You won't believe it!!

Well, actually you probably will, but that is only because you don't know Miss Emma :) I can't believe it...yesterday, the day she turned 5 months....drumroll.... she took a nap!!! I know, I know, all babies take naps. But for Miss Emma, a nap means 10 minutes, if I'm lucky. But she actually took a nap--for over an hour! I had to check on her several times to make sure she was still breathing lol.

And here is what I have to show for it:

Well, that and really clean floors. Because I DO realize that housework should rank somewhere near the top of my to do list :)

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to enjoy any  unexpected little blessing that might come your way!

supplies:

cardstock:papertrey, stamps: papertrey & fancy pants, ribbon: papertrey, scallop border: quickutz, other: japanese rhinestones

accomplishments.

I don't know about you, or everyone else, but I know for ME, with 4 kids at home, homeschooling the oldest 2, the youngest only 5 months, just trying to get some kind of food on the table and getting through the day can be a challenge :) at least some of the time. That's why when I feel like I've gotten alot done, I feel really proud of myself :) It might not be a big deal for everyone else, but for me, its an accomplishment. And yesterday I felt like I accomplished alot :) The weather here was wonderful, so I decided to take the kids to the park. Not only did we get all our studies done before we left, I even packed us a picnic lunch! We spent the whole afternoon at the park, using up ALOT of extra energy :) We walked home, the kids made acorn people, and I baked cinnamon rolls :) ( I managed to utilize Emma's ten minute nap quite well lol) We ate stew, took baths, ate the cinnamon rolls, cleaned up, did chores AND got to bed on time. Like I said, for some, maybe not a big deal. But for me, it felt like quite an accomplishment. yay me:) How about you? What makes you feel like you have accomplished something?

ANYWAY, here is a layout I made recently. These are some my ultrasound pictures of Miss Emma. I loved seeing how much she had grown at each visit.It's very simple, but I liked how it really showcased the blac and white ultrasound pictures.

I LOVE these huge Quickutz letters!! Mary Jane is one of my all time favorite alphabets!! And you can't really go wrong with pink and brown in my book :)

Thanks for stopping by!! I hope you accomplish something that make YOU feel proud this week :)

Taylored Expressions

I did it!! I made a card based on the fabulous Taylored Expressions sketch!! Every week I look and admire, but I finally got up the neve to actually participate lol!! I always love the sketches and what the other ladies make with them, so I thought I would try it too :) Here is what I made:

I stayed pretty much true to the sketch. I LOVE working with sketches--such a fun jumping off point. But sometimes I feel too guilty if I change it too much lol. Am I the only one?! This card is mostly Papertrey and Fancy Pants. I really like this sketch--but honestly I don't think I did it justice lol. If I can, I'll make another card with this sketch again :) I used one of the little circle images that came with the PTI Warm Happiness stamp set to make a subtle background on the cream cs. I really like all the fall colors in these papers-so cozy :).
This one isn't for the sketch, but I just made it yesterday:

This uses more Fancy Pants paper. Isn't the black damask one so pretty? I love it :) I also used my Doodlebug glitter to cover the butterfly punch after I pressing it into my glue pad. Love how sparkly it turned out :) Its kind of hard to tell in the picture, but I stamped a script stamp on the white circle. I don't have Aqua mist ink to match my Papertrey cs, so I used the Ocean tides and stamped off once.

Thanks for stopping by!

supplies: {warm winter wishes card}cardstock: papertrey. pattern paper: fancy pants, stamps: papertrey, brads: doodlebug scallop punch: fiskars {butterfly card} cardstock: papertrey, pattern paper: fancy pants. stamps: fancy pants, butterfly punch:fiskars, buttons: papertrey, glitter: doodlebug other: rhinestones

mojo monday

Yay :) I was afraid I would miss out on this week's Mojo Monday sketch, but I got time to do it. Well, actually, I MADE time :) and I am so glad I did.

I  had fun with this sketch. I used lots of my favorite papers. And a funky button I had in my stash that has no holes lol :) The focal stamp is Fancy Pants. I always thought it was neat, but had never had much of a good chance to use it before. The script on the kraft paper is actually a Fancy Pants stamp too. I have the Papertrey ink text backgrounds set on the way--I can't wait :)

Anyway, thanks for stopping by! Hope you enjoyed my once-again-not-on-Monday-mojomonday-card!

supplies:

cardstock: worldwin

pattern paper: k&co, prima
stamps: fancy pants
buttons: autumn leaves
other: ribbon, kraft cs

around the world...

in just one day :) I didn't get as much time to create cards on the actual WCMD as I would have liked. And I didn't even find out about Nichole Heady's WCMD challenge until yesterday. But I really wanted to participate as much as I could. I am so happy that I actually got all 4 cards made :) woohoo:)

So, the first challenge was to make a card inspired by Japan! You would think this would have come easy for me, but I don't even own a single Asian-themed stamp. After a little thought, this is what I came up with:

I used this pattern paper from Die Cuts With a View. I was actually surprised to come up with something I liked.

