Guest Designer at Emma's Paperie

I'm just thrilled to be a Guest Designer at Emma's Paperie. Here are a couple of sneak peeks from two of the projects I made:

If you want to see all of the projects, you can go to her blog here.

Thanks so much!

Reading Counts

October Afternoon Schoolhouse

Are you doing picture a day? I started January and I've been posting them on Facebook. This is my picture from yesterday. I had a follow up appointment with my ENT. I would post them here if I could figure out how to make a little side bar with them. Oh, I know....maybe Flickr would work. I'll think about this some more....

Also, blog hop winner for this time is.....

Tanya

Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving comments. I like the nice ones. ;)

Lovey Dovey Honey Bunch

Good morning! If you're hopping, you probably came from Penny's blog. It's so nice to see you here. :D As you probably know already, Maria, one of our awesome Design Team sisters from Bitten By The Bug 2, asked us to use more than one of the hearts from Love Struck 2010.

I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I have so many goofy names for the kids and I knew this particular one I call Kat (at times) would be perfect for the heart challenge. heehee



I have a suggestion for you, though. Make sure you have a new blade for this cart. Whew! There are so many intricate cuts that just weren't working with my used blade.

What do you call your kids? I can't be the only one that uses "Stinky Pie Monkey Butt" as a term of endearment, can I? Leave me a comment telling me the pet names you use for your kids. At the end of the week, I'll choose a random winner for the item pictured below. Make sure I can get a hold of you...either make sure you leave me your email address or your comment links back to your blog.

Also, if you're just starting this blog hop, you want to go to Lori's blog next.

Thanks for all your kind comments. Please become a follower of my blog, too!

Armadillo

Well, I'm really behind getting things uploaded on Blogger.

BBTB2's designer, Krista, chose the armadillo and/or bird from Birthday Bash. This was the first time I have used the cart and I have to say there are some really cute images.

Ignore the fact that I couldn't figure out that piece that goes on the tail. Don't know what the dealio is with that. Some of the other girls figured it out.

Stamps are Technique Tuesday and Sassafras. I colored in the "Happy Birthday" with my Copics. The chicken wire overlay is Hambly.

I also completed another layout. That's 2 for this year. ;) I am on a roll.

This is all made with October Afternoon Campfire

Delight in the Little Things

Bitten by the Bug 2 is back in business this week! We have lots of inspiration to share with you. Karen asked us to use the Hummingbird from the Lyrical Letters cart. Here's my take on it:

The papers are new K & Co Flora and Fauna.

Thanks for looking. :D

Birthday birds

Here's a new card made from one of the darling images from Peggy Loves Vintage.

This image is from Vintage Birthday Volume 2

Joys of the Season ornament

This week at BBTB2, Julia asked us to use the wreath cut from JOTS.



Come check out the other projects.

Hello, Pretty Baby

I have wanted a stand mixer for at least 20 years. Kohl's was having a dealio for associates that I just couldn't pass up. It ended up being about 75% off the normal price.

Of course, there is Kat on the counter. It's her favorite place to be. She's always supervising, making sure I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing. I think she also hopes chocolate chips or something else flies out of the bowl so she can be the first to eat it.

Trent said that the mixer was "making my life easier". Kat said, "MOM! You have to find a new place to work where you don't spend so much money!"

She may have a point, but in the meantime, I'm making cookies, bread and we want the attachment to grind meat to make sausages and the attachment to make pasta. I can't wait!

This year's Christmas photo

Yup, this will do it. It's the best one of the bunch.

Look for these in your mail soon.

Let us all hope Mrs. Duffy has a good baby

Kat's student teacher's last day is today. She is also very pregnant and due very soon. The teacher and the kids planned a surprise baby shower/going away party for her. We made her a card last night. I handed the finished card to Kat to sign and this is what she wrote:

She also always writes her name twice. Once in cursive and once in printing. It's a habit she started a couple months ago.

Here's the front of the card. October Afternoon and the Special Delivery Cricut cart.

First Day of School

A layout I just completed using October Afternoon's Schoolhouse set.

 

Thanks for looking. :D

All I need is a flamingo

I've been working with Nifty Fifties this week and was already in the pink/turquoise mode when I started this project.

After I finished it, I felt it needed a flamingo somewhere on it but I simply ran out of time.

This card is for another fabulous BBTB2 challenge.

DT Sister, Jeri, asked us to use both an ornament and the "Deck the Halls" sentiment from Winter Frolic.

Check out the other designs and play along with the challenge.

The Christmas photo practice session

I didn't want a repeat of last year's Christmas photo disaster so I'm planning something a little different.

We're going to do the pictures at home this year.



Erik and I hit Michael's today and bought a few Christmas pieces and some fake poinsettias. Fake because I know Sookie would try to eat real ones.

