Pastel Birthday Calender!

Hello blogging world, long time no see. Life has been so crazy-we moved into a newer and bigger house and it has just taken all of my time.  I have many old projects to share but not as many new ones but I am working on it.  In the mean time I am going to share with you lots of old projects that I just never got around to posting!  

First up is one of my Birthday Calenders-this one is white and pastel colors.  I make and sell these at our local fair in Hurricane.  I only had three left over from last year and this is one of them.  I am hoping to sell some of my crafts online to get some extra money that we need to help pay off some bills and be able to let my kids be involved in activities like dance and soccer.  

I really like how the pastel calender looks, it is so pretty in real life and there is a little bit of sparkle on it that doesn't show up in the picture.  I sell these Calenders for $20.  If anyone is interested just leave me a comment with your email and we can make arrangements to get it shipped to you! 

Thank you for taking the time to take a look at my creations!  Have a wonderful day!

Hugs & Kisses for my kids!

Good morning, I wanted to get all of my Valentine posts up in February but I didn't quite make it.  So today I am sharing with you the treat bags I made for my kids for Valentines.  We celebrated with a special breakfast also.
I will start with my oldest daughter she is 14 and her favorite color is orange.  I was actually surprised that I liked the end result of her bag.

Cartridge: TBBM

Stamp is from My Pink Stamper

Ink used is from Colorbox

Orange Stickles were used on the heart

Everything else was from my stash, old things that I pulled out and used.

The next one is for my second daughter she is 7 and likes the color red. 

 I absolutely love this bag!

Cartridge: TBBM

Paper is from Bo Bunny

Stamp is from Fiskars

I used Black embossing powder from Stampendous for the Sentiment

White gel pen on the black heart and Glossy Accents on the red heart

Ribbon is from my Stash

and last but not least is my little guy.  I tried to make it for a boy but I still used hearts, after all it is for Valentines.  I thought this one turned out pretty cute.

Cartridges: Plantin Schoolbook,  George & BS

The hearts are from an old Marvy Craft Punch

I used a white gel pen for the little starts in between the hearts

and then just some dimensionals to pop up the stars

Thanks for visiting, hope you all have a great weekend!

Thank You Goodie bags

My Birthday has come and gone but I still wanted to show you what I made for all of my party guests.  We had a lot of fun that night and to show my thanks to all the ladies that came out to my house (and they even brought gifts!) I made each of them a little bag with some crafty goodies in it along with a little bit of chocolate!

I like how they turned out and I stayed with my pink,black,silver and white color scheme.  They all loved their bags when I delivered them so I guess I did a good job.

cartridges: Plantin Schoolbook, George and basic shapes, Mini-Monograms
Martha Stewart edge punch
Cuttlebug-Swiss Dots folder
Stickles
Thank You stamp from My Cute Stamps
Colorbox and Stampin' Up ink
Thank You circle stamp from Stampin' Up

Thank You for checking out my blog today, I hope you enjoyed my projects!

My Sweet 6 year old

Well, I finally have a little time today to do this post.  I wanted to show you the layout I made of my other daughter.  I absolutely love this picture, doing this layout was a lot of fun.  It is hard to believe that she is only six years old.  She is such a fun girl with a spunky personality.

B. Couture Photography is so great!  She is really fun to work with and her photos are wonderful!

This layout was also from a Liz Qualman sketch

I made my own patterned paper using a stamp set from My Cute Stamps

A Martha Stewart border punch

Butterflies cut from the Indie Art Cartridge

Circles cut with George and BS

Ribbon is from Michaels

I used black stickles in the center of the butterflies

and I used Glossy Accents on the butterfly wings

Thanks for visiting my blog, I hope you liked what you saw and come back for more inspiration.

My beautiful 13 year old

Hi everyone, sorry it has been a while.  Life just got a little busy.  But I am hoping to get back into the swing of things.  I am actually busy creating.  I am getting ready for a booth that I have at my upcoming Peach Days Celebration here in my small community.  Hey, if anybody has any suggestions on things to make that would sell let me know I am always open to new ideas. 

