Paper, Scissors and Superheroes

Hello, sweetheart....

Just popping in for a quick post.  I feel like my little blog has been kind of ignored lately!  It's been crazy around here....school starting, lots of things going on.  I love Saturdays though... my dear husband was home all day today and it was wonderful.  I felt like I got so much accomplished!  And the weather was beautiful, so tonight we took a little ride to the park to play.  I love this time of year.  Cool evenings....sweater weather.  :-)

Well, just a few things to share tonight... first off is a layout I did for Provo Craft.  The photos are from Julia's 5th birthday.  She was given this cute necklace from her Grandpa and Grandma and she was just thrilled.  I used lots of Cricut goodies.... Fabulous Finds, Opposites Attract and Accent Essentials carts.  Papers are Basic Grey. 

And, a frame, also done for Provo Craft.  I used Stretch Your Imagination, Joys of the Season, Opposites Attract, Accent Essentials and Happily Ever After carts...

Well, unfortunately I think that's all I have to show you tonight.  I'm off to watch a late-night movie with my hubby.  More next week, I promise!  :-)  'night!

The good, the bad and the ugly...

So, I've told you about the bad and the ugly parts of our little garage sale adventure, so I feel like I really should share one of the good finds for the day.  I happened across a beautiful vintage stationery set.  It was pale blue with ivory embossed roses and scalloped edges.  There were papers with large envelopes, and small notecards with tiny envelopes.  The best part was the envelopes.  I thought the scallops were so pretty.  I thought they would be perfect for card-making.  So, here is my humble attempt at a little something on the shabby side.  I'm usually a bright-color kinda girl, but I also love soft, vintage things, so here is my stab at it.  :-)  I added some Basic Grey rose stickers, Basic Grey and Crate patterned paper, some Making Memories buttons, flower and felt and a little twill ribbon. 

And, in honor of tomorrow being the first day of the new school year, I feel the need to post something school related.  This is a flashcard set I made using the Plantin Schoolbook Cricut cartridge.  Everything here was cut with that cart, including the little carrier.  I cut it out of chipboard first so it would be sturdier, then cut it again from cardstock to cover the chipboard.  The flashcards were made using the "endcap" feature, which before this project I hadn't even really paid attention too, but I'm sure I'll be using it a whole bunch in the future.  How handy!! 

And last, but not least, I've been tagged by the very talented Chris M. 

The rules for the award are - (1) The winner can put the logo on their blog. (2) Link the person you received your award from. (3) Nominate at least 7 other blogs. (4) Put links of those on yours. (5) Leave a message on the blogs of the girls or boys you’ve nominated.

So, here are the blogs I'm tagging...

Anabelle because I LOVE her details and beautiful, feminine style.

Lisa because she's so sweet and talented ta boot!

Sherry because she makes such beautiful things and can stamp like nobody's business.  :-)

Dawn because her perfectly simple cards are as sweet as she is!

Molly because she always has the sweetest photos on her blog and her projects are filled with the most amazing details.

And, ok, I'm lazy.  That's only 5, but school tomorrow and I need to get these crazy kids to bed.  :-)

Thanks for visiting.  Have a wonderful rest of the week.  :-)

A mommy moment...

