Wedding Shower

I have a wedding shower to go to tomorrow so I thought I would whip up a quick card. I went for a fall look instead of the pink frilly look. The inside of the card says "Forever Love" I love the feel of young love with this stamp set. Now all I need is a gift.

Below are the items I used to create the card:
Stamps: D1373 Childhood Portrait, D1337 Love Always (inside of card)
Inks: Cocoa, Honey, Twlight
Paper Pack: X7117B Grace Level 2
Accessories: Ribbon, Edge Anchors
Card Sketch: Mojo109

Happy Haunting

I started to post this several days ago and somehow became distracted. Haha that happens to me a lot. Anyway, the weekend hit and as you can see it's all down hill from there.

I just wanted to play with this stamp set. I used the "Color Me Monday" from two weeks ago. I just love these bright happy colors together, so I had to use them.

I have a friend that needs to be spooked so this card is for her.

The following products were used to create this card and can be ordered on my website:

Stamps: C1374 Spellbound

Inks: Black, Sunflower

Paper Packs: X7112B Animal Cookies Level 2

Black Ribbon, brads

Challenge: Color Me Monday

Halloween Treat Tutorial

Are you looking for a quick Halloween treat to make? If so give these acetate boxes a try.

I love these little acetate boxes. These cute little guys are so fun. They work up really fast and can be use for anything. I did a little search on the web today and found the directions. So thanks so much to the original creator. Her name is found on the instruction sheet.

To download the instruction sheet click on "Acetate Boxes"

You will need the following supplies:
Tutorial (Click on link above)
Acetate (office supply store)
Cardstock or Background and Texture paper
Stamps, Inks, Ribbon

Today is the day

Get ready for some HOME DECOR. Who said your pages can't make beautiful home decor pieces. Here is a page I made for my daughter to hang on her wall. The first photo is the page and then the second photo shows the page in a 12x12 frame. She loves it..........

Well today is the day that Chanse went into the MTC (missionary training center) to begin his two year mission for our church. It has been such an emotional week. Alyssa said goodbye to him last night. It was a very emotional evening for the two of them, but at the same time a very peaceful time. Today is not much better. We are all basket cases at our house.

All products are CTMH excent for the "Argentina stickers". I saw them at the last expo and knew I would be able to put them to good use.

Treasure Box Tutorial

I have had so many of you request to learn how to make these darling boxes. So I decided to post it here for all to enjoy. My downline Linda taught me how to make these boxes several years ago and I have made them for all occasions. They make the perfect gift for anyone

Inside of Box.

I have filled them with goodies, jewelry or just any small item that you want.

All product to make boxes can be ordered on my website. We have tons of fun accessories, paper packs and stamps for you to make the perfect Treasure Box.

These also make perfect Christmas gifts. You might try using our Jingle paper pack and Jingle Stickease for a perfect holiday treat.

Click here to download "Treasure Box" tutorial

Fall Expo 09-Simple Layouts

Here are the layouts that we did at the Fall Expo Create and Take. They are very simple so you might want to add more accessories, antique or distress a little.

The following items were used to create these layouts and can be ordered 24/7 on my website:

Twitterpated Level 2 paper pack, D1372 Grown with Love, D1371 Many Thanks, E1011Headline Alphabet, Chocolate Ink, Sweet Leaf Ink, Sorbet Ink, Layout Sketch: Reflections (left: Subtle, right: Front and center-space)

Jingle Level 2 paper pack, D1366 Holiday Trinkets, Tulip Ink, Juniper Ink, Sparkles

Grace Level 2 paper pack, D1373 Childhood Portrait, D1369 Delightful Things, Twlight Ink, Barn Red Ink, Cocoa Ink

Fall Expo- Create and Take Cards

OHHHH so sorry. I have had lots going on the last couple of weeks at my house that I completely forgot that I had not posted the "Create and Take" projects from the expo.

I will start with the cards. These are designed to be able to make in a matter of just a few minutes. Therefore you might want to embellish them a little more, but at the same time they will look great just being simple.

