Pinterest Play Day.....

Cards..Cards..and..well...I didn't hardly do any cards!
If you have been following my blog, you might remember, that for New Years, I posted a monthly goal for things to get done each month that pertains to Christmas.
For the month of February the challenge was to make Christmas cards...well this girl ....me...I got done...DRUM ROLL...............................2!!! Yes, you read that right, TWO! How's that for sticking to the program??!!
Thankfully tho, I had done several other cards right after Christmas so I do have a small stack ready to go! But I shall not make excuses for thyself!
Teresa over at 8 Things About Me challenged me to work on 2 of the same cards she was doing, by using the card below as inspiration.
This is the original card that we went off of and you can go to Teresa's blog to see her version!

We found this card on PINTEREST but you can go to Just Give Me Stamps to see the original post as well as several ideas.

This is my version of the sketch. While not my best work probably, I mainly have been trying to use all the scrap papers I have laying around..and at best, it's one more card to count as done.

For the month of March, I am suppose to get working on handmade gifts...so far..I've started on none..someone kick me in the pants please :)



A LOVEly little tree

Here is how the little Valentine tree turned out.

I am very happy with it! It was fun using pink and red!!

And look what surfaced..more of those heart cut outs..

I told you I wasn't joking about cutting alot of them lol!

Even the cat enjoyed the tree..

A little too much!!! Darn cat!

And even my plastic kids got dressed for the occasion!

Hope your Valentine's Day is full of lots of love!!

Picky Little Plant

           Remember I told you I cut out alot of hearts..

                                       well here are some of the things I ended up doing with them all.                              

I hung some from the greenery on the hutch. (Love how

this turned out!)

                                         Then I had alot left over so I got this grand idea to make plant picks.
                                          I just glued them onto a skewer and sprinkled glitter on them.

I do believe that I went a little over board on the Valentine decorating :)

I'm already brain storming St. Patty's Day :)

Love is in the air....

litterally...in the air...hanging above my sink...

We all loved having the Christmas lights hanging in the kitchen, it gave off a nice gentle glow early in the mornings or late at night when someone got up to drink or drain..

It made me sad to take them down...then I got an ah ha moment..

Why not put up red lights in replace of the Christmas colors...but then...it would still look "Christmasy"..

In enters..red paper..a stencil..and glitter...

And here we go folks..I went on a heart creating frenzy!!

I made a ton of hearts..and I mean a ton..I started putting hearts all over the place if we're gonna be honest here.. :)

The pictures here aren't the greatest but I was trying to capture the pinkish red glow..I think you get what Im trying to capture here..or at least I hope.

Stay tuned to see what else these hearts made an appearance on :)

More Cards...

I was getting Christmas cards all the way up to Christmas day.

I didn't get a chance to return some cards back to a couple people, so

I decided to make a some "warm winter wishes" cards to send back

to those people that didn't receive a Christmas card.

Not only that, I think it will be a nice welcomed surprise in their mailboxes.

Plus it gave me a chance to play with the new stamp set my sister Shannon bought me

for Christmas. As well as the fun stuff my mother in law got me!(Thanks Shanny and Lou Anne I love them!)

 This card is an actual Christmas card, it's one I started and didn't get finished so I went ahead and finished it and someone will receive it next year lol..I just am in love with those tilda stamps!!



Christmas Cards

I didn't get alot of cards done and mailed this year, but the ones I

did get done I was pretty pleased with!

Sorry the pics aren't the best, they were taken on my cell phone.



A Fall Banner

Here lately I have been having so much fun making banners.

The fun thing is, there are no lines to follow, you can be as modge podge

as you want...roam free..you crafters know what Im talkin bout'!

 I like to use sturdy cardboard..usually recycled from some

sort of box..like crackers or cereal boxes..

Now I'm thinking I might need to make a Christmas banner...right after

I wash that smeared up mirror (oops!)



Making A Fall Tree

Excuse my funky mantle right now..it's in the process of being redone and repainted..

I started out with an old cereal box...and a stencil and some free hand...

Glued them on to various scrapbook papers...

Inked the edges...

Cut them all out..... (again)

Hot glued some string on them...

Added some corrugated cardboard to a jar, plopped the branches in it..

And there you have it...a quick fall decorations..!!

BEE-YOURSELF

I made this for a challenge over

at Paper Piecing and Scrapbook Fun (yahoo group)

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paper-Piecing-And-Scrapbook-Fun/
The challenge was to make a paper piecing that represents spring.

I made this little bee from a rubber stamp image

(I belive the stamp is made by TAC)

Once I got the piece finished I thought he turned out really cute

and wanted to use him on a layout...

And this is the layout I done. I thought it came out so cute!

I love that photo of Carter!

Monster Truck Birthday Layout

Nothing Major really..the cover page for Carter's

6th birthday.

We had a monster truck come in as a surprise.

All the kids (and adults) loved it

Triple the Sketch Challenge

Over at Triple The Sketch Blog http://triplethesketch.blogspot.com/2009/04/our-one-year-anniversary-blog-hop-raks.html they have a sketch for anyone who wants to try it. (Several sketches actually). It's too late to get in on the prize but it's still a great sketch for a card or layout.

My layout came out similar to the sketch but I had to change things up a little bit to make it work how I wanted it to. (But who says you have to follow sketches to a T!)

I GoT BiT bY ThE SCrApPiNg BuG.........(and I liked it!)

We had an online 6 day crop over at my yahoo group

Scrapbook Lane (Email me if you'd like an invite)

I had a great time!!! There were lots of challenges, and several to make you step out of your comfort zone..which is always a fun challenge in it's self I beleive!

We had a great time racing each other in the chat room to get things finished!

Here are some of the layouts I got done.

Some I am really happy with and some are...well....done..lol..

All these layouts have something on them made using the cricut. (I love that thing!)

This one I like ok, it's been a challenge using these colors and so much pattern paper.

That's outta my element but it was alot of fun!

I think this one is my favorite layout of them all!

I was really pleased with how this one came out too. And
almost all the embellishments on this layout came from swaps I did YEARS ago!!


I was pretty pleased with this layout. Especially for as simple as it is.

I found a use for my tear bear! This is my little "neice" Meagan.

She's my cousin really, but neice at heart :) I blocked her face out tho because

I didn't have permission from her parents to post the photo. Wish you all could see her adorable face!