not lazy...

...just "stuck"...

I really didn't realize it had been so long since I posted! What?!?

So here I am. :)

I wanted to post a Scrappinista LO I did using Cosmo Cricket 1934 line!
AND a Cosmo Cricket Glubber (Glue-ber?) :)
If you like to make flowers out of ribbon 9 I used Maya Road ruffled satin here) and fabric, this is the glue dot for you!
You get a ton in the package, and they work like a DREAM!
The only problem is finding them!
We got them in the store, and they have been sold out since! EEK!

The black ring is me stamping with a toilet paper roll. Yep. All class around here!

I also added Epiphany Crafts embellishies!

And I'll just put this one out there, even though it seems unfinished to me... it needs journaling somewhere or something. But it IS a 2 page layout! You don't get those out of me much!
I promise I won't be such a stranger!

The Story Matters March-and more.

How did it get to be March?
Well it is. And so that means it is The Story Matters Kit time!

And this is the LAST kit that we do quite this way...
there is chance on the horizon. Good change!
Still in the works. So stay tuned.

In the meantime. Here are the first of my layouts:
And my sweet friend Anne and I went to an antique show today, and she insisted on getting this for us!
Hamilton Beech HEAVY duty shake blender! Like commercial quality! And THREE stainless mixing cups too! AWEsome!
Add ice cream, milk and chocolate syrup, and you get this:

Thank you Anne!

Speaking of "how did it get to be March". March is like Christmas around here! THREE birthdays in this house alone! EEK!

We all got to spend a fun night with Grandpa Don and Grandma Dinah at Happy Joe's! Playing games and eating pizza!I have the title of this one already "Lord of the Rings". :)
(Yes, we told him that the one ring was a girls style ring. You can see how much he cared.) They both got a "moon" ring. (We'd say "mood" and they just stared at us like. "Yeah.")Thank you Grandpa Don and Grandma Dinah!


OH!! AND I have been asked to join this fabulous Design Team!!!

8 is SO big!

8 years old today!7 seemed "little" still.
8 seems so BIG.
He's my baby though... always will be.
EIGHT whole years ago, I was in the birth center, in a tub, delivering joy!
Eight years ago I gave birth to baby boy number 2.
Eight years ago, I got to be a mother toTWO boys.
Eight years ago, I was proud of myself! (You WERE a 10#3oz. waterbirth after all!)
Eight years ago I gave birth to a brother, a friend, and the child that is most like me.
Eight years ago I was reminded of God's grace.... and every day since.

Gabriel Lee, I love you so much! I always will.
I marvel at the big boy you are becoming, and I get glimpses of the man you will be.

I thank God for you each day!

(AHHH, couldn't find the 1st year cake pictures!)



(Just didn't make it to cake this year! LOL! But HAD to get the cake picture!! Snort!)

Happy Birthday Buddy!

How to keep up!! GEEZ!

I noticed that not only am I not posting anything about my kids, but I am not really posting about anything!
I even had Mad Monday layouts to show you!

Better late than never!

BUT FIRST!
I HAD to shout from the rooftops, that my friend Megan Klauer made the Sassafras design team!
Since I would have been mad if she HADN'T (she loves them so.. I just KNOW she is their biggest fan and SO deserves the spot) it's a good thing! LOL!
Congrats Megan!
I am also thrilled it was a The Story Matters LO that they posted in the announcement!
NEXT (not as exciting, but still) I am featured again in the monthly "maps" on Page Maps!!
Thanks Becky! It is always a pleasure!
I was thrilled to be asked again, after having just been present in January!
I don't usually use a sketch so literally, but I did this time. That in itself is a challenge for me.
THEN, go on over to The Story Matters and do a little survey to help us figure out how we can serve you better at The Story Matters!

And FINALLY, my "MAD" (make a dent) Monday layouts-on Tuesday!

I'll be honest, these were a product of Saturday's crop... (I love no rules! LOL!) But I "Made a Dent"! (At least I could have POSTED them on Monday, right?)

This one was just fun... and this poloroid I was afraid would get lost if I didn't put it somewhere better than the fridge! LOVE the cloud stamps from the Studio Calico kit!
I made rain with the rhinestones. :)
And yes... that is me. I miss the days of horses (before kids) and horse shows, and the small of a sweaty horse. I do. :)
I bought this paper JUST to scrap this exact picture I had in my stash!
Simple, I know.
Thanks for stopping by!! :)
I'll try not to be a stranger!

"Berrylicious" Release Party... PROJECTS!

