The Removal of Wallpaper, it's as easy as 1,2,3

I loved the wallpaper in our small 1/2 bath located off of our kitchen with it's two different designs of black and white pattern and two borders with cows in the field. Yes, I loved this wallpaper 15 years ago when we put it up, now, not so much.

So on Sunday, after spending some time outside in the beautiful sunny, 70 degree November weather, I decided to stretch my day and add wallpaper removal to my list of things to do. I wasn't too concerned, it's a very small bathroom and the border was easily removed when I did a little tug. I decided I'd give it 3 hours and then call it a day. I rummaged through all of our home improvement tools and came up with a bottle of wallpaper remover, a scorer and in lieu of a wallpaper scraper I decided my metal spatula would be a good replacement tool.

I started with a small section and scored the area, then sprayed the area with the wallpaper remover. I then retired to my office for the said 15 - 20 mins, read e-mails, Facebook and then was ready to take on the "Wall". I grabbed the corner of the wallpaper and off it came--absolutely no problem, so easy. But wait, what was that still left on the wall??? It looked like another sheet of paper totally covering the wall. Actually, I guess it was the solid covering of paste or backing from the wallpaper that was left on the wall. Not a problem, I sprayed again, waited my 15 mins and started the removal. It was coming off in about 1/8" pieces. Four hours later, this is what I had accomplished...... What a mess!

So, next day, off to the home improvement store. I decided maybe the wallpaper spray remover that I was using was old and not doing it's job. I bought a package which included the spray, scorer, scraper and a DVD on "How to Remove Wallpaper, it's as easy as 1,2, 3". I watched the lady show the "Correct way to remove difficult wallpaper" --she scored, she sprayed, she waited the required 15 mins, and boom, the difficult wallpaper practically fell off the wall. With renewed inspiration, I went at it again with hope and love in my heart.......4 hours later, this is what I had...........

Let me assure you, it is not as easy as 1, 2, 3! I need HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's Been A Long time!

It has been a long time since I have done any scrapbooking or cardmaking. So long that I can't remember the last time I tried to get my creativity flowing. I think it must have been last winter some time when I made a wedding gift scrapbook. My creativity was flowing then, made a book that had each month of the year so that at the end of their first year they could go back and take a look at everything that had gone on in their lives. Turned out great. Since then I haven't done anything. It didn't help that I was sidetracked by some health issues and helping my mom pack up her home of 40 years and moving, or that I was working quite a bit during the spring months as a substitute teacher. Then I got out of the "mood". Now my sister is moving. She is going to pack up her belongings and put them in storage for a while. I told her it was silly to put all of her stamps/materials in storage, I would bring them to my house. My sister was a consultant for a few years and she managed to collect a few items. Between the two of us, we have quite the collection. SOMEBODY has to get some use out of this stuff! I thought I would start slow and make cards for the church dinner "Country Store". I work much better when I have a "project", or goal. We'll see.