holidays

Since we homeschool, and Tomio works long hours at work, whenever he has a day off from work I give the kids a day off from school. I love that I can work it into their schedules that way :) But I think it has caused a bit of confusion for Levi. He knows that we don't have school on "church days" or the days Daddy is home, but he hasn't totally worked out the difference in "weekends" and "week days". The fact that Daddy staying home makes it a "holiday"  apparently means Daddy has the power to make any day a holiday :) I realized this when, on Saturday, Levi asked "Did Daddy make it a holiday today?" :) Rhys just said "It's SATURDAY..." But Levi just replied "I know...but did Daddy make it a holiday?! He can make anyday a holiday!".... I explained to him a little more about weekdays, but I don't mind his lofty ideas of his daddy right now :)

 I think I need to stop myself from using these butterflies for awhile :) But I just can't~hehe :) A pretty simple card, I did some background stamping. And I thought it was time for a big bow :)

I wasn't sure if I would like this Summer sunrise color, but I like it goes with the kraft. Of course, I like how just about everything goes with kraft... :)

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope your week is starting off nicely :) Tomio actually made it holiday today(heehee), so we all went out for doughnuts. That started off our week quite well :)



sweet peas...

We've been having much cooler weather and lots of rain. Today started out that way too. But by the time we got out of church it was actually hot. Everyone started peeling off all their extra layers :) I should have known though, since I thought about getting out all the kids' warmer clothes...

Another "flat" card for today. I didn't actually plan it that way :). For most of my cards I often just start with one idea of something  I want to do and go from there. This one started with the flower image I felt like using :) After decding that and thinking a little bit, I started out by stamping the wood grain background on kraft with antique linen distress ink. I really like how the colors look, a little bit more interesting than just the versmark I think :) I stamped the Sweet Peas in momento black and colored them with copics. I diecut it with a Quickutz label and then stamped the sentiment from the same Sweet Peas set. I adhered it to the Bitty Dot pattern paper and stitched it to a panel of Hero Arts Carnation layering paper (I'm really loving this color of pink right now--seems to be just the right shade :))

Thanks for popping in! I hope you're enjoying a lovely weekend :)



a nice day :)

I wasn't really feeling up to taking all 4 of the kids to the park today....But when Tomio called from work just to let me know how perfect of a day it was, I thought we should go anyway. And it really was a nice day :) The kids had LOTS of fun. We even took a picnic lunch.... I mean, look what I got to see at the park today:

And this:

                                               And even some of this:

So it really was a nice day :) SO glad we got out to enjoy it!

No card to share yet today. I have several Christmas presents that I make each year, and I have started on those. My sister does not enjoy scrapping, well at all :I), but she has 6 kids. So I make some pages for each of their albums each year.  I also like to give cards as gifts too, and I have started those as well.

ok, I have some little ones who need to go to bed :) Thanks for stopping by! I hope you had "nice day" too :)



worries and butterfly dreams

Last night Emma went to be a tiny bit early because she missed her nap. She slept fine and then for some reason got up around 10:30. I gave her a bottle like she asked for, but instead of going to sleep like normal, she stayed up....and up. Not crying, just sitting, talking and playing a little. I know, not a big deal, right? But it always starts me secretly panicking....what if Emma gets her nights and days mixed up? what if she never goes to bed on time again?! Of course, with all 4 of my kids, it's never happened. Isolated incidents like that stayed just that. But I still can't help but secretly freak out a little bit until she has a couple proper night's sleep to prove otherwise (so am I the only with these irrational worries? I hope not...)

