Toya's Must Haves for August

Last month I shared with you my July wish list. I am proud to say that I purchased one item from my list: "The Fiskars Square Punch", and I must say I love it. I also picked up two border punches by Martha Stewart.

I am going to share something very important about myself: I LOVE TO SHOP! It is like therapy, and finding a sale or clearance item gets my adrenaline going. I just feel as though you can NEVER EVER EVER have too many scrap booking supplies!

Since I have been on vacation I find myself browsing the web late at night and finding new and old stamps. Plus lots of other products I've never seen before. Many times after watching a MACM or Finally Friday video, I'm introduced to a stamp or new technique and I just have to have the products they use. Then I become obsessed with trying to find a good deal on it, so I search various web sites like Two Peas, Ebay, or Frugalities to see who has the best deal. It may appear crazy or abnormal but I love it. So this month I decided to share with you some things I found that are now on my August wish list.

a couple of firsts

first #1
this week i'm going to participate in my first card making challenge. it's a hero arts card making challenge and i'm really excited about it. there are 4 sketch options and i think i'm going to go with the the 4th one, but who knows i may change my mind. or i might do a couple and let you know which one i like best.
its so easy to be inspired by the beautiful cards shari made.
so here's hoping my skills are up to the challenge.

first #2
for all of you, who like me, are addicted to the thinking inking class. i know you're as sad as i am that this is the last week.

this was actually the first class i've ever "attended" online. i wish i'd been able to buy all the supplies and properly follow along. the great thing is that since it's online i'll always have the video's to reference, and when i get the products i can go back to the video. i've learned SO much from this class, and this is my official thank you to Jennifer McGuire and everyone at Two Peas, Ranger, & Hero Arts for an AMAZING CLASS! (especially since it was free, and for all of the skills that were taught they certainly could have charged).

cute rejects

sometimes making a card for a friend is the hardest thing for me to do. i made four cards and ended up selecting the cute green and white one with the turtle on it from my last post. so i thought i'd share the reject cards.
my friend is having twins so i'm going to have to find someone else having twins if i want to use these :)

by the way this month's a year in cards class at two peas is all about baby cards. my fave is the one with the little owl and mushrooms :)

not ready to go digital

ok, i've been thinking a lot about digital scrapbooking lately.

so far my computer's only involment in my scrapbooking has been printing out text on white computer paper. so it's going to be a big leap to get me to go digi. it seems so complicated. also i feel like i'm going to loose some of the 'handmade' feel to my layouts/cards.

my husband bought me the cricut design studio for my birthday (june 13-a full month ago.), and i still haven't tried it out yet. pretty sad- i know.

what else has me thinkin digi? the latest finally friday video featuring one of the cutest cards i've seen.

when i first heard about digital scrapbooking i was adamant about avoiding it. but its becoming harder to resist. i forsee branching out in my future, but for now i'm just not ready to go digital.

good advice for all scrappers

i'm a big fan of kristina werner's. she does the finally friday video's at two peas in a bucket, as well as make a card monday video's for her own blog. while the card she made today is cute its not one of my favorites, however i wanted to share this video becuase i think she gave some of the best advice for all scrapbookers new and old alike. but particularly for new scrappers becuase we all get a little intimidated at first when we look around at all of the talented scrappers who've come before us.