What I did today!

yeah for me! I finished a page and did a complete load of laundry (including drying not folding). Woohoo! I had so much fun doing this page, I think I went a little crazy but it was fun to just let it flow.....I painted, I sanded with my nifty Chizzel-it (I have had it for like 3 years-same battery!), I machine stitched, I hand sewed, I stamped, I used up new stuff, I used up old stuff, and I used scraps! So here is my layout for today (with some close ups):

supplies:

Pattern Paper: dream street

flourish: Bazzill

felt flower: fancy pants

star stamps: Bo Bunny

ink: cat eye chalk

Pearls: Kaiser

metal edge: 7 gypsies

chipboard lettering: Basic Grey

Jewels: Horizon

other:hand stitching and machine sewing and distressing with my chizzel-it

Super Ben!

I was so excited to find a sketch that worked for these fun pictures taken of DS back in JANUARY!! 

Supplies: pattern paper: Dream Street

Cardstock & border: Bazzill

Octagon shape: Cricut George

Cardstock letters: American Crafts

Brads: unknown but aren't they cool?!  I have had them forever and just rediscovered them!

other: of course machine stitching, but look I changed the thread to red!  Also I sanded the letters and inked them, also I inked the borders.

Quick cricut card I made today!

I really love my cricut, sometimes I think it gets lonely from lack of use, but I sure do love to use it! BBTB inspired me to make another entry.

supplies:

stamps: Bo Bunny

pattern paper: pebbles inc.

jewels: Hobby Lobby

Eek: cricut Cuttin up

spider: cricut doodlecharms

card: DCWV

other: sewing

Life is CRAZY busy!!

Okay, so life is CRAZY right now.  The kiddos have started back to soccer, that means M-TH practices, & Saturday games.  Add to that loveliness piano lessons, cub scouts, activity days every other week, and helping in the classroom.  Plus a washer going out and having to buy another add some birthday parties and you have this week.  

Oh, I forgot to mention I went bra shopping yesterday.  Talk about a good time, NOT!!!  Yeah, I know!  Why is it SO difficult?!  I picked up 10 and the first one worked the others....forget it!  That was PURE luck, I tell you!  

Funny story, after I had my last baby I went bra shopping all by myself.  You ladies that have nurse know that you are never the same EVER again.  Anyway, I went by myself.  I kept picking bras out left and right, nothing was working.  Well, DH calls me on my cell while I am in the dressing room at which point I am on the verge of tears!  (I'm sure the other ladies could hear me in there!)  He asks me, when are you coming home?!!  I told him the situation amongst tears and luckily he understood, and let me off the phone.  3 hours later I found something that worked, and I bought 2!!

***disclaimer: this was to explain the lack of creative goodies, and I got a little side tracked.....do you ever do that?***

Kazan's sketch #9

I had the best time with this card! I bought this paper about a month ago, and it was perfect. I LOVE Halloween..... Supplies:

Pattern Paper: Pebbles Inc.

transparency: Hambly

Stickers: 7 gypsies, Making Memories

other: sewing

fiber: ek success

spider button: dress it up

glitter glue: stickles ranger

ribbon: unknown

Card: We R Memory keepers

Baptism gift

This is another gift I finished today.  I used my trusty Zutter Bind-it-all, and Fiskar Whale of a Punch.  I got this idea from a little book my daughter got as a gift when she was baptized.  I borrowed it, and this is what I came up with:

**For the tabs I punched out flowers out of my pattern papers and thin chipboard.  I glued my front piece of pattern paper to a piece of chipboard, and repeated for the back.  I then glued my front flower to the journal page, and the back flower to the back of the paper.  I then glued a jewel to the middle.**

I decided to make a card to match out of the scraps, this really was a fun project that I wouldn't mind doing again!

Laura's sketch #8

here is this week's card from 2sketches4you:

supplies: 

Pattern paper: Cloud 9

flower: Bazzill Bling

jewels: Hobby Lobby

other: machine sewing

rubon: american crafts

ribbon: joann's 99 cent ribbon

September 2008 Challenge at Scrapbook Circle

Part of my responsibilities at Scrapbook Circle is to provide challenges.  This months was to doodle, and hand stitch.  There are some fabulous pages already done, take a LOOK.  This is my example: 

Supplies:

Pattern paper, Transparency, felt shapes: Fancy Pants Designs

Letter stickers: Making Memories

brackets: Cricut Alphalicious

Birthday gift

This project is a birthday present for my sister-n-law, (no she doesn't look at the blog....if she does, well HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mindy!)  Her birthday is Friday, I was excited how quickly this all went together.  I bought this frame on Clearance at Target a while back, and these papers were out for another project, and my SIL LOVES orange, so I thought how perfect!

Simple steps to do a frame:

1. painted the edges

2. Trace the size of the paper on the opposite side of the pattern paper and cut.  

3. For the center part (where the picture goes) I traced and cut with my X-ACTO again.

4.  Adhere pattern paper to frame, I then used an X-ACTO knife to trim the edges closer.

5. After the glue is dried a little, I embellished the pattern paper with stickles, and flowers with jewels.

Easy Peasy!

I also made a matching card, and this was all from one sheet of 12x12 paper!  (the flowers were cut from a seperate scrap, but could've been cut from the same paper.)

Supplies: 

Frame: Prima

Paper: WeR Memory keepers

jewels: Hobby Lobby

glitter glue: stickles, ranger

Baby Album #3

So I finished baby album #3!!  Woohoo, only one more to go (for right now....)  I bought this kit off of QVC a while  back, and it was a screaming deal then.  Now they have it for $12.50!  Anyway, I really enjoyed  how this album turned out.  (the first image is the card that matches.)

Paper, stickers, tags, ribbons, rubons: WeR Memory Keepers

Brads: American Crafts, & Bazzill

other: machine sewing