mary's creative place

New Toy!!!

2010-09-22T22:05:00.000-04:00

It's been awhile since I posted. I have been very busy! I started homeschooling and even though it has been stressful, I have really enjoyed it. I hope it will make a difference for my boys' education! I will post more about that soon.
Right now though, I want to talk about my new toy!! I bought the new Cricut Imagine! HSN had a great deal, and being a part of the Cricut circle, I get a free cartridge too. I am super excited about the Imagine.
It looks like it will be a great new addtion to the Cricut family. I have played with it a little bit since it arrived here on Monday.
I am hoping I will be able to put a project together soon. I will be sharing my journey with this new toy here. :)
I am really excited about crafting again!! No more creative blocks for me!! Hopefully I will be back to my old habit of getting all my scrapbooks caught up, and keep them that way..
More on the Imagine soon..
Hope everyone has a wonderful start to a new fall season!!!
:) :)

One year later...........

2010-07-07T21:49:00.000-04:00

A year ago today, I was being told that the baby I was carrying wasn't "viable". I never in my life had heard crueler words. I knew today was going to be hard since it has only been a year. But in a cruel turn of events my dear cousin and his wife, had to face today what I faced last year. I don't know how much more cruel life can be. The fact that we are now intertwined forever losing beloved children, and the very fact it happened exactly one year later, is soo unnerving and numbing.
I am here on vacation trying to wrap my mind around not having a 6 month old baby to chase after, and to deal with my cousins having the very same problem.. Sometimes life is a cruel thing, and I know that it will get better, and the pain will be less, but I just wish that we could all have our angel babies.
You were never in my arms little one, but you are always in my heart..

Happy Independence Day!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-07-04T13:18:00.000-04:00

I hope everyone has a safe and happy 4th of July!! I also hope that everyone takes a moment, and remembers what today means. Our freedom is a right bequeathed to us, by our heavenly Father, and the founding fathers knew what that meant, and they secured our rights for us. Don't forget to thank a soldier when you see one too. They continually sacrifice their lives, and time with loved ones so we can continue to be free. We are a blessed nation because of their sacrifices.
God Bless The USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I pray you all have a wonderful Independence Day!!! God Bless!!

Creative Juices are flowing!!

2010-06-18T13:44:00.000-04:00

I have been busy lately working on layouts and some mini-albums. My little cricut is steadily humming alongside me....
Hopefully I will have all my projects posted by the first of the week, if not sooner.
I sure am enjoying the weather today. We are having thunderstorms and it makes it perfect weather for scrapbooking and napping. No naps today but I am getting a lot done.
I sure hope everyone is having a wonderful friday afternoon.
Happy Crafting!

a little poem I wanted to share..

2010-06-12T23:20:00.000-04:00

I wrote this about a week ago. It is still in it's raw form, I need to go back and change a few things to make it sound better. I was up late, and this just popped in my head. I am soo glad I am able to still think of poetry! It has been 15 years since I have written anything! :)

Waves crash on the forlorn shore
Loves memories scattered among the sand.
Her gaze out to the ocean covered in tears.
Long too long has this sadness been.
Sand falls from her fingertips as she gently rakes the beach
Slowly, surely with a tender cry she gives her last memory life.
Gone is the hurt, the numbness, and strife, for a love soo long gone.
Loves whispers left this place long ago, evenso she held tight to the memory of it's birth.
Always longing for a return of what never can be.
Slowly she rises the waves crashing in on the shore, she gathers what remains of love's loss.
Steady she goes, relief flooding her as she gives her memories to the sea.
Loves no more.
She turns to go, and the floods of pain release she is finally free. A prisoner to it no more.
Long she walks that night, feeling the wind caress her cheek, whispering to her of love so pure and so right.
The glistening water reflects the beauty of pain and love so deep.
She breaks the calm as she steps in, flooding relief envelopes her
Loves last whispers to her
Goodbye, Goodbye, love is no more.

Still need to do some editing and stuff, but that is it. Just was soo good to write something when it has been soo long. I used to write soo much.
Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend.

This is soo beautiful.. God Bless America!!

2010-06-08T01:01:00.000-04:00

Summer!!!!!

2010-06-07T00:45:00.000-04:00

Nicholas only has three more days of school left this week, and I am excited. I really have enjoyed having Connor home as long as I have, and I wish I would have waited to put Nicholas into school until a little later.
We have some big changes in store for next year, and I think it will really bring us all closer together as a family.
Will hopefully post a couple pictures tomorrow of the awards he gets. I know he will have one for having the most AR points in his class.. My boy is an avid reader.. So happy about that.. :)

Hope you all have a wonderful start to your week!!!

