check out these two cute sisters!

Mornin' I am soooooooooooooooooooooooo ready for a nice long weekend. I think we will be doing a lot of grilling, relaxing, swimming and maybe the drive-in again!

When I got these papers from the LBD September kit and saw all the pink goodness in it, I knew I had to document these photos of our friend's bulldogs. Aren't they cute??? They are Laker & Tango. I used the misc. vintage papers and then added the October Afternoon, Core'dinations and Girl's Paperie papers inside so it would be nice and sturdy. Then, I binded it together with one of those office thingies for legal files.

This is Laker...She is sooo sweet! A few weeks ago, she barely made it through the night after getting a nibble of some rat poisoning. They rushed her to Cornell animal hospital and she pulled through! It's a miracle, really.

I used my For the Luv of Art stamp set (didn't come with the kit) on here, too. The rose above in the word "sweet" and in the photo below. LUV this list stamp :) Each of the doggies got one of these for my friend to journal her favorite things about her girls.

Teehee...Laker with her ears back. So cute.

And sweet sweeet Tango! Isn't she adorable??? I just want to squeeze her all day long. She got a rose, too ;)

And her own list stamp for her momma to document...

OH! and a close up of the music note stamps that came in the For the Luv of Art kit.

Have a SAFE and Happy WEEKEND!!!

Happy Friday!

How is everyone's weekend looking? Today I have to work a bit and then we get ready for owen's WIPEOUT party! Wahoo!!

We are setting up an obstacle course in the backyard. It is going to be fun!!! But we have to blow up 650 water balloons tonight, LOL. We probably won't do that many and save some for a later day but that is still a lot.

Today I wanted to share another card I made with the Little Black Dress kit club August kit. I used the Prima packaging on here and the mesh. This fun little piece of trim came with the vintage goodies so I pulled the string to roushe it a bit.

And I used another CPS sketch. I am loving their sketches! It has been awhile since I played along over there.

AND! yes, there is more, LOL! I used my goodies from Helmar :) I am the guest designer over there for the month of August. I used the Liquid Craft glue on here for the trim. Worked fabulously!

I tucked some of the scallop trim from the Sass paper behind here with the sentiment:

OH OH OH!!!!!!! WHO WANTS SOME SNEAKS??? ;) ;) ;) The August For the Love of Art is coming sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooon! :):):)

Be Inspired #95

Today is the day for the Cuttlebug Be Inspired Challenge #95. Today's Challenge was to create something heartfelt. I chose to do a sympathy card. A friend of Brian's passed away the other week. He was 37 and had a massive heart attack. They haven't seen each other in awhile. It is such an eye opener to make sure you take care of yourself. I guess he had signs of a minor attack earlier in the week but didn't have health insurance so he didn't go to the hospital. Very sad and now two small girls are without a dad. So, please please take care of yourself. You can't put a price on life, that is for sure.

Anywho, I don't want to be debbie downer today! It is a gorgeous day so let's enjoy it :)

Here is the card I created for the Cuttlebug Challenge using the Little Black Dress August kit. It is lush with reds and pinks and FAB vintage embellies! The green houndstooth is tissue paper!!!! ACK it is so cool! :) I used the Houndstooth and Argyle Folders on here.

Not sure if you can tell but I ran the tissue paper through my Cuttlebug, too. The Sentiment is myStampBOX.



And here is another card I made with the LBD August kit. I used a CPS card sketch for this one.

Again, the sentiment is myStampBOX. These circle sets fit my circle punch PERFECTLY! I did some Cuttlebug goodness on here, too :)

Yeah...we're home!

We are home for GOOD! isn't that exciting?! We had our last trip this weekend and we are done with major traveling for the summer. Insert {sigh} here, LOL! I love to travel more than anything but it just feels good to be home and get settled.

I wanted to share a few more goodies from the LBD kit club July Kit. For this project, I used my Just Imagine punches!!! OH MAN are these aWESomE! you have to check them out.

I used a the cute little flowers that I punched underneath the border punch...how fun is that???

AND this light blue OA paper is actually the bottom part of punch what I punched in the photo above! You can use BOTH parts of what you punch.

