Little Witch

Well I know it's not Halloween time, but I'm finally getting around to scrapbooking these photos from last fall. I just love Halloween and usually I scrapbook them really fast, but this year I had to wait for this super cute Tricks and Treats line from Pebbles to come back in stock. It was worth the wait!

I made the flowers from the decorative strips on the bottoms of the papers (I love that Pebbles, AC, Etc. papers have these) by cutting them into 4" strips and then folding them inward to the center and stacking them together. Basic Grey Buttons are in the middle of each.

The title was done with my Cricut and the font on the Baby Steps Cartridge--another one of my favorite Cricut fonts. I stretched the words to be a little bit taller in Cricut Craft Room before cutting them. I also cut out the witch hat with my Cricut and the Mini Monsters Cartridge. 

The journaling reads: "For your first Halloween Claire you were the most adorable little witch! I got the idea to have you go as a witch from this hat I purchased many years ago when I was taking photos of newborns. Even through I stopped photographing newborns I held on to this hat just in case I ever needed it. And I am so glad that I did! It was a perfect fit for you and inspired the rest of your super cute outfit. You certainly brought lots of smiles to many people in this outfit! --Halloween 2012 "

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Teacups

So CHA winter, the Craft and Hobby Association's winter trade show wrapped up yesterday and I had the pleasure of designing samples for the Queen and Company booth again this year. Their booth was beautiful and amazing this show just like their new product launches! Queen and Company came out with several different new products as well as some new takes on their classic products. I had the chance to play with their Magic line and create some Disney themed pages. Here is one that was in their booth showcasing all new Magic and Candy Shop products as well as one of their new "Skinny Mini" Washi tapes.

Here is a little look at their booth fro the show. 

Wendy added lots of fun and beautiful new products this show--and they come is so many different colors! These Pearl and Twinkle Blossoms are my favorite! So pretty! 

Lots and lots of new tapes as well. These from the summer collection are my favorites!

 Also some beautiful new party supplies!

 One of the other layouts I designed will be made into layout kits and classes. Here is a little peek at it:

 You can see more of the new products and more photos of projects made with them on the Queen and Co blog here.

Have a great day!

She Spits

Oh boy does she! Before Claire was born I always thought there couldn't be a baby out there who spit up more than Blake. I thought he was the king of baby spit up. Claire however, beats him hands down! We always have to have extra blankets around to catch it. Thankfully, it seems to be subsiding lately as she learns to sit up and eat a few solids. Hopefully soon it will be nothing but a memory and my poor carpet can get a good deep clean and catch a break for awhile. Until then I'll just keep doing lots of extra loads of laundry and be glad that so far she drools less than Blake.

The papers here are from the October Afternoon Cakewalk collection. The title was cut out with my Cricut and the Birthday Bash cartridge and then I ran the title through my crimper to give it some texture. There is also a felt cupcake and some buttons by Pebbles, stickers by SRM, and Baker's Twine by Queen and Company. I used a toothbrush and some white paint to splatter paint in a couple of places. I also used one of my new punches--a cupcake one by Fiskars. 

The journaling reads: "Well the title pretty much says it all! You Claire are a very spitty baby! You have been from the very beginning, but thankfully, it doesn’t seem to bother you. 

However, it has about doubled the amount of laundry I do and polka dotted the carpet! We love you anyhow Miss Claire and we know that this stage won’t last much longer. Dec 2012"

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She's Just So Cute!

Back! So sorry for the long break. Somehow this often seems to happen during the holidays. There is just so much going on plus we often get sick around this time of year (this year I even managed to throw my back out for the first and hopefully last time--it was miserable). Anyhow a few things went on the back burner--things like folded laundry,  a perfectly clean house, and blogging.

Today however, I'm back at it with a whole stack of layouts that need to be shown. My goal is  to post a layout nearly everyday for the next little while to help me catch up.

First up is this layout about Blake and his love for little Claire--even when she spits up on him.

The papers here are from one of my all time favorite lines, Pebbles Seen and Noted.  I cut my title with my Cricut. The red is actually something I created in Inkscape and then used Sure Cuts A Lot software to cut out. The hexagons are one of my favorite Creative Memories punches.

The journaling reads: "One day I asked you Blake what you liked about having a baby sister. You said it was a lot of fun and that she was “just so cute!” You also said it was a lot of fun when she smiled at you. At the end of the interview she spit up as you were holding her and I laughed as I listened to you yell “Gross! Gross! Gross!” I'm so glad that you love her even though she spits on you! November 2012"

Thanks for coming back to visit me today! Have a great Monday!

Time For Presents

Happy Monday everyone! I hope you had a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving. We certainly did! We spent the holiday relaxing with my parents and then headed out to Six Flags to make some good use of our season passes. I finally got to actually ride some rides (pregnancy prevented this on earlier trips this year) and we had a great time towards the end of they day riding the same roller coaster over and over again. After the fourth time we started to go and Spencer made it clear he wasn't quite done yet. For a kid who doesn't speak he certain can communicate a lot with a simple dark look! Grandma took pity on him (not hard to do considering how much she likes roller coasters) and back we went for a fifth time. Gotta love that boy! He certainly knows how to have fun!

Today I have another Scrapbook.com layout to share. This time I used some of the very fun Bella Blvd "Birthday Boy" collection to scrapbook a few photos from Blake's 8th birthday.

I cut part of my title using my Cricut and the font on the Wild Card Cartridge.

This cupcake and present were simply cut out from patterned paper and added to my layout with pop dots.

I actually pulled out some paint and a toothbrush to fling some paint onto my Queen and Co. washi tape.  I practically never do "messy" techniques on my layouts but this worked out so well I may do again in the future. Much cheaper and easier to customize the colors than with mists too. 

