I am sad to say that although I have TONS of projects to post from the last month (especially with retreat last weekend), I have no camera. Our camera is totally fried. :(
I helped a friend make this for her sister-in-law. She is having her first boy and Minda wanted to make her a name frame. It was so quick and easy to put together!
Please excuse my reflection in the glass of the picture. Oops! ;)
This past week was the Halloween workshop and I wanted to post the projects! She wanted Halloween, boy, and birthday themes!
I made this trick or treat bucket for Kirsten's hostess gift. She can use it for decoration or for her son Teancum to use trick or treating. I was so excited with the finished product that it was hard to give away! ;)
Here is on of the make and takes, a small bag of Halloween goodies. This project was SO EASY!
The spider and words are embossed. The idea came in the most recent issue of Stampin' Success. How fun!
This is a card I made Audrey's for birthday that I embossed as well.
I adapted the card for the second make and take. It is hard to see the embossing in the picture. I had so much fun making the Halloween projects. It is so fun having a kids' birthday so close to Halloween!
This mini album is so fun and easy to do. I am excited with the way it turned out.
I made this box for part of Cindy's hostess gift.
Sorry for the horrible picture quality. I do not know what is up with my camera but it doesn't focus worth beans.
I put 8 3 x 3 ards inside (4 thank you and 4 happy birthday). I really like the way it all turned out!
If you know me at all you know that I couldn't leave my last card for the contest alone. I really liked it but thought it could be cuter. Anyway, I added a photo corner in the corner above the Dad's head and then a round tab punch to the right of the scalloped grass. It was the bella rose brown printed paper and it gave it the last touch I wanted. The tab opened the card. I also added ...to TEXAS in the inside of the card and scalloped grass across as well. It was finally finished!
After talking to Angie and Lindsey I decided to go with the original colors of the baby card for my 2nd card for the contest. They were right, the colors are better and the contrast looks great. I am REALLY happy with this card. :) 
My last card for the contest I wanted to do different than my other entries. I think this one is really fun, I'm just trying to decide if it is finished or not.
I took the card for Lacey's shower and changed it up a bit. I really like the way it turned out and just hope it's good enough for the contest!
The colors are Regal Rose, Certainly Celery, Apricot Appeal, and the new Bali Breeze.
This School Years kit by Becky Higgins was one of my greatest purchases EVER!!! It takes you from Pre-School through 12th Grade giving you a kit for each grade. They have brads, chipboard, cardstock, labels and a pre-made title. I love the pocket for school work for each grade. This kit ROCKS!! Not to mention the fact that it was a great deal. Unfortunately you can only buy them on Ebay now. She only sold the kit 2 times. Once at the beginning of the year and all kits sold out and then another time a few months ago when she decided to print them once more.
Anyway, I just did Claire's Pre-K pages and can't wait to do her K ones where she can sign her name and put her hand print on it. This kit makes scrapbooking the school years SO much easier. I am a friek and bought 4 kits....we'll have another baby right...if not then I know I can sell it!!! :)
I love how it gives you all the prompts to write about things. Some of the stuff I never would have thought to write. Love it.
I did the tutorial from split coast today. It was a lot of fun and I finally used my afternoon tea designer series paper!
I am stoked. I won my first contest!!! I got an email today with the winners for the downline contest and my name was among them. Wahoo. I am so excited. Lindsey entered with me and won as well. YEAH for us!!! :)
My sister-in-law has three girls and is having her first boy. For her birthday I helped her design birth announcements and we cut and stamped away this weekend. I love the colors and this new stamp set. Congrats, Carol! Can anyone tell how much I love ribbon? :)
The contest called for 2 layouts (or 3 cards) using punches and patterned paper. I had these layouts already done so I just tweaked them a bit. :)
Angie went to a stampin up party her friend Lynae had and they made this card. She thought it was way cute and wanted to show me. After seeing a picture of it it thought I would make something like it for tomorrow's stock up and save party. Very cute card, Lynae!
I love the ribbon charms and die cut bloom flowers. And of course, I had to use the striped ribbon! :)
After I looked on Lindsey's blog I thought I would try the limited supply challenge today too!
I have always been curious if people really look at my blog...so I decided it was time for some blog candy to give to those that look and to find out who you are!
So answer these questions about yourself and I will enter you in the drawing.
1. How long have you been looking on my blog?
2. What is your favorite project of mine?
3. Tell me something about yourself I don't know.
Have fun and I will post who won and what it is on Friday!
So most of you know that I have mostly girlie layouts so I thought I would post a layout for little boys. I love these colors together and still can't get enough wasabi. I took the 6x6 baby card and made a 12x12 layout from it. So here it is:
I made this card to use for the scrapbook night card exchange. Cori had the idea to make the cards 6 x 6 instead of the standard card size. That way we can use the card in a layout if we want. Brilliant idea! ;)
I love the wild wasabi with regal rose. And I just ordered all the striped ribbon...LOVE it.
I think wild wasabi is one of my top 3 colors and since it is an "in color" it will be retiring soon. :( I will have to do some serious stocking up.
Here is a card I made for my "March Mystery Hostess Party". I love the new build a brads. They are so easy and fun. This summer picnic paper from the occasions mini is also super cute.
I made these cards at retreat.
This one says "you are one of kind." If I did this one over I would use the daubers instead of inking it directly with the ink pad...I think the edges would look like I want them too.
I didn't realize how off the xoxo circle was until I saw it on the computer...oh well, I guess! :)
This one I made in Lindsey's Technique class. I hardly ever make masculine cards so this was fun for me. I just ordered this small star punch so I am excited for it to come!
Here is another layout I did at retreat. I used the Rose Cottage simply srappin kit. Again, this is a very simple layout. I had a lot of fun doing our wedding photos. We didn't have very many snapshots of the day. All the pictures we had were professional. All these years I didn't want to scrap the professional ones but yet they just sat in a box. So I decided to get use out of them. :)
