CPS and CMK

Just a couple of cards I did this weekend. The first is the sketch from CPS this week, #24. I cannot believe they've been around that long already!! I love that site, I can always find a little inspiration there every week with their new sketches!! I used my new 6 x 6 Basic Grey Infuse pad that Elaine brought for me, thanks Elaine. The butterfly is a velvet iron on from SEI, very cool!! And May Arts ribbon and ric rac of course!!!

The second is a Christmas in July challenge on CMK. Daniela Dobson posted a Believe card for us to create. This is my take on her card. I used some Cosmo Cricket papers, Crate Rub on and Melissa Frances label.

Happy Monday all, hope you all have a great week. I sure do hope this humidity breaks soon, I cannot stand much more of it!!!

Just goofin' around again.

I just saw a post on Today'sCreativeBlog on making a link directly to the site you are referring to in a blog post. I know, I know I am behind the times and very technically challenged. But the responses she got for doing this make is sound easy. So I am just trying to figure this out!! Ok, now does it work is the $64,000 question!!!

Oh my God, that was so easy!!!!!!!! Sarah, you really must do it this way instead of that llloooooooooonnnnnnnnnnngggg way you showed me of doing it!!!!

Monday again!!

and one more week closer to vacation! Looking forward to a week or two on the beach and time to relax, refresh and renew before school starts. Mark and the kids were down at his mother's last week and I had the whole house to myself, aaahhhhhhh, love peace and quiet!!! All's back to normal now though - chaos as usual, but I missed them while they were gone. I had the chance to make a few cards while they were gone though, hope you like them.

I feel honoured

to have been picked TWICE for the Rockin' Girl Blogger award!! My friend Debbie designsbydeb.blogspot.com tagged me as well as Regina Easter reginaeaster.blogspot.com. I LOVE the work that both of these women create and feel very special to be picked to RGB by both of them. Now if only I could be smart enough to figure out how to put that pink tag on my blog. I've tried and (embarassingly enough) I can't figure out how to put it in, can someone give me a hand, PLEEEEEAAAASSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEE!! Oh, how I hate computers!!!!

Now I need to nominatea few more~~ I just wish I could post the little tag for them to copy. Sorry girls, just know that you are a constant source of inspiration for me and I think you are totally ROCKIN' GIRL BLOGGERS!!

Danielle Flanders
Roree Rumph
Barb Hurst
Pat Hines (this means you have to update your blog this week!!)

OK, I just figured it out, I hate computers!!!

Christmas in July???

This card has been removed for publication, see you next spring!! haha

Sure, why not!! This was another card I made for the PC JOCM call but never sent in as I realized that they were looking for cards for their Valentine issue, not Christmas, duh!! Sometimes I gotta wonder about myself, I do some stupid things sometimes!!! I think having three children has completely sucked out the good parts of my brain.

Off to Debbie's today, my sitter arrives at 1PM and then I am outta here!! See ya'll later!!!

The weekend is here, Yayyyyyy.........

I am so glad the weekend is finally here. I am in such need of a break from my kids!! I love my kids but I need to get away. Abby decided to put on a show yesterday morning and I just about gave her away to the gypsies. I was sitting here on the computer surfing and she came along and I guess I wasn't giving her my full attention so she decided to take a pencil and draw on the computer desk. Well, I tuned her because she is always drawing on something other than paper, last week she had drawn on the TV screen, luckily it was Crayola and washable. So anyway, after I got angry she stomped into her room and that was that, so I decided to get into the shower and when I got out I came into the living room and the little brat had pulled my curtain rod right out of the wall!!!!! What am I going to do with her, does anyone know of a band of gypsies passing through, send them my way will ya, they'd love her!!

So I am getting my break this weekend and going to Debbie's tomorrow afternoon, yippeeee. I don't care if I don't even so much as touch a piece of paper. I am just going to relax and have fun!!

Here's a card I did last week for the PC call, but sadly they didn't like it as much as I did. I am really pleased with how this turned out. I am totally into black these days in cardmaking and love how striking it is with bright colors. Used up Tres Jolie papers, a Bazzill chip flower that I added black dots to all the petals. Hand cut another chip heart and covered in the good ole glitter (I think my glitter must be getting low by now, ha). All letters are Thickers by American Crafts. Thanks for stopping by !! Have a great weekend all, I know I will!!

I've been working on some little cards lately...

I just love making baby cards for some reason!! Here are a couple I've just made the past few days. The first one is a baby girl card and I love the shabby, aged feel to this. I used Melissa Frances and Making Memories papers, a Deja Views vellum cut out and I finally cut into the Bazzill Bling I bought last fall!!! I cut out the star by hand and covered in white paper and gave it a good dip in glitter, the xoxo charm is by Making Memories Fresh Anthology.

The second is a baby boy card using the Melissa Frances and Making Memories papers again and another Deja Views cut out. I covered a chipboard heart in paper and gave it a good dip in the old glitter dish as well, can you tell I love glitter!! Thanks so much for looking at my work!!

What a busy two weeks...

We had the most fabulous camping trip last week at a gorgeous campground right on the Bay of Fundy and had a glorious salt water breeze blowing all week and beautiful summer sunshine. I am always amazed at how being near the salt water can restore your soul. I am not a very religious person but I do feel a little closer to God when I am there.

First pic is of my son (on the right) with his buddy that stayed with us!! His friend has very limited time each week that he can play his Gameboy and we just let them go with them, what the heck, the batteries only last so long!! Boy can they zone out of reality on those things!!

Abby with an attitude!!! Everytime that girl sees a camera she just has to strike a pose!! She's so cute!

A pic of Abby and Grace eating their Froot Loops for breakfast, I love those little sleepy eyes first thing in the morning.

Here's a pic of Grace with her Dad at bedtime, man that girl knows how to make the best of a camping trip, she was absolutely exhausted everynight and bedtime. She's such a sweetie.

Back to reality now! I am looking forward to spending this weekend with my scrappin' buddies at Debbie's house. That is always such a relaxing weekend and not much scrappin' seems to get done (maybe I should just be speaking for myself here, LOL)!!

I think Abby and I are going picking strawberries this morning while the big kids are in VBS!!