what i want wednesday:

 

What I want (to do):

get my studio done, now I don’t actually want to do this myself I really want some one to do this for me, I just want to play in it right now

isn't this studio divine you can find it here

 

 

What I want (to craft):

all the design teams are doing their calls right now and it has really motivated me

 

 

Where I want (to go):

still want to go to that island

 

 

 

What I want (to buy):

an ipad.

but guess what I got my bday present early again this year so I now have an ipad yayaaaay

and yes i got that pink cover!

thanks mom & dad

 

 

What I want (to eat):

OMG I had a fried banana the other night and all I have to say is “in love”!

can not wait to have another one, yum yum

 

 

what are you wanting this wednesday?

bake n up:

 

 

 

 

bake n up some gift toppers!

right now

Right now I am laying in bed. I am full from my cheeseburger & Carmel milk shake. I am creating this post from my iPhone since we don't have Internet here. Right now I am wanting an iPad to make this so much easier. Right now I want to create. I went to stampers corner in elk grove today. Right now I have scrap supplies with me but no photos to scrap. Right now I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings, maybe another shopping adventure? Right now I'm curious what tv shows are on tonight since we don't have cable. Right now I wish we had Internet. Right now I am thankful for this vacation house!

Have a great memorial weekend!

What are you doing right now?

next up echo park:

 This week I am trying out for echo parks “fresh faces” monthly design team.

 

I need to create 3 projects using their paper.

It’s funny I didn’t have to run out and buy any of their product because I already had some. Yep. In my stash I had all this paper waiting for a project.

 

In my last post I wrote about my new favorite apps on my iphone. I printed the photo strips and they worked fabulous with the line “for the record”.

 

-all product echo park unless listed

-paper my minds eye

-letters, AC Thickers, October Afternoon, Cosmo Cricket

-Webster’s Pages whimsies

-Martha Stewart Punch

-buttons, lace, bakers twine, from personal stash

I just love they way this Layout turned out. This one will be on my desk for a while as inspiration!

 

Next up I made a little 4x4 card. The yellow gingham and the black polka dot just spoke to me as a friendly little card. It is so cute and was so simple I need to make a few more.

 

 

-all product Echo park unless listed

-letters AC Thickers, Making Memories

 

I found this polka dot bag in my stash. I had gotten it from the dollar section at target during Valentines Day. It matched with the paper so well I used it. I just simply cut out the roses from “table Cloth” and adhered them. Of course it need the butterflies, to finish off the garden them.

 

 

-all product Echo park unless listed

-Martha Stewart Punch

-Bag from Target

 

 

Hope you enjoyed these projects, now they are off in an email to be submitted!

This Weekend:

This weekend I went to Bakersfield for a race with my family. Of course I had to find the local scrapbooking store. I found myself at Simply Scrapbooking. This was an awesome store, by far one of the largest I have been to. The girls there were so nice & friendly. They were also very helpful. I always have a mental list of product that I am hunting for & this store scored very well.

So well that I went back later in the evening.

 

 

I also finally got apps on my iphone. Yeas I have had it for X amount of months now. So I got my apps and I played with like a kid on Christmas morning. I am so sure my family is sick of me documenting there every move, but the different “lenses & film” are so fun… I got hipstamatic camera, instagram, photo booth in my pocket, & of course a 8mm movie camera. I had a total blast with all of them! Oh yeah I also got the facebook app for my phone and now I am mobile. This is dangerous. I never before could upload straight from my phone, or “check in” anywhere, the world shouldn’t be so lucky to have me documenting everything! lol

 

hip-pic of Kevin

 

 

instagram

 

 

and of course the photobooth strips

 

what did you do this weekend?

 

 

cough, cough, sneeze, sneeze

Cough, cough, sneeze, sneeze, an ache here and a sore throat there. Yes I am finally feeling better after a weeklong hiatus.

Latest happenings, I won a NSD creative crop challenge on BPC, and received a wonderful product pack from Bella Blvd. Thanks so much to all the contributing sponsors of the BPC creative crop challenge and of course BPC for hosting it.

 

winning layout

 

2^nd up I didn’t get on the one design team, so sad =(  but that’s ok I have plenty more applications out there.

3^rd I won a giveaway at AC Studio Blog. AC is truly my favorite company. From all the shows I have attended to visiting their office, these are truly my favorite people.

 

here is a look from their blog:

Flowers & Butterflies Week Wrap-Up!

Congratulations to the randomly selected winner of the Flowers & Butterflies giveaway, Aimee Maddern:

 

Is this what you thought I would say?

And this is the totaly awsome product pack I will be recieving

 

 

 

And let me tell you how generous they are. They always have soda and water to offer, to sharing a table at meals with me at a show I was attending alone, to giving me some paper racks! Thanks guys! This totally lifted my spirits after I didn’t get the job yesterday, and got me back in the saddle to create for more teams.

