Veterans Day November 11, 2015

Please take some time today and thank a Veteran 

for their service and sacrafice. 

Most VFW and American Legion posts are open today and would love for you to stop by and say hello. 

THANK YOU!!!

Of course you know where I will be, 

I hope you all have a happy Veterans day.

Happy Scrappin',

Janice

Look what's coming in December!

I am so excited for this new planner system. I have been looking at them but hadn't decieded on the one I wanted when I heard the news that CTMH was coming out with one.  

Check this out.

Everyday Life™ Planner System 
The Everyday Life line introduces multiple products that work together seamlessly to create a planner, a My Crush book, or a product of your own creation!

It all starts with the Everyday Life album ($10.95 USD/$13.25 CAD), a beautiful, black three-ring album with gold foil design that measures 9 3/8” x 8 ¼”. This album size makes the album multi-purpose, allowing you to decide what you put in it. To fill up your album, the Everyday Life line will also include:

• The Everyday Life 2016 planner pages ($15.95 USD/$18.95 CAD): 154 planner pages, 12 monthly dividers with tabs, a pocket folder page, a designed page finder, and four sheets of stickers. With monthly and weekly spreads and printed dates, these pages have all the features you need to stay organized—and look good doing it!
• Everyday Life Perfect Plan roller stamp ($8.95 USD/$10.50 CAD): This fun and functional roller stamp coordinates perfectly with the label stickers, enabling you to customize your planner even further.
• My Crush® Everyday Life pages ($7.95 USD/$9.50 CAD): A set of 60 double-sided, gorgeous My Crush pages. These pages can be used on their own to create a beautiful My Crush book, or they can be combined with the planner pages to give you more room in your planner for preserving your memories while giving your planner even more flair.
• Everyday Life Washi Tape ($3.95 USD/$4.50 CAD): because every My Crush book needs a good washi for attaching photos and other memorabilia to your pages.
• Memory Protectors ($6.95 USD/$7.95 CAD): we’re introducing two new styles of pocket memory protectors sized to fit into the Everyday Life album. One will have two 4” x 6” pockets, the other four 4” x 3” pockets. Use these to add your favorite Picture My Life™ cards and photos into the mix!

Altogether, the Everyday Life line gives you ultimate flexibility in creating a planner/My Crush book/pocket album uniquely customized to you. Best of all, since we know that the time to buy planners is now, we will not be waiting until the release of Seasonal Expressions 1 to make these products available to you; instead, we’ll be making them available as soon as we have them. We anticipate most of these items to be available late November, with the exception of the washi tape, which will be available mid-December.

To add even more excitement, we’ll also be offering a discounted bundle for purchasing the album, planner pages, and roller stamp together. This bundle will have its own item number and will give you these innovative and exciting products for just $29.95 USD/$35.95 CAD—a 15% discount off the retail value!

We love this new product line and we know you are going to love it, too. We’ll be sharing more information and images about the Everyday Life line and the discounted planner bundle in the coming weeks, so stay tuned!

Let me know if you have any questions.  503-708-6889  or jwilson@bctonline.com

Happy Scrappin',

Janice

Scrapbooking, Paper Crafts, Stamping, and More!

Close To My Heart has so much going on right now, you really need to check in often so see what else is happening.  

Mark your calendars and set your reminders for November 20–21

We're going all out in a special 2-day broadcast on CreativeLive! 

Watch the live event free, November 20–21. Learn more and RSVP on the CreativeLive site. »

It's FREE, who's going to join me?

Please let me know if you have any questions.  jwilson@bctonline.com or 503-708-6889.

Happy Scrappin',

Janice

  

Simply Fundamental Scrapbooking

Experience the “Fun” of Fundamentals!

Purchase the album bundle and you get:
Album of your choice (D-ring or Post-bound)
Paper Fundamentals Enchantment (1 pack)
Fundamental Stickers Enchantment Pack (1 pack)
Fundamental Assortment Peacock (1 pack)
White Daisy Cardstock (3 sheets)
Memory Protectors™ Value Pack (1 pack Side Load or 1 pack Top Load)

Experience the beautiful Simply Fundamental Scrapbooking workshop—available only during November! This workshop has been created using all the items featured in our campaign exclusive My Legacy™ album bundles, available during November for $71.80 each! When you purchase the album bundle, you will also qualify to receive a value pack of side load or top load Memory Protectors™ FREE—a savings of $19.95! Along with the album style and design of your choice, each bundle includes one Paper Fundamentals Enchantment pack, one Fundamental stickers Enchantment pack, one Peacock Fundamental assortment, and three sheets of White Daisy cardstock. You will then be set to turn these beautiful products into fabulous layouts using the new Simply Fundamental Scrapbooking workshop featuring five layouts you can make using all the supplies in your bundle.

