Wednesday rambles

We're finally home from SanDestin.
& I'm desparately trying to get settled.
Me & the girls got there Thursday
with William coming over Saturday night.
I didn't take too many pics,
but thought I'd share a pic from 2006
& one I took this weekend.

Ashlyn turned 9 on Memorial Day,
which is one reason we went out of town.
It's an inexpensive way for us to get out of town,
relax, soak up some sun & enjoy ourselves.
And..........we did just that.
I can't believe my oldest baby is already 9!!
I always take some scrappy stuff with me.
Since we get there before William,
I usually scrap at night
while the girls watch television.
Here are the layouts I got done,
though none are spectacular
& the photos are even blurry.
I'm finding it hard to do layouts anymore,
since I spend so much time on card making.
I'm really going to focus on getting back into
scrapping some layouts this summer.

Friday is the last day of school
but Ashlyn probably won't be going.
She's already at a friend's today
& will probably have a sleep-over.
Her summer is already starting
& I'm so thankful she has friends
she truly enjoys being around.

I also picked up the new EA Fitness Wii thingy.
I started it today & so far so good.
I've already been weight training for 3-months now,
but I've gotten extremely bored
& really need to include some cardio.
So, I'm trying the 30-day routine first
& then will customize my work-outs from there.

So that's all for now.
I have some deadlines to meet,
& new books to read!!
Have a blessed week.

So Sketchy ~ Last card for May

This post was supposed to post on Sunday,
but sometimes I can get Blogger to work
& sometimes I can't:(
Either way,
here's my final card for May.
You can find the original sketch
over at So Sketchy's site.
I cut the shape using my Cricut
then used some Pink Paislee,
which is where the calendar sticker came from too.

And in honor of So Sketchy's 1st birthday,
will be doing a blog hop on June 2nd!!
You can find all the details here!!
There'll be prizes,
so you don't want to miss it!!

Card Patterns #15

Good Morning to everyone!!
Still using this new K&Co
by artist, Carolyn Gavin.
Everything on this card is her's,
except the journaling card & twine.
I used the current Card Patterns #15.
I liked this sketch,
because I rarely layer my papers
& even rarer then that
do I layer "patterns" of paper.

We're in the last weeks of school
& I couldn't be more eager for it to be over.
Today is Camryn's last day,
but she's been running fever since Sunday.
Each day it gets higher,
so she's home with daddy today.
I guess I need to get up to her school
& get her things?
We're headed to SanDestin this weekend.
Ashlyn's birthday is actually on Memorial Day this year.
Her birthday party was a HUGE hit
& we had some tired little girls Saturday night.
Hoping I get to scrap some more this week,
as I'm finally winding down all the things I "need" to do.
Hope you have a great day too!!

2 Sketches 4 U - Laura 26

I FINALLY finished the pages
I had to do for the Sr. album.
I also made some fried rice
for a luncheon I have tomorrow.
So, that means it's play time!!
I love the new sketch @
2 Sketches 4 U by Laura.
I made 2 cards,
but wasn't pleased with my first one,
until I added the buttons & twine.
Everything you see is Jungle Bungle
except the buttons, twine & alpha stickers.

Since I didn't like my first card,
I made this next card.
I got the idea
when I saw a piece of paper
Ashlyn had thrown in my trash can.
It had this flower, which I hand-cut.
Can you guess which line it comes from?
Anyway, I like how this one turned out,
though I can't get the color to come out good?

Have you seen the exciting news over at 2S4U?
If not, HURRY over,
or visit this post,
or just HURRY over:)

So Sketchy card & 2 Sketches 4 U Ultimate Card Showdown

Happy, happy Monday everyone!!
I hope everyone's weekend was good.
I have a new sketch & some EXCITING NEWS!!!
Here's a new So Sketchy card
using a fabulous new sketch.
I really love how this card turned out.
I love the clean look,
but I love the turquoise too:)

I also have some exciting news to share!!

