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April 11/07 justjulz's "bare footing"
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April 11/07 justjulz's "bare footing"

What a great layout for the newest trend, photo popping! Great extraction, and terrific journalling to go along with it!To see Justjulz's gallery, click here.


Thanks kiki-kins! you made my week! Hugs! ~Julz

Font Freak?

I certainly am.. can't get enough of 'em... that's why I gotta share this: The Dollar Sale at ScrapNfonts is coming to an end. Don't miss your chance to save up to $66% on most of their products! I think ALL their fonts are $1.00 right now!

I'll usually wait and wait before I pay $25.00 for a font and when I do it's because I just can't live without it anymore... Today, I bought 35 fonts... that brings me to a grand total of.. oh.. about a bazillion!

Forget the shoes.. I need fonts!

ACTION!

Some of you may know that when I get a creative block I often go out begging for other peoples photos. I don't know why, but I always find them so much easier to work with. Thanks to an old friend of mine, I didn't need to go begging this time. He has the coolest action photos of his family... I have never had an opportunity to work with such photos before and I think I'm addicted. Take a look at what I have done with his photos

Little Lucy

Just thought I would share a few of the photos I took at the Sanza/Souza wedding on March 17th. It's hard to believe the girls are all grown up and both married now! Lucy (Lucia) Sanza and Justina have been life long friends. You can see photos of them together at Justina's wedding and on Lucy's first day of Kindergarten on my photosite Look for Justina's wedding album

Little Things

Enjoy the little things,
for one day you may look back
and realize they were the big things!

Queen of Uniquity

It's been a while since I have been over to DAQ (Digital Art Quirks) so you cn imagine my surprise when I recieve notification that I had two new comments on a layout I posted back in October 2006. They're so much fun over there.. here's one of the comments:

Thu April 5, 2007 5:27pm
Today, you are the queen of uniquity!

LOL thanks indy bev... what a great mood lifter! maybe even a motivator! I love ya guys! here's the layout.. made from a photo I took at the 2006 west coast VCOA national meet. you may have seen it, but look at it again and think "queen of uniquity!"



hey I think I'll even wave my DAQ blinkie!

Play List

Yes... ok... it really was time to give 'ol Alice Cooper a break. Radio JULZ has put together a new play list. This list goes out with a personal dedication to the luch hour DJ(S) "A kind soul is inspired by Angels!"
Enjoy! ~J

Memories

This, for an old friend... thanks for the inspiration I took these photos while taking a drive down memory lane in my home town not too long ago. I have many a wonderful memory around this bridge. Being there, the sounds of the birds above and the water rushing below, together with the sweet familiar smells almost made me forget the past 35 years... and I was 13 all over again!

Irish Blessing

May the Blessing of Light Be Upon You, Light on the outside,
Light on the inside. With God's Sunlight Shining on you, May Your Heart glow
with Warmth, Like a Turf Fire that Welcomes friends and strangers
alike.

May the Light of the Lord Shine from your eyes, Like a candle
in the Window, welcoming the weary Traveler.

May the Blessing of God's soft rain be on you, falling gently
on your head, Refreshing your Soul with the sweetness of little flowers newly
blooming.

May the strength of the winds of Heaven Bless you, carrying
the rain to wash your Spirit clean, Sparkling after in the
Sunlight.

May the Blessing of God's Earth be on you, and as you walk
the roads, may you always have a Kind word for those you meet.


May you understand the Strength and Power of God in
a Thunderstorm and in Winter, and the Quiet beauty of Creation, and the Calm
of a Summer Sunset.

And may you come to Realize that insignificant as you may
seem in this Great Universe, You are an Important part of God's Plan.
May He Watch over you, and keep you Safe from Harm.

More Fun

MIA.. yeah.. I'm not ready to talk about it! But I do have this to share with you....

This is so fun!

Have you been to SmileBox? What a great thing... I made this..... yeah it's very simple... but I think it's oh so cute! Just click in the box below!

Click to Play Now

More Love

Believe in "happily ever after"
and it will come true.
~Jane Dettmering

Romance?

I want to take a moment to recognize the loss of Anna Nicole Smith. To some she was like a train wreck to others inspiration. I'm sure I will return to this before long.. but for now... MORE LOVE!

You Follow Your Heart

You're romantic, sentimental, and emotional. You tend to fall in (and out of) love very quickly. Some may call you fickle, but you can't help where your emotions take you. You've definitely broken a few hearts, but you're not a heartbreaker by nature. Your intentions are always good, even if they change with the wind

Do You Follow Your Head or Your Heart?

A few days of fun and love!