I know we've all had them...those wonderful moments when our children embarrass the heck out of us.  Well, I had one yesterday.  Probably the biggest one yet in my mommy life to date.  I'm going to tell you about it because I know if you're a mom, you can relate.  And just to warn you...there's a big ick factor, so if you're squeemish, just scroll on down to my Lime Tart stuff.  haha.  Well, yesterday my mom and I decided to squeeze in one final day of garage sales before school starts.  I think I've talked about it before, but it's one of my favorite things to do with my mom during the summer.  My kids love it too.  I give them 5 bucks at the start of the day and they get to spend it as they wish.  But they know when it's gone, it's gone.  Besides having fun and getting to buy what they want, it teaches them to make wise decisions with their money.  Ok, but that's beside the point.  We were having a good day, thinking about winding it up for the day when we stopped at a sale in a nice neighborhood.  Katie was having a ball...she is walking SO well now and she is just thrilled with herself and the feeling that she can keep up with the rest of the kids.  Well, the kids were out on the driveway kind of playing with a little kid's table and chair set and I was snooping around in the garage.  I popped my head out to peek at Katie and noticed she was kind of stomping around in a puddle of.....something.  Well, as I got closer I realized that the puddle was coming out of her diaper.  I think she had saved up everything she has ever eaten in her year of life and decided to expel it at that moment.  And she's teething, so you can imagine.  So, now I get the explain to the man running the sale (who I had overheard 5 minutes earlier saying that he couldn't wait for his wife to get home because he was sick of the whole garage sale thing), that my daughter had just pooed all over his driveway.  I was out of wipes after cleaning up several messy icecream hands and faces after lunch, and I had nowhere to go with her.  The nice man (trying to hide his disgust) got me a bucket of water and a roll of paper towels.  He didn't offer his bathroom so I could clean her up, I mean afterall, I could have been a thief who staged the whole event just to get into his house and steal his stuff.  For all he knew, I carried a bottle of the stuff in my pocket to pour onto his driveway and just the perfect opportunity.  haha.  So, I layed the poor dear on the grass and tried to clean her up as best I could.  Once I had her clean, I left the man a $10 bill and we got out of there as quickly as possible...and headed home.  Thankfully, she's been fine ever since.  I figured she was coming down with the flu or something, but I guess not.  She's fine, thankfully.  Well, that was really long, but the moral of the story is that as moms, we all have moments like this and it's what gives moms all around the world a special bond.  Several women walked past me saying, it's ok, we've all been there.  Made me feel a bit better for sure, still mortified, but better.  :-)

Ok, well after all that, you deserve to see some projects.  Here are just a few of my Lime Tart projects using the August a la Tart.  Beautiful KI papers and lots of fun embellishments.  I thought these little paper bags would make the perfect notecards.  They fit just right inside a Provo Craft band-aid tin.  The owls and birds were cut with my Cricut using the Storybook cart.

The bird stamp from the kit is just adorable and I thought they would look so cute lined up on a colorful branch.  I colored them in with Twinkling H20's.

And, another card.  I couldn't help but cut out those cute flowers from the KI Bloom paper and folding them up a bit for some dimension. 

These are just a few of my projects, be sure to go to the Lime Tart gallery to see what everyone else did with the kits.  There are three giant galleries full of luscious things to look at!  Check it out!

I think that's all for today.  Thanks for visiting and bearing with me through today's ick factor.  heehee.  Have a good weekend! 

Ahhh... where were we?

Do you have those days when you feel like you never get the chance to even finish a thought?  Yup, we've had quite a few of those around here.  Katie is walking almost all the time now...more and more every day.  And I think she's figured out that she can get into a lot more trouble -- can't take your eyes off the little bug!  She's so cute though.... I caught this the other day when we went out in the back yard to play.  It makes me giggle. 

And just a few things to share tonight.  This is a baby card I made using some Making Memories goodies, Fancy Pants felt, and the lamb was cut with my Cricut (Paper Dolls cart) and covered with Prima flowers with Stickles in the centers. 

And, a layout... sorry about the colors -- they seem a little off and I couldn't get it to photograph right, but you get the idea.  :-)  Hopefully you will be seeing a few more layouts from me for a while.  I went through all of my photos from the past year and a half and realized there are so many photos that I have not scrapped and really need to. 

Lots of different goodies here...Scenic Route and Basic Grey paper, Inque Boutique chipboard, WRMK diecuts and stickers, Fancy Pants felt and Basic Grey buttons.

This is one of my favorite pictures of my little man.  This was taken over a year ago...when he lost his first tooth.  See?  I have lots of catching up to do.   

Ok, I'm off... thanks for visiting...have a wonderful rest of the weekend.  Next week looks like a busy week, so we'll see how much posting I get to do.  :-)

Sponsored by the number 5....

yes, ok, I watched Sesame Street this morning.  The kids were actually kind of excited to watch tv this morning....today marked the end of our "week without tv".  The kids were doing a bit too much lying around watching tv and the noise of it was getting to me, so we decided to just turn it off for a week.  It was great...you should try it some time.  :-)

But, anyway, back to the number 5... we're gearing up for Julia's 5th birthday next week.  She is having her very first ever "friend party".  My mom runs a little tea house and she is throwing a tea party for Julia and some of her little preschool friends.  Julia and I worked together last week to make some invitations to send out.  I kept them nice and simple so she could help with just about everything.  She punched all the circles and cut the little foam "party" words with my Cuttlebug and then she helped me assemble them.  That really cool collage strip of 5's is from the new Graphically Speaking Cricut cart....TONS of fun stuff on that cart.  I love it all and can't wait to play around with it a bit more.

