My HanDsomE BoY and His Blue eYes

i believe this paper is pink paislee captivating, but i am going off of memory, and i am too tired to seach. any way i like the simplicity of the layou.

BiRtHdaY CaKES TraDitIOn

Birthday cakes, birthday cakes.... since Ben's first birthday, i have never been able to pick just one cake, so i make what ever i want. this year i had so many ideas, but i only ended up doing 2 cakes, or you could call it 3... and yes, i noticed that i forgot to cross my T. oh well. the cowboy boot was my first at cutting a cake up to make it into the shape i wanted. i think they turned out pretty cute. Ben had to have black boots, no brown at all, however i did do brown and black. then on the round cake, was my first attempt at twisting fondant together. i also cut out horse heads, cowboy boots, and hat out of black fondant and placed them on the side of the cake. separating the fondant pieces, were ~S~, the Sogge brand. i think that the cakes tasted GREAT. anyway, this is one thing that is keeping me busy..

the other thing is, Pat went into my scrapbook room and was going to try to clean!!! YIKES that means THROW EVERYTHING away. so yesterday i went and got 16 jetmax cubes. i was soo excited to get them and start to get organized. that wore off real soon, these cubes are going to take FOREVER to put together. Especially when you have 2 little helpers. oh well! what is the rush???

Wishing you all a Wonderful New Year~ happy Crafting

TwEEt as PiE EarLy BirD

I can not remember if i posted this layout. but i adore it, and since it is my baby girl's 2 birthday i will post on of the cutes pictures.

BeLiEvE

This card is using on of the Tim Holtz christmas stamps. I used the glitter versamark for the tree, stamped the believe with distress ink and the used perfect pearls on the believe. simple yet i really like it.

oh where have i been???

Well i have been crazy busy since Thanksgiving. Tree day, Ben's birthday (i only had to make 3 cakes), christmas parties, shopping, baking, being mom and working full time. As well, making it into the world of what i call old age: doctors appointments and meds! and in my spare time, i made some wonderful distress inked Santas. i stamped santa with Tim Holtz stamps and then distress inked them in fire brick and peeled paint. i cut them out and had them
waiting for placement on cards....... then they magically, they disappeared. For those who know my husband, you can guess where they are......YEP, the GARBAGE!!! so this is what i ended with, one. yes one of 20 or so. i was lucky to find it on the side of the cupboard near the garbage. so what good is that?????? oh well cant be mad, as he never says a word about my compulisve and obssesive scrapbook purchases. Well the kids are trying to type and the neighbor's dog is missing so i will post some pictures later!!! Merry Christmas

A Little More FanCY pants ~ here ComeS Trouble

This is one of those picure that you know you must scrap. and i was on a fancy pants kick, so this is what came out of it. i gues the here comes trouble fits well with this page. and then i found the very first step quote. i was going to give it away to my neice, because i am not so much into clear flat stickers...... but i really liked the wording. and this is what i did. i matted it on the green and then cut it up. the big blue circle is technique tuesday chipboard. i love love love chipboard, and i really have loved these big ones from technique tuesday. thanks for looking!!

Ben Being SillY ~ FanCy PAntS

this is a fun quick layout i did using fancy pants. When Ben was a little guy, he loved playing with pots and pans. this is one of the cutest picture i got of him , looking through the strainer. he could not walk, but he could crawl over the cupboards and get just what he wanted. and leave everything else on the floor. the circle dot stamp is CTMH, otherwise the rest is Fancy Pants.

EliZaBEtH and FanCy PanTS

Fancy pants has always been one of my favorite paper lines. here is a layou using all fancy pants, except for the white letters/number and the bling. i was doing a STEP OUT of YOUR BOX, Kendra, and scrap more then one photo on a page.. this is my end result. I was finally able to scrap all of Ellie's 3 month picures!!! YeAH

Here is a super fun layout i did of my brother, Anthony, and Ben. I really love this layout. When i shared this with my brother, he was in awe..... he said " i never new you were and artist". Now that is a HUGE compliment from my baby bro. i had the patterned paper in my "stash" and decided, i was gonna use it. then i thought of the corrugated cardboard and my design came. i mixed glimmermist with white acrylic paint and added this to the card board and randomly on the layout and picture. I really distressed the love ticket, and that is about all.