My Goals. :)

2010-06-05T00:55:00.000-04:00

I have realized I am letting my blog fall to the wayside again.. So I have decided to make myself a list of goals I can hold myself accountable to, and maybe by doing so, I will get a little more traffic to my pitiful blog.. lol..
I am trying to come to terms with my upcoming 30th birthday. I just can't believe I will be crossing the threshold into my middle age.. lol.. So because of that I figured I really need to get my life in order..
So here are my goals in no particular order.
Keep blog updated daily. With pictures, poems, and projects.. Just need to keep my creative juices flowing..
Be a better friend. I have been blessed with soo many friends, in real life and online, so I would really like to keep those friendships intact.
Lose weight!!! lots of it! gotta get on the treadclimber and work out at least 30 minutes a day.
Make at least 2 layouts a week. I would love to add to that number, but that is an attainable goal for right now.
Get my house in order to start homeschooling my older son Nicholas. He has been in public school, and I am just not happy with the way things have been going, so I intend on homeschooling him next year.
The last and most important goal of all. To spend more time reading the bible, and applying it to my life fully..
It really does change your life, and helps fufill so many voids in life.
I hope you all have a blessed weekend, and wish me luck on attaining my goals. :)

Happy Mother's Day!!!!

2010-05-09T01:00:00.000-04:00

I hope every mother has a wonderful Mother's Day tomorrow(today..) I know this one for me is kinda bittersweet.. I should be holding a 4-month baby, but instead my Savior is.. I know my baby is in Jesus' arms, and I have come to terms with that.. I will catch myself wistfully thinking of what it would look like, whether it would be a girl or a boy.. etc.. I think maybe in some ways it helps a little..
My heart is also with my friend who recently lost her little boy.. I hope that Jesus will heal her hurt, and give her some comfort especially today...

I will have some more projects to post this week..

Hope everyone has a wonderful Mother's Day!!!!

Time for a Change

2010-05-07T01:45:00.000-04:00

Well I decided to change my blog background. I like the other one, but I need a little change every now and again. Let me know what you think! :)

Mini-Album for my Best Friend :)

2010-05-07T00:44:00.000-04:00

This is just a little mini album I made using cereal boxes, and paper from a DCWV stack. I used my bind-it-all.. (finally) and I also used the cricut to cut out the monkeys.. The cartridge is New Arrival. I also used my nestabiliities, and a chalk ink pad. The ribbon is from a pack of ribbon Costco sold a few years back.
I hope that my friend will like it. She did a monkey theme for her baby.
Thanks for looking!!

Another Friday...

2010-04-17T00:35:00.000-04:00

Well I am still a bum, and no pictures posted.. but I have been working on some projects, so that is a good thing.. :)
I have an early tball game with Connor tommorrow, then we are just coming home and hanging out, so hopefully I will be able to get on here and get some pictures uploaded..
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!! :)

TGIF

2010-04-09T13:54:00.000-04:00

So glad today is Friday! I will be finishing up my house, and getting some more projects done.
I am working on a mini-album for my best friend. She had an adorable baby boy a couple weeks ago, and I am just soo excited for her! :) She chose a monkey theme for her nursery, so of course I am using monkeys.. I just hope she likes it. I will be posting pics, hopefully this weekend. I also have the pictures of my scraproom uploaded. I will be editing those and putting them up this weekend as well.
I sure hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
Today is our last little break before we have to get back into the routine again.. I am soo looking forward to
homeschooling next year. It sure has been nice having Nicholas home. :) He has actually been in a better mood lately. :)
Have a wonderful Friday!! :)

Spring Break

2010-04-08T02:23:00.000-04:00

I sure have enjoyed spring break this past week. We started the week off by celebrating Nicholas' 9th birthday. I am still in shock he is 9!! I just wonder where all the time has gone?? It was like yesterday seeing him for the first time.. All that bright blonde hair! He was a beauty. I will have to share a layout I made many years ago, that just captured him soo perfectly.
I am just soo glad I get to spend my life with my sweet boys. :) I am blessed.
We will be ending our Spring Break with swimming and scrapbooking! I sure hope to add some more project soon.
Hope everyone is enjoying their week! :)

Happy Easter!!!!!

