vacation pics

Here are some pictures from our trip to the White Mountains. The first one is in the woods behind the cabin where we stayed. Yes my son is holding a plunger...that was in case we ran into any bears he was going to protect us with that :) The next is Jacob at Hawley Lake. He wasn't in the mood for pictures this day, you may be able to tell from the smirk on his face. Next is a couple of squirrels that were keeping an eye on us. There are 3 in the photo...can you find them? The last pic is also Hawley Lake...what can I say...it's beautiful!

total slacker

That's what I am. So much to do and I always seem to run short on time. Still working on my techniques and some other miscellaneous crafty stuff. Getting ready to go on vacation, wanting to clean up the house before I go, still in process of re-organizing my life. *sigh* If anyone knows where I can purchase some more time let me know. ~moi

techniques 1 thru 3

Here are the first 3 techniques from the BPS online class Im' taking. It's sooo much fun, but I'm already behind. It's been just too hot here to do anything after I get home from work. I'm hoping to catch up some on this 3 day weekend.
The top card is clear embossing with acrlic paint. The second is a mosaic using scraps. I have lots of those that I can't seem to throw away so I'm sure I'll be using this technique quite a bit. The third is using flowers from B&T paper, you cut them out and curl to make 3-d elements. Way cute! Why didn't I ever think of that before.

Here's a card I made for a friend. She needed a b-day card for her sister and she said the theme was diva and the colors silver, fuchsia and black. I did buy the polka dot paper, a silver pen and the silver base card but I already had the solid card stock, ribbon, staples and do-dahs. I think it turned out pretty cute :)

my project

I've signed up for a class with Big Picture Scrapbooking called 52 card pick up. I'm so excited to play and learn. Here is my cover for the technique book we will be making. For some reason the photo's I've been taking recently look blurry I'll try and get this one replaced with a better one. It looks much nicer in person.

cards cards cards

It's been awhile since my last post. I'm not sure where the time is flying to. I've been trying to get organized (ha) which is a challenge for me. Here are a few cards I've made since my last post.

I'm noticing that they are all looking rather similar. I'm going to have to start thinking more creatively so hopefully my next card will look different. Give me a few days to come up with something :)

Memorial Day '08

Teacher Gifts

Here's the teacher gifts Jake and I worked on. Got the idea from my Paper Crafts magazine last year, too cute. We painted the pots a school bus yellow color, added ribbon and made a sign attached to a pencil to stick in. You can't see it too well in this photo, but I stamped Thank You and then wrote - for helping me grow this year. Jake picked out the plants, both mint. They smeled so yummy in my kitchen that I think Jake and I will have to go decorate a couple flower pots this summer and get our own mint plants.

Last Day of First Grade

We also had the last day of first grade this week. I think Jake was a little sad to see the school year end but excited that he was now going to be a second grader.

Last Day of Swim Class - session one

Here's the last day of swim for first session. My little swimmer will be at goldfish level when the second session starts up next weekend. He's got his kicks down pat! I'm glad I signed him up, he's really enjoying it.

The sentiment is from the May SOTM, are you noticing a trend here? I used desert sand cs as the base, the b&t paper is from Majestic Blue paper pack. Ribbon is from the outdoor denim collection and the textured cs is also outdoor denim. I used sand paper to distress both the textured outdoor denim cs and the desert sand cs. The words are stamped in outdoor denim ink on colonial white cs. ~moi

Bu-bye stitches

You all will be amazed at how calm my little man was getting his stitches out. Not a peep. The nurse was sooo impressed and said she never had a kid that stayed so still. The nurse asked him if he wanted to keep the stitches but he said no. I guess I could have added them to a scrapbook page, but never imagined putting the real stitches on so I'm kinda glad he said no. But I do have a great idea of maybe using some blue waxy flax to add real stitches to the page. :)

He wanted to know if it was ok to run around the playground again.... ug, I told him to still not go too crazy until it's completely grown back together. When the stitches were out and we were waiting for the nurse to bring in a sticker for him he asked if it looked like the guy in the movie I Am Legend. I had no clue as to what he was talking about and he had to explain that after the guy was stabbed in the leg and sewn up. LOL I said i didn't remember that part so as soon as we got home he had to check it out in the mirror and he said that it did look like his wound. I think he's referring to where you can still see where the stitches were. Leave it to him to relate his injuries to the movies.

best friend card

Here's my card for the day. All supplies are CTMH of course. Stamp sets are the May SOTM and Rustic Alphabet. Papers are from Creative Basics from the spring book.

stitches oh no!

Here's a peek at part of my drama for the week. My brave son had to get 5 stitches after falling off the monkey bars and splitting his chin open. Didn't even cry, what a trooper!

quick card

Here's my contribution for the day. I used the May SOTM and papers from the floral tapestry paper packet.

My new blog

Good Morning!

I've decided to bite the bullet and start my very own blog. I love to create but have gotten into more of a "collector" mode than actually using all my many supplies that I just had to have. I'm using my blog as a form of self encouragement to get my stuff done and out there for others to enjoy. Now I'm off to take some pictures and to start creating!

~moi

31 Days of Halloween - day 10

I want to thank you all for visiting my blog, I'm having such a blast working on my projects for the Smeared & Smudged sponsored blog hop for October. You may have noticed that ATC's are one of my favorite items, I love them so much that I'm on the DT for the ATC Sisterhood. It's a fun challenge blog with a new challenge every other week. We would love to have you come over and play with us. Plus they are looking for members to be on the 2012 DT!!

I started with black CS then added a layer of orange CS that I ran thru my cuttle bug and then smudged with black ink. I was lucky enough to be a winner last week on the blog hop and won the digi set from Rick St Dennis, so I used the creepy bat colored him with pencils added some orange glitter glue to his eyes and used foam tape to lift him up from my ATC a little bit. I'm really excited with how this one turned out.
Keep on hopping. Next stop Ikes' World, then after the hop don't forget to come visit the ATC Sisterhood.