 

I am away at the race team in Bakersfield this weekend, anyone know of a scrapbooking store near hear? Maybe Fresno? I love checking out sore on the road.

Happy Scrapping

NSD 2011:

National Scrapbooking Day was Saturday. I had already agreed to work the Salvation Army Fashion Show, before I realized it was NSD. I really wish I had gotten to go to a store and crop, but I had a good day anyways. I signed up for the creative crop at BPC knowing I wasn’t going to be able to get the challenges till later in the evening, or even another day. I got a chance Saturday night and then starting getting a sore throat. I didn’t do anything on Sunday till about 7pm and I busted out 2 more layouts. I combined the 12 challenges into 3 layouts. Ok I didn’t do all 12. It feels great to see my work in a finished product since I feel so crappy. Here is a little lookie:

 

LO #1

Challenges: 1-use text in project(cut text from a book) 2-10 products, 10 words(ok so there are not 10 words), 10 techniques(staples,stamping,stiching,punching,distressing, I don't know all that counts but there are more obvious ones) 4-use woodgrain 5-create a photo mat with 2 supplies(ribbon, lace & paper) 6-think outside of the box( this is a 11x11 LO the yellow strip is 12x12 so it hangs off the page but still fits into a page protector) 7-add a banner(washi tape)

 

LO #2

Challenges: 2-10(products)/10(words)/10(techniques) 4-woodgrain

10- use this sketch(there was a sketch to follow) ps I hate my handwriting! that is why I always print

 

LO #3

Challenge: 8-incorperate journaling into design(the S w/spring) This is a digital LO so all the elements of the layout are on the computer. I used Adobe elements to layer the "papers" & "tags"

This is a challenge in it's self, learning digital scrapbooking is fun and rewarding,

all though I love to fell physical product!

Happy Scrapping!

last minute diy mother's day projects:

Twig & Thistle

Whether it’s a gift for yourself or someone you know, I’m sure everyone can appreciate a little down time this Mother’s Day. The best part, it’s a gift that keeps on giving; hang whenever a quite moment is needed and cherish those precious times! All you need to do is download, print, cut and hang! Happy early Mother’s Day!

visit here to get download

 

Have a wonderful Mother's Day

xoxo

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I Heart Faces

Download free Mother's Day phot card template from I Heart Faces, along with instructions for using Photoshop or Elements to insert your own picture. (Or just print out one of the cards and glue a photo on it if you prefer manual labor.)

Mufn Inc.

download it here

a little diy for under $20:

So it starts off with, I was at Target last week and found this cute yellow bag. (I have an obsession with yellow right now) WOW this is a cute bag, and it’s on sale for $ 9.99. Instantly it was in my cart. Then I thought it would be so much cuter with some bling on it. So off to Michaels. At Michaels I was looking for some bling and couldn’t find any so I went to the scrapbooking section to look for some. I really wanted a gold rhinestone, and I needed multiple. I did find a package but it wasn’t priced, so I threw it in the cart and continued to look. I then found these mini gems on sale for $ 1.19. So I went with the sale gems instead of the gold ones I really wanted. The bag still looks great, but I wish I had gotten the gold for that extra punch. Oh well

 

the bag before

 

Aleene's Jewel-it & Recollections Boutique fleur

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

gluing the bling on

 

all done, can you tell?

 

 

gold would of stood out more, next time

 

up close

 

 

 

 I just made small dots in the center of each design. placed the bling on top so the glue pushed out. The glue dried clear, some the glue shows a bit but dosen't look bad.

 

Hope you enjoyed.

Any crafting this weekend?

12 years in a flash:

Last night Jacob friended me on facebook. Yes my Jacob. It’s so weird he is 12. And at that point I realized 12 years just flashed in front of my eyes.

 

I started watching Jacob April of 1999 he was just 2 months old, I was 19. This little boy became a big part of my life. When he turned 4 I stopped watching him and a year later his family moved to Chico. I could sit here and type up dozen and dozen’s of stories but I wont bore you with that I will just show some random pictures from his first 5 years. OMG he is 12 & I am 32! I miss him in my life soooo much and this truly brought tears to my eyes.

Disneyland on the tea cups Mark, Jacob, Angie & me -2005

 

Santa at Disneyland Jacob-2005

 

My front porch watering Jacob-2001

 

handprint from mommy & me mothers day Jacob-2002

 

maddern racing shop Jacob-1999

sunset beach Jacob-2001

my house Jacob & Bailey-2001

 

Northridge mall Hannah, Angie, Jacob & I-2002 (i think)

on the tram at disneyland Jacob & I-2006 Our last trip together

Disneyland tea cups Jacob & I-2006 last trip

 

Disneyland Dumbo Jacob & I- 2002 our first trip to

 

Disneyland Mickey, Goofy & Jacob-2004

 

This was the best 4 years of my life I miss them so.

Do you think we went to Disneyland alot?