Hello Scrapfans!
I'm going to tell you a deep, dark secret about myself. It's very difficult to admit, and you probably wouldn't even guess it since my personality is so cheery, bubbly and scrappy. But I used to HATE Valentine's Day. I did! It's the honest truth. That was back when I was with a boyfriend who took me to dinner and bought me gifts on the occasion. I know how I sound. But he was a guy who treated me one way in public and completely different in private. The "I'm gonna take you out and show everyone how good I am to you even though you're not worth it" type a guy. That was several years ago and thankfully, that guy is long out of my life. For our first Valentine's Day together, my husband Chris wanted to take me out for an expensive meal and buy me gifts he thought I would like. But I told him that the best gift he could give me is to just treat it like a normal day. At least that year anyway. I was still feeling the sting from the ex and I wanted nothing to do with V-day. And like the wonderful man he is, he gave me exactly what I wanted. So this year on February 14th, we're going to stay home, probably eat some Mac N Cheese and watch Ringer. And I cannot tell you how much I am looking forward to that. I don't think it matters what you do on Valentine's Day, as long as you are spending with the person you love. But I digress.
I do, however, make Chris a card. And with my first gathering for the Spring/Summer 2012 Idea Book coming up tomorrow, I thought it would be nice to do Valentine's Cards for the Create & Take. So for all of you who are local to Marysville-Yuba City, Ca and the surrounding areas here are the details:
When: Tomorrow, February 11th, 2012 @ 1:00PM
Where: Sutter United Methodist Church, 7751 Butte Rd. Sutter, Ca
You can e-mail me at strescha@gmail.com or call me at (530)933-9986 for directions or more details. Enjoy these photo's of the Create & Takes:
Create-Away,
Strescha:)
My name is Strescha and I am a scrapbooking addict. Welcome to my blog! I created this blog because I love scrapbooking and Close To My Heart and I am eager to take you with me on my papercrafting journey!
So I thought that for my first post I could tell you a little about myself. I am 25 years old and I became a scrapbooking addict almost 4 years ago when I got married. While Chris and I were planning our wedding, my future mother-in-law asked me if I planned to scrapbook the photos, and I said yes. To be completely honest, at the time I wasn't sure if I was going to scrapbook or not. The driving reason behind saying yes was that I was eager to please my future mother-in-law. I am so happy that I said yes. After we got home from our honeymoon, my MIL(mother-in-law) invited us to have dinner and to help me my album started. I spent a few hours in her craft room learning a few simple techniques. She gave me a few things-some paper, embellishments, etc. and made plans to get together over the weekend to work on my scrapbook some more. I cannot express to you how much fun I had that first night. I was hooked and not just on scrapbooking either. That was the first time my MIL and I had to chance to sit down and really talk and get to know each other. Here we are, almost 4 years later and my bond with her is one of my most cherished relationships. She's more like my mother, and I will admit that as close as my husband is to his step-mom of over 30 years, I am definitely closer.
Sorry to go off on that tangent, but my MIL is a big part of my papercrafting journey. So I scrapbooked our wedding and honeymoon, then our lives. Holidays, birthdays, day trips, pets. Cardmaking was always in the back of my mind though. I loved scrapbooking, and I felt like I would be cheating on my scrapbook if I started making cards. As much as it intrigued me, I would not try it. Then Father's Day came a couple years ago. I had an awesome gift, but no card. Let me tell you, I am not a no-card type of girl. When I give a gift, there's always a card with it. So I relented and made one. It was definitely different to be decorated a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 cardbase instead of a 12 x 12 scrapbook page. And I was stumped. I had never decorated something so small. So my first card was primitive for sure. I don't have a picture of it, but I will never forget what it looked like. And I gave it to my father-in-law and I know it was plain and he probably didn't like it, but I was proud to give it to him. It made me feel so good to give someone something that I made with my own two hands. So I started making all my cards. Then facebook came into my life and I started photographing and posting pictures of my cards. Then eighteen months ago, I was at my in-laws house scrapbooking with my MIL and she said to me, "Have you ever thought about selling Close To My Heart?" My immediate reaction was, "What's Close To My Heart?" I told her I would think about and forgot about it....for six months. Then one day CTMH popped into my head and I e-mailed a consultant for more information. After seeing the products, I was in love. I knew CTMH was for me. So I signed up and here I am, about to celebrate my one-year anniversary with the company. And I couldn't be happier. CTMH took my papercrafting and catapulted it to a whole other level. I've learned so much, and I think that when you papercraft, learning more tips techniques only makes you better. Your projects can be either simple or complicated or both at the same time. I will be posting pictures of my cards and layouts for your use. Scrap-lifting is encouraged here!
Create-Away,
Strescha