2 Sketches 4 U is celebrating their 1-year anniversary & they want YOU to join in on the fun!!!
Starting June 1st, they will be hosting the 1st Annual Ultimate Card Showdown with the most amazing prizes from sponsors. The grand prize alone stands at well over $500.00 worth of product from fabulous sponsors, not to mention weekly prizes. Visit 2 Sketches 4 U for full details about the contest, rules & prizes. Until then, let the countdown begin:

days til 2 SKETCHES 4 U ~ ULTIMATE CARD SHOWDOWN!!!

stay tuned til tomorrow....................

I have some awesome,
incredible,
exciting,
YOU
don't
want
to
miss
this
news!!
I
promise:)

Scrap Happy projects

Happy Friday everyone!!
Below are my newest projects for Scrap Happy.
I got to work w/some My Minds Eye products.
I've given a complete supply list
& a little bit of instructions here
at the Scrap Happy blog,
if you're interested!!

And that's all I have time for today.
We've got a 9-year old birthday party to celebrate!!
We'll have four 9-year olds making pizza, baking cookies,
watching movies & doing whatever 9-year old girls do!!
Tomorrow is the 18' water-slide & cook-out.
Check back on my sanity Sunday:)

Card Patterns #14

Happy Thursday everyone!!
Another card I got to make*yippee!*
I used Card Patterns #14
I must admit I love this card.
I love the clean, simple & somewhat graphic look.
I had another idea, altogether, for this card,
but I really NEEDED to do some stamping.
This flower stamp is another one I got
in the $1.00 bin at Michael's.
It has a longer stem,
but I obviously didn't use it.

And that's all I have for today.
Trying to get those Sr. album pages finished.
Then I might break out my new
Hello Kitty cartridge & play a little!!

CPS 115 & bonus 2S4U

Monday I went to Michael's
in search for $1.00 stamps for Ashlyn's party.
I haven't been there in a while,
& love to find new stuff,
plus stuff they've discounted.
I found some new K&Co
by artist Carolyn Gavin.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE
this new line.
These cards aren't necessarily a good representation,
but the colors are VIBRANT, COLORFUL & FUN!!
I love the graphic design of the elements too.

The first card is for the current CPS 115 sketch.
The little "trees" were actually a 12" border sticker.
I simply cut them apart.
The paper on this card is one sheet, double-sided.
Simple enough card
& in my quest to do a little "me" scrapping,
I like it.

This second card uses the bonus sketch
at 2 Sketches 4 U by Lori Roop.
More K&Co stuff,
including the cute page bauble
I even got this cute owl stamp
in the $1.00 bin!!
The other side of this brown paper
is the cutest pink apple print:)

That's all for today.
Hoping to have more stuff later this week!!

2S4U & a little tootie!!

I feel so out of the loop.
I'm up to eyeballs
with gifts, parties
& "other people projects,"
I haven't had time to scrap for ME!!
So, I finally made a card using
the latest 2S4U sketch.
Have you seen their new design team?
WOW!!!
Their work is so inspiring & gorgeous.
I am truly in awe.
So, here's my take on the sketch.
This card is also a project I did
for my local scrapbook store,
Scrap Happy of Pensacola.
I was asked to join her design team
& am thrilled for the opportunity.
I'm just excited we have a store in town.
One where I can actually go & "touch" products.
So, these are new My Minds Eye papers,
coupled with some Karen Foster rub-ons,
plus I used a Bazzill stitching template.

Later I'll be posting some other projects
I completed for Scrap Happy.
In the meantime,
I got another card picked up for the October CARDS,
which also happens to be another 2S4U card!!!
I have pages for a Sr. album to complete
& a 9-year old birthday/slumber party to throw!!
I need to get busy!!

Finally Friday!!

This week has been so busy,
and it's seemed never-ending.
Yesterday I mentioned the wonderful
teacher gifts Danni Reid has been creating.
Here is my take on one that I LOVED!!

