New goodies this week for you! I’ve even started on next week already Woo Hoo… somebody is crawling out from under their black cloud of pain LOL!  I’m still feeling the same actually, but I’ve discovered that even though I hurt, if I start making something I like and really get into it… I kinda zone out on it for a bit and forget about things around me.  So that’s been nice, getting lost in something other than self pity   So, I never did mention that I sent out all the coupons to you guys about 2 weeks ago…so if anyone didn’t get theirs, please let me know ok!  I am pretty sure everyone has, but just in case I screwed up somewhere and don’t know it… I would so hate for you to go without!  Especially this weekend!  Did you see the sale we’re having at Scrap Orchard this weekend?  As usual I threw my stuff in the ring as well so everything of mine (except the past samplers that is!) is included in the sale   Here’s the details:

I’ve got a few new items just in time for the sale too, check them out!

I hope you like, and I really hope you stop by to take advantage of this amazing sale!  If I don’t get back in time, I want to wish you all a Happy 4th!!!

Wow it’s been a long time, I hate it when I miss out on blogging for so long!  Sorry if it seems I ditched you, I just have been feeling under the weather and it finally took it’s toll on me.  I tried to ignore my kidney stone pain as long as I could… I didn’t want to cause problems with my plans and promises I’ve made to everyone as far as work is concerned.  So I think my body was giving me juuuuuuuust that long before it said forget it LOL.  I made it to the store opening, and then was trying to work on some things for the July Mega Mystery Kit… and Tuesday last week as I was finishing it up I had finally had all I could take of the pain.  I laugh now thinking back because I was zipping up my part of the kit while I was standing up at the puter, bent in half and dancing around trying to keep myself moving and occupied LOL.   I finished it and uploaded it while Mark was trying to help me put my shoes on LOL.  10 hours later I was back home and it was exactly as I’ve said it was… plus some other things that were now needing some attention because of it.  At least I got some pain relief, and I knew that’s all they’d do for me anyway.   I ended up passing one stone on Thursday… bleh that was the worst day with them yet.  Once it passed I thought I’d start to feel better, but lucky me has more than one that is trying to pass so I still don’t feel like I’m improving at all.  So anyway I’m just trying to  ignore it for now while I try to figure out another option somewhere for insurance coverage.  Then I get going back to work and am trying like crazy to get some new releases into SO for this weeks Fresh Fruit Friday, which luckily I did get a few done.  Unfortunately I wanted to have more but the night I was finishing up I started to get a really bad headache.  Yay…great… then I woke up Thursday with the worst migraine I have had in ages!  It lasted all day Thursday and started to ease up a bit for a few hours late Thurs night/Friday morning.  Then around 4am it started throbbing to the point where I couldn’t see again and it made me sick to my stomach… so back to bed I went   That stupid thing hung around until early this morning… FINALLY I feel like I might almost be human today.  Just tired, but that can be expected with the way I’ve been sleeping on and off the weirdest hours the last couple weeks.  Ok, enough of that… I’m so sick of complaining!  I don’t want to, but I wanted to at least explain where I’ve been!  I haven’t been social at all, not even really logging into any of my forum hangouts or anything.  I’m getting lonely!!  The only thing I have been doing still is sucking the life out of other vamps in Vampire Wars on Facebook LOL!  I’m so addicted to that game!  Anyone else play???  I have a few scrapping buddies that play with me and are in my clan.  I think it’s awesome.  Let me know if you do and we can clan up!  I’m also a Mafia Wars addict and am actually even starting to get into Farmville that just started last week LOL.  I’ve been on Facebook for so long and never did anything on it… then Mark talked me into trying out Mafia Wars.  I think I’m level 90 on that now LOL, I like it just a tad   I think what I like best about them is that they aren’t time consuming.  You can log in and after a few clicks it’s pretty  much all you can do for awhile…so I don’t get distracted or feel the urge to slack off from working too much AND I still get to play and kick ass HAHAHAHA!  Kicking ass is of course THE most important part right!?  Ok, enough for the yakking… time for the working right!?  I wanted to show you what’s new in my store this week!  I’ve released 2 separate CU packs of assorted leaves, AND  a pack  cluttered up leaf bunches.  Next week I have a cool new pack of strings already almost finished that I really think are killer, I can’t wait to show you those!  Oh, I almost forgot to tell you guys too that I’m thinking my Samplers are going to go on hold for a bit.  I know for sure that the July one isn’t happening by the 3rd like I had originally planned.  We’ll see what happens, but I’m trying first to get back on track so I’m not scrambling all the time… there’s no reason anymore for me to be so freakishly scattered LOL.  So once I get a grip I’ll work out a better plan and get things moving along again.  Just get better first and go from there you know?  Plus, this mamma is DYING to scrap too!  That’s what brought me here and I’m getting bummed not having done it for so long lately.  Plus, I’ll show you after I show you my new stuff… but Kim B. and Studio Flergs both released some really kick ass stuff this weekend too!  I HAVE to dig into it… just have to

