Tuesday Trigger

I've been really enjoying doing the Tuesday Triggers lately, so I was really happy to do one again this week. It was really hard to come up with something that would be as good as the trigger though. I loved everything about Kimberly Crawford's card.

I loved the overall "feel" of the card, so I wanted to keep that. Here is what I came up with:

The off-white pattern paper is from Basic Grey, as soon as I saw it I knew that it was what I was looking for. I used dark brown instead of black :)( And, YES, it IS more of Bo Bunny's Double dot cardstock! It really is perfect for everything :)) I really like the line of pearls, so I included that too. Then sentiment is from Damask Designs. I love all of those-such a pretty font!! I tied the sentiment tag onto the ribbon with a bit of Papertrey's twine.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you have a good weekend :)

supplies: cardstock-kraft-paper reflections; brown dot-bo bunny; pattern paper-basic grey; stamps& ribbon-papertrey ink; pearls- hero arts; ink-tsukineko

my first time!!!!

Yay!

This is my first time to participate in Papertrey's blog hop! I'm so excited heehee :) I really like the the challenge this time, there are SO many projects by the design team that have inspired me. It took me a little while to decide WHICH one to use this time. In the end, though, I choose this one by Dawn Mcvey. I basically love everything she creates lol. But I especially loved the color combo on this one and the really amazing layered stamping on the background. And as an added bonus, it has a cupcake *grin*.

So here is what I made:

I used the same basic colors and did a different take on the layered stamped  background. I LOVE the look it makes :) I used several of the sentiments from the Cupcake set for the words.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I'm so happy to particpate this time :) I've been wanting to for the past few months, but never got up the nerve lol.

supplies: cardstock-aqua-pti, kraft-paper reflections, white-bazzill basics; stamps-pti; ink-tsukineko;gems-hero arts;tag die-quickutz

i'm grateful.

Well, this was not how I had been hoping to spend my time this week. I have several cards I wanted to work on with deadlines and 2 in-progress layouts on my desk. But instead of working on those, I 've picking up tissues, and wiping noses, and washing clothes and blankets. Levi and Miss Emma have been sick. And now Tomio is too. So, all those fun things will just have to wait. :) And since I've been feeling a little under the weather myself and tempted to get down about it, I thought I would make a "grateful list" instead *smile*.

So here are small random little things I am grateful for today:

+gorgeous weather--I LOVE spring weather and it's perfect spring weather here today :)

+I don't have to GO into work and get to stay home with my cuties when they don't feel well :)

+ I am having a nice cold coke from the "coke fridge" in the garage

+Miss Emma still slept well last night

+the big 3 kids are playing quietly together without arguing

+ a well stocked kitchen so I can make something sweet & yummy for everyone

Just a few things that remind me how blessed  I really am.

Anyway....this isn't a new layout, but I LOVE these pictures of Leah:

Just a simple layout with some of my favorite products--kraft cardstock, Fancy Pants pattern paper and felt & Quickutz letters :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!! I hope you have a wonderful, blessed day! I intend to :)

sewing & growing

Miss Emma is 9 months now! Wow, I can't believe how fast time has gone by....I kind of wish she would stop growing. As trying as it can be, there's always something special, and wonderful about the tiny, little baby stage...*sniff* She's definitely past that. She hasn't mastered crawling yet, though she's been able to scoot herself around where she wants for awhile. And now, for the past week or two she's actually been  pulling herself up on the edge of the sofa and walking a couple steps holding on (!!) That's a whole 'nother stage I'm really not sure I'm ready for lol.

Here is picture of her in action.Isn't her little diapered tushy so cute?! *smile*(And case you were

wondering, the caped mystery man is a superhero here to save the day aka Rhys).