Thanks for Looking!

BaSiC GReY ~ WisTeRiA

I loved this line the moment i saw it and had to get it. This is also one of my fav pictures of Ellie, just look at how happy she is. love, love, love the smile. The purple cardstock is bazzill, however it is majorly glimmermisted. The flowers are prima, and again glimmermisted. the patterned paper and chipboard, as well as brads are basic grey. Embroidered thread, DMC. and of course my beautiful beaded centerpiece is one of my favs..... i would like it to be my signature when ever i get the chance to put a beaded cluster on.. thanks for looking. did i say i love this layout??/

I LOVE THIS BEADED CLUSTER, it was one of my favorites. i gues i got to use alot of favs on this page......

HaLLoWeeN

Halloween~ i am running a little late for adding this on here, but i had it started on the first, however Ben's picture would not load, so i had to get another one. Here is the world's most handsome cowboy,,,,, BEN. he looked so cute.

This is a picture of my cuties going to my grandma's apartment. Ben was not cooperating for picures, and i wanted one with the 2 of them. not soo great!!

Princess Elizabeth was just loving the camera attention. i made her top with glimmer mist and bling. it started out completely white. the tutu is from hannahtutus on etsy. and this is the most gorgeous tutu. The queen (me) actually loaned Ellie one of my crowns for her hair.


thanks all for taking peak

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HELP!!! SuPPort!!! OuR LSS OuR local meat markets, etc

Just a personal note here. Yes, it does include scrapbooking, but it also supports your local stores. I have seen alot of 3/50 projects out in the scrapbooking blogs. i thought it was something like the 365 kit. BOY was i WRONG. I finally decided to look at was this was. and it is pretty amazing. i have totally changed the way i feel about things. Knowing Cathy at the local scrapbook store and how amazing she is, this whole project brings on a new meaning to me.. Shop LOCAL and how important it is to shop LOCAL and not the CHAIN STORES, more like some would call "mom and pop" or "family" stores. if you have not heard or read about project 3/50 , i encourage you to do so. check it out here http://www.the350project.net/home.html.

for one thing the customer service at the smaller joints is amazing. never once have i walked into hobby lobby or michaels, or target, or walmart and had some one show me a new technique, a project, or design ideas. but down at http://alteredplayground.blogspot.com/ Cathy is amazingly talented. Not only that she does FREE make and takes to teach us how to do different things. Cathy will special order anything in for you. i know i look online all of the time and find things i MUST have.. i let Cathy know and she typically gets what i want.
i also love going to my local family grocery store. i do alot of grocery shopping there. it is so convient and i dont go crazy about how crazy the store is. any way
Support Your Local Stores!!

cOSmO SnOrKEL~ SpEarFisH FiSh HatCherY

this is a layout that i did of ben at the Spearfish fish hatchery. i used the cosmo snorkel line.. i love the blue of the paper with his blue eyes. i also stepped a little out of my box and cut up the post card that i got there and added to this page.. and of course i could not stay away from the sewing machine. i purchased my line from Cathy at the Playground.

BaBy ShOWEr ManiA

My first try at making a diaper wreath and diaper cake. i am a little simplistic on these. i do say i love the little converses on the diaper wreath and George on the cake.

My beautiful neice Brittany is due to have a baby at the end of the month. Today i am throwing her a shower, at her mom's house! Here is what i put together for her shower. She is having a baby boy, and she plans on naming him Jackson. I love the monkey theme. Monkey paper is from reminisce and craft paper from the playground.

the final product!! i thought they were cute!

FanCY PaNTs~ SwEEt PeA ~ eLLiE

this is a super quick page i did of Ellie. i am trying to get caught up a little and this is a super fun and cute way to get a page done. i put a fancy pants transparency over the picture and added stickles and bling to the paper. This is a picutre of Ellie @ 3 months.