2010-04-04T01:03:00.000-04:00

Today is such a beautiful day! An empty tomb found! Our Savior is Risen! :) This is one of my favorite holidays. It isn't about the easter bunny, or jelly beans, it is about Our precious Savior overcoming death!
I am soo blessed that He gave His life for all of us. What a beautiful sacrifice.
I hope you all enjoy today, and know Jesus is always there for us.
Happy Easter!!!!!!! :)

2010-04-02T14:10:00.000-04:00

I made these little Valentine treats for Nicholas' class for their Valentine's Party. Nicholas picked out the stamp he wanted to use, and I just colored it in. I used SU markers, and Sakura glaze pens. I also inked the edges of the white cardstock with SU ink. I embossed the red cardstock with the swiss dots embossing folder by Cuttlebug. The stamp is from the dollar stamps by Inkadinkado. I bought them at Joanns.
Thanks for looking! :)

Simple Valentine Card

2010-04-02T12:57:00.000-04:00

I made this card for Freddy for Valentines Day. Used the Cuttlebug hearts folder, and one of the extra hearts I had left over from the mini album I made. (see below) The ribbon is from my stash, not sure what company is from. The button is from PaperTrey Ink.

Envelope Mini-Album

2010-04-02T12:35:00.002-04:00

This is a quick little album I made for my mother in law and grandmother in law, for Valentine's Day.My husband wanted them to have some pictures so I made this up really quick. I used business size envelopes and just covered them with patterned paper. I believe the paper is from a My Mind's Eye Stack I bought from Costco, many years ago. The flowers are from the Heidi Swapp line, and the buttons are from PaperTrey Ink. I also used SU ink to ink the edges of the paper. The heart is cutout using the Hannah Montana Cartridge from Cricut. Why do I have a Hannah Montana cartridge when I have only boys?? It has some really neat musical elements on it. It is really a pretty neat cartridge. I also used a Martha Stewart border Punch to embellish the edges of the album. Also some stickles for to give the hearts a little glitz.

I have a couple other albums I am working on for mother's day and father's day, I will post those after the days come. :)

Card Using Iris Folding Technique

2010-04-02T11:41:00.000-04:00

This card was what we made at our March Stamp Club meeting. All the supplies for this card are Stampin Up. The patterned paper is the retired tea party designers series paper. The flowers are cut out using the cricut Walk In my Garden Cartridge. I also used the swiss dots embossing folder by Cuttlebug. Iris folding is a lot easier than it looks. I really enjoyed learning this technique, and it just looks so elegant on projects.
I have a lot more projects to upload. I am soo glad I can finally upload pictures again!! :)

I am Trying to Find my creativity!!!

2010-01-28T23:27:00.000-05:00

I have been in such a fog lately. I haven't done much creating of any kind for the past couple of weeks, except for my Christmas gifts. I finished up some stuff yesterday, and I will try to get the pictures posted of that on Sunday. I will be out of town, tomorrow, and Saturday. I am going to Tampa with my Grandma, Dad, and Aunt. We are going to see the Bold Fresh Tour with Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly. Politics are my second love, and I really admire tthose two guys. So does my family. My Grandma is just sooo excited!! lol!!
I think it will be a great time tomorrow night, and I hope that on the way back home Saturday we can stop at a couple of scrapbooking stores down that way. It sure will be nice to get some fresh ideas, because I have not set foot in a craft store in months. I am jonesing!!! I still have my Stampin Up club I am apart of, so I get my fix that way, mostly.. lol.. I just want to look at paper!! lol.. Not that I don't have enough. ;)
Well, here is hoping that I will be better at keeping my blog up. I really love sharing what I make even if it doesn't look as professional as I would like, but I have lots of fun trying! :)
I borrowed my sisters wild card cartridge so I am hoping to play with that when I get back this weekend.
I have a busy week next week. I am painting my church room, and decorating it for our curriculum theme.
Hope you all have a wonderful Friday tomorrow!!!!
Happy Crafting!!! :)

Finally

2009-12-05T00:30:00.000-05:00

I have been soo behind on pretty much everything lately, and I am going to try and get my blog up to date, I have a couple new projects I want to share, and also some new pictures of my family. I will hopefully be more up to date with future posts!!
I had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday, and I hope you all did too. I am all set for Christmas, thanks to black friday, and cyber monday!! I have a couple things to make for presents but I am finished with all the other stuff. I actually stayed in budget this year too! It was too easy with all the wonderful sales.
I even bought a few cricut cartridges from walmart.. I can't pass 30 for a cartridge.. lol :)
I was also able to grab the martha stewart scoreboard, and it looks awesome, I cannot wait to use this. I love my crafter's companion, but I think the martha stewart score board will come in handy for bigger projects.
I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday spirit, and I will do my best to keep my blog up to date.
:)

Provo Craft is Celebrating 100 Cricut Cartridges!!!!!

