To do lists and focus!

Its getting smaller! yay! I still have TONS of work to do but the list IS shrinking and that is the main thing! Today I am working on some digital stuff, mostly kit making but we'll see where it leads me. I got a digital layout done yesterday (will share on the 7th) along with a few other projects. I sent my Boxer entry in, and the remaining cards I made that didn't make my entry I submitted to Ready Set Create and they got picked up for the Feb/Mar issue! Yay! I also got 3 cards and 1 layout picked up by scrapstreet this week! All good!

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I got my Aezine from Ali Edwards in my inbox this week. In the newsletter she asked us all to pick a word to focus on throughout 2007.

Since I received the newsletter I've been thinking about it and wow I have so many words to choose from, so much I want to DO this year, so much I want to TRY, yet remain BALANCED. I want to CREATE more, not just scrapbooking but photography and other crafts. I want to CHALLENGE myself to TRY new things and experiences. I want to get ORGANISED and have a tidy environment. To do all that I need to FOCUS! Focus on the NOW. So my chosen word is Focus. I have so much I want to acheive in 2007 I need to focus on one thing at a time, not get side-tracked and plan my steps to acheive that goal! Focus!
Thanks Ali! Great newsletter!

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Treasures to Scrap - competitions etc!!!

January is JAM PACKED at Treasures to Scrap! We have so much going on the New Year!!! Firstly there is the January newsletter! Lots of great eye candy and info! Go check it out here. And remember to sign up to receive the newsletter right to your email! Promise its full of good stuff! We have our brand new challenge/game for January where you can win a place as our Guest Designer for February!!! So come join in the fun!

The paper sponsor this month is Cosmo Cricket!!! I'll be uploading my layouts later this month! They were VERY VERY generous sponsors! Thanks Cosmo Cricket!! They are also sponsoring our paper contest this month. This one is going to be easy... Make any layout or project using Cosmo Cricket products, post them in the TTS gallery and link that layout or project to this thread. All layouts of projects need to be new to the web, and TTS. you may share them elsewhere on the web but, they need to be done new this month!!!We will judge at the end for our favorite project on the 31st of January and the winner will recieve the Winter Wonderland Collection from Cosmo Cricket!!!!

The newsletter also features the latest January TTS page kits! Awesome stuff! For layouts using the latest kits see our kit pages gallery, plus the newsletter.

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This month at TTS we have TWO digital sponsors! How awesome is that? The first Rina Kroes has beautiful kits and she is hosting a competition at TTS!!!

Rina is also chatting up a storm with us tonight at 9pm EST or 6pm PST! So come join in the fun!!! Our chat room is open all the time so stop by!

Our second digital sponsor this month is Holly McCraig, just got her beautiful kit and OH MY! Loving this one! right up my alley! look for digital layouts and reviews later in the month!

As always the awesome Misty Cato has provided us a digital challenge with another freebie template! LOVING Mistys template challenge! These are a staple in my digi work now! I can't beleive I took so long to jump on these! They make digi work a SNAP! So go download it here, upload a layout to TTS and Misty will email you a sampler from one of her kits!!! I think this months is One Copper Penny! A great sampler for vintage photos!!!

Like I said the TTS newsletter is PACKED! Go sign up! What are you waiting for?

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She's baaaaaaaaaaaaack!!!!

Yesterday was a happy happy day! Why? Well my scrapbooking idol Cathy Zeilske resumed blogging! YAY! Yep can't begin to tell ya how happy its made me, and other CZ fans! Cathy you were missed girl!

Not much else to say other than I emailed in my Boxer Scrapbooks DT entry today (finger crossing commences). Clearing off the old scraptable and I am moving on to some digital stuff for a few days. Also still working on updating the blog, keep ya posted on that!

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Card Sketch Jan #1

The first sketch of the New Year! This one is a little different to normal. I'm working on lots of things right now, and getting sketches OUT the notebook and INTO the computer is one of them! I have photoshop on my laptop now so that should help! Lots of room for personal interpretation on this one!

Card below features product from Crafty keepsakes Jan kit

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On a downside no card from Mum this week :( she's been ill with a flu bug since Boxing day. Poor thing is not well at all, so I gave her the week off! Hopefully she'll pick up soon! Get better soon Mum!

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December Round-Up!

What books and/or magazines did I read this month?
SS better photo's for your scrapbook, CK Jan, The Smiths "songs that saved your life" (not finished yet).

What movies and/or tv shows did I watch this month?
tv: QI, greys, supernatural, house, Torchwood, Dr Who
movies: underworld (again); over the hedge; Happy Feet

What special days did I celebrate and how?
16th Dec - My birthday! 35 years old! Shopping for bike gear, natural cafe for lunch, Kohinoor for dinner. Scrap shopping on the 17th. cards/Money bob got me smiths book, CD holder and graphics tablet. Plus my yamaha TTR 125e

What illnesses or health concerns did I have?
eye test revealed I am slightly short sighted, so recommends to wear glasses for driving and watching movies etc; had lump removed from my left eyebrow, and a mole zapped off my right cheek. 4 stitches in my eyebrow.

What fun things did I do with my friends and/or family?
DIRTBIKING! Yeah! Went out on the 20th and 28th. My first time ever! Loved it!

What new foods, recipes or restaurants did I try this month?:
no new foods or restaurants that I can recall

What special or unusual purchases did I make?
new paper trimmer (fiskars); HS embellishment pack; Set of stamps

What were this month’s disappointments?
I don't think we really had any. Xmas day was a washout as it was just the two of us in the end. Which was ok, just very quiet compared to the previous few years when we've had family visitng.

What were my accomplishments this month?
card in the Becky Fleck pagemaps Dec newsletter. Finalist:- One Heart One mind DT, Boxer DT. Digital kit designer for ICS! Couple of things picked up by Scrapstreet and Ready Set Create! What a great month!

Anything else noteworthy to record?
working on goals and marketing plan for 2007, so much I want to do I am needing to slow myself down and plan everything.

Back up photo's from Dec - DONE! Yes! I backed up ALL my photo's from 2005 + 2006, this will now be a monthly goal!

Set goals for Jan: My main goal is to get back up to date with DT projects! I also want to sort my photo's by theme easier for scrapping.

Back up blog from Dec - ongoing, will update when done! I plan on printing out paper copies of the blog and using it as a journal of sorts.

Do your own monthly round-up with the prompts from Katie the round-up gal!

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will I break it?

Ok I'll be tweaking, playing and changing my blog over the next week so if for some reason it all goes wrong bear with me! Trying out a new template etc over the next day or two. Adding some features etc.
Most likely I WILL break it at some point! lol!

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To Infinity and Beyond!

2006 has been such a great year! A year filled with changes, growth and discovery. A year which I really am not sure if I can top. That said, I set goals last year so I shall do the same this year. The problem with me is I want to acheive so much in so many area's of my life its hard to focus. So I am setting my scrapping goals here. For 2007 I would like to:

• focus more on paper publications, with a goal of getting published in paper magazine again
• challenge myself more
• create daily
• write more articles
• create at least 15 digital kits
  
• get on a manufacturer design team
• define my style
• enter HOF or MMM or other BIG competition
• finish my marketing course and ACT on it
• get my resume site done

Ok those are my goals for year. If you know me you know I am organised and a planner, I love lists. I like babystepping and planning to acheive these goals. So I make monthly goals. For January I want to:

• complete my Boxer DT finalist entry
• get caught up on DT stuff
• reorganise all my 2005/2006 photos to themes
• 1 photo a day
• 1 project a day (even if I can't always share it)

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