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crafting in TN

2012-01-28T13:45:00.000-08:00

had some time to craft with my friend Cass in TN a few weeks ago and I'm just getting around to posting these cards I made while I was there. This was her stamp set that I used for a friend's birthday card.

this is the inside of the card

A pretty simple card I made for my father-in-laws birthday, he loves golf

.This card is simple too, but I like it, I got to use this pretty green textured paper and some pink magic mesh.

Hopefully I will have more posts soon, I am going to be working on a baby book for a friend soon.

the rest of the robot party

2012-01-28T11:47:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures from Jack's 5th birthday party, it was a robot party.

Here is the robot cake I made using the video tutorial from the Betty Crocker website. The lady on the video makes it look so easy, LOL, it wasn't for me, so I think it will be the last themed cake I try.

used Jack's stuffed robot as decoration.

the goody bags, I decorated.

the goodies inside the bag

leftover candies form making the cake that I set out for the kids and cake pops that a local baker made.

robot pinata and we had a craft table too, but didn't get pics of the craft table, it was in December, so we cleaned out the garage and let the kids play corn hole and kick balls and play with scooters. This is Jack's friend Noah taking a whack at the robot.

Birthday boy, Jack, blowing out the candles.

Robot party invites

2011-12-09T23:38:00.000-08:00

I paper pieced a robot on the front of the card, pretty simple, I made 20 of each piece, so assembly would be easier. I finally got to use my paper crimper, I don't use it often. To make the hands, feet and mouth, I just used my different sized circle punches and then cut the circles in half. I wanted to make some sort of antenna on top of his head, but never got around to it.

The inside of the card with my personal info covered up.

More pictures to come this week of the party and my attempt at making a robot cake.

Snuck in some crafting time

2011-10-16T18:10:00.000-07:00

I did make 1 card in the month of September, just didn't think it was cute enough to take a picture of, still sticking to my New Years resolution, just 2 more months to go and this will be the first time I have ever stuck to one. I made 2 cards and a shadow box frame this week. A family member is having a boy and the stuff that she registered for, which I love , by the way, is forest animals (owls, birds, deer, bear).

This first card, is just a little card to go in the bag with the shadow box, I actually cut this owl off of the baby shower invite.

This is the shadow box frame I made. I want to add the baby's name on the open tree section, but they don't have a name picked out yet, that I know of.

This is the card I made for the other presents, outside is really simple.

The inside of the card.
I love owls, and I think the nature theme makes a very cute nursery.
This is all I have for now, I hope to scrapbook soon too.

just a simple card

2011-08-15T04:52:00.000-07:00

Even though I didn't post any pictures of the cards I made in July (cause as soon as I made them I sent them off in birthday packages), I am still sticking with my New Years resolution and making time to craft at least once a month.
This is a simple card I made for a little girl's Mickey Mouse birthday party. Jack told me where to put everything, so I made it according to his instructions.

One Year Weight Loss Anniversary!

2011-07-20T18:58:00.000-07:00

So, it was a year ago today that I decided to do something about my weight, so I started working out every day or mostly every day and doing portion control. If the portion size was half a cup of ice cream, then I would measure it out. So a year later and I have lost a total of 73 pounds. I am still currently losing weight, it has just slowed down a lot. I lose like a half a pound a month now, but I will take it. I am going to share some pictures at different intervals throughout the weight loss. I am 5 foot 6 and a half inches tall, I started out weighing 220 pounds and I currently weigh 147 pounds.

Size 20:

Size 18:

Size 16:

Size 14:

Size 12:

Size 10:

Size 8:

And now the bikini shot, now I don't normally where a bikini, unless I am at a beach where I don't know anybody or at a friends house, but Jason loved it. I still have a lot of toning to do, and everything doesn't just bounce right back after having a child, but I am proud of my body now.

It's Been A While

2011-07-04T08:55:00.000-07:00

So, it has been a long time since I posted, but not since I crafted, I am sticking to my New Year's resolution and have made at least one card a month. This post will contain all of my June cards. I got the chance to craft with Cass, she gave me a card kit for my birthday and I made a bunch of cards from the kit and used her cuuuute stamp set that she brought with her.

A card I made for a friend that lost both her parents.

The next cards are cards I made from the card kit Cass got me for my birthday.

The next 2 cards are what I made with this cuuute stamp set that Cass had brought, she received it from a sweet crafting friend.

I made the background with the fan and flower stamps, then popped up the cute girl image.

My favorite card, I made with paper that Cass had given me and using her stamp set, in fact I don't think I even used any of my stuff this day, everything was either Cassie's, or given to me by her. LOL

I used the cute sushi image to make the background.

I had a great craft day, and I have stuck to my resolution, just posted a little late. Have a great July 4th, everyone, gonna go lay out, so I don't fry when I am in Florida.

recycling and restyling

2011-05-09T19:50:00.000-07:00

I made this card that turned out, I think, really pretty for my Mom for Mother's Day from a piece of cardboard from a toy box from one of Jack's toys, a blank inside card from the dollar bin at Target, A heart doily (leftover from Valentine's Day crafts - I cut it in half and sprayed it with glimmer mist), the pearls were also from the Target dollar bin. The butterfly was a rak'd image.

10 minutes

2011-04-10T19:39:00.000-07:00

I made a quick 10 minute card today for a birthday party we went to. I made the card with the color challenge from hello cutie challenges blog.

these are the colors I was supposed to use.

and this is the card I made with them. You can't really tell but the edge of the white paper is edged in gray ink, and I used my gray glitter pen to add some sparkle to the embossed flowers, I used white core paper for the embossed paper and then sanded the raised areas so you could see the white beneath.

Quick Cards

2011-04-09T08:08:00.000-07:00

I had some time last week to make some quick and simple cards.

simple embossed paper, and cuttlebugged the thanks word.

RAK'd image, so cute.

simple card, just inked up the background, used white fun flock on the bunny.

up close of fun flocked bunny.

simple card with lots of rub-ons for my nephews .

