Christmas Paper Bag Book

So I have two full hours a day Monday through Friday where I drive my daughter and a friend to swim team practice to another town 20 minutes away. The economy being what it is I cannot drop them off come home and then go back to get them. So I take projects with me and fill up that two hours with my MP3 player and some alone time with my scrapbooking projects. The pool has tables in the foyer where I can spred out my stuff and jam to the music and work uninterrupted for two whole hours. Since I live in a house with 9 other people uninteruption is unheard of. Here is what I did yesterday with my time. I love the simplicity of the paper bag books and have been asked to do some for some of the kids on the swim team.

Cuttlebug Embossing folder giveaway

So the team over at Cuttlebug Challenges is giving away a new yet to be released Cardinal Embossing folder. I have to say I do not own a Cuttlebug. Ok I know what your thinking , for those of you who don't know my friends think I own everything scrapbook related but the truth of the matter is, there are things I do not own. I never got the point of the cuttlebug because I already had the Cricut and I couldn't see owning another diecut machine. I now know I must own a cuttlebug for the embossing feature alone. So check out this site and comment on the project so you too can get in on this giveaway.
wwww.cuttlebugchallenge.blogspot.com

Thing I've done lately

My daughter Rachel and I attended our first online crop this weekend. They gave us a list of challenges to do and then drew randonm participants to win prizes. So here is what we did. The caramel layout Rachel did as well as the iris fold cat. Thanks for looking.

Above Rubies Studio

This is a blog I have been following that has great cricut and scrapbooking info to share. She has a whole cutting guide for the cricut which we all need. So head on over to www.aboverubiesstudio.com. She is currently giving away a cricut cartridge.

Blogs I follow

Ok so I follow a lot of blogs and wanted to share some of them with you.
www.cricutchristmas.com I love this site and you will too.
www.obsessedwithscrapbooking.com This site is the ultimate in resources. You have to check this one out. I love this one.
www.aboverubiesstudios.com This one I just started following but she has a lot of really good info and does a lot of video's to go with the info. A must see
www.aplaceformycards.blogspot.com is also a good for card makers. Deb you would love this one.

Anyways, check these out. Its worth your time