The Scrap Addict's Attic

One of my favorite things to do is spend a day with my friend Paula in the Scrap Addict's Attic.  This weekend we worked on many projects, but one of my favorites was simply dressing up some recycled jars (hand me downs from Paula) for my scrap shelf (created by Paula's hubby, a person never goes home empty handed after a day in the "Attic").

Someone asked me what  people see in Scrap booking. Paula and I both came up with the same conclusion, its all about preserving memories (laughing & hanging out with girlfriend's is a lot of fun too). If Arkansas is a bit out of the way, you can also play along at Challenges From The Attic.

Altered Art

I really like this challenge because I was able to take old jeans and alter them to make several hand bags. Here is my Altered Art from Challenges From The Attic. The flower I learned how to make in the Attic...

ATC all about me...

This week' Challenge From The Attic is an ATC (Artist Trading Card) all about "me". Since Im a simple kinda gal who loves black & red here is my entry:

Folded Paper Wreath

I missed CFTA challenge on wreaths but I liked the challenge so much I made a wreath anyway. Here is the tutorial that I followed: Folded Paper Wreath DIY and my attempt at a paper wreath.

CFTA#11 by Mal

Here is my 7 about to be 8 year old grandson's version of Spyder's Top Hat Snowman.

CFTA#11

I just loved  Spyders Corner "Top Hat Snowman" for this weeks challenge at  Challenges From The Attic. I'm about to commit another first here and let you know some of the stuff I used this week. In addition to using Spyder's snowman digi I used makingmemories "Noel" paper pack, green shinny ribbon from makingmemoris "Toil & Trouble" and "Glossy accents".

Gracie Gray

Sometimes with loss comes a new friend....My friend Paula recently lost a beloved pet guinea pig, Minos (he was an absolute stud piggie btw). In the process of talking about losing him and finding a new family member we got on http://www.petfinders.com/ and she was able to find an new member to her family, a beautiful little kitten by the name of Checkers. But, in the search I also found a new member to my family, Gracie Gray, a 1 & 1/2 year old Russian Blue cat. Already she has made a home for herself at the foot of my bed along with the place in my heart.

It Starting to look a lot like Christmas....

For CFTA its all about Christmas. You will note my "huge" tree sits on the shelf with my grandson's stocking. When he walked in this morning he said "Pretty" so, Im happy.

Im a winner!

I have really enjoyed entering challenges  and today I found out that I won one from Challenges From The Attic . Check out her new challenge site, you will have as much fun as I do and perhaps you could be a winner too! Thank's for letting me play along Paula!

"Cool Man"

                                I love this crazy layout with my "cool" snowman: