Monday, January 31, 2011

Hunter Birthday - layout

Keeping up with my 2011 goal is another simple layout. This one is from my nephew's 4th birthday. (In 2007! LOL!)



The title is layered using Simply Sweet. I also used my Martha Stewart punch around the page for the presents. (This was from the Christmas collection last year - totally usable for birthdays as well as Christmas!)


The #4 was layered too.



Thanks for looking!! Hope you have a scrappy day! :D

Sunday, January 30, 2011

quick cards for back to school night

So Monday night is our mid year back to school night. At my kid's school the parents go and meet with the teachers and there is a little lesson from our principal. After that some fellowship with each other (which always includes yummy food!!) It is a tradition for the kids to leave a little something for the parents and then the parents leave them a treat as well. Since I started card making I've been making my cards for them. I always leave some m&ms as well!

Now the important part to the kids is that they get something from us but I didn't want to waste a lot of time or money on something they will probably throw away. (What can I say I have 3 boys! ) So I decided to use scraps and I am not going to put it in an envelope either.

Both these cards were made from a Paper Pizazz paper piecing book I bought years ago. All I did was cut the images and mount them on some plain cardstock. The green dotted paper was a scrap I had leftover.






I added the stamped sentiments 'think' and 'strive' ~ I think they are 'school themed'.

Hope you enjoy these simple cards. I'm loving that I am using up some very old supplies!

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Vote!

One of the things I wanted to do this year was spotlight a few of the blogs I frequent.




I love Melissa's blog. She helps inspire me with my Disney layouts but her blog has more than that too. You should check it out!!

Now she has some blog-bribe going on if you vote for her card she submited at One by One the Flamingo's are stealing my Sanity. Her card is the 'Thoughtful Flamingo' if you get a chance please vote. Check out Melissa's blog and leave a comment telling her you voted for a chance to win her candy and if you mention that you heard it from me I will get a extra entry! :D

Monday, January 10, 2011

2 projects



This is a project my son did for school. He picked Cuttin Up for the font. It was funny watching him use all my tools. He used a paper trimmer, atg gun, and the cricut.



I made these for both my kids for back to school night. The animals are from Animal Kingdom.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

How do you print your pics?

So I've been thinking alot about the 1000's of images I have to print out ... still. I want to take a weekend and get them all sorted, labeled, printed and ready to go for scrapbooking for 2011. So my question is where do you print your pics?

Is it at a store, uploaded or at home?

Do you buy cds to backup your images?

Do you look for a good price?

Currently I just buy new sd cards to back them up rather than making back up cds. SD cards are smaller than cds and they cost about $12 which you can get a cheap pack of cds. I was printing pics at walgreens since it is so close to me, but the quality is AWFUL! I like the quality of Target the best but they are pricey.

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Baby Announcements

I wanted to make my baby announcements this time around since I was only going to do about 20. I used a stampin up set to stamp all the images and pretty much all their products. I used the stampin up water color pencils to color in the background as well.



This is the inside:

Hope you enjoyed this project!!







Saturday, January 1, 2011

Happy New Year!!

What a Wonderful year!!


We introduced our newest son to the mix! He was born Nov 3rd at 7.2 pounds. Cute as a button. We named him Jace Andrew.

This is him at 6 weeks old. His older brothers just loved him to pieces!!

Now it is a New Year. I haven't really done much with crafting since finding out I was pregnant. So glad to not feel sick any more and to be getting back to normal. My scrapbooking has piled up since I was not doing any crafting at all.

Crafting Goals 2011
1. Do at least 100 layouts
2. Finish my Wild Card series (I only have a few left)
3. Post at least one project a week on my craft blog.
4. Use everyone of my cricut carts at least once this year.
5. Learn 3 new tricks or crafting type things this year

So what are you goals for crafting this year?