150 Followers....BLOG CANDY GIVEAWAY

Happy Saturday Everyone. Thanks to each and every one of you, I made it to 151 followers. I don't want to ever take you and the time you spend on my blog looking, getting an idea, or leaving comments. I appreciate it. Because I spent so much of last month celebrating me, I want to take this time to CELEBRATE YOU!!!!!

This month is Father's Day and those close to me will tell you, I am a true, certified, daddy's girl. For the majority of my life I was raised by a single parent... dear 'ol dad!!! I think my dad is the BEST in the world.

One of my favorite memories is seeing my dad sitting up front with his camera around his neck and tears in his eyes, as he watched his favorite child (yes, I said favorite and he agrees, just don't tell my brothers) march down Constitution Avenue, shaking my pom-poms or twirling my baton. He was so proud. What tickled me was this was an annual parade but he cried every year like it was the first time. I think by High School he was good.

One of my favorite pasttimes with my dad was watching Football and Basketball. He even sent a note to school saying I had an appt, so I could leave early to watch Georgetown in the NCAA tournament. Ahhhh, the good 'ol days.

On to the GIVEAWAY... I'm giving away the All Sports Cricut Cartridge.

Leave a comment telling me a favorite memory with your dad or a father figure in your life. I will pick a winner next Wednesday.

Still Celebrating!!!!

Hello All,

Things have been busy in my world!! Yesterday, hubby and I celebrated our 11th Anniversary. Woohoo!!! We didn't do anything special, but we spent the entire day together. I also have 3 other married couple friends celebrating their anniversary this weekend as well. Here is a project ordered by one of the couples.

Now, about that RAK.. My life has really been on auto pilot this week, so my RAK will be coming next week. Have a GREAT holiday weekend!

Reason to Celebrate!!

Hello friends and family!!! I was hoping to get some crafting finished over the weekend but.... Today is my BIRTHDAY!!! I spent all Friday running around in order to prepare for my get together on Saturday. Sunday, the family and I were invited to a friend's house for dinner. Today, I've been home all day watching movies. DVR is a beautiful thing because I never get to watch movies on a regular basis.

I was hoping to do a RAK today (my 1st blog ever), but I never made it back to the store in time to pick it up. But, I'd love to still know what is your favorite birthday memory? Stay tuned for a possible RAK later this week. This year I was able to spend time with a great group of a ladies, over Sunshine and Seafood!!! Yummy crabs and fried fish. LOL!!

Mother's Day Finale

Most of the cards and gifts have been delivered, so I wanted to finally share a few of the other cards I made. Also adding in a paperbag album. This is my 2nd one and I didn't have pictures from before, so I made sure to snap them this time. I really enjoy making these and I wish I had a few more reasons to make more in the near future.

This week, I need to play catchup on 3 separate projects that were pushed to the side. Let's hope I conquer them by Saturday night.

My First Digital Layout

As I continue on my quest of learning new things, I decided to try my hand at a digital layout. It seems strange to say that I have never done one in the 9 years that I've been scrapping. I really enjoyed giving this a shot and my Cover Girl in the photo made it easy.

Mother's Day 2011

Next week, Mother's will be honored everywhere. I hope that you all honor your Mother all year long and not just one Sunday in May.

On to my project. Yesterday, I had some friends over for a little scrapping. A month ago, I challenged two of them to pick something ahead of time and only bring those items. I also had to challenge myself, although all my supplies were in the house with me. We each chose our weapon and away we went. LOL!!! Of course, I chose Mother's Day and Vinyl. My project is playing along with Celebrate the Occassion this week. Now, let's just hope the recipients don't check my blog this week.

My project: Flameless Wax Candles

These were quite the challenge because the vinyl didn't go on so easy, even with transfer tape. I'm certain it was because of the wax but I kept at it. The large pieces of vinyl went on a lot easier. I attached the flowers, using a glue gun.

VIDEO: Using Tshirt Vinyl

Hi Everyone!!! I did tell you all I was obsessed with vinyl right? Well, a few people asked for a video so here it is. Warning, I kept saying tshirt throughout the video instead of onesis.

