Beautiful blogger award!

Hello everyone...I received this award today from love that bug blog , click on the title of this post and it will take you right to her blog..what a thoughtful gift...I have to tell 7 things about myself...I also have to give this award to 15 others that follow me....so here goes.

1.) I have been married to my wonderful husband for 14 years now.

2.) I have a beautiful daughter named Lily who is 4 years old

3.) I love to scrap my family

4.) My mil got me into scrapping and card making

5.) I am a gemini

6.) I love chocolate (can't get enough)

7.) I have 2 beagles princess and brewster

Now onto the 15 people who I would like to give this award too...

1.) Amyee = http://southernbellescrapper.blogspot.com/

2.) Margie = http://bellabugcreations.blogspot.com/

3.) http://bugjunkie.blogspot.com/

4.) Dawn = http://creationsbydawn.blogspot.com/

5.) Sandy = http://detailsbysandy.blogspot.com/

6.) Amanda = http://inkspirations.blogspot.com/

7.)Jeannine = http://jeannine-scrappnthehamptons.blogspot.com/

8.)Kelly = http://kreativekornerbykelly.blogspot.com/

9.) Wanda (my mil) = http://myscraphappyplace.blogspot.com/

10.) Nanne = http://nannes-creations.blogspot.com/

11.) Donna = http://donnamundinger-popsicletoes.blogspot.com/

12.)Sandy = http://sandyfromukiah.blogspot.com/

13.)Nikki = http://scrappinnavywife.blogspot.com/

14.)Lorri = http://scrappinstuff-lorrie.blogspot.com/

15.)Sandi = http://softsideofsandi.blogspot.com/

Well there are alot more of you I could of added but it only calls for 15, so when you receive this...post who gave you this blog award, 7 things about yourself and 15 people who follow you or who you follow...thanks again for stopping by...

Wacky Wednesday!

Hello everyone..this is alittle late..I was making this for the SOUS challenge but did not quite finish it until last night...so I am posting today...This lo is of my dd. She had to dress wacky for her preschool, all the kids did..she picked out a yellow orangish shirt, polka dot green shirt for underneath, blue pants that had lace on the bottom, a tutu from her dress up clothes with butterflies in the tule. I tied a gumband to her shirt, she wore 2 different shoes and had 3 pigtatils..she still looked cute no matter what she wore.

Layout recipe:

George = circle cut @ 11" and 7"

Paisley = pants and shirt cut @ 3" added epoxy sticker to flower..

also paisley = shoes (hightops) cut @ 1 3/4" cut different colors and added silver jems to them...

HD for the flourish cut @ 2 1/4" and then at 2"

I used TD (teardrop) for the Title WACKY cut @ 2"

I also used TD for the title wednesday cut @ 1"

I added more epoxy stickers, ribbon, lace, ms diamond edge punch got on clearance, brads, flowers from my stash (silk flowers), and calendar found online..then added journaling and epoxy sticker to the date of calendar...The ribbon I sewed together and scrunch...I like the way this came out..hope you do too..thanks for stopping by.

Think Big / Built tough!

Hello everyone on this rainy day...hope it does not freeze or that will be a mess...anyway..while my dd was at preschool I got this started and done...this was a record time for me...I like how it came out...I only used GS for the think big title cut @ 3 1/4" and then the built tough cut @ 1 3/4"...added buttons, brad, and some little bobcat buttons and journaled around the edge....and wala fast but easy....not my usual...thanks for stopping by now gotta go pick up my dd.

You have my heart 24/7!

Hello everyone...wanted to post this layout I just got done today, this is of my dd last year..she is so precious to me!...It only took me 1 1/2 hours...I did not really have a plan...just went with it...these always seem to be my best...I really love how this one turned out...anyway...I wanted to post this now because I will be very busy today with 2 birthday party's , one for my dd's preschool friend and the other for my niece who will be 3...anyway..let me know what you think..I know you all will...