Spring Weather makes me wanna craft in bright spring colors

2011-04-04T17:52:00.000-07:00

I had a few days off last week so I had some time to craft a little, in between, working out, cleaning the house and taking Jack to do tons of fun stuff. I kept my card pretty simple. I had to make a bridal shower card for our friends Roger and Kayti who are getting married soon. The big pear, the little background pears and the sentiment "The Perfect Pear" were a dollar set in the dollar bin stamps at JoAnns Fabrics. I heat embossed the sentiment and the big pear. I made a few more cards for a lady at work celebrating her birthday. More photos to come.

Hello Cutie

2011-03-30T05:56:00.000-07:00

My friend Lizzy started a challenge blog called Hello Cutie Challenges, this is her second challenge and it is a photo challenge. You have to take inspiration from the photo and create a card. Here is the photo.

and here is my card, I used the brown and white pattern on the vase , the white ridges of the wall and the yellow flowers for inspiration, then I covered it all with glimmer mist.

Animal Challenge

2011-03-27T20:21:00.000-07:00

In the Card Makin Mamas challenge blog, the card theme was animals and I had this cute image from papermom.com . I had a birthday party to go to today and the theme was T-rex, so this card came together pretty easily after I had picked the animal.

color challenge

2011-03-23T17:52:00.000-07:00

One of my crafting buddies Lizzie has launched her own challenge blog, it is the hello cutie challenges blog and for the first challenge it is a color challenge, I made this simple little 3x3 card for a boys birthday coming up. I stuck to most of the main colors. the pink is in the striped paper and I didn't have any beige so I used brown and I added some yellow and orange.

Something Green

2011-03-17T18:47:00.000-07:00

I made this card for the Something Green challenge for the Card Makin Mamas challenge blog, this week their sponsor is Some Odd Girl. I kept the card pretty simple all 3 papers were from my scrap stack or given to me by my sweet friend Cass. I used a glitter gel pen to add a little sparkle. I waited until today to post it in honor of St. Patty's Day.

What I have been up to

2011-02-27T18:03:00.000-08:00

I made some cards for a co-worker's birthday, this was one quick card I came up with, I used my new stamp from Hobby Lobby.

This is the inside of the card.

a simple card for a card makin friend who had a baby.

This next simple card is for a birthday party we went to, a little girl in Jack's class who loves rock music turned 5, I just had to make her a little rock card.

We have been super busy lately, several school activities and birthdays to go to. We just took Jack to his first Lowe's kids workshop, he had a blast at first, but then the noise of all the little hammers got to him, and he started crying.

Great Weekend!

2011-02-06T18:24:00.000-08:00

Had a great weekend, went to Nashville and ate Mexican for dinner (can't remember the name of the place), then Jason and I went to a Rock concert, the next day we ate breakfast at Loveless Cafe (Jason was watching the travel channel and it was voted one of the top ten places to eat breakfast in the country, the food was awesome). We drove home, met my Mom to pick Jack up and Jack gave me some presents he made for me at Nana's house. He picked out all the buttons and made 2 button bracelets. I actually had time to make a card, then we cuddled up on the couch and watched some movie with talking dogs in it from the library. Then Sunday we had a birthday party to go to at the local roller skating rink. Jack has only been on roller skates once and he cried, so I didn't know exactly how this was gonna go, but he did great and went around the rink 3 time. Now we are playing around with Jack's football watching the Superbowl. Here are pictures of the bracelets and the card that I made.

A picture of Jack at the birthday party after he stuffed his face with cake and ice cream.

Sticking to my resolution

2011-01-23T08:44:00.000-08:00

My New Year's resolution (since I already lost 55 pounds) is to make at least one card per month and I am sticking to it, so far, hee hee.
Had to make a card for my father in laws birthday and needed to make some baby shower cards too.

Can You Believe It!

2011-01-19T20:14:00.000-08:00

I have been feeling crafty lately, so I made a card for The Card Makin Mamas Blog Challenge. The challenge theme is Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. I made this card for my sister in law who is starting college again on Monday, she has been out for a while. I used this some odd girl stamp, because they are also the sponsor for this challenge. I already took and uploaded the picture and I just looked at the picture, woops totally forgot to color her eyes, so just imagine that her eyes are colored cause it is due tomorrow and I don't have time to fix it. LOL

Being off of work = crafty time

2010-10-21T06:41:00.000-07:00

I am off of work for 2 weeks, so I should be able to work out every day and have some craft time. I made a quick card for my nephews birthday, we got him a monkey pillow pet so I made this cute monkey card. I finally got to use this Dustin Pike image.

This is why I've been MIA

2010-10-10T09:16:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't belonged to the paper crafting community for a while, but I have been super busy, this is what I have been up to.

1. Working out on the elliptical and with Jillian Michaels and The Biggest Loser DVDs

2.Eating according to the food guide pyramid and doing portion control

3. Spending a ton of time with my hubby and son doing fun fall stuff

4. Baking (a little). I made ghost cookies for Jack and my nephews

5. Reading a lot:

6. Working full time:

7. and volunteering in Jack's school when I get the chance

I do miss crafting, hopefully I will find time soon. I reached my first goal weight (in losing weight), so I made a second goal weight. I tried on my wedding dress and it is loose. I have lost over 30 pounds. So although I miss all of my crafting friends and I miss making cards and scrapbooking, I just haven't had time, but now you all know what I have been up to. Miss you all.

Made a card set

2010-09-08T19:21:00.000-07:00

I made this simple note card set for a co-workers birthday, she loves dragonflies.

A challenge, I did a challenge, can you believe it

2010-08-28T10:54:00.000-07:00

The challenge for the Card Makin Mamas Blog is anything goes and I had to make a wedding card for a wedding I am going to today. It is a simple card, but so much prettier in person, I used glimmer mist on all the white cardstock.

Sorry for your Loss

2010-08-01T18:40:00.000-07:00

I wanted to make 3 cards for my bosses family that lost a family member last week, I wanted them to be kind of simple and plain, cause I was making 3 of them and have limited crafting time lately. So I have a Thinking Of You rub-on on the front of the card and Sorry For Your Loss on the inside. I just used chalk ink to color in the embossed images and added 3 gems at the bottom.

Wow I made a card, can you believe it

2010-07-26T15:16:00.000-07:00

This card is for 2 different challenges. For the Stampers Anonymous group on cafemom, you were to make a Christmas card and over on Card Makin Mamas blog you need to have some kind of embossing on your card.
I used a rak'd image and papers, also used some crimped paper, I embossed the red paper with my new embossing folder. I added 3 green gems.

