Thursday, March 31, 2011

April fools...but we are not foolin around....

I wanted to tell you about a contest over at The Moments called "Sharing the Moments" it will be going on for the whole month of April and you can win a $25 gift certificate from A Cherry On Top....All you have to do is go to The Moments register and go introduce yourself in the introductions thread and tell who (that would be me Angie A.) sent you ..On April 30 Pat will draw one new member to be the winner of the $25 gift certificate....so go sign up tell them who you are and who sent you...Good luck...And Happy April Fools day...

It's easy to wear GREEN....

When you are this cute...I did this layout for Sketchs in Thyme
I feel like we should be singing..."The weather outside is frightful" I was just outside and it is sleeting/snowing/freezing rain a big old yuck...Tomorrow this time We should have little baby Hannah born...He parents are going into the hospital tomorrow morning at 5:30 am...More baby pictures to come....
Make sure you check back in the next few days...I am starting my take on the daily 365 album...

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Another day.....another layout....

This layout today was for a sketch challenge over at Sketches in Thyme. I have been making an effort to make sure I use Cricket as often as I can..Todays layout is Gabe at Christmas last year. We bought him a little wooden train set...He loved it. I just love this photo of him laying on his side playing with his train....choo....choo....making his little sounds as he played. A simple little wooden toy....That's happiness to a little boy. And great joy to his Nonnie.

Monday, March 21, 2011

Spring has sprung...

The first full day of spring and its raining..it's good for the flowers...Speaking of flowers over at The Moments a Diecut challenge was to make 5 flowers for a layout...
I have to tell you I looked around my space thinking what to use to make my flowers...I came up with fabric torn into different strips...and reinkers and Easter Egg cups ya know the ones you put the dye in to color eggs....well I colored my fabric strips...

and here are the flowers all done and on the layout....

Sunday, March 20, 2011

It's SPRING

The calendar says SPRING but it's still cold..Ice on the dog water....
Today I am goign to show you my Easter Mini Album I made...It's a "paperbag" album. It's almost finished when I add this years Easter photos I will add more fun stuff to it but here it is so far....



To get started you could use some of this:

Paper lunch bags (I used 5),paper trimmer, Exacto knife, chipboard I used an empty cereal box, inks, glue...Now pick out somepaper and your ready to go.
First I tore the open ends of the paperbags just ot give it a ruff edge. Cut 2 pieces of chipboard just a littl bigger than you paperbags.The FRONT cover see that "flap" on the bottom of the paperbag cut one of your chipboard pieces that size like this.
Cutting this will let your album cover fold..Leave the other chipboard piece whole this is the back cover.
Now cover all 3 pieces of chipboard front & back with the paper you picked...I use Modge Podge..Dont forget to sand the edges and INK them...
Stack the bags on tp of each other glueing the bottoms together.


Take that stack of bags glue it to your inside back cover. Then on the front take that small piece of chipboard glue it to the left side on top of the paperbags.

Then take the other chipboard glue to the front leaving a tiny space so the album will open.

Now to the inside..I cut a 2 1/2 inch strip of pattered paper put it in the middle of the bag.I used the same print in the whole album.



Now for the inside I made sort of a tag to slide in the open end of the paperbag.
I cut a whole bunch of cute little Easter things to add to my album when I have my photos from this Easter. The best thing about this album you can add as many bags as you would like...Have fun making this album and dont forget take that camera out of the bag and get some great Easter/Spring shots...Thanks for looking at my Easter album and I hope I inspired you to make one of your own..

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Just waiting for the BIG MOON

It's almost sunset waiting to see the big full moon..also while surfing different sites came across this....give a way
Did a litle shopping today got some new dishes Bobby Flay very pretty...ok thats it for tonight check back tomorrow for something special...

Friday, March 18, 2011

Banners, Banners, Everywhere

Friday already...and just think the month is half over too....
Today over at Frosted Designs it's all about Banners.. This is my banner project for this week. I wanted to make a kind of mini album Pockets on the back hold photo. This will make a cute addition to all my Easter Crafts. I think it's going on my window sil or maybe as an Easter Gift for someone...How Go check out all the banners and then show us your banner..

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Sometimes you just want to play!!!!

That's for sure...PLAY is fun...Sometimes I find myself so busy trying to get different projects finished, that I forget to relax and have fun...let my inner kid just PLAY....So today over at The Moments the mid month challenges are up and my challenge is "just play" Now when I think of playing so from time to time I will PLAY around and make all kinds of stuff not knowing what I will use them for but knowing that they will get used someday....So my challenge is to pull out your diecut machines, your punches, those Stickles, even those paints and inks...
Here are a few things that I made. I like to keep them in a box and when I need that little something to finish a layout I look trough this box.





Monday, March 14, 2011

A fresh start for Monday

Starting a new week off fresh & clean.....Simple and to the point. I have really been trying to use old stash along with new stuff and this is what I came up with.
Oh check back tomorrow its the 15 of the month and that means the new challenges will be up at The Moments....cant wait to show ya what I have been up to...

Thursday, March 10, 2011

When it rains it pours....


I have all these SNOW pictures to scrap still so I thought I had better get them scraped now before the warm weather gets here...Today SNOW layout is a modge podge of this and that...Paper from a paper pad I bought this season, pulled out the paints and tattered angles misting sprays used an old border punch did some fake hand stitching a litle doddeling on the page hand cut some paper pieces and this is what ya get...I'm happy with it...so what are you doing today??? is it raining or snowing at your house? Have a great day and oh ya dont forget to go check out Frosted Designs Sketch from Tuesday a great PRIZE pack offered and not too many layouts posted...really go chek it out....

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

2 fer Tuesday...


It is a 2 fer Tuesday.....This a layout I did this morning it's a 2 fer....
....Over at Frosted Designs
Sketch Along Tuesday..Diani sketch is great... and then at The Moments the Color challenge for this month RED...BLACK.....WHITE....I love it when I can get pages done and enter them in a challenge...Oh yes Tuesday looks like it's going to be a good day...

March and sorry a bit behind

I am sorry for being a bit behind with my blog...But LIFE sometimes gets in the way....Like always I am working on several different projects...Yesterday I found out that the BIG UPDATE for my Cricut Imagine & Gypsy was a go...so right now I am doing my updates and I cant not wait to play with the to machines together....
Took my camera class over the weekend and learned lots of things now I hope I will remember how and why to use everything I learned...
Go check out the Frosted Designs for the Friday challenge you have till March 10 to show us you project. Have a great day and I'll be back later to show ya what the update has brought to the machines..