The challenge for day 2 was to create a card inspired by Mexico. The first thing I thought of was pinatas and parties with pennant banners. So, I made this:

I haven't used this great set from Papertrey nearly enough.  I love how you can add in the candle in birthday in any color you want :) so cute :)

Day 3's challenge was supposed to be inspired by India and to use rhinestones or sequins. I thought this shouldn't be too hard since I seem to put rhinestones on just about everything right now hehe :)  

                             

It's pretty simple, but I thought it did have kind of an Inidian feel to it. I think it needs something else, but I haven't figured it out yet. Once I do, I'll re-post it lol :)

And the last challenge was from Australia. We could either use masking or dotted outlines. I chose dotted outlines.                Yes,  I know the snowman doesn't seem very Australian :) But for some reason, it was the only image that "grabbed"  me, and evertime I tried to use something else, I didn't like it. And I did use the dotted lines :)  I like how it turned out though.

Anyway, thanks for stopping by! I had lots of fun going around the world : )

supplies:

{you're amazing}

cardstock: papertrey

pattern paper: diecuts with a view

stamps: verve

buttons autumn leaves

other: ribbon

{happy birthday}

cardstock: core'dinations

pattern paper: inque boutique

stamps: papertrey

buttons: autumn leaves

ribbon: offray

{celebrate today}

cardstock: diecuts with a view

pattern paper: daisy d

stamps: papertrey

label diecut: spellbinders

scallop border: fiskars

other: rhinestones

{Christmas Wishes}

pattern paper: fancy pants

stamps: stamping bella, papertrey

ribbon: bazzill basics

button: papertrey

other: white gel pen, kraft cardstock

my little boy...

is not so little anymore :( Levi really seemed like my baby, now matter how big he was getting, until Emma arrived. The first time Tomio brought him to visit me in the hospital, I could not believe how big he had gotten!! But I got a little more used to it for a bit. But last week, he really turned into a kid. How did this happen?! I did it.... I made him go from this:

to this:

           

I can't believe how big he looks now *sniff* I love it though :) I love how "boy-ish" he looks. I love how you can see his face so much better too. And Levi loves how his hair doesn't get in his eyes anymore lol. It took awhile to do though... he had ALOT of hair. And I kept stopping and trying to decide how much to cut. And of course the hairs kept bothering him. And he kept skwirming. And then Emma woke up. And then he had to pee. But I finally got it done :) Even though he IS a big boy now, at least he still needs his mama to put him to bed and still tells me he loves me about 15 times a day :)

Here is a picture of my little Miss Emma too, just for fun :)

               

                        

I think she is getting a tooth. I noticed a white speck awhile ago, but I thought it was way too early. After all, Leah didn't get her first tooth until after she was 1. But I think the white speck is getting a little bigger, and she always likes to chew on something now. Her favorite thing to chew on is her fingers though :)

No album pages to show today, unfortunately :( I actually did get a couple done, but I haven't had a chance to photograph them. But I realized I haven't posted my latest recipe card yet.  So here it is:

                         

Nothing too fancy :) But I like having a great place to use all my food dies and stamps more he he:) I'm hoping to make at least 2 more this week. I'll let you know if I reach my goal :)

Anyway, thanks for stopping by!! I hope you had  fun weekend and enjoyed World Card Making Day :)

raspberry suite challenge #17

 

I'm so glad that Dawn did another Raspberry Suite Color Challenge! I really like doing them and missed not having them the past couple of weeks. But, I must admit I wasn't really sure I liked these colors together. I'm just not a big fan of red lol. And I find it hard to combine with other colors too. I was really pleasantly surprised with  how well they did go together lol. Here is my card:

I really wish I could get better pictures of my cards... I always finish and upload my cards at night, so I never get a chance to get them in good light...anyway :), I like how it turned out. I paper pieced the cupcake, which is something I almost never do, mainly because I just don't think of it... I really should try it more I think.

                                     

And, yes, I did the inside again :) woohoo! It's almost starting to feel like I haven't actually finished the card if I haven't done the inside. Almost... :)

                           

I used on of my FAVORITE stamp sets that I don't get to use nearly enough :) the Cupcakes from Papertrey. And my card base is kraft from Bazzill. I really like this color of kraft.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you liked it :)

                        

supplies:

cardstock: kraft-bazzill. aqua- papertrey ink.

pattern paper: die cuts with a view

stamps: papertrey ink

ribbon: papertrey ink

circles: quickutz

scallop border: fiskars

other: gems, kodomo ink