2009-09-10T01:00:00.000-04:00

Because of their milestone, 100 cartridges, Provo Craft is giving away 20 cartridges over five weeks!!! How awesome is that!! You can go to the cricut website to check out the details, and if you are a member you can sign in and post on their threads, and be entered to win!! How cool is that?? Anyways, here is the lucky number 100. Winter Woodland!! I want this cart soo bad, they have some really cute stuff on it, and another cool site I have been checking, christmas with the cricut, has some cute projects, that they made with it.
Well, go enter to win, and come celebrate with us on the cricut board!! It is alot of fun!!!
Here is the link to the Winter Woodland cart, check it out!!! :)

http://www.cricut.com/shopping/ProductDetails.aspx?id=361&s=1&sc=2

First Day of School for Nicholas!!!!!

2009-08-24T23:03:00.000-04:00

Today was Nicholas' first day of third grade!! I just cannot believe how big he is getting and that it was his first day!! It is sooo hard to believe he will be nine in April!! He was up late Sunday night, I think it was nerves, but he did well for having to get up early. I however, was not ready for the early morning!! I was really cranky this afternoon!! LOL!! He has a friend sleeping over tonight, and they are all excited for their second day!! We usually don't allow sleepovers on a school night, but this is a little different.. Don't want to go into details on a public blog, you know?? But anyways, Here are some pics of the first day, I will finally have some new projects posted this week as well, as well as better pics of my room...

Hope everyone is having a wonderful night!!!!

Thanking God.....

2009-08-22T00:41:00.000-04:00

My husband and I own a small construction company, and today we are beyond grateful that one of our employees, is alive, and safe. He has diabetes, and on the way home tonight he had an accident in one of our trucks. We are sure he let his blood sugar get to low, and in doing so, he lost control, rolled several times, and had to be be cut out of the truck.. We are beyond grateful to God, for having his hand upon our friend. We are soo grateful he was wearing his seatbelt, it saved his life!!!! Had he been thrown from the truck, it could have been sooo much worse.. He has a few fractures, some cuts, lots of bruises, but he is alive!!!!! I am glad he will get to have another day with his family, and that hopefully, prayerfully, he will manage his diabetes a little better... He hadn't had too much to eat today, and we believe that is what caused him to pass out, the hospital said his sugar was extremely low... We are sooo happy that he is okay.. If you could have seen the truck, you would understand... I have to take pictures of it tommorrow, and I will post it. It was absolutely frightening to see it, to know he had been in it!!!!! I am just sitting here praising God for his absolute power.. He held our friend in the palm of his hand, and allowed him to walk out of that twisted metal alive...
Hug your family and friends real tight, and as much as you can!! You just never know when life can change...

Update

2009-08-20T22:01:00.000-04:00

I am trying to get good pics of my scraproom, and they are not turning out!! LOL!!
I hope tommorrow will be better and will get those posted. I started a card, and hope to get that finished, I keep getting sidetracked, and my house keeps calling my name to clean it!!!!!
Tommorrow my little dog Biscuit has to go to the vet. She is getting spayed.. She had a litter of pups back in March, and I just realized it was that time again... She has had boy dogs camping out on our porch.. It really has been weird!! So hopefully they will go away after tommorrow!!!! I will feel much better knowing, I will not have to deal with the birth of ten puppies again, it was a great time for the boys, but a little stressful for me. Seven lived, and we found good homes for them all, and close enough we still get to see them...
I will post pics of Biscuit soon, she is pure black, and her puppy pappi, is a golden color... LOL!! It was funny!! One of her other pups has several shades, of a red-gold, silver, and gold!! She is gorgeous... I wish I had pics of her..
Well, I am off to try and get some sleep, haven't been sleeping too much lately.

Going to get creative!!!

