Joined the Craze on Pinterest

So I have joined the latest craze and am now addicted to pinterest.  I found this yummy recipe for Cheesy Spaghetti.  It is in the crock pot now....awaiting my friends to come for a visit!  YAY! 

This is a project I found on Pinterest.  The original version of this had the words "I love you because..." printed on the paper.  I cut my letters in reverse out of vinyl and applied it to the inside of the glass.  We leave messages to each other using a dry erase marker.  I think the original creator used it for her hubby but our whole family plays "The Life".
 (I walked into the living room and explained the frame and told my hubby it was a game.  He replied, "I don't play games."  Our foreign exchange student and I both said at the same time, "It's not a game, it's life."  Crazy, right!?  So we now call it "The Life".)

This is a message Stef, our exchange student, wrote to me.  So sweet! :)

Speaking of "The Life", it's her turn.  :D  She always gets on to us when "someone isn't playing the life"....guess I can get on her now! LOL!

Kitchen Update Part 2

So I added some frames and trays from 7 Gypsies.  I need to add some pictures and decorate the trays.  The clear scalloped piece will have a picture and some patterned paper behind the acrylic.  Then we can use it as a dry erase surface.  Ahhhh......much better than a blank wall.  Still needs work, but, hey, it's better!!! 

Oh, by the way, the dorky stuff in the trays is from our Swiss girl.  (We have a foreign exchange student living with us this school year.)  She couldn't stand them being empty. :)

The Kitchen Update Part 1

Here is a look at the "Before" picture.  I have planned to do something with this for over a year.  Today is the day!

 I bought the "Kitchen" wood sign from Hobby Lobby for $5.  I used the laser level to line up "is the" with the bottom of the wooden sign.  (Yeah, I know, the other "The" is crooked....I fixed it!)

 Next, I was ready to hang "Heart of the".  I cut these pieces out on my Cricut out of black vinyl.  Then, use contact paper to pick the pieces up from the Cricut mat.

Now, that looks better!  Imagine the calendar hanging back there.  The calendar is getting an update, too!  But I am waiting for the spray paint to dry! 

A Trip to the Mountains!

We had a great time hiking in the Rockies a few weeks ago. Here are a few pictures....The first one is Noah climbing the rock wall (only after Chloe went first!! LOL!), the second is Chloe showing big brother how to climb the wall, the third is Chloe, Noah, and Ed, and the last picture is me and Ed on a mountain peak.

Cari's Birthday Photos

Cari's birthday in 2009. We celebrated at Janet's house. Good food. Good friends. Good times.

Wedding Card

Here is a quick card I whipped up for Jessica and Mike's wedding last Saturday. Nothing like waiting until the last minute to make a card. ;) I think I got all the ink off my fingers before the wedding.

Ed's Birthday in 2009

Here is a quick page of Ed's birthday in 2009. We celebrated with friends. Cari came in from New Mexico to celebrate her birthday (which is the day before Ed's birthday) and so we celebrated together. Good times!

Soar

This is my girl. She was swinging at one of my friend's grandparent's house. What a cutie!

Used my new Bazzill template to create the swirly bling! Love it!

New Doors...New Trim

These pictures were taken in October of 2009 when my brother, Tim, finally installed the doors and trim in the basement.

Patterned paper is Basic Grey and the card stock is Bazzill.

Adorable...

This is a picture of Noah at my cousin's wedding last September. I think the page still needs something.....not sure what. Anyway...off to do more scrappin'!

A Lil' Scrappin' Done

I did these 2 pages while at a fundraiser crop at my school. This is Chloe peeling cucumbers from Tim's garden. She is such a good helper!

Snow Day....Again

So after 5 loads of laundry and a little cleaning, I got some time to scrap! This is my goofy nephew. (Nope, that's not me squirting chocolate in my mouth....) I used a sketch from pencillines

Page 2 of Long Distance Scrap

Our challenge this time: Use pencillines sketch 209, 2 snowflakes and 7 eyelet or brads (numbers were from Jan rolling the dice), an embossing folder and glitter.