Today I want to share with you a page layout I made of my beautiful 13.5 year old.  She will be 14 in October.  I really like this picture, she is so pretty. 

I got the layout design from a Liz Qualman sketch

Paper is from a DCWV stack & flower paper is from Bo Bunny

Cartridges: Home Decor, George & BS, Accent Essentials

I used a Martha Stewart border punch

The gems in the flowers are from Doodlebug

Photo is from B. Couture Photography

Teacher Appreciation!

Hello all you crafters,
Today I am going to share with you what I made for my daughter's 1st Grade Teacher.  Besides making a personal gift for her I was in charge of decorating her door for the week.  I have to say I really like how my projects turned out.  

First project is a wooden pencil painted and decorated for the teacher's desk.  As you can see I glittered the eraser, I wound wire around the metal part for the pencil and I used vinyl for the name. 

 For the door I made my very first banner!  I love it! 

I cut the letters from the Boys will be Boys cartridge. 

I put a little bit of bling on each of the letters with stickles. 

I put it up so that she would walk under the banner, instead of putting it flush on the paper. 

I think she is going to keep it up for a long time. 

Cartridges:  George & BS, Locker Talk, Doodlecharms, Boys will be Boys

I used a lot of stickles, some glossy accents, & pop dots.

I used some rainbow ribbon to tie it together. 

And of course I used my Gypsy for the whole project!

Sorry for so many pictures, I was just really proud of this project and wanted to show it off!

Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you were inspired.

 

Birthday Fun-Birthday Cake

Here is a fun project that I made the other day.  I make something for all the girls on my soccer team.  Last year I made simple bags for them.  This year I wanted to do something different for them.  I decided to make the box from TBBM that looks like a slice of cake or pie.  I will decorate each one a little different for each girl based on their favorite color and their personality.  Well, I got the first one done the other day so here it is.

I hope you all like it and are inspired to create something too!

Cartridges: TBBM, Once upon a princess, George & BS

Cardstock from my stash

Paper is Breezy Design

MPS Stamps-Simply Sweet Occasions

Stampin Up ink

Martha Stewart border punch

Flower Punch- EK Success

Brad

Floss

Stickles

Thanks for stopping by, come back again for more birthday cake box ideas!

My Visiting Teaching Valentine

I had these little gifts made in early February and just barely delivered them.  I like how they turned out and the ladies did too!  I totally scrap-lifted the card from Stacey's Creative Corner.  I really liked the clean look and simplicity of this card.  The only thing I did different was reduce the size of the card to a 3x3, I used a different embossing folder and a different stamp on my heart.  Overall I really copied her card, I just loved it.  She has some really cute card designs over on her blog, you should check them out. 

Here is my project using her design, I hope you like it.

I used a dark brown and light brown for my paper because I didn't have enough of one color for all four that I made.
Cartridges: Mini-Monograms, George & BS
Cardstock from my stash
MPS Stamps-Simply Sweet Occasions
Stampin Up ink
Cuttlebug
White gel pen
Red Pen-(Zig)

February Card Swap

Here is the card I made this month for my card swap group.  I actually started about 3 different cards and was not happy at how they were turning out, I just didn't like the way they looked.  I ended up making this really simple card the day of my card swap.  

cardstock from my stash
paper is from Best Creation Inc.
Cartridges: George, Mini-Monograms, TBBM
My Pink Stamper stamps: Everyday Occasions
Ribbon
Eyelets
Stickles 

Thanks for taking the time to look at my creations.  I hope that they inspire you in some way, and I hope you all have a terrific day!  

My Family Scrapbook Layouts

I just remembered that I haven't shown you guys the scrapbook pages I made for my parents and my in-laws for  their albums.  This is what I give them for Christmas.  I like doing this instead of buying something because they already have so much, what I am giving them is priceless, and it is a good way for them to know how their grandchildren are growing up.

