heading out.

I'm really enjoying my newly-fixed  iTouch :) So fun having internet on it. Heehee :) I don't really get internet outside our home. I mean where ever there is Wifi sure it will catch, but we live out in the middle of nowhere. And I'm pretty sure that the 2 farmers that live near us don't even have a computer, much less wireless internet :) But with Miss Emma always wanting her mama, it's so nice to be  to take my iTouch with me and do some scrappy-stampy browsing.

Anyway, today we're off. I don't get out much---I have four kids, and I don't drive. (Remember, I live in the middle of nowhere :)) But, today we are all taking the bus and going to visit "THE BOY'S". That's what my kids call my sister's house. Technically she has a girl now too, but since she's only 1 I guess they don't count her yet :).

Hope you have an awesome day!! Thanks for stopping by! (Here's a picture of Miss Emma just because every good blog post has a picture.)

layout time

Let's see if this works. I was planning on posting a layout today, but then I started having issues with blogger uploading my pictures. So let's see....Yay!  problem solved. So this is layout I made recently about Levi's stitches. Not my favorite thing, but worth document nonetheless, right?

I was pretty happy with the overall look in the end.  Mostly Fancy Pants papers.  I made the polka dot pattern with my Polka Dot Basics 2 and Worn Lipstick distress ink :) Fun. Oh and I used some glimmer mist on the blue square up in the right corner. One of the first things I ever tried it on.

If you look closely, you can see I gave the letters some texture by running them through my bigshot and also cutting them about 4 or 5 times and gluing them together. But my favorite part is probably the 3 lines of stitching I added. I just liked how it filled in the empty space and reinforced the stitching theme :) All the diecuts are from Quickutz (which I guess I should be calling Lifestyle Crafts now?! Not sure yet...)

Okay, I've got tons of stuff to do today, so that's it for me :) Thanks SO much for stopping by!! I hope you got to enjoy your weekend!!

I did it :)

I'm so proud of myself. As I mentioned before, I'm  NOT computer savvy...it all confuses me lol. But I try.  And this time, I was able to do it again. I managed to install my computer's wireless internet, even though our router was so old I had to find new installation software online. AND I got my itouch's wifi set up too. Even though the code key was no where to be found, and I had to change the level of security and get another encrypted code key to get it all set up. No idea what is involved in that? I didn't either till now :) I mean, I took me awhile to do. And, yes I did get frustrated along the way. And others probably could have done it a lot quicker. But I did it. And I did myself. Yay :)

Have you checked out Papertrey's sneak peeks going on right now? Eeek!! I just spent all my "free" money on my last order. But this is the most excited I have been in ages from just the little peeks. I guess I can hope that Santa remembers what I like, right? :) I'm also really interested in some Waltzingmouse stamps. I haven't gotten any yet, but there are several I have my eye on :)

Ok these pictures of Levi have nothing to do with anything, but I just rediscovered them lately. I Some of my all time favorites of his baby pictures. Adorable :) I can't believe how big he is now....really wish he would stop growing. sigh :)
Alright, I've got dishes calling my name ( too bad they aren't calling someone else's name...). But least if I get them all done I can have guilt free play time, right? Thanks for stopping by!! Happy weekend!! :)

A little card.

Tomio had to be out of town overnight for a big Honda press release (or something  like that). So I thought I would at least try to get some stamping time in at night after the kids were all in bed :) Make the best of it, right? I didn't really finish anything, but I did start a few projects and played with new stamps. Oh! I was SO excited my new Papertrey stamps arrived :) I finally got the Friendship jar set and all the coordinating dies. The latest release of the Christmas fillers pushed me over the edge lol.  I'm so glad I did though--such a fun set. I already enjoyed playing with it. I'll post some of the things I made with it when I get them finished.

