christmas concerts

you know EVERY mom has these kinda pics

one's you wanna scrap, that tell your story

but they have other kids/people in it

so that leads me to these pics of the boys singing at their Christmas concerts

these layouts are not me

but they are scrapped & in my book & tell the story I wanted

so I am happy for that (right K? :)))

off to bed as I work tomorrow

I am tired

bald is beautiful

this kid in the states will be shaving his head to raise money for kids with cancer
totally LOVE this idea!
you can donate by credit card if you wish
and if so you can enter to win a great prize here
http://kaputkrafts.typepad.com/kaput_krafts/2009/02/bald-is-beautiful.html
please no obligation just helpin spread the word :)

bouy-O-boys

more pics from Nick's birthday nite at the hotel with the dinosaur water park

we had some friends with us & man-O-man them boys had a blast!!!

I used this light blue fun flock but it is hard to see in the pic...IRL it is real fun! :)

and I used some Cloud 9 rain dots on the tips of the water swirls :)

hope you likey...thanks for comin by...I am off to work...later dudes :)

rawkin that water

I LOVE these pics and so I wanted this latout to be a good one

I used the new Pop Star B&W paper from Rusty Pickle...LOVE IT!!!

thanks so much for comin today!

see you soon!

watermarks

I got an email from a friend today
she says she was on another blog and saw my work there :)
but not my name :(
this of course makes me sad but whatever
then my friend said I MUST watermark
everyone who knows me knows what I am saying right now
"what the heck is that?" LOL
I am so ddaaahhh sometimes
so yes a watermark
a little somethin on the pic that ensures everyone knows it is yours
(shrug) is it hard to do?
is it worth it?
do I care?
what are the rest of you thinkin?
thanks for the input
V

somethinX2

I looked at my last post & did not like the smudged white

hated the look of the black on the white swirls...they just looked sloppy

and thought the black border was too wide

I thought you guys deserved more

so I made the card again

this time I heat setted the white ink

I heat embossed the black swirls to make the look crisper

and I made the black center border about a third of the width of the card

I like it much better

what are your thoughts?

can you see a difference?

what would you notice if given either card?

thanks for your input

a little somethinsomethin

I HAD to have this Stampin Up "free" stamp

It was a level 2 so I had to spend a shit load of $ to get it

LOL...yep a real hardship...hehehe

I say "a little somethinsomethin" often

it is just a very me type of saying....so ya it was a must have :)


I whipped up this little B&W 2X3 for card nite

I buggered up the white ink...guess it wasn't dry when I took the picture :(

but you get the drift & I think the girls will like it in their colors of choice :)



thanks for lookin

see ya later

take a chance...be you

a message for everyone to remember

take a chance on yourself

there is no one more worthy :)

the colors in this card match SO nice in real life

but in these pics...not so much :(

thanks to all of you who drop by my blog

I love hearing from all of you

one of my friends said yesterday

"I like your blog cause there is a lot of everything"

but she said she wanted me to explain where I get my ideas from

I laughed...I totally don't know

I know when I look through idea books or magazines I see a little somethin I like & I just remember it

like I was lookin through my new Canadian Scrapbooker at work (I know shameful) and I saw someone used jean on a layout...hence the jean in my baby boy card...it is those kinda ideas that I steal from AWESOME scrappers...and I am so grateful to those scrappers & this hobby...it gives me a little somethinsomethin to do on friday nites when my hubby is at the lake with his buddies :)

baby cards

well I have not made a baby card in a long while

all my friends have already had their babies

or have yet to take the parenthood challenge :)

there are however a bunch of girls at work preggo

and several other friends contemplating it

so I thought it was time.

thanks for checkin my stuff out

you my girls raawwkkk :)

Vanessa

magical love

here is another cute frog...a magical one :)

worthy of my prince charming?

I think so :)

thanks for coming by

frog is from an All Night Media set

any other questions...please ask :)

see you soon V

fairy

I am totally not a fairy girl

but my sister Lisa is!

she loves glitter

loves fairytales

lives for flowers

is all about pink

and bling is her middle name :)

this one is for her!

I colored fairygirl with prisma pencils

blended with linseed oil

added some stickles to her wings

some K&Company pop up flowers

and a colorbok "beauty"

hope you like her

she took me an hour to color! LOL

thanks for comin 'round :)

white on white

monochromatic is sure in "in" lately

normally I do not give 2 shits what's in

well to tell you the truth I still don't :)

but I do like the look of this white on white card

hope you do too :)

this last pic of the "peace" Christmas overlay reminds of my friend Em...actually whenever I see the word peace I think of her...her elegant way with words, calming nature & beautiful soul

Each day I strive for happiness in my life...for peace...you remind me of that Em...thank you

distressed hugabellas

So no post for the last couple days...workin & such so no time :( but I did find myself wondering if blender pens laid into a Tim Holtz distress ink pad would color...guess what??? I found out yep as soon as I had 5 minutes to try it!

so I stamped the image with black ink on white cardstock...colored it in with blender pens & distress ink, blended all the edges with stamped swirls and shading, then I cut out the girls with a Nestabilities label dye and then cut out a pink label & popped it up underneath the white. I added some flowers & bling, embossed the burgendy cardstock & put it all together...hope you like it!

thanks for droppin by

prezzibella

I just LOVE bella stamps

I experiemented with my prismacolor pencils

and kinda shaded the background and the girl too

I popped off the gift to give it some dimension

hope you like it :)






thanks for droppin by!

see ya

RAK winner

WELL I PUT ALL THE NAMES IN A CONTAINOR






AND I NEARLY FREAKED OUT...THE WINNER IS...


MY SISTER RONDA!

So I called her up & she said "I will take the stamps (she makes cards with me on card nite) but give the scrapbooking supplies to someone else"









So, so awesome of her!!! So in went all the names and Nick drew this time...

Oh the suspense is killin me...

oh my... another sista!!! My etown girl Tammy!!! You my girl will get the rest of the rak!!!

Thank you all for playing & visiting with me so often!

I will be going to the US for a shoppin/waterslide weekend on March 13th&14th and I will pick up a little somethinsomethin for rak #2 when I am there!

see you all again

easter egg baskets

I made these for the boys teachers

sorry Mrs. H you get a sneak peak :)

made little baskets with my cricut

used my new EK punch scallopped scallops

and a Martha butterfly for the trim

the top has a wood studio G stamp

thanks for checkin out my blog today

come on back soon :)

spring chick

LOL...yep the saying & the chick both make me smile!

hope you like my card...for the girls to make card nite

thanks for visitin

see ya

Inkadinkado Rockstar

Well this is my project #3 for the make and get thing at Ink

there is a little Tim ink for Doll & K, a you rock & swirls for Tammy and some skulls for Trish & Cindy/Gee :)

I got a lot of my girls covered with this card :)

Lisa the pink cards were for you :)

thanks for lookin

Inkadinkado tags

for the submit your stuff...get a stamp

here is project #2





thanks for lookin...off to bed now for a rest before work :)

another card or 2

a bday girlie one...again pink & black :)

you would almost think I liked pink!

used a Heidi Swap ghost letter, stamped with stazon for this one

this next one is with a studio G stamp

and my most favorite sentiment stamp from Autumn Leaves

"live life to the fullest" :)))

thanks for checking out my blog :) V