Boing Boing Curls

Posted on | March 30, 2010 | 9 Comments

Did you ever read Romana Quimby? Remember her kindergarten’s friend’s boing boing curls? That’s what I always think of when I see a girl with curly hair he he he…

I don’t remember if I showed you these photos. M asked me to braid her hair before bed so that she could look like this in the morning. It was so cute, driving home I asked if other little girls wanted hair like hers and she said yup. The next day she had three little girls sporting this hair-do. Ha ha… my little girl is more of a trend setter than her old lady here.

I did this page weeks ago at that crop weekend. I used some Cosmo Cricket, Making Memories, Crate Paper, Prima, American Craft, and a crochet flower that I made. The fabric was inspired by an Embellish Mag challenge, to use fabric. I know my colors are way off and so I didn’t enter this page in the challenge but I did use fabric. I have to say I do love the colors on this layout.

Hmmm… I think that’s it. I’m going to call it a night, the girls need to go to bed. Laters!

CSS

Posted on | March 29, 2010 | 13 Comments

Hi again! Today I have some news for you! Remember a few months ago I won some Clear and Simple Stamps from one of Embellish Magazine’s challenge? Well, I did get a box of goodies from CSS (wonderful!!) and also a sweet note congratulating me AND inviting me back to the team! After a few emails, getting all the details squared away, I said yes! Back in the days when CSS just opened I was one of their DT. I signed a three months contract and had a great time. Now, here I am again {::SMILE}. Thanks CSS for the opportunity!!

I can’t wait to show you what’s in store for April but for now, here’s a little card using Cute as a Bug with paper and ribbon also from CSS. The pattern paper are digital paper by Zoe Pearns: Note to Self and ScrapKitchen: Autobiography.

Before I go I want to share a photo of my kidlets (see the two teeth?). Jovie will be 10-months in a week. She is VERY cute — no kidding — and besides saying: mama, dada, oh oh, and clap on demand she can now kiss say and say + wave bye-bye. It’s so interesting. Emma was more into signing and didn’t babble at all. But one day at 14-months she decided to start talking. I swear she woke up talking clearly! Jovie, she did sign but now she’s not into it much. She likes to vocalize and use her gestures more. It was odd that she could say mama so early but she did. Her daycare lady asked me once: Do you know she can say mama? I said yes I did. I told her it’s so weird! She thought so too but oh well. Every kid’s different, right? These two have been so wonderful the last few months. Us parents have been under a lot of pressure – moving stuff – but so far, besides a few M meltdown, they’ve been great. Even now, with very little furniture and toys these two have been in wonderful spirit. I think M kind of think it’s a camping ordeal, ha! I told her that it’ll just be a few more weeks (3.5 more!) and we’ll be of to the UK. In the mean time, I still have a lot of crap to finish up here — not fun!!

Okie dokie, off to work, have a good one!!

Mom

Posted on | March 27, 2010 | 12 Comments

While Clouds was here I told her that I wish I can make cards like Melissa Phillips. She just has a way with layering paper and embellishments on a small area. I also have been liking how she does her double ribbons although I haven’t been able to do it as nice as hers. Coincidently I have some ribbons close to ones she used — but not as pretty. Oh well…

For this card I used some digital paper by ScrapKitchen at Sweet Shoppe: Autobiography. I think it’s got more of a masculine to it but I like how the card turned out — color wise — for a mom card. The sheet music came from and old music book. The folds are original.

Okie dokie… M has a bday party to go to… bye!!

PTI Blog Hop

Posted on | March 25, 2010 | 63 Comments

Well, Clouds left and here we are just relaxing at home. Even though there’s a whole house to clean I really don’t care to do anything. I am going to call the cleaning folks and let them do it. I am pooped with the house and I just want to focus on work and hanging out with the family while waiting for our flight date to the UK.

Anyhoot… it’s kind of late posting but here’s my card for the PTI blog hop. The challenge for this month is to use buttons. I used one. Does it count? {::SMILE}.

A Blog Friend Visit

Posted on | March 25, 2010 | 18 Comments

Hiya! Wow, it’s been AGES since I posted it seems! But a lot has been going on the last 10 days and it’s FINALLY winding down. This afternoon I also found the opportunity to stamp and guess who I’ve been stamping with? Clouds Shadler!! The poor girl, I had to put her in the basement, on a bed with no frame, and sitting on whatever we could find cause ya know, most of our stuff’s in a crate somewhere. It’s been so fun visiting with her and to be able to stamp with a blog friend! I really need to do this more often!!! Anybody living in England out there? {::SMILE}.

The card I have to share today is based on Laura’s sketch at 2Sketches4You. Clouds brought some Lawn Fawn stamps and I got to play with this one set. You know I’m not that great at coloring but I think for this one I did a pretty good job. I saw how a card was done yesterday at a stamp store and copied that coloring method. M did a card too. She thought the stamps were so cute and she couldn’t resist.

Material: Pattern paper by October Aftrnoon, border punch is Stmpin’ Up!, ribbon and twine by Papertrey Ink, flower by Prima, and buttons are Rhonna Farrer.