This is a card that I started awhile ago, but never got around to finishing it until now lol. Do you ever do that? I get pretty close to finishing, but for whatever reason I don't feel like it's what I pictured or I'm not totally convinced it works, so I'll just set it aside till I feel like I can actually make it work. Anyway, not sure if it worked or not, but at least I did get it done :)  I used the Honey Bee set for it. Its fun to make a scene out of the grass and flowers :) I couldn't make it look right when first tried it, but then I figured out how offsetting and  stamping twice before reinking really helped the grass look better. This is a mini card. It wasn't originally planned that way, but it just seemed like it should be lol.

Tomio got back safely tonight, and he brought back some yummy treats from his "trip", so I'm going to go indulge heehee :) Thanks for stopping by!! I'm definitely ready for the weekend :)

fall party fun :)

Goodness. The kids had so.much. fun. at their fall party :) No one really has a a Halloween party here anyway, so we have our own " fall party". It's just the cousins, but with all three of me and my sisters' kids, it makes 14 kids :) Plenty for a party lol. It pretty much lasted all day though. I was certainly tired by the time we all got home and the kids were in bed.

This is Leah as "Wonder Woman".I  wasn't sure how it would turn out when she said wanted to be Wonder Woman. But I was so pleased with how it turned out! And so was Leah :) ALL of this is made by me :) Can you believe it? Not me :) I'm really not a sewer. I even made the boots :)

Here is Batman aka Levi :) He LOVED his costume. Which made me very happy :) I made all this too. I was really happy with how the bat on his shirt turned out :) I made his belt too, it even has pockets to put his little throwing bats I made in. Oh, I don't know if you can see in these pictures, but I made "stabbies" on his black gloves.

And this is Flash Gordon. I struggle alot with his outfit and hat. 

But Rhys loved his too. The lightning bolts really added a nice touch :)             

And here we have Batgirl :)

She wasn't too thrilled with her hat, but she didn't mind her cape and dress :) She looked in the mirror and said "Batman! Baby!" heehee :) So fun for me :)

Lots of fun, games, and candy :) It was a good day. I think everyone considered it a success :)

Thanks for stopping by!!! I hope your week is going well. Mine's been going better than I even expected :)

Tuesday's card.

Usually I like Mondays alot better than Tuesdays, but this week was opposite.Cooking, school and cleaning seemed to go alot more smoothly today than it did Monday. It was alot sunnier today than it has been, and that always helps put me in a better mood :)

Just a simple little card today. I usually make standard-size cards. But every now and then I'll make something smaller just for fun :)

I stamped some Hawaiian Shores cardstock with the text background in Old paper. I kind of wanted to see what color it would turn out heehee :) Then I stitched it to some Bo Bunny Double dot cardstock. The blue ring was sprayed with glimmer mist. I used Heart Prints in but opted to cut it in a circle rather than use the matching heart punch. Then I added an Orange Zest button threaded with twine to finish it off. Really simple:).

Thanks for popping in! I just got my Creating Keepsakes magazine in the mail, so I'm hoping to have a little relaxing time just reading it tonight :) fun :)

Really?

Is it really November already?! I knew it was coming, but still....I can't believe this is already going to be Emma's second Christmas! I can tell she's grown so much though. She says so much! The other day, Tomio had to leave for work early, and I was getting his breakfast ready. Since it was early, all the big kids were still in bed and Emma was in the kitchen with me. Now normally when I finish cooking and call the kids to eat, Emma will yell out "READY!". So when I was finished getting Tomio's breakfast ready, she said "ready!! CUTIE(that's was she calls Levi)!! Oh...Cutie nai-nais."(which is what she says for sleeping)It was sooooo cute! She actually said "Oh" and you could tell she was thinking and connecting it all in her head. I love it :) And whenever she wants you to giver her something, she'll say "please" and hold out her hand. Secretly I wish I could stop her from getting bigger *sniff*, but since I can't, I'm at least trying to enjoy all these wonderful little moments :)

Sorry, today was just one of those Mondays. You know, just not really any extra time for all that fun stuff, so I don't have any cards to share today. Hopefully tomorrow:) Our "Fall Party" that we do instead of Halloween is this Wednesday, so I'll be sure get some pictures of everyone in their costumes :) Thanks for stopping by!! Is your week starting off well? I hope so :)