New Stampin' Up! Demo

Yep! I signed up to be a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. I love, love, love SU! products. I have been having so much fun playing with my new things. Here are a few things I made:

This was a sympathy card I created. I used the Very Versatile stamp set (available only until June 30 in the Occasions mini catalog) and Chocolate Chip ribbon, Choc. Chip ink, Kiwi Kiss ink, and Baja Breeze ink.

This card uses the Pocket Silhouettes for the weeds (as my husband says!) and Very Versatile for the sentiment. I used So Saffron ink for the sun, Baja Breeze and Pacific Point inks for the sky and Kiwi Kiss for the Weeds!

Chloe's New Do

You know I'll have to scrapbook this! She just looks so cute! Ok, I'm off to go clean something....I'm in a spring cleaning mood!

My 1000th Scrapbook Page!!!

Yep, that's the right number of 0's!! I finished my 1,000th page last weekend. So I framed it and hung it on my wall in my scraproom.

Finally! I was able to log in here again!!

So, I have a lot to post....here are a few pages from several weekends ago when I went scrappin' for a weekend away from home. I finished 20 pages!!

I went to the dr. yesterday for a strep test....ugh...the test was negative but she thought I had something so I'm taking amox. My fever is finally gone today! I am out of bed now! What a way to spend spring break....

Today's Scrapbook Pages....

So I got a chance to head up to the scrapbook room today. My challenge was to use the Basic Grey Phoebe line (that's the patterned paper for you non-scrap lingo people), my Graphically speaking Cricut cartridge and my Paisley Cuttlebug embossing folder (it's on the photo corner in the bottom picture.) I LOVE the journaling on page 2! HA!

Sleepy Alligator!

Noah spent the evening playing at Isaac's with several school friends. When I picked him up, Alex said Chloe could borrow his costume. (Alex LOVES dressing in Halloween costumes...)When we got home, Noah put it on and ran around the house "biting" things with the gator head. Then we sat down to play some Dr. Mario on the old Nintendo. Chloe and I were playing and Noah fell asleep next to me! Of course, I had to take pictures!!

Girly Girl (not!)

I created a list of challenges for myself so I would stop using the same supplies and use some things that I haven't used or have never used. This is the 2nd one...the challenge was to use a metal rim with a flower in the center, eyelets and ribbon, and stamp swirls on the letters of the title (hard to see in the photo).....so here it is:

Setting up Camp

Ok, I had to create a quick scrapbook page. Here are pics from when Jan and her kids went camping with us and Noah's teacher this year. Sorry about the camera shadow in the pictures...oops!! Hey Jan, see the new stamp from Fresh Mod. :)

Goofy

Ok, here's another one I finished a few ago...journaling says, "My goofy boy! There's never a dull moment with this one! Here we are at a party for Morgan's 1st birthday."

Helpin' Out

Here is a page I created a few weekends ago at our school crop fundraiser. Journaling says, "My motto is 'I'm raising adults,' so I try my best to teach them skills to help them be successful adults. On Saturday mornings, they bring their laundry baskets in the hall, dump them out, check pockets, and throw them in the washer. I have just recently made them help fold their clothes. After the clothes are folded, then they put them away. I hope this helps them to be responsible adults and in the meantime, we enjoy each other."

Finished Snow Page 2

Here is the 2nd page of the Snow page I started. It's pretty simple but goes well with the other one.

Birthday Boy

Noah had his actual birthday yesterday. Here he is being silly and "riding" Eeyore. Today he had a birthday party at the house. There were 10 kids here! We all had fun but boy am I exhausted! I'd show more pictures but I'm going to bed....Yes, at 8:30!!!

Scrap Pages From Saturday

So I went to a friend's house on Saturday to scrapbook. There were 8 of us scrapping, chatting and having a good ol' time. I only finished 5 pages (the 6th one needs some finishing touches) but I had fun anyway.

You might recognize these pictures from earlier in my blog :) I finally got them developed and scrapped them! The flowers and stem are covered in glitter. This goes next to the page above. I didn't have another chipboard "l" so I cut one out on the cricut....it matches the "love" at the bottom of the page. I learned something on this page....In between the pictures you might notice a white flourish...well...I stamped that on a clear acrylic heart and stamped it and dumped embossing powder on it. Then I proceeded to heat it with the embossing gun....welll....plastic melts! Duh! So it kind of crinkled. OH, well, just adds a little dimension! HA!This page was number five so the page next to it isn't finished yet :) The 3 snowflakes are covered in glitter! (Love that stuff....in spite of the mess!) These pictures were taken on November 30. The kids got up Sunday morn and realized it snowed. So they put on their snow clothes and we played in the snow before going to church. I had on my pjs and Ed's waders and my coat! Bet I looked hysterical....and nope....no pics of that!

Here are the kids playing Guitar Hero on October 27. Too funny!

Big Girl!

Well, look what Ed brought in! LOL! He went to church tonight and got a daybed from the preacher's wife. Ed set it up in Chloe's room. Now she's a big girl! No more toddler bed....

A Sad Moment....

When Noah got his pajamas on he came into my scrappin' room (imagine that's where I was...LOL!) and said, "I want to learn to tuck myself in." Oh, my little heart broke. So I hugged him and kissed him in his doorway and he went in his room alone. He's growing up......

Fortunately, Chloe was there and said, "Mommy, I want you to tuck me in." Away she dashed and jumped in her bed! So I loved on her and tucked her in.....

Snow Day!

We had a day off from school today because of the snow. We got just a few inches but it was definitely enough for some sledding fun! Chloe and I went outside and played and then Noah realized he was missing out...so he geared up to join the fun.

After sledding, I came in and spent the afternoon in my craft room. I have created 2 layouts so far. Here is one....not my favorite but it's done!

Where Have I Been?!?

Holy cow! My last post was in November!!! Guess that shows ya how busy December is. (That and we were all sick for a week of Christmas vacation when I hoped to get something done.) Anyway, here are a few pages from Christmas in 1999 at Jeffrey and Rose's house (my brother and sister-in-law). Ok, so yeah, I might be a little behind in scrapbooking.....actually, 04,05,06, and 07 are done, so that's not too bad, right?!?

Happy

This is a page I completed for the Chirper Challenge. We were challenged to use foam (the flower), a musical theme, and stripes. Here is my interpretation of the challenge.

This page is from Allison's (my niece) 3rd birthday in 1999!! My 2 nephews are right there with her. (They are driving now!! How time flies!!)

From trash to treasure...My ribbon organization project!

First I took some packaging that some blinds had come in. I cut the packaging apart on the edges so that I had really long pieces of clear plastic. Then I put the plastic on my Cricut mat, used my file that I created, and cut out these...

So I spent the afternoon sorting my ribbon. Of course, being OCD, I had to put it in ROYGBIV order (red, orange, yellow, etc.). All the cool colors are on the left and the warm colors on the right. This took all afternoon. I think I finally have a solution for my ribbon...I can see it all, it's portable, and it looks pretty hanging there.

If you would like the .cut file for Design Studion download it here. It uses the George cartridge and multicut of 4.

I've been busy!!

Ok, so I haven't posted anything in a long time!! But I have been busy (who isn't?)! So I finished this page tonight. I started it last week. This is a picture of Chloe on her actual birthday. She was in her jammies and heading to bed. Some friends had come over to play pool so she was acting silly for them. This is a page I created for the first Cricut Color challenge. We were challenged to create something using white, pink, and light green. This is Chloe at the zoo in August. This page is totally scraplifted from the package of stamps I just bought and used on this page.

Ok, I'll share more later!