You may or may not have noticed I changed my music.... but I did! just a few selections to get us in the MOOD for love... and here's a little fun to go with it.. what does your candy heart say? mine says:

Your Candy Heart Says "First Kiss"

You're a true romantic who brings an innocent hope to each new relationship. You see the good in every person you date, and you relish each step of falling in love. Your ideal Valentine's Day date: a romantic dinner your sweetie cooks for you Your flirting style: friendly and sweet What turns you off: cynics who don't believe in romance Why you're hot: you always keep the romance alive

What Does Your Candy Heart Say?

Falling Behind!

Ack! My life has run away with me! Holidays have been tough for a while.. I really thought I was going to beat it this year... I know my limits and have learned to say "no"! I try to leave room for the unknown but it would seem have yet to estimate how much "unknown" I will have. The thing about me is that I "appear" to be "well" most of the time. That appearance consumes energy.. blah blah blah.. enough of that garbage...

My computer is about ready for it's annual reformatting, I defragged the hard drive and the registry, but it is still moving slow and the items on my task bar seems a bit small. Ho Hum.. I hate reformatting, it often takes me 6 months to get everything back on and tweeked just right.... I tried to scrap last night and waited a half an hour for PSCS to load... then I just dumped it, I didn't want to wait anymore... I can't post my layouts to the photosite page either... I don't think I have enough ram to run the program anymore... all it wants to do is crash! grrr... Anyway, I thought I would share with you some of the layouts I have been able to finish! This first one, is of course, that little cutie of a grandson of mine... The products I used were created by the very talented Doris Castle for "The Storytellers Club". To be honest with you, I haven't been able to locate it over there.. so no link.. sorry...

OK... now another one of the little cutie! he he.. again using products by Doris Castle this time created for Cottage Arts.. this is Simply Love 1 Paper and Element paks.I really like the way this one came out! I wasn't sure what to put as journaling so I just used the lyrics to the Carpenters song "Close to You"

Oh now more fun! I went out and bought the little guy a bunch of finger paints. Everyone thought I was crazy, but I wanted to do this with him. (did you know finger paints now come in squeeze bottles?) I solicited Grandpa's help to set us up with a painting studio in the garage. He set up his extra work bench and covered it with a old shower curtain (I knew that would come in handy someday), put all our supplies on top (including the painting apron I had purchased for Rye) He even put out paper towels, a trash bucked and a bucket of clean water! WOW, we were set! Oh, yes, do you notice the jammies under that apron... this was the same visit where I couldn't get him to put on regular clothes! LOL So we start painting... he wasn't real keen on putting his hands in the paint, so Grandma showed him how to put blobs of paint on the paper and fold it in half... that was good... but I foresaw a huge problem with that meathod... and a frustration factor if he couldn't get the paper unfolded, so I went over to Grandpa's supply closet and pulled out a foam roller and a small brush! Now we were in business! He really enjoyed that! He just loved putting lots of paint on the page... so much that it took all week for the paint to dry! LOL... I was impressed with the results! I remember hating to finger paint in kindergarten because while everybody else ended up with these colorful pictures.... mine was always BLACK! LOL now there's an instance where more isn't better... more color and more mixing only made my picture worse! But Rye, on he other hand... well, you can see.. I cut one of the pictures in half, framed both pieces and gave one to great grandma and one to great grandpa (my mom and dad) for Christmas! The supplies I used here are from a new source for me, a German site, Scrapbooking Heaven The designers name is Gisela and she is a real sweetheart! If you are int he market for a Valentine kit... check out her "I SEE PINK" it's fabulous! This kit is called "Sparkling Stars". Gisela has a number of "gifts" on her site including an adorable Star Doodle that would go very well with this kit!

credits

Kit - Sparkling Stars by Gisela http://tinyurl.com/368jwc

Handwriting Cards By Doris http://tinyurl.com/3atq39

ScrapDrawers: Dictionary Definitions By Doris http://tinyurl.com/2nzmsj

ScrapDrawers: Photo Lifts By Doris http://tinyurl.com/32v66x

Personal Trash By Doris http://tinyurl.com/348vgz

Schöne Tochter - Katharina

I came across this photo on Petra Losbichlers blog and knew one day I would want to scrap it.. so I naturally lifted it.... I do have Petra's blessing to post my layout.. (thank you Petra)... I have been in a terrible creative slump.. well a slump in general... I thought I hadn't scrapped in over a month and then realized that I actually had and was sitting on the layouts waiting for the ads to come out.. the ads have come and gone, I guess I better get busy and post the layouts! LOL

credits:
Romantic Recollections by Lara Payton
available at both Dustybear and Digital Freebies

BAZ-AL

Love the message, hate the messenger.... something inside me screems SUNSCREEN and closing with a quote from churchill shows lack of creativity.. but how can I say that about the man who invented the internet!? Anyway, SING, FLOSS, STRETCH, DANCE, TRAVEL and for crying out loud WEAR SUNSCREEN!
Oh and for heavens sake.. Do NOT read BEAUTY magazines, they will only make you feel UGLY!