And guess what? I tried something new this week... A Paper Bag album. It's the for the Grandmother of the new baby on the way. Very adventurous project I started yesterday, considering the baby shower is Saturday. Oh well, back to the vinyl video.

Vinyl Onesis

Good Morning All,

I'm still working on learning how to use vinyl. This week, I'm showing my imperfections as I continue to strive for excellence. I focused on onesis, with a baby shower clear on my radar.

#1) Image comes from Forever Young. I nearly screamed when the silver portion of the mirror moved as I put the iron down and, I couldn't get it back up. This is still one of my favorites though because of the font. The font was cut using SCAL. I hardly ever cut thin fonts because they tend to tear the paper, but I thought I would give it a try with vinyl.

#2) Princess cut is from the Hannah Montana Cricut cartridge. I love the glitter vinyl.

#3) The Duck was cut from New Arrival and the font using SCAL. I did fix it's beak, but the camera battery died before getting the final finish.

Along with a baby scrapbook gift, these are my projects for the week. Thanks for stopping by.

More Vinyl Tshirts

Today is the last day of Spirit Week at the kids' school. It's TWIN day! The minute my daughter and her friend so the green tshirt, they were begging me to create one for them and their respective twin. Her friend even gave me the tshirts the next day. I was too tickled but felt so much love as all four girls really loved their shirts.

My daughter could not make up her mind what design she wanted. Every idea I gave her sounded good to her. This shirt came down to the wire and I mean with 5 minutes to spare for me to deliver to her classmate yesterday. I used the Hannah Montana cricut cartridge.

The pink shirt belongs to my daughter's bff and her twin. She wanted a heart with LUV. The heart is from Straight from the Nest and the letters from Storybook. Just in case it seems odd that BFFs aren't wearing the same shirt; they aren't in the same class this year.

I told you all I was addicted.

Try Something New Tuesday.

I did it!! I did it! Two things on my list for 2011 to try are, tshirt vinyl and glass etching. I'm still scared of etching, so I tackled tshirts first. All I can say is, I am HOOKED!!! This was so much fun. I owe all this excitement to my friends Nicole @ Creative Delights by Nicole and NubianCrafterNC. These ladies are my vinyl Sheroes!!!

On to my project: I created this for my son, his friend, and his cousin. I am taking them out this weekend to celebrate my baby's 7th Birthday. My son is all about the music so I know he's going to love this shirt.

The drums were cut from Quarter Note (I got this cart just for him) and the title from Base Camp. Now, I need to go home and make the other 2.

Week Ending 04/03 - Challenge 2

A friend handed me another picture of something she found while surfing the net. Although it wasn't a card, the minute I saw it, I knew I was going to make it a card. I got just the push I needed when I hopped on over to Two Scraptastic Gals. The Challenge this week was to create a project using Forever Young.

Although most of the dress is hidden by tulle and ribbon, I promise the dress is from Forever Young. Thanks for stopping by!

Week Ending 04/03 - Challenge 1

It's time to get back on track and back with the challenges. The first challenge I completed this week is brought to you by Celebrate the Occasion. This week's theme is "New Home". I decided to do a shapebook because I purchased a Cinch. The lucky recipient can carry around a few pictures to show friends and family their new home. The house was cut from Handyman cricut cartridge..

WordBook...

One of the things I love, is introducing someone to the world of scrapping. My daughter's friend came over in December for a lesson and was hooked. Last week, she celebrated her 12th Birthday and I jumped at the opportunity to create a special place where she could keep a few pictures from her party. She loved the gift and....... I was surprised to find out today that she didn't take any pictures at the skating rink. She's always taking photos with her phone. Inside the tag are slips of paper for her to write notes from her party on.

Faith's favorite colors are brown, green, blue, and white:

By the way, I binded this project with the Cinch, that I picked up yesterday. After using it for the first time, I wanted to toss the other one (not calling names) out the window!!!!!

Random Cards

I meant to come back and post a few cards from my weekend getaway. These two were my favorite, so I'll add these:

1) This Rock On card is actually based on a engagement card a friend sent me. It wasn't actually a card, but a napkin for an engagement party.

