Just wanted to drop a note and say that Modern Memory Keeper is officially released and in stock at Amazon, and everywhere else for that matter! (Your local stores might take another couple of weeks to stock them, though.)

Also, Kristin at MyCraftivity posted a Q&A with me on their blog today, and started a little forum chat as well.

Hope everyone had a nice weekend!

-R

I always have a whole list of projects that I want to complete, and it changes daily. The first on the list are the two collages above. The moon-tree one just never seems complete. Here's my whole list (well the first few things for now)

1. Moon-Tree collage
2. Other Mini Collage
3. Bathrobe for my Mom
4. A whole bunch of Thank You cards
5. New slipcover for the Sofa
6. Reusable shopping bags
7. A New Purse

I'll stop at seven, because, well it's going to be awhile before I get to the end of the list. What's on your list?

-R

The coolest thing in this month's Martha Stewart Living, by far.






I feel a new project coming on. Look here for the whole article and how-to.

-R

I've been lusting over this skirt pattern forever now. I think it's getting close to time to finally breaking down to buy it. It's from Sew Betsy Ross. Has anyone used their patterns before? They sound great, reusable, much better than the usual tissue. I'm always afraid of the fit when I make something myself though.

-R

It was only the Roots Papers that was wrong, but it's better now. Sorry for the confusion!

Apparently I messed up the links in the last post. (Sorry Shawna!) It's a little late for me now, so I'll try to check it out tomorrow. Have a fabulous eve.

-R

I had a request when I first left Oscraps to continue to make these kits available, so here they are. Enjoy, and please let others know that you think might like to have these.

Links are below.

-RWings Papers
Wings Alpha
Wings Elements
Roots Alpha
Roots Elements
Roots Papers

Okay, okay, I know it's been forever. I started working full-time in addition to all my scrapbooking adventures, and the blog just sort of slipped away from me. But Anam just broke the news that her super cool article is out in Skin and Ink, and one of my pages just might be in it.
 Take a gander if you happen to pass it on the newsstand.

-R

Hey all,

I made a turkey the other night, and now I'm trying my hand at some turkey noodle soup with the leftovers. From the looks of it, it will either be delicious, or a total disaster. I'm hoping for delicious.

I've been reading Collage: Lost and Found , by Giuseppina Cirincione and she inspired me to create these fun little ornaments.
The chipboard is from Lazarwerx, they have perfect shapes for ornaments, the flowers are vintage that I bought from etsy, totally fun. The rest is a random assortment of patterned papers, and I sealed the whole thing with Gel Medium.

I hope everyone is ready for the quickly approaching holiday!

-R

A couple with Peace Bell

One Tink Ink... And a digi for good measure.

Digi paper by Vicki Stegall, Swirly by Paislee Press.


Hope everyone is having a wonderful day, safe and warm.

-R

Background paper by Berna Datema, embellishments by Melgen Designs, and Vicki Stegall.

Both of these are made with products from Peace Bell, at Incredible Mess.

Hope you all are having a wonderful day.

-R

We are revealing our first Incredible Mess kit tonight at midnight! I'm so excited to share it, I can hardly wait!!

Got lots of work to do, but I'll see you at midnight!

-R

For those of you participating in this month's newsletter challenge to win a copy of The Dares, you can post links to your entries on this post at my personal blog. 

Can't wait to see what you come up with!

-R

The power is back on! I'm so glad. I was having withdrawals from my 'puter, and the heat! We actually stayed at my parents house one night, because it was so friggin' cold here. There were so many trees down, and damage near us. They say gusts got up to 97 mph! Anyway, I just wanted to say hi, and that I'm back to work catching up on the things I would have been working on the last two days. Wish me luck getting everything finished!

-R

Hey all....

The power has been out all day! Needless to say, I didn't get nearly the amount of work done that I wanted to. That's life I guess. I did want to pop in though, and let you know that I am the featured designer at Pencillines this week. If you haven't checked out their blog before, they have a new designer each week create a layout and a sketch, and then their design team creates beautiful art based on that sketch. It's a great place for inspiration, and a good jumpstart if you need it. Anywhoo, go check out my sketch for this week. Have a great day.

-R

Hi all... the weekend is going pretty well, just finishing up the details on this month's newsletter, which will blow last month's out of the water, if I do say so myself. I'm excited to send it out, hopefully tomorrow. (It's hard to judge just how long the last minute details will actually take to finish, but trust that I am working on it) I've got an awesome prize lined up for this month's challenge as well, so you guys are in for a real treat.

Other than that, it's a normal Sunday here at the Parsons house. I'm doing a bit of work on the puter, my son, Elvis is watching home videos of himself from the past couple of years, and my hubby is in the shower killing time until I give up the computer if I was guessing. Later we are heading to my parent's house for our weekly family dinner, and that's about it. I did work in my art journal a bit last night.... I recently discovered Ranger's Glossy Accents. Pretty cool. I'm still in the playing stages, but so far they seem to be great for accenting a particular part of the pattern on patterned paper, or creating a fun embellishment out of cut scraps of patterned paper.

And, today I have a little freebie for you. Anam asked me last week to make a little ribbon for her, and well, I'm kind of an over achiever and took it a little farther than she wanted, so I had to back track a bit, but you get the benefits. Click the preview below to download the ribbon. Hope you are all having a wonderful holiday weekend.

-Ronee