A Scrappy Day

Well, so far we have 9 inches of snow....so that means NO SCHOOL! WOO! HOO! (Unfortunately, we must make up the days in May. :( ) So my sister and I are doing a long distance scrap. The challenge was to copy the pencillines.com sketch #221 , complete in 1 hour, and post to our blogs. Well, mine took longer than an hour due to Cricut not cutting deep enough, Glimmer Mist bottles clogging, Xyron sticker maker ran out and destroyed a snowflake, and so on....

CS is Bazzill, pp is My Minds Eye, punches by Martha Stewart, Snowflakes from Christmas Cricut cart, and swirly from QK. Anyway, here is my interpretation of the sketch:
Go to Jan's page to see her challenge.

Page 2 of Week 11 & Challenge 2

So I called Jan after I finished the first challenge. We decided to do it again. My challenge was to use something from my Clip it Up 3 times and use alcohol inks. I grabbed some bling from my Clip it Up and colored it with alcohol inks. (Note: Do not use your embossing gun to speed up the drying process. Bling will melt!) I actually had stuff arranged differently but it wasn't "anchored" to the page....just looked like some flowers floating around the page. So I moved the flowers with the bling to the bottom of the vine and added the chipboard and the butterfly.....better.
Her challenge was to use ribbon and a cuttlebug embossing folder. See her page here.

Week 11 & Challenge from Jan

So I called my sister, Jan, and told her that we should do some long distance scrappin'. Then it became a challenge. I challenged her to use one of her long Quikutz dies and her Cricut (which has been neglected in her scrappin') and she challenged me to use a stamp set I haven't used in a long time and to make my own flowers. We had one hour to complete the challenge and post to our blogs. Not exactly scrappin' together.....but, hey, we had fun. Here's my page. Go to Jan's page for her layout.

Week 9 & 10

Week 10- Chloe and I bonding, Chloe doing schoolwork and Noah finally won student of the week. So we went to McDonald's after church for his free happy meal. Then on Monday, Chloe and I cuddled and watched TV. Tuesday I worked on my cross stitched stocking that I started 7 years ago...almost done!! On Weds., it warmed a little and the kids rode scooters. On Thursday, Kayla and I went to the school board meeting to hear about the proposed budget cuts.

On a scrappin' note: All paper is from the paper studio. I cut the swirly thingies with SCAL on my Cricut that I downloaded from http://littlepiecesofmeblog.blogspot.com/ ....great site for downloading SCAL files.

Week 9-Last part of Feb./First part of March.
I spent the weekend at Jan's house....scrappin' of course. When I got home on Feb. 28, Ed put in the new faucet I bought while shopping with Jan. Ronnie got home March 1, and brought 13 dozen eggs! Eggs, anyone?? March 2, Noah celebrated Dr. Suess' B-day. March 3, I made a wedding shower gift for a co-worker's bridal shower the next day and March 4 we played volleyball. Everyone was in bed when I suddenly remembered that I had not taken a POTD....so I took a picture of my volleyball gear.

On a scrappin' note: CS is bazzil, pp is Basic Grey, flowers by Prima, and pearls from Queen & co.

Week 8 of P365

I finished Week 8 on Monday. This was a quick page to make!

This is how I spent my day...playing! I usually have a huge list of things I want to accomplish for the day. (Yep, I really write it down on a list!) Today's list included: Drop lawn mower tire off to be repaired, swim, play with kids. Yep, we swam ALL DAY! I have the skin to prove it!

Week 7 of Project 365

Here is Week 7 of P365. It was the week of Valentine's Day.
I am slowwwly catching up on my p365 album. I am off to work on week 8!

Week 6 of Project 365

Okay, so I'm behind in my P365 scrapbook....I'm working on it tho. Here is Week #6.