Simple Birthday Card.

2010-07-18T09:50:00.000-07:00

The challenge this week at Meljen's Design Challenge was to make a tall skinny card, this is the card that I made using one of their images. I colored the image with BICS and Copics, I used my flower punches, then covered the flowers with glimmer mist. This card will also work for the Card Makin Mamas Blog Challenge: to pick 3 colors off of a picture of an umbrella that they have for inspiration, well I guess I kind of chose 4, but green, blue and orange is what I was going for, but there is a lot of yellow on the card too, I hope it works for the challenge.

Sending Donkey Smiles

2010-07-12T19:21:00.000-07:00

At the Spoon Full of Sugar Blog, they had a DT member get into a bad accident and she lost the sight in her right eye and has a long road to recovery, so they wanted everyone to use this cute little Donkey image to flood Michelles mailbox, in hopes for her to receive several get well wishes. This is the card I made to send to Michelle.

Simple cards

2010-07-08T19:29:00.000-07:00

A simple and quick card I made, the butterflies look so shimmery because I was trying out my new glimmer mist.

First card with my new nesties and new embossing folder, I think I'm gonna like them. image is by Paper Makeup Stamps.

Our trip to Sevierville

2010-07-01T07:15:00.000-07:00

We took a vacation to the big indoor/outdoor water park in Sevierville, TN. The water park was awesome, we swam most days, all day, got to eat great food. Took Jason to the knife museum, I got to shop at the scrapbook store, celebrated my birthday there, took Jack to the Aquarium, and Jack played put put golf with his cousins. Here are just a few pics of the trip, all of them are on facebook.

Barnfest!!!

2010-06-26T20:33:00.000-07:00

Jack had fun at Barnfest today with his cousins. They had tractors and a playland area, horse rides, a calf, ponies, yummy food and Chaney's ice cream.

Jack loved rolling around in this and playing in the sand box, but he didn't want to go down the bumpy slide or swing very much. PONIES!

Jacks first time riding a horse, he did great, but he doesn't smile at all his face is just constant concentration. I asked him if he was scared and he said "no I was trying to hold on good"

.Gracie and Jack petting a calf.

Blue Moon ice cream at Chaney's

Crafting in TN part 2

2010-06-24T08:53:00.000-07:00

Here are the cards I made at Cass's house. The first one was for my KY crafty friend Lisa who is pregnant right now and having really strange dreams. LOL Got the images in a set at Joann's for a dollar. I kept it simple, paper was from Cass. I stamped the unicorn with eggplant colored ink then colored it with copics and stickles.

I have had these images stamped forever and finally got around to using them, I used Cass's gold stickles and since I was with her and she makes awesome bows, "I was like pretty please make a orange bow" LOL, the sad thing was it literally took her like 20 seconds to make the bow and I still can't make them. Curse you bows!

This image was from Cass, the cute jelly gems were an early birthday present from Cass, Thank You, I love them! I didn't follow a sketch or a challenge or anything today but the colors actually went along with the color challenge over in the Stampers Anonymous group on cafemom, so I entered it. I used one of Cass's copics too, I am gonna have to get that color, I love it!

This next card is the current freebie over at Bugaboo Stamps so go snag it, they put a new freebie up every Friday. This paper was some that Cass had given me a while ago and I have been hanging onto it. The flower brads were from Cass's stash. I used copics, bics and stickles. The cute button was in an embellishment container I got from The Angel Company. I didn't put a sentiment on it yet, cause I don't know who it is going to yet or for what occasion. I had a blast, but Cass came up with a new plan - craft for half of the day then take the boys to the park or something for the other half cause they go a little nuts after a while, that is a great plan.

Crafty time in TN

2010-06-23T08:40:00.000-07:00

Jack and I went down to TN yesterday to spend the day with my friend Cass and her son Noah. I got 4 cards made and Cass got 3 cards and a scrapbook page. Our boys were a bit on the cranky side (neither one took a nap) yesterday, but we still managed to get some crafting and talking done.
Jack is exploring in Noah's room, it is always exciting to see new toys. He LOVES his train table!

A little craft time for the kids. they made FOAM PUPPETS! Jack went to sleep with his last night, at first he was gonna just tuck it in with his Zhu Zuh pet Scoodles, but he ended up falling asleep with an elephant foam puppet, so cute.

Being a cheeseball

Jack had a blast, boys did, until nap time came and went and they still hadn't taken naps. LOL
Will post the cards later on today,

Time and Energy to craft = lots of cards in one week, haha

2010-06-22T05:55:00.000-07:00

Being off of work, I have had so much more energy and I have gotten so much done, I have quality time with Jack (we have read lots of books and played so much together), The house is cleaned, the laundry is done, I got a lot of cards made this week and my Mojo is not gone yet.
This first card is for my friend Cass who just bought her first house so this is a congrats on your new house card. She had actually given me these papers, so I know she likes the colors. The stamps are from JoAnn's in the dollar bin. The flower was from a rak, the ribbon was from a ribbon swap. It is hard to see but in the bottom right of the yellow paper I embossed the word congratulation in orange ink.

here is an up close so you can see the congratulations, now I wished I would have used some darker ink, at least you can notice on the actual card, not so much in pictures.

Diane had sent me some pretty bird images, this image took a while to color, but I think it turned out so pretty. I colored it with my glitter pen, copics and green glaze pen. It is hard to see but in the bottom right corner on the white paper it says thinking of you. I can't do bows, the pretty bow was some that Cass had made, I have been hording them and not wanting to use them, but I think it made this card pop.

You can see the coloring pretty well in this picture, I wish I would have colored the bird a little lighter of a shade, cause it kind of blends in with the birdhouse.

Fiber, ribbon, or lace Oh my!

2010-06-21T21:13:00.000-07:00

This week the challenge over at Meljen's Designs was to use fiber, ribbon or lace on your card. I used a lacey ribbon that I got in a ribbon swap and of course this cute Meljen's image, which I colored with copics and glaze pens, and I added a touch of glitter here and there.

You can see the shine that the glaze pens give in the second picture better than the first.