The journaling reads: "You are a huge Lego fan Blake, and because of that all you wanted for your 8th birthday was Lego related things. I had a lot of fun picking out Lego sets, a Lego book, and a Lego computer game for you. Based on your enthusiastic reaction to each item as you opened it, I’d say you loved them all!"

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Dreams You Didn't Even Know You Had

Good Monday morning to all of you! Today I have another scrapbook.com layout to share with you. I did this layout about the surprise of having a daughter after having three sons. Even today, four months after she was born, I still sometimes find myself surprised by a splash of pink in the laundry or when spotting her pink toys out of the corner of my eye. I also still have to catch myself from calling her a him--or "little buddy" instead of "little miss." We have been in 100% boy mode for so long it is still a shock that we have this precious little girl as part of our family now. Here is the layout:

I did the title for this layout on my Cricut using fonts from the Wild Card, Art Deco, Plantin SchoolBook, Simply Sweet, Country Life, Robotz, and Paper Lace cartridges.

The papers used for this layout are from October Afternoon's Woodlands collection. The brads are by Pebbles, the pearls by Queen and Company. The Bunting is a punch by Stampin' Up.

The journaling reads: "After having three boys I was quite content. I loved being a mom to just boys with all my heart. I had always thought having a daughter would be nice, but was content with waiting for granddaughters. And then we were surprised to find out that we were having another--and then we shockingly found out that it was a girl! And that was when I found out that you Claire, were a dream I didn't even know I had, but am so happy came true!"

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Getting To Know You

Sorry for the break between posts. We have been sick and super busy which is never a good combination, but thankfully seems to be about over. Today I have a recent layout I did for Scrapbook.com to share. These photos were taking in the hospital just after Claire was born. Marc and I were able to spend the day just marveling at our new daughter and getting to know her. 

 The papers used here are from very cute "The Sweetest Thing" line by My Mind's Eye. I just loved the colors and patterns of this line. So pretty! The title is something I cut with my Cricut. I made the title and subtitle in Cricut Craft Room using fonts on the Baby steps and Birthday Bash cartridges; I added a little texture to the title with my Cuttlebug. 

The little animals are also cut with my Cricut using the Creative Memories Stork's Delivery and Live Simply Cartridges. This little giraffe is one of my all time favorite cuts--I just think it is so cute!

The Journaling reads: "The day after you were born Claire, your dad and I were still in the hospital alone with you. It was wonderful to have so much time with just the three of us to see and get to know you a little. We tried to decide who your features came from, we marveled at your tiny fingers and toes, and we took hundreds of photos of you. I'm so glad we had this special day to welcome you into our family. 7/12"

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October Bella Blvd Newsletter and a Halloween Card

So, sooooooo busy lately! That means not much blogging going on even though I've been doing plenty of creating. Hopefully I'll catch up on showing what I've been up to here very soon but today I just wanted to quickly share a peek at the October Bella Blvd newsletter. I have a little something in there this month :)

Plus I want to wish you all a happy Halloween with a little Queen and Company card.

Lots of their super fun Washi Tape here as well as some of their baker'a twine, sticker, and brads. The candy corn embossing was done with my Cuttlebug.

Have a great Tuesday everyone and to those of you dealing with Sandy, my prayers are with you, stay safe!

Webster's Pages Guest Designer

Hi everyone! I recently had the super fun opportunity to do be the October guest designer for Webster's Pages! They sent me two of their beautiful lines and let me make whatever I wanted with them. I designed two layouts and three cards with the wonderful box of products they sent me.  

Here is a peek at two of the Halloween cards I made with their awesome Once Upon A Halloween line plus a little bit of Queen and Company Washi tape and baker's twine..

I added a bit of texture with my Cuttlebug.

The monsters are cut from black vinyl and are from LetteringDelights.com

You can go to their website here or over to their blog to see my other projects and read my descriptions of how they were made. Thanks so much to Webster's Pages for having me guest design this month! It was a wonderful experience!

Thanks for stopping by!

Queen and Company's Washi Tape

I just adore Washi tape, and I feel so lucky to have the privilege of designing for Queen and Company and working with all their wonderful embellishments including an amazing amount of awesome Washi Tape! I recently created this layout and card using almost no patterned paper (something really hard for me to do, the only patterned paper used is the lined notebook paper and the large yellow circle), but I made up for it with lots and lots of Queen and Company's new colors of Trendy Tape!

I used my Cricut to cut a couple of rows of circles and then filled each circle with several pieces of Washi tape that I overlapped slightly to continue the pattern and give me a wider design. I loved the little bit of added texture doing this gave my layout.

I also used my Cricut to cut out my title. The yellow letters were made by layering a couple of rows of yellow tape next to each other on white cardstock and then running the cardstock through my Cricut. I also used yellow Washi tape around the edges of my layout for a fun border.

This layout also includes lots of fun Queen and Company chipboard and buttons.

And lastly, here is a matching card I made with left over scraps from the layout. Again, no patterned paper. Those fun little travel punches were made by Creative Memories and the flower punch is by EK Success.

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40 Little Toes

Good Monday morning everyone and happy October 1st! I have just a moment to post here so I'm going to have to make it quick. I have a layout to share today featuring some a fun Echo Park mini line called Homemade. I used it to feature this photo of all my kiddos in a row. I still can't get over how tiny Claire is compared to her brothers!

I used my Cricut again (surprise, surprise) for the title and flowers. The title is made with some random fonts on my computer and the flowers are from the Mother's Day Bouquet cartridge. The rhinestones and tape are by Queen and Company, everything else is Echo Park.

The journaling reads: "I still often find my self marveling at the thought of us having four kids! It may not have been the original plan, yet now that we are here it is hard to picture life in any other way. I wouldn't change it for the world! 7/15/12"

Thanks for visiting today! Have a great Monday!