Boy: A Noise with Dirt On It

here is a super fun layout that i did, with the help from Ben! i started out with a plain craft 12x12 i used distress ink and then stampes with acrylic paint in various alphas. all with the help of Ben. then i found some cardboard that i tore and distressed this with distress ink. the BOY is stamped from tim holtz stamps and distress ink. the other letters, i used quickutz. I have been waiting to do these pictures, i just did not have the right passion and ideas for this. i am super happy with how this came out. especially since the fact i put more then one picure on a page!!! a little background behind the picures. My mom picked Ben up from daycare one day and this is how i got my little sweet boy back. Ben has sooo much fun at my parents, i am some day hoping that we can move to the country also. thanks for looking!!

HELP!!! SuPPort!!! OuR LSS

i am posting this blog without Cathy @ the playground knowing. I would like to put in a little plug for Cathy for this amazing opportunity for a SuPER SwEEt giveaway from Cosmo Cricket. I am IN LOVE with cosmo, and their new line is AMAZING!!!!!! so if you all would take a quick second and put a little word in for Cathy, hopefully she can win this cool line. You can check out the NEW NUTMEG line and leave a little blurp for Cathy here:
http://cosmocricket.typepad.com/cosmo_cricket/2009/09/nutmeg-the-reveal.html#comment-6a01053717ab71970b0120a5ab50fa970b. GOOD LUCK CathY!!

3 YeAR oLd WIsDoM

Ben: "mom, my butts on fire! put some butter on it"

Just thought i would let you all in on my laugh for the night, now that i "put" the fire out!!!

JUJUBEES kit~ check it out

i was just looking for a kit of the month, and came across JuJuBees: http://jujubeesscrapbookcorner.blogspot.com/. check it out, it looks like a great kit, i cant wait to see some more of the creations. i am going to start the new year of with a monthly club, and this one has LOTS of fun stuff, so i will definitely {bee} thinking about this one.

The FirSt oF maNy EARLy BiRD~ cosmo cricket

this is a layout done with cosmo cricket's Early Bird line purchased from Cathy @http://alteredplayground.blogspot.com/. I love love love this line, i think i bought 10 of each paper and 3 of the chipboards!! yes, i know i am a little obsessive. the picture is of Ben and i feeding the ducks at Canyon Lake. (i was pregnant with Ellie). i know i am not a photographer, neither is Pat. i scraplifted this from someone, i just have no idea who or where i got it from~ sorry~ i even looked on 2peas and scrapbook.com. so if you are the one, let me know and i will give credit, where credit is due!!

the PiCtuREs!!

for some reason my pictures did not post. so i will try it again! come back soon, as i have had some time to scrap and i will post them layouts soon!! tfl

I WeNt DSLR~ WOW WOW

After Ellie threw my camera into the lake, i had to get a new camera. i know that i am definitely camera illiterate, so i just got a point and shoot. i got a sony and i really liked it. but then i kept on looking at cameras and decided i HAVE to try a DSLR. and i am sooo happy that i did. i got a canon rebel and yep, i am in love. i thought i would share some pictures. Ellie of course loves the camera, but Ben does NOT!! so how can i not stop but taking pictures of Ellie. she is so CUTE!! i love the wind blowing Ellie's hair, this was my camera first debut. i of course was immediately hooked when i saw this picture. Ben's picture i had to beg him to just please,please sit. he is so handsome. The pictures of Ellie and the flowers were taken at Canyon Lake. She was just soaking up the cameras attention.

I want To JoiN the CopiC Craze~ Do YOU????

thanks Tessa for the link, but i gotta say i want to join the copic craze too! So i headed on over to Leah's blog, http://lifeaslou.blogsome.com/2009/09/03/891/, and put my two cents in!! hopefully i can have a little luck! So if anyone else would just like to look at he blog, go ahead, but just so you know, you don't need to leave a comment, because I MUST HAVE THEM!!!!! by the way, even if you dont want copics check her blog out, she is AMAZING!!

CTMH~ FaMiLY

Here is a page that I did at my at a monthly close to my heart club that i belong to. the consultant is michelle chikos, and she is super fun! We get together monthly and she does a little make and take and this month was a layout. SUPER FUN!!! she gave us the layout plan and paper and we went from there. i had to use the watermark stamp that matches the paper line i used. i used cosmo chipboard letters. this is a picture that Pat took on one of our many trips to Spearfish Fish Hatchery. tfl!!!

