AFTER AN AWESOME LIVE SHOW...

about the Letterpress, one would think I'd be grateful for technology today.

But late last night my track-ball decided to call it quits. Which leaves me currently anti gadgets, software and non-working peripherals right now. Trust me!

So boo-yah on technology today - instead let's focus on...

Between the Scrapy Land message boards, the comments or on Facebook - I've loved hearing all of the things you're grateful for. The little things, the serious things, the funny things and the trivial things. Because luckily - we're allowed to be thankful for all of them!

Today, my page is kind of a mixture - big and little, important and trivial all combined into one page...

supplies: QK Give Thanks Cookie Cutter, QK 4x8 Disco font, QK Peppermint Insert page and QK Wintergreen Pocket page.

I have an obsession with taking pictures out of plane windows. I literally have dozens and dozens of pictures that look about like this one. But I keep doing it - and they usually end up on a page about like this. They are all in my travel album. But this one is a little different, because I didn't journal about the city - I journaled about travel itself. For that, I am thankful.

Loved how easily I could add a hotel key and a restaurant business card and some journaling by using the Holiday Gift Set album pages. They're not just for mini albums anymore! {LOL}

Today - I challenge you to snap a picture of something on your "gratitude" list. A person, a place, a thing - you decide. But then do a scrapbook page about it. I dare you!

If you watched the Letterpress show last night - THANK YOU! Eighty-some ladies tuned in to see and hear and learn about the awesome new Letterpress tool!

This is the scrapbook page I showed during the show...using Hot Pink Ink, Bright Green Ink and Silver Ink, as well as the Everyday 5 Plate, Celebration 1 Plate and the Holiday 3 Plate. I cut my shapes from the QK Nesting Ornaments and the Revolution Photo Corners 2.

Here is a close-up, trying to show you how gorgeous the Silver Ink is. I just love it!

This is a peek at the card I showed last night as well...

I Letterpressed the large damask shape from the Everyday 5 Plate {love this 5 plate so much!} and die-cut and embossed it with my Spellbinders Labels Three Nestabilities. One big "diamond" in the middle of the image was all the polish this card needed.

The project "we" did during the show was this...

I used a flourish from the Wedding 1 Plate and my initials from the Everyday 4 Plate, all done with Orange Ink on the Letterpress Square Flat cards.

GOOD STUFF. If you missed the show - grab a cup of coffee and turn up the volume {because then you can hear my kids arguing in the background - and it's comical!}

A quick recap of "Susan's L-Tips" from the video...
1. Use the uber-cool Letterpress packaging as your storage containers.
2. Trim your Adhesive Sheets as you need them, and you don't need to cover the entire surface.
3. Store your Paper Placement Guides in a CD case that you've lined with adhesive.
4. Saw at least half of your package of Cleaning Cloths in half.

You know me - always trying to let you in on some tips, and save you a few bucks along the way. {saving bucks on cleaning cloths and placement guides means you can buy more Printing Plates!}

WHEW - we're almost done ladies, I promise!

And finally - I got an email last night from someone who noticed a shadow on my journaling block and wanted to know what I'd done. I can't sneak anything by Scrapy Land LIVE! viewers now, can I?

Here's how I'm using my Scor-Pal lately...as a journaling guide. LOVE IT!

WOWZERS - thanks for hanging in there during this photo-heavy post. Who knew my short-and-sweet Thanksgiving Eve post would turn into a novel?

I'm off to submerge my turkey in a sink full of cold water - and pray that it's defrosted by tomorrow morning. It still feels like a hunk of cement after 36 hours in the fridge.

Letterpress questions, comments or requests - leave a comment here under the OOHS & AAHS. I'd love to know what you thought of the show last night, or what your feelings are about the tool in general.

I'm here for your habit...

THIS, THAT...

and the other thing. Just thrown in for good measure!

Back from Seattle, WA and holy scrap! What a beautiful state this time of year! I enjoyed every minute of my 4.5 days there. {And I do mean every single minute - we only slept about 10 hours total, trying to cram in as much as we possibly could!}

So fun to meet up with some Northwestern and Canadian Scrapy Land Divas. Especially when they were all Dani-lovin', QuicKutz Gift Set anxious, S.L.V.C. anticipating Divas! I took three registrations for the Virtual Crop, right in the middle of the convention floor {thanks again Kimberly, Jennifer and Tiffani}. Love it - we're in serious count down mode this week!

I also helped Chris shop at Scrapy Land from her Blackberry while we waited in line for lunch! {Talk about lunch break enabling!} What did we do before mobile technology?

But today it's back to Arizona sunshine reality. Which means laundry, groceries, basketball carpool...and CROP PREPARATION! I can't wait - it's going to be a crazy week and a jam-packed 24 hours this weekend!

One of the things I am working feverishly on is organizing several tips and tricks to share with you this weekend.

Tips and tricks that involve these...

A few enabling remarks about these...

And an admission that you all were right! So far, this IS my favorite color of Letterpress ink...

And deciding that, so far, THIS is my favorite stack of goodies...

It's LETTERPRESS bLiss everywhere you look in my scrap room right now!

I'm saving project pictures for later in the week though - I can't share everything with you today.

OH OKAY - just one little project teaser...

using this perfectly timely Printing Plate!

But that's it for right now. Tune in later this week for more learn/play projects as I work my way through plates, inks and papers!

{And please forgive all of the above dark/wonky-lit pictures. I took them late at night last week because I was so excited to share. But now all of the boxes are opened and I can't reshoot them in better lighting...OOPS!}

The other thing I'm working on today is getting goodies lined up for this weekend. Here is one picture of our weekend goodies...

but when Dani sees this he might be jealous and want it to be his INSTEAD. {LOL} We'll see!

If you've registered for the Scrapy Land Crop 2.0 - watch your IN BOX today for the first official email. Schedule, details, suggestions, times, how-tos and game particulars will be included. If you have any questions before then, don't hesitate to email me directly.

Lots of Divas should be getting their QuicKutz Holiday Gift Sets in the mail starting today - be sure and leave us a comment letting us know what you're going to die-cut first. Ideas and inspiration are coming in from everywhere and I just love it!

I'm off to tackle the laundry, and to find out if Letterpress Gold Ink comes out of dog fur. {It's a really long story, let's agree to NOT talk about it until next week. LOL!}

I'm here for your habit...