Couple of layouts.

Alternate title for this post could be "She finally used some kits". LOL!! This first one is a kit from Studio Calico. I have been getting their kits since March or February, I can't remember anymore. I love them, Scarlet & April always put the best stuff in their kits. But anyways one kit featured a bunch of Sassafrass Lass paper and I loved that cute little deer but I had no clue as to what I was going to do with it but inspiration hit the other day and I came up with this layout. This second layout uses up an old ScrapAddict kit. I love these Cloud 9 Design papers with the glossy parts on top. And I love how the little "teeth" turned out on my G. That was a last minute addition.

Sew Impressed With Myself

In our bathroom, we have 2 of these little cubbies that kind of look like you should put a chair there so you can sit and do your make up but since hubby and I aren't the make up kind of people it is really just dead space. Well I decided the other day to make little curtains to go over them because now at least we can put some of those big rubbermaid containers full of our heavy winter clothes that we don't use here and store them out of the way and still have it look decent.
Little fabric, little ribbon and ta da....... two curtains and used the scraps to decorate a plain white shower curtain too!! ((disregard the duckie shower curtain holders, those need to be replaces too))

When I am 21 Can I Buy My Own Car?

That's what Ian asked me tonight at dinner over pancakes at IHOP. I told him that at 21 he would probably have to buy his own car because mommy wouldn't be buying him one. LOL!! He said good and told me he was going to buy a yellow Camaro (you know just like Bumblebee from Transformers). He then told me he would pick his brother up and give him a ride. Well that got Evan into the conversation too and asked Ian if he would put him in the backseat and Ian said no you can ride up front with me but not in the driver's seat. Evan thought that was WAY COOL!! I don't know why but the thought of getting to ride up in the front seat really got him all excited. Then Ian proceeded to tell Evan that if he didn't have enough money that he would buy him a car too when he is 21 and Evan of course asked if he would get a yellow Bumblebee too. Ian said he could have a red one, a blue one or a yellow one. I think Evan will have to think about that because he really couldn't decided while shoveling pancake into his face.

I don't know why, but I just had to share that with everyone because it is just things like this that make me smile. I almost cried at the end when Ian looked at me and told me that Evan would be his best friend forever. :)

Picture Story of our Trip to the Zoo

Feeding the fish.Up in the treehouse watching the animals (or at least the zoo keepers cleaning out the exhibits).
At the beach.
Playing in the sand.
2 nuts in a shell.
Playing like monkeys.
Potty break and some fishing.
Checking out the praire dogs.
More monkeying around.

Climbing higher than the rules say he should and proud of it.
Silly as a sloth.
Just like the flamingos.
Even got to make bird feeders with the volunteers.

News!!!

I was invited to come and be on the design team at Queen Scraps kit club. I am really excited because she has some very pretty kits!!

Congrats also to Irene and Julie for making the DT with me!!!! I am very excited to get to know you both!!

ScrapLove Challenges Week 3 -- Clear

This last week's challenge at ScrapLove for the SOSL Challenge was to use primarily clear things, a song title/words for the title and journaling. Here's what I came up with. Just a second view of it with black paper behind it because the wood on my deck really isn't a great background for my snowy layout.
Close ups. I actually got out the glitter and my flocking for this one. The big picture is printed out on a transparency and then I glittered and flocked it to make it look frosty.

ScrapLove Challenges Week 2 -- Junk Drawer

This is my layout that I did for ScrapLove's SOSL contest where we had to find 3 items in our junk drawer and use them on our layout. As many of you know, I don't really have a junk drawer but a drawer of stuff that we need (seriously why would you keep junk in a drawer? there are so many other things to keep in your house besides junk?). I used duct tape, masking tape and a sheet of paper out of a little notebook that I use to leave notes for people or make lists for myself. I put the duct tape on a sheet of ugly liliac colored cardstock and drew stars on the cardstock and then cut them out. Then I took and drew on the fronts with my American Crafts Slick Writer (which by the way WILL write on almost EVERY surface imaginable). I also used the duct tape covered cardstock to cut out letters with my Quickutz Revolution, which i really love how they turned out and with all the different colors duct tape comes in now I may have to get more and cut out more letters, they remind me of vinyl thickers.

I don't know if anybody can see this or not....

but I am having blogger technical difficulties. It keeps giving me some sort of error when I go to look at my blog. :(

Hope it gets fixed quickly!!!