Happy 3rd Birthday, Emerson!

WOW!! We finally have all of Emerson's birthday parties out of the way! When you have a big family, not everyone fits in the house all at the same time, so we divided it up into 3 separate family parties and then another parties with just her little friends. Next year, I'm going to rent a hall if I have to....4 parties is way too much!!! Anyway, here is the card that I made for her. I only did a 4 1/4 by 4 1/4 card because I had about 10 minutes to do the card before dinner was ready. Nothing like waiting until the last minute! I'm just diggin' this cute little ballerina stamp and saying from Hambo stamps. It just fit Emerson perfectly.....she wears her little ballerina tutu all the time....she even wore it to the grocery store last weekend while wearing her pajamas! If you ever need a conversation starter, we've got one you can borrow!

Here is Emerson after she opened her new baby stroller/jogger from Mommy, Daddy & Camryn. In less than a year, she wore out her other baby stroller so it was time for new one. I just can't believe how old she is getting. You really start to realize that when they can reason with you. The other night we tried to put her down a little early....because she needed the sleep...and she said, "I can't go to sleep yet...the moon isn't out." I was speechless. I didn't know how to respond. It's at that moment that you realize that they are too smart for their own good!

Thanks for looking and I hope to have more to share tomorrow.

Supplies: SU! Paper-Pixie Pink, Green Galore, Whisper White; DCWV Glitter Stack paper; Ink: Black StazOn, Pixie Pink Marker, Blush Blossom Marker, Creamy Caramel Marker; Accessories: Coluzzle, Giga Scalloped Round Punch, Jumbo Round Punch, Horizontal Slit Punch, Sparkle Ribbon, 1/16 Fiskars hand punch

Eyelet Share

I recently got my eyelets from the eyelet share that I joined from Heidi over at Hedgehog Ink. It was such a great deal that I even joined the brad share and am waiting for them to arrive! I took a couple of pictures to show you them. Sorry the lighting isn't the greatest.

I got the full share for 3000 eyelets. You get 50 of each 48 colors (the colors match SU! colors), 50 of 4 neutral colors (White, Sand, Gray, Vanilla), 50 of each "fresh" color (2006-07 In-Colors) and 100 black eyelets. You get all this for only $40. I didn't think it was a bad deal. Now I need to get more cases to store all these in.

Still no cards to post.....I'm hoping to find some time later this week. Hoping is the key word!

Bella Birthday Card

Man! Have I been a bad blogger lately, or what??? I just haven't had the time to get in the craft room and play! Camryn is no longer sleeping through the night like she used to and the girls aren't napping at the same time either. They go to bed around 9pm and I am in bed shortly after that! I've just been so tired! And let's not talk about the house! It's a disaster.....and we have 2 of Emerson's birthday parties here this weekend. Not sure when I'll find the time to clean. I digress.

Here is a card that I made for my mom for her birthday. I thought it turned out pretty well! I used my Cakeabella stamp...she's just so darn cute! I think the reason I like the Bella's so much is because they remind me of me! Some days my curly hair gets a little wild and crazy and I could be Cakeabella!! I used more paper from the DCWV Glitter stack and layered it on top of Pumpkin Pie. I used some of my Prima flowers and a brad from the Target $1 spot. The birthday stamp came from Michael's $1 bin.

I have more goodies that I've made, just trying to find the time to post them all. Maybe when the girls aren't napping together, I can try to post some more stuff!! TFL!

Supplies: Stamp-Cakeabella, HB-Michael's; Paper-DCWV Glitter Stack, SU!-Pumpkin Pie, Glorious Green, Orchid Opulence, Whisper White; Accessories-Prima Flowers, brad (Target $1 Spot), blue organdy ribbon, paper piercer, tag corner punch, SU! watercolor pencils, gamsol, stumps, diamond stickles

Look at my goodies!

WOW! I can't believe it's been over a week since I last blogged! Things have been crazy busy here! Rich started school again on Thursday nights. He's taking his second to last class for his MBA. I just got a part-time job at our local YMCA working in the daycare. It's not a bad gig.....they watch the girls for me for FREE, my membership is FREE AND I get paid! I plan on working just 2-3 shifts (4 hours per shift) per week. I'm not sure how I kept my head on straight before I got the job, we'll see how things go once I start!! I'll be working on Tues/Thurs. and Rich's class in on Thursday, so talk about a long day! I'll be lucky if I make it to my bed before I fall asleep! Good thing we have TiVo....I'm going to need it to tape Survivor, CSI and Grey's Anatomy! Speaking of TV, I can't wait for the new seasons to start. There just isn't much on TV during the summer, which I guess is a good thing....I was always in my craft room!!

