Easter Treat

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter! We sure did here...from egg hunts to ham dinner, it was a wonderful day spent with the family!
Now I wish I had more time to make more of these because these treats turned out super cute! I found the idea on Pinterest! My daughter painted the egg carton a pretty blue color and then we put some paper grass and filled with some chocolate treats and jelly beans! We wrapped it in cellophane and off it went as a cute Easter treat!
I will definitely take more time next year and collect egg cartons and paint them in advance, just cute & fun!!

Washi tape craze!!

Hi there! Well I made it through all day crafting on HSN and now can't wait to get all my goodies!
So, I had to just take a minute to share some great washi tape that I found at target today! I got an orange dot roll with an orange soda can type of dispenser and then a blue stripe one in a whale dispenser and get this...the blade to cut the tape is a mustache, how fun!! These were both smash products! Then I found some more rolls of tape in the clearance bin for only $1.20....for 4 fun rolls! Ok, well just wanted to share...my kids are at their grandparents for a sleepover so I may get to craft tonight...yay!

All day Crafting on HSN

Good morning! First off, congratulations to Lisa & Becky! Lisa is doing a great job on HSN and Becky's project life kits are just fabulous!
I am new to project life, but I can't wait to receive my kits so I can catch up on memories and actually do something with my thousands of photos!
I ordered the blush project life kit with auto ship...3 mini albums with coordinating pieces! I also ordered the blush cardstock kit, the big pack of assorted page protectors ( so I don't get tired of the same thing) and also the envelopes to store all of the little notes that we all exchange! Then before I went to bed, I had to order the jade kit as well! I will use Otto catch up on 2012!
I am just really excited to start recording memories without the stress of the whole scrapbooking process!
If you haven't already checked it out....I head on out and check out project life's debut on HSN....as well as other wonderful products!

Staying up late....

Well tonight at midnight on HSN is the big come back of Lisa Bearnson and she will be presenting the Project Life debut! I am super excited to see Lisa back on the air! I have been eyeing up project life kits because honestly I haven't been scrapbooking all that much and I want to! So I figure getting a kit will get me back on track and I'm hoping that I can keep up with it!
This last month alone I have been through so much medically an am sill feeling sluggish, but to get me in the spirit (while I wait to watch all day crafting on HSN) I put together this layout! These pics are from last summer and they are my favorites so I figured I would start with those!
I am in love with Heidi Swapps color magic line and color shine mists! I recently bought a grab bag from HS and am just getting around to using some stuff!
I wanted to keep the coloring somewhat simple so as to not take away from the photos!
Supplies used:
White cardstock and adhesive...the rest of product is Heidi Swapp: 12x12 color magic paper, flower trimmings, pennants, sunshine fringe trimmings, sequin arrows, color mist banners.

My Little Handy Man

I have really been enjoying May Flaum's class at BPS! Here I have a tag that I made...again while playing around! I misted the background with Tattered Angels Pumpkin spice mist and used an argyle template with midnight blue staz on ink. Then added some stamped and punched images with Tim Holtz tiny attatcher and a gear.
For the layout i made, I lightly misted the background with pumpkin spice and then the corners with Tim Holtz denim color wash! I also used some wood letters and used a text stamp with brown staz on ink! I also stamped the arrow strip using Teresa Collins He Said stamp!
Supplies: Heidi Swapp vintage chic bookkeeping paper; No Limits schematic paper; DCWV the guy stack; Teresa Collins he said stamp and decorative brads; Tattered Angels pumpkin spice mist, Tim Holtz ransom mask and denim color wash and tiny attatcher; staz on timber brown ink pad; pinkpaislee timber wood shop letters.

I have loved playing with colors and mists and stamps and different mediums!

Heidi Swapp Warehouse Sale

I just received my box of goodies from the Heidi Swapp warehouse sale...$39 for a box of stuff worth over $110! I believe they are still for sale if you want to check it out here http://www.heidiswapp.com/warehouse-sale/
In the box was stuff from the following collections: Day glow, Sugar Chic & no Limits....there was a ton of papers, embellishments and chipboard file folders!
Well, just wanted to share...I can't wait to play with everything and as Heidi says "make pretty stuff!!"