And next, I wanted to share a fun project with you.  This is an altered box filled with lacing cards.  I did something similar to this for an assignment a while back and Julia fell in love with it.  But unfortunately I had to send it off and she couldn't have it, so I promised to make her one of her own.  I never got around to it before, so I decided to make it now and give it to her for her birthday.  I cut lots of fun shapes out of chipboard using my Cricut and covered them with patterned paper.  I then used my Crop-a-dile to punch holes around the edges.  The papers are all from the Making Memories Hallabaloo collection (a Target exclusie I think?).

Here is the inside of the box.  There are birds, bugs, a sun, flowers, and a butterfly.  The shapes were cut from a variety of carts...Storybook, Pooh and DoodleCharms.  I included a small tin filled with different colored yarns and ribbons for her to lace through the holes. 

And...one last little goodie.  Just using up a few more of those scraps I have lying around.  I had some diecut apples left from my apple crate, so I gave them a home on this teacher thank-you card.  The papers are Sassafrass and Collage Press, Sticker by Sandy Lion, chipboard from Scenic Route, diecut "thanks" is Cuttlebug and the apples are of course cut with my Cricut and the Home Accents cart.  I cut them out of red Cricut Vinyl....makes for instant easy stickers.  :-)

Well, I'm off...cleaning and laundry are calling.  :-)

Little house with a green door....

While on our way home from the wedding we went to a few weekends ago we stopped at a beautiful garden on the way home to let the kiddos run for a while.  In the middle of the park was this adorable little cottage which, with me being a scrapbooker and all, thought would make the perfect spot to take some photos of the kids.  Don't you love that green door? I kind of wanted to just move on in. 

Here is a layout I created with one of the photos taken by that cute little house.  This layout is up on the Lime Tart blog and everything on it is from the August Lime Tart A La Tart kit.  I love these KI Bloom papers....aren't they just so colorful and fun?  This kit is up for order on the Lime Tart site for international orders, or if you're in the US and want a kit, they are available from Just Johanna's Odd Bird Planet.

Oh, and speaking of Just Johanna's Odd Bird Planet, she's got tons of new stamps ready to be released very soon.  They are all SO cute.  Lots of fun Halloween, some Christmas, baby and more.  Here's a little peek at one of the new images...isn't he cute?

And, here are some sneaks of a few of the rest of my projects.  I'll share more once the gallery's up.  :-)

Well, I think that's it for tonight....thanks for stopping by! 

Summer doldrums...

do you have them at your house too?  The end of summer nears, school looms ahead, the kids get a bit restless (and me too).  Ahhh..  getting anxious for fall and cool weather, fires in our backyard and crackling leaves.  You too? 

I had some peace and quiet this evening....Daddy took the kiddos to the pool.  I cleaned up my work table today and found tons of little scraps goodies that needed a home, so I put them to good use and made some cards.  I love to play with little scraps and trinkets.  I keep a small bin on the shelf above my work table and just toss in extra diecuts, bits of ribbon or little doo-dads that I don't feel like putting back in their packages.  These first to cards were made using some left-over diecuts from the layout in this post.  These were cut from some of my favorite papers, so I couldn't just toss them in the trash.  :-) 

I also played around with some of the brand new Cuttlebug embossers and dies which I got in the mail yesterday - yay!  The "hello friend" sentiment above is new, as are the embossed borders.  I think those are my favorite - have you seen them?  Really fun.  Check them out here.  And some more here.  And here.  They're really fun beause each one is it's own little strip and you can emboss anywhere you want on your project. 

Here's another card with more of the same left-over little diecuts and another new Cuttlebug sentiment.

 

 

And here's a little summery goodie using some left-over American Crafts Spring and Summer line.

