Sticky Note Holder

I finally got around to making a little sticky note holder for my desk. These are just the $1 plastic frames you can get at Walmart or the dollar stores . . . . but works perfect for sticky notes! I used CTMH Free Spirit Lv. 2 paper pack.



I dropped my camera on the frame when I was taking the pictures . . . dang it! . . notice the crack!

CTMH is TICKLED PINK!

Close To My Heart is celebrating National Scrapbooking Month by offering a beautiful scrapbooking kit with everything you need to create 2 beautiful two page layouts. Click here to check out all the details of this Tickled Pink promotion!

GARAGE SALE!

All items for sale are also listed in the GARAGE SALE block on the side bar.

For Date Time Place $2.00 (block measures 3" x 2.5")


Baby Talk $9.00


Delight in Life $8.00


Riveting $7.00


Occasionally $5.00


Any updates or new items for the Garage Sale will be added to this post . . .so keep checking back. If you see something you want to purchase, reply to this post and leave an email where I can contact you. I take paypal, check and money orders. Thanks for looking!

My new look

I hope you like my new blog look . . . I'm still playing with the header, but I love the colors and the bird!!

I also just posted a photo of the Summer Idea Book cover on my sidebar . . . there are so many cute new stamps . . . adorable camping stamps . . . I can get a lot of mileage out of those since we spend 1/2 our time during the summer camping!

I've got so much work to photo and post . . .I'll try to get to it this week! I'm also trying to clear out a lot of stamps and miscellaneous stuff, so look for my GARAGE SALE items in the sidebar before the week is out!

Now . . go create something!

Birthday thank you card

These are the thank you cards I made for my son's 4th birthday party last week. This set is called Family Ties - Children (CTMH) and is soooo cute! It is currently one of my faves!



I've got several layouts (19 pages) that I did at scrap camp a few weeks ago. I still need to journal on a couple of them, but then I promise I will photo them and post them as soon as I can.

Have a great weekend!

Such clever little card kits

Ok . . .this was just so stinkin' clever I had to make a bunch of them!!! I got this idea from Aaron's blog . . . she's got so many cute and clever ideas . . in fact she's having a great giveaway right now, so be sure to get over to her Booth and check out her amazing talent!!

This one was 100% scraplifted from Aaron . . meaning I used the same stamps and the same colors . . . . . some things are just too cute not to have!

This is the cover:


This is the inside (the little vellum pocket to put stamps in was my idea!! -my little spin on Aaron's idea!):


These are the cards inside - 4 cards total, with various simple sentiments:

This kit used CTMH's DREAM BIG incentive stamp set and our new spring color Tulip.

With these, I took Aaron's idea and made 2 more kits using different colors and different stamps . . .
the first set uses Papertrey Ink's Birds of a Feather stamp set and CTMH's retired Breeze paper:


The cards inside:


For this set I used CTMH's DREAM BIG incentive stamp set for the tree and Chocolate and Goldenrod papers:




So . . the clever part of this card kit . . .is that the kit is made by gluing 2 envelopes together . . as simple as that. You can get all the info from Aaron's blog. Hope you enjoyed my spins on her adorable idea! Have a great one . . .

Some simple cards

I've been making a lot of simple cards lately . . . they are fun and easy and QUICK!!

Here are a few . . .

Got this owl stamp at Michaels and just love it . . .


Made this birthday card on the way out the door to a party today with Family Ties - Children (CTMH):


Another stamp from Michaels . . I don't have any bunnies and I like the simplicity of this one . .


:-)

Cards

Here are 3 cards I put together for my hostess club on Saturday. I have been wanting to play with Ms. Gardener . . . and had so much fun paper piecing her in the cute little hippie pants (Emporium Lv. 2 paper). The gals in my club had fun doing the paper piecing for the first time . . .CTMH's new Ms. stamps just lend themselves to that technique, don't they?


And 2 cards copied from the CTMH bulletin boards . . . with my own little tweeks:




More later . . .

Finally . . .

Yes, as promised, I finally got my other 3 layouts photographed and uploaded . . here they are . .


10 Things I Love About You
I must admit, I shamelessly copied this layout from another CTMH consultant! Every now and then, don't you see a layout that you JUST HAVE TO HAVE in your album? This was one of those layouts for me. I absolutely loved it and copied it almost exactly (except for the things I love about my sweet little Joey). All products are CTMH:

Left page:

Right page:



Christmas 2007

For this layout, I used more products that I've had around for years . . . the paper, stickers, and my quickutz reindeer that I just love but have never used before. I like the way this one turned out:

Left page:

Right page:


Ocean Shores

I really don't like the wave sticker I used on this layout, but it seemed appropriate and I've had it for so long (as I have the cute surfer paper) I just had to get rid of it . . . Other than that, I like the layout . . . I like the colors (not typical for me) and the photos. And I love Ocean Shores . . . so it's hard not to like the layout when I have such great memories.


Left page:

Right Page:


That's it for now . . . I haven't been in "scrap mode" for a while, so it will take me a week or so to get some more layouts put together. But I've been wanting to play with my stamps and take on some challenges for cards . . so keep coming back to see how I'm doing!

Lotsa layouts!

I got into a little frenzy just before the holidays . . . felt like I needed to start using some of the products I've been stashing for so long! So I pumped out about 12 pages (WOW!!) in about 1 week! I was pretty proud of myself. So, here they are . . .

One Tired Boy - I added a journaling tag underneath the middle picture (you can see the little red ribbon sticking out of the side). Basically, it says that when Joe is tired enough . . he can fall asleep just about anywhere . . . this day he fell asleep on the coffee table/trunk in the living room, wearing his Incredible Hulk costume . . lol . . he is too funny!



New Bunkbeds - my sister and b-i-l made these log bunkbeds for my boys and brought them out to us from Montana last November (2007). They are beautiful and the boys love them! For this layout I used all CTMH products - love that Caprice paper!



Two Little Monkeys Jumpin on the Bed - my boys love to jump on our bed . . . just had to capture it on a layout . . .and . . I've had this paper for so long I can't even tell you! I cut out 2 of the monkeys and popped them up on the photos . . . !



1st Day of Preschool (Little Sprouts) - this was my youngest son's (Joe) first day of preschool last September . . . he is just so stinkin' cute, isn't he? My little lovey . .

I used all CTMH products for this layout - one of my absolute favorite paper packs EVER . . Sarsparilla . .

Here's the full layout:


Left page:


Right page (the quote on the tag says "nobody knows what a boy is worth and the world must wait and see, for every man in an honored place is a boy that used to be."



Halloween 2007 - this was my boys on Halloween year before last . . . .Josh was a great vampire and Joe was a sweet little monkey . . lol . . For this layout I used paper and embellishments that I've had for YEARS!!! Finally dug them out and used them . . .boy that feels good, doesn't it?! Also used some new Papertrey Ink stamps (spider with web and the cat):

Full layout:


Left page:


Right page:


That's it for tonight . . . I'll photo the rest tomorrow, yes, there is more! I have a 2 page Christmas layout, a 2 page "10 things I love about you" layout and a double page layout I'm just finishing of a trip to Ocean Shores last summer. . . .so come back and check them out!

Have a great night . . . happy scrappin'!