NONSENSE

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells.
Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living,
it's a way of looking at life through the
wrongend of a telescope and that enables
you to laugh at life's realities.
- Dr. Seuss

Pajamas

Oh yes, the "I can do it" stage. Dear Rylie has arrived! Not only can he do it... but it must be done his way! Currently dressing himself is a big deal... and no matter what the day's activities, it's generally in his pajamas. This day we walked to Starbucks for a cup of hot cocoa and then off to the childrens salon for a hair cut... all in his pajamas!

credits:
Baby Cakes by Carrie Stephens
available at SBG http://tinyurl.com/y3l9q8

Fringe template by Kristy Nerness at PBW

floral brush by onegreeneye

font: Alor

Elves?

Ok a little Christmas Fun...
I have an Elf name.. can you believe?

Christmas Elf Name My Christmas Elf Name is Get your Christmas Elf Name at JokesUnlimited.com

Floppy-Feet LOL.. well at least they smell good! That's assuming Peppermiz is a good thing... Ok one more fun thing.. then out to the stores!

Which of Santa's Reindeer are you? Donder Like Donder you are sensible and a good leader. You know the right things to do at the right time and have people's respect Find out which of Santa's Reindeer you are at Quizopolis.com

Well that's not too bad! I was afraid I might end up as the reindeers a*s

Baby's Got Style

Oh my.. I just finished a week with Rye... he's becoming soo independent, he is now going through a phase where he wants to wear his Pj's all day. I finally figured a little public embarrassment was better than the frustration of trying to convince him to put his clothes on. When he's here, I generally try to get him a decent haircut at a local children's salon... this day it was in his Pj's so I brought my camera to record the event...
Credits:
Create-A-Quick Page: Midnight Bloom
by Doris Castle at SBG http://tinyurl.com/ydnwjc
Brush by Andrea Victoria
Fonts: Dokyo and Chopin

Stock Photos

have you seen this?
http://yotophoto.com

Miracles

Profound

A great quote I found on Christine Miller's site: http://swirlygirl.com

"Don't ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go do it.
Because what the world needs is people
who have come alive."
-Howard Thurman

Um... Ok

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And calendars are great for gift-giving!
These approximately 10"x 5" calendars are transparent overlays which allow you to use any background color or paper you choose behind your calendars. The font used is a simple, elegant text that leaves plenty of room on each day’s box for you to note important items on your calendars. You can also change the color of the font and the lines of the layout, if you wish.
This kit contains calendars for January 2006-December 2006 PLUS calendars for October, November and December 2005 as a free bonus.

All my years in retail management tell me the time for this sale was 6 months ago, at this point we shouldn't be seing this in the shop taking up valuable vitual shelf space.... time to cut and run on this one! BTW... this appeared to be just the calendar part... no top template to reuse for next year... sigh!

Things are getting worse...

Please send chocolate!



photo taken at VCOA West Coast National Meet 2006

Sweet Hubby

Over the weekend I spent some time snapping photos of DH... much to his demise.. I got some good photos and some really silly ones!
journaling reads:
While we were away for the weekend I decided to snap some photos of you. You tried to make it difficult for me, giving me every look you could think of; but, in the end, my perseverance paid off! I got some of the best photos I have even taken of you




credit:
template from Limes blog http://tinyurl.com/yl3hvv
paper and element packs from Jayme Gonzales'Green Tea Kit available at Addicted to Digital http://tinyurl.com/yklvhe http://tinyurl.com/yauws3
font: satisfaction

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I Love Parades!

Ah, DH and I went to the local Veterans Day Parade. I just love a parade. Seems like in this town they always happen when it's wet out. We just got a little drizzle. I came armed with camera and took over 600 photos! LOL I told you I go crazy... I have a hare shutter finger! (is that the right kind of hare or is it hair?) A couple of years ago I had ordered some flags to decorate the flower beds from mid June to Mid July and when they arrived they were much larger than I had anticipated, so I never used them. As we were getting ready to go I asked DH to grab them because I wanted to put them in lawns of some veterans we know. I thought we could do it after the parade. That plan went by the wayside, as I was taking photos DH gave them to some of the little ones around. I was fine with that, they were so cute standing there on the curb waving their flags.

One little gal, about 6, was dressed in full camo and had her boots on! She was just adorable. One float came by and a little girl yelled from the float "Happy Veterans Day Grandma!" How sweet is that! After the parade, I spotted the the Lao-Hmong group near by and I went to get additional photos because they were so wonderfully colorful!

The President of the group game me his card and asked if I would send him copies because his camera was at the other end of the route.. NO problem. Then DH and became engaged in conversation with this couple from the Veterans of foreign wars.