A quick Father's Day card

2010-06-20T12:41:00.000-07:00

This is just a quick card I made for Jason last night. I got this freebie a while ago, but I didn't label the company that the image was from so I don't remember. I added a #1 Dad rub-on, 3 stars and some flat black sticker button things. On the inside of the card it has a cute freebie from PMS. I forgot to take a pic of it.

Busy as a Bee

2010-06-19T06:04:00.000-07:00

Got this sweet image from Diane. She had embossed it, really makes the image pop. I kept the card simple, cause I didn't want anything to take away from the image.

Here is a close up of the image

In the CCC group on cafemom, we did a card kit swap. Angie sent me a great kit, this is my 3rd card with it. The image is from Bugaboo Stamps, they have a freebie every Friday.

This next card was made with another bugaboo stamp and it is made from the same card kit from Angie.

This is a simple 3x3 card made with a image from Papermom dot com.

I am finally getting to use this stamp. I have been trying to use images from swaps and digital images that I have printed, so I have forgotten about the stamps that I actually have. This sweet stamp was given to me by my sweet friend Ivy. I kept the card simple, I went a little crazy with the polka dots. LOL

I was given a set of pretty flower stickers a while ago and am finally opening them. I made a simple 3x3 card.

This next card I kept simple too. My Mom gave me a gift card to HL last year and I bought this set of flowers, among other things. Earlier this year we moved into our new house, we couldn't use the garage for a while, so we had to park outside, and our new house is next to a huge field with field mice. I am hypoglycemic so I always have to carry snacks and stuff with me in case I get a low blood sugar. Field mice +food in the car = 2 mice in the car causing a mess and stinking it up. They are all gone now. My friend Heather over at Fresh Brewed Designs created this image for me. LOL I love it.

This is the inside of the 3x3 bird card. Blogger was making me mad and not letting me correct anything once it was on. The sentiment is also by Papermom dot com.

A Quickie Card

2010-06-17T20:35:00.000-07:00

A quick and simple Father's Day Card. Image was from a card kit swap. I finally used the last strip of this paper, I have been hoarding this paper forever and finally used it now sadly I have no more, I loved it on men's cards.

card kit

2010-06-13T09:18:00.001-07:00

In the cute card club over on cafemom we had a little card kit swap, this is what I made with Angie's card kit. I used copics, Bics and chalk inks.

Inspiration Challenge

2010-06-12T08:23:00.000-07:00

Card Makin Mama's has an inspiration challenge this week, this is the card I made.

I used a bugaboo images freebie, they have 3 freebies this week. I used copics and Bics to color this image, I colored over the cb paper with orange chalk ink.

Butterfly Birthday Wishes

2010-06-04T08:36:00.000-07:00

I made this birthday card for my sweet friend Cass. I was rak'd these images, cut them out , colored them with glaze pens, then put gems on them. All papers were from my scrap pile.

Had So Much Fun Making This

2010-06-04T05:51:00.000-07:00

Had so much fun making this card for my Mom's birthday. I won't tell you what the inside says in case my Mom is viewing this, but it's funny.

Scrapping in TN

2010-05-30T20:11:00.000-07:00

Jack and I visited with Cass, Noah and Bobby on Friday and the boys play together pretty well. Jack actually took a nap at someone elses house, I couldn't believe it. I love their new home, I can tell that Jack loved Noah's room (and his toys) and the big back yard (especially the sand box). I love scrapping with Cass cause she inspires me, her scrapbook pages are so beautiful. I am finally getting back in the swing of things with the scrapbooking.
This first 2 page layout is Jack's first Thanksgiving, we had 2 dinners in 1 day and he did great all day. The papers are from the Target dollar bin. Normally I don't like using just 1 picture on a 12x12 page, but I didn't want to cover up the pretty trees on the paper. The chipboard is from the Target dollar bin too.

These pictures are at the park near Nana's house in October, but I thought the pictures went perfectly with the fall leaves stickers that I had.

This next 2 page layout is just cute pics of Jack swimming, Cass suggested that I stickle the fish so that's what I did when I went home (cause I didn't want to wait for the stickles to dry there).

All of these papers and paper embellishments are a combination of 2 different paper packs from Walmart. I thought this page looked to bare, so I added a clip, 2 eyelits and a flower brad on the left. On the bottom right I added magic mesh and a sun rub on.

Just an upclose of the stickled fish, I stickled some little fish too.

Blue stickled fish.

This next 2 page layout was when Jack and I went to Monkey Joe's with Cass and Noah. I've had these monkey stickers forever. I cut out the Monkey Joes from the brochure. The paper I ordered through Oriental Trading Company.

The monkey paper and bouncey house sticker and chipboard all came from Hobby Lobby. The "monkey fur" was left over material from Cass's new couch, LOL, but it totally worked.

upclose of the "monkey fur" aka Cass's couch

water fun at birthday parties

2010-05-27T20:29:00.000-07:00

Jack swimming in the pool at Ethan's birthday party, I did not bring him a swim diaper so it was very funny, it absorbed so much water that Jack looked like a sumo wrestler.

Out of focus, but mid-air jump shots are so cute, this is Jack at his 2nd birthday party last weekend at his cousin Hannah's 4th birthday party.

cathing a ride on Dad

Gracie and Jack, water vest buddies, LOL

His first time ever jumoing off the diving board.

water + trampoline = giant bouncey slip and slide

Hannah got Jack good.

Jack riding Hannah's bike.

Simple Projects

2010-05-18T19:38:00.001-07:00

Quick and simple gift card holder for my in-laws Anniversary

The front of the card

a simple 2 page layout for a friend's baby's book I am working on

Jack has a friend that is having an Alvin and the Chipmunks birthday party, so I found this clipart online and made a simple card.

Freshly Brewed Blog Challenge

2010-05-16T12:34:00.000-07:00

I flipped the sketch for the challenge over at the Fresh Brewed Blog so I could use this super cute image from meljen's designs. The pink and gray paper I got from the mighty dollar (it was a package of different papers, same color scheme, 30 papers in all 8x8, for only a dollar). I used my cb to cut out the nesties scalloped oval, the letters for hi and I embossed the gray (white core) paper then sanded it, so you can see the white core. I used my copics to color the image. At the end on the gray paper I have 2 yellow flowers and 3 pink gems.

made a card set

2010-05-14T16:03:00.001-07:00

I wanted to make a card set for a co-worker and I made this set last weekend. Here is the tutorial on making the box.

All of these cards were made for the boxed set to match except for the baby bear card, I made that for a TGF challenge a while ago.

I made this patterned paper with a flower stamped in green ink and then I chalked blue chalk ink. I got this image in a rak and used stickles and copics.

This pretty floral paper was in a DCWV set, the image is from Paper Makeup Stamps. Green flower ribbon from Hobby Lobby.

another rak'd image.

I've been scrapbooking, among other things

2010-05-10T17:14:00.000-07:00

Friday was the spring fling at Jack's school, here is the one picture I have of him sliding down.

my sweet card that Jason and Jack made me for Mother's Day, Jason said that Jack picked out everything and he put it together. Notice the use of the yellow stickles as adhesive. LOL so creative. He couldn't find my regular adhesive.

I have been trying to get caught up with scrapbooking, I have a long way to go, but I finished 2 more pages. Yay
For Halloween 2009 Jack was Thomas the Train, the first page is him being goofy in the car eating his popcorn and sucker. Everybody tells me that my handwriting is terrible and to never handwrite anything, but you know what, my son is gonna look at this book after I'm dead and gone (hopefully of old age) and I think he will get sentimental over the handwritten page. So that scribble on the right of the page in orange is my chicken scratch. Enjoy it!

2nd page, Nana came up and went to the trunk or treat at the church with us and the church even took a free professional pic of us. We bumped into 2 kitty cat cousins as well. All the papers were from the dollar bin at Target, except the spider web paper that was from HL. The embellishments for both pages are a mixture of rub-ons, stickers, Thomas stickers and chipboard. The cute orange border strip was a rak from my sweet friend Cass.

simple cards

2010-05-02T13:48:00.001-07:00

This card is what I made today, my inspiration was to look outside and see the huge puddles in the yard and the leaky roof. I sure hope the flooding stops soon.

I used stickles and a glitter pen. The cute chipboard corner was from a rak, the gingham bow is from Martha Stewart. The green glitter ribbon is from a swap, the paper I got at Joann's and the image is a Unity stamp.

In the Stampers Anonymous group over on cafemom, the challenge this week is to make a one layer card. This is just plain white card stock, I embossed the edge, then stamped the images, the tree stamp I colored with markers then huffed on it before I stamped it. The bird and the hello are from dollar stamps from Joann's the tree is from a set I got at Hobby Lobby, it also comes with a deer and owls. Then I sprayed heavily with pink glimmer mist, unfortunately, I didn't lay anything heavy on it while it was drying and it bubbled up.

This card is owed to the weather too. I had this image from a rak colored for a while. I bought a jar of large flowers, this was the first time I ever used a big flower like this.

Someone rak'd me a long time ago with sheets of cardstock and matching envelopes, they are not cards, they don't open up, so I didn't know what to do with them. I got this dollar stamp at one of my shopping trips with Cass to Joann's and just loved it. So I decided to just make a little note card set. I used copics and glaze pens.

I had some blank cards that I got in the dollar bin at Target and stuck this cute image on the front, used my nesties to add some shape to the card.

No, I did not tie this bow, I suck at bows, this was the bow tied artound the blank cards. I recycled it

This another image that I was rak'd and had colored for a while, and another Target bin find.

yet another image from a rak that I have had colored for a while.

I have had these black blank 3x3 notecards with envelopes for a while and haven't done anything with them. I stamped them in white ink with a Stampin Up set, inside there are matching (to the image) sentiments in black ink on white paper. While the ink was still wet I sprinkled some glitter. The one with the flower pot has glimmer mist sprayed on it.

I have done some scrapbooking today too, will probably post those sometime this week.

Fun at Monkey Joe's

2010-04-30T18:04:00.000-07:00

We had a playdate in TN today with Cass and Noah! Jack and Noah played nonstop (well we had to make them stop and rest)

He never just slid down on his bottom, he always turned sideways.

Even though we never actually turned the vehicles on, they enjoyed just sitting in them.

he's a super climber

Cass and I had the chance (barely) to make some really simple but cute cards.

This is Cass's card.

This is my card for a cafemommer that just had a baby boy, Congrats Lizzie!

What I have been up to lately

2010-04-25T10:11:00.001-07:00

This is a card I made for the stampers anonymous group in cafemom, it was to use the sketch or make a spring card, I decided to make a spring card using this hoppy birthday image from papermom.com.

This next card is for the CMM group on cafemom, we had to recycle goods to make an Earth friendly card for Earth day. The patterned paper is actually a coffee filter that I inked up with several inks then sprayed with gold glitter spray. The tab on the ribbon is from a coke can and the stickers were a RAK.

The next 4 scrapbook pages are what I made when Cass and Noah came up a few weeks ago for our scrapbook day. I need more days like this to get caught up. Cass has way more scrapbook experience than I do, so like every 10 minutes I was like Cass does this color match this color or does this make this page look too busy. Hahaha. Cass just needs to teach a class every week with new layouts, I would so be there.

She printed off the Goofing At Grandma's letters with her cricket, and the orange border she let me have (it was from her stash of stuff that she got on her Gatlinburg trip). I also used some chipboard that she also got on her trip. Then I used some flower and circle rub-ons that I had received in a RAK, I also used some Bazzle bling paper.

This next page is for Jack's first birthday (yeah I know he is 3 now, that is why I need Cass to come up and catch me up, hehe). The icing and sprinkles paper in the background was from cass's stash. He had a Baby Einstein Party and I had some birthday stickers and Baby Einstein stickers that I decorated with. I also used some bazzle bling paper as photo mats on this page.

I think this red photo mat paper was from cass's stash. Do you see a pattern here, it is so much more fun to scrap with someone casue you feed off each other's idea's, creativity and stash of goodies.

Update

2010-04-24T06:44:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't been on in a while, been extremely busy. A few weeks ago Cass and Noah came up and we worked on scrapbook pages, I was determined to get caught up on scrapbooking and not spend all my crafting time just on cards. I made 2, 2 page layouts, I will hopefully post some pics later today. I plan on working on a few cards later for cafemom and hopefully start on another scrapbook page. The weather had been so nice that I didn't want to keep Jack inside just so I could craft (that would be pretty selfish), so we have spent most of the weekends out and about, earth day fest, parks, library, hanging with friends, swimming, walking. There is rain and thunderstorms in the forecast today, so we won't be outside, hopefully I will have time to craft haha.

TGF Team Challenge Week 2

2010-04-03T09:42:00.000-07:00

This is the card I used for the TGF team challenge week 2. I used birthday boy Ian. Papers are from a DCWV stack. I colored the image with bics and copics.

TGF Battle of the Teams, Please Vote

2010-03-28T15:54:00.000-07:00

Please Vote here for the Sunshine Risers week 1 card made by Tammy.

sparkly fish

2010-03-26T18:36:00.000-07:00

I had time to make a few cards last weekend and am finally getting around to posting them.

This first one was just for fun, no challenge involved. I love the colors of this paper and yes that is real sand.

This second card is the challenge this week for the cute critter club on cafemom, it is to make a tall card. I had all of these images for a while that I had stamped at Cass's house and i finally used them. I thought they needed some gliter. hehe or a lot of glitter. This card for for a cafemommer's daughter's birthday.

The TGF team challenge

2010-03-18T04:46:00.000-07:00

Everyone who is on the same team with me, here is my e-mail, please e-mail me with your e-mail or facebook name so we can be in communication. Thanks

e-mail toothy629@yahoo.com

Cute Card Thursday

2010-03-17T19:25:00.001-07:00

This is my simple celebration card for the Cute Card Thursday challenge blog.

a couple of cards

2010-03-10T18:34:00.001-08:00

I just made a quick card for my friend Angela, she is getting married in August. All of this paper was in a Martha Stewart pack that was rak'd to me, by my sweet friend Cass. I don't know what stamp company the image is from is was rak'd to me by my sister -in-law's, mom's friend (Rita). I do love this image though.

My next card is for an inspiration challenge for the CCC on cafemom. The picture of the cake is the inspirational picture I used since last week was Dr Suess's birthday.

I automatically wanted to use this image I was rak'd, the cake made me think of One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. I stamped red and blue fish in the background of the card.

Get Sketchy and a trip to the park

2010-03-07T15:42:00.000-08:00

On the Get Sketchy Challenge Blog this week, the challenge is a spring card. I used another sweet image from the Digital Two for Tuesday Blog.

The sentiment is from a Unity Stamp Set

The weather was nice this weekend so we headed to the park. Jack has an ear infection, but he felt well enough to play outside.

This weekend I also had to work the Health Fair for the office I work for, here is the other Dental Hygienist, Amy modeling the table.

Family Get Together

2010-03-04T18:32:00.000-08:00

We had a big family get together this past weekend. I just had to post this picture of Jack in the play room sticking his head through the window to the kitchen to beg for dessert, Priceless!

Here is teacher Gracie, teaching Jack and Hannah, then later Ezra.

Baby Lucy, Jack calls her Lucy Bug (like Lady Bug)

2 challenges in 1 card

2010-03-02T19:51:00.000-08:00

This week on the Fab N Funky Challenge blog, they had a color challenge. The challenge is to only use black and white on your card, you can color the image but that is it. I have been wanting to try one of these cute images from the Digital Two for Tuesday Blog. I also used this card for the Papertake Weekly challenge which was to use buttons, bows, brads or bling on your card.

Papermom Sketch Challenge

2010-02-28T19:42:00.000-08:00

I sneaked in a few cards today the first one was for the Papermom Sketch Challenge.

The 2nd card is for the Cute Critter Club Sketch Challenge, I flipped the sketch and used this cute Happy Hopper image I was rak'd.

Lord Have Mercy Sketch Challenge

2010-02-27T21:37:00.000-08:00

I made a card for the Lord Have Mercy Sketch Challenge. I needed several baby cards. Everybody is pregnant all at once, something must be in the water on cafemom. LOL

For the Stampers Anonymous group on cafemom we needed to make our own patterned paper. I used some baby items and stamped them in purple and green to match the other paper I used.

A visit from Cass and Noah

2010-02-26T16:37:00.000-08:00

This is my second post for the day so go check it out. We got some cute cards made today and a couple of pics of our 2 kiddos playing together.

My double pocket card that took forever

All of our cards together

Cass's beautiful cards

House Mouse Challenge

2010-02-26T16:25:00.000-08:00

Cass and Noah came over today and we had a lot of fun. I will post some pics later. This post is for the House Mouse Challenge, which was to make a multi-fold card. I made an easel card.

In Style Stamps Blog Freebie

2010-02-17T19:57:00.000-08:00

Go to In Style Stamps Blog and let them know which image you like better for a free digi image. You have to post about it on your blog and she will e-mail you with the freebie.

Fab 'n' Funky Challenges

2010-02-15T18:41:00.000-08:00

The challenge this week for the Fab 'n' Funky Challenge Blog is shabby chic. The sponsor this week is Fresh Brewed Designs by Heather D, so I just had to use one of her images for this challenge. I used my new image I just got which is Lazy Day Buggy. All the paper I used was RAK'd by my sweet friend Cass. I colored the image with my copics. I punched flowers out of the same paper so it is hard to tell, but there are 3 , 2 layered flowers down the left side, I put green stickles in the middle of each flower.

Cupcake Craft Challenge

2010-02-15T17:39:00.000-08:00

The challenge this week on the Cupcake Craft Challenge is to keep it simple.

This is the simple card I came up with.

Then on the Cute Critters Club on cafemom this weeks challenge is the reflection technique, the tutorial is found here.

Productive Weekend

2010-02-07T17:56:00.000-08:00

Made 3 cards this weekend, I was productive yay me.

The first card I made was for the House Mouse Challenge Blog and for the CCC on cafemom. I had to use the faux leather technique on my card, I made a faux leather background. For the House Mouse Challenge I had to make a Valentine's card.

I made a quick Thank You card for a challenge for CCC using a Fresh Brewed Designs image.

This next card was for the sketch challenge in the Stamper Anonymous group on cafemom.

visit from a friend and AQUASAND

2010-02-06T09:11:00.000-08:00

friend Jen came up for a visit yesterday, we had dinner at Applebees, went shopping and played with Aqua Sand it is the coolest stuff, it is like gel in water and as soon as you take it out of water it is dry sand again. I know, I know it doesn't take much to make me happy!

TICKLE FEST!

Get Sketchy

2010-02-04T20:58:00.000-08:00

The sponsor for get sketchy this week is paper mom. Paper Mom is run by my sweet friend Cass. I made this card in a hurry and I flipped the sketch that they had to make this image work. I colored the image with copics, the papers are from Cass too, I think they are from a DCWV stack.

Fresh Brewed Sketch Challenge

2010-02-02T18:53:00.000-08:00

My friend Heather is having a sketch challenge, you have to use one of her digital images, you can find them at her fresh brewed designs shop here. She is generously giving away an image from her new buggies set that will be available February 12th, to everyone that participates, so get over there and check out her stuff.

Here is my card her her sketch challenge using her image I Love You Valentine. I used stickles on her eyelids and lips. Paper from the target dollar bin. Flowers and brad from a RAK.

Papermom Blog Hop

2010-02-01T17:54:00.000-08:00

There is a Blog Hop going on at Paper Mom. Go check it out. Cass has an image posted up for you to get, just for hopping. So go over there check it out and get hopping.

Snow Day

2010-01-30T18:03:00.000-08:00

We were all feeling kind of bad this morning, no energy, scratchy throats, runny noses. But this afternoon we got some energy, played outside a little bit, ate some potato soup, made snow cream.

TGF CHA day 4

2010-01-27T18:43:00.000-08:00

Prince Ian

TGF CHA relay day3

2010-01-26T19:59:00.001-08:00

I just love this little image and I new the exact paper that I was gonna use when I saw it. I used the sketch this week from the CCC on cafemom. The 2 stickers I got got from Mighty Dollar.

TGF day 2

2010-01-25T19:16:00.000-08:00

Here is my card for day 2 of the TGF Cha relay

The sentiment is from Stamping bella. I added stickles to the bottom scallops.

TGF CHA weekly challenge

2010-01-24T20:48:00.000-08:00

The Greeting Farm is having a challenge this week, I made this card using Mer Ian.

I used beach stickers and some sand and water paper that I had

This next card I made for the CCC sketch challenge

Just a simple Thank You card using a new cb folder and some distressing inks.

A Birthday Party

2010-01-23T18:12:00.000-08:00

Jack went to his first classmates birthday party today, and it was for twins. They had a scavenger hunt and hay ride, he had so much fun then he went to grandmas to visit his cousins.

Here are the twins Ayla and Ellery

Such a big boy, eating his cake and not spilling anything.

everybody walking down to the creek for the scavenger hunt

He loved the hay ride

He is just signing his name on the chalkboard before he leaves.

Jack kept calling Nathaniel the cowboy and he was the horsie, um he was a little confused.

a visit and a couple of cards

2010-01-17T10:44:00.000-08:00

Jack had a little playdate with cousin Gracie, they played squiggly worms, handy man, and Dr, also Jack tried his first piece of gum and of course he swallowed it. Baby Lucy was just a smiles and giggles. Jack got invited to his first classmates birthday party, the party is for twin girls, so I had to make a couple of cards. These are cute but simple 10 minute cards.Then you have to wait for the stickles to dry, but the actual cards take 10 minutes.

I got my MOJO back

2010-01-10T12:23:00.000-08:00

Well I got my mojo back and made lots of cards while Jack was sleeping.

This card is for the stampers anonymous group on cafemom

You can't tell on this card but I heat embossed the bird

I heat embossed the bird on this card too

This card is for the sketch challenge in the CCC on cafemom

Well I got my mojo back and made lots of cards while Jack was sleeping.

Playing in the snow

2010-01-10T12:15:00.000-08:00

Here are just a few pics of Jack in the snow

He is showing off his tiny triangular shaped snowman

Here he is trying hot chocolate for the first time in his JACK cup. He did not like it at all, he likes cold beverages, haha I guess he gets that from me, cause I am not a big fan of hot beverages either.

Jack's second day of school

2010-01-08T13:37:00.000-08:00

Jacks wonderful preschool teacher took some pictures for me on Jacks 2nd day of school, since the he was pretty overwhelmed on the first day. I wish I could have taken off work to be there on his first day but we were too busy at work and with all of these great pics that his teacher took, I actually feel like I was there.

Norma's Blog Candy

2010-01-08T13:15:00.000-08:00

Norma has some great blog candy, go check it out

A card and Jack's first day of school

2010-01-04T17:50:00.000-08:00

Here he is saying bye to me, cause sadly I had to work, but his Grandma (Elaine) took him. The date stamp is wrong on my camera for some reason it is a day behind. I know today was the 4th not the 3rd.

Here he is walking to class

Here he is eating breakfast with his preschool teacher Miss Williams. His Grandma told me that he was not so sure about drinking milk from the carton.

I made a card for CMM group, it is an easel card

A quick post to show some new cards

2010-01-02T14:24:00.000-08:00

The top card is with my new Unity stamp set that I got from my Mom for Christmas, there are like 25 stamps in the set, I love it. The bottom card is a mixture of dollar stamps from Joann's and a SU set.

Whew! Christmas parties are over!

2009-12-27T20:22:00.000-08:00

All the parties are done. The decorations are put away and the house is cleaned. I even got a chance to shop a little today. Here are a few pictures.

Grandad is working really hard putting Jack's kitchen together

Pile on Doug!

My Big Birthday Boy

2009-12-13T07:36:00.000-08:00

Jack had a little family birthday party on his actual birthday, then on Saturday he had a big family and friend party. Here are just a few pics, hehe.

here he is playing with his new trains.

getting goofy with Aunt Anna and Uncle Doug

here he is modeling his new Cars pajamas from Amy

here are picks from his Saturday party.

No Christian, wait

It's Santa birthday boy

I got baby Emily

blow out the candles

present time

Melissa and baby Lucy

Cristian and Gracie

Gator Golf

Another Fresh Brewed Designs Blog Hop

2009-12-09T19:21:00.000-08:00

The talented miss Heather is having an image release and to celebrate that she is having a blog hop, go check it out there are a lot of prizes throughout the hop.

