Hola. Como estas?

Wow, it's been so long that I don't even remember which "o" the accent goes over. I might want to brush up on that if I'm planning on minoring in Spanish. Anyways, I've been pretty checked out for the last week- from this blog, from scrapping, from the majority of the world. Lately, life revolves around four things: the olympics, work, getting prepared for college, and trying to make the most of the end of summer. So far, so good.

College stuff is piling up like never before, and the project I have yet to compete don't seem to escape my mind. I still need to finish my comforter's applique, the paper mache letters for my roommate and myself, the fabric wall hangings to decorate the walls with (because off white is not the prettiest color on earth), and a few other random things. I really have no idea how I'm going to get all of this done by the time I leave on Tuesday, but we'll see.

By the way, I'm in love with this fragrance. I'm not a perfume kind of gal usually, but I want to wear this every day forever...
Right now, I'm supposed to be working on the COCOA challenge for this week, but since I pride myself on being an excellent procrastinator, I should probably show you at least a couple things I've created recently.

First, this is a card that I made for my boyfriend's birthday on Sunday.


Supplies: stamps- Scrappycat, pp- DCWV, ribbon- Offray, embossing powder- JoAnn Fabrics, chipboard embellishment- Target, corner brads and letter stickers- The Paper Studio

Here are two little projects I made from last week's COCOA use your stash challenge:

Suuuuper simple, but they get the job done. :)

Alright, I'm off to go work on the COCOA challenge, get some college dorm projects done, hang out with one of my best friends, Sam, and rest my back because I went down a river yesterday. (Yup, class one rapids, that's why my back hurts... :rolls eyes:) Thanks for visiting!

Brit

p.s.- I have a major Jamba Juice craving right now... only one week until I get to have one. :)

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Oh Happy Day!

So I logged on to my computer this morning to discover that I took third in the Hero Arts Wrap-Around Card Challenge! I know I took third, but I feel like I too first- I've never won anything like this before! I'm a little excited... lol.

I love the scrapbooking community. People are so friendly and giving, it's unbelieveable. In fact, in the last two weeks, I've recieved not one but TWO packages in the mail from wonderful scrapbookers. The first one is from Paris and it's a Parisian Studio kit, and MAN is it loaded with wonderful things! I love the paper, chipboard... everything! Paris is so nice to give me one of her July kits. Thank you!


Also, Sabrina sent me some wonderful goodies for winning COCOA a while back. I can't wait to use everything! (And look at those mints in the bottom right corner... how cute are they?) Take a peak:


Also, I've finished two layouts in the last couple days. I wanted to get more done, but the creativity hasn't been flowing that easily lately. I have got to finish scrapping senior year before going off to college or I know I never will...

First, my COCOA layout with one of my favorite pictures ever. Me and my best friend, Jeb, get a little crazy together:


Supplies: pp- DCWV, cs- The Paper Studio (black and white), brads and overlay- unknown, embossing powder- Ranger, diamond glaze- JudiKins, chipboard letters- Basic Grey, border punch- Fiskars, black pen- ZIG, chipboard flourish- American Crafts

Second, here's my Outside-In Challenge using a guy color scheme for a girly layout. Okay, I think it's a little bit of a stretch, but still like how it turned out. I used a lot of my Parisian Studios kit. Everything in there is so awesome...


Supplies: cs- bazzill, pp- October Afternoon (I'm totally in love!!!), journaling spot- October Afternoon, foam letters- Thickers by American Crafts, ribbon- The Paper Studio, thread- DMC, buttons- American Crafts

Two more things:

I "met" my roommate this week. She seems really awesome the couple times we've talked. I'm getting really excited for college...

I've started this awesome applique for my comforter. It's going to be sweet!

I lied- third thing- I love Project Runway!

Love.

Brit

Some old things, some new things, and some blue things

I have a few new loves in my life.

You see, when your camera takes this picture:

and then dies, you have two options- buy a new camera or don't. (A third option would be to get this camera fixed, but since I bought it for $150 and it would cost almost $200 to fix, that doesn't make sense.) Therefore, I have fallen in love with this:

It's the Panasonic DMC-TZ5. I tried it out at Best Buy and was in love instantly. Everything about it just makes me want to run everywhere with it and take pictures every second... 10x zoom, 10 megapixels, all of the wonderful best shot modes are wonderful. All the reviews I've read online either are 5-star or address problems I really have no concern about. So I decided that this camera nees to be mine, now I just have to wait for it to go on sale.

Now, for the reason I have to wait to buy this love of mine... another true sole mateMy Macbook Pro. I'm ordering it today after admiring it from affar for so long. It's perfect (even though, of course, my bf is a PC fanatic and wants nothing to do with it... he'll come around, though). This baby is going to get me through (hopefully) four years of school. My major? Graphic design. I'm excited.

Here's a page I did this week for another COCOA weekly challenge. That group is so helpful- it pushes me to get a least one LO done.It's really simple, but it gets the job done. Plus, I love that Scenic Route pp! The stickers and rubons are from American Crafts, the calendar stamp is from Autumn Leaves, the ink is black StazOn, the chipboard tag and brads are from The Paper Studio, the paint from Windsor and Newton, and the cs is unknown.

Also, I must share a picture I took today, because I think it's really cool-looking. I was doing a shoe photoshoot for an upcoming layout (stay tuned for that): The sad part is, that may not even be half of my shoes. I just grabbed whatever I could find.

Oh, one more thing. Mr. UPS Man brought me this t-shirt today from http://www.threadless.com/. Total inspiration for a layout, don't you think? Hmm... we'll see where that goes.

That's all for today. Thanks for looking!

Brit

Ah! Forgot about this- I've been busy lately...

I think I'll have time to upload some latest projects in the next week, but I've been really busy with school, work, and applying for college and scholarships (If anyone knows of any ones for SBers, I'd love to hear about them :-).)

I didn't actually realize that people read this, but now that I see I have comments (thank you so much, by the way), I'll try to update more. I've been getting a a couple things done per week, so I have lots to share.

Here's some of the things I've been working on:
COCOA challenge layouts- most about the trip to Disney/ our cruise
SS albums- which I really need to get sent in now
random cards
compsition notebooks
my favorite and current project- a minibook using my bind-it-all

I hope to update with some photos soon, but life is nuts right now so we'll see. Have a great weekend, everyone! I'm out to enjoy the sunny 60 degree weather now before going to work...

Brit