Bo Bunny ROUGHIN' IT

I love this photograph. We could always count on Kurt to fall asleep in the car just as we were about to reach any driven destination. He would end up sleeping on his father's shoulder through a meal or activity. This picture is one of a gazillion of these instances.


This card was made for my dear neighbor, Brenda, who just moved away. She passed down so many awesome boy clothes as she was purging for her move. I just had to get her a gift card to replenish a smidgen of her boy's clothes.


Journaling reads, "You don't raise hereos, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they'll turn out to be hereos, even if it's just in your eyes.



My father goes to this Nova Scotia cottage every Summer. We visit every third year. It is quite a drive but so lovely and incredible!


This pun came immediately to my head as I viewed the 3D sticker. I love you so much that, "I could not love you S'more".

Using The Scraproom's Bonus kit found on this Specials page.
Have a marvelous weekend! Be blessed!

American Crafts Dear Lizzy

Just a few of the projects that I have been working on this week. These layouts were made on some of the rare occasions that I work with some of the photographs that are meaningful to me, only. The photographs are almost 20 years old, and were pulled from a neglected pile of special memories! But, that pile is a definite "go to" when I want to work with pinks! I loved cutting and using those flowers! LOL!

Masculine Cards

(Mojo Monday 146) -- MME Kaleidoscope

It's Elementary, My Dear

If all Jason needed to know was learned in Kindergarten, he is in good shape. He learned so many things about having fun, trusting, dreaming, hoping....

Inspired by the bricks in the photograph to the right. The base is MME Ooh La La. It is splattered with a little red paint. The brick red is MME Bohemia. The other papers are Cosmo Cricket Material Girl and October Afternoon Thrift Shop. The dimensional stickers and brad are Basic Grey Origins.

My In-Laws are coming this weekend. What are your plans? Hope it's a great one!

Just Me

Supplies: Pink Paislee die cut paper, Basic Grey patterned paper, My Mind's Eye phrase die cut, Creative Memories foam squares, Sassafras Lass button, stamp from February 2010 Scraptivity kit, cat's eye dark brown ink, VersaMagic Red Brick ink, ribbon unknown.

P.A.D. 5 - Summer Fun!

Sketch by 2S4Y, #55. Ribbon is Fancy Pants from kit mentioned in prior posts, cardstock is from kit and Creative Memories. The stamp is Close To My Heart, colored with Creative Memories pens and a light blue Souffle. The bows are Martha Stewart. Also entering this in a few other challenges:

ColorQ #39
Really Reasonable Ribbon
AiFactory Challenge 42
Bildmalarna Blog: Red, White and Blue Celebration - Bringing on the stars and stripes

Have a marvelous day!!

Thankful to Live in Freedom

Happy Independence Day, America!

I used Creative Scrappers sketch #110, and patterned papers from Top Shelf's June Kit #2, Fancy Pants. The wavey flag was made with a Creative Memories curvy trimmer. The large star is cut with Sizzix, and scored and folded for dimension. "FREE" is from a Jenni Bowlin Bingo card. The red star felt strip is Queen & Co.'s. The corner pieces are Scenic Route, and I'm unsure of the manufacturer for the stickers, bling and brads. The base is Basic Grey; and finally, the red, white and blue cardstocks are Creative Memories.

Entering this into Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge #46 - 2 Chronicles 7:14 I feel the same concerns as Chris commented with the challenge. Charles Stanley is hosting a 140 days of prayer for America.

Entering this into No Time To Stamp?, Stamp Simply #146 - Star Light, Star Bright.

Entering this into For Fun Challenges, June 30 - Patriotic Pride

Entering this into AiFactory Challenge 42

Entering this into Bildmalarna Blog: Red, White and Blue Celebration - Bringing on the stars and stripes

And Dr. Youssef is leading a praying for our nation from July 4, 2010 to November 2, 2010, as well. Will you consider praying for our nation? Of course, it would also be a blessing to pray for freedom in general and all the nations and their citizens.

Have a very blessed day!!

Two Front Teeth

I adore Jason's First Grade picture! It reminds me that I sang, "All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth," at a presentation in First Grade. I sure wish I had a video of it, or even one measly picture. Jason already has nine 12x12 albums, and those are the ones that actually have the pages in them. Anyhoo,...I have always loved seeing layouts where the designers incorporated multiple wallets into it. I knew that I wanted to accomplish it with this photograph. This is my second layout using Taryn's Fancy Pants kit that I bought when at our retreat last weekend. But, what I worked on all Saturday were these decoupaged letters:


These letters were crafted for a friends nursery. Being my second decoupage project, I'm still learning about the medium of Mod Podge and how it affects the surfaces.

My first project was a wooden candlestick. For that project, I cut most of the papers into squares and molded them around the form. This time, I traced the letters and measured the strips to adhere to a cardboard like substance intended for altering. What I learned is that a heavy coat buckles, (notice the "E"), and too light a coat, dries without the sheen finish, (notice on the "N"). I will add one more coat to resolve the latter problem. The papers are all My Mind's Eye and Chatterbox, and were chosen by the Mom to match her other decoratives in Ethan's room. I love the color scheme!

I'm off to a picnic today! Happy early Independence Day! May you be blessed this weekend in celebration of our freedoms.

FP, My Family

Taryn's June Top Shelf Memory kit, Fancy Pants My Family, today's being the first of the three.

Gotta Love the Choice

None of them would be a bad one. They are just too cute. The arrow points to Baxter and the colors are from The Color Room Palette #12. I used the sketch and room photograph as a starting point, as well.

And while we are on the topic of choices, choosing some Scraptivity kits on sale this Summer would be another good choice. :) This week they are featuring a kit filled with American Crafts and the month’s technique is using transfers with Rinse Away paper and Tranz-It gel.

It's starting out to be a busy Summer with the boys. Hope your having as much fun as we are! Be blessed!