Hey everyone! I have been super duper busy this month with taxes.....hence the reason for blog neglect but that bad business is OVER and the relief is beyond measure! Fingers crossed that the IRS and state agrees with my calculations...they were accepted but last year after the state accepted ours they "corrected" our forms and we went from a refund to owing them 614 dollars. I was so very sad. But while I wait I am back into art journaling and scrapping. It felt amazing to unwind and create!!!!

The awesome Shawnery Mathis has this wonderful new vintagy style kit out called

Afternoon Tea at Deviant Scrap. And see that neato font...come on!!! you know you do...it's a new one from her too called Funky.

Thanks for peeking in!!!

Balinda

The sweet and talented Beth Rimmer has a new kit in her shoppe at Deviant Scrap.

It's called Mermaid Rodeo. It's deviated and fun but with enough traditional elements for

a traditional scrap page and ready for your scrapping pleasure.

With my 3 kitties I was immediately drawn to the cats. This is one of those pages

that I created just for the pure pleasure of creating and I can't wait to get it

printed and added to my art journal. Full credits can be found by clicking on the

page and viewing in my gallery.

Text Reads

I am excited to announce that I have been accepted to be a part of Shawnery Mathis's (Shawnery's Designs) Creative Team. I almost didn't apply but I am glad that I took the chance.

She sells at the awesome store Deviant Scrap which stays full of deviated greatness.

She has 2 new products out this week Art Journaling Premades 2 and this wickedly fun font

Cool Words.

Here's a couple of Oversized ATC's that I created using the premades in both and the Cool Words font in the second one.

Click the photos to be taken to the gallery to see full credits.

Thanx for Peeking in!!!

Balinda

My sweet daughter's dog died yesterday. Well more like killed by a careless person who did not even bother to stop to see what they did. Poor Clyde was a beagle/basset hound mix and the sweetest dog ever. She kept him at her father's house. He lives down this little road off the main highway in the country so it was really no big deal to let your pets "roam" free. He was walking along the side of the road and someone ran off the road and hit him and just kept on going. I understand it might have been an accident but why keep going when you see people around? My DD is heartbroke and so is her brother actually and I am just baffled at the lack of care and compassion of the person who did this to just speed off like nothing happened.

R.I.P. Clyde

May you bring as much joy to the angels as you have brought to us.