New roots

Here is my new view.

Here is my new master bath
A new kitchen

Yes, I have been absent.

I have been busy.

I have a new home.

I am sorry that this blog was empty since early November.

That will change.

It's up, it's online.....hurray! The Quickutz Holiday release Gift set. Santa's Workshop

Wow!

Did you catch that there are enough dies in this set to make 3 different mini albums and some pages even interchange? A full alphabet, windows, nesting shapes and more. I predict this set will be sold out due to it's value and endless possibilies. I am going to add some items to my wishlist not waiting for Santa to send this to me for Christmas. I think a housewarming gift is in order Can't sleep, I am signing papers on my first house. Pays to be up late and live on the west coast, as to catch the midnight release on the QK website.What do you like best about the release?

Tomorrow is a big day

....I sign papers with the lawyer on my FIRST home. I bought a 2 bedroom condo and am pretty darned excited. It has been tough packing up this place on my own.....emotional too. I am lucky enough to have spent the last 3 1/2 years with a woman who has been like a second Mom and a roomie.

Thank goodness for Dad, who not only helped me make the deal in September but has answered the phone almost everyday when I had to call with a question, numbers relating to fixed or variable mortgage rates and tips on what to look at when doing a walk though looking for defiencies. My mom helped get this whole ball rolling on making a purchase sooner than later by helping me get some accounts in order. I have a real estate agent who has been patient and kind to me, a new friend.

I feel grown up!

Silhouette cutting mat advice, tips and maintenance

Consider making your life easier when cutting images on the Silhouette. Like many of you, I have been working with layered shapes, cutting many pieces for a layout prior to creating and going to crops. lately, I have been making kits for the scrapbook crops. I have been attending.

I have 4 mats, often two are consumed for layered shapes , so that I can load the next one and then work with the top layer while the machine is cutting. As well, I can prepare the paper I am using for my titles. This has made my prepping much more time efficient.

In a thread on the new QK forums that were released today, I read about wanting to keep their mats sticky. Although, one solution is to buy new mats, until you can get back to the LSS or your online order arrives, consider a temporary adhesive. It has worked for me. CC International Stick and Spray (temporary respositional adhesive from the UK) as it adds stickiness to my mats.

As well, get into the good habit of using the Universal Scraper. It's been essiential for me to keep my mats clean and helps keep the natural oils off my mat.

Hope this is helpful to all. Make sure to come to the QK forums and join the online community.

Have fun cutting,

Tamara

2181

No, not the amount of paper I own.
Not the money I have spent on supplies.
Not the number of days I have been a teacher.
Not the KM's I have driven in my new car.


2181 is the number of digital designs I own from the Quickutz Library.


Can you believe that? No need to store them on a shelf, in a special tote or on my hard drive. These designs sit on the server at QK and are mine for life. This week the company did a series of improvements to their server and I did a recovery of the images that I have bought since this glorious Silhouette machine appeared on the market. That is how I know that I have 2181 designs in my account.

It's perfectly clear to me as to why I bought the unlimited download subscription for one year. Quickutz also had a promotion to their customers to obtain a code that would enable them to buy the subscription for half price, I know that code! With one release (sometimes 2) each week, I can shop, collect and brainstorm projects from my computer.

Today, Quickutz released some page frames that are going to help me create pages with many photos on them, all with a clean, mat-like look. I am going to try one this weekend. You have to go and see for yourself. Then, make sure that you get set up for an unlimited download subscription so you too, can have 2181 designs at your fingertips.

2181 and counting.

This morning the phone rang with some amazing news

Thanks to Andrea with Quickutz who called me from Utah today with some very exciting news. Quickutz put the call out in June, as they were looking to build an team of Ambassadors who would help spread the *joy* of Quickutz with others. I mustered up the courage to put my name into the many applications, over 1700 hundred inquires I was told. Although I am most happy to be with the creative friends I have made while scrapbooking, showing ones work is personal and "putting it out there" is a risk. We all have a different style and I like to celebrate that we are all very different.

I am lucky that I have a role with Photo Express that provides so many opportunities to interact with our lovely customers. Working in the store with such a large inventory (we practically have every die! and product) , a Quickkutz club (PE CREW) and some amazing staff members (whom are so supportive friends too!) will for sure be a credit to help me be a positive team member on the Quickutz Ambassador team.

I am looking forward to being creative with the 7 other team members, all in the US. I am the Canadian in the crowd and very proud to be! More to come....on this new adventure.

Quickutz Crew night

Each month, Photo Express has a crew gathering for all the members of their QuicKutz Crew. It was alot of fun to work with the QK fans as they came through the station this month. I was happy to be at the card station, meeting all the Crew members as they rotated through the 4 stations. Karen designed the lovely 2 Christmas cards, yes.....I *know* Christmas cards! In fact Karen designed all the projects this month, combining dies from the Limited Edition VIXEN set, Revolution and Relax Gift sets.

If you are not a member of the PE QK Crew, you will want to be. Here is the information.... http://photoexpressions.ca//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=65&Itemid=152 I don't have photos to share this post, they are for our special crew members. You could be one too!