2009-08-13T01:23:00.000-04:00

I have been spending alot of time organizing my house and my scraproom, the past couple of days, so I am really hoping that maybe I will get to get creative this weekend!! Especially since it is supposed to rain all weekend. So maybe I will get to play with my new stamps, and crafters companion. The video it came with is awesome, you really can do sooo much with this little box!!! It has super easy instructions for nice looking pop0up cards!! I really want to try some of those... I also need to get my cousins album done, I have let too much in my life get in the way of finishing it, so I really need to get focused. Hopefully I will not get sidetracked on organizing something else. Will be posting pics of my scraproom too this weekend.. I think I finally have it the way I want it...
Here's to getting some creative time!!!!!!
:)

A Card I Made Today...

2009-08-10T20:32:00.000-04:00

I made this card for my sister, today is her birthday. I also made one in blue for one of our employees who had a birthday on Saturday.. I played with Copics for the first time, and I think I did okay.. I still need lots of practice, but I think this turned out okay...

Check out the slideshow of pappi, he was holding my magazine hostage the other night... LOL!!!
Thanks for looking!!!!!!!!

2009-08-10T17:44:00.001-04:00

Pics From CHA Posted Below!!!!

2009-08-10T16:59:00.001-04:00

Here are pics, of all the goodies I brought home from CHA.. It was soo much fun, seeing all the neat things that were there, and actually seeing some celebrities. Donna Dewberry threw me a jar of some cool glitter, and of course I embaressed myself and dropped it, lol!!! She was really nice, I wish I had thought to snap a pic with her... I also met the designers at papertrey ink, they were the ones passing the free goodies out.. I happen to really like Nicole Heady, and bought quite a bit of the sets she designed, and got to meet her... Again, I should have taken my phone out and snapped a pic... I was just a little overwhelmed at just the amount of stuff at this place, so I was not thinking about pictures... lol.. I really hope that they do this again, it was alot of fun, and sooo worth going!!! Thanks for being patient, and waiting sooo long for the pics, I get sooo sidetracked.

2009-08-10T16:58:00.001-04:00

CHA Was Wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-08-07T14:05:00.000-04:00

Sorry I did not get on here sooner, I was busy this week at home, since I haven't been home much the past couple of weeks... I attended both days at CHA and it was wonderful!!! The freebies were awesome, and all the deals!!!! I have to say that Joann's freebies were the best. They gave out a Bowdabra, and a bead spinner. Both of these in a bag with more goodies!!! It was sooo nice!! I also was able to check out the papertrey ink booth, and it was worth waiting in line for almost two hours!!! LOL!!!! They have a really great product, and the stamps are sooo cute!!!
My other favorite was the Crafter's Companion booth. I totally loved the guy who was showing us the product, and he gave my mom and I great deals on their product!! The accent was sooo dreamy!! lol!!!! (sorry, couldn't help it... ;) I am really looking forward to using the crafter's companion, it has sooo much potential, and it seems like a better investment than the scor-pal I was going to get. Although I may very well end up getting that as well. Will have to see. I have been checking out the website for ideas, and it looks sooooo versatile!!! Soo worth the money!!!
My sister bought the I-Top, and I hope to borrow that. I will probably end up with one of my own eventually... lol!! Brads are a favorite embellishment, and being able to make them is sooo cool!!!! I have lots of pics to download and post, and I will hopefully get to that tonight..
Hope everyone has had a great week!!!
Happy Friday!!!
:)

Going to CHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-07-30T22:12:00.000-04:00

I just got back from a little vacation to Stone Mountain, and Helen Georgia. Now I will be at the CHA supershow this weekend!!!! I am sooooo excited. I really do not need anything, but it will be nice to get away. At least for a little bit. I know I will miss my crazy boys, but I think we have seen enough of each other this past week!!! LOL!!!
I am going to bring my laptop, in the hopes that the hotel will have free wireless!! I will keep my blog updated with all the goodies I see, and of course buy!!!
I may also get to meet up with some cricut mb members!! Well, I am off to finish packing my clothes, and making my list of important stuff I already have, so I don't buy doubles...
Can't wait for CHA!!!!!!!!!!!!
:)

Valentine Card with House Mouse

2009-07-16T23:42:00.000-04:00

Another card I made for the card swap. I used my cuttlebug and a SU tab stamp set.. Another house mouse stamp as well, This is another of my first attempts at gamsol.

Happy Birthday House Mouse Card

2009-07-16T23:35:00.000-04:00

This is a card I made for a card swap. It was one of my first attempts using the gamsol technique. I used the cuttlebug Happy Birthday folder, and one of my house mouse stamps..

I just love these stamps!! They are soo cute!!!

