Paper Posies March Kit !!!

So I said last months kit was my favorite ... but now I think this one is. Meet PP March 2011 kit .... Pebbles, My Minds Eye, & Doodlebug .... Oh ME Oh MY !!!

You can get the new Paper Posies March 2011 Kit HERE if your interested.

Supplies:  Pebbles (Carefree, Thrilled, Dandy,Chirpy, Splendid, Glad Double Sided Paper) American Crafts (Limeade & Flamingo Cardstock)Ki Memories (Home Sweet Home Puffies) Quickutz Sil (Title and Vine border) My cute Stamps (Cheer Up Stamp set)

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Supplies: My Minds Eye (Gooday Sunshine Sunny Stripes Paper) Pebbles (splendid Paper & Paper Flowers) SU (Kraft CS)

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Supplies:  Pebbles (Splendid Paper & Glitter Candy Dots) My Minds Eye (Sunny Stripes, City Scape, In the Clouds Paper & bling) May Arts (Jute) DoodleBug (Bubble Blue Alphas)

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Every Paper Posies Kit comes with one item to alter. This month was a Maya Road Skinny House Coaster Album.

Supplies: Maya Road Skinny House Coaster Album, My Minds Eye (Sunny Stripes, City Scape, In the Clouds Paper & bling) Pebbles (Paper Flowers, Carefree Paper, Happy Go lucky Black Letters)

Hope you enjoyed all the projects.

My Little Man

Had to do a little brag about my Little Man Ryan today. Its amazing how time flies. Almost 3 years ago we moved to North Carolina and he was in diapers ... I can't believe next month I'm registering him in Kindergarten. I'm so proud of Ryan. When he was two, he was diagnosed with speech delay. Though he is talking much more now, we still have a long little learning road ahead of us. But its remarkable with how far he has come. But besides all that, I am so so so proud of Ryan today. Ryan is fully potty trained besides the nights (WIP). Well I forgot night time pull ups at the store the other day and decided well we are going to give this a try again. I told him last night "No Pee Pee in the bed" .... you know that long conversation you have. He then went  to bed in his under-roos ......

He woke up this morning with a big smile and came down stairs and said "Mama LOOK no PEE". I flipped and he was the happiest boy in the land. Are normal mornings consist of a very cranky boy not wanting to go to Pre-K. But today he wanted to do everything himself brush his teeth, get dressed .... he probably would of drove to school if I let him. I asked him if he wanted help, but he said "No Mama I got it". What a great morning .....

Quick Feature's

I know short Break HUH ? lol. Just wanted to pop by real quick and let you know about my feature on Andrea's Blog (Project Envy Girl) today. She recently contacted me asking me talk about my mini books. You can Check it out HERE.

Thank you Andrea for being such a great fan and letting me visit your blog.

Also, Me and my good friend Kathy Martin were also featured on the Me So Scrappy Blog today for HYBRID Gallery Standouts. You can see it HERE. Such a neat blog. 

I love how this card turned out from Kathy.

Have a great week ....

a Blog Break ....

So I decided to take a little bloggy break at least until the end of the month or so. With School, Spring Allergies already hitting me, DT stuff, and my everyday Mom/Wife duties ... I feel like I'm not able to show you all 100% of crafty goodness. I hope you all understand .... sometimes you just need a little break. Hopefully this will also give me a chance to comment more on what you all have been doing. I should be back posting some DT stuff soon, a giveaway, and hopefully some more projects. Bare with me ladies. Its beautiful day outside and starting my break with a much needed spring cleaning (I know what fun) lol.

Perfect Package

I love pretty wrapped packages and since I have nothing to wrap up at the moment, I thought why couldn't I turn this little detail into a embellishment. I mean look at how cute these are .....

LOVED how this layout turned out !!!

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Supplies: October Afternoon (Thrift Shop Collecctors Item Paper & Shape Stickers) Martha Stewart (Butterfly Stamps) K&Co (Handmade Adhesive Frames) Stampin Up (kraft cardstock & Clip) Misc (dollies, tags twine, sewing thread) 

Happy Creating Everyone. Join me tomorrow for the Paper Posies Chat, I'm hosting, and would love to see some more familiar faces.

Before I go .... have you seen the Smash Book coming out from K&Company. I love it (I wish I had one in High School). I spent most of my days doodling and making collages. Deff. have to get one of these to put me right back on memory lane. Check out the video ....

                    

Quick Layout Share

Happy Tuesday. Wanted to share a quick layout. Its rare these days to just work on a layout and not something for a design team. I was scavenging through my closet of happy scrap stuff and found this 8x8 colorbok kit called "kids". I think I got it on clearance along time ago. I loved the cute circus/carnival theme. I get 8x8 kits very often because you can still make it work on any size layout. I still have a bunch left for another project.

Supplies: Colorbok (kids 8x8 kit) Misc (white CS, pom poms, large brads)

Hope everyone is having a good day ....

a HUG and ....

