Card Sketch

Today Kim posted a new card sketch over at Let's Scrap.  I instantly knew I wanted to use my "Gobble, Gobble" stamps and die from Papertrey Ink.  Here's my take on the sketch:

It's a pretty simple card - but my hubby actually thought it was cute!  So, I made a few more to give out for Thanksgiving!  ;)  Thanks for looking!

Happy Creating!

I {HEART} Stampin' Up!

Would you believe, that it's September and I already have 20 Christmas cards made?!  I am so proud of myself!  I contacted Mandy, my local Stampin' Up demonstrator for a catalog because the last one I had was from 2006-2007!!  Well, I ended up at her SAS (Stamp-A-Stack) and had sooooooooo much fun!  Stampin' Up has so many awesome products!  I'm in love with their exclusive Big Shot dies, their clear-mount stamps and coordinating punches.... I could go on and on.

Here are two of the cards I made at Mandy's house.  Make sure and check out her awesome blog here!

Aren't they adorable?  I've already ordered the Contempo Christmas stamp set and am anxiously awaiting it's arrival!!  I have always been partial to acrylic stamps until now.  Stampin' Up's clear-mounted rubber stamps ROCK!  It's like the best of both worlds!  You get an awesome, sharp image but you can still see where you're stamping - which has always been a challenge for me!  :)   I am completely hooked!!

I left Mandy's house totally excited about these projects and couldn't wait to get home and look through my new SU Idea Book & Catalog.  This has been the big joke at my house lately - Am I ever going to put that catalog down and why was I taking it with me everywhere I went?!  lol!

I'm so impressed with everything I've seen that I've decided to become a SU demonstrator!  Woo hoo!!  I'm so excited to share their amazing products.  I will continue my scrapbooking passion with their fun items but also can't wait to do more papercrafting and card making.  I'm planning an open house November 5th and will be offering classes on a regular basis.  I'm also anxious to get our crop nights going again - I really miss scrapping with the girls each month!!  Next month I'll get my class schedule posted and SU website going for those of you that are interested.  :0)

So, that's the news I have for today!  Hope everyone has a fabulous weekend.  Ours will be filled with family, baseball and football!! 

Happy Creating!

Boys, Dogs, and Baseball, Oh My!

Uh yeah..... where did the Summer go?  There has been lots going on since the last time I posted.  The boys are back in school.... but guess what?  I'm not!  Woo hoo!  I am officially a SAHM again!  So excited to be here taking care of our home, and most importantly, devoting my time and energy to my family!  It was bittersweet turning in my notice at the boys' school but I know it was the right decision and I'm where I need to be!  :)

The boys' sports are in full swing right now.  We have spent many hours at the football field and baseball field.  I'm taking lots of photos - of course!  I did get a chance to sneak away for a girls' weekend last month.  I went to the Scrapbook Cabin with 10 of my girlfriends.  I love, love, love that place!  We always have a great time - lots of laughter and a little bit of scrapping!  I've also been training for the 3-Day walk.  It will be here before we know it!  Thank goodness I have some training buddies in my neighborhood because those 12-15 mile walks would get really boring without them!!

I'm happy to be continuing on as a Contributing Design Team Member over at Let's Scrap.  This past month I've been "lurking in the shadows" though as I've been so busy.  I really miss it and am anxious to get back to scrapping with Cheri's awesome sketches!  The new Design Team rocks so make sure and check out the gallery for lots of inspiration!!

Finally, I wanted to share a few of my recent layouts:

This is a layout of the boys trying out their new inline skates that Santa brought them last Christmas.  The paper, gears and little cardstock stickers are from a kit I purchased over at Simply Obsessed.  Fun, fun!

I just love how this layout came together!  This is a picture of our sweet girl Marley - AKA, the sock snatcher.  If we leave any socks on the floor, Marley will find them!  You'd think this would keep the boys from leaving their socks lying around, but it doesn't seem to work that way!!  The supplies for this layout are mostly from a Paper Studio kit I found at Hobby Lobby.  Love that store!

Here is a two-page layout I did based on a sketch over at Let's Scrap.  I love these pictures of my son playing his first season in kid-pitch.  I never think to enlarge photos so I love when I see sketches that make me do it!

That's all for now!  Hope everyone is having a great week!
Happy Scrapping!
:)

Birthday Card and Some Layouts to Share!

This week Kimmy posted a card sketch over at Let's Scrap.  I made a birthday card for my sweet Grams, who I share a birthday with.  In September, she'll turn 90 on my 40th birthday!  These are some big birthdays to celebrate!!  She'll be coming from WA to visit and I can't wait to see her!    Here is the card I made for her:

I really like how it turned out and think I'll have to go make another one for Valentine's day!!

I also have a few layouts to share since I've been a little slack on my Summertime postings!!  (Click on the image if you'd like to see a larger version.)  Here we go:

I finally scrapped the photos from Evan's First Communion.  It was fun to use a large photo on the page and I was able to use a little card he received as an embellie!

This layout is from a trip to Chattanooga.  We just love going there and it's only about an hour away from us.  This is Evan at the butterfly part of the aquarium.  I feel like this layout needs a little extra something.... might be adding a little more brown to it......  :)   Funny how that happens after I see it on the computer screen!

This layout is from a trip to Kennesaw Mountain Park last Labor Day.  Sorry about the color - I did these layouts at two different times and must have taken the pictures at two different times of the day - they do match in person - lol!  I have to add that the green paper is made out of elephant dung!!!  Can you believe?!  I was at Scrapbook Expo years ago and bought it there - finally used it.  I guess I should save the rest for my elephant pictures from Animal Kingdom.  hee hee.

This last layout is from Evan's 10th birthday party last year.  His birthday is on Halloween and it just happened to fall on a Saturday.  He wanted to go trick-or-treating with his friends and have a sleepover with some spooky games.  The pictures of the boys blindfolded are when I read the story of Mr. Hal O. Weens.  We passed around Mr. Weens "body parts."  The boys had a blast!  I had the lights turned out, but luckily my awesome camera caught some great shots!!  :)  I loved this sketch and will definitely be using it again!

All of the layouts I posted were from Cheri's sketches over at Let's Scrap.  She has all of her sketches posted to print so make sure and check them out.  I'll be going on my girls' scrap weekend soon and will be bringing lots of sketches for inspiration!!

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!!

Disney Memories

Wow, this Summer is flying by way too quickly!  In two weeks my boys will be back in school in 3rd and 5th grade..... how is that possible?!  We've had a wonderful Summer and really enjoyed our spur-of-the-moment trip to Disney World.  Here are a couple of my favorite photos from our trip:

I've got quite a few layouts to share and I'll try and get those up later today!
Happy Scrapping!