Here’s my new previews for this week… AND at Scrap Orchard all new releases on Fresh Fruit Friday are on sale for 20% off all week long!

Images are all linked, and like I said those 3 are on sale all week for 20% off!

So I mentioned new stuff from Kim B. and Studio Flergs didn’t I?  Well, I’ll start with Kim since it’s getting so late now…  (I started this hours ago but keep having to stop for various reasons LOL).   Anyway she has another mini grab bag out as of yesterday, and it’s only going to be in the store until tomorrow before she breaks it up and puts one item out a day until next Friday!  This like all the others is valued so much higher than what she actually charges for them, so you seriously don’t want to miss it this weekend!

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4 FULL CU OK High Quality products in this bag- for ONLY $4!
For 3 days only.
26th- 28th June 2009 hurry up you wont regret it!

As always Flergs has gone above and beyond awesome with what she’s put out this week too!  Remember the kit “Helter Skelter” that she made for SYTYCD at DSA??  Well for those that love music kits like I do she’s gone ahead and turned that bad boy into a FULL KIT!  It even has an alpha now too, this one freakin rocks!

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Now you guys know how she’s the talent behind my beautimous blog right!?  She’s just got a *thing* for designing blogs… and I wouldn’t let anyone else touch my blog except her!!  No one else would be awesome enough to make me a sklourz garden anyway LOL, but still she’ll always be my first pick for blog design.  Well since she really loves to do it, and she also was getting so many requests because of how gorgeous her work is… she made a couple to sell in her store at SBG!!!  Check these out!

*These are themes for self hosted Word Press blogs only* This one is made with her Into the Twilight kit, and images are linked

If you want to see what this version looks like live, check out her test blog HERE!!!!

She also made one with her gorgeous Buttercup Kit too! This image is also linked:

Awesome aren’t they?!  Please let her know because I’m trying my hardest to convince her to keep making them!  I think they are the best idea and really want to see more from her

Ok well that’s it for me for today… I’ve got a baby who is getting tired and a 5 year old who is just coming home from spending some time with his aunt and cousins at an art festival today…and he’s more than tired LOL, you should see his face!  He’s already yelling and screaming at Reagan after 2 minutes of being here so it’s time to go referee!!

First off, if you’re here for the blog train… it’s in the post right below this one!  Thought I’d save you the headache of reading my blabber

It’s Monday, time to let you know who was picked to win the $10 and $20 dollar coupons!!  Sorry it’s so late, I’m still really not feeling too well and sitting here is the worst position to be in so I’ve spent a lot of time sprawled out and cuddling with the kids on the couch   Which I gotta tell ya, isn’t so bad!!  So what I was going to do to pick winners was use a random number generator… til I went to do it and realized the comments weren’t numbered.  Yes I could’ve just counted, but meh.  So instead I put all the email addresses from the comments into a notepad document, and then took a screen shot with the snipping tool LOL.  I’m not just lazy, I’m quick thinkin lazy   Then decided how many winners I thought we should have.  I was really excited with how many of you replied, so I thought we should have 5 total instead of just 2!  I called Izzy over and told him that when I walked to the other side of the room and couldn’t see the monitor I wanted him to circle 4 addresses with red, and 1 with blue.  Then the 4 red would be $10 winners, and the blue would be the $20 winner!  Silly and lazy yes, but it keeps things random and makes him feel VERY VERY important LOL!

Here is who he chose!

