Card Holder

I made this for the Guest DT challenge at HSS for April. I used a page protector and altered it as a card holder. The flowers are from the Walk In My Garden cricut cartridge. The lettering is Making Memories foam stamps (Mixed Font), paper is by Dream Street. Ribbon is by American Crafts, and Bazzill Cardstock.

This is the card holder open.

Have a great day! Thanks for stopping by!

Upload day

Here is my upload for HSS this month.

For this first layout I used the Basic Grey Two Scoops line.

For the next two layouts I used Love Elsie Jack and Abby line.

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Upload day for March

Its upload day at Happy Scrappin Scrapbooking today. Here are my projects for this month.

I used Bazzill cardstock, Chatterbox paper, and American Crafts thickers for this one. The heart is by Heidi Swapp.

I found a similar tote over at Split Coast Stampers. I redid the pattern to make it bigger and the sides are a bit different. This was so fun to make. I used Bazzill Cardstock and Dream Street (Baylees Garden) paper.

On this card I used MME Confetti paper, and Doodlebug stamps. I need to play with these stamps some more.
Thanks for stopping by. I hope youre having a great day!

HSS upload and Goodie Box from Paper Trends

Here are my uploads for HSS today. Come by and check out all of the uploads for this month from our talented DT.

This first layout is of me and my dh.

This layout is from the swimming pool this past summer. I love to go there with the kids.

This is a layout about our Christmas Traditions.

As I was uploading the pictures for this post the Fed Ex guy came and brought me a goodie box from Paper Trends. They are early this time. Its so exciting to get one! Im on page 14 and 15 of the Feb./Mar. issue. If you get a chance, check it out!
Thanks for stopping by!

Snow Day!

Today is a snow day for us. They cancelled church today because of the snow. I cant remember the last time church or school was cancelled for snow. My kids are hoping for a snow day tomorrow.

This first picture is my front yard. Yes, my van is on my grass. We cant park on the street and have no where else to park LOL. My dh had already shoveled the driveway twice, but it was snowing so much that its still white.

This second picture is at my SILs house about 50 miles south of me. She is about 5'6" (to give you an idea of how much snow there really is).

On another note, I won a blog prize today from TTS! Woo Hoo! Im excited. All I had to do was leave a comment.

Tuesday is upload day for HSS again. I will share my upload as soon as I upload there. Be sure to check out all the DT uploads...they make some awesome, inspiring things.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

My newest creations

Today was upload day at HSS...I finally got my stuff loaded and thought I would share here while Im still at my computer. This first one is probably my favorite of my creations today. There are 6 more pictures that goes with this (the inside), so if you want to see the rest please visit my gallery.

This was a fun little coupon book I made. I thought my kids could write on the coupons and give them to their dad for Christmas...now to think of what to write on the coupons. Any suggestions?

I made this tag to go along with the Friendship bread. Used my cricut for this one.

I made some Amish Friendship bread the other day. I had seen a publication that had bread done like this by Melissa Phillips. I thought it was so cute that I did it too.

Well, as always, thanks for stopping by my blog. If youre making holiday creations, link me up so I can come see yours. Have a great day!

Upload day-New projects

It was upload day today at HSS and these are my projects for this month.

On this first layout I used Bo Bunny Papers and Bazzill

On this card I used MME Believe Christmas Collection. It was so much fun to make a card out of a transparency.

I used Dream Street Baylees collection for this project...I love this line. I found journal prompts online and will print them out and put them in the jar.

To see specific products used, click on the project in my store gallery and it will show you items I used that are available in the store.
Thanks for stopping by my blog. Be sure to leave me a comment and have a great day!

Finally got it done

I worked on this layout last night and before I knew it, it was 3:30 a.m.! Wow, where did the time go? Anyway, Im so happy to have this one done. This is for the Guest Designer challenge for this month (to use paint on a layout). I loved this Dream Street paper. I have been getting lots of comments that I dont look my age. I have been mistaken for being younger all the time. I actually like that. Heehee. I certainly dont feel that old. I can remember being in High School and my friends parents were 36. Wow! My oldest is 13. Weird to think I could have a high school aged child.

Anyway, tonight we carved pumpkins. We went to a local grocery store and they were giving the pumpkins away! Bonus! I took pictures and Ill try to post in the next few days. I still gotta figure out what my kids are dressing up as tomorrow. This really isnt my thing and I struggle every year with costumes. Ill be happy to have that part over.

