Tuesday is oh so much better then Monday ; ) And lots of links for you too.

Good morning!  We had a nice rain over the weekend, but sunny skies and somewhat warm weather for this week, which is fine for me : )  Our house is in total disarray with all the construction, we started with the windows today, and the hall bathroom still has to be finished.

Remember the "Sketchbook Project" that I linked to last week?  My sketchbook came in the mail on Friday and I decided that my book would be "Unfinished Life Projects."  Basically I am using all of the scraps I have from projects, backgrounds I made but did not use, stamped images that I colored but didn't use and so on. I figured that putting all those things in a book does two things:  clears out my area while at the same time represents all those unfinished things we have in life, from paper crafting to other areas.

I figure that using these unfinished elements in the book actually will "finish" these elements when I am done with the book : )

So, here are a few pictures of what I have done so far:

From 2010-11-09

From 2010-11-09

From 2010-11-09

Calendar Templates:  Lots and lots of templates here for you to use (gifts, making your own planners and so on).  I love when all the links are in one place like this, makes knowing how to find the information so much easier!

Digital Stamping:  What is the difference between a JPG and a PNG file?  Click on the link to find out, GREAT information for anyone who is using digital images, or is thinking of using them.

Outliners Design Team Search:  I love their stamps and saw that they are now looking for DT members, so if you are so inclined, go for it : )

Digital Stamp Companies:  GREAT thread on SCS, lots and lots of places to find digital images.

99 cent specials: Check out some of these stamps and other items for only 99 cents!  One of my most favorite stamps of all time is here, the "dream" stamp.  Other bargains here as well.

Templates for Xmas cards:  Loved these, print out a card with a ready made border, add another stamp, some color and you are good to go (and it makes for a nice easy kid craft.)

Really cool snowflake:  I might even try this for some quick gifts this year.

And this is a great snowflake too:  A fun project with the kids, and I love that this shows how to make a snowflake with six points, you will be amazed at these (and they are easy).

A whole lot of videos:  Mrs. Grossman has a ton of videos on how to use stickers for some pretty interesting projects (I have so many unused stickers, these videos gave me some good ideas on how I can start to use them up.)

Thats it for today, check back in next week for some more GREAT links just in time for Xmas : )

And thank you so very much for being such loyal readers of my blog.

Welcome November! LInks, links and more links.

Happy November!  I hope you had a great Halloween and are now getting ready for the last shopping days before Christmas ; )

And WAY to go GIANTS! After many long years they are finally Champions!

Anyhow.....our hall bathroom is tiled, we still need the doors put on and then the floor and maybe a new top for the vanity and new sink.  Here is a picture of the new sun tunnel in the bathroom, provides a very nice light for the room without having to turn on the light during the day:

From 2010-11-01

And here is the tile over the tub (we only had one shower in the house, in the master bath.) Having two showers in the house is going to be GREAT!    We still need the shower doors installed (slider doors), the floor, a new counter top and sink....and a new toilet:

From 2010-11-01

After this bathroom is done we need to have the back bathroom ripped apart because of water damage to the floor...sigh.  Not fun only having one bathroom with four people.

Here is a card I finished last night, I colored the images with colored pencils (which I love using by the way).  The colored pencils are not hard to use, they just take a lot more time then using copics, but I do love the depth they give.

From 2010-11-01

And a close up:

From 2010-11-01

Now, how about some links?  Today I just have a collection of all sorts of things for you, not a theme, but things I have found that I thought you would like:

Tracy's Stamping Corner:  Loved the cards on this blog, and the coloring is amazing!  You will really like viewing all the things she has on her blog.

The Sketchbook Project:  This is just so cool!  You send away for a sketchbook, do what you do with the book, then send it back in January.  Your sketchbook will then go on tour!  And yes, I signed up for one, just not sure what I am going to do with it yet...any ideas?  I will be stamping, coloring, maybe adding some other mediums as well.....

Companies that sell stamps for Spellbinders (nesties):  Loved this thread on SCS, go down a bit for the post with the name of the companies that make stamps that will fit your cutout Spellbinders.  Way cool.

Free Digital Images:  Love it!  I must confess though...I have yet to use a digital image, but plan on trying them one of these days soon.  For some reason it is hard for me to give up the actual stamping on the paper....

MFT (My Favorite Things) YouTube Channel:  Love when I find companies that have a whole channel with lots of videos to watch!

Paper Talk:  Very nice post on unmounting your stamps, at the end of the post there are links to each technique she goes over in the post, very informative.

One more free digital image:  Love all the digital images on this site, and thought you would enjoy the free digital as well.