mmmm......

chips and dip...why are they so good? and why do i like to eat them at night? so, as i am typing this, i am getTing ready to go take a run. it is GORGEOUS here!



i love my BTA! do you? I use it so much. and this time i used it with the Teresa Collins premade boards that I got at HSS. This is for my dear friend Sarah {soon to be Sarah Lee, how cute is that}. she is getting married this weekend and she is a poet. and an amazing one. she has been through so much and for her to find this kind of happiness, makes my heart happy.


and an april wedding for a poet deserves some serious inspiration. here's to a lifetime of happiness, Sarah!


i raised the flowers on the frong cover with some pop-up dots.

i added some tabs to the papers along the side so she can make different sections.

and Glimmer Mists!

i made a little book to go with it that she might be able to carry with her in her purse.

AND!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CHECK OUT MY FRIEND LISA'S BLOG. SHE IS GIVING AWAY SOME SERIOUS RAKS! AND SHE IS ONE OF THE FUNNIEST PEOPLE I KNOW.

Altered Photo Frame

When Bonnie from Scrapadilly sent me this Kaisercraft Patterned Paper, I just had to run with these butterflies...and the only thing i kept seeing was them "flying away" so this is what i came up with...

HSS sells these cute little acrylic butterflies. All you need to do is use your heat gun on them and they bend a bit. Just keep them bent and let them cool and that is it!

Hybrid in the house....

i am so excited. i haven't done hybrid in ages. i mean, i have journaled on some photos and used some digi stamps on my photos, too but not realy hybrid in sooo long b/c we moved the pc upstairs and haven't hooked up the printer yet. BUT now i have a reason too! Marks Paper Co. is having a contest...can't wait! And i love the idea of a calendar for my desktop so check it out. i am always running to get my cell to use the calendar on there. bleh.

So i used the scrappy formula over at CMK. i just can't get enough of the inspo over there. this layout cracks me up. look at my stud muffin! there is this killer restaurant where i went to school {juniata college} that serves homemade, organic foods and has the best imports on tap AND the theme of the pub is Boxers! yes, boxers like the dog...and we have had two boxers now and they are the best dogs ever...well...the first time we went to one of my reunions up there, we never went & brain never let me live it down! so this past October at my 10 yr we went TWICE! ha. so anywho...that's the story 'bout that.

and who cannot get enough of these journaling spots & other goodes from Jillibean Soup??!?!?!?! i just got a project picked up for ST Holiday Idea book using some of these journaling spots.

and look at this fun hempy/wirey/awesome ribbon the very cool and talented LUCY E sent me! thanks, girl!

Happy Easter Weekend!

I have to work today and then off to karaoke {i don't sing, brian and his friends do}. you don't want me to! Then work a bit tomorrow and get ready for sunday. we have a house full of people coming...11+ or so, so it should be FUN!



here are a few more things I worked on this weekend and guess what i got in the mail??!??!?! my scrappy box from The Shaker Box for my guest spot for may. and it has my FAVE products in it. FAVE! woot woot.

Here are a few more projects i did for the crop at CMK last weekend.

This first one is using the bleach stamping technique. I didn't have a stamp i wantedt to use so i made some pawprints with my paper towel. These are my boys, Chase and Max!

And then another one of Chase. I can't believe I got this shot of him sniffing the daffodil! i was just calling him over bc he likes to sniff the camera and those shots are so cute, too. i used my SNS ribbon on here...and of course, glimmer mists and color washes on the butterfly.





Lastly is a layout of some of my best girlfriends from college. I used the Mamosa Glimmer Mist on here and then my Art Institute glitter that i get from Serendipity Scrapbooks. Then i seal it with spray glaze that i get a the craft store. Love that stuff.

slack city here i come!

blogging that is.....after my surgery, i had some computer issues and i couldn't use blogger b/c most of the buttons were disabled. but i am fixed now! all around :)


CMK had an AWESOME online crop this weekend and they just knock my socks off with their fun challenges and they had a bunch of altering ones and i loooooooooooove to alter! so here are a few things from there.

i scrapped my heart out. it felt so good to get dirty again ;)


This was for a challenge to make a hanging bouquet on a styrofoam ball. Springy colors don't look right in my house so I used these Kaisercraft Papers and my circle punch. Then i loaded on the glimmer mist {on the Kaisercraft wooden butterfly too ;) oh and the ribbon from the April SavvyNSassy kit that i designed!





This fun card was for a challenge to cut out a frame in the front of your card and have it peak through! And i am so glad i splurged on these chatterbox frames from A Kiss on the Chic. Her kits are GORG and she has ridiculous addons.



A Sign I made with some Webster's and one of those cool Prima flowers. LOTS of Glimmer mists and Color Washes on this.

