Sketchy Thursdays guest DT February 2011

So Saturday was VERY productive in the Scrappy department.  I finished 3 layouts!!  I had a blast working with this sketch from sketchy Thursdays and the Cosmo Cricket paper.  Besides using the sketch you had to: use a heart, use red or pink, and journal.  Easy!

 here are the hearts that I used closeup, excuse the glue this little puppy kept skidding away from me it was hard to get a hold of! :)

 If you have been following me very long, you know that I have been trying to use up things in my stash.  This leather frame I bought at big lots a LONG time ago, it's been sitting on my desk.  It was red, I used it!  I put pop dots on the back of this sticker so that not only is it sticking to the frame but also the paper underneath.

 Another cool idea that came about was the tulle.  There is a red side and black side to the design that I covered.  I didn't want to go ALL black or red.  So I pulled out my tool and wrapped it around the sheet of paper and sewed it down.  I like that it cut the color AND gave me some black too.

 I cut these flowers out of a piece of the patterned paper AND I used my circle punch to get the black outlined one cut just right.  Yep, I felt productive and creative at the same time!

We REALLY liked Despicable Me or as my youngest would call it "Despicdable me" :)  There were parts for everyone to laugh at.  

Well, I'm off for a bike ride with the kiddos!  Thanks for dropping in!  And I hope that you have a WONDERFUL day!

Day late, dollar short?

Never!  Okay so this was the sketch last week for Sketchy Thursdays, I finished it Wednesday night--I didn't have good light, I wasn't feeling that great--I went to bed.  But Thursday I took a picture, yesterday I cropped it and today I'm posting it!  I really liked this sketch, simple to follow.

 I busted out the remains of several past Scrapbook Circle kits for this one.  Crate paper--I LOVE you! :) Yes, the heart felt flower is from like ages past....

This fun little flower I bought on clearance at Michael's, I'm proud of the fact that I actually used it in the same week that I bought it!  The journaling was done on the inside packaging of the flower.  The paper itself is pretty cool as it has polka dots on it.

 funny thing about this title.  I asked everyone for help, I wanted to something short sweet and to the point.  I got several suggestions, I finally settled on this:

 Yes, I know how to spell!  This is more fun! :)

Today is filled with stuff, "hopefully" I will get what I want to done!  AND get some scrappy time too! Ohhh, if you haven't seen, the sneak is up of the February Scrapbook Circle kit, it's yummy!  You can see it HERE.  I have it in my hot hands and can't wait to dig into it!

Thanks for the visit!  I sure hope that your Saturday is FABULOUS!

Inspired Blueprints #63--We are Family

So I decided to FINALLY pull out my Cosmo Cricket circa 1934--WOW is it GORGEOUS!  I was so excited that these pictures went well with the sketch AND the paper-BONUS!!

I used sketch #63 from Inspired Blueprints

 layered up some stickers and used my I*ROCK tool for the jewels:

 If you notice there is a W underneath the title--perfect for my last name! :)

 I even got to use my homemade gathered ribbon that has been sitting in a bag for months!

Today was a quiet day at the house I finished my book I am Number 4.  Wow!!  it grips you and sucks your right in, it's quite exciting.  **warning there was some language, to me it seemed a little forced like an after thought.  Thankfully no F bomb.  It wasn't every other word, but I'm just warning you just in case....**  They made a movie that will be out in March.  I'm SO excited to see it now!

Speaking of movies,  DH and I went to go see True Grit.  It's a good one!  I liked it a lot.  There were parts where I was covering my eyes, and saying, "oohh!" I was laughing at other parts.  The girl TOTALLY steals the show--she was AMAZING!

We watched Inception the other night--it was WEIRD.  If you like weird well...watch it! :)  let me see....Despicable Me is sitting on the table and the kids are ANXIOUS to watch it.  We have to wait for tomorrow as my girl has mutual tonight.  Have I ever mentioned how much I LOVE netflix--it's awesome!  My boys are watching A-team as I type.  And I've been scrapping and watching Sherlock Holmes.  Fun!

