Paper, Scissors and Projects

Can I just say that I love our school! The teachers are so amazing and this year is no exception. The girls have been in school a little over a week and they are both enjoying it so much. Lauren's teacher came highly recommended by her first grade teacher. That is the sweet teacher I made the mini album for that I posted a few weeks ago. She is such a doll. Well, she was completely spot on about this teacher we love her. The teacher I am really excited about is Katie's teacher. She went through a time in second grade where she was not liking school much at all. Last year was definitely better. This year is completely different. She comes home every day beaming and telling me that she had a great day. As a teacher, I couldn't be happier. :)

So I actually thought that I was going to have a layout to share with you today but you are going to have to wait. I will tell you that it is going to be in a Memory Makers book soon. :) I will share it as soon as I can. I do have two cards for you today though.

I used my circle punch to to create the outside border to make the card look like a stamp.



I don't know about you, but I am ready for Halloween. Fall is definitely my favorite season. So here is a card I made using some of the Halloween papers from Die Cuts With a View. I stamped the little mummy on canvas paper to give him some texture.

I have been tagged by sweet Betsy!

So here are the rules:
(1) The winner can put the logo on their blog.
<--- Isn't it cute! :)
(2) Link the person you received your award from.
(3) Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
(4) Put links of those on yours.
(5) Leave a message on the blogs of the girls or boys you’ve nominated.

Here are the 7 I am tagging:
1. Denine This girl is A-MAZ-ING and totally sweet!
2. Linda Unbelievably talented and so much fun to hang with too!
3. Rita She adds the most wonderful texture to every creation
4. Melissa There is no one sweeter and she is insanely talented!
5. Summer I am constantly inspired by her and she is such a great friend
6. Kimber She is absolutely the best and I love her to death! Quite talented too!
7. Sarah She is one very talented lady and such a sweetie!

Have a wonderful day!

Happy Hump Day

I have a couple of projects to share with you today.

First off, Icreated this candle for the step-by-step project on the Lime Tart Zest blog. You can check it out here.

And a quick and easy card I want to share:

Hope you enjoy your Wednesday!

I love a sale!

It's true, I do love a sale and sometimes it gets me into trouble. Today I get to go back to Macy's and return all 4 dresses I got for Lauren. She is such a girly girl and loves wearing dresses. So I was quite excited when I saw that all their dresses for girls were on sale. I get them home and ALL of them are vetoed after she tries them on. Of course, the one she liked, I vetoed. It showed WAY too much!

Speaking of sales, you have to check out these adorable stamps Johanna is offering at Just Johanna! Look at the adorable stamps I used to create this card! You get 5 stamps and save 25%.

Here is a picture of the stamps you get in the set.

Have a fabulous day!

High School Musical is in the house

EVERYDAY! LOL The girls went to my in-laws house before school started this year to attend a High School Musical camp. I have to admit, I wasn't really sure about this camp before it started but they did a really nice job. The girls learned dance steps to a bunch of HSM2 songs. The last day they put on a show for all the parents. The results, HSM2 plays in our house 24/7 while the girls dance around the house. Here are a few pictures from the show.

No scrappin' this weekend. I spent the weekend hangin' out with my sweet girls. I do have two layouts to share that have been in recent issues of Memory Makers though if you want to see them.

This layout is about Katie and one of her best friends that moved to California right before second grade. We have kept in close contact with their family. Last year they were able to come back to the midwest for Katie's birthday. It was the best surprise. I wanted to document their relationship so I made this layout for the Fabulous Friendships book.

We went to visit my brother last year for spring break in NC. After we got back I created this layout which can be seen in the July issue of Memory Makers. (sorry the photo is a little blurry)

Hope you enjoy your Monday!

A couple of projects for you

Morning everyone!

Kimber is bringing over her sweet girl Laura for me to watch today so I don't have a lot of time to post but I did want to share a couple more Lime Tart projects with you. I seriously had so much fun with this kit. I am hoping to do another card or two using up the rest of my scraps. I used the Just Johanna stamps that were in the kit this month on both of these projects. I can see myself using that Just a Note stamp A LOT!!! Love it!




I made this notepad by printing lines on 8x4 paper and then adding pattern paper around the outside. Finished it off with a couple of stamps at the bottom.



Hope you have a fabulous Friday!

Party, pictures and projects!

Morning everyone!

The girls started school on Tuesday so we decided to have an end of summer party on Monday. Each of the girls invited 6 girls over for water fun and ice cream sundaes. They had such a blast and I have to admit, I loved watching them and listening to all the shrieking and giggling. I always thought I was going to be the mom of boys, but I adore having two little girls! I got some really good pictures of some of the other kids too but here are a few of the girls.

We filled 300 balloons...


Check out Katie's face in this one! :)


Lauren's best friend was trying to get her with the hose. :)



This is what happens when you let the kids make their own sundaes. We are out of whip cream btw! :) Are you surprises???

Now for some projects. I am so excited. I can finally share my projects I have been working on. I just have to say, the Lime Tart girls have come up with some A-MAZ-ING work this month. WOW!!! Here are a few of my projects and you can click here to see some of the other ladies' work. Make sure to check out all three of the gallery links at the top.

Cindy has also posted our glitter projects on the Emma's Paperie blog and it is all so sparkly and beautiful! You HAVE to check out those gorgeous projects!

I hope you all have a fantastic day!!!

Quiet

Not a sound...This takes me some time to get used to every year. I miss the girls' giggles from another room. I had to turn on some music as soon as I came it from taking them to the bus. It was just too quiet.

Everything went smoothly this morning. I was a little worried that Katie would be worried about her first day. She doesn't know anyone who is in her class and she has not had a chance to meet her teacher but all went well. No nightmares this year (that is a first! :) ) My girl is definitely growing up! Lauren couldn't be more excited. She got to meet her teacher on Sunday (a real sweetie) and knows almost everyone in her class. They were both smiles climbing on the bus this morning.

So I am going to try and enjoy my quiet time today. Hope you enjoy your day as well!