Choose your bundle.

Contact me for more details.
jwilson@bctonline.com or 503-708-6889

*Offer valid November 1, 2015 (9:00 am MST)–November 30, 2015 (11:59 pm MST) while supplies last. No tax will be charged on the free items. Shipping/handling rates are based on the full retail price of any free items, including the sheets of White Daisy cardstock (three sheets: $1.19 USD / $1.41 CAD).

If you purchase one of the Fundamental Bundles you qualify for the Stamp Of The Month for just $5.00 as well.  

Cheers, 2016 S1511- $5.00

Let me know if you have any questions.  

Happy Scrappin',

Janice 

Stampin Buds Blog Hop - White Pines

Hi everyone, welcome to One Scraptastic Grandma's blog.  Thanks for stoping by the Stampin' Buds Blog Hop.  I am one of several who participate in this monthly Blog Hop.  You probably just came from Jamie's blog Doesn't Jamie have some super cute stuff.

Everyone asks about the name of my blog. When I started my blog in 2009, I had no idea what to call it.  So I reached out to my family and my Grandson Jordan (11at the time) came up with the name and so that is how my blog One Scraptastic Grandma got it's name.

Now on to the fun stuff.

I choose to use White Pines paper pack for my Blog Hop Project. Which just happens to be out of stock till approximately Nov. 4th.  I have created a 2 page layout using the White Pines paper pack, the CTMH Artistry Cricut Cartridge and the CTMH Artiste Cricut Cratridge  I will have a list below of all the products I used to make this layout.

 Left page

 Right page

 Close up of top left of the layout

 Close up of the bottom right of layout

List of supplies you will need to complete these pages.

White Pines Paper Pack  X7200B  $9.95
Cranberry Ink Pad Z2116 $6.95
Fern Ink Pad Z2650  $6.95
Sparkles Z1752  $2.95
Miracle Of Christmas D1656  $17.95
Believe In Christmas D1666 $17.95
Cranberry Cardstock 1272  $14.50
Chocolate Cardstock X5643 $14.50
ShinHan Twin Touch Marker - Cherry Pink Z2450 $5.95
ShinHan Twin Touch Marker - Black Z2446 $5.95
ShinHan Twin Touch Marker Sap Green Z2463 $5.95
ShinHan Twin Touch Marker Golden Yellow Z2452  $5.95
Artiste Cricut Cartridge Z3170 $99.00 
Artisitry Cricut Cartridge Z3167 $99.00
Red Shimmer Trim Z1848 $4.95 
Liquid Glass Z679 $6.95
Watercolor Pencils #3505  $26.95
Non-stick Micro-tip Scissors Z1836 $13.95
Duck® Easy Stick™ Adhesive Z3033 $18.95

 I made a couple cards while I had all the stuff out too

 I used the  Red Enamel Gems Z3090 $3.95 and New England Ivy Paper #1282 $14.50 in addition to the list above for these cards.

 From here you need to go to Tina's blog.  Lori always does beautiful work.  

After Tina's Blog you will go to 

 and then to  Leesa's blog

Below is a list of everyone in the Stampin Buds Blog Hop.  I hope you will let us know what you think and if we have inspired you to go make some beautiful art yourself. If you like what you see here please add One Scraptastic Grandma to you favorites. Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out our blogs.  Hope to see you again soon.

Happy Scrappin',

Janice

List of Blog Hop participants: 

Tina Biorstand-Szafranski (Next)
Leesa Bartu 
Lori Allen 
Jamie Turner (Previous)
Janice Wilson (You are here)

Mystery Hostess Drawing............

I want to say Thank you for ordering your Close To My Heart products through me. 

If you are local and want to come to a monthly crop, call me 503-708-6889 or send me an email jwilson@bctonline.com for more details.

Are you ready to see who won the Mystery Hostess drawing for October?

You know I use RANDOM.ORG draw the name.



You also know that one lucky person will win $25.00 in FREE Close To My Heart products, right?

(Drum roll please)  

Congratulations 

Bregan Sherwood

Bregan please let me know what you would like and I will get it ordered.  

Happy Scrappin',

Janice

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Are you ready?

I am so excited to be creating again.  I kind of got involved in sewing for the Veterans at the Portland VA Hospital and I really enjoy it, but I miss creating things with paper, ink and stamps.  I miss my circut too.

