Hi! This Is Me

Hello everyone and welcome!

First thing first before I get to my creation... 

I am so excited to have some brand new and talented crafty followers!

There is a kind, thoughtful and amazingly artistic lady that made it possible and her name is 
Zsuzsa Karoly-Smith @ Inky Dinky Doodle!

It all started by her commenting on Google+ on one of my creations that I shared. 
We started conversing and a day later the next thing I see is her mentioning me to a Google+ community called Kraafters Kommunity! 
Well, that started the ball rolling and those gals at Kraafter's Kommunity welcomed me with open arms!

This 'comfort zone' I am in is prohibiting my blog and especially my creations from getting any recognition and Zsuzsa saw that right away.
I have said this in the past, I over critique everything, my blog, my creations.... everything!
My 'comfort zone' is actually inhibiting me in more ways than one. Which I am working on changing.

Needless to say, I am so thankful to Zsuzsa's intuition {or what ever it was}.
Because of her much needed 'little nudge', I joined a group of awesome kraafters!! 

Golly gee, I am feeling truly blessed!


Now with all that being said, on to my creation.

There are so many wonderful and talented scrapbookers out there that have created layouts about themselves.

In spite of that...
The thought of me creating a scrapbook page just about me was out of the question, till now.
And the thought of journaling with my own hand writing onto a scrapbook page was out of the question also, till now.

And, for those of you that are new to me, here is a little FYI... 
I have always loathed getting my photo taken. 
Here is evidence from when I was an infant!

Today I fuss even more so since I had a muscle strap in my neck removed because of the cancer. 
Talk about a double chin, now I have chicken wattles! LOL

So I used the last decent photo I own of me {which of course I don't own many}, taken while on vacation in Yellowstone National Park. 

I was not looking at my husband but I did have a smile for him and the magnificent beauty surrounding me. 

I consider this a CAS layout, even though it has a variety of color and patterns, but there is not a whole lot of layers and the only dimension is the buttons.

I am kinda fond of pattern paper, I have quite a bit of it. 
I can not resist a good deal on patterned paper!
Mind you though, I am not a hoarder! 
No siree!

Supplies used:
Crate Paper ~ Paper Heart 12x12 patterned paper pad
Fiskars ~ Antique Elegance circle border punch
We R Memory Keepers ~ baker's twine
DIY Thickers Alphabet ~ Ali mistable fabric stickers
Stampers Anonymous ~ Wendy Vecchi sentiment stamp
Basic Grey ~ Hello date stamp


Well, maybe, just maybe, someday I will not be such a fuss button about getting my picture taken.

Hey I am doing this one step at a time! 



Thank you for stopping by and don't forget to take the time to create your life!

TTFN!
x's & o's
aka The Rebel Blogger

Make A Wish!

Good day to you!

I was interested on the reason of why we make a wish and blow out the candles on our birthday cakes. 

So I did a little research. 

This is what I found...

The History Of Why We Blow Out Birthday Candles

Putting candles on cakes can be traced back to the Ancient Greeks. It was their special treat to please the goddess of the moon, Artemis. 

They baked round honey cakes to symbolize the moon and decorated with lit candles to represent the moonlight to please him. 

The celebration was enhanced by the idea that the smoke from the flames of the candles would carry an offering up into the sky where they believed Artemis lived.

The tradition of lighting candles for birthdays continued in Europe. Candles were sometimes kept burning all day on a person's birthday, as a celebration and to ward off evil spirits. 

In Germany, one big candle was placed in the middle of the cake. The birthday holiday was known as Kinderfest, a celebration of the holiday but also an occasion to keep careful watch over little ones who were supposedly more vulnerable to evil spirits on that day.

Traditionally, it was believed that the blowing out of candles indicated one's prayers to the gods. The practice of making a silent wish and then attempting to blow out all the candles so the wish might be granted originated from this idea.

Some cultures believe it is bad luck to blow out the candles until after the evening meal is eaten.

Now you know!!

Trying to create a masculine themed card/scrapbook layout is a little challenging for me :(   

No flowers, no ribbon, no flourish can sometimes be somewhat 'boring' to my eyes. So this is what I came up with for my brother's birthday card. 

Recipe:

Scrappy Cat ~ Birthday Wishes, stamp sentiment

ColorBox ~ Chestnut Roan, chalk ink

Signo ~ White, pigment ink pen

We R Memory Keepers ~ Cream Soda, twine

Buttons, patterned paper and raffia ribbon from my stash!

Hope you like my bit of history and the card that inspired it!

Oh, one important issue...my sister said she left a comment on a previous post which I did not get any notification to approve (bad google!) 

So if anyone has left comments that were not posted, please know that I would not purposely delete any of your kind and generous comments! 

Thank You for stopping by

and 

Happy Crafting!!

aka The Rebel Blogger