THANK YOU Karen

Thank you Karen my BFF and upline for giving me this award. I am always excited when someone thinks my blog deserves an award. The Idyllhours Blog Award is the BFF Award (Blogger's Favorite Friend).

The rules of this award are:
~Accept the award by commenting on the blog of the person that gave it to you.
~Pass it on to five others.
~Reveal 5 things you enjoy doing

The five people I have chosen to award this BFF to are:
Nicole
Brandi:
Tiffany:
Helen:
Jolynn:

5 Things I enjoy doing:
(You can pretty much click around my blog and figure out my 5 favorite things that I am pretty much obsessed about)
~Travel-I love to see the world.
~Photography- I love to take photo's and learn how to be better at it.
~Watching my kids excel in the things they do.
~The vocals of David Archuleta and seeing him perform live leaves me breathless
~Twilight Series- ohhh yea have you seen the trailers for "New Moon"

A Card from Jeanette

I had a wonderful surprise as I went to the mailbox yesterday. Jeanette (CEO and founder of CTMH) had sent me a birthday card.

That is just a fun little perk when you are a Director with CTMH. The card totally made my day. It's a simple but yet elegant card. So I just wanted to share it with you. It's just so amazing how a hand stamped card can make you feel so good and fuzzy all over.

Jeanette and CTMH -Thanks so much.

A Sneak Peak

I thought it would be fun to give you a sneak peak of the September Stamp of the Month. I think it's a very fun set and I just had to start playing with it.

I love all the curly things on the stamp set. This "Color Me Monday" and "MoJo Monday" challenge made a perfect combo to play with this set.

More artwork using this set will be posted later. Check back often.

Below is a list of product I used to create the card. The items can be ordered on my website from the comfort of your own home and PJ's

Background and Textured paper: X7100B Perfect Day
Inks: Sorbet, Sweet Leaf, Chocolate
Stamps: D1375 Treasures (available Sep 1st)
Accessories: Chocolate Ribbon Rounds, Chocolate Brads, Edge Anchors
Challenges: mojo98, Color Me Monday

Life is a Party

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Here is a fun layout I did a few weeks ago. This paper pack can be very versatile. I put photos of Alyssa doing what she does best-just goofing around. She adds tons of fun and life to our family and keeps all of us on our toes. The girls just got back from a trip to Florida. I told them to take lots of photos. They did a good job and took some really fun photos. So I just had to find the perfect layout for a few of the fun photos.

Thanks for looking. Below is a list of product I used which can be ordered on my website by clicking on each link.

Stamps:C1535 Gear Up, D1352 It's Your Day (available Aug 1st) Inks:Holiday Red, Sunflower, Twlight, Clover Meadow Paper: X7113B Tinkering Paper Pack Accessories: Buttons, Ribbon Layout Sketch Design: Reflections-(Left page:Main Frame-Quarter Circle Right page: Bottom Border-Footnotes)

July Kit of the Month-"Animal Cookies"

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Here are the layouts we did for July. Sorry I am so slow at posting these. I let a downline borrow the layouts for her workshops and I didn't think to photograph them before I let them go. I was so glad I could help her out.

As you all know I love this "Animal Cookies" paper. I have used these layouts for Disney photos and birthday. If you didn't finish your layouts at workshops then I hope you get them finished very soon and photos on them cause you will love the end result.

If you have questions or need help please contact me. Have a happy scrappy day.

Lost in Paradise

This card works up really fast. While I was putting this together I wanted to be lost in paradise and forget about any deadlines, worries or stress.

Thanks for taking a minute to stop by. Below is a list of products that I used to create this card. The items can be ordered on my website by clicking on the links. The sketch was taken from Mojo Monday (see link below).

Stamps: C1356 Extreme Happiness
Inks: Cranberry, Desert Sand, Garden Green
Paper: X7118 Moon Doggie Level 2 paper packet
Accessories: Red grosgrain, Holiday buttons, Hemp

Challenges: Mojo97

Happy Birthday To You

I was playing around with the "August Stamp of the Month" today and thought I would just go ahead and participate in a couple of challenges while I was at it.

Makes me feel good to know that I have a fun birthday card ready to go for all the birthday's I have coming up in August.

Thanks again for stopping by and taking a peak.

Stamps:D1352 It's Your Day (Available in Aug)
Inks: Sorbet, Creme Brulee, Desert Sand, Canberry
Accessories: Sparkles, Ribbon, Brads

Challenges: mojo96, Color Me Monday

Color Me Monday-"a week late"

Hello everyone. I completely apologize. Last week slipped away from me before I was able to finish this layout and get it posted. I hope you will forgive me.

I just love these colors. They make me feel so happy and girly. As I was looking for photos to put on it I decided to put these photos of my daughter just before she turned one. I had saved them waiting for the perfect layout to put them on.

I had so much fun with these colors and of course finding just the right accessories. Thanks for taking a minute to look. I have posted the supplies below which can be ordered on my webstie by clicking on the link. Feel free to recreate the layout for yourself.

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Paper: X7093B Sweet Pea
Stamps: D1280 Spot on Background
Accessories: Z1138 Blush Ribbon Rounds, Z1033 Big Pinks, Z1136 White Mini Medley,X5749 Oxford Color Ready Alphabets, Z1147 Foundry Bookplates, Z1148 Pretty Pins, Z1019 Dimensional Elements, Z1283 Autumn Buttons
Layout Sketch: Imagine-"Serenade" pg 36-37

Congratulations

This is a card I made today for my daughters friend. This friend is going on a two year mission for our church. Tomorrow night he will find out where he will be serving.

He is such a darling boy and because my daughter has another year in high school she should be around when he gets home. At that point we will see what happens (not that I am rushing anything, but dang he is darling and they are so cute together. Not to mention I like him tons and it's all about me-LOL).

I wanted to support his decission so I am including a gift card with my hand stamped card. My daughter will give him this card tomorrow night as he finds out where he will be going.

Below is a list of items that I used to make the card. These items can be found on my website.
Stamps: D1257 Make It Count
Inks: Z2103 Bamboo, Z2105 Black
Paper: X7090B Silhouette paper pack
Accessories: Metal Bookplates

Card Sketch:Mojo95

Wildlife

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I had so much for putting this layout together. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the "Animal Cookies" paper pack. This is a layout of my daughter Rachael at Animal Kingdom. The animals were so fun to photograph that day. Anyway, feel free to make a layout for yourself.

You could also use this layout for any wild and crazy photo's you have. Since it's summer I am sure you all have tons of crazy photos. Please note on the right hand page the journaling is hidden behind the photos. Just make a pocket and slip the journaling behind.

The following supplies were used to make the layout which can be purchased and viewed on my website.
Paper: X7112B Animal Cookies paper pack
Stamps: C1360 It's a Zoo, C1359 Sweet Baby, E1009 Building Block Alphabet
Ink: Z2225 Grey Wool, Z2114 Cocoa, Z2150 Sunflower, Z2113 Clover Meadow, Z2166 Tulip
Layout Design: 9031 Reflections (Left Side: Title Topper-Billboard, Right Side: Bottom Border-Overlap)
Accessories: Bitty Brads, White Grosgrain Ribbon

Please let me know if I can help you in anyway.