Hodge Podge of Projects

2009-07-16T23:28:00.001-04:00

I cannot get this one slideshow to do right, so I am just adding the link... Thanks for looking...

http://s156.photobucket.com/albums/t5/marylizka/miscellanous/?action=view&current=b4130322.pbw

This is a mix of projects I have made the past couple of years.. Mainly for swaps on the cricut messageboard. I really had alot of fun making them, I just haven't had much time to participate lately..
Some of these aren't the best, but I am still learning as I go...
Thanks for looking.
:)

Americana Centerpiece

2009-07-16T22:28:00.001-04:00

I made this for my dining room table, because I really like to have something there all the time, and since my house is decorated in Americana I thought I would raid my stash, and make one.. I also am going to use this as my entry for the Today's Momma, and cricut contest. You can check out the rules here: http://www.todaysmomma.com/ click on giveaways.. and http://www.cricut.com/ it is listed under cricut chat.

Here are all the directions for putting this together. Thanks for looking!!!! :)

1.) Using the Walk In My Garden Cartridge I cut out the aster flower at 3 inches, and then at 2 3/4 inches, and again at 3 1/2 and 3 1/4 then the last size of 3 inches. I cut these out several times using the americana patterned paper.
2.) Using the Graphically Speaking Cart, I cut out the flag on the Icon Blackout at 5 1/2 inches. I did this twice.
Then I cut out the flag using the Icon key at 5 1/2 inches. I did this twice as well.
Then I cut out the star using the Icon Shift Key at 5 1/2 inches. I then attached all the pieces together, inked the edges of the flag using Tim Holtz distress ink in Brushed Corduroy. I inked the star after embossing it with the swiss dots cuttlebug folder in Tim Holtz distress ink in fired brick.
3.) I cut out the freedom cut at 4 3/4 inches. I inked this with the brushed corduroy ink as well.
4.) Using Accent Essentials I cut out accent 18 at 6 inches, and then cut out accent 24 at 4 1/2 inches. I also inked these with the corduroy ink.
5.) Using Walk In My Garden again, I cut out the Blossom at 2 1/2 inches using Stampin Up Cardstock, in the latest In Colors. Cut out the aster at 3 inches in the cardstock as well.
I ran these through the cuttlebug as well, using the swiss dots folder, and inked them with the corduroy ink.
6.) I used flower foam and hot glued it to the bottom of the tin.
7.) I inked all the skewers using Tim Holtz distress ink in Fired Brick, and Weathered Wood. Some of the skewers I had to cut down, it just depends on preference... and where it is placed in the tin.
8.) I was able to tape the larger pieces to skewers, however on the smaller pieces, I had to use a hot glue gun. I glued one of the flowers to one side, and then glued the opposite flower to the other side, in a pinwheel like pattern.
9.) On the bigger flowers, with a hole in the middle, I hot glued a crystal to the middle to add a little sparkle.
10.) I arranged all the pieces in the tin, and played with it until it looked okay.
11.) I then took red tissue paper and folded it in triangles and cut it to fit, and covered the foam all around the tin, and fussed with it until it looked right.

I hope I covered everything I did, and all the materials I used, I really had alot of fun making this, and plan on doing some holiday ones for fall, and christmas... I just don't like my table to be bare... lol.. Thanks for looking!!!!! :)

Daddy's Boys Layout

2009-07-16T17:59:00.000-04:00

This is one of my favorites, because it is simple, and the pictures are really good. I covered the one picture because Freddy did not want to be online... lol!! Connor was a good sleeper for a baby, and he would sleep by himself which was very unusual for us.. Freddy kinda ruined it as he got older, but once he goes to sleep, he usually does not wake up unless he is not feeling well.

This was just SU cardstock, and marker for journaling, prima flowers, and dewdrops. Teardrop Cartridge for the Title. The scroll stamps are a clear stamp set I bought from Joann's. Will check the manufacturer on that too.

Silly Pics Layout

2009-07-16T17:33:00.000-04:00

Just a simple layout I did, to use up some pics, that really had no theme to them... So I just used them all together on this layout.. I used SU cardstock, and some of those thickers by american crafts for the title. Connor was sooo tiny in these pictures!! I love the ones with Nicholas and him, because now all they do is pick on each other... Every now and again you can see the love they had... lol....

Bath Time Layout

2009-07-16T17:26:00.000-04:00

One of my most recent layots for Connor's baby book. I used New Arrival for the ducks, bubbles, and bathtime, and I used all SU cardstock as well. I also used SU inks to ink the ducks and mats. I also used Stickles to add some sparkle to his bubbles. I also used a white gel pen to add journaling.

