Hummmm, maybe it wasn't in Vegas after all.

Good afternoon all, I have been hiding in my room all day taking breaks only to feed the kids lunch and when nature called and I started and finished 3....count'em 3 LO's. I was looking through the vegas pictures last night and had a hint of inspiration, so I ran with it today. Boy did that little photo printer get a work out. Here are pictures of the three layouts that I did today.

The Coca-Cola Store

Margaritaville

M & M World

I guess my mojo wasn't in vegas afterall. I just needed to look for it in the last place I felt it.

Here is the prize for the contest........the winner.......and the result.

Ok ok, I know I was supposed to post the prize for the best comment to help me find my mojo by the end of last week - but it is only tuesday. So here is the prize. I have included a star shaped board book, a 24" piece of Tim Holtz film stip ribbon, a piece of grungeboard, 2 tim Holtz journal coupons, and some Tim Holtz embellishments and some flowers. I will also be adding a surprise item that I will not be in the picture, you will just have to wait and see what it is.....

Here is the prize.

You both gave really good advice to help me find my mojo but there can only be one winner. And a drum roll please............The winner is.................Dion. I will send out the prize asaic (lol) - as soon as I can. LOL

I also found some of my mojo, funny thing is I think I left it in Vegas when I went in March. So here is a LO I have been working on, I am not in love with it but it will do. It is time to do some cleaning up in my scraproom and re-organize and see what I have. I hope I don't have to fly back to Vegas to find my mojo but I just might have to. (hee hee - but I would have to take the hubby this time.

Thanks for trying to help me get back in to the swing of things - I have a ton of pictures that we have taken and now it is time to get down to business and get some pages done.

LOST - MOJO, IF FOUND PLEASE RETURN

Yes my mojo is lost, that is the number one reason why there has been lack of posting on this blog lately. I was hired to do the demo job for cricut and although it was a great job, my mojo got lost somehwere. I don't know if it was somewhere inbetween demo'ing the expression or the cricut cake but it flew the coop. So how do we find one's mojo?? I have been asking myself that very question for a few months now, so I am going to turn it over to you - my 17 followers.

"How do you get back into the swing of things?"
"How do you get your mojo back?"
"What do you do if you can't seem to get the creative juices flowing?"

The person who can help me find my mojo will win a prize. I am looking for any and all help to get my juices flowing again. This will be a contest for the best response and I will post a pic of the prize by the end of the week. Give me ideas followers - I NEED HELP!!

Second and third cakes

I was playing with the cake again, one cake was for a friend and the second was another cake for us. I used the elegant cakes cartridge and the brown frosting sheets. I cheated on the second cake and just used cookie cutters. I enjoy using the cake but it is a bit of getting used to with the different mediums - I am used to only using paper products.

Cake #1
I used sugar water to get the frosting sheet to stick to the fondant and some of the color ran onto the fondant - I colored in those sections to hide my mistakes.















Cake #2
I just used a cookie cutter and different colored fondant to make the design.

Cricut Cake

Well let me tell you how cool my job is, when I was in vegas for training I got to come home with a gypsy and 6 of the new cartridges. When I got home I got an expression and some tools to play with, and demo at mt Michael's store. To top it off on Monday I got the Cricut Cake. She is red with chrome accents and it is very pretty. I couldn't wait to play with it, so on Tuesday night we went to Michael's and bought some fondant and on Wednesday I made my first cake using the cricut cake. It turned out pretty good for my first attempt. I used just plain white cake from a box, I dirty ised it (so the fondant had something to stick to) and then covered it with Wilton's rolled white fondant. I used neon pink fondant to make the border and the top decorations. It looks nice - very simple. The cricut cake was very easy to use - the fondant gave me some issues. But all and all a good first attempt, next time I will make the cake a day before and not the same day.

Here is the results.

In Loving memory

I am posting a LO that I did yesterday for my Grandpa, he passed away on tuesday night after almost 8 months without my Grandma. I miss him alot but I feel ok about my grief this time because I know he isn't in any pain and he is finally with the love of his life. I used graphic 45 paper and a few tim holtz things and a 7 gypsies post card. I am very proud of the results.

Rest in Peace - we will forever miss you.

Home again, home again, jiggity jig

Well I am home and what an experience it was. Vegas is a place full of distinction - the sights, the sounds, the smells, and the people make it unique. Now I am not saying that it is all great...the training was great and I learned some new things I didn't know before and the people from Provo craft and ASM are wonderful. But the people in Vegas are different - I saw things there I have never seen in my life (not good things either). I would never take my kids to Las Vegas - I don't believe that a place called "SIN CITY" is a great family vacation destination, you would be amazed how many people are walking around at 11pm pushing strollers or walking with their young children. There is a sewer smell every time you walk over a man hole or a drain hole, and there is no manners except by the people working in the hotels, people do not say "excuse me", or "thank you".

Ok, ok enough of my ranting. I met a great bunch of ladies from California - Kim, Debbie, Katrina, and Claudia - You guys are great!! And I also met Dion (whom I chatted with before via scrapbook.com and facebook) who is from Ontario and we hung out a lot. And Gina (Gg loves Matthew to those of you who know her from scrapbook.com) thanks for posting this great opportunity. Everyone was great and I can wait to the next convention to see you all!!

Las Vegas all and all was ok - I got to stay at the Paris Hotel and see a lot of the sights on the Vegas Strip. I went to M&M World and the Coca Cola store and I saw store like Tiffany & Co. Harry Winston and Jimmy Choo, none of which I can afford. I gambled all of $9.99 and came home with a cash voucher for $0.01 and I can't wait to scrapbook that page. I went to Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville and had dinner, I walked a lot and took at lot of great pictures. I even seen Jay Leno on the corner of my hotel doing interviews of people on the street. I also had a little tag along on my travels - my DD's travelling bear "Princess". I took pictures of this bear at quite a few places and she has a few more stories to tell in her journal. I think she had a good time.

It was a quick couple of days and after 4 hours on my first plane ride in 28 years on the way down broken up with a stop over in Salt lake City on the way, 16 hours of training 2 full days in Vegas and an all day event of airports and planes yesterday (my day started at 5am in Vegas) I was so glad to see the Calgary skyline and my beautiful family waiting for me with flowers when I came out of the doors after going through customs and back pick up - I am so glad to be home. I think I need a vacation to recover from my trip to Vegas.

Here are a couple of pictures from my travels.