Summer Blogging

I can't believe how hard it is to keep up with a blog in the summer! As soon as I get one done, it's like it's time for another one.

We are heading to New Hampshire for a wedding Friday so this I have to at least get one up today ;) ;) ;)

LBD July kit is up!

Here is a fun shot of the cool Vintage treasures you get in this kit!!!

You can check it out here and the blog here for inspiration from the designers.

Here are a few things I did with the kit:

I used a mystampBOX stamp in the journaling the (*love*) is s stamp!!! how cute is that??

I used an Anna Griffin punch to make the large circle and Spellbinder's dies for the smaller ones.

I loved this fun bingo card and other vintage treasures from the kit that I used on this layout.

I put the Sass sticker on a wax piece of paper and then ran it through the cuttlebug to emboss it and cut the scallop shape with a Spellbinder die. I also ran the metal embellie through the cuttlebug, too!

have a great week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday!!!

Yeah for Friday!

We are off to the Wine Festival shortly. The day got away from me and I wanted to get a blog post in before the day was done and weekend is here.

Today was our last day of school and I made this little guy from the Little Black Dress June kit. I used a Martha Stewart paper piecing for the owl. I added the googley eyes and Core'dinations cardstock {not in kit} and the wing is from a vintage card that comes in the LBD kit.

The Hooray sentiment is an SRM sticker. These are so fun!

And in honour of the Wine drinking this weekend here is a layout from the LBD June kit. I just wanted to document how much I love sitting outside with a wine, good book and watch the kiddos run around. One of my FAVE things to do...

I ran these flowers through my Cuttlebug.

Have a great weekend!!!

Little Black Dress and Cuttlebug #87

Another week is just flying by and I am wondering how it is Wednesday already! Two more days of school here and owen is so excited.

Make sure you check out the Little Black Dress Kit club for the new June Kit!!! I love love love love kits that mix and match different paper lines. If I wanted a whole line of the same stuff, I could buy it on my own, kwim? But having a bunch of different stuff all mixed up is my kinda kit so make sure you check it out!

Here is a mini album I created with June's kit. You will love love the corrugated cardboard.

I knew this mini would be a perfect fit for the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog # 87 challenge for paint. On the cover, I painted and used Glimmer mist {not included in the LBD kit}. Then I used my Cuttlebug and Spellbinders dies to make the scallop shapes and then ran them through my Cuttlebug again using the Houndstooh 37-1153 and Textile Texture 37-1153 folders.

The kit comes with this fun sheet from a Life's Little Instruction book so I based my theme of the book on it...

And check out the tab. I used my tab punch {I use this guy 24/7} on one of the vintage playing cards that comes in the kit and then ran it through my Cuttlebug with the Moraccan folder 37-1909.

Here are the inside pages. Lots of Kaisercraft papers and other fun goodies! And I used some of the paperbag for these flowers....again...Spellbinders and my Cuttlebug...

I {heart} these cork letters from the kit!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Wednesday!

Do you have a little black dress that you can't live without? I sure do! and I just love love fashion, shoes, accessories and everything fun that has to do with clothes and feeling fabulous.

If you are like me than you have to check out this new kit club Little Black Dress. You are going to love it and I cannot wait to play with these fun, vintage filled kits. Yeah, I am so excited to work with their kits!!! They are the perfect accessory to my scrapbooking wardrobe.

We just got back from vacation and it was a blast! I figured today, I would share some photos that I took over the weekend. I wasn't feeling all that great when we left so I am glad I got it in gear to have some fun.

Here is Henry all decked out in goggles and his swimsuit with the life vest built right into it. Note his "real" swimming suit coming out from underneath it on one leg. Poor kid! LOL! but it didn't bother him so we didn't mess with it that day.

Goggles! Yippee!


And how about this shot! We {I will take most of the credit ;} invented a new game called Lake Ball. A designated person throws the ball off the side of the dock while you run and jump and try and catch it. Here is Brian flipping over trying to reach his {he missed} but his tatoo is looking fabulous.


And check out Big Lar {aka Larry, aka my dad} getting into the action! he got his on this try and no damage to his back, phew! He looks so good in his Tommy Hilfiger shorts we got him for Christmas, too.