Happy St. Patrick's Day

Happy Thursday!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

Does anyone have any special St. Patrick's day plans?  We don't.  We all wore green and I had some fun at school with all my green but nothing else.  The days of drinking green beverages have been long past.  hehehehe--but they still sound good!  When the next day is a work day it makes it hard!

I hope everyone is having a great week.  So far so good here.  Looking forward to the weekend to hang out and get some crafting going on.  Once again it is supposed to be a What am I working On, but again--NOTHING!  I have been really busy on the weekends but nothing really during the week.  oh well, I will share with you a layout I made.

Brothers and Friends

The boys and I were goofing off one day after school and they started to hug each other.  Well, you know me--I had to grab my camera and take pictures.  This is what I got--just way too cute.

I so love these alphabet stickers included in the paper pack.  I tried to use all the different types in this layout.  I think the scrabble pieces are my favorite!

On of my favorite things about Echo Park is that they have some of the best journaling blocks and tags.  They are just perfect to tuck them in somewhere. 

I also used 2 of my new stamps from Ali Edwards on this layout.  I added the stamped phrase " I want to remember" and "Moments and Memories".  I love adding this little phrases tucked in places because they add just that little touch. As you know my style is not to add a bunch of large embellishments etc and these just add the little personal touch while still keeping my style clean and simple.

supplies

cardstock-bazzill

pattern  paper, tag, stickers-echo park

buttons, twine-paper trey ink

font: traveling typewriter

I hope everyone has a great day.  I will be back tomorrow with a new layout.

Thanks for stopping by!

Wednesday Card Day--St. Patrick's Day #2

Happy Wednesday,

I hope everyone is having a great week.  So far so good here.  Nothing out of the ordinary and that is just fine with me.  I did have time after school yesterday to stop by the local YMCA and sign Jack up for Spring soccer.  He said he wanted to play again so I said sure!  Last year was his first year and he was interested in it for the first couple of weeks, but then he was just happy to go to hang out.  But what do you expect from 4 year olds.  I just like it that he wants to try.  I am not  of the philosophy that I have to push my kids into stuff.  If they want to start something--a sport, activity etc, I am more than happy to support that but I just don't sign my children up just to keep them busy.  They have enough to keep them busy with just being kids.

Wednesday Card

When I bought the new Jillibean Soup line a couple of weeks ago I fell in love with it.  As usual the colors and everything were awesome.  When I kept looking at it I thought that the colors and patterns would make a perfect card for St Patrick's day.    I used 2 of the journaling spots and pop dotted them together and on to the card.  I used some paper trey ink twine to tie around it, and then I used my Hero Arts stamps.  I really love how it turned out!

supplies
cardstock:  neenah solar white, bazzill
twine;  paper trey ink
pattern paper and journaling spots:  jillibean soup
stamps:  hero arts

I hope everyone has a fantastic day.  I will be back tomorrow with a new layout.

Thanks for stopping by!

Scrap Our Stash March Challenge

Hello Everyone,

Today I am up over at Scrap Our Stash.  The March challenge was to dust off an old supply or tool that you haven't used is a LONG time.  This was a great challenge because I always try to use everything that I have, but when I was going through my paper I discovered an unopen pack of Cosmo Cricket paper.  It was tucked in the very back of my last paper holder.  I bought this paper years ago, and for some reason I never used it.  I totally forgot about it actually.  Plus I have had this picture of Michael for awhile as well and I new I needed to use this picture and paper. 

The quote is a perfect one and it was on one of the papers.  I cut it out and used it as a border strip.  I then found 2 really old making memories brads and attached them on the end to anchor it.  I also used some of the velvet ribbon on the end.



Those eyes

 For the circle tab, I stamped it with some Hero Arts stamps and used my white gel pen for the stitching.

I really like how it turned out, and I can't wait to use the paper collection again.
Supplies
bazzill, cosmo cricket, Silhouette, making memories, signo gel pen, hero arts, momento

I took Jack yesterday to Kindergarten screening.  He seemed to have a good time and he says he can't wait to start school.  I am excited for him!

I hope everyone has a great day.  I will be back tomorrow with another St. Patrick's Day Card. 

Thanks for stopping by and I will see ya tomorrow!

Falling Leaves + Giveaway winner!

Happy Monday!

Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend.  Saturday we had a great day--sun was shinning and the temperature was around 58 degrees.  The only downside was that it was really windy! But we didn't care we were playing outside in the morning and we went to the park in the afternoon.  I just love having the kids outside!  Sunday; however, winter returned and it was only 40 degrees.  Come on Spring!

