happy birthday Micah

I can't believe that Micah is already one year old. Hard to believe that today is here already. Where does the time go.

I will be spending the day with Micah celebrating his special day while his Mom and Dad are at Work.

Project Tuesday - Tri Fold Card

Well it is Tuesday and time for another fun Project over at Project Tuesday. This weeks project was a little bit of a challenge for me to do, but once I decided on which papers and photos to use it came along quite nicely.

I decided to make a mini scrapbook about Micah's days on the Bus with his Mom. She sent me these two photo's today via Text message. The first photo is him in the drivers seat and the other is him checking the seats for any kids still on the bus.

The papers I used are from the new Cosmo Cricket mini deck "joy ride", the words are American Crafts thickers, The pockets have journaling about his love of the BUS. The ribbon is Bo Bunny.

I hope you stop over and play along with us at Project Tuesday.

Enjoy!

mother's day

I hope you all had a great weekend and got the chance to spend a little time outside if the weather was nice. Here in Minneapolis it was 64 degrees which was a record for us for this time of year. The snow is almost totally melted and I am hoping Mother Nature is not playing a horrible trick on us.

My card for today is from the new "mom word block" digital stamp over at The Cutting Cafe. I decided since it was Mother's Day in the UK yesterday I would go ahead and make a card for my Mother-in-law a little bit early. (we celebrate in May)

I am going to try and get outside today and soak up a little bit of sun so I can raise my vitamin D levels like the doctor suggested. Then later today I am going to meet my friend Tami at Caribou for a cup of coffee and some good conversation.

Enjoy!

details: paper Neenah solar white and Epic Black, accessories: scorepal, may arts ribbon & misc. button

birthday celebrations

I thought I would add another card to my ever growing card stash. Today's card is for this weeks challenge over at Clean & Simple Stamping.

I love this sketch so will definitely be using it again for more cards in the future.

details: paper ~ Neenah solar white, Yellow misc. cardstock ~ stamps ~ SU "upsy daisy" ~ ribbon May Arts

Enjoy!

for lily

No card for me today I am busy working on an 8x8 album for my new great niece Lily and her parents.

Here are a couple of pages from the album.

I have about 10 more pages to go and then it will be ready to send out to Lily and her family. I hope they enjoy it.

Thanks for stopping by. Let me know what you think.

paper roses

I wanted to use the newest paper rose I made while Tami and I were at Archivers on Tuesday. This one is made out of an old thesaurus that I had and we misted it with Glimmer Mist 'gold walnut'.

I used the challenge over at Our Creative Corner for the base of my card layout and then decided to add a little bit extra to the sketch.

The papers are from the new Cosmo Cricket "Joy Ride", pearls are KaiserCraft, ticket is Tim Holtz, leaf is a Martha Stewart punch, and the photo is from my evergrowing stash of old photos.

Enjoy!

butterflies

My card today is for the Sketch challenge over at Skipping Stones Designs. I used my new BasicGrey "kioshi" 6x6 paper pad that I picked up at Archivers yesterday.

I love the colors in this collection they remind me of spring which seems to be right around the corner here in Minnesota.

I had a great time at Archivers yesterday with my friend Tami and although I did not get a lot of stuff accomplished I did manage to pick out papers for two baby girl albums I will be making in the next couple weeks for my niece and for my sister.

Enjoy!

supplies:

paper: neenah solar white cardstock, basicgrey koshi

ink: memento tuxedo black, tombow markers

stamps: pti and unity

accessories: martha stewart butterfly punch, basicgrey button, nestability ovals

Project Tuesday - Hinged Card

I am a little excited as today is my first post as a Design Team Member over at Project Tuesday.

This weeks project is to make a hinged card. If you have never made one before there is a great tutorial link on the blog as well as a video. I must admit this is my 2nd time making a Hinged card and they are super easy. The hardest part for me was deciding how to decorate the card.

Please stop by and join us in making this fun project.

supplies used: neenah solar white cardstock, basicgrey wisteria 6x6 paper & brad, pebblesinc. rubons, stampendous sentiment (inside), martha stewart border punch, spellbinders butterfly embossing die.

got coffee?

This is a quick card that I whipped up today using the new digital stamp set "got coffee?" from The Cutting Cafe.

I am meeting a friend tomorrow at Archivers to spend the day scrapbooking and chatting so made this card for her. Because usually when we get together at least one cup of coffee is had by all.

Hope you enjoy and stop back tomorrow for my first official day on the Design Team at Project Tuesday.

let them eat cake

Just had to share this picture of Micah with you after he dug into his cupcake yesterday.

Not only was it all over his face he had it in his hair, on the chair, and even on the floor.

Happy Birthday ALMOST

Okay those who know me know that I am not one to bake a cake or even cupcakes. I do however like to make cookies.

Well I volunteered to make Micah's first birthday cake (what was I thinking), well his birthday is March 17th and I decided I needed to make a test run to make sure I don't ruin his special day.

I borrowed a Wilton large cupcake pan from a friend and then got hints on how to make it turn out just right from my friend Bonnie.