Layout recipe:

AE accent 6S cut @ 11"

PSB for the Y cut @ 2 1/4" roly poly

also psb for the ou cut @ 1 3/4" roly poly

I used SS (simplesweet) for the Tabs cut @ 1 1/2"

HD for the flourish cut @ 2" twice

PSB for the leaves cut @ 2" (all 8 of them..then scored horizontally and vertically and then inked them with tea dye)

I also used PSB for the tag cut @ 1 3/4"

The 24/7 cut with GS @ 1"

Used HD for the butterflies cut @ 1 1/4" (3 times)

I also added white flowers from michaels found in the wedding section

small heart clip (sanded and inked) clipped to the huge flower...which is just left over silk flowers that I had in my stash...

I also added a piece of raffia to the button, added lace, heart dollie, ms diamond edge punch which I got on clearance yesterday for $5.00, I also added thread to tie tag, doodled, and inked almost everything, the heart at bottom is cut out of pattern paper...by SEI Lovebirds stack..thanks for looking.

Sunshine blog award!

Wow...I received a blog award today from Sandi

Go check her out @ http://softsideofsandi.blogspot.com/

if this link does not work then click on my title sunshine blog award and it will take you to her site... Thanks again Sandi..love your work.

The rules for the award are as follows: I must pass this on to 6 of my followers. Put the logo on your blog or within your post.

--Pass the award onto 6 bloggers.

--Link the nominees within your post.

--Let your followers know that you are giving them this award by commenting on their blog

--Share the love and link to the person for whom you received this award....so here goes...


http://kreativekornerbykelly.blogspot.com/

http://anewcreationforyou.blogspot.com/

http://scrap-making.blogspot.com/

http://christinacreativecorner.blogspot.com/

http://bellabugcreations.blogspot.com/

http://detailsbysandy.blogspot.com/

Well I hope everyone has a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by.

Karens doodles Pony Love/2nd post for today!

This is my 2nd post for today...I think this is going to be a birthday card...don't know for who yet, but I will have it..I received this beautiful image from Karen at Karens doodles http://karensdoodles.blogspot.com/ ...she is such a very talented lady..thanks alot Karen..hope I did you image justice...Click on title and it is linked to karens doodles.


I also used flowers from my stash...she put together about 6 of them in different sizes...used pocket full of posies cardstock...I also used purple lace, cb with swiss dots and used my colored pencils to color the image.. very simple..thanks for stopping by and don't forget to scroll down for more of my creations!

Silohuette stamping!

Hello! This card doesn't really have a name..I wanted to try doing splitcoast stampers silohuette stamping...it is very easy...

I used a sugarnellie stamp, versamark, clear embossing powder , and my embossing heat gun.

I also added prima flowers,some glitter glue, pearls, and butterflies,ribbon, and lace....doodled some flying marks for the butterflies...I think this card turned out okay...

I also made corners by hand...thanks for stopping by..click on title for instructions and link to splitcoast stampers.

Faith / Mother's day gifts!

Hello everyone...it is a very cold day here, we had some more snow today not much but we have another snowstorm coming through...My dd Lily is off of preschool again...because the other schools are closed...don't really know why because our roads are clear..oh well...

I made some more of these bottles, but this time these are for mother's day...probably for the grams...I used flowers, beads, lace, and letter beads for around the top...I also added a bird charm, and dipped these into colored wax to finish the off...I did these to the teachers too but forgot to take a pic of those...you can use any candle you want and smelly candle...and inside is canola oil...you can also use what you want for that too...They will hold up with this in it..I made one when I first started dating my husband but I was not a scrapper at the time..that was 14 years ago...

Mother's day gifts!

Hello everyone! I am back....I have been away from the computer for a while since mine crashed when we had the big snowstorm but yesterday My husband told me to buy this laptop that I am on now, boy am I thankful he did my other computer that crashed, I got it up and running yesterday and then it crashed this morning after I already transferred everything over...thank god...anyway...I made these chipboard books for mother's day..I made 2 of the same alittle different papers but all the other stuff is the same....I am going to add the pics later....Used lots of different carts

I used GS, SB, AE, SYI , inked everything added flowers, pins, beads, peals, star and heart clip, lace, ribbon..etc...to much to name...These are just a sneak peak at what I made...did not upload all pics...thanks for stopping by!

Got a new computer for valentines day!

