Weekend bliss

Happy Monday!

Our weekend with friends was absolutely fabulous! We had so much fun and the girls didn't want to leave. Don't you just love that when you have friends and the kids just seem to fall right into place? They played together like they were best friends.

I got a bunch of great pictures with my NEW CAMERA! A package came Friday for Greg and so I put it on his desk. When he got home he called me down to open it. He got me my replacement camera the day I actually crunched the car. Man, I have the sweetest guy! Anyway, for my birthday he improved the lens. :) I now have an 18-200mm lens. I can't stop beaming and I am dying for soccer to start. I had been wanting that lens to get closer up pictures of soccer. YEA!!!!


I have been working on my projects for Lime Tart. I just can't wait to share them with you. I am absolutely in love with the Just Johanna stamps that came in this month's kit. They are fabulous.
Check in on Thursday when I will be able to share. :)

OK, so now for a project for you. The color challenge is up at Emma's blog. Our guest designer this month is Hilary Kanwischer and she did an amazing job. I have to tell you these women amaze me every month! So head over there and check it out! Here is my layout for the challenge. We were asked to use orange this month. Mmmmm...I just love that Kaiser Craft paper don't you?

I did this layout for Emma's Paperie also. We were asked to use the white stationary boxes. These boxes have a clear cover. The innovative ideas everyone came up with blew me away! Here is mine.


Have a great day!!!!!

TGIF

Yes, I am glad it is Friday. :) I am really looking forward to this weekend. We get the chance to go visit some friends from college. Every summer we get together with Bob and Tracy and usually two other couples and their families. Sadly, this summer it didn't work out. Between our trips and VBS we were unable to make it when everyone else did. Bob and Tracy have two girls about the same age as Katie and Lauren so they are sure to have a blast. It promises to be a nice relaxing day by the pool.

Sunday afternoon is the ice cream social at the girls' school. We are hoping to get to meet both of the teachers. I am familiar with Lauren's teacher but not Katie's. You would think that with as much time I spend at the school I would know more about her. I am completely clueless about all the fourth grade teachers. Some people would say I am completely clueless about more than fourth grade teachers. Anyway I have heard really good things about both teachers and we have high expectations for a great year.

I don't have any new projects to share since we spent the day at the fair yesterday. (I will hopefully have pictures for you soon) and I tried to finish up laundry last night after the kiddos went to sleep. We are still trying (unsuccessfully) to get them on a schedule for school. So here are a few projects I did for Emma's Paperie this last month.

The first picture is from one our product challenges. We were asked to create a project using a 6 inch tall tea tin.

For this project we were challenged to use lavendar. Not the color I usually use but I am so glad Cindy gave us this challenge. I love to have a reason to step out of my comfort zone once in a while and I am really happy with the results.

Have a fabulous weekend everyone!!!

Climb your way to the top

The girls and I had such a great time yesterday. We spent the day with some friends and went rock climbing. I actually kept my feet on the ground but they had a blast! I was able to get these pictures when they were using the automatic ropes but then Mary and I learned how to hold the ropes for the girls.




A few quick projects to show you today. The first one is an older card I made for a Paper Crafts call that got no love. I do love it though. :)

I created this pillow box for Emma's Paperie last month. I absolutely love this paper from My Mind's Eye. So don't be surprised if you see it somewhere else. I ordered several sheets. LOL

Have a great day!!!!!

Love this girl

I am feeling old. :) Well, not really, but how did I end up with an nine year old??? One of the things that I absolutely love is that the girls ask us to tell them a story every night before bed. True to their personalities, Lauren wants a made up story and Katie wants to hear a true story about when she or I were little. One of her favorites is how as a new mom I loved the fact that she loved fruits and vegetables so much. So, being thrilled that she loved blueberries let her eat a whole carton. Hmmm...not such a good idea when it came to diaper changing time. What can I say, she is a nine year old girl. This kind of stuff makes her giggle. As her mom, I just love to hear her giggle, so I tell the story. :) Anyway, I love these stories because it helps me remember all those goofy little stories. Kind of like scrapbooking does.


On that note, I created this layout about Katie and her loves last year. I wanted to always remember this stage in her life. She has very unique loves for her age. She adores science and I really hope that continues as she gets older. Anyway, lots of American Crafts goodies on her along with a little bling. What do you expect, I am the mom of two girls. :)

Have a great day!!!!

Rain, rain go away

It's a rainy Tuesday here. Good reason to stay in and snuggle with my girls. I figure I need to take advantage of this time while I've got it. I can't believe they go back to school in one week!

Are you familiar with Google reader? OK, so I know I just started this blogging thing and maybe I am just out of the loop but I had to share with those of you who are as lost as me! (don't worry, you don't have to tell anyone. :D ) Anyway, Debbie Hodge was telling me about it at CHA so I just had to check it out. Now I am in love. You just add all the blogs you want to watch and it lets you know when people have posted a new entry. How cool is that?

As promised, I took some pictures of a few of the cards I worked on this weekend.

Have a wonderful day!

Happy Monday!!!!

Oh how I love Mondays! :)

It was such a glorious weekend here in Indiana. We rode our bikes to a local park yesterday and let the girls run around in the spray park there. It was so cool and comfortable that I didn't even notice the sunburn I was getting. :O But it was so worth it! I can't wait for fall and these wonderful temperatures everyday!

Have you been over to Emma's Paperie this weekend???? Did you see all this? Can you believe that? Lots of yummy stuff in there!

Speaking of Emma's she has got a TON of yummy new CHA products in already!!! I have already added so many things to my cart. Oh I just love this and this by KaiserCraft. And I definitely gotta get this! I absolutely love all the new Making Memories stuff too! Have you seen this and this and this?

I also got a bunch of projects done this weekend. I haven't had a chance to take pictures of all of them but I do have a few other projects to share with you. I did this card using one of the adorable stamps from Just Johanna


I also created this Summer Gardening Gift basket.

And this is the card inside.

And a few of the details:

Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a wonderful week!!!

A sickening crunch

Yesterday the girls and I decided to head down to the IMAX theater (one of our favorite things to do in the summer) to see the Lions 3D movie.


The movie was wonderful and afterward we spent an hour or two at the Indiana History museum. That was my first time there and I was REALLY impressed with all the hands on stuff they had for the kids. We ended up leaving without seeing the second and third floors because we had spent so much time on the first floor.

THAT IS WHEN IT HAPPENED... I have not had an accident since I was 16, well one that was my fault, and I have been proud of my driving record. That all changed as I was leaving the parking garage. I had parked between a wall and a cement pillar-a nice safe place where I wouldn't get any dings, or a least that is what I thought. I was trying to be so careful backing out of the spot because I couldn't see due to the wall. I was concentrating so hard on checking to see if there was traffic coming that I completely forgot about that cement pillar. Yah, the one that was keeping my car nice and safe. Then came the crunch. This is what I found:

I really could cry. We have been trying to figure out how we were going to pay to replace my camera that got lost while we were on our trip and now this. My mom has a saying that bad things come in threes and sometimes you just have to wonder. I got home and shared the news with Greg and found a message from the place that was going to fix my printer. The printer head is out and it is going to cost $197. Anyone want to join me for drinks? My house all afternoon. LOL

On a brighter note, I did get some cards done last night after the kids went to bed.

I used a bunch of punches on this one:
And created this wedding card using lots of Die Cuts With a View goodies:

Also check out the Emma's Paperie blog to see some new projects! They are absolutely yummy!

Hope you have a fabulous day!