I am perticipating in a monthly Blog hop again this month.  We had a great responce last time and hope to get all the bugs worked out, so that it runs a little smoother.  So watch for it the begining of November.

Coming Soon!!!

Happy Scrappin',

Janice

Asking for prayers for my family.

I don't usually like to get really personal, but we could use some prayers right now.  Mary Jedda, my Granddaughter, is a bright, energetic, caring and beautiful young lady. To look at her you would not believe that she has anything wrong.  She never complains, has a wonderful outlook on life.  She has suffered from bladder and kidney infections from the time she was 2.  In 2013 she underwent surgery to fix the Kidney reflux, only to have it work for just 6 months.  She is on constant antibiotics. In 2014 Mary was diagnosed with Osgood Schlatter Disease, which is a growth disorder and causes severe growing pains. She grows rapidly, we are always looking for new clothes for her.  While Mary was going for a followup on the Reflux surgery, one of the Ultrasound techs happened to find a malformed hip joint and socket while she was getting pictures of Mary’s bladder and reported it to Mary's doctor.  The Dr. then began to look further and suspected the tethered spine.  A lot of this information came while Charlie (Mary's Father) was deployed to Afghanistan for 6 months. Another Dr. suggested that they look at Chiari malformation as a possibility. 

In August 2015 it was confirmed that Mary has a Tethered spinal cord and Chiari malformation.  It's odd to get the diagnosis at 13, but she has all the symptoms.
Mary went in for her spinal surgery yesterday. She is doing well. Had a little bit of a hard time keeping food down till evening, but that is fairly normal.  We're hoping she gets to come home sometime today, but it could be a week.  We are also hoping that this surgery fixes most of the issues with her nerves and bladder/kidney issues and that she doesn't need another for the Chiari Malformation.  

The Insurance is not covering all of the cost for the surgery, stating that Doernbecher is not in the list of covered facilities even though they were sent there by a covered provider. They received this information on Monday morning Oct. 26th.  So basically they have their deductible and now 35% of the Hospital bill plus all the different Dr.'s bills. With 4 children (3 of which are teenagers) and one income it's hard for them to make ends meet and take care of all the medical needs. Mary has had numerous appointments and will have even more to come after surgery. Doernbecher is about 55 miles one way from where they live.  

My daughter has been under a lot of stress lately as her father went in on October 15th for a Pacemaker/Defibrillator. He is doing well, but will be off work for a month.                                                                                                                                                                                                             I set up a Go Fund Me page for Mary's surgery and other medical bills, in hopes that it would help them get by and take away some of the stress in this difficult time.  Here is the link to Mary's GoFundMe page any amount you give is greatly appreciated. Thank you so much for the prayers and donations.

I know I really should be looking at this as an opportunity to Scrapbook more.  It's just a little much right now. 

Happy Scrappin',

Janice

#Chiarimalformation, #tetheredspinalcord, #osgoodschlatterdisease, #pacemakerdefibrillator, #grandchildren, #familyfirst

Mystery Hostess gathering will end soon.

If you want to get the drawing for $25.00 in FREE CTMH Products, you only have till Saturday, October 31st to place your order.

Everyone who places an order on my website, no matter the size, will have their name entered into the drawing to win $25.00 in Free Close To My Heart products.  All you have to do is go to my website scroll to the bottom of the home page and click JOIN on the Mystery Hostess gathering.  You might have to create an account if you haven't placed an order on my website before.  I receive an email when you place your order and I will add your name to the drawing once I receive the email. The order will be sent directly to you and you can choose how fast you receive it.  If you have any questions please email me jwilson@bctonline.com or call me 503-708-6889,

You can also join my team from my website and get this awesome bag for joining.

All orders over $50.00 are eligible to order Twinkle, 

the November, Stamp Of The Month for just $5.00.

Happy Scrappin',

Janice

8 WATERCOLOR TECHNIQUES FOR BEGINNERS

Here's a link to the 8 Watercolor Techniques for Beginners.
http://adventures-in-making.com/toolbox-8-watercolor-techniques-for-beginners/

Leave me a comment and let me know what you think and if you try some of the techniques. Post pictures if you can, I would love to see them.  I will do the same if I get time this week.

Happy Scrappin',

Janice

Want to watercolor, but don't know how?

Here is a link that will start you out with information on what you need
http://adventures-in-making.com/toolbox-watercolor-basic-supplies-techniques/

You can purchase the supplies you need here;

Paintbrush Set Item Number: Z3188 $8.95

Blending Pen Item Number: 3174 $4.50

Watercolor Pencils Item Number: 3505 $26.95

Watercolor Paints Item Number: Z3132 $11.95

Watercolor Paper Item Number: Z3146 $6.95

I will post Watercolor Techinques for Beginners tomorrow, so check back in the morning.