And...last one...using some Cosmo Cricket paper, Scenic Route diecut and Basic Grey chipboard.  All little goodies I was too lazy to put away.  :-)

I still have a few more scraps laying around that need homes, so I'm off to use them up.  Hopefully I'll have a few more things to share over the weekend.  Oh, and I'll have some Lime Tart peeks as well.  We're off to the water park tomorrow for a day of fun in the sun.  Happy Friday Eve!  :-)

Baby steps...

my baby girl took her first little steps yesterday.  So sweet.  I didn't have my camera of course, but she did it at Grandpa and Grandma's house, so that was pretty cool.  She took a few more today, but it will be a bit before she feels steady enough to do much more.  At 1 week short of 14 months, she is actually the earliest of my three kids.  Late walkers....they get it from their dad.  :-)  That's ok though, they seem to stay babies a bit longer that way. 

Well, I have a few things to share with you tonight, just for fun.  Sorry for the lack of posting this past week...I took a little scrappy break.  There have been some disheartening things in my little corner of scrapbook world that zapped me of my creativity for a while.  :-(  So, I took a break, took some extra time to do some deep cleaning around the yard and house...that always seems to be a bit of a stress reliever for me for some reason.  But, I got back into creating some things in the last few days.  I've been happily creating with this....

....the August A la Tart from Lime Tart.  Beautiful, cheerful, good-for-the-soul colors.  Hopefully I'll have some sneaks of my projects soon. 

And....I created a few other things....This baby gift bag uses Basic Grey papers and chipboard, the sentiment and bag were cut with my Cricut

And...one more little goodie tonight... A card using the Kids line from American Crafts.  I just love those little puppies...aren't they just the cutest? 

 

Well, that's all for tonight...I'm going to go enjoy my quiet house and do a little more creating.  Thanks for stopping by... I truly appreciate your visits and comments. 

New photos....

Don't you just love having some fun new photos to play around with?  I do.  I took over three hundred photos over the weekend and it seems like nothing makes me itch to scrap more than new photos.  But, first I had to get a little work out of the way.  I worked on some Provo Craft projects the last few days, so I thought I'd share what I came up with. 

First is a layout of the Bugs (that's what we all have come to call Katie :) ) Yes, I snuck in a photo from this past weekend.  I just couldn't resist.  We stopped at this beautiful park/garden on the way home to let the kids run for a while and there were such pretty spots for photos.  I used the Accent Essentials cart to cut the background design.  That adorable bird is from the Indie Art cart (isn't he cute?).

Next up is a card.  The flowers and birds are from the 50 States cartridge...when they first sent me that cart I had no idea what I'd ever use it for, but then I looked through the book and there are so many wonderful flowers and birds.  Each state's bird and flower are on the cart as well as the flags, which actually have some really fun components that could be used for lots of other things.  :-)  The background of the card is embossed with the Cuttlebug music embosser and the label is also a Cuttlebug die. 

And lastly is a little altered project.  I picked up this large wooden crate at the dollar store and altered it up a bit.  I thought it would make a fun fallish home decor piece.  I used Sassafras papers and Cricut vinyl for the apples and letters.  Those adorable apples are from the Home Accents Solutions cartridge...which is fast becoming one of my favorite carts.  :)

Well, I better run...Katie came down with a fever this evening and I hear her starting to fuss.  Poor girl.  Have a good night.  :-)

The Dress.....check!

Thank you all for your wonderful help.  51 reminders...wow, you girls are good...that was about 50 less than from my mom though.  haha!  :-)  As for the goodies....the Random Number Generator selected comment #41 from Deah:

Particularly love that deep brown & cream architectural paper mixed with the yellow..lovely! =)

Don't forget the dress..or the coloring books..or the sippy cups.. ;) Hope you have a wonderful time!

Posted by:Deah =) | July 18, 2008 at 07:06 AM

Deah, I just sent you an e-mail.  :-)

So, everything went well, we had a great time, the kids did so well on the long ride.  Katie's tooth came in the afternoon before we left, so she was in a much happier mood.  Julia did just perfect through rehersal and the wedding and everything.  She looked so adorable and I was so proud of her!  I thought I'd better share a pic with you all, since you were such a wonderful help.  My mom made the dress and although it brought her near to tears a few times since it was a really difficult pattern, she did a beautiful job and it turned out just perfect.  It was almost identical to the bride's. 

And, here a just a few little cards I made before we left.   The first one uses some American Crafts goodies.  The second uses some of the new Tinkering Ink Beau Jardin line...just released at CHA this past weekend.

Well, thanks again for all of your help and comments.  I really appreciate it!  I hope you are all off to a wonderful start to your week.  I'm off to catch up, clean up and maybe get some laundry done.  :-)