CPS-131

I am really liking the card sketches at Card Positioning Systems. Here is my card using CPS-131.

Supplies:
Bazzill Cardstock
Scenic Route PP
Basic Grey PP
DCWV sticker
Quickutz Mary Jane die
Nestabilities scalloped circle and circle dies
Zig pen
Tim Holtz distress ink

The Island Cabinets are IN!!

The look pretty good too!! I can't wait to do the rest of the kitchen and then get the counters done. Plus I LOVE having the drawers instead of cabinets because it puts everything right at your fingertips!!

Eventually my kitchen will be updated and beautiful.

This weekend we started work on replacing the kitchen cabinets in the island. Eventually we will do them all but I know we can get this project done in a weekend and I won't be without a kitchen for weeks on end.

Here are some pictures of the progress.



Look at all the wasted space.

They actually came out really easy (KNOCK ON WOOD).


All gone, you can see why we have to keep the same footprint, because we don't want to replace the tile and they don't make it anymore.



The new ones going in. See my cool lazy susan in the corner to make it so that we can use all the space!!


It was getting dark so you can't see the wood color really well but it is a nice dark oak. We will get the last drawers in tomorrow and the handles on it all. Then we can put the countertop back on until the other side is all done and then have the granite guys come out!!

CPS-130

I have been wanting to scrap all week but really haven't had a chance. But I did try my hand at making a card today for a birthday party we have next week. I used Card Sketch CPS-130 from the Card Positioning Systems blog.

Supplies:
Bazzill Cardstock
Scenic Route PP
Scenic Route date stamps
Scenic Route sticker and chipboard
Hero Arts stamps
American Crafts Slick Writer
ColorBox ink
Nestabilities scalloped square die

1st Day of the Second Grade

Here are pictures of Ian on his first day of second grade. One with his teacher, who is wearing his favorite color (aka = camouflage) and then just a couple of his outside the front door of the house!!



He had a great first day and talked nonstop on the way home from school about who was in his class and what they had done during summer vacation. We took him out to see the movie GI Joe after the first day of school as a special treat and I have to say he was in hog heaven!!

See he does work...

I guess with all the traveling he does, he actually does do some work! LOL!! The guys he was with this week caught him on camera riding the floor finisher on one of his project sites.

End of Summer Pool Party

Christmas in August?

Just a layout that I did this weekend. It is a lift of BabyBecky at ScrapAttack Scrapbooking.


Supplies:
Scenic Route Roxbury PP and chipboard
Scenic Route letter stickers
Martha Stewart border punch

ARGH (that's pirate speak not frustration)

We had quite the pirate filled weekend on Saturday. First Ian had his Raingutter Regatta with his cub scout pack. He did a great job, he took 2nd place in the whole pack!!

Meanwhile, Evan also had his own pirate stuff going on. His little friend had his 5th birthday party and it was a pirate theme. There was a pinata and pin the patch on the pirate, there was a plank to walk and lots of candy!! And in the end, Evan walked away with his very own pirate sword!!

Quick Layout Share

Here is a quick layout I did for the Christmas Challenge over at HYWWP from the last little cyber crop they had. They are having another starting today going through the weekend if you are looking for a little motivation check it out.

Supplies:
Bazzill shaped cardstock and cardstock
Scenic Route Roxbury Stickers
Scenic Route Roxbury Chipboard
Martha Stewart border punch
Scenic Route alphabet stickers
Layout based on a lift from Janis at ScrapAttack Scrapbooking.

Birthday Lunch with Friends

Our friends got home from their vacation just in time for us to celebrate Anna's 5th birthday with them at a quick lunch at Chili's. The kids had a great time seeing each other and the boys totally missed their pool and gym buddies.

Pizza Party and some cards

The boys were invited to a pizza party tonight for one of the little boys that Ian goes to school with. It was a fun party. I enjoyed getting to chat with the moms while the kids played. Here are the boys once they slowed down long enough to eat.

And then today I made some cards for a couple of birthday card challenges at ScrapAttack Scrapbooking. This first one was for the "use pastel colors on a card" challenge. I am not good with pastels, these are as pastelly as I get.
And this second one was a challenge to "use candles" on a birthday card. I made this one really quick so that Ian had a card to give his friend at the party.

Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Today I took the boys to see the movie Ice Age 3. Evan informed me that it was loud and he didn't like dinosaurs but that didn't stop him from laughing at them in the movie. I really enjoyed this movie, think it was my favorite of the three movies. This is the boys, eating their kids meals in the theater. Since daddy wasn't with us we sat up in the very back row like they are always begging to do. Luckily it was in the smallest theater so we weren't so far away from the screen still.

Another "Cool" Layout

Since it is so hot here I have been doing cool layouts from December 2006/January 2007. Here is one of Ian and Darren going down the really big hill next to where Ian went to preschool in Ames Iowa.

Supplies:
GinX PP
Maya Road chipboard swirls
Quickutz Studio dies and sparkle embossing die
Martha Stewart felt
Making Memories tiny alphabet
Hero Arts jewels
Crafter Workshop scallop template
sketch #6 from round 2 of ScrapAttacking Scrapbooking sketch challenges.