Jen's Distinctive Idea

my weekend emersed in "LIFE"

My body is telling me it is not happy. I had so much fun with my boys. We went camping with the doggy, in 22 degree weather. So much fun. Stayed in the stinky "huntin camper". I don't have to clean it so it is all good. However, it doesn't hold heat. So sleeping in 44 degree temps is a bit interesting, as one must remain dressed, LOL. Roll on out into 18 degree mornings, WOW. GOOOOOD mornin! Spent Sunday bird hunting, with Tut. He had a blast, my eyelids were froze to my forehead for 2 hours. Worth every minute. Then Monday we went fishing. Every bait store we stoppoed at said they didn't have any bait and asked "what the heck are you tryin to get?" I said "Listen, my kids have the day off, we are tryin for anything." I shoulda known. We froze to death for 2 hours, Nothing. So we came home and I pretty much died the rest of the day, and the kids relaxed. They had fun.

What honked me off the most............I took the camera everytime, BUT never took one single photo. GEEZ, I am so mad at myself. I still can't believe it. But that is classic me, I have no memory. SO it looks like it didn't happen.

If any one has suggestions, please, let me know.........THANK YOU! =)

Discovery day!!!!

I have just figured out what a challenge is LOLLOLLOL. Yes, I am one of those people who do not read directions, instructions, or stories, paragraphs. I am very visual. I look at pictures, I do things based on the visual appeal. So I have worked and functioned as a scrapper, yes, not knowing what a challenge was. I do not have any friends that scrap, I have never been to a crop. I do not like to do things by myself but I do love this so I go it alone at home. I ask people to go with me, but no takers yet. So today is a bright day, a day of discovery. I guess I should read more, it is just that it takes so much time, time that I do not have, so onward we go, discovering! See you there! Oh and let me know if you think there is anything I could discover! I would very much enjoy it! =)

my Valentines Day card

• Here it is all lovely like. I only used Jillibean-soup papers. All of which are available in my store www.distinctiveidea.com, or just hit the website button at the top. Stuff is cheap i am tellin you! I did use the cricut cartridge "Lacey labels" to create the center large label, the kraft one with the white script writting.  I hand cut the piece of black cardstock backing. hope you like it!

Teresa Collins go read her blogs and tell her I sent you =)

For all of you scrapbookers that have not found her blog yet ( which I can not believe)  You really need to go read them. She is one of the most real people I have ever come acrossed in the blog world. And being that she is one of the "big" scrapbook folks, well that says alot about her. She has alot of starch in her britches, and I really like people like that!!!!!  Makes you want to be around her, thats important! So go find her and tell her I sent ya ;),  You should be able to find her from my site as I follow her

Sunday full of donuts and couches

My family and I had family time all day today, full of donuts and couches. Nope not the healthiest for your body, but healthy for my heart and mind! I loved it. Warm snuggles on the couch all day long, the "stinkapotamus" curled up next to you, or on you, just a purring away. These are my favorite kind of days. But, I really can't wait for the weather to get warm, and the camper to get moving. I need the mountains, and new things to scrap about! =)

I love Hocking Hills, the peace, quiet, and the no technology. The untainted beauty of each hill and cravase, breathtaking. I believe I really NEED to live there, in a cabin of course. So I need to win the lottery, or marry a rich, blind man that is relatively near death. LOL Just kidding.

Tomorrow, I am going to tackle an enve mini, as I have found a friend on the "Cricut" boards who has never done one, and would like to try one. SO I really am looking forward to helping her! SO fun, just wished she lived closer. But  I will take what I can get!  A scrap friend =)

A piece of wadded up paper

That is precisely what this old gal feels like today. Up too late from the pain, however, I love my new bed, because I can actually sleep more than 3-4 hours without waking up due to pain. It is the Comfort Select air mattress. I LOVE IT! No more sinking into a lumpy old mattress that offers no "correct" support. I thought about a temperpeadic but that does not offer two different zones of support, which I needed. I prefer a very firm mattress as my back is so painful due to spasms in my right side, or so the Dr. tells me, I think my dog may have ruptured some disks when he knocked me flat on my can. I mean for pete's sake I nearly had compartmental syndrome from the severe bruising in my groin. I wasn't quite sure that I didn't have a fracture in my pelvis. But, I digress. This bed has been a blessing, allowing me to sleep a little longer each day, making me not such a grumpy butt. And, also helping with some of the pain. Before I used to wake up with the pain litterally taking my breath away, and moving as qucikly as I could for all of my meds. Now I can think a little as I do it. I am hoping that this is not just a fluke.

