Two great challenges from If It's Groovy

There is only two more days to enter If It's Groovy's April Challenge.  Hurry over and enter to win a prize.

Pay It Forward Day!  Head over to If It's Groovy and leave a comment about a random act of kindness you performed for someone today!

I hope you all are doing well and enjoying Spring!

What are you doing on National Scrapbooking Day?

National Scrapbooking Day is May 1st! 

I was invited by my local Creative Memories Consultant to an all day crop.  I can't make it all day, however I am going for a couple hours.  I am so glad her daughter said she'd play with my little girl. 

I subscribe to Scrapbook Update and they put up some places online that are having activities.  Link.

Don't forget to stop by your favorite blogs and forums to spread the word. 

Ultra Sound Pictures of the Newest Family Member

This is a picture from the U/S I had yesterday.  The baby is about 15 weeks.  Just thought I'd share with ya!

What Can a 7.2 Earthquake do to a Craft Room?

On Easter of this year, April 4th, at around 3:40 pm.  my husband, daughter, and I we driving home in our SUV from the next town.  As we pulled into our development, the SUV started shaking back and forth violently.  We were dumbstruck and then it dawned on us, this was a huge earthquake!  People were almost falling down and cars were bouncing up and down.  The road was rolling and light poles were bucking up and down furiously!  We were terrified that something might fall on us.  The quake lasted 45 seconds!  We crept along and made it home only to have a 5.4 aftershock hit.  It is April 19th and we are still experiencing earthquakes, some as large as 4.4 to 5.1.  We have pretty much calmed down, but I wanted to share with you what it did to my craft room.  Thank goodness for the building codes we have in the US.  It could have been much, much worse!  Some people's craft rooms might look like this all the time!  LOL!

Moving and shaking!
Natalie

Challenge at IIG- If It's Groovy

I did this LO for If It's Groovy.  The challenge was to create a LO with a shadow in it.  Well, this LO has my black cat, Shadow, and his shadow!  Isn't he so cute?  He's so fuzzy!  Go here to see the rest.

Some Monday Night Fun!

Above Rubies Studios is planning on having a Live Ustream on their site at 9 pm EST (6 pm PST) on Monday, April 12th! Mark you calendars!

They will be discussing the new Cricut Cake Machine, the Gypsy A to Z DVD, Club Ruby, Accessories - The Above Rubies Studio Top Secret Mission and much more!

If they can get 1500 viewers they are going to give away a HUGE prize package!  So tell everybody and post it on your favorite forums and your blog!  They are also going to have plenty of prize announcements that everyone will have the opportunity to participate in.

Remember I am one of the new Master Design Team Members for Above Rubies Studios and I'll be making projects for you to enjoy on their site!  I'll let you know when I have a project on their site!  You're going to love what is coming at Above Rubies Studios and the girls over there are terrific!

Altered Hanger Project

This month's Altered Art Challenge over at If It's Groovy is to alter a hanger and incorporate it into a layout that you could hang from the wall.  To join in on the fun go here.

My altered hanger has a nature feel to it and showcases some places where I like to "hang" out in Montana.  It is entitled "Hanging Out In Montana".

I used small and large craft sticks for the title background.  I distressed them with ink to make them look like a wooden fence.  I used some extra silk flower sprays that I had to resemble the sweet little foliage that grows around the large pine trees. 

The locations are, Glacier Park, Ross Creek Cedars, The National Bison Range, the Bull River, and Flathead Lake.

I used my Gypsy and Cricut to make the letters.  I outlined them with my gel pens.  I added some green ribbon and copper wire for some extra texture.  I also distressed the pictures and then wrote the locations on the pictures to make them look worn and loved!!!