Thanks for visiting my blog and have a Happy Halloween!

Gosh, its been a while...

I try to update my blog more frequently, but I almost feel as though I need to create something before I update. I have been subbing so much lately that I havent accomplished much else. I am supposed to have a bunch of neighbor gift ideas made up by Nov. 3 for a super saturday at my church...I hope I get it done on time. I asked a friend to help me out so thatll help me. If you have any great ideas, please share.
Our Guest DT for October is Kristi and she has challenged us to use paint on our layout. I have yet to get that challenge done but I still have a week LOL. Im also hoping to get this months contest challenge done for RMH (to use no patterned paper on a layout).
Hope you are having a great day!

My HSS upload

Tuesday was upload day at HSS and this is what I came up with for my upload. I decided to use Dream Street paper this month. The Brady layout is made from the Jack collection, the New Skateboard layout is made from the Rock-n-Roll collection, and the Address book is made using the Her Own Wings collection, by Dana Miron, who was our Guest DT for the last two months. Also I just got me the Base Camp font for my cricut and I used it on the skateboard layout and the address book...I love that font! Thanks for looking!

Heres the cards I made...

This first card is a make and take posted by Kristin for the crop at HSS. I adored her version and not sure if I like mine as much as hers...but it was fun to make.

The crop for HSS ended at midnight CST and I got my own challenge done (see previous post) and this card, but I didnt get much else done before that time...but I hope to get around to doing the rest of the challenges because they were great ones!


CMK had a crop going and their deadline was today at 1 pm so I did their 4 challenges they had posted and came up with these. This first one was supposed to be a scraplift...my card looks nothing like the original. Hers had flowers and stems...it was cute. . She had used a chipboard fence on her card, so I took the fence idea and made a fall card. I used chatterbox paper and the paper piecing patterns are from Kaylas Kreations...I just love her stuff. This second card was a sketch. I loved the sketch and I love this line of Scenic Route paper...probably my favorite line of SR at this moment. It looks pretty close to the sketch.

This was also a sketch challenge. I used Scrapworks paper on this one. Again, it looks pretty similar to the sketch. This was a scraplift challenge. It was almost 2:30 in the morning when I made this card so it turned out to be pretty simple. It resembles the card I was lifting from, but I wouldve sewn on it had I not been so tired. I used a flower and part of the words from Junkitz paper.

I didnt win but it was fun and I accomplished something. TFL!

Busy Weekend

Wow this weekend was super busy. We had the scrap pink crop at HSS...I think it was a great success. Can't wait to see who the winners are tomorrow.

Here is the make and take I came up with for the crop. No one made it but oh well. Tell me what you think...



Saturday we went to Brady's game. Poor kid had to play in the rain...he was wet and cold. Luckily the second game was cancelled. I dont think he could've made it through another game. Jeff and I went birthday shopping afterwards. Cole and Carson's birthdays are on Tuesday and Brady's birthday is on Thursday...turns into a party all week. While we were out shopping, I stopped in to a Michael's so I could see my pub. in the Paper Trends mag. It looked good. I got two pages...one for the picture and one for the directions. Its a bag kinda like the one above, but its snowman soup stuff and there is a paper piecing of a snowman and a tree on the front of it. Can't wait til my copy comes...Over at CMK they posted that they will be mailed this week, so Im excited!
Upload day for HSS is Tuesday and since thats also my twins' birthdays Im trying to get finished up. I hope to be done tomorrow. Im such a procrastinator.
I mailed off my item to Paper Trends and realized later that I didn't include my signature part of the paper we fill out, so I'm guessing I'll need to send a new paper with my signature to release it for publication.
Its late, guess Im going to bed. Hope you all had a great weekend! I'll post my upload Tuesday or Wednesday!

Another challenge finished

This is the last challenge for September from our guest designer, Dana Miron. The challenge was to make a layout about my high school memories. This is what I came up with. I used some older chatterbox paper I had around and I cut the letters with the GEORGE cricut font (it comes with the cricut...at least the original cricut). High School was a great time for me.

I have been working on my DT stuff for the HSS upload on Oct. 2. I made a layout using Dream Street paper that I really like. I cant wait til I can share it!