Ok...so for today's card :) I chose kind of an interesting color combination, but I think it worked out ok :) The background stamp is from Hero Arts. I think it looks "elegant", so it inspired the love-y card. I used background basics: Text-styles for the heart in Old Paper distress ink. That might be my most used set from Papertrey. I used Butterfly Dreams for the butterflies. I debated a long time about getting that set since I already have butterfly kisses. But I am so glad I did! I love it. I wrapped some twine around the heart and slipped a tag made froma Quickutz die onto the twine. I also popped the heart on some pop dots. I added some machine stitching around the edges. I adhered it to a white card base after, that way you don't see the stitching on the inside.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I'm off to have a day full of homeschooling. I got up early enough to get my laundry and blogging done before we started~yay me :)

little sweet pea

I really don't know how Tomio does it....he's 5 years older than me, but he seems to handle the late nights and early mornings alot better than me lol. When I get up that early I feel like I need to nap with Miss Emma :)....Anyway, I know I've mentioned before some of the cute things Levi says :) And I just had to share the latest one :) it helps me remember for later to put in the albums too... Of course, he is STILL so into Batman. Always drawing pictures of Batman, wearing his costume and watching the show (when allowed :)) So, he was explaing to Leah how Batgirl is actually commsioner's daughter... and I hear him saying "yes--really her dad's the conditioner. The conditioner doesn't think Batman is a bad guy." heehee :) I almost corrected him, but I thought I would leave it just a little bit longer. He already seems to have realized that "fair" doesn't mean "UNfair" and has stopped saying "But that's FAIR! You can't do that!". I have to keep some for a little while longer, right?! :) 

Here is a baby card I made. I'm thinking of sending it to my cousin in Virginia. She's due this month, and is not finding out what it is :)

 

I *LOVE* this little pea pod image from Baby Button Bits. Leah helped me look through my button stash to find the ones that we thought fit best. And the sentiment is  adorable. I used my Polka Dot basics 2 for the background. I don't know why I waited so long to get it! So fun to have all those different choices :) I used Milled Lavendar Distress Ink for the background and the scallop circle. I added some twine to the green buttons and purple to tie them together.

Thanks for popping in! Have a SUPER day!!

early and late mornings

All the big kids were super tired this morning, I think the weekend's late night caught up with them :) I let them all sleep in a little before school, one of the perks of homeschool, right ? Miss Emma, on the other hand, decided she was ready to get up when I was up to get Tomio's breakfast ready...before 6. But, she did at least take a little morning nap after that. During which time, I was able to work on this:

Pretty simple, but I like how it turned out. I really like the way Tumbled Glass distress ink looks on these Hero Arts papers.  I stamped the stripes on the kraft with versmark ink. I stamped the flowers on top in Walnut stain distress ink. The flowers and sentiment are from Papertrey Ink. The background stamps are from Cornish Heritage Farms. I knew I wanted to add some pink pearls, but I didn't have any in a good shade. So, I just colored some with my Copics. Love how easy it is :) I almost added some ribbon to this card, but in the end, I decided to keep really simple :)

Thanks so much stopping by! Even though Tomio had to leave before 6 this morning, he's not going to be back to 10 :( He's exhausted, so I'm getting his favorite meal (curry and rice) ready for him when he gets home. Hope your week is looking bright so far :)

ahhh!

It's already October! I knew this would happen, so  I started working on Halloween costumes back in April...but I still haven't finished. I'm just glad that all of them still want to be the same thing they decided back then :) I really have made progress though, so there's still hope that they will be done in time. Levi's is mostly done and he already likes to wear it around the house :) I think I did pretty good since even Miss Emma pointed at him and said "Batman!" when he had it on.

The card for today actually took me alot less time to make than the one I last shared. But I like it SO much better.

I really love how this one came out. It's full of distress inks, background stamps and butterflies :) The base is a Hero Arts note card in Pool, I think. I stamped the stripes in Tumbled Glass distress ink. I stamped the label with Wild Honey Distress ink and inked the edges. Oh, and the leafy- flourishes are in Walnut Stain distress ink.  I did the butterfly in Momento Tuxedo black so I could color it with my Copics. I LOVE this butterfly. And the coordinating die just makes me love it even more :)

Well, I hope your October is starting off well :) Leah had another golf test today, and she passed with ease :) Tomio was so proud :) Thanks for popping by!!