Sorry about the pictures, I didn't have a good background, I took them at the last minute and had to stand above them.  With the lighting it was hard to get a good picture.

This first one is my oldest. She picked out what she wanted on her page and then just had me put it together.  She really likes the Simply Charmed cartridge, and the patterened paper is from SEI. I also used Bazzill cardstock, and other misc. cardstock.  Stickles and some Stampin Up ink for inking the edges. 

Sugar and Spice is my 6 year old.  She is a little bit of both.  She wanted to use the Once Upon a Princess Cartridge.  She picked out her pictures and wanted the two little paper dolls on the page.  She picked out her paper from SEI.  We had to have some stickles on there and some shading with Stampin Up ink.

My little man is growing up so fast.  I had a lot of fun making his page.  I used the B is for Boy cartridge on his layout.  I love the colors and the overall look of it.

I had fun making my husband's layout.  He picked out his pictures and patterned paper (DCWV).  I used the Boys Will Be Boys, and George cartridges.  I had to use the HERO title for him, because he is a hero to our children.  They look up to him a lot.   

Last of all is mine.  I never have that many pictures because I am always the one taking them.  I found some to use and made mine with my favorite color scheme.  The flowers are from Plantin Schoolbook, and George.  My title is from the Gypsy Wanderings cart.  I had to use Stickles!  I also used my Cuttlebug, and some brads.

Thank you all for taking the time to stop by my blog and check out my projects.  I hope you like them and are inspired by them. 

 

Guest Designer!!

I am so excited for today, I am a guest designer over at Inking it up Crazy with Kassidy!  She is celebrating her birthday this month-HAPPY BIRTHDAY KASSIDY!  All month long she is having different guest designers help her show off some of her favorite things, and having some great giveaways! 

My assignment was to make something using SEI products.  I really like their products, especially their paper.  So with that here is what I created.

I got a little inspiration from Liz Qualman's sketches for this layout.

Recipe:

• SEI and Bazzill cardstock
• George and Basic Shapes for the small circle
• American Crafts flowers
• the "cute" is a chipboard piece I found in my stash
• silver brads for the flower centers

I hope you all like it, I thought it turned out really cute.  To see more projects I have made using SEI just look at some of my most recent posts.  I have been playing with SEI for a while making different things, and this is just what I picked out for this special occasion.

Thanks for stopping by!  Comments are welcome!

School Pages

Good Day everyone,

I wanted to show you some pages I did for my girls.  I started this with my oldest when she started school.  It is a book about each grade, that shows their personalities at that age and what they like, who their friends are, what their favorite subject is, stuff like that.  On the page we also record how tall they are, how much they weigh, and what they want to be when they grow up.  It is really fun to do and to look back and see what they were like. 

I let my girls pick out the colors, the design, what paper they want to use, but I put it together and make it. When it is done, they fill in all the answers so that it is in their handwriting.

For my oldest daughter's page she picked out these bright bold colors and I used a Stampin' Up stamp, and ink pads, to do the line pattern on the bottom of the page and to shade in the peace sign.  I used the George cart for the flower and the peace sign.  I used an exacto knife to cut out the inside of the circle to make a peace sign. (I really want and need the groovy times cart; my daughter is into all that kind of stuff.)  The title was actually made on the computer.  I cut out the 6 on orange paper, popped it up and used orange stickles for the sparkle.

My 5 year old wanted to use stamps for her page, with pink and purple.  All of the stamps and inks are Stampin' Up.  I stamped around the page with hearts and flowers.  I shaded the edge of the page with pink and purple chalk to soften it up.  The black dot in the little flowers is actually stickles.  I thought the wire through the letters was really cute.  She likes her page, and thinks it is soo cute.

I made these at 8.5 by 11.   That way I can print out right on the page all the questions, and I have room for the 2 pictures.  The one is the first picture at the beginning of school and the second is in the spring at the end of school.  I put their class picture behind it in the sheet protector. 

Thanks for visiting and I hope you enjoy!