My Challenge

Hi All!!

My card for today is part of a challenge that I have made for myself. I have been trying to re-organize things, and discovered that I (probably like many of you) have a TON of scraps. So, in the spirit of trying to downsize (to make room for lots of new fun stuff!) I am going to be using my scraps for my projects for this week. I am excited to see what I come up with!



If you have any questions, please let me know! Have a FANTASTIC day! :)

Happy New Year!

Hi Everyone!! I hope you all had a fantastic New Year's! Travis and I went out to dinner with some friends, and were home by 10:30. We were really living on the edge! ;)

Anyhow, yesterday, we had my daughter Amaiya's 10th birthday party. She wanted to have a card making party to play with my new Build-a-Bear supplies. They had a BLAST! I was very impressed with all their bears. Here's a look at all the festivities:



Ava LOVES making cards. She's only 5, but I think she does a great job. :)



She is pretty shy. She always gets embarrassed when it's time to sing to her!


Amaiya has been wanting a guitar for about 3 years. I didn't want to get her one until I thought she was serious. I told her if she saved half, I would put up the other half. Well here it is!


Well, now that the party is over, I am going to take some time and play with this stuff myself! Have a great day! :)

I LOVE Valentine's Day!

Hi all! I hope your Christmas was just as wonderful as mine! The days leading up to Christmas were VERY busy, but the actual day was quiet and uneventful, even with visiting the in-laws! I couldn't ask for more than that!

My project for today is my first for V-Day! It is using one of my favorite color combos of the moment, Melon Mambo and Black. While the patterned paper is not SU!, (it's one from my stash) the color is so close I thought it worked perfectly. The inspiration for the little box came from my favorite resource, Splitcoast. It is so cute, and fits the candy so perfectly, I KNOW I will be using this one often!

My computer is acting kinda funky today, and I can't save my photo editing. So if you click on the pictures, they are going to be HUGE!!







These last two pictures are the Teacher gifts I made. They are comprised of inexpensive items, but when I put everything together, it cme out beautifully. The kids' teachers loved them!





If you have any questions about any of these projects, just drop me aline and let me know. Have a fantastic New Year's Eve, and be safe! :)

Hello! Sorry to post and run, but I have a lot to do this weekend! :) My project is a quick one I made for a friend. I hope this helps give you some inspiration, Tammie!



If you have any questions about this project, just let me know. Have a great day!

Hello Everyone!

Sorry for posting this so late, but that's what life is like on third shift! I slept a lot longer than I wnated to, but I suppose I needed it. Anyway, my project for today is another batch of the gift tags that I have been making lately. I am trying to find the design that I want for myself, so I guess this will be trial and error until I figure it out! But, never fear, these won't go to waste. They are going to be a part of the teacher gifts the girls are giving. :)



I have also fallen in love with making Peppermint Patty Sandwiches! They are so super and easy and cute, and will also be going into the gift bags this year!



Well, I gotta run, I have to finish dinner, and try to catch a quick cat nap before I go to work! :)

Jumping in with both feet...

Oh my goodness it's been awhile!! First, I would like to say I'm so very sorry for pulling a disappearing act! I have had the craziest month you would not believe! The last time I posted, my family was battling the H1N1 flu. Well, it got me, and I was down for the count for almost two weeks. Then just when I was feeling better, I had to go back to my hometown of Lansing, Michigan for my 15 year class reunion. It was SO much fun, everyone looked GREAT! It's hard to believe I have been out of high school for 15 years!

Then, in the middle of all that, I was the chairperson for the BIG fundraising event at my kids school. It was a HUGE deal because this was my first year heading the event, and being the perfectionist that I am, I obsessed a teeny bit. (lol) It went very well, and we brought in over 9000 dollars that night! Whoo-Hoo!! :)

Add in a few birthdays (I turned 33 on the 15th!), some more sickness, I started back on nights at my job, and just the overall business of being parents to 5, and papercrafting had to take a back seat for a little bit. But, I'm back!!! And while I was away, I discovered that I got an award! (But more on that later!) So on to today's project. I just decided to jump right in and do a Mojo Monday sketch, because I love them so! I had been working on and off all weekend on projects for the kids' teachers, so the colors and stamp set were already set. I really like the colors, and have decided they are going to be used for a lot of projects this season! Hope you like it!

The sketch:


The Result:


Close-up of the sparkle!


Here are a couple of the things I worked on this weekend...
I have been making gift tags like a maniac! I will will sharing my creations all week.


This is another paper bag purse that I did with my Kids Card Club this weekend. The kids did a fabulous job! And a special shout-out to my 5 year old Ava. She stamped for the first time this weekend, and did an awesome job! She is a natural! I will have to share her creations later.

If you would like to know the ingredients for these projects, just drop me a line, and I will let you know!

I will try and post my Beautiful Blog award that I got from Sue Daly later today. But you know how life can be, so it may be tomorrow! Until then, have a FANTASTIC day! :)

It has been a LONG time!

And I'm really SORRY!! I am in the middle of about 1000 things (as usual) and I have been seriously neglecting my poor blog! :( I am planning a huge fundraising event at my kids' school, and that has been taking a lot of my time. We are also battling a rather persistent flu bug in my house, that also has about a third of the kids' school gone. Ick.

Anyhow, because I feel I need to share something, I dug through my pics and found a couple of 3x3 that I did about a month ago. Hope to get back in the swing of things soon!



Have a great day! :)