Mother

A card made for Bitten by the Bug 2. Design Team Sister, Lori, asked us to use a cut from the Mother's Day 2010 cart. I don't have that one so I used the newer Mother's Day Bouquet cart released just recently. I love this cart. You can make a ka-zillion different flowers with as many layers as your little heart desires.



The stamps are Technique Tuesday Mama=Love

Thanks for your comments!

Love you bunches

This cute little bunny is a new cutout from Peggy Loves Vintage.

The cute paper is Jillibean Soup - Dutch Mustard Soup Thanks for your comments.

do you remember...

Awwww, they used to hug when I asked them to pose for the camera.




KI, K&Co, Crate, MME, DCWV, Kaisercraft

Thanks for looking. :D

Racing Stripes

Trent is a toe walker. We thought he would eventually outgrow it but he never did. He started physical therapy in May 2009. It helped a lot and we thought we could continue his exercises at home. Well, that didn't work. He recently went back to physical therapy and is working again to get off those toes. In the picture, he's wearing tape on his calves to help him walk normally. The physical therapist called the tape his "racing stripes".

This is new Lily Bee papers. I'm a new fan of theirs. I just love the small patterns. There are Crate chipboard pieces on there as well. Oh, and I see a little Jillibean Soup peaking out from behind the journaling card (which is MME).

This is Ashley from a long, long time ago. Probably about 10 years ago. The problem is that after I scanned the layout, I spilled red wine all over it. *sigh* Now I have to do it again.

This is new Cosmo Cricket Salt Air

This is new BasicGrey Life of the Party. There are a few Fancy Pants rubons as well. I think the pictures are from LegoLand.

Thanks for looking. I'm feeling better these days. Thank you so much for all the well wishes and cards. They really worked!

Friends

This week, our design sister, Melissa, asked us to use the dachshund cut from the Paisley cart.

I also used Cosmo's new Upcycle line. I really like the colors in it.

Just the Boys

Here's a layout I made using some new MME. I think I've already scrapped this picture before.

Thanks for looking. :D

Grumble, grumble

I'm just going to get it all out in one post. 2011 has really stunk so far. It started with the sinus surgery and then my back and hips. I have always had issues with my hips but for some reason, this time it's really bad. Xrays determined that I have sciatica and arthrits. *sigh* It's very, very difficult dealing with chronic pain. It's depressing. It drains me of all my energy. Add in the stress of the Girl Scout cookies and the booths. I cannot keep up with household chores (dinner?? I'm supposed to cook dinner?)and I've had to cut my hours down at work to one 4 hour shift a week. Last Sunday, I couldn't even do that. After two hours I had to go home. My legs were screaming at me.

I've had to cancel my card classes. I can't sit in a chair long enough to design cards and all I can think about is the pain.

Erik has been working 12 hour days. I never see him anymore.

I found out last week that I have a sinus infection 6 weeks after my sinus surgery...

and yesterday, my cat died.

I feel absolutely worthless.

So, there you go. I got it all out and I feel a bit better. So, if I seem a bit cranky, don't take it personally. ;)

I'm working towards a better future, though. I've been going to phsyical therapy twice a week and I've been forcing myself to do a little bit of creating in the evening after the pain killers kick in but before I get too sleepy.

See, my life is not as perfect looking as sometimes the blog displays. If you're having a bad day, tell me about it.

Oh, and here are some layouts that took me several days to complete....

Projects from Emma's Paperie

Here are all the projects I made as Guest Designer at Emma's Paperie. If you get a chance, stop on by her store. If you're interested in the details (manufacturers) of what I used, click here to got to the blog.

BBTB2 Blog Hop time

Welcome! It's that time of month again...time for the Bitten By The Bug 2 Blog Hop.

Hopefully, you came from Theresa's blog.

Our challenge this week was to use the bird cage from Straight from the Nest. If we didn't have that cart, we could use a bird cage or bird house from another cart. I used a bird house from Cindy Loo.

In addition to the birdhouse, there is a little Peggy Loves Vintage image in there. See the flowers on the tag? Those are from one of her collections.

Please leave a comment and please become a follower of my blog to be eligible to win the prize listed below.

When you've left your comment, please hop on over to Karen's blog for a chance to win more goodies.

Fishing

Shelly was our host for this week at Bitten By The Bug 2. She chose the boy fishing from page 35. The only time I ever use this cart is when it's for a BBTB2 challenge. I always say to myself, "I need to use this more often". It's a great cart!




BasicGrey
MME
LYB
Hambly
Martha Stewart punch
Pink Paislee alphas

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.