Okay, back to my goodies I was talking about. I was at Target today, and found some goodies in their $1 bins. I got some frame/tag chipboard stickers, so brads and bling and some metallic gel pens.....all for $1! What a deal! Then since my parents were watching the girls, I thought I would stop at the dollar store up the street from my house. (Believe it or not....I had never been there until today. We moved to this house in Feb. while I was on bed rest and then after I had Camryn, I don't go to many stores with both girls. Too crazy for me!) Anyway, I got the jumbo paper clips and some round clothespins. I finally got the flower die cuts for my Cuttlebug and thought I would give the clips a try for some possible Christmas gifts. For the clothespins, I have some misc. ribbon that I thought I would wrap around them. For $1, figured I couldn't go wrong.

I've got lots of things that I've been making so I'll be posting them soon! TFL!

Almost Done!

Here is a project that I have been working on for my neighbor. She sells Avon and is doing a huge open house party and wanted some cute invitations. I had been wanting the "Say Charge" stamp set from My Favorite Things and this was my excuse the finally get it! She wanted the colors to be red, black and white. So, I used Basic Black as the card base and cuttlebugged D'Vine Swirls on Real Red. I stamped the image on Whisper White and did lots of coloring! So much that I got a blister on my finger! I wanted to use my watercolor pencils and Gamsol to color in the ladies, but I only have the SU! color pencils and didn't have the colors that I wanted to use, so I used my tried and true blender pens. I used Wild Wasabi, Blue Bayou, Creamy Caramel, Blush Blossom and used Real Red marker for the dots and Basic Black marker for the shoes. I ended up printing the saying off my computer because the saying from the set didn't fit on the word window punch I was using. I completed the card with black gingham ribbon.

To put the open house information inside the card, I printed it on my computer and then used the slit punch to hold it in place (saving on adhesive!), until my darn punch broke! I couldn't believe it. I was only in about 5 cards of 40! Needless to say, I'll be sending it back to get a replacement....I love that punch! I hope she likes them as much as I do! TFL.

Supplies: Paper-All SU!-Basic Black, Real Red, Whisper White; Ink-Wild Wasabi, Blue Bayou, Creamy Caramel; Accessories-Markers-Real Red, Basic Black; Word Window Punch, Black gingham ribbon, blender pens, corner rounder punch, D'Vine Swirls Cuttlebug folder.

CC130 & SC69

This card is for the color challenge using Groovy Guava and Always Artichoke. I really struggled with this challenge because I usually use some sort of pattern paper on my cards, but I didn't have any that matched this combo. I will add that to my shopping list!


I used Always Artichoke for my card base and layered with textured Groovy Guava, Always Artichoke and Very Vanilla. I stamped Mixed Bouquet on the Very Vanilla and cut out the leaves in Always Artichoke. I added 3 big brushed silver eyelets and stamped "friend" in the bottom right corner. Nothing fancy...didn't have time when I did it.....I was trying to get it made before I had to make lunch...and wouldn't you know....Emerson wanted to eat early today!
Thanks for looking...hope to have more for tomorrow.

Supplies: Paper: SU!-Always Artichoke, Textured Groovy Guava, Very Vanilla; Ink: Groovy Guava, Always Artichoke; Accessories: Blender pens, Crop-A-Dile, big eyelets, sheer ribbon.

Craft Room - Part 2

Here are some more pictures of the craft room. First, here are a couple views of the closet. It's not very big, and as you can see I am utilizing every square inch of it!

In the upper part of the closet, there are 5 shelves. We have 9' ceilings on the main floor of our house, so you can't even see the top 2 shelves of the closet. But they sure do come in handy to store things. In the boxes with the pink lids, I store pre-made notes cards, extra/duplicate ribbon, & misc. keepsakes. On believe it or not, there's even an empty box with the plastic still on it! Next to those boxes in the white one from IKEA is where I store gifts, such as note pads, pens, etc. to put in paint cans or gift baskets. In the sage green box is my handy dandy label maker. I don't think I could live without it! Underneath that in the white IKEA boxes is where I store my A2 envelopes and underneath that is another empty box! Crazy, I know! In the plastic pull-out drawers to the right of the white boxes is where I store misc. odds and ends. Things that don't really have a home and I just need a place to stash them. In the silver crate, I store gifts to alter.....composition notebooks, mini photo albums, clipboards, journals, photo box frames, paint cans, lunch tins, etc. In the SU! clear box, I store my cards that I have made according to their category. In the baskets are a variety of envelopes so I can have them right at hand, cards people have given me and the last one is empty.

In the lower part of the closet is where I store my stamp sets. I store them according to catergory....Sentiments, Alphabets/Numbers, Flowers/Animals/Bugs, Backgrounds/Wheels/Misc., Tags, Holiday, & General. I have about 70 stamps sets, not including misc. individual stamps, wheels, acrylics and unmounted stamps. I store my 12 x 12 papers and paper stacks in the upper part of the cubes. In the tall plastic drawers, I store bigger embellishments, stuff for my calendar projects (you can see them at my SCS gallery), my acrylics and unmounted stamps, my projects for my acrylic post-it note holders, and stamps in the bottom 2.

On the back of the doors to the craft room, I have a hanging shoe holder ($6.99) This is where all the little things that don't have a home go.

Time to give the kids a bath. I will have to finish up the rest of the room pictures tomorrow. TFL!