Crafty Time

2009-12-06T19:11:00.000-08:00

OK, so I had about an hour to craft today, and these are the 2 cards I made. I was feeling like using glitter today. Now that I have my new scrapbook shelf hung up and can see all my glitter on the shelf, I felt like using it.

You can't really tell in this picture but this first card is super glittery, I used snowflake stickers and the snowman and tree is chipboard.

At least you can tell this next card is glittery. I got the image in a swap and all the snowy parts of the image have a ton of glitter on them.

Awesome Blog Candy

2009-12-01T18:30:00.000-08:00

Lisa is offering some awesome blog candy, here is the link.

Happy Thanksgiving!

2009-11-26T20:56:00.000-08:00

It was a long but fun day. We had lunch at my Mom's then dinner at Paul and Natalie's. I got to see my Grandma at the nursing home too. I am so excited cause tomorrow I am gonna watch New Moon, yay and go to the new house to unpack some boxes.

Here is one of the few pictures of all of the kids together and facing forward.

Here is Jack and Christian, after Alek and Nathaniel left Jack followed Christian around everywhere. Poor Christian, but he was sooooo good with Jack, he didn't get mad once that he kept following him.

2 cards and a pool party!

2009-11-15T19:04:00.000-08:00

We spent Friday and Saturday working on the house, we got a lot of stuff moved into the rooms that are finished. So today I wanted to rest, I made 2 cards and then we went to a pizza/pool party at Paul and Natalie's so we could all visit with Uncle Ken before he had to leave to go home. Jack had fun swimming with Jason and all of the other kids, then ate pizza and lots of sweets. Then Jack played air hockey with Gracie. The kids had fun playing on the pool cover before it was opened up.

Onto the cards:

The first card I made is just really simple, I embossed 2 lines on both sides, put gold shimmer ink on them and added a pretty sticker to the card and then a sentiment.

This next card is for the cute critters club challenge to make a Christmas card using pink and red. The paper looks light pink and dark pink but I swear it is red and pink.

Fresh Brewed Blog Hop

2009-11-04T17:12:00.000-08:00

There is a blog hop for Fresh Brewed Designs, this Friday, go and check it out.

Happy Halloween

2009-11-01T08:33:00.000-08:00

We were not having any luck in the neighborhood, so we found a church that was doing trunk or treat and went there. Jack had so much fun and everyone loved his Thomas the Train outfit, then he left with his Nana so he can spend the night at Nana's house.

Jack posing with his kitty cat cousins, Cassie and Hannah.

some Christmas and Thanksgiving cards and a visit to TN

2009-10-29T11:17:00.000-07:00

I have been busy working on the house this week and haven't had too much time to card, but on Tuesday I had a craft day with Cass. I made 2 cards before I drove to her house, then 2 cards at her house.

So, I got kind of carried away with the stickles and made the black ink bleed, that is why the snow falling has a black tint to it.

Here are the Thanksgiving cards that I made at Cass's house, the first one is for the CCC sketch challenge.

Well, I have to get back to work on the house, maybe I will get another chance to card this week.

Getting in the Christmas mood

2009-10-26T06:53:00.000-07:00

I have been trying to get a jump start on my Christmas cards this year, and since I'm off of work I have been trying to make a bunch of cards, but with the house and Jack , I haven't had too much crafting time. My goal was to make one card a day while I was off, and I have been off for 5 days and have 4 cards made, so I guess I'm not doing too bad.

With this first card, I wanted to challenge myself by picking a color you don't see too often on Christmas cards, so I picked yellow, not gold, but yellow. I was going through my papers that people have rak'd me and I found this perfect paper. I don't think it turned out too bad.

This next card is for a sketch challenge over on Card Makin Mamas. I got this image in a Christmas swap last year.

I took an up-close pic of the snowflake so you could see how sparkly it is.

My Happenings last week

2009-10-25T08:08:00.001-07:00

Jack wanted to paint the pumpkins we got at Jackson's Orchard.

Then we went to Elaine's to celebrate Alek's birthday. Jack wanted to open the presents and blow out the candles, so bad, but I kept telling him that he will get to on his birthday in less than 2 months, but of course that is an eternity to a child.

Superman cake

Then I wanted to try this recipe from the Taste of Home magazine, I went to the Taste of Home cooking school and wanted to try these. They are s'mores muffins, I think it looks like a marshmallow creme volcano, but they were delicious.

Jackson's Orchard

2009-10-19T18:06:00.000-07:00

My best friend Jen came up from Nashville and we took Jack to Jackson's Orachard. We were not there too long, cause it was cold and windy.

we are eating an apple pie with an apple cider slush, yummy

Hayride on a cold chilly day.

I just love this picture, with Jack, the pumpkins and the cloudy sky. I think these next 2 pics are so beautiful, ya know scenery wise.

Jen and Jack in the bouncy castle

Riding in the wagon with the goods. He picked out 2 pumpkins, pumpkin butter, pumpkin bread, rocky road fudge and a pumpkin sucker.

Giggling in the car.

Jack is spazzing out cause he really wants his chocolate pumpkin sucker

This weekend flew by

2009-10-18T16:51:00.000-07:00

Where did the weekend go? at least I got the chance to make a couple of cards, barely. I was going through crafting withdrawls.

This first card is for a sktch challenge in the Card Makin Mama's Group over on cafemom

This next card is for a sketch challenge in the CCC on cafemom.

Both of the images were sent in a cute envelope card package from my friend Carol.

This is Carol's cute envelope card she made

and stuffed it with goodies.

This is the card I made for my card swap partner, Angie

the inside view

and this shows the pocket

I can't show what's going inside just in case Angie reads my blog.

Happy Blogaversary to me !

2009-10-17T19:20:00.000-07:00

Today was my one year Blogaversary and I totally forgot about it, but I figured out how to work this whole blog thing with the help of Dee exactly one year ago today. I am also super shocked that I have had over 1,000 views of my blog. Probably a lot of the same people viewed the blog over and over just like I have blogs that I like to visit a lot. I really appreciate everyone who comes to view and comment on my blog. I wanted to do something special like have some blog candy to give away, but I totally forgot , so maybe next year I will be more prepared.