Today I think me and Tut are going to make V'day cards for his Nana's. I haven't been in the card making vibe for awhile, it's because they are too quick, don't take much to make. I like things that take me awhile to do, require focus. So we shall see if that gets done. Tut likes to promise me things and then not deliver. Makes me sad sometimes. Alrighty, enough talking, get on with it . Until tonight..........

Born with it?

So Today I guess my goal was to try and help people, I guess I will never loose that, my drive to help people. It must have been something I was born with, that inherint drive, instinctual. Sometimes I almost feel as if I am addicted to it. The feeling you get from doing it, and then the emptiness you feel from being unable to do it, wow that is horrible.

Anyways, Maybe life is starting to look up for me. I am trying to network. Since I have no friends that like what I do, I am searching out people that have the same likes as me. For me that is huge. I have never sought out anything before. I have always just accepted things the way they were and coped. Maybe I have just silently reached my breaking point and have had enough silence and suffering. I want and need more, and I am now searching it out. Boy do I hope I find it. I feel like this is something I HAVE to do. Yea, it may seem like something small and unimportant to some folks, but for me this is just about all that I have. I have no profession any longer, most of my friends have their busy lives, and I am left kinda, well, in the dust so to speak. So I have had to pick myself up, dust myself off, put some starch in my britches, and get on with gettin on, and bring my two kids with me.

           I can not stop thinking of ways to try and make money, along with this networking thing, I think it all ties together, or maybe, I hope it will. OH I don't know. Crap I didn't even know today was friday. Seems like the days are just running together now. So frustrating! But I guess that is what happens in the case of me. I am so very lucky tho, to be alive. I will never be mad about not remembering, it is just a side effect! LOL yep of one very bad run in with an anuerysm on the left side of my brain. Stupid Dr's wouldn't listen to me. Oh no, they get paid the big bucks, to be wrong! And here I set because of it. Stinkin Jerks! But on the bright side...I can pick my nose and wipe my boogers on my pants and no one cares now!!!! YAY!!!!  Always look for the silver lining!

ALright enough of the off colored, I am tired, I need sleep, humor. Thanks for the read!

        

7 Gypsies Policy envelope album mini

I have been using the things I have for sale in my store (see my website) to create one thing a day. Today I made a 7 gypsies envelope mini , and I love it! It was made from the "Off the wall" collection. I am putting it in the store for sale. But what is great about the things I make, is that every single thing I use, is for sale in the store, so you don't have to look high and low to find it!  Also if you can't seem to find it I am very easy to get ahold of. So here it is, in all of it's glory. It is made from the long black, policy envelopes. There are 8 of them. Almost all of the items used are from 7 gypsies, but there are some Tim Holtz, and Jenni Bowlin (punches) things too. Jenni has a great ticket border punch that I have figured out how to use to make actual tickets out of, so cute, but I only have 3 of those left!So if you would like, leave me some feedback, I would greatly appreciate it! Good or constructive=) I am trying to build great skills, and need input. Thanks! Also if you order from my store and leave me a message that you came from typepad I will double your FREE BAKERS TWINE! Yep 20 yards of free bakers twine you pick the colors! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Todays affairs, creating edge punches that work!!!!

Today I have hit the backspace more than I care to mention, ugh.  I have no Idea what I am going to do. My neck is killing me right now, but it is managelable. Suck it up.  I really need to design a punch that does an entire edge, yesterday I treated mine like footballs because they did not do what they were intended to do and ripped up my paper. Wow that was irritating. Martha Stewart Come on Your punches wouldn't even go thru the paper! Geeshh!and they are new.

Enough whining and critiquing, lets get on with it, so I have been really thinking about this punch thing. I want/need some punches that will do an edge. Be it and entire 12x12 or a small 3x4 envelope or smaller, and from the previous statement, go thru it with out shredding it! So if anyone out there can help me with it I would be greatly appreciative! 

So I think that will be today's affair, creating an edge punch/ punches. That work!!!!

New Simple-Stories Generations and Jillibean-soup Monster Stew Mini's

Ok I finished both of these today. The Simple-Stories is up for sale on my website www.distinctiveidea.com and the Jillibean-Soup is of my two monsters. The Simple stories is from the generations collection and I have the full collection for sale in the store. Jillibean-soup is from the Monster stew collection and again everything is for sale in the store. When I make something, everything that I use is for sale in the store. If you see it, but can not find it in the store just email me, also if you want me to make you a kit I can do that as well email me and there may even be a price discount on that. So here they are. The simple stories book has a handle from 7 gypsies and a dangle from Michaels, there are finishing touches that need to be made on it, simply because I can add your photos for you or if you want to add them yourself you just need to let me know. If you buy this I will give you the email address to email your photos to so I can print them out and add them so you don't have to do a thing but enjoy!  YAY for you!