OuR 1st CaMpiNG TriP in OuR NEW Camper

Well, almost a month after buying our new camper, we were able to go camping. Thanks to my dad for towing it up to the campground! Pat has to work till at least 7pm every week night and 6pm on saturdays. Well, my dad set up our camper, thank goodness he knows about campers, because i am a complete newby to the whole camper camping thing. I was then alone in the DARK, ok, i had electric but it was DARK outside, with the kids and Grace. Pat finally arrived around 10:30 pm. I DID NOT SLEEP @ all! Ellie kept me up all night. Pat went to work on Saturday and left by 7:30am. Did i mention yet, that Grace is in heat!! So KC is an absolute nut!! Pat took KC with him, so i did not have to explain the whole birds and bees to Ben, who can not stop saying WHY, WHY, WHY, even when you have explained everything possible and every different way possible. So i thought, I am going to be a good mom and take the kids to the lake and let Grace swim. We were having a wonderful time. Grace is an awesome swimmer and Ben did a GREAT job at throwing sticks in the water for her. It was time to go to the mining claim for a family get together so i turned to get everything in order, and Ellie threw something in the lake for Grace to get. The only problem is, CAMERAS don't float. In to the lake i went~ Ben screaming that i was going to drown, and Ellie looking so dang cute just waiting for me to retrieve her "STICK". No such luck~ and i was soaked!!! i had no extra clothes in the car, so all the way back to the campground, soaking wet and smelling like FISH! So now i have no pictures, just this blog for my memory of camping. We went to the mine, and wow, do i love my dad's family, THEY ALL HATE DOGS!!!! i could not hear one more word about dogs from my aunt or i would of ........ well, we made that a quick trip to the mine. on the way back to the campground it started pouring! i made 2 trips from the car to the camper and i was soaked all the way through my underclothes!!! so now, my type of camping is WiFi and cell service. so i was checking out 2peas, and my computer CRASHED!!! have i told you that, that is where all of my pictures were!!! yeah, no longer have my pictures!! Dell is sending me a new piece to hopefully fix my computer, but all info is going to be gone!!!! OUCH! so there was our first camping trip. many more like it, and i will decide camping is just way too expensive. And can i say that i loved my camera!! I hope Horsethief Lake enjoys it as much as i did!

Cards!! Stamping, oh what fun i've had!

heather from skipping stones stamps wanted some sample cards for her stamps~ this is what i came up with. i really enjoy the bra stamps and the "hang in there". i thought these would be some cute cards for our breast cancer patients. there is also a "bravissimo" quote, that i thought would make a cute cards for those patients that have finished radiation or chemo. i just have not gotten around to making that one yet. the dolphin stamp and quote are from cornish heritage farms. i just thought it was way too cute. papers used on the cards are ctmh on the bra cards and the flip flop card, bazzill cardstock , and the breast cancer paper, i have no idea where or who i got it from!!

Ben EnjoYinG LiFe a

i love, love, love kaiser. and i love my boy. this picture is one of my favs of Ben! People say it shows how much like his mom he is. all paper and brads are kaiser, life chipboard form TLC, and thickers! and when i do one of Ben, i must do one of Ellie~ i love the paper and easy of use of close to my heart. one last layout using this paper pack.

FiNaLLy I FiniShed Some PaGeS!!

I finally finished some pages i started a long long time ago! the first one is frome close to my heart~ i used the cricut to cut i adore~ i really enjoy how this one turned out!! the other one is all various items from my stash. i love how the tulle matches the tutu ;) Thanks for looking!

COOL GiveAwAY

You should check out this blog i tend to watch and melissa does some amazing giveaways!! check her out @ http://keepsakesbymelissa.blogspot.com/. love her ideas. check it out!!

SwEEt GivE AwAY OppORtuniTy~ i found a way cool blog and thought i should share it with you. Melissa has some great ideas and an awesome giveaway for a cuttlebug. This is something i have always wanted just not have not gotten one yet. Check her out @ http://keepsakesbymelissa.blogspot.com/

picturesc

for some reason my pictures did not come through so here they are!!b