And here is the result of my first attempt.

The picture doesn't do the BIG cupcake justice, it is just too cute for words. Now I need to go to a Party store and find a large number one to put on it. I decided not to put frosting around the bottom of the cupcake, but I think it needs something. Maybe I can get some cute birthday paper and make like a cupcake wrapper. Any ideas?

Micah and his Mom are coming over today for a visit and to check out the cupcake. I will be sure and get pictures of the big day when he gets to make a mess of himself and the cake.

Enjoy!

thank ewe

The challenge over at the Cards Blog this week was to create a mini baby card. The card could be no larger than 3".

Let me say I made several different cards and ended up submitting this one as my submission.

I just love this little onsie by Alesa Baker Designs and use it whenever I get the chance. The paper is by Making Memories from the Poolside & Greenhouse collection, the sentiment is a rubon by Pebblesinc.

Enjoy!

birthday fishes

A quick card to show you before I go back to my spring cleaning. OKay maybe it isn't spring here in Minnesota, but it sure feels like it. Tempatures have been in the upper 30's and low 40's here which is Spring like to us.

This card is based on the sketch over at Card Positioning Systems.

For this card I used Neenah Solar White cardstock, Memory Box "frond", Jolee's dimensional stickers "goldfish", and PTI sentiment from "pond life".

Now the WINNER of my blog candy is TAMI.

Enjoy!

Spring is in the Air

It is Thursday and that means a new sketch over at Our Creative Corner.

I had fun creating this card it gave me a chance to use my new PTI "butterfly" die cut and stamp set "pond life sentiments".

details: papers: by memory box "frond" & neenah solar white; stamps: pti "pond life sentiments"; accessories: marvy scallop and circle punch, pti vintage buttons

Project Tuesday & Blog Candy

Well it is Tuesday and that means another fun project from Stamps & Smiles to share with you. This week we are making a birdhouse. So easy to make and oh so cute. I really need to find me a little bird for this house next time I make it.

For the birdhouse I used some Crate Paper from my stash it is called "Harmony" from the Lillian collection.

I found out today that I was picked to be one of the Design Team members for Project Tuesday. Now you know that made me happy and as my friend Amy would say "WOOT WOOT".

In honor of me making the Design Team I am going to send out some blog candy so if you are not a follower of my blog sign up and then leave a comment here. If you already follow my blog then leave me a comment. On Saturday I will pick one lucky winner to receive something fun from me.

Enjoy!

FTL80

It is a new week and that means a new challenge over at Clean & Simple Stamping.

This card makes me think of spring and although here in Minnesota it will be awhile before we see it, I know that it will eventually come and the snow will be gone.

paper: Neenah natural white, Basis Brown, & Cosmo Cricket "early bird"

stamps: PTI "blooming button bits"

accessories: PTI vintage buttons "melon berry"

Enjoy!

Frame It!

Just a quick post to show you the frame I made for my oldest sister and best friend Sharon. I am heading up to Wahpeton for a few days with my niece Shannon and Micah.

I picked this frame up at Michael's really cheap added some Graphic 45 papers, some handmade paper flowers and leaves. Inserted a favorite old picture of my sister and Grandma Hattie Louise.

I love how it turned out and hope she does too. I might have to make a couple more of these as gifts for friends and family and maybe a couple to sell.

Let me know what you think of it. I sat and looked at the position of the papers for 2 days and finally decided on this layout. I might take some Thickers and add the word love across the bottom by the flowers. What do you think?

Project Tuesday ~ Gift Card Holder

Sorry I didn't blog yesterday but I was over taking care of my favorite little guy Micah. I will be taking a few more days in the next couple weeks to run back over there and also a trip to Wahpeton to visit family.

I took a video of him walking all over the place, but can't figure out how to add it to my blog so will do that later.

The challenge this week over at Project Tuesday using the tutorial they provided. It went together really quick and I love how it turned out.

I want to thank Rose for taking time to show me how to add my watermark to my cards. She made what I thought was really difficult into something really easy.

For this card I used the Cosmo Cricket "Early Bird" papers, Martha Stewart "Butterfly" punch, EK Success "Ticket" punch, Kaiser Craft pearls, PTI sentiment, & Sizzix Flower die.

Enjoy!

Day 359 - Gloria's Signature Style

The challenge today over at 365 Cards was to create a card using the style of one of the DT members. Today's card was all about Gloria.

This was the perfect challenge as I happen to have the same exact papers from the new Graphic 45 8x8 paper pad called 'a proper gentleman'.

Here is Gloria's card that we were to be inspired by and then we were to cardlift some part of her card.

And here is my card

I added a Tim Holtz ticket and some PTI buttons to my card. Thanks Gloria for letting me lift a little bit of your card to mine.

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge

Here is another one of the cards that I created today while playing in my craftroom.

This card is for the SSSC57 and for this card I have used the new Graphic 45 8x8 papers from the 'le romantique' collection. Don't you just love the soft feel of the colors and patterns?

For this card I also used some May Arts ribbon, PTI vintage button and twine, and Marvy flower punch.

Enjoy!