The first set of cards uses "Twitterpated" paper pack

With the holidays around the corner we used the "Jingle" paper pack

Then of course you can see we used "Grace" paper pack with these two cards. Check back soon to see the layouts using these same paper packs and stamps.

All card sketches were taken from Originals or Wishes.

Farewell-More Weekend Fun

Our weekend didn't end with those sports games on Saturday. Sunday was actually a beautiful day, but at the same time emotional. Chanse (you all know Chanse by now. He is the darling BF) He is leaving on a two year mission for our church on Oct 14th. He will be going to Argentina and learning to speak Spanish. His farewell was Sunday. So in a nutshell that means he got the great opportunity of speaking in church.

Chanse is a very shy and quite kind of guy. (Moms-watch out for those quite ones. They tend to real the moms in and wrap themselves around your little finger without you even knowing it) The church was filled to the brim with people. As I watched him on the stand before he spoke he was as white as paste. YIKES I thought he was going to pass out. Good thing I know CPR. He told me the night before that he was very nervous and doesn't like to speak in public.

Anyway, once he got up to the pulpit you would have thought he was a pro. His talk was so amazing that it made the hair on my arms stand up. I am so very proud of my daughter in her decision to support him for the next two years. Trust me you will hear lots about Chanse for the next two years. I am also so proud of her decision in picking such an outstanding young man to fall in love with.

Yikes it's going to be a long two years. The entire family is already missing him. I guess I had better brush up on my Spanish just in case he forgets how to speak English.-HaHa. In the mean time I think I have the perfect layout for these photos that are hot off the press. Check back soon.

Ohh What a Weekend

I hope everyone had a great weekend. It was a typical weekend for us. Typical in the fact that our Saturday's are filled with kids sports. We started off the day with Brandon's game. He plays wide receiver this year. Very different from his usual defence corner position. I have to say it's been a frustrating year. He is used to being on the winning team. It's been a challenge and he has had to learn to take the good with the bad.

Well they lost this game 12-14. Mom will for sure be glad when the season's over. OHHH well that is just life with lot's of good days and plenty of bad days.

I actually left dad at the game in the 4th quarter to run to the water polo game where Alyssa was playing. This was a much different game with Alyssa's team winning 12-2. I know you really can't tell by the angle of the camera but Alyssa is driving the ball in and made a perfect shot right in the corner pocket of the net.

For those of you that have never watched a water polo game first of all it's completely exhausting. My girls always say it's 3 times harder than a swim meet. It's pretty much 4 quarters of pure sprinting. It's kind of like playing soccer, wrestling, basketball and swimming all in one sport. Anyway, I captured this perfect shot of Alyssa playing defense and actually stealing the ball. The other girl is under water you can kind of see her. I think Alyssa is trying to drown her. Believe me there is plenty of "try to drown your opponent" that goes on.

Good news is that my oldest daughter Rachael was asked by the coach to run the clock and scoreboard during the season. So she comes up from college on Saturday and works the games. She makes really good money doing it and I get to see her for a brief moment. However, the season is over next week. Not a great photo but you can see that she is taking a break during a time out.

I seriously should be a sports photographer. It's pretty sad but 90% of the photos I take are sports related. I love it. Someday when my kids and no longer is sports I am really going to miss this.

Best for Last

Yes I saved the best for last. This is the last of the artwork that I will be posting from our retreat last weekend. (Create and Prosper Retreat) Karen designed these projects and they are to die for. This first project is a chip board book with 10 pages. It's called "all sorts album" it can be used for anything. Here she used the Jingle paper pack so it makes a perfect Christmas gift. I have only posted the front cover and page 2-3. Once I get photos on it I will post the finished product. Also those that attend my monthly workshops you will have the option to do this project in November. YIPPPEEEEE

Below are the cards that Karen designed. They are so fun to make and will take your breath away. The kit will allow you to make two of each card for a total of 20 cards. As with the album those of you that attend workshops will have the option to make these cards in November. I know the suspense is killing you. It's almost as bad as waiting for "New Moon" to come out.