Valentines Paper

My Mother-in-law gave me this pack for Christmas. I am going to try and create a scrapbook page or 2 and some cards out of it. This pack is from K and Company! I am excited, this paper is very cute!

ABC Bean Bags!

They are finished!!! Thank you to Chez Beeper Bebe for the great tutorial! My favorite part of making these was going through all my scraps of fabric, some of which I have had for 15+ yrs. :) It was great fun to use a lot of my little scraps, it made me happy that they were finally being used for something. My least favorite part was whip stitching them closed. Next time I make these adorable little bean bags, I think I will sew three sides, turn right side out, fill and then machine stitch the 4th side closed.

I've been sewing like crazy!

I have been playing scrabble with my hubby and sewing the past several nights. :) I actually won a couple of times at scrabble which is very rare.

Sewing, Sewing, Sewing. I finished the spelling bean bags! Pictures to come soon. Yes, I let the kids play with them right away, so I need to clean all the dog fur off before I attempt to take pictures. ;-) Yesterday during nap time I worked on a quilt for my grandparents. All I have to do now is finish sewing the binding on. :) I made my son a pillow case with some ball material he picked out at Walmart. ;-) Yes, my 22 month old appreciates fabric already. :) It was a tough decision between Thomas and Sports Balls. Well it is time for me to go do my job ;-) Make my love a lunch, play with my kiddos, get everyone dressed, hopefully get a shower, go to the library, shopping, playing, cleaning, cleaning and more cleaning, and hopefully some craft time later or at least some picture taking time. ;-) Happy Thursday to All!

PS One night really late, I did go through all my printed pictures for my sons albums and planned out what pictures will go on what pages, and started sketching out some layouts. I was putting off going to bed.

Felt Flower Pillow

Here goes... a little peak into my sewing world. I really love to sew when I don't have to cut out pattern pieces. ;-) Yes, sometime I do sew from some patterns, and really enjoy it once the pattern is pinned on, cut out and marked. :) This year I made my kids Halloween costumes and that got me into a sewing kick. So I just kept going. I made several Christmas presents this year and had a blast making all of them, well most of them. ;-)
My lucky sisters received these pillows for Christmas!

I found the great tutorial on Cluck Cluck Sew
I really did have a good time making these pillows and Allison has a great tutorial for this one.

The black and white pillow was fun and a bit challenging at points. I decided to pleat as I went after I couldn't get my sewing machine or serger to gather as it went. ;-) And the pleating was easy, the only challenge was I ran out of material with about an inch to go. That was my bad planning I guess, but luckily it was really easy to add a little more fabric on and Viola! It was complete and I think and hope my sisters really liked them.
Right now I am making spelling bean bags, I got the idea and directions from Chez Beeper Bebe Hopefully I will have them finished in a couple of days so I can share them with you!

Happy Crafting!

I've been busy

Finally, I have gotten back full swing into scrapping! How good it feels to get several layouts done this week for my sons album. Now if I can keep up the momentum I will be good to go for a while. It has helped that months ago, I had picked out the papers to go with the pictures. ;-) Choosing paper is always the most time consuming part for me.

This is our "Family Bedtime" which occurs in the morning while everyone is trying to wake up. The buttons are cut from the Wild Card cartridge. I embossed some of the buttons and added some some glossy accents by Inkssentials to add some texture to the page.

Tummy Time was an easy layout to do, because I had so many pictures to use, and I couldn't pass up on any of them. What a Happy Baby!!!
The letters are from Birthday Bash. The tags and shapes are from Tags Bags Boxes and More, and lastly the airplane is from Boys Will Be Boys.

I have to say, as much as I am enjoying scrapping again after a bit of a break when I was on a sewing kick, I struggle every night with what to do. Should I scrap or sew??? ;-) I have hundreds of pictures ready to scrap and a long list of "want to makes" with materials in my fabric stash. For now I think it will be...
Onto more scrapping. :) Maybe some Valentines projects in the near future.

Flowers and Bugs!

Friday night fun! My Pink Stamper live! Congrats to all who made the design team. A little scrapping as Hubby and I have been trying to figure out how to watch TV. ;-) I know, I know sounds really silly, but we just canceled our cable and then bought an antenna, but realized our TV's are just to old. So then the search for the converter box has begun. Gotta love technology.

I need some scrapping energy, so I was looking through some of pages, and I found this one. It is one of my favorites!!! I made this page a couple of years ago, but every time I look at it I SMILE!

Simple or Not?

Are you a simple scrapper, a complex scrapper, or do you like to mix it up?
I like to mix it up a lot!
Here are a few of my layouts.
Yes, I am over a year behind on scrapbooking. ;-)

(That little cutie is almost 2!)

Simple

This is one of my more detailed pages.
I made it for a My Pink Stamper challenge a long time ago, I just never took a picture until tonight.
This is one of my favorites!!!
The challenge was to use pink, brown, orange, and green.
Not as simple ;-)

Have a great night! Happy Scrapping!!!

My Pink Stamper Challenge

So one of my favorite blogs is Robyn's My Pink Stamper!!! I happened upon it a couple of years ago, and was immediately hooked. Now I send any new Cricut owner her way. :) One of my friends said that Robyn's videos were addictive (this friend started watching her videos before she even bought a cricut).
Soooo...
I have decided to enter Robyn's challenge and Design Team call.
Robyn's Challenge was to make a paper craft using
-pink, brown, green, and one color of choice (I picked purple)
-your favorite Cricut cartridge (Create a Critter)

I decided to make a baby girl card, although, I don't even know anyone that is expecting a girl :)

RECIPE
Pink Pirouette, Certainly Celery Designer Series, Pink Passion, and Early Espresso paper from Stampin' Up!
Create a Critter and Once Upon a Princess
Chocolate Chip Ink, and Certainly Celery Ribbon from SU!
My Pink Stamper-Everyday Life

I started with an 8.5"x5.5" piece of pink pirouette card stock folded in half, then layered a 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" of Early Espresso on top. Then I cut a piece of Certainly Celery Designers Series Paper into a 5 " x 4". To make it look like a quilt, I cut it into 1" squares and flipped every other one over. Double sided paper is great! ;-) I used a piece of certainly celery ribbon. And my favorite part, the Giraffe is from Create a Critter, and little shape is from Once Upon a Princess. The shape was embossed with the Cuttlebug swiss dots folder. Then using the chocolate chip classic stamp pad, I stamped Welcome Baby from Robyn's Everyday Life stamp set. To finish it off, I used a white pen to give it a quilted look and also added a few purple rhinestones. I hope you enjoy! :)

Whooo Whooo Whooo Some cards for you!

My favorite Cricut cartridge is Create a Critter. Here is a cute owl card made out of scraps. Every once in a while I pull out my scrap bucket and make cards just from the bucket, except for the actual 8.5 x 5.5 part. ;-)

One of my best friends had her third child while her husband was away serving our country. I used Mickey and Friends and Lyrical Letters to make this card.

I love love love this paper by Stampin Up! I can't remember what it is called, and I think it is now retired. It is full of beautiful purples and greens. Image is from Lyrical Letters.

Birthday Card

Away we go, here is my first post with a picture. I made this birthday card for a card making gathering. I wanted to show some of my stamping friends how easy Cricut images are to use on a card.

Card Recipe

Cupcake-Create a Critter
Border Punch-Marthe Stewart
Stamp-SU!
Sweet Treats-DCWV

Here goes, I have decided to start blogging. :) I am really excited to be able to share the projects I create!