Get Well Soon

My dear BFF had surgery yesterday and is recovering in the hospital. I had the chance to pop in tonight and tire her out. She is doing just fine, but she really misses her family. When I saw this mini rose plant at Trader Joes today, I knew it would be just the right size for a hospital room. The wooden flag is from Michaels and the paper and tag are My Little Shoebox. Flowers are Prima. Sorry these photos were taken in the evening.

A Little More Color

Lately, my color palette has been limited to earthy colors. I needed to change that up and made this little card last night. I used a beautiful diecut paper from My Little Shoebox, my favorite stamps from Pink Persimmon, felt from Fancy Pants, and a notepad paper from Making Memories. The banners were cut with my heavy duty scallop scissors. My sewing machine was out so I added a little stitching to frame up this card. Speaking of my sewing machine, I am very proud of these aprons that I made this week. I am really happy with the way they turned out. I made one for me and one for Katie. She was invited to do a Make n Take at Reflections 2009 in Newport Beach and I will be there to assist. I am very excited and will take pictures to share!
Did you know that I am a little obsessed with all things British? Well, I am. My latest discovery is the author Chris Cleave. Check out the cover of his newest book Little Bee...
AMAZING art by Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich and so far the book is fabulous. It would ruin the story to give you a synopsis, but I can tell you that it is about a Nigerian girl and a British woman and how their lives collided. The silhouette is fantastic and I adore the typeface. Love it.

A Banner Day

Happy Monday! Just got back from the doc, Lily had her 15 month appt. and she has a clean bill of health. She will need to see an allergist about a possible peanut allergy. Last December I took a fun class over at Paper Tales taught by Katie Watson. She showed us how to make the purdiest Christmas banners with the Maya Road Chipboard Banner books. Last night I made a Mother's Day banner using Fancy Pants paper, Prima velvet leaves,Maya Road~banner book, frames, bird, velvet flowers, ric rac. I also used some fun vintage elements~ the paper on the frames around the flowers is from a 1961 Farmers Almanac, used to keep track of your crops. I photocopied the pages to use in this project. I found the almanac in my grandmother's night stand when we had a few pieces of her furniture shipped from Tennessee. The ruler at the top of the banners is photocopied from the back cover the almanac. I inked just about all my edges with Ranger Sepia ink, as usual. The ribbon medallion was made from a ribbon that came off the packaging for a blanket~like my grandmother, I tend to save all kinds of junk.

My Favorite Subjects

Here they are again...I just got a Zutter Bind it All and this is my first project. I gotta say, so far I am loving it. I love those spirals. This little book is about 5in.x5in.

There is no patterned paper, just Core'dinations cardstock and lots of stamps and embellishments. I also had the chance to use my new die, Spellbinders labels one. LOVE it too.

My tools from Purple Cows are being mailed today and I am sooo excited to try it all out and get to making projects. We also are being sent paper and such from their partner companies!!!!I will let you know more as I find out.

I Really Do Love Naptime

A couple of times per week the stars align and my daughters take a simultaneous nap. Happened today and instead of scrubbing my bathroom I got to crafting and made this little box. I could be scrubbing now, but I am writing this post...hmm...my priorities...
That sweet little watering can is from the K&Co Cut n Paste line, it came in a package of diecuts that are all fabulous. You get 2 of each! There are all kinds od fun shapes....bike...old rollerskate...domino...dog...horse...tons more & all too cute. The paper on the box is Cut n Paste, I don't know if you have been paying attention, but I have used a lot of Cut n Paste. That ten bucks has gone a long ways. The flowers are Prima and the bingo card is Jenni Bowlin.

MOOOOO!!

It's official, I was chosen to be on the Purple Cows Design Team!!!!!!! I signed my contract and mailed it off today!! Click here to read the announcement over at the Purple Cows blog. When Vennita called me on Saturday, it took my breath away...I was way too excited! I can't wait to get started on my first projects with a Purple Cows trimmer...Yippee!

A Few More Milkcaps

Just when you thought I had used the last of my milkcaps.....

This is Emma and one of her very best friends. His mommy and I have been friends for many years, we used to teach together. Emma still calls him by his nickname, which is "Bubba".

I used some ledger paper to make the tree~just cut it freehand.

The wind stopped howling today, which was perfect because we made plans to go to the Carlsbad Flower Fields. Beautiful-blue sky day. I haven't looked at photos yet, I'm scared that they will all be awful. Emma isn't into looking at the camera or smiling and Lily is too busy running away from me. The flowers were breathtaking. Just Lovely and Emma loved them too. Lily liked the aviary, I think she wants to have a pet chicken. We'll ask daddy tonight.
This lay out is made from a sketch over at Back Porch Memories. The paper is Sassafras
Oh, some exciting news, I won a little prize!!! I entered my October Afternoon cards over at the October Afternoon site and they picked me!! I will show you what I won when I get it. It made my day yesterday!

A Mojo Monday with October Afternoon

Cousin Claire came over to play today, so after a trip to the library and a yummy lunch out, I made some cards while my girls played with their cousin. The first card was made from the sketch over at Mojo Monday and both of them are made from the beautiful papers of October Afternoon. October Afternoon is one my all time favorites.

Super Simple Card and a New Challenge

Yeah! I got to do some crafting last night...I know it was my anniversary, but when we returned from dinner my dearest really wanted to watch the Padre game that he recorded~so I sneaked into the back and got my glue out and paper out.

This card was made for the Cuttlebug challenge, the recipe was to make a simple card using the colors ivory, black and kraft. I had to add the raspberry colored glitter to my cupcake, it just didn't seemed finished without it.

I found a new challenge for scrapbooking. 52 weeks, 52 sketches. They provide a weekly sketch and you upload your finished work. I loved the sketch this week and I thought it would work perfectly with these old milkcaps. The lotto paper is Sassafrass Lass and the red dots are left over from my Bitty House in the previous post. The notebook paper that I journaled on is from the packaging of some October Afternoon letter stickers.

A Granny Flat in the Back

Another extremely warm day here in So Cal~ too hot for me, but anything above 71 degrees is too hot for me.Next up is the last of my houses...for now. It is the Maya Road Townhouse and it really is a bitty thing, just 5.5 inches tall. Once I figured out what I wanted to do with it-it was fun to play with.
Here are some of the details...the roof is made from vintage "Flinch" playing cards-they are smaller than the standard playing card. Between cards I layered Maya Road pom pom fringe. The scalloped eaves are made from Dresden foil-mine was blue and I painted over it. The front of the house is from a very old dictionary and I used pins and the sheer numeral from Maya Rd. The windows have a page from Winnie the Pooh layered beneath them and Close to My Heart Liquid Glass in the windows. I'm thinking these would be fun as Christmas gifts or use as a Christmas Ornament!

2 More Days

Just 2 more days until my 9th wedding anniversary. This card is for my honey-hope he doesn't mind the unicorns! I know that his daughter will love them! Tha weekly challenge at Caardvarks is to create a fantasy card and this is mine. Paper is from a K & CO paper pack, heart is Tim Holtz, wings are Maya Road.

Pinch Me!

First off, here is a card I made with the Mojo Monday Sketch of the week. I had a hard time balancing all the elements, so my card is a teeny bit different than the original sketch. I used paper from Sassafrass Lass {Hog Heaven}.

If you voted for me over at 2 peas....thank you!! As of 1:38 PM PST I am #1 in votes and I am very very flattered, thank you! If you haven't voted...well, what are you waiting for? You can see the entire album here.