Tonsils + a layout

sorry i haven't been visiting, i love to visit blogs when i have my coffee in the morning but i got my tonsils out last thursday and the road to recovery has been a bit longer than i thought. i guess i am not 20 anymore, LOL! this morning was really rough, the mornings really are painful and my stomach isn't holding up to the pain meds anyore since i am not eating a lot. i did eat eggs yesterday! woot woot!

but i am glad that there will be no more strep in my life. i don't remember what it feels like to be healthy, really. since i had it pretty much since november.

for those of you who have called TAHNK YOU! i will call tomorrow when my voice {may} sound a bit normal. LOL!

this is not a pity party. i did scrap a bit today! it felt nice. it is GORGEOUS here today, so i sat outside with the dogs a bit and then thought to myself, "self, get your butt in there and do something!" so i did ;) and i am excited for this weekend since their seems to be a lot going on. GCD studios is having a blog party and CMK is having a spring fling so that is where you will find me.

i dug into my March CMK kit.

i used my Mamosa Glimmer mist on the twill from SavvyNSassy {did i mention i get all my ribbon from there???} and the cb piece.

Pink Paislee Fascinating Collection

I got to work with the GORGEOUS Pink Paislee Fascinating Collection from Serendipity Scrapbooks this month. Check out my review on them here on the blog.

I also got to use The Crafter's Workshop Posie Template. I used it on this tag as a stencil and to place where I was going to hand stitch.



Here are a few more layouts and a card...TFL!

5for5

do you ever think of YOUR future?
your goals...what you want...not just scrap memories all the time?

i definitely think it is important that we don't forget about ourselves. we get caught up in being moms, wives, sisters, friends and all the other hats we wear...don't forget about YOU.

check out this blog. it will motivate you.



check out the tutorial i did for this tag here...i am giving one away! ;0 ;) ;} i busted out {shocker} my color washes and glimmer mists!!!

weekend, baby!

too bad i am working 9-4 tomorrow, LOL! then it is off to motorcross racing and some dinner...then sunday....a shower at a friends in the town where i grew up and moving my grandma to the alzheimers unit...

{sigh} just a day in the life.... ;)

Here is a layout i did for the Basic Grey fabric contest. I couldn't resist! these are goodies from the January CMK kit.

these are two of my BEST friends in the world...Jess & Stacy...

I cut the different shaped edges on the paper and layered it like trim. I also added my oh so favorite Glimmer Mists that I got a SavvyNSassy to the fabric. guess it's kinda hard to tell...







OH! and there is a give-a-way over @ GCD Studios!!!!!!!!!!!! How could i have almost forgotten that!?

So who has had the chance to play with some of the new MME Bloom & Grow or Penny Lane? I did, I did! pick me, pick me, LOL!

I got all of mine from HSS, Sharon ordered every single snippet of it. I am not normally a frame kinda girl with diecuts but i couldn't resist these. And MME has the best diecuts. OH! and if you are a Cricut user, you should check out HSS b/c she always has the latest and greatest cartridges and preorders with THE BEST prices out there.

these projects are mostly Bloom & Grow and I added some Dream Street Rubons here.

I thought this would make a cute little gift set. When i saw this paper, it immediately reminded me of butterflies.

and this layout cracks me up...check out this shirt....this is one of many photos i have of henry in this! LOL! but this is a layout about how he picks up every teeny tiny piece of paper, crumbs, rocks...whatever is on the floor! it is too funny...i guess i better yell at the scrubster to vacuum more! ;) This is a mix of MME and Dream Street goodies...

weekend scrapping

i had work alllll day yesterday but i managed to work on this layout because it was burning my brain since i read the challenge over at CMK!

After a quick nap, i am going to head downstairs and play some more. hope everyone had a great weekend!

if you need some inspiration..head over to scrapadilly for some challenges this weekend!

i looove black board and my pencil crayons work so well on them.

wow! march already?

I don't know where the time has gone...things have been cRaZy...but i love it when life is like that for me...i just get all jazzed up on the craziness. the stress i don't like so much but you learn to deal with it in a good way. i think a lot of working mom's feel that way too but enjoy what i do and that makes it worth it. i believe in these kids. when we stop believing in them, then we are in trouble, not them.

speaking of kids....who wants to see the cutest 1 year old? well, he was only 2 days old in the first one and 3 mos old in the second... ;)

I love these KPertiet Coded digi stamps. I use them on my photos alllllll the time!

some hidden journaling .... i remember writing this journaling at owen's tball game when the one mom next to me was on her phone yelling at her husband b/c he missed the game. hmmm?

on this one i used fabric and batting. i stuffed the fabric and then stitched the photos on top of the "pillow" ....and sock monkeys...need i say more??????


I also used some glimmer mist on these tickets...

besides the digi stuff, i got these goodies at serendipity scrapbooks and hss.