it's over.

Well, Golden Week is officially over. Seriously it felt like it didn't even exist this year. I did enjoy the break from school though :) But all studies and such will resume tomorrow....I hope I'm ready lol.

Oh, and I'm pretty sure I forgot to say how Leah did on her second golf test.......yes, she passed :) Tomio said she was the only one to pass this time. I'm so proud of her :) She still says she wants to be a professional golfer, and it looks like she is on the right path.

Miss Emma seems to *finally* be almost back to her normal self....is this like the 3rd time I've said that? I guess 3rd time's the charm, right? :) She did take a long nap today, which is great for her getting completely better. It's also great for getting some cards done :) I think I got 4 cards made during her nap. And that is A LOT for me. I even got the dishes and straightening done too.

This however, is not one of the cards I made today. I did *not* have time to photograph those :)

Just a simple out-of-season Christmas card. heehee :) I thought the different color combination was fun for a Christmas card. I used the gorgeous Waltzingmouse ornament stamps. So pretty and I love how the work with the Spellbinders ornament dies. Oh, the embossing folder is from Quickutz. For some reason I prefered the debossed look for this card.

Alright, I'm off to get things ready for tomorrow before I go to bed :) thanks for stopping by!!

Just a couple more days.

Just a couple more days of "Golden Week" left. It really was short this time. Leah had two golf tests right in a row scheduled too. She passed the first no problem, of course :) I didn't realize since she seems pass each easily each time, but apparently most kids fail each one a few times before passing. She must definitely take after her Daddy, not me. Her second one is today.


Miss has been quite under the weather the past few days. And as I may have mentioned before, she's not the...easiest of babies :) And, well, when she doesn't feel well....she's even more challenging lol. I am happy to say she is on the mend though.It was soo nice to see her smile come back yesterday :)

Here is a card that I made when I was trying to make more "vintage" or "shabby" cards. I have since realized that it really is just not my thing lol. Sometimes when I see some of the gorgeous Vintage-y cards others have made, I wish I made cards like that. But it just doesn't come naturally for me. Does that happen to you? I'm trying to embrace my clean and simple style though. It is very freeing, if that makes sense lol. ANYWAY, here is one of my attempts:

I know... it's ok, but I'm not too thrilled with it. I'm pretty sure it needs *more* to really be vintage or shabby looking...oh well, I still had fun making it though :)

And just for fun, here a CAS Christmas card that I made last year that I really liked :

 And this definitely came much more easily to me.

Ok, that's it for me. Miss Emma and I have been up since before 6 this morning (yay!...), but now it's time to get the rest of the house moving. Thanks SO much for stopping by. Oh, and could you let me know which style of cards  you tend to make? Are you able to switch styles easily? Any certain kind that you just. can't. do.? (like me...)

Hope you're having a crafty week :)

Sort of a break...

Yesterday was technically Tomio's first day of his "Golden Week" holiday. It supposed to be a pretty long break from Tomio's work. But with all the stuff he has to do, it's not really working out much that way. We do still take the week off from school, which is very much needed :) I'm hoping to go through all the kids's clothes and make a bunch of cards :) Fun, fun :)

And here's a card for today.

I had some fun with this card. I made five strips of kraft stamped with the woodgrain pattern to make it look like it was made of pieces of wood. I stamped a couple off different background images on the hearts after I punched them out. Oh and that fun "Mr. and Mrs." stamp is from Unity. Finished off with some ribbon and pins.

Ok, I'm headed off to bed. Everyone but me seems to have a cold and their all sleeping. Hoping to catch up on some of my sleep :)
Thanks for popping by! I hope you are having a great weekend so far!!

CR84FN color challenge :)

I'm so proud of me :) I decided to try to use the time have in the morning since I have to get up at 5 to get Tomio off. And with Miss Emma sleeping a little bit better in the morning, I have from an hour to an 90 min. in the morning to work on cards :) Heehee :) And that is with me doing the laundry and dishes too. So today I used this  time to make a card for Cr84 Fun Color challenge. Here is the inspiration for the colors red, aqua, and white.

I really liked these colors :) Here is what I made:

Yes, very CAS again. I really just can't help it. So I decied just to go with it and admit that I just don't do other styles well. So clean and simple it will continue to be :) I just got PTI's Embellishments set that I used here. Really loving this set. I actually made another card for this challenge with it, but I was afraid it had too much kraft in it, so I made this one instead. It was actually kind of hard for me to make card without using kraft. When I looked at the last 10 or so cards I made, ALL of them had some kind of kraft in them lol.

Thanks SO much for stopping by today! I hope you are having a great week :)

WaltzingMouse sketch

I finally made time again to join in the Waltzing Mouse sketch. Feels so much better to create things :) And if I don't spend forever choosing what papers or what images like I normally do, it doesn't have to even take TOO long lol :) I was able to make this card after I put the little ones in bed before Tomio and Leah even got back from their golf :) Anyway, this was the sketch for this week:

I like embossing, so this fun for me. I went with a rectangle instead of  a square though.

I've had Teeny Trees for awhile, but I haven't really gotten a chance to break it out much yet. I love it though :) So many fun images to choose from! I used one of my Sizzix embossing plates I got recently. I'm SO loving those!

I used some Basic Grey pattern paper for the top part. And I distressed the edges of  kraft panel. Another one the things I'm addicted to right now.

Ok, that's it for today. The kids and I are planning taking a picnic lunch to the park today after school, so we've got lots work on this morning.

Thanks so much stopping by!!

No excuses...

I'm not going to make any excuses as to why the blog here has been so quiet. It's all just typical stuff going on around here. Stuff that I should be able to handle just fine. I guess sometimes the everyday is a little more than you expect. Or maybe it's just me? At least Miss Emma seems to be doing better about sleeping through the night without screaming :)

And now for a card. Kinda  simple really. But not completely "CAS".heehee.

 I love the subtle look of the woodgrain stamped on kraft with antique linen distress ink. Just perfect. And I seem to have a thing for adding these pins to my card lately. The cute felt "love" is from Fancy Pants. I {heart} all their fun felt shapes that they released a few years ago (!) I don't know what I'll do when I run out though! gasp! I use them on my cards and layouts too.

Anyway, I'm off to bed. I still feel like I am making for some missed sleep.  Thank you SO much for stopping by even though it has been so quiet around here. Hope you had a great Easter weekend :)

a little tired and a layout.

Well a new week started again. I have been so tired lately. I guess I shouldn't complain, since I get to stay home with the kids and Tomio is the one who has to go out. See he's been so busy at work that he has to leave by 6 most days. Which means that I get up and get him breakfast etc. before he heads out. That itself is tiring enough, but Miss Emma seems to have decided now would be a good time to start waking up in the middle of the night and scream, and scream...and scream. I've tried everything I can think of but it hasn't helped.

So I'm tired. Maybe some extra coke will help :) And at least the coke-shortage that seems to have been going on at the stores near me has ended and I was able to find plenty for the week. yay :)

I thought I would share another layout today(!) I actually really like how this one turned out. It is from the same sketch as the one I shared a little bit ago. But I like how it has a totally different look.

I love the "wonky" scallops at the bottom. I didn't really have any, so diecut several circles and cut them in half and tucked them in. I also like the little felt car. I like adding stitching and buttons to felt shapes :)

Well, that's all for me today. I'm really hoping to get a nap after school today... :) Thanks for stopping by! I hope you had a great weekend!!