Lynda's Den

I've said it before...I'll say it again - I SUCK at time management!!!  Now that I have to manage my time more...I have had to learn to get things done in a more timely fashion, instead of not at all, or late!!!  This is the first month I have actually gotten things DONE and in the mail before a holiday, instead of a simple phone call!  So grab your calendar, pen or pencil, notebook - and lets get started on the next 6 weeks!!!   Do you have any kids in school?  Are there any events you need to plan on going to, making things for, attending or anything else? What about any birthdays, anniversaries, babies coming, weddings, or showers for either babies or weddings? Do you have any past events you need to make any cards for?  Is there anything coming up you need to make some for?   Do you have any holiday's coming up that you need to make things for?  Make sure you look at the next few months too!   Look at your list of things you need to...

This is little Brooklyn, she just turned 3 the end of August!  She was just a baby when we drove through Utah, so we have watched her grow up through pictures rather than being there face to face which is really hard.  Brooklyn is really smart, she knows how to take pictures on their tablet and post them to Facebook!!!  She idolizes her sister Kali, and usually when you see one of them - you see the other one right behind, except when Kali is in school that is!   The best thing I love about this little beauty - is her smile!!!  I am glad her mommy has such a great person to watch the kids while she works, their grandma - Megan's mom!!!   At least I know the kids are loved, and not just watched by some stranger!   No longer the "baby" of the family, Brooklyn has a little brother that just turned one!  You can see Karson and his Thomas the Train present and his birthday card I made tomorrow!!!  The dolls for the girls - totally picked out by my...

Now this little beauty is Kali...  Kali just started kindergarten and turned 6 in September! She is such a little diva - I just love her to pieces!  On our visit through Utah - I had a pair of flip flops on - white...only they were really dirty as I hadn't been able to buy a new pair before visiting everyone.  She looked at my shoes and freaked out because they were so dirty!!!  Her mom was getting rid of some shoes - came back and gave me a pair...  Every time I wear those flip flips - I laugh because of Kali!!!  Can't bring myself to wear the dirty ones anymore!    Kali used to have really long hair, but when she went to school...wanted it cut short like the other girls' was!  We had went to the store to pick out presents - I went down the Barbie isle - Del said absolutely not... he wasn't giving his granddaughters no stupid Barbies!!!  So I let him pick out what he wanted - and he found these dolls...  Oh my hell - both girls LO...

I had a 3 day weekend recently...and had to get a few VERY LATE birthday cards done, and the Halloween can & cards I shared the past couple of days!!!  They needed to get in the mail, and sent when we actually had money to send them!  I totally love how each of them turned out, and you now get 4 days worth of my cute grand-kids and their birthday card I made for each of them!   Now, this is Braxton...  He is the oldest of 4 kids, and the oldest grandchild!  When he was younger, he would come over to our house when we lived in the same area,  I discovered he ate Oreo cookies just like his Grandpa Del!  Being just a little guy about 18 months old, he would eat the middles, and then he would stick the cookie part under his butt...when he stood up - there was all these cookies...minus the middles!  That has been the funnest memory I have of him and being just like my husband!!!  Braxton has 2 little sisters and a little brother!  ...

I have made cards now for almost 24 years...  I love coming up with new card ideas using unique products...this card is no different!  I made a few cute Halloween embellishments out of a scrapbook template, Creative Paperclay, and paint I wanted to share with you!  The best part about Creative Paperclay - you can do so many different things with it...making each thing be as unique as you are!  The other best part...is using the same stuff you create scrapbook pages with, in order to make one of a kind cards, tags and embellishments while you are at it!     Supplies used: Creative Paperclay black, orange paint Scrapbook template Xacto knife Various stamps (your choice) Twine and ribbon Card/envelope Tag Black and white ink pads Scraps of paper I started by making the can you see right above... here is the link if you need the directions on how to create the can itself!   I already had the perfect purple card... and the perfect black tag ...

Hello everyone!!!  Today's post is brought to you by the Creative Paperclay Design Team and our Halloween Link Up party, where you get nothing but awesome Halloween related projects made out of Creative Paperclay!!!  I am excited to bring you my project today, and make sure you check back this week for even more fun Creative Paperclay ideas!  It's all about Halloween this week!!!   I recycle...and well, drink entirely way too much coffee too!!!  MJB coffee, just like my dad, met a man who loved it as much as dad did...  Now, first off...I hate to throw away perfectly good cans like this - especially when I can alter them!  I have been altering cans for a long time now - and love this idea better than the traditional "paint cans"!  Lets get started with the supply list and directions!   Supply list: Creative Paperclay Scrapbook templates (Halloween theme) Xacto knife Sandits to sand the edges of the clay pieces Blac...