Great Mail Day!

Happy Friday everyone!

It was a VERY good mail day yesterday! I got my kit from Lime Tart and all my goodies from Emma's Paperie! Yayyy!

Let me start with a little teaser from the Lime Tart kit. I got the Full Tart and here is just a little taste of what is in store for everyone who orders it.




Do you recognize those papers? Ohh...man do I love Webster's Pages. I am going to have fun with this one! :)

OK, so now for the other box I got. I got so many yummy things from Emma's that I couldn't help sitting down and creating one little card for you last night. I used the most recent sketch over at the CPS blog for this one.

Isn't that little owl cut the cutest thing? I am loving all the adorable holiday stuff from Crafy Secrets. The small Happy Halloween tag is from Making Memories. They sold out really quick but Cindy tells me they will be back in the store any day now.

One more card for you. I made this card using one of the new stamps from Just Johanna. I just love that little mushroom house.



Hmmm...do you think I have done enough enabling for the day? LOL Have a spectacular holiday weekend!

It's Sneak Peek day!

I have found a new favorite author. Oh man, she is good! A friend gave me the book Oceans Apart by Karen Kinsbury. I am definitely going to have to find another one of her books. Excellent read if you like Christian Fiction.





I have two sneak peaks to show you today! :)


First I wanted to share a little peak of one of the new Lime Tart kits. No I did not get my box yet but I am anxiously still waiting. :)

This peak if from the Full Tart kit. There are three kits in all and you can check them out here. I just can't wait to start playing with those beads! :)

My other sneak is for a fabulous issue Paper Crafts has recently put out called Cards, Gifts & More: Paper Crafting 3 Ways. I just got my copy a couple of days ago and I have to say it is absolutely fabulous! I wanted to share one of my projects with you from the book. The concept of this section was to step up a project (easy, medium, and a little more complex)

Hope to get some cards done today in between the laundry and cleaning up my kitchen. I will try to share some with your tomorrow.

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

And it's gone!

Finally! My sweet girls have been blessed with teeth that choose to stay in their bodies for a very long time. :) At age 7 Lauren has lost her second time. This tooth has been loose so long but did not want to come out. As we were sitting in church on Sunday, she started wiggling that thing like crazy. I was sure we were going to have it fall out in the middle of the service, blood and all. Thankfully it hung in there (no pun intended!) a little longer and we pulled it out after church.

I can't wait...the new Lime Tart kit is on its way to my house at this minute. Yummy, yum, yum. I will have a peak for you as soon as I get it!

Have a fabulouth day! :)

What a fabulous weekend!

Whew...I thought weekends were supposed to be relaxing! :) Just kidding of course. I love spending time with my kiddos on the weekend and as I mentioned earlier, I love soccer. Saturday was filled with soccer, gymnastics and then a bike ride that afternoon. I wasn't able to get pictures from Katie's game since I had to take Lauren to gymnastics, although I did get full report. I got to watch Katie dominate the goal and not let anyone even close to scoring. That is her favorite position and she does play it well. We had to leave after the first quarter and didn't get to see her team win 7-0!

Lauren's team played Saturday afternoon and was down early 0-4. I have to laugh because I think I saw the exact moment Lauren decided to do something about that score. I wish I would have got a picture. I looked up and she just had this very unhappy look on her face. It was not long after that, that she helped her team score 4 goals to tie up the game. Here are a few pictures for you.

This one was early in the game. Notice the lack of sweat. Man, it was hot Saturday afternoon.

OK, so I know you can't see her face but look at that action shot! Love this pic.

This picture was taken right before the ball went in for her second goal.


OK, so how about some project pictures fo you now? Have you made it over to Emma's to see the new projects that are up? Why not? Come on move it! You definitely don't want to miss the amazing work posted over there. I tell you, I am constantly honored to be a part of that talented team! So here is my card for the sketch this week.

I have one more card to share with you today. I made this one using some goodies from Emma's too.

Project Day!!!

Yipee!!! OK, So I don't usually post on the weekends-too much soccer and gymnastics and family time. But I did want to post real quick to let you know that Cindy just put up new projects at Emma's Paperie! Project day just makes me so happy. These girls seriously rock!

Have a very happy weekend. I am off to watch another soccer game. I just love soccer season! :)

Feeling Old

So yes, as I walk up the stairs my knee hurts, my body creaks and I have more wrinkles than I can photoshop out. :) That is not why I feel old though. One of favorite radio stations to listen to while I scraps plays great "oldies", yes that's right, music from the 70's, 80's and 90's. That is what did it. They played a song today by Whitesnake. You remember Whitesnake don't you? LOL I have to admit, that did bring back memories. I wouldn't have classified myself as a head banger in high school but I did love Whitesnake and Bon Jovi. sigh...Jon Bon Jovi...who didn't love him. :)

OK, so enough about my ancient ways. How about a few projects? This first project was for a glitter challenge at Emma's Paperie. I figured the best subject for this awesome challenge would be a mini album about Lauren's recent birthday party at Libby Lu. Have you been there? Oh, man, I wish they would have had places like this when I was a kid! (If they did they probably would have been playing oldies like Whitesnake over the radio LOL)

One more project for you. I have to admit, as a kid, I hated the color orange. I had a bright orange bedspread for as long as I can remember. It definitely had an impact on my feeling for the color. Lately, I can't get enough of it. Here is one of my favorite orange projects.

Have an amazing weekend!

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!