have a wide variety of them, including 4 dogs, 1 ferret, 1 rabbit and now also a green lizard and they wanted to show it to me, oh yes you know it I started to freak out and they were trying to get me to get close to it and I politely refused and then it occur to me, why was I so afraid? So I got close and gently rubbed Rene´s (green lizard) back with my finger, its been over 12 hours and I can still describe in detail exactly how it felt to touch it, I felt so good about myself maybe next week I allow them to place it on my hand, is a small step for manking but a huuuge step for me.

Tomorrow we have craft meeting and who knows what could happen there, fun times for sure, I also worked on a card today I´ll take a pic tomorrow and also work on my ALBM album, have a great weekend everybody and hope you all create a lot!

Tool time!

This is in my opinion the the best toolbox out there, of course I am biased since is my toolbox but you can ask anybody I talk about it and take it to any crop big or small, is like my pacifier, if I have it I know everything is going to be ok and I have anything I could possibly need and I´ll give you a sample of this:


This is the top layer, also known as the pentahouse of the toolbox, I carry there inkpad for inking, eraser, set of brushes; the red is in the bathroom soaked cause I forgot to rinse glue and well I´m rambling never mind, also letter opener that works as a bone folder (cause I don´t have one!!!) fine tip markers in blue, red and black and fine tip sharpie, mechanical pencil and you can´t see it but white ink marker.

Then comes the inner removable tray tha hols twezers, waterbrushe, sandpaper, crochet hooks, sequins, glue and of course my rounder corner punch.

And the bottom part that has my Fiskateer scissors, I´m #1337 just in case you were wondering, Fiskars finger tip craft knife, tacky glue, glue dots, glue lines, staples, stapler, Olfa circle cutter blade, embossing pens, sharpener, rounder corner scissors etc.

Is a simple Truper toolbox completey see trough so I can see what I have there all the time and this has made the difference when I craft because I know exactly where everything is and I don´t loose time looking for anything and when I go to crops is super easy to carry around and doesn´t take that much space.

2Peas Blogger Challenge:
Do you have any spring projects you excited about?

Well the "A little bit me" book has me really excited and I blogged about it here yesterday so you can take an early look.

So how do you guys carry your tools an stuff to crops and other places??

10 things that make me happy.....

Sarah from 2paws designs and several other bloggers had this challenge and I really wanted to do it too, but kept forgetting so here are mine:

10.Watching movies I love (like 300 or Love Actually)
9.Buying stuff for crafts, scrapbooking, stamping, knitting doesn´t matter
8. Kisses and hugs
7. Having a good hair day
6. Having a day off
5. Scrapbooking
4. Reading blogs
3. Eating and making cupcakes
2. Trying on clothes that didn´t fit and fit now
1. Cuddling with a kittie

When I went to Walmart today I found this, gotta love the little surprises Walmart offers once in a while, this just made my weekend I taste it and images of Sex and the City pop in my head ahh memories!

Also rented some videos, The DaVinci Code, Crash and A Night at the museum, seen all but could totally see them again and get inspired with them, maybe tomorrow I watch Nightmare before Christmas. Also tody we have daylight savings so we loose and hour wich makes tomorrow the shortest day but I´ll continue crafting.

Have a great sunday everybody, and hope the weather is great wherever you are!!