Dane Ann: $10 Coupon

Carolyn (cfalbro) : $10 Coupon

Heather Manning: $10 Coupon

Christie Lemmon: $10 Coupon

The name he circled in blue:

Dani (Coldfire): $20 Coupon

Wheeeee!!!  YAY I had so much fun doing this   You guys are all so amazing to give me the support you do and I can’t thank you enough!!!!  Like I said, each one of you who posted I will also send a $3 coupon to as well!  THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!

I will get these to you soon, I promise before the weekend gets here… I PROMISE!  Just bear with me, I’m slow moving and hurting so much, slow is my middle name   I hope you all have a great night and thanks again for everything

Are you ready for this?! I am!!!! OMG I am so excited to finally tell you where I’m moving to If you’ve found this along your ride on the blog train, then bear with me your freebie is down below! If you’re here because I’ve been teasing and you’re ready to smack me and make me talk… then here you go!! I am now officially an Orchard Girl at Scrap Orchard!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! My store is now open and opening with 2 new releases too!  Not to mention there’s also a storewide sale for 35% off to celebrate all of the amazing designers that are also moving in with me at Scrap Orchard today!!!

Then from now on new releases will be every Friday for Fresh Fruit Friday! Every Friday they will be in the Scrap Orchard Newletter so if you’re not signed up for it CLICK HERE and sign up ASAP and be the first to grab new releases on sale!   Also I will be back sometime Monday to announce the winners of my poll contest and to also let those of you who left comments know when I will be mailing your coupons to you!  Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!  I’m so excited LOL, have I said that yet?!?!?  So on top of opening a new store, and then getting to participate in a huge storewide sale to celebrate… guess what else I get to participate in today?!  An awesome Scrap Orchard Free”bee” blog train!!!  What better way for you to get to see who else is coming on board with me over at SO!!

So for those of you that are here for the blog train, your part picks back up here LOL!  This is the kit we’ve all done bits and pieces of to make for you today!

Doesn’t it look like fun!?!  Ok, and here is my contribution… image is linked andwill take you to my freebie!  Please keep in mind that my part of this kit is NOT CU it is for personal use only.  Thanks   Don’t forget to look after my preview for the link to your next stop!

Ok, hope you enjoy it!  Not very often that I do personal use LOL, it seems so odd to me to see that on there

For your next stop on the train, you’re in for a treat!

You’ll be going to see Molly of DeCrow Designs!!!

Click HERE to visit her blog and get your treat from her!

One more time, I want to remind you of Scrap Orchard’s storewide sale:

I wanted to make sure you knew that even though it says no CU, most of my store will be included anyway!  Everything except the all in one pack of past samplers will be included in the 35% off!  Woooohooo!  You know I can’t resist sticking my nose into a sale LOL!  Have fun on the train guys!  I’ll be back later on Monday to give you more info on things!  Thanks for stopping by!!!

Wow you guys are AWESOME! I can’t tell you how wonderful you’ve made me feel with all of your encouragement and kind words. I also can’t believe how many of you took the time to take my poll. I was already excited about moving to my new digi home, but to see how many of you support me and will still be here with me now… I can’t WAIT!!!! I’m like a kid on Christmas Eve LOL… oh boy oh boy oh boy I’m ready!! I’m doing great with my store, working hard on filling it up for you. I also started to get to work on a few brand new products for you and took your advice on which types of things to make for you! I may not get to everything for my new releases, but you can bet I will be taking your advice and requests and will do my best to get you what you are craving LOL. Also, there’s a big surprise in store for all of you at the beginning of next week! A great way to tell my secret of where I will be going! Lots of freebies involved so you don’t want to miss out I’m calling it quits for now and getting some more rest. Lucky me got a visit from the kidney stone fairy AGAIN and I’ve been out of commision all day long It has been a bad one this time too. Mark was trying to force me to go to the ER but I put up a mean fight LOL. I probably would’ve gone this time actually… it’s been that painful, but he had his hours reduced at work a few weeks back so they took away our health insurance! Just him and I, the kids have different coverage… but anyway I’ve done this song and dance too many times before to care right now. I have too much going on, and they always hit and last a few days and either pass or stop bothering me for another week or two LOL. Stupid of me, yes… but I don’t have the surgery option to fall back on at this point. I’ve had to have lithotripsy a few times in the past to get rid of them so I know what’s in store. They’re as stubborn as I am LOL! Anyway… I’ll check back with you soon, but I really just HAD to stop and say thank you so much to all of you! You’re the BEST!