Hula Girl!!!

I made this LO for a stamp challenge over at Treasuredscrapbooking.com I had fun incorporating a few different things. I used my cricut and LAB cart for the hula girl and the palm tree. I added some embossing and smootch around the leaves. I had fun using smootch...it is like nail polish for scrapbooking..fun! I used some prima flowers and some bling and buttons, some glitter photo corners and my favorite item.....Martha Stewart fringe scissors...to mimic the grass skirt. My stamped image is the liscence plate with the title. I also used some recollections bling! I just think it is a simple fun LO!! Oh, I took the pic before I added my journaling...this is my daughter in Disney World when she was 3 years old....we went to the Polynesian Luau

Pocket Card!

I made this double pocket card for a sweet friend! The papers are AC, used a fiskars punch, ribbon and tulle to create this simple fun card!! I found the directions at splitcoaststampers.com.

Happy Valentine's Day!!

I hope you all had a beautiful day!!
I woke up to a beautiful collage that my kids made and a beautiful red rose!! My kids got some sweet treats...they were super excited!!
We had a wonderful day and the best part was that we were all together! We went ice skating and then my parents took us to our favorite restaurant for dinner!




P.S. Yes, my son is wearing purple snow pants...hee hee!! It was either that or freeze, he is such a good sport! He was so cute out on the ice and he did really well!

Valentine's Day Treats!

Here are some treats that I made for Valentine's Day!

I made these chocolate vases (I was inspired by a KrisK from the cricut message board). I made a cardboard box with a few scores and some helmars glue. I used my atg adhesive to adhere the the Hershey bars. I put a chunk of floral foam and some paper shreds in. The kids made some large tissue paper flowers. We made these for the kids teachers and they just loved them. We also made some for family....a big hit! What a cute way to give chocolate and flowers!!!


I made some chocolate heart lollipops for my daughter's Kindergarten class and some chocolate pretzels for my son's 3rd grade class!


I made some heart shaped brownies and decorated some with pink frosting and some sugar candies....they were the hit of her class party and Samantha was so cute passing them out to her friends!

We had so much fun making all of these special treats!

Criss Cross Cards!

Here are a few criss cross cards that I made using my scraps from the Treasuredscrapbooking.com Jan. card kit! These were super simple, quick and fun to make. I got the directions at splitcoaststampers.com!

SNOW DAY!!!!

School was cancelled today...yipppeee!!! My niece came over and we made a snowman and had a snowball fight! It was freezing!!!! We had so much fun playing, but were glad to come in to get warm and toasty! We had mac and cheese and popcorn!! We are actually expecting some thinder this evening, that should be interesting. I have never heard of thunder in a snow storm!!!

Finally Finished.....

This is a Lo that I just finished up for a challenge at TresuredScrapbooking.com. We had to do a LO on something that we want to focus on in 2010! I decided to do a LO with no pics, on healthy eating!
Inside the large folder are recipes that I printed out! The envies, folders, and arrows are from an old CK kit. I used some old crepe paper (streamers) and pleated it...I love how simple it was to work with and adds a great effect! I cut the recipe card, the fruit and the strainer with cricut From My Kitchen!





I made this beautiful easel card for a challege at TS. Ifound the directions here at splitcoaststampers This was so fun and easy to put together! I made the butterflies with a MS punch, added pop dots and folded up the wings a bit, I added some teeny tiny pearls with the help of my Helmar 450 glue! I stamped the image of the dress form and added a flower folded in half for the skirt!

Found Treasure!

So, today was kind of boring and I wanted to get out for a bit. My husband took me to T.J.Maxx, I hate going there...don't particularly like the store and everytime I go I spend a ton of $ on stuff....ya never know what you will find. Anyway, I went to look for some dainty little tea cups and saucers for my daughter's tea party (more details to come on that). I found some cute dresses for my daughter and my niece's. I, also came across some wire dress forms...I know that was a hot display item at CHA, and I have wanted one....so here is what I found. Oh, they didn't have a single tea cup....ha!!!
This dress form is about 14 inches tall, it is pink and it was only $10!! I had to have it...I may use it or put it in my daughter's room for her jewelry....

This is a recipe book holder...it is dark silver tone and I love it...I will use it to display a 12x12 album...only $2.50....had to have it!!


Ok...are you ready for the absolute bargain find of the day....I got this dress form for only $3.00....yes 3 dollars...I had to have it.
It is about 24 inches tall and has a base...my idea for this is to make paper flowers and put them on the dress...like one I saw in a pic at CHA!
So, those were my bargains for the day...all three fantastic items for $15.50!!! I know, doesn't take much to make me happy! I guess I am a Maxx-onista now...isn't that what they say on the commercial???? Thanks for looking and have a great weekend!!!