I have 3 birthdays next week...my twins on Oct. 2nd and my oldest son on Oct. 4th. I need to do some shopping soon. The oldest should be easy to shop for, but the twins are a bit harder. They want some funny things...like football pads (to use in the backyard). Ill have to see what I can find.

Hope youre having a great day!

My first Pub and Scrap-Pink Event

My friend Denise just told me that she saw my first pub in Paper Trends Oct./Nov. issue. Im sooo excited and cant wait til I get my copy of it. For anyone who has that issue, I made the snowman soup gift set. Woo Hoo!!!

The list for the BINGO game has gone up for the Scrap-Pink event at HSS this weekend. If you haven't signed up yet, there is still time. There will be lots of challenges, games, and make and takes...you get points for everything you participate in and there are awesome prizes!
*1st Prize - Cricut Expression Machine
*2nd Prize - Cricut Machine
*3rd Prize - Cuttlebug Machine
and many more prizes!
You get 100 points if you are in the first 100 to sign up. You also get your name in a drawing for some stuff from Rusty Pickle just for signing up! Come on over and join in the fun! Remember to say twinsand2boys sent ya in the comments section of check-out when making your donation.

HSS Challenge

This was the second challenge Dana gave us for September. We were supposed to do a layout about our Junior High/Middle School Memories. (Quit laughing at my hair LOL). I found some 8x10 pics of me in 7th and 8th grade and printed them smaller, but my printer isnt really great at pictures and they look even worse after being printed and scanned LOL. Anyway, this is what I came up with. I used my new cricut cartridge, printing press...I love how the letters change in size and thickness...very eclectic. Thanks for looking! Have a great day!

100 points for Scrap Pink Event.

In an earlier post in my blog I told you about the Scrap Pink Event that HSS is an official sponsor for...well Sharon just posted on HSS that the first 100 people to sign up for this event will receive 100 points to start! Woo Hoo! 100 points towards winning some awesome prizes and you will be scrapping for a good cause!

Challenges at HSS

I got a couple of challenges done at HSS and thought I would share. Our Guest DT for September is Dana Miron (One of the Designers for Dream Street). She has given us challenges to create layouts about our school memories. This is my first challenge...elementary school. Ive been out of school for a while, so elementary school was a bit of a challenge for me. I loved this Daisy Ds paper though...thought the colors were perfect.

Pam posted the instructions for this card at HSS and challenged us to make one. I just love the size it turned out to be (4"x4" finished). I believe we were also supposed to use stamps. I have tons of stamps, but dont use them very often so this was good push for me. I combined the card challenge with Amanda's Use It Up challenge, which was to use metal. Overall, I like the results. Thanks for looking!

New Look

Well, I really wanted this particular template when I started my blog but couldnt figure out how to do it...but just played around and found it. What do you think? I really like the colors of it.

Here are the things I uploaded for my DT projects at HSS this month

The Love Notes box was made with a pattern I found in the Gooseberry Patch Christmas book 9, it was really easy. The paper is Love Elsie Betty Collection. Also, I got to use my cricut for the first time on this! So much fun and so easy! I just love this font...its called All Mixed Up. Doodlebug also makes rubons in the same font.

The Halloween layout and door hanger were made using Bo Bunny Halloween Paper. It was lots of fun! The chipboard letters are American Craft, and the stamps on the door hanger are from Provo Craft! Click on these layouts out in the store and get a direct link to products used

I noticed that my time on my post is wrong...its actually an hour off...anyone know how to fix that?

Scrap Pink...

Happy Scrappin Scrapbooking will be hosting a Scrap Pink crop...its such a great cause, I hope you'll come join us. You will need to sign up for the site so that you can participate.

Scrapbookers Unite! against Breast Cancer. You Can Make a Difference!! For the first time ever Scrapbookers all over the world will come together to benefit the fight against Breast Cancer. Come join the fun September 28-30 PRIVATE FORUM online crop for ScrapPink Weekend! We are an Official sponsor of this event and will be giving away *1st Prize - Cricut Expression Machine *2nd Prize - Cricut Machine *3rd Prize - Cuttlebug Machine and many more prizes! This is a FUND Raiser event and All Profits will be donated to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Foundation. For More information click on this link http://www.happyscrappinscrapbooking.com/main.cfm?categoryoid=90&productoid=665
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