Misted Tags

Well, to get myself back into the swing of being crafty, I treated myself to an on line class at Big picture Scrapbooking! I am currently taking May Flaum's The Curious Scrapbookers Field Guide class... Just the inspiration I need to get me bak on track and to use supplies that I haveon hand! Don't get me wrong, I have bought a few new goodies!!
This week we are learning to use our mists... Here are two of my favorite tags that I created using different techniques. The brown tag is a tri color base that I used mist with water and a brush, then stenciled with a mist and added stamped flowers that were misted as well! The bird tag is a stamped image and then painted using mists and water again and the background was misted as well. I also added a stamped and misted flower and some other misted pieces as well!
I am so pleased with the end results and I ha so much fun just being crafty again!

My little Fireman Cake

It was recently my sons 11th birthday and I had this cake mold that I forgot I had so I had to make it for him before he was too old for it LOL!!! It took about 3 hours to make the frosting and color and bag it all, but it came out great! He absolutely loved it and was so proud of me!! The flames on the base were so fun and easy and just added the finishing touch!

Give a little gift!

Here are some sour cream containers I made to hold some m&m's as a little thoughtful gift! They are super simple to make and are a unique shape that makes giving a gift simple and fun! I made them each a different size just to play! I also have been quilling abut with a kit that I've had for years! I quilled the heart to add to the gift tag!

Kitchen Towel Cake

My daughter and I went to a bridal shower and wanted to do something creative....here's what we did! We bought all of her kitchen towels on her registry both chocolate and plaids and then we bought brown ribbon and some red utensils from the $ store just to add a pop of color. The towels are wrapped around a roll of paper towels to give the cake some volume. We added a bottle of dish soap on top with a fan fold dish towel. I think it came out great and was a big hit at the shower!

A Fisherman Card

This is the card that I made for my father for Fathers day! I believe I found it on Pinterest! It was so quick and easy to make and we stuffed some rel lures in the pockets! Dad loved it!

In the Summertime!

Just some fun summer pics to share! We have done carnivals, festivals, pools, beaches, aquarium, water park...definitely a busy summer so far and we still have 5 weeks left!

Sweet Treats

My 8 year old daughter has been keeping me quite busy baking! Here are some sweet treats that we have done.....
We made sombrero cookies (found on Pinterest, of course) for cinqo de mayo at my sons school!
Then we made beautiful cross cookies for my daughters Communion! Thy were super simple and beautiful too!

My daughter received a Paula Deen cookbook from her grandparents and she made them a snickers pie! Now this really was a super simple recipe and the pie was awesome...we will definitely be making that for summer company!
Thanks for peeking and have a great day!!
Jeannine

Mini donuts

Hello! It has been forever since I've posted! I have done a few crafty things, but not much! While I'm not feeling well, I figured I would take the time to post a few things! Enjoy!

My daughter bought herself the mini donut maker machine! While I was very skeptic of how it would really work! They came out fabulous and it was super simple. We made the basic vanilla and chocolate ones! We iced them and dipped in sprinkles! Next on her list is the cupcake maker...well see how that goes! For now we are enjoying these fabulous mini donuts!!

Strawberry Shortcake!!

Hi there! Just popping in to share the dessert that I made for the kids tonight! I whipped up a homemade pound cake this afternoon! It is delicious! I found the recipe on Crumb Boss.com and it is out of this world! My kids just love it, Samantha said "it's paradise!" and coming from Miss Picky, it must be true! Have a wonderful night!
Jeannine

Grow

Hi there! It's been a while! I have a card to share today! It I raining and dreary so I decided to scrap with my puppy at my feet! I made this card for a NSD cricut circle challenge. We had to incorporate cuts from both an older and a newer cartridge! The boy with butterfly image was cut using A Childs Year cartridge and grow was cut using the new Letter Envy Font. I also added the color black for the letters and shadow because I wanted a masculine feel to the card as it is for my son! The papers are all from Close To My Heart, the Dotty For You promo paper pack! You can check it out using my shopping cart button on the right side of my blog!
Thanks for visiting!