Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Best in Show



Well....I can't post all the picts from this 78 plus page album, but I can post picts of my beautiful ribbons. I just can't tell you how excited I was about this.
To tell you the truth, I didn't even think that I was going to turn the album in for judging, but since I am probably not going to be at my school next year, I wanted the last thing I did for them to be really special.
I didn't think that I had enough points for even a blue ribbon because our PTA is small and doesn't have some of the activities that others do, so I made some pages explaining what we had and what we didn't.
The theme this year was heroes. So I made sure that all of my journaling had to do with that theme. It was tough tying heroes in with the Zoo....but I managed it. It all paid off. I don't get to keep the ribbons or the historian book, but I have a picture.

Monday, April 13, 2009

A Bee's Habitat and Another Goody

After Carolyn from The Crafty Scrapper came back from CHA, she issued a canvas challenge to make a habitat. Well....after a false start, this is what I have come up with. I'm not sure that this is what anyone had in mind, but it is what I have.

There is a lot of dimension. The beehive has three layers and the top layer does curve.

The bottom grass layer curves as well.



I'm wondering if I need to do anything else to it.


I did make a LO using a photo that Marie Q made of my boys. I was very nervous about doing this because of the monotary investment. But I really wanted to make a LO for my scrapping area if it ever gets completed.



Saturday, April 11, 2009

Been Busy

I realize I need to make a new blog header....I will probably get around to that this summer.




I do have picts of the LOs that I made with my Wesleyan gal pals when we retreated to Cedar Creek Lake- Melissa thanks so much for inviting me! It was a very welcomed break. Here are some of the things I did.




Some of you may remember that last summer I took the boys to Dinosaur National Park and Dino World so I would have an excuse to buy that really cute Basic Grey Paper. Well I did finally scrap. My problem is that I have a really hard time scrapping tons of pictures on a paper. But, I did it.


































Tune in next time when I show you what happened when I was brave enough to scrap a Marie Q photo.


BTW....Here is a little LO that Sam and I made yesterday using Dawn Inksips Brand New Day and her new Clay Buttons. Sam thought they looked like Easter Eggs. So I did the extraction and he placed the elements. We had a fun time! Happy Easter Everyone.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Some LOs

Contrary to popular belief, I have made some LO lately.... I just haven't posted them. So I'll post some of my digi ones. Maybe later I will post some of my paper.


The first one is with Kris Myers' Natural Beauty Add on Kit.
The next one is kinda funny because it is Kari Q's Alyssa kit which is a baby kit. So I used it on the biggest baby I have. It really has some cool not so baby colors.


This was done with Kari Q.'s Natalie Kit. It is fun- just right for those Tweens. She does have another daughter, so I will be doing the other kit tonight.

I'm very excited to be a guest creative team member of Dawn Inskip for the month of April. I have been internet buddies with Dawn for a while. I have always lover her kits. The girl just has a way with a copic marker. I love her style. It is very unique.


The first LO is one of her older kits- Weather Station. I did this for a white space challenge at PickleBerryPop.



The next two kits used her Brand New Day kit. The first one also incorporates her Dates, Borders element kit and Paper Layers.





The colors are just awesome.

Oh....I forgot. Sweet Melissa from PBP gave me a nice award. Her blog Remember to Breathe is found here: http://mgstebbins.blogspot.com


"The Dardos Award is given for recognition of cultural, ethical, literary, and personal values transmitted in the form of creative and original writing. These stamps were created with the intention of promoting fraternization between bloggers, a way of showing affection and gratitude for work that adds value to the Web."“Premio Dardos” means “prize darts” in Italian. This award acknowledges the values that every blogger shows in his/her effort to transmit cultural, ethical, literary and personal values every day.
The rules are:
1. Accept the award, post it in your blog together with the name of person granted the award and his or her blog link.
2. Past the award to 15 other blogs that are worthy of this acknowledgement. Remember to contact them to let them know they have been chosen for this award'
Well I have several people that I think really promote cultural awareness, ethical and literary awareness.
My friend Monkey at Hi! Monkey is always educating the public on cultural holidays, good will to his fellow man and just having fun. I feel like the world is a better place because of him. I know my tea time has certainly been enhanced.
Sara, a dear friend of mine from Kerrville, inspires me with her charm and whit and elegant taste. She is a straight shooter and always tells me what she thinks is true and is faithful to her beliefs and convictions.
Sherri http://www.tiedupinribbons.blogspot.com/ has been known to let loose with some great literature from time to time makes me happy everytime I go to her blog.
Cindy at Yappin Cat is always educating me. Enjoy your awards!

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Luke's Poetry

A Pencil’s Life

Life isn’t pointless
Measured by a thin black line
Dying for my art.


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I will have to make some LO's to go with these.

Monday, March 16, 2009

Ode To Recycling



Well....not so much an ode....but a bit of  a collage of sorts. I was looking around the other day at my sad little shopping bag, and I thought, "Why can't recycling and saving the environment look gorgeous. So I did something about it. 1. I took a little shopping bag that I bought at Staples. I painted some of it yellow. Nothing uniform just splattered it all over the bag. Why yellow.....because that is what I had....remember....I'm recycling and reusing here. I didn't worry that the company's logo wasn't totally covered, because I was about to take care of that.
2. I had some G45 Fashionista paper that I had left over from projects. I also made a banner with my name on the computer. I inked them to death with vintage photo. I coated them with mod podge and just placed them all over the bag. Then gave it a nice coating of mod podge paying attention to the ends. If some of the corners pop up, I don't worry about it.
3. When everything dries, I used my big bite to add flowers and some brads. I will probably add some more buttons and bling....but I can't find my needle and I have to go to the store to get it. I looked around at any of the corners...If some are sticking up, just put a button or a flower on top of it.

I think it is cute little bag and so easy to make. Plus....I didn't buy a thing.

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Favorite Class







So when Carolyn handed me the new bind-it-all coverals last night and said why don't you use some Graphic 45....I said okay. I needed another address book. So this is what I have made combining G45 and some Maya Road of course. Dh is supposed to be working on making me a light box so I can take proper picts of these books. This will be a class at The Crafty Scrapper. I will bet back with the dates. We may move some around and do this sooner instead of later!
UPDATE!!!!! We are going to be doing this class on the last Sat. in March. Call the store and sign up now!