                                 

I know I mentioned that I finally got my sewing machine to work for me (yay!), and I really would sew on just about everything I create, if I could heehee :) I try not to do that, but I did sew on this card:

Tons of my favorites on this card :) Of course, the new Bo Bunny paper I adore :) and this is possibly my favorite image stamp from the Everyday Button Bits set. The chickies are SO cute!! lol.Oh, and a big brown bow *grin*. ( I already mentioned the sewing  :))

Thanks so much for stopping by!I hope you have a great day! If I get to make something yummy and chocolatey and make something crafty like I plan, I'll have a wonderful day *smile*.

supplies: cardstock-white-pti, brown dot-bo bunny, pink-basic grey; stamps-pti; ribbon-pti; buttons-pti;label die- spellbinders; gems-hero arts

embellish color challenge~birthday~

I don't know about everyone else, but I had the hardest time ever trying to get these colors to look good together. They are all so bright! This is what I finally came up with:

Really sorry for the terrible photo :( I'm still trying to find a decent place to take them when the sun is not shining...:(

I went with a CAS style since the colors were "wild" enough lol. I used  raspberry fizz PTI's bitty dot paper for the  pink butterfly. I stamped the Enchanted Evening one with one of the text-style basics stamps. The green is from My Mind's Eye. I stmaped the "birthday" in versamark on the textured side of the dark brown cardstock for some interest.

Thanks for stopping by! I'm off to visit the in-laws again:)

supplies: card stock: white, blue-pti, brown-bazzill basics; pattern paper: pink-pti, green-my mind's eye; stamps:pti; label die-quickutz; butterfly punch- martha stewart crafts

super heroes and challenges...

All 3 of the big kids are really into super heroes lately. I love all super hero type movies, but Tomio isn't a big fan. So, he rented one f the X-men movies for my birthday heehee :) I had fun, but the kids LOVED it. Levi kept pretending he was Wolverine lol. Now they have discovered The Justice League on Cartoon Network and are hooked on that. Levi wants to be Batman, Leah wants to be Wonder Woman and Rhys chose Flash Gordon...looks like I'm going to have my work cut out for me this fall when its time to make costumes :)

I really love doing challenges. They definitely force me to do layouts or color combos I would never have come up with on my own. But sometimes, they can be a bit too challenging lol. I have been working on 3 different cards for 3 different challenges, and I have yet to come up with something I like...sigh. So, I don't have any of those to share today, but I DO have a card that I did just for fun :)

Yes, more stitching *grin* I want to do it on all my cards now :) And yes, there's my new butterfly punch again. The big brads are from American Crafts. I don't usually use ones that big, but I thought it might be fun for a change lol. I stamped a srtiped background from Cornish Heritage Farms on the yellow panel before stitching on it. The text on the white label is from Papertrey.The sentiment is from Papertrey's Everyday Button bits. I love all the images in that set, but the sentiments are so useful too.

Thanks for stopping by! Tomio and Leah are at the driving range. Rhys and Levi are asleep.So, if I can get little Miss Emma down too, that means I get some crafty time :) Hopefully:)

supplies: cardstock-papertrey ink; pattern paper-ki memories; stamps-lines-chf, text & sentiment-pti;butterfly punch-martha stewart crafts; label & scallop border-quickutz; brads-american crafts

Polka dots!

 Lucy's challenge this time was not even a challenge at all :) I have to keep myself from using polka dots on everything lol. So I wanted to be sure to participate this time.
Here's my card:

I'm sure I'm the last cardmaker to find this, but I just got some of Bo Bunny's polk dot cardstock for the first time...and WOW. I just LOVE it!! Beautiful colors, great size of polkadots. So perfect for just about any background. I got mine on sale at 2Peas, but I will definitely be getting more :) I also used my new Martha Stewarts butterfly punch-yes, I broke down and got it anyway lol :) I think this might be my first ever monochromatic card *gasp* heehee :) In general they just don't work for me, but I liked how this turned out. The sentiment is from Papertrey's Everyday Button bits. I also got my sewing machine stitching to work now--yay! I was happy to finally get it worked out *grin*

Thanks for stopping by! I'm off to put all my cuties in the bath :)

supplies: cardstock: brown-pti; polkadot- bo bunny, kratf-paper reflections, white- bazzill; pucnch- martha stewart crafts; label die- quickutz; stamp- pti; buttons-pti; gems- hero arts;flower- prima