So what are your weekend plans?
We have some kids from our church,
trying to raise money to go to Romania,
coming tomorrow to do yard work!!
I'm sooooooooooooooooooo excited!!
This is more of a Father's Day gift,
but in a big way,
it's a Mother's Day gift too,
because it frees hubby up to be w/family!!
And to me that is priceless!!
Otherwise, I'm plodding away at various projects:
4 mini album kits for Ashlyn's bday party sleep-over
& more pages for a Sr. album I've been hired to do.
NEVER AGAIN!!
The lady has been an absolute joy to work with,
but it's time-consuming & well.....
it's just not my album.

I hope every mother out there
has a Blessed, wonderful, loved & happy
Mother's Day.

Teacher Appreciation week

I've been busy this week with Teacher Appreciation
& Mother's Day gifts.
As of Monday,
I didn't even realize it was this week.
Yesterday, the girls took pedicure pails.
I forgot to take a picture,
but they were $1.00 pails from Target,
in Springy colors,
filled w/$1.00 manicure sets, nail polish & foot creme.
For a cost of $4.00 a pail.
I made & tied a cute tag to each pail.
Tomorrow, they will take these cute treats.
Danni is so talented
& has had the best teacher gift ideas all week.
Since my youngest goes to a Christian school
& I know my oldest's teacher is a Christian,
I loved this idea for them.
I will add a Thank You card that says,
"Thank you for being fishers of children."
I realize this is not Biblically correct,
but I know they will understand.
Below are a few more layouts.
I actually did these awhile back,
but forgot all about them.

I still have bday invites to get made
for Ashlyn's 9th bday next weekend.
I've been feeling really, really tired this week,
so I'm looking forward to this weekend.
Do you have any wonderful Mother's Day plans?
Depending on the weather,
we might hit the beach after church,
but I haven't decided yet.
It's something I love to do,
but since it's so hot,
hubby & girls don't share my enthusiasm:)
I hope your day is blessed!!

So Sketchy May card

I can't believe it's already May.
Seems like just yesterday
I was posting my first April card
for So Sketchy!!
So, here's my first one for May.
A semi-circular card
that I paired w/new Cosmo Cricket chipboard
& older American Crafts papers.
They match perfectly.
The baseball is even older than the AC.
Some of you might remember years ago
a company made all those cute kids
with matching accessories & borders?
This one was baseball on one side,
golf on the other.
I can't remember the name of the company,
but I still have this border hanging around.
So, I put it to use.

I'll have 2 more cards this month.
And I loved all the sketches.
I'm hoping to get some scrapping done
in the next couple of days.
At the very least,
some new Teacher Appreciation gifts?
If not, I hope your week is blessed!

NSD hangover?

Hehehehehe
I don't really have one,
but thought some of you might?
How was your National Scrapbook Day weekend?
If you got to participate, somewhere, anywhere,
I hope it was productive & FUN!!
I taught a class & make-n-take
at my lss & enjoyed myself completely.

I also got a few layouts completed.
I'm actually surprised I got this many done,
because I didn't even try to get anything done,
it just kinda happened? (is that possible in the scrapping world?)
I finally got Sassafras's Jungle Bungle in
& it's the cutest stuff, plus I love the colors.
These first 2 were inspired by the incredible Danni Reid.

These others are just miscellaneous layouts.
I need to do journaling on the boots & spider layouts,
but otherwise they're finished.

Then, as I was shopping for Ashlyn's bday party (in 2-weeks)
I ran into a friend who reminded me this week is
Teacher Appreciation Week!!
How could I forget this?
I have 3 teachers to remember?
Luckily Ashlyn's school sent home a list of ideas
with popcorn being Tuesday's idea.
So, I quickly threw these together for teachers.

And latestly, I want to give a HUGE shout-out
to the new 2S4U Summer Design Team.
Have you checked them out yet?
Whoa..........serious talent.
I've already visited their blogs
& will be stalking weekly!!
I'll continued to do the weekly challenges,
as time permits, but I might be scarce this month!!
Hope you have a wonderful week!!