Seriously!

Homeschooling has it's set of trials and frustrating days....So I try to take it a day at a time :)
Levi has days where things go so smoothly and peaceful.
Then of course there are the days where I just don't even know what to do....

Having one of those days, and having told Levi the same thing for the fourth time,
at a loss I said "Levi, seriously!"

And then Miss Emma, sitting right beside me, looked very sternly at Levi,
and said "Levi, see-a-us-ly! see-a-us-ly!"

 Yes, life is good :) I certainly wouldn't wan to have it any other way. Seriously :).

Right the first time...

Time for another Waltzing Mouse sketch. Actually I'm a little later joining than I had planned, but hey it's better than not at all :) Here is this week's sketch:

Now, I pretty much always interpret sketches very literally. That's just me~lol. But I couldn't with this one. Right off, I didn't have a anything to use for the star. So that kind of threw me since I couldn't exactly follow it. Maybe it was good for me?! Anyway....this is what I came up with:

                                                      

                  

So....is it too different from the sketch?! I decided to use a heart instead of the star. I embossed it with my swiss dots folder and inked it a little with Spun Sugar distress ink. I don't think you can see it very well, but I stamped some little circles from Nutcracker Sweet randomly on the kraft panel with some Antique linen ink before stitching it down. The "with love" is from Vintage Ornaments. I tried for a more shabby/vintage look for this card. I've tried it a couple of other times, but never really liked the results. It turned out better than my last attempt, but I think I was right the first time. I'll just stick with more CAS.....lol. But it's always good to stretch yourself, right? Oh, the pattern paper is some really old Prima Marketing paper I had in my stash.

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you have a super day :)

Just things...

Things are moving along normally here. Working out the kinks in our new school things. Tomio has been so busy at work. He's been leaving at or before 6 and not getting back till 10 or later(!) The kids barely get to see him. It's hard to imagine  now that that's how things were normally. For YEARS he never got back from work before 10, if not at 11. He only started getting home earlier when the economy went bad at the end of 2008. Things are doing better at Honda now, but I really don't want to go back to that again. At least today he got to leave at 7 :)

Now if you are wondering what these scrumptious looking bars are, they are Cinnamon chewy bars that Leah made :) They were super yummy. Leah had fun and looked so cute too :) She's wearing the apron and kerchief that my sister and and gave her for Christmas. She also made her her own cute recipe book and that's where Leah got the recipe.

They were thoroughly enjoyed by everyone. Leah likes  to make things for Tomio especially, which of course always makes him happy. She usually makes sweets, though, but she surprised him and made his favorite hamburger steaks for Valentine's day: :) I just guided her while she did it all herself. Tomio was SO happy :) 

Well, I hope your week is going well :) With the really nice warmer weather we've been having lately the kids have gotten to play outside more. And that pretty much makes for a happier everyone :)

Thanks for stopping by!!

snow time :)

We finally had some snow that stuck. The kids were sooo happy, so we spent all morning playing in it. It was actually Miss Emma's first time play in snow. She was really excited. She kept saying " 'nowing--outside!"

Leah even managed to make a little snowmand :) But it actually got so warm by early afternoon, that he melted away to a little snowball.

Here is Leah working on masterpiece.

Miss Emma enjoying the snow :)

And Levi having fun too. Levi and Emma got tired of being cold sooner than Rhys and Leah, so  I took them inside first. Rhys and Leah played out for quite awhile. It's been so much warmer these past couple days since it snowed that it's really weird lol. Glad that got play in it for at least a day though.

Thanks for popping in today. Hoping to get inky today heehee :)

another sketch~yay :)

Last week I joined in on the Waltzing Mouse sketch for the first time. I had so much fun and really enjoyed doing the sketch, so  I  wanted to be sure to participate again this week too. Here is the sketch:

I really like how there is not too much going on so I have to struggle to think of something. It really does serve as a nice jumping point. So here is what came up with:

I like making Christmas cards all year, so I do :) Plus, I got these fun ornament stamps after Christmas last year and hadn't gotten a chance to use them yet. Love them! Just so pretty . I decided to heat emboss it with white. It turned out a little "distressed" I thought, but I like the look, so I just went with it. The pretty pattern paper is from Basic Grey. And I added some machine stitching.

 And there you have it.  heehee :)
Thanks for popping in today. I hope your week is going well so far. Mine's not too far from what I was aiming for~yay!

too late.

I made this card for part of Papertrey Ink's Anniversary celebration. I chose Lisa Johnson's colors and made a card using them. But with the time difference, I misjudged and when I just went to post my card and add my link, it was already closed. I think I missed it by a couple of hours. :( But I liked it anyway, so I thought I would share it now.

The colors were Pure  Poppy, Kraft, Vintage Cream, and Spring Rain. I use kraft all the time, but this combination of colors I'm pretty sure I've never done before. I hadn't used my Background basics: Text Style in a while, so I thought I would get it out. It's still definitely one of my favorites. I don't know if you can tell very well in the photo, but I stamped a heart in versamark under the sentiment. I love having the dies to match the mugs in these sets! So glad I got them :) I added a little stitching too.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Are you glad the weekend is here? I am. We've been having some snow the past few days, but none of it seems to stick. The kids are all disappointed lol. The kids's new school books arrived today. I'm going to have to see if we'll start this week or next. Trying not to feel too overwhelmed....
Hope you get some rest before Monday comes again...I hope to :)

Sketch fun :)

I've been absolutely loving my Waltzing Mouse stamps! They are so pretty and easy to use. Since I've been loving them so much, I thought it might be fun to join in on the sketch challenge they have going on each week.
Here is this week's sketch:

 I really loved this sketch. I decided to follow it pretty literally. It worked really well for a CAS card :)

 Like I said,really simple :) But I like how it turned out.  I stamped the open roses in versamark on the pink panel. I colored the bud with my copics, and yeah, that's about it lol. Oh, and I finished off with a few gems.

I really like rustic cream for the base. Kind of like a kraft-y version of white :)

Thanks so much for stopping by! I'm so glad I got join in this time. I'm thinking I need to get some more sets so  I can even more choices for next time. Don't you think? I thought so :)