12x12 Baby Boy Album

2009-07-16T17:18:00.001-04:00

I made this for my mom, one of her friends at work was pregnant, and my mom said she wasn't really a crafty type, but wanted her to have an album for her first baby... I used New Arrival, All Mixed Up cricut cartridges. I also used the DCWV Nana's Kids Baby Boy Stack. As well as the DCWV Glitter Matstack. I used Primas, and Dewdrops (also called skittles). I used Stickles and Aleene's Paper Glaze as well. The cardstock was SU. I also used my new nestabilities... I only have one set, but man are they nice!!!! My mom said her friend just looked at the book, and cried and cried... She said she couldn't believe how nice it was... My mom bought me two new cartridges for doing the album. I think the baby is three weeks old now.. And my mom says he is a chunk... lol!! Oh, I also used SU stamps, and the SU scalloped circle punch, and I think the square one too.. I also inked everything with SU ink, or dewdrop chalk inks.

Wedding Purse

2009-07-16T16:42:00.000-04:00

This is more of the paper line I found at the LSS. I used two different kinds, and used Mini-Monograms to cut out the scallops and shadows. The jeweled brads are from the creating keepsakes line, Joann's had. I also inked all the edges on this.

David and Angela's Mini Wedding Album

2009-07-16T16:34:00.001-04:00

I made this last year, for our good friends David and Angela. They had a gorgeous wedding in Miami, and Freddy and Nicholas were apart of the wedding. I loved the colors she picked, and found a great line that included them at my LSS. I will have to go see if I have any left to list what paper line it was. I will get that added soon. I also used Bazzill Bling, and Walk In My Garden Cartridge. The pearls were from oriental trader, and the stickers were from the same line as the paper. The label holder is from SU, their hodge podge hardware kit. I also used SU ink to ink the pages.. They ended up using this album as their guest book. I think they were really happy with it. It was alot fun making this.

Card to Match Mini- Album

2009-07-16T16:04:00.001-04:00

The matching card. I think I used Tear Drop as the font on this one. I used SU patterned paper, and primas, and brads. The fibers are either some I bought from Big Lots, or they were from a package. I love inking and use it quite a bit on almost everything I make. I just like how it adds that little something.

Mini Baby Album

2009-07-16T16:00:00.001-04:00

I made this as another gift for friends of ours. This was for their daughter Raechal. She just turned two. I used SU patterned paper on this, as well as Primas. I am pretty sure the chipboard letter was either from SU or from another kit. This was one of my favorite designer series lines from SU, I wish they still had it!!!

1st Page in All About Me Album

2009-07-16T01:35:00.000-04:00

This was all our stats, what year we were born, etc... I used Prima flowers on this, and jeweled brads from creating keepsakes... Alot of inking as well. I think this font on here is Base Camp, I don't think I could OA to get small enough for the title on this page.

2nd Page in All About Me Album

2009-07-16T01:28:00.000-04:00

On this one we had to tell about our name, where it came from, what it means etc... I used SU patterned paper again, and the Opposites Attract cartridge... More cuttlebug embossing as well. I pretty much kept all the embellishments the same, because I wanted to make it easy, and knowing it might be awhile before I worked on it, I needed to be sure it was to figure out what I used... This is really my favorite color combo, blue and brown. It is sooo pretty!!!!!

All About Me Album Cover

2009-07-16T01:17:00.000-04:00

The cover to my All About Me album I started in 2007 I think. I followed ideas from Beccy, she used to post quite regularly on cricut.com, and she has a blog I think, but I never saved it... She was really inspiring, and very supportive of everyone. I really enjoyed her posts on the cricut website. I have a couple more pages I did, of this album, just haven't taken pictures.. I used Stampin Up patterned paper, cardstock, ink, and I think the chipboard letters are BasicGrey, I used Opposites Attract for the title. The flower is from Prima. I used a cuttlebug embossing folder for the embossing, and for the photo corners as well. I think the brads are from the creating keepsakes line at Joanne's.

I really liked how this album started turning out, I just really need to finish it!!!

School Layout

2009-07-16T01:09:00.000-04:00

This was an example I made for my friend who teaches pre-k. I made like 20 or 30 for her to give out at their graduation, she decided not to do their names as it would be too time consuming, and she added a picture to them.. It was quite time consuming to do, because the apples are layered.. These are not great pictures, but I did not have good lighting at our old house. I used Doodlecharms and Base Camp for this.