Anyway, I should be fixing dinner right now!  Hope you have a fantastic day!  Thanks for visiting!

brrrr....

yes, this snow makes me cold.  It's 63 degree here today, I'll take it!  This is a visit a couple of years ago to the snow, we were in Utah for a wedding.  We stayed with one of my mission companions and we had such a GREAT time.  These pictures were all SO random but I wanted them all on one layout.  Just love how it all came together...

 the background paper and mist were from my stash but everything else is from the January Scrapbook Circle kit.  LOVED it!!  

The star edges you see peeking out are from the sticker pack included in the kit.  they said love and something else I don't remember I just wanted to use them for their edges.  So I just snipped them in half and tucked them under this little border thing.

I have to share this TOTALLY unrelated scrapbook thing.  In December we went to the BEST wedding reception I have ever been to!  SO MUCH fun, the boys wanted to go back!!  Anyway, their reception pictures were featured on Green Wedding Shoes.  SO fun!  Just makes me smile just thinking about it!!  Everything looked so amazing because it was at night....

Well, that's it for me!  Thanks for stopping in!!

Smiling feet

I look at these pictures and they just make me smile!  In December we had our first ever family shoot that wasn't a tripod or Kmart shoot.  I know...that's just sad!  I wanted some fun shots, the photographer started taking pictures of the kids feet.  I told them to make their feet smile my youngest DS (feet pictured to the right of the picture did!)  He is our clown constantly making us laugh.

 I used a super secret sketch from Sketchy Thursdays, their first on Facebook.  It came together SO quickly, I used the January kit from Scrapbook Circle to finish it.  (sorry, I was going to link it here but it's SOLD OUT!)  I LOVED this paper!!  The teal paper was actually from my stash and it's SEI, I've had it for almost a year and was so excited to use something from my stash!

 Today has been a quiet one.  The afore mentioned boy stayed home from school with a headache, I haven't been feeling well so we napped, read, and he is now watching Godzilla cartoons--I had NO idea that there was such a thing.  I watched Godzilla growing up with my brothers, we tried that first but he didn't like the fact that we had to watch subtitles.  I need to find him one that is dubbed over, pretty funny to watch their mouths moving 5x faster than the speaking....

OH, I wanted to share some exciting news.  I can't believe I haven't done so before!  I had a layout in the November 2010 issue of Scrapbook Trends!  AND I have a creation in the upcoming March 2011 issue of the Cricut magazine.  AND!  One of my layouts was just chosen for the June 2011 issue of Scrapbook Trends!  TOOT!! TOOT!!

Well, I best be on my way.  Thanks for stopping in and paying a visit! :)

Me and my Gang

I have to admit I TOTALLY lifted this idea from the January Creating keepsakes issue 45 minute section.  I LOVED it though, the papers were perfect from the Love is all you Need --January kit from Scrapbook Circle.

 Okay these little jobbies from American crafts are AWESOME!  I loved using them, the button is from the December kit and the brad was something I had lying on my desk....

This has been a fantastically relaxing Sunday.  I got a sort of nap and my boys are catching up on their recorded Monster Jam (s), thankfully I don't have to watch today....

Thanks for stopping in!  Hope you are having a great day!!

I LOVE the mac store

I am recharged, rejuvenated, I got a nap yesterday!  yipee!!  I don't always do that but I just couldn't focus... Here is the layout I promised yesterday:

 I was TOTALLY inspired by a layout I saw somewhere.  I just knew it would go perfect with these pictures I took with my cellphone.  I have the Polaroid app on my droid (it's in the FX camera) and just love to take pictures with it.  Anyway, I had fun with the machine stitching and hand stitching on this one.  Just SO artsy--LOVE to get messy.  One thing that I don't think you can see is that this paint has sparkles in it--it's stunning in person.

 I need to hustle my bustle, I've got to go to the gym this morning.  Right after I go help with reading groups, and right after that I get to go on a walking field trip with my boys class.  We are going to McDonald's for an ice cream treat for those kids that made their AR reading goal.  Makes me a little tired just talking about it! :)  Thanks for stopping in--hope that your Friday is a GREAT one! :)

it's quiet....so therefore I want to tell you about my kitchen sink! :) there's a layout too!

and I like it!  It's chilly outside and I need a nap after the early morning late nights I've been having.  I also need to make bread, well maybe Saturday as I still have enough for my kids for tomorrow's lunches....I know procrastination!  Do you want to see my FABULOUS new sink? 