I set up the scene but didn't feel like dealing with Kat's hair so we just practiced with what she was already wearing. One thing I've already learned is that we're going to have to put the dogs inside when we do this. Zoe wants to get in the picture and/or have her ball thrown. She drops it on the bench and waits. Liberty likes to walk back and forth in front of the camera just to be annoying and Gigi is always trying to lick my hand.

I have cacti needles in my leg because I moved the bench too close to the Cow's Tongue Prickly Pear.

So...no dogs and move the bench up. Got it. We'll try it again after I figure out how to get the big knot of hair out of Kat's head.

Any suggestions?

Just like E.T.

This is what Katrina's bed looks like when it's made. Do you see Sookie?

Attitude

Thanks, Donna, for the Attitude Award. ;)




According to the rules, it looks like I'm supposed to list 3 things that make me different and nominate 5 others with attitudes.

Hmmmm....

1. I say what's on my mind which sometimes gets me in big trouble.
2. I'm inspired by the darkest music around,
3. I don't feel like answering anymore questions.

Now, to nominate 5...

I have no choice but to nominate Carole. I know that Donna already did, but this woman really has some attitude and deserves to be nominated at least twice. :)

I'm also adding Theresa to the list. She has the most positive attitude known to man. She always adds a smile to my face.

Karen has the same taste for blood and gore that I do. She is my long lost sister and she deserves the attitude award as well.

Linda, because well, she's like my best friend.

Can I nominate Donna again?

Thanks for the award!!

Spicing up the World

I finally have my laptop back so now I can post all the projects I've been working on.

First up, the cards from my latest card class. All stamps are from Technique Tuesday.

BasicGrey Jovial paper and Ali Edwards Good Cheer stamps

BasicGrey Jovial paper and Ali Edwards Good Cheer stamps

Ali Edwards Good Cheer and Sign of the Times stamps

Ali Edwards Good Cheer and Holly Jolly Christmas

Ali Edwards Good Cheer

An October Afternoon Layout:
October Afternoon Schoolhouse

October Afternoon Schoolhouse and Robotz Cricut cart

Fort Blanket. I think this is the new Bo Bunny. Glimmer Mist, too.


BasicGrey Jovial. That's a Bob Marley statue next to a Christmas tree. Ahhh...Jamaica!

I think I should get some sort of point or something for using a really old product...decorative twistee ties. ;)

That's it for now! Thanks for visiting and thanks so much for your comments. If you don't follow my blog, please do. I'll be having a giveaway when I get to 200 followers.

Hello Kitty Santa

This week at BBTB2, I asked the designers to use the Hello Kitty Santa from the Hello Kitty Greetings cart.

I used the card function for mine. I flocked the hat and the boots and used antique glass glitter. Am I the only that cuts herself on the glass glitter?

Check out the other designs here.

Some new vintage cut outs

Peggy Loves Vintage has some new Christmas Cut-Outs.

Aren't they cute!! I love working with Peggy's images. They print out so clear and she always has the cutest images. If you've never ordered from her before, you should! Christmas would be the perfect time to experiment as she has a zillion different images.

I cut this little guy out with one of my Nesties, matted it and then put the whole thing on a gigantic-o bottle cap. I smashed the bottle cap with a rubber mallet to flatten it out a bit. I'm not sure who makes the bottle cap, but I got it as one of my free gifties from Blue Moon Scrapbooking. When you order, you always get a free giftie.

Mother's Day

I love this collection!! New October Afternoon Modern Homemaker.

If I didn't have a sick kid, I'd have 100 more layouts done by now with this collection. ;)

Seven

Carole asked us to use the cute dog cut from Create a Critter for this week's Bitten By The Bug challenge. This is what I came up with.

New October Afternoon Schoolhouse

Cindy Loo and a cool deali-o

This week, we used one of the flourishes from Cindy Loo for the BBTB2 challenge. I love that little kitty. I had to add her, too. :D


Here's a new dealio from Scenic Route.



I love that place. I'm stocking up on everything. The deals just can't be beat. This normally sells for $75.00.

and then there is this one, too...

Big deer

There's a new neighbor down the street with one of these fake deers in her front yard.

Trent has been wanting to get in his Indian costume and pose next to it for weeks now.

Well, we knocked on her door on Halloween and introduced ourselves. She gave the kids some candy and we asked if Trent could pose with the deer for a picture.

She was so nice and let us do it. Trent, at first, wanted us to take a picture of him from across the yard, behind a tree, aiming at the deer with his bow and arrow. I was mortified but the lady laughed it off. I didn't have that kind of lens on anyway, so I made him stand next to the deer and be nice.

She invited us to come over anytime and see the other 4 or so deer she has in her backyard.