Yes, once in awhile I do a "project".
THIS one is very simple, but I like the results regardless.

This frame is available at Walmart for just $5!
The openings are 3 1/2 x 5?

I LOVE this picture of Cora!
She cracks me up.
I am thinking I have to make more of these showcasing some of my favorite papers!
This would be fun with just papers you like alone!

Be sure to check out the other projects on the Imaginisce blog today!
You could WIN some for yourself!

Imaginisce "Berrylicious" Release Party!

Imaginisce is coming out with a line of papers and embellishment that will make you CRAVE summer!

Well, at least it is a glimmer of light and a ray of sunshine!

OK, enough talk about summer (it's making me crave warn breezes and cold lemonade)...
This line it colorful and cheerful!

I had fun making these layouts and they came easily.
All that COLOR!

So grab yourself some today!

(And come back tomorrow! I made a PROJECT with "Berrylicious"! :)
Yes, I hand cut these banners... :) I just loved all these little dot patterns of this paper line!
Thanks for stoppin' by! :)

Be sure to go to the Imaginisce blog to check out all the designers layouts!

You could WIN some "Berrylicious" for yourself too!

The Story Matters March Sneaks!

Another great kit...
Changes on the horizon!

Can't wait for full reveals of TSM March!

Imaginisce "Be Mine" inspiration!

Myself, Kim Holmes and Erin Bassett are hositng three days of True Love.
We're creating, right?
LOVE!

I am hosting the day of layouts. (Big surprise, right?)

The point? To use any and all Imaginisce product to create "Love" layouts, cards and projects!
Who needs a dedicated love line? Not us!

OK, I'll admit. I have been wanting to get dirty and get more "artsey".
When I ink, it's bright and bold.
I love and appreciate vintage and distressed, but my first love is COLOR!

I've done this before (it's been too long) where I spray ink heavily on the top of the page to get the colors running down...
I didn't have a box layout around, so I made myself a cheap spray station. :)
In an effort to help the drips down, I "flicked" the page. The cool side affect is that it splattered ink randomly on the page. Neat accident.
I saw some stamping recently that looked like it was done with spray ink.
So I decided to give it a try. I have used the Tattered Angels stencils to "stamp" before, but not my clear stamps (or rubber stamps).
So I grabbed a cookie sheet, sprayed on it, put my stamps in it, and stamped on my layout...
Then, as to not waste my ink. (Yeah, that was why) I thought to dip journaling strips in the leftover ink.
Got my 25 cent heart punch out again and then sewed those punches onto the top of the layout (after I stamped two stamps along the top edge of the layout. Grid and distressed journaling lines.)
The Imaginisce die cuts, I had been saving these fun trees and flowers to use together!
So the picture is from when I first moved back to Iowa in 1998. Jerry and I had just bought a house together, and I was with him at a gig.
It seems like so long ago. And it seems like yesterday. :)

I think looking back, my journaling is confusing. I'll have to write more on the back of the layout. :)
We have known each other for 26 years. We dated for 5-6 years, I moved out of the area, but we were still friends. We always stayed in touch. We reconnected after failed relationships on both our parts, and I moved back to Iowa in 1998. I have been gone several years.

Wanna win something? Post a comment on the Imaginisce blog. AND get extra entries by posted about our inspiration on facebook or your blog!

Hopefully I'll be back today for some MAD Monday creation!

The Story Matters February!

Missed ya Monday!
I made no dent...

But I HAVE made 4 layouts for "The Story Matters"!

This kit if AWESOME, if I do say so myself!

I love the nod to Valentine's without going all over board.
The colors make me want to go vintage shopping and to plant flowers...

So get a kit while they last! It's all the best product and the best price!

Head to the blog for some great ideas from "The Author's" too!

This one was the first one I started, and the last one I finished!
The stickers in the kit made me think to scrapbook our moving into this house (it was built for us!) It was a fun process, and I have only scrapped it a bit. So I went with it this month with a couple more layouts to add to that subject.
...more house...
I got to use a couple new border punches by EK for this one. And I used frayed burlap and a blending tool. I need to do that more. (Thanks Kim!)
And this last one, well, this picture has been waiting for a layout for some time.
It's hard to see, but there is yogurt on the wall behind her, and all over the high chair, and all over her. "Boy am I mad. Hold on while I get the camera."
Don't all scrapbookers parent this way?

Notice the little heart on each layout? I LOVED this sticker sheet, and I obviously was not letting even one of those hearts go to waste! :)

Thanks for stopping by!