They were very sweet. He was a WWII vet. They invited us to an additional celebration and dinner at the Moose Club. We graciously (I hope) declined. Then I spotted this Vietnam Vet walking my direction down the block. He was wearing his full outfit backpack and all.. albeit the backpack looked a bit light. He looked very surreal walking up there alone in the dampness.

I had to take that. He stopped to talk with someone and I caught up with him, got some closer photos. Turns out the guy he was talking to was from the local radio station, so I got some photos of the interview. Then we happened along a Coastguard reserve gentleman and his dog. I couldn't resist and then when his wife came out of a nearby shop in her uniform, well, th e shutter kept on clicking. Turns out he was in the Navy during WWII. He met his wife in the 8th grade when they both lived in Folsom. He joined the Navy right out of high school and said he was so surprised when he reported to San Diego to find 5 other of his classmates there. He said it was just like going back to high school. Well he and his sweetie never got together... for several decades... ten years ago when they got married they joined the coast guard reserve....

seem kind old but what do I know? We met many interesting and friendly people... and they all want copies of the photos... did I mention my cd player/burner is kaput? wonder how I will pull this off.. anyway, I leave you with a few photos

I posted about 20% of the photos here http://tinyurl.com/ybuudr incase you would like to see more!

Two Small Items

the first is a quote:

"It is a denial of the divinity within us to doubt our potential and our possibilities."—James E. Faust (Ensign, May 1986, p. 21.)

is that profound or what? The second is a photo. I'm behind.. this is one I took when in Monterey. When was that... August? I should just put all my photos up on photobucket or something LOL ok ok I can't post just one! (don't shoot me!)

OK OK enough is enough.. you SHOULD see the things I take pictures of!

Healdsbug

OMGosh.. I forgot to post pictures from my last trip. Here are a couple. I'll post more... another day when I have time to tell you about the silly thing I did!

Whew! Scrap Artist fun!

Working my fat touche (tushy) off trying to finish the album I promised my cousin for her daughter's first year. This one I really want to share; not because it is exceptional (it's not) but because I got to use a Scrap Artist apprentice challenge round 4 product. For those who have been with the bears for the past month or so and those who don't run in digiscrap circles... Scrap Artist wanted to add some new designers to their shop and to make it interesting and draw traffic to the site they held an apprentice contest. (kind of like the Donald only the gals there all have far superior hair styles and the hair on their heads is actually rooted in!) Anyway, there was 4 rounds. In the first three rounds the contestants were given guidelines on something to create. At the end a number of contestants moved on to the next round... and the others... well I know of one who got a position at another shop.... each rounds entries were made available for free download to SA members. Round four, the final round, the last 9 contestants were to create an entire kit. The kits are being offered at the site for $2.00 EACH! WOW! what a steal! Each sale is tallied as a vote. The winner(s) are offered a shop at scrap artist. Turns out I know some of the final contestants... one of which I work with on JoDe Lawrence's (Digitalbits) Creative Team for Altered Scrapping and Scrapbook-Bytes. It's Lisa Dozier! Lisa created this wonderfully bright sanded looking kit that would be great for either traditional style, free style or altered scrapping . Take a peek Now to top it off, Lisa is offering a free add-on kit at her blog as well as a posting bonus! FABULOUS stuff! Go check it out!

Winners and Loosers

I sure wish I could remember this when I need to!

The act of taking the first step is what separates the winners from the losers. - Brian Tracy

Junk Mail aka SPAM

you know all that junk mail that your friends and family send on to you because somebody sent it to them and they didn't want an evil curse to come to their house so they sent it to their 5 or 10 closest friends within 2 minutes? Well, there was a time when I actually read that stuff and sometimes I saved it! Rather than clog your email boxes with it, I thought I would just post some here occasionally to amuse everyone! With that said... here is one I found in my box... it's uh... from 2002... LOL but it still made me smile!

IT'S GOOD TO BE THE WOMAN.

We got off the Titanic first.

We can scare male bosses with mysterious
gynecological disorder excuses.

Taxis stop for us.

We don't look like a frog in a blender when dancing.

No fashion faux pas we make could ever
rival The Speedo.

We don't have to pass gas to amuse ourselves.

If we forget to shave, no one has to know.

We can congratulate our teammate without
ever touching her rear.

We never have to reach down every so often
to make sure our privates are still there.

We have the ability to dress ourselves.

We can talk to people of the opposite sex
without having to picture them naked.

If we marry someone 20 years younger,
we're aware that we look like an idiot.

There are times when chocolate really can
solve all your problems.

We'll never regret piercing our ears.

We can fully assess a person just by
looking at their shoes.

hmmm, almost sounds like a scrap challenge eh? LOL
We can make comments about how silly men
are in their presence, because they aren't

listening anyway.

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