Happy Scrappin',

Janice

Did you mis-out on the Mystery Hostess event in September?

Well I just created another one for October.  When you place an order through me or my website, your name will be entered into a drawing to be the Mystery Hostess for the month.

What is a Mystery Hostess and why would you want to be one?

Well, you know a Hostess is someone who has party and earns products based on their sales for the party, right?  Well a Mystery Hostess means that all the names of the people who make a purchase no matter the size of the order gets their name put in a drawing to get the hostess rewards without having a party.  This means no cleaning your house, no begging people to come to the party, no preparing snacks and no cleaning up after the party.

Why would you want to be the Mystery Hostess?

Who wouldn't want to win the $25.00 in FREE Close To My Heart products?

So what are you waiting for?  Make sure you place your order by the end of October and your name will be entered into this month's drawing to be the Mystery Hostess and get to pick out what you want
for the $25.00 in FREE Close To My Heart products.

If you have any questions please email me jwilson@bctonline.com or call me 503-708-6889.

Happy Scrappin',

Janice

Stampin' Buds Blog Hop

Welcome to my blog janice-wilson.blogspot.com or One Scraptastic Grandma, and yes there is a story. 

Thank you for visiting Jamie Turner's blog, I hope you enjoyed her awesome artwork. 

Here is my Sangria/Harvest Wreath gate fold card.

This is a very simple card, with no embellishments.  You could add some sparkles if you wanted, but I like it just the way it is. 

Shopping list:

Sangria Paper pack X7199B $9.95.

and the Harvest Wreath Stamp Set D1662  $17.95. (page 13 of Holiday Expressions)

Duck® Easy Stick™ Adhesive 4 pack $18.95

3-D Foam Tape Z1151 $5.95

Fern Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad  Z2650 $6.95

Pomegranate Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad Z2653 $6.95

Saddle Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad Z2171 $6.95

12" X 12" Champagne Cardstock  x5931  $14.50

12" X 12" Pomegranate Cardstock  X5780  $14.50

12" X 12" Eggplant Cardstock X5774  $14.50

SureCut™ Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer   Z1783 $34.95

Non-stick Micro-tip Scissors  Z1836 $13.95

3" X 3" My Acrylix® Block  Y1006  $8.50

1" X 3 1/2" My Acrylix® Block Y1002  $5.95

Here are the Sangria Workshops On The Go layouts too.  I followed the instruction in the Workshop Brochure that comes in the kit.  Sangria Workshop On The Go  G1097  $29.95

Poppy Thick Twine Z3094 $3.95

Cricut® Artistry Collection Z3167

Sangria Workshop On The Go Alternate layout.

don't forget you are on Janice Wilson's blog, janice-wilson.blogspot.com you might even bookmark the page so you can return and see more of my art work later.

Sangria Paper pack X7199B $9.95

Cricut® Artistry Collection Z3167

Coral Shimmer Trim $4.95 Z3088

12" X 12" Fern Cardstock $14.50 X5777

The saying is from the Hostess stamp set Say it All C1632 only $8.00 with a qualifying party.

Now it's time to hop on over to Marcia Macsisak's blog and see what fabulous creation she has.  You can also go to Shannon Buck's blog - www.stampinbuds.com Shannon always has beautiful artwork on display on her blog. You can hop over to Shelly Mendenhall's blog too if you haven't been there already.  

Thanks again for coming to my blog, janice-wilson.blogspot.com and for checking out our little Blog hop.  I sure hope you'll leave a comment while you're here and maybe even start following me.

Happy Scrappin',

Janice

Stampin' Buds Blog Hop Participants:

Shannon Buck www.stampinbuds.com

Shelly Mendenhall inkywhells.blogspot.com

Tina Biorstand-Szafranski gemspaperscissors.com

Leesa Bartu www.leesabartudesign.com

Lori Allen TexasScrapbookingQueen.blogspot.com

Jamie Turner www.makemeonejlt.com

Janice Wilson janice-wilson.blogspot.com

Marcia Macsisak cardswithmarcia.blogspot.com

And the Mystery Hostess Winner is..............

Are you ready to find out who won the Mystery Hostess Drawing for September?   (Drum roll please)


Miss Tina Jaspers-Keeler  You are the winner!!!

Let me know what you would like to order for your $25.00 in FREE Close To My Heart products.

Watch my Website for more chances to become the Mystery Hostess, you could win too.

Happy Scrappin',

Janice


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