I hope everyone is enjoying the day of love. Its beautiful and sunny out, so it is defiantly a lovely day here in North Carolina. Unfortunately, my Love is training today so I wont be seeing him for Valentines Day. I am lucky however, I have one of those hubbies that tends to make things special all year long. Wanted to pop by real quick before I left for a lunch date with a friend and tell you about my weekly challenge on the Paper Posies Blog .... I was in charge of posting the weekly challenge this week and posted one of my favorite layouts I made this month. Head on over there and check out the challenge HERE.

Have a wonderful Monday everyone. Hope to be back later for a layout post and think its time for another GIVEAWAY sooooon. Where has everyone been. I miss you.

My Cute Stamps Cuteness

I don't know about you, but I am very ready for some Spring Weather to come our way. I think this Winter Coldness has gone on way to long. Today I used the cutest stamps ever from My Cute Stamps, they are called Cheer Up. Clouds with happy faces, what could be better !!!

First up, a card that would defiantly cheer up winter blues ....

Supplies: October Afternoon (Fly a Kite: Picnic Table & Ice Cream Paper) My Cute Stamps (Cheer Up) Creative Imaginations Cafe Press (CS Stickers) Misc (DMC Floss & Buttons)

Next is a Layout that has to be my favorite so far this month. It was so fun making that little kite.

Supplies: October Afternoon (Fly a Kite: Picnic Table & Ice Cream Paper) My Cute Stamps (Cheer Up) Creative Imaginations Cafe Press (CS Stickers) Misc (Dollies, Ribbon, Buttons, HL Brads)

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend, its been a long week and I'm ready to relax !!!! Happy Scrapping.

Lovey Dovey

Ive been seeing a lot of hustling around this week, with trying to figure out what to get there loved ones for Valentines Day. I think I'm just more shocked that's already FEBRUARY !!! I thought I would post a couple of my favorite LOVEY DOVEY layouts. I noticed that I rarely use hearts, even though I own quite a bit of of Valentine scrappy stuff. Hmmmm I better get on that I suppose .....

I promise some new stuff soon ... I'm working on a layout as a write this !!! Real quick before I take off for the day, I'm BACK on TWITTER. I know some people TWEET and some FACEBOOK, and some do BOTH !!! So Tweet Me HERE and Facebook Me HERE. I love hearing from you and enjoy your comments, questions, and ideas. Have a good Tuesday !!!

2011 Lifestyle Challenge

As you remember one of my big goals for this year is to EXERCISE. I know that's many peoples goal every year, but I have never challenged myself to do this before. Regardless if I loose weight, I want a healthier outlook on life. Since scrapbooking and graphic designing isn’t very active, this is important. As I was browsing on 2peas I came across this .....

Lets be honest, 2peas always has so many challenges and events, its very difficult to keep up. But I'm glad I ran across it, some of the pages posted were very inspiring. You can check it out HERE. Unfortunately, I don't really have time to participate with school and normal everyday life, but I do have a support system and a place to track my progress. A couple of friends and I made a private FB group. In the group we post what we did each day, support, healthy recipes, and struggles. It is working out great and I think we really motivate each other. We all have different goals, but in the end its a healthy lifestyle change that we are all after.

EA Active Sports 2: You don't have time to hit the gym or afford a personal trainer? This is your new best friend. It was a little pricey but so far well worth it. One thing I like is the censors that keep track of your heart rate and allow you to not use the remote the whole time. Also it doesn't let you CHEAT. You cant do another crunch .... WELL it wont continue unless you do. It also mixes it up so you are not doing the same thing everyday.

Zumba Wii: I love to dance (I may not be awesome at it, but its fun). This has been fun for me to do when I want something different or I feel in the mood to exercise on a day I'm suppose to be resting from a work out. Lets just say I feel the pain in my waist and I like it. lol.

Yup I know what your thinking .... HUH? Look, I LOVE brownies and cookies and the stuff you shouldn't have besides once in a very BLUE MOON. This is helping with "I need something sweet now" moments.

What are you getting into this month?

Birthday Stuff ...

Happy Thursday …. So I was able to get a few pics today of my recent birthday layouts I did with some old KI Memories stuff. It’s amazing what you find in scrap closet.  These are from my sons very first birthday (I’m very behind). My old pics are starting to not match my scrapping (lol).

Supplies KI MEMORIES Celebration Surprise Collection 2007 (Surprise Sprinkles - Surprise Multi Stripe Paper, Surprise Chip shapes, Surprise Icon Clear Stamps, Pop C. Numbers Lace, Fountain 12X12 Glitter Cardstock ) Amercian Crafts (thickers Subway Glitter Letters)

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A lot of people asked me how to RE-COLOR the banner I did for my sons Bowling Birthday using the free banner from Eighteen25 Blog. Here’s a quick video on how I did that. (I apologize for the mic-choppyness . I think I might need to replace my mic/Camera thing). But good for my first try. Disclaimer: This is how I re-color stuff, I'm sure there other professional ways to do it.

Let me know if you have any more questions .....