2) This Get Well Card was an assignment I gave myself. I want to create at least 2 cards for various moments in life. The monkey was cut from New Arrival:

Time to Regroup....Page Layouts

I think I have finally re-grouped from the 4-day crop I went to. I was very ambitious in what I wanted to accomplish. Although I didn't get it all done, I am happy with what I actually completed; especially an entire 8X8 album about my daughter's various hairstyles. That will always be a continuous project but I finished every picture I took with me. Maybe I'll share those later in the week.

I haven't done many layouts in a while, so I had to make that a priority on the trip. One of things I'm also working on is redoing a baby album that I gave as a gift. The parents thought they were having a girl, but She turned out to be a He!! Yes, I started doing the entire book over. I have another friend who is having a girl, so I'll be able to give her the book that is already completed. On the bath layout below, I am still trying to find the bottom of the boat on the towel rack as I unpack my stuff. Silly me didn't save the file on my gypsy either (I only have the original from the girl version).

The baby layouts used New Arrival & George & Basic Shapes. Enough words, here are the pictures:

My Mini Scrapper

Before I dive into crop photos, I want to share a card my Daughter completed. I gave her and her friend, a sketch and a little guidance and this is what she did:

Challenge Week... Challenge #2

I started out doing two cards for this challenge, but in the end, only one made the cut. LOL!! This challenge was issued by Celebrate the Occasion. You could make anything crafty, but it had to have a St. Patrick's Day theme.

Here's my entry:

Card Size: 5 X 6.5
Mat: St. Patrick's Paper from DCMV Spring Stack
Beer Mug: Cut from Smiley Cards
Reaching Hands: Cut from Sports Mania

Challenge Week... Challenge #1

This week, I am totally venturing into the world of Challenges. I tried my first one last week and really enjoyed it, so I'm attempting three this week. I figured this way, I'll be able to make some cards to have on hand, like I have been planning to do for the past 2 years. LOL!!

Challenge 1: Issued by the Craftin' Sistahs Group on Facebook. The challenge was to create anything using 3 B's.

Card #1: Black, Blue, and Bling

Recipe:
Card Size (folded): 6.5 X 5
Background Paper: DCWV Glitter Stack
Blue Ribbon - Celebrate It (from Ms)
Angel: Digi Stamp (I can't remember where I got it from)
Text: Nestabilities Scallop Oval

Card #2: Brown, Blue, and Buttons

Recipe:
Card Size (folded) 6.5 X 5
Background Paper: Paper Studio - Coco & Blue Sm Polka Dot
Solid Paper: Bazzill
Baby Carriage: New Arrival Cricut Cart
Stamp: Stampin Up! Whimsical Words

If time permits, I'll be back tomorrow with Challenge #2.

Birthday Cards

March is a busy Birthday Month!!! So, let's continue in the celebration.

I want to start getting in on some challenges, so I decided to try this one from Celebrate The Occasion. The card had to be green and white, with one other color. I love green and blue together.

What I used:
Nestabilities (scalloped circle)
CM Wavy Cutter
Cuttlebug Swirls Folder

Who doesn't want cake and ice cream for their birthday? This is for one of the kids' friend.

Stylish Blogger Award

Happy Thursday!!!! I've been given the Stylish Blogger Award by two fellow bloggers:

Dakotabear - http://www.alwayslivemorescrapping.blogspot.com &

Dee @ http://littlemomentscreations.blogspot.com
THANKS LADIES!!!!

With this award, you must share 7 random things about you as well as paying this award forward. It's your turn to recognize bloggers that you visit or newly discovered! Make sure you let them know, you have something special for them.

Now, on to those Random Things About Me:
1) I drink a cup of hot chocolate EVERY morning at work.
2) I love to read but scrapbooking took over that! (can't wait for my Kindle for Mother's Day)
3) I can't chew gum longer than 15 minutes
4) I love to jump double dutch
5) I love to roller skate
6) My favorite food is hubby's fried chicken and seafood
7) I wanted to be a labor & delivery Nurse

It's time to pass the torch. I've selected these 5 bloggers to receive this award. I love how they flow:
IslandV - http://scrapinnovations.blogspot.com
Lisa - http://cropdropnroll.blogspot.com
I2BZ2W8 - http://i2bz2w8.blogspot.com
Michele - http://nowstampthis.blogspot.com
Sanura - http://sanurascraps.blogspot.com