Exploding Box Album

2009-07-16T01:00:00.000-04:00

I made this for them as well, and I guess I didn't take a picture of the top, because I can't find it. I used Mini-Mongrams to cut out the scalloped mats, I cannot remember the sizes, I made these projects I think in late 2006... I used Stampin Up patterned paper for this. I made it real simple, with just a few embellishments because I wanted the pictures and journaling to shine.. I found the instructions for the box, online somewhere, I wish I could remember the site so I could give credit, but I just can't remember... These boxes are sooo much fun to make, and they just look sooo nice on display.

Baby Coaster Album

2009-07-16T00:55:00.000-04:00

This was another part of the gift I gave to them, it is a coaster album, I made it really simple, just patterned paper, and a few embellishments, there was enough room for about a 3x3 picture, I thought it would be a good thing to house all those wallet pictures you get from having your pictures done. The lettering was done with All Mixed Up.

Baby Bouquet

2009-07-16T00:49:00.001-04:00

I made this about two years ago, it was for our youth pastor and his wife, and their first child, The onesie is attached to an envelope which we used to place a gift card inside... This was my first ever gift to someone using my cricut. I used New Arrival for everything.

Update

2009-07-15T22:30:00.000-04:00

I am slowly coming to grips with losing the baby, and am trying to move on so to speak.... It is really hard, but I am not the first woman to go through this, and unfortunately I won't be the last... My heart goes out to any woman who has faced this, it is absolutely horrendous... I don't care if they say there is no life early on, we all know there is, otherwise I don't think I would feel sooo empty.... I do believe I will see my child in heaven, and I know he or she is in Jesus' arms, I just wish it could be my arms..... I am going to get some of my old projects on here, and this new project my sister wants me to enter in the Today's Momma Contest, so I am going to get around to doing all that.... I am sure it will help me to keep my mind off of things, especially all the what if's.... And if I don't enter that contest my sister will probably hurt me..... lol!!
Okay so hopefully you all won't mind all the pictures I am about to post, the next couple of days!!
Alright, off to find them in all my files and get them organized....
:)

Sad News...

2009-07-12T19:46:00.000-04:00

Well, I thought I would come on here, with all the stuff I did while on vacation, and talk about that and the fun I had on Fourth of July. I know I still can, but I am not in a happy way right now... I lost the baby I was carrying last Thursday... It was absolutely horrific, I wouldn't stop bleeding, and I lost sooo much blood, my blood pressure went really low, and I passed out... I am totally devastated in every way possible... I know God gives us what we can handle but I am not sure about all this... I am really broken... I am going to try and be ok, and do what I need to, to move on, but it is really hard, really hard to still be in sooo much pain physically, and know the life you were carrying is gone.... It is a devastating cruel thing to have to go through...
I hope to have some happy posts soon, I just need a little time...

Paper Bag Album

2009-06-24T22:59:00.000-04:00

Still figuring out the picture thing.... The top is the inside of the matching paperbag album, I kept it simple, and continued the same pages throughout... I used my cuttlebug to emboss some of the pages.. I am not sure where this paper is from, I think it is some I bought from a LSS in South Carolina.... I cut the scallop inserts out with my cricut, I used the mini- monograms cartridge. I used the SU punch and stamp again too.

Thanks for looking!!!!!

Simple Baby Card

2009-06-24T22:39:00.000-04:00

This is a card I made for our youth pastor, and his wife, they were having a little boy.
I used my cricut for the side scallop, and I think the paper is from DCWV, one of their baby stacks... The smaller scallop was a SU punch, and the stamp in the middle is from SU. Not too fancy, but I like simple.. :) I made this about a year ago....

New Blog

2009-06-23T23:32:00.000-04:00

Well, I decided to jump on the bandwagon and start a blog.... I am hoping in the next few days to have some of my projects posted that I have completed, some older, and some I have recently finished. I also hope to get updated pictures of my scraproom, and share those as well.
I love stampin, and Stampin Up is my favorite company... I just love how everything coordinates, and it is just such a nice quality... I sometimes go a little crazy over Stampin Up stuff!!! LOL!! My aunt is my demonstrator, and we have alot of fun....
I also love my cricut!! It really has helped my creativity bloom....
Well, bear with me as this is a work in progress, I hope you all enjoy seeing the projects I have to share...