This is the before:

 I don't understand why the people upgraded everything except the sink and faucet when they built the house.  All the appliances were this creme, the stove went last year I replaced it with black, the dishwasher died before we moved in we replaced it with black, my fridge is black.  Are you catching a pattern?  This sink was cracked and rusty and just nasty.  But you use it because it works.  Well when my sprayer stopped working (I use that ALL the time!) a few months ago I sort of loped along.  My hubby tried several different stores could not find the right fit.  he decided Tuesday he had had enough.  I asked for a new faucet with the sprayer in the head (LOVE those!) Oh, and could I get a new sink too?  Please.  Yep!  My handy man took everything out and replaced it with this BEAUTIFULNESS:

 The sink is deeper and just plain old better to look at.  it's composite granite, I didn't want a shiny sink that was hard to clean the water spots.  My daughter happily reported she could get the huge 5 gallon dog water in the sink and refill easily.  YIPEE!!  Good choice I think!  yes, this will be going into this:

 it also came Tuesday.  I was VERY excited and though interrupted a few times I was DETERMINED to get it done.  Do you see me taking the picture on the shiny cover?

Remember that word DETERMINED it's my OLW.  Do you have one?  It's not to late to start, in fact it's NEVER to late to start anything "if you put your mind to it you can accomplish anything!" (movie line, where's it from?--Back to the Future!)

I think I'll do another post later today to share one of my layouts.  Thanks for stopping in and visiting and reading my ramblings.  Hope your new year is off to a great start!

Locks of love

I recently (in December) cut 11" off of my hair to donate to locks of love.  This is only the 3rd time I have ever had short hair. I was nervous, and excited.  The hair stylist even took my picture afterward! :) She was so cute, I was getting nervous when she started to cut, she stopped and made sure I was okay to proceed.  YES, I love the new do!  Anyway, here is the layout I made using my Cricut and the January kit from Scrapbook Circle.

These resin flowers are AWESOME!  I was wondering how I was going to do with them.  Well..... flower centers for coffee filter flowers of course!  The hearts were hand cut.

I'm getting a new sink put in, I'm without water in the kitchen, that means no dishwasher.  Also, all of my dishes are dirty!  What to do?  Hmmmm.....where should we go eat?! :)  I'll have to show before and after pictures it's VERY exciting

Off to help with homework!  Thanks for stopping in!

Happy New year!! Kid Ch3fz

I was away in a VERY cold place for New Years.  We woke up New year's day to -16!  That is CRAZY cold!!  It warmed up to 5 degrees--just enough for the kids to go and play in the snow with their cousins.  I didn't last to long before I was in the car.

It's a new month and you know that brings another WONDERFUL Scrapbook Circle kit!  I have made SO many layouts with this kit and I think that I will be able to make a couple more, I think at last count I had 7!  So without further blathering I will share one with you:

This is pretty simple layout I was inspired by one I had seen by Maggie Holmes in the January Creating Keepsakes.  I rolled with it.  The background paper is NOT included in the kit but is from SEI--I was quite proud of myself as it has been in my stash for a year and I'm finally using it!  The same goes for the journaling spot that I misted.

I ran out of e's and s' at this point so I had to improvise!  yes, I have scrapped these pictures before, but I have one more set that needs to be done too! :)

 For the center of these circles I used my I-rock tool, I'm REALLY loving the added bling--it's SO easy to use too!

Did you make any New year's resolutions?  I have a few rolling around in my mind, but just haven't put to paper.  One for sure is to read at least one of my "list" books a month.  what do I mean?  I made a list of classics or books that I haven't read that I think I should!  I did this a couple of years ago, there are quite a few books.  I have two other books not from the library on my shelf I need to finish because I can't renew them.  Then I will start with one of my other books, I was only able to read like 3 last year--SAD!

Anyway, I've got a PILE of laundry on the couch that needs to be folded and some pretzels to mix up for tonight's activity and treat for Family night.  Thanks for stopping in!