I was able to get some crafting done!  I finished 2 layouts and I made 2 cards.  I also started another sketch for a card that I had a dream about.  I love it when that happens. Yes, I know I am obsessed with this hobby! Kathy over at Scrap Our Stash gave us the new challenge for April and it had been in the back of my mind all weekend, but then the idea came to me in my sleep. 

On to the winner of my Michael's Gift Card.  I used the random.org site to pick a winner.  So without further ado--

Number 12 is ................Pam!  Hooray Pam! You are the lucky winner!
 Please email me you address and I will mail this out to you right away

Now going from Spring to Fall.  This is a layout that I made using some old Basic Grey paper.  I really used a lot of my stamps on this layout.  It was so fun.

I used the stamps to create the journaling card and the tab above the first picture.  I also used the Ali Edwards stamps.  I used the Silhouette to create the title.

Here is the close up of the bottom part where I stamped the plain paper with my Hero Arts leaf stamps to create a pattern paper.  I used different stamps and different colors of distress inks.  I really like how it turned out. 

Supplies

bazzill, basic grey. paper trey ink, tim holtz, hero arts, ali edwards. spellbinders, silhouette

I hope everyone has a great day.  I will be back tomorrow with my layout for the Scrap Our Stash March Challenge.  The challenge is to dust off that tool or supply item that you have been keeping but not using and use it.  Go HERE for more detail.

Thanks for stopping by and I will see ya tomorrow!

Sassy lil Sketch challenge

Happy Friday!

I am so excited for the weekend.  Do you have any fun or creative plans?

Here is the sketch.





Here is my take on the sketch:

This is a picture from Michael's Toddle One class from this fall. Michael is sitting on the floor. The second on in starting on the left. Oh my he is growing up so fast.
Supplies:  bazzill, pink pasliee

I will be back on Monday with a new layout and I will announce the winner of my GIVEAWAY!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

GYSO#10

Happy Friday!!

So glad the weekend is here! Do you all have any plans for this weekend? 

This is just a quick post today with the sketch:


Here is my take on the sketch:
This is a picture from Michael's Toddle One class from this fall.  Michael is sitting on the floor. The second on in starting on the left.  Oh my he is growing up so fast. 

Supplies:
bazzill, pink pasliee

I will be back on Monday with a new  layout and I will announce the winner of my GIVEAWAY!!! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Make A Wish

Happy Thursday,

Well the week is marching on! I am looking forward to the weekend.  It is going to be a bit busy but nothing crazy. 

Normally this is a What am I working on Thursday post but guess what? I am not working on anything right now.  I seem to be having problems with this regular post.  I have not been very creative during the week.  I have been hanging out with the kiddos more and I have been trying to get back into an exercise routine.  There are not enough hours in the day to get all the stuff done that I want to do--work--kids--scrap--exercise--read--cook--clean--laundry--time with hubby--and the list goes on and on.  Every working mom goes through these battles.  If I exercise (which I know I am a rare one) I love to do it--I could work out everyday if I had the time, but then I don't get to scrap or hold Michael, or hang out with Jack and find something interesting about Egypt (yes, my son is into Egypt because of the Lego set Pharaoh's quest).  I hate it that I don't have enough time to do everything I want to do.  Sorry to complain--just trying to find that balance in my life where I get to do a little of everything.  Sometimes I am awesome at it and other times I am just terrible at it!  So instead of the What am I Working on I have a new layout for you.  I have really been using my own sketches lately and not entering other sketch challenges.  Sometimes my creativity is easier when it is my own creation but other times I need a little boost--I am sure you know what I am talking about!

Make a Wish
Well as I said earlier in the week I was able to get some scrapping done this past weekend and I finally finished Michael's birthday. I just love this picture of him.  He was so into his cake and candle etc.  For the layout I had a simple sketch I made that basically used up a lot of my scraps for the Imaginisce Birthday Bash line.  I love it when I can create an entire layout using my scraps.  When I say I try to use every piece of the paper I really mean it.  I only buy a collection line if I really love it and then I want to get my $$$$ out of it.

Supplies

cardstock:  bazzill

pattern paper & embellies:  imaginisce

Thanks so much for stopping by. I will be back tomorrow with another layout.  Don't forget to go HERE to leave a comment for my GIVEAWAY.  See you all tomorrow!