Hello Everyone...Just wanted to let you know that I fixed my computer today , went to the store to get the stuff to back it up and while we were at the store...My husband saw a reasonably priced computer and told me to go ahead and get it...so I did get a laptop today and I love it..he said if my old computer crashes at least I will have this one all backed up. I got my printer, internet and all my files and pics connected to this laptop...so now I will be posting some things that I made but I will do that probably tomorrow...Thanks for stopping by!

Computer crashed!

Hello everyone...sorry I have not been commenting or coming by your blogs to check out new creations..Last Saturday we had a huge snow storm and I shut down my computer so it would not crash and now my harddrive and my windows is corrupted..so I am using my mom's computer right now and just wanted to let you know that I won't be posting things for a while or stopping by your blogs until I get mine fixed...thanks for being patient.

Blizzard of 2010!

I wanted to update everyone on my dd..she has been sick...she still has a fever, it is not strep throat but just a virus...her temp has been lower today, anyway she won't get to play in this weather..she loves snow and boy are we getting here in PA..My husband and dd called me upstairs to come see this tree that is hanging down..it has been snowing here since 11:00am on Friday the 5th...we are suppose to get a foot of snow..I think we already got 6 inches...I will post more in the morning of what we actually got...Thanks for looking , gotta go I think we are losing power...

Pirate Maps!

Hello everyone! Some of you had been questioning where I got my pirate maps...I googled pirate maps and came up with this site....http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=pirate+maps+to+print&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=ndZqS8yyK4LN8QbQsvyJBg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=5&ved=0CCkQsAQwBA

You can click my title pirate maps and it should take you to the link.....then click on any pirate map that you would like, save it to a file and print...hope this helps...

Ahoy pirate easel card / box!

Let me start by saying that my dd woke up yesterday with a sore throat, then this morning at 3:00 am woke me to sleep with her and she had a temp of 103. Don't know if it is just a virus or what...doing what I always do, they tylenol, warm bath, comforting her...hope it ends soon..she did not go to preschool today, I might keep her home friday too even if she is fine...just to recover...anyway...I had to make a birthday card for my sil's fiance's son Ryan...he loves pirates, his birthday was last tuesday but did not quite get to making his card until now...I loved how it turned out so I made 2 more...one for my dd preschool friend that she has a birthday party to go to...and the other for my nephew who's 6th b-day will be in august...
Sorry so many pics wanted you to see the different details and could not fit all of that into one pic..

card recipe...

6 X 12 easel card

I used PDDU for all the cuts..

Map cut @ 6 1/2"
Pirate ship cut @ 3 3/4"
Crossbones cut @ 2" (on card) 3 1/2" on box
The telescope is cut @ 5 3/4"
pirate hat is cut @ 1 1/2"
Treasure cut @ 3 1/2"

inked everything in black and tea dye, used distressed stripes cb folder, found pirate map online..just googled pirate map..., added skittles to the pirate treasure to look like gold... added brads...all these cards are alittle different...lots of detail..doodled.


Box
8 1/4" x 8 1/4" then scored at 1" all along edge
Then the top is 8 1/2" X 8 1/2" then scored at 1" along edge
I also stamped happy birthday to outside, used online map again, crossbones (PDDU) look above for size. inked and tore paper....thanks for looking...

Valentines for my dd's teachers / 1st etching!

Hello everyone! I made these for my 4 year old dd's preschool teachers...these are what she will give them for valentines day. Her preschool is having a valentine's day party! This was also my 1st attempt at etching on glass(love this alot)....I bought some glass bottles at Michaels for .99 cents and then cut out the hearts on my cricut....I also made them heart ornaments...scroll down for details.

Glass bottles :

Used SH (sweethearts cart) cut @ 4 1/4" for hearts with vinyl ..then added some ribbon, heart charm and flowers, beads, and pearls to the inside..I'm going to add oil and then seal these bottles with wax....

Heart ornaments:
Used SH for the tag and stamp cut @ 2 1/4"

Added ribbon, inked everything...used peace charm , punched hole and added metal ring and then tied ribbon too it....I used a brad and some prima flowers and lace...I think that is all...thanks to all who stop by!