A Scrappy Moday!

Well, today was a rainy and windy day, just dreary! I scrapped for a couple of hours today while the kids were in school. I made a few cards with the Treasuredscrapbooking card kit! I copied some of Eva's designs and then did some that were inspired by her designs. I had so much fun making these and I still have more to make! I hope you like them as much as I do!







Here is a LO that I made today, I scraplifted a LO from the background stamps that I used. I heat embossed the designs and the title! I did this for a challenge at TS, we had to do something on a LO that we don't normally do....'step outside the box'. So, I stamped and used my own handwriting....two things I normally don't do and I haven't sewn on a LO in a while, so I did that too! I also stitched on a picture.

Excitement over CHA!!!

I am so excited about all of the sneak peeks going on over the new CHA releases! I see so many new products that I just have to have! Hopefully I can have a chunk of change when the tax $$$ comes in! I have to have the Tim Holtz embossing folders, I love the brick, wood, sun, circles, notebook and the bingo one...check them out HERE. Another one of my must haves is from Jenni Bowlin....I love the bingo card alphabets, they look so chunky and the butterflies with bling! I can't wait to see what provocraft will reveal. I see so many new cricut cart that are out now and coming in the next month or so...so many fun ones. I still have to get paisley and the new princess one for my daughter! I need to start using up supplies that I have here to make room for the new ones. I need TIME to create projects, I get so side tracked when I am working on a project! Any way, I am so excited about the new releases and I can't wait to get my hands on some of them!

Cards with embossing....

I ordered cor'dinations cardstock and was able to play with it today with my new cuttlebug embossing folders! I used chocolate cardstock for this card and sanded it. I added a quote that I printed and some prima hydrangea (sp?) flowers.


For this card, I embossed the background and added some glitter letter stickers and made an accordian flower and put in a flower that I have had for years! I have a hard time covering up the embossing, so these cards were super easy and super fast.

I just got my card kit that I ordered from Treasuredscrapbooking.com! It is so beautiful and I just can't wait to make some gorgeous cards with it! I hope to get some time to scrap tomorrow before our busy weekend!

Happy Projects!

I have been working on this word book for a week now and am happy to report that it is done. Well, I still have to journal and add some pics, but I wanted to post before I did that. I made this for my 6 year old daughter! I designed it with the cricut design studio...I have been having problems cutting with my gypsy. I cut it out using medium wight cardstock and K&Co Smittem papers. I used the cuttlebug swiss dots folder for the hearts and popdots. I used my BIA and added some sheer ribbons and some cristals. I also used a prima pink butterfly, I absolutely love it and new that I had to use it on my daughter's book! She loves it and is bringing it in to school (when the pics are in) to share with her class!

I had recently ordered the new 'romance' collection embossing plates from HSN and received them yesterday! The kids and I had fun playing with them. I made this card using my favorite chandelier folder. I added some ribbon, bling, heidi swapp flowers and puff dot and some glitter letter stickers!
I cannot for the life of me get away from using the color pink....I am going to try to replicate this card not using the color pink, but I do love it!
Sorry the pic looks crooked, I did a bad job cropping it!

Favorite Photos from 2009 Layout!!

I made this for a challenge at Treasuredscrapbooking.com. We had to use our favorite photos from 09 on a lo....I kept the title simple...lol! I used a MS loopy punch and colorbok 'ripeberry' collection!

Sweet Treats!!

I had a couple hours to create today and I have been wanting to make this, so I jumped in! I got the directions for this acetate box from Susie McCormick at http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/acetatebox/. I used some acetate packaging rom a set of stickers I had and used some MM papers and ribbon and the heart punch from MS! This cute little box stands at 3 1/2 inches tall and 2 inches wide. I filled with some dove chocolate hearts! I am making these for teachers and family! My husband loved them and was so impressed, he gave me the go ahead to order some acetate and more supplies! I hope you will try to make one, they were super easy and just makes a sweet little treat!!

Smitten

This is the second Lo that I did today. This is for yet another TS challenge (do I do anything else?....I am so addicted to TS). We had to use white for our background. I used the MS hearts border punch and then mounted it onto pink cardstock. I used MM flowers and buttoms, smitten puffy stickers, glitter letter stickers and AC acrylic hearts. The pics are from my daughter's first day of K when we took her to lunch at Subway. She is Daddy's little girl, for sure!

For the Love of Riding!

I made this Lo for my Niece who was in a horse Show. I made it for a crop challenge at TreasuredScrapbooking. We had to use something that we would normally throw away on a LO. I used corrugated cardboard and inked it, cut a piece into a heart. I added some ribbon, flowers and pearls. I am framing it for my Niece, Madison. She will be so proud to hang it in her room!! Hope you like it as much as I do!