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F-16 Complete!!!

2010-05-14T08:38:00.000-07:00

Yeah I'm finished except for the sealant. I used a pack of paper from Michael's called Slab III (had it in my stash) and some white wallpaper I had around. Lots of squares and triangles needed to be cut but it was fun. The quilt pattern is called The Ohio Star. Thought it was fitting since the F-16 is a star invention of Dayton, OH. I didn't want replicate that on the back so I just used a series of triangles from the leftover paper for the bottom of the plane. Thanks for looking.

What I've been working on

2010-05-13T10:25:00.000-07:00

I haven't been here forever because of the craziness of the end of year school, too much work, getting ready for my DD's graduation and the above F-16. The place I work, K12 Gallery, was commissioned to find 50 artists in Dayton and the surrounding area to decorate the fiberglass airplanes so that they can be displayed throughout the city this summer. I took one on. Here is the before picture. They are about 5 feet tall and 3 feet at the wingspan. It's been fun. Completed project coming soon.

MPS Challenge

2010-04-11T17:25:00.000-07:00

Robyn at My Pink Stamper posted a challenge for pink, green and black. I thought of my daughter's graduation coming up and all those cards I better get to making. One of her friends loves butterflies and they sure mark the start of something new. So I made a graduation card with the Straight from the Nest cart. The butterfly is on page 32. I used the base, shift and layer for the top butterfly cut at 3". I used the phrase and phrase shift cut at 2 1/2". The green swirl is cut from the phrase shift on page 31. The stickled swirls are from the inside of the butterfly wings. The stamp "dare to dream" is from studio g. I added a green strip inside the card. This strip has the negative of the swirl on the front. All card stock from Recollections.

Top Secret at Above Rubies Studio

2010-04-01T03:50:00.000-07:00

Oh my Megan at Above Rubies Studio has so much going on but I'm not supposed to let you all know. It's top secret but oh well here goes. The biggest most amazing thing is this: Above Rubies Studio is on a Mission! A 5,000 Blog Reader Mission and it’s GOING TO BE HUGE!

You should see the prizes. They are amazing. This is directly from Megan ........

Cricut Expression Bundles – That’s right I said BUNDLES meaning we are going to have MORE than ONE!
A Provo Craft Gypsy with Tools and More – YES A GYPSY!!!!!!!!!!!
DVD Education Packs
A free year subscription to Club Ruby
Cricut Cartridges – Some of your choice and some we choose for you – BUT BIG STUFF!!!!!
AND THE GRAND PRIZE – I can’t EVEN BRING MYSELF to say it – IT IS SOOOOO BIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited, Sean (my husband and partner in crime ) doesn’t even know about it yet, but it is COMING with this Mission!

She also has some things going on at Club Ruby. All different levels of the Club, cool supplies, a video library. WOW!
I can't wait. But Ssshhh. It's Top Secret!!!!

Wicked/Cuttlebug Blog

2010-03-30T11:39:00.000-07:00

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I had the great fortune to have Wicked come to town. It was an amazing show and I had to scrap all that I had seen somehow. I used my ticket, pieces from the program and pics I had found on-line. I created a pocket to hold cast information and the music titles. I used real clock hands from a clearance clock at a home store. Of course all Wicked clocks strike 13. The paper I believe is from Bo Bunny Gears line. The cricut cuts are from PDDU. You probably can't tell but the OZ sign is swirled. I felt this fit the challenge at Cuttlebug Blog perfectly because all wicked witches are green ;.}

Cuttlebug Challenge

2010-03-29T17:02:00.000-07:00

The challenge this week at Cuttlebug Challenge was to create an Easter themed item using your favorite rubber stamp and a cuttlebug folder. I had just received the Easter cartridge and fell in love with the bite-in-the-ear bunny. I used a swirl stamp from Autumn Leaves swirls v:I to decorate the brown and blue egg with the third egg coming from the Easter cart along with the big scalloped version. This egg I used the With Gratitude embossing folder and will hold a cute egg hunt picture cut with center point of my five year old.

Create a Womanly Themed Project

2010-03-29T16:47:00.000-07:00

This should be easy right? I am a woman! Well it wasn't. Probably because I am always kid oriented in my scrapping. Just Buggin' was a challenge. Card stock and paper is from my stash. The cute dress and word art was cut from the Paisley cart. There are so many cute things on this cart. Butterfly stamp was from my friends stash.

SPCC #40/Sketchy Thursdays

2010-03-29T16:30:00.000-07:00

Can't believe how long it has been since I have posted. But I went to a crop over the weekend to get myself back into the swing. Samantha at SPCC had a cool color combo for Challenge #40 and I thought of Hawaii right away. I've never been but my daughter went last year with her high school swim team. I also went to Sketchy Thursdays to get some layout motivation. The paper was part of stash that I had along with the frame. I painted the wavy chip board brown then sprayed orange Tattered Angels on it. Flowers and buttons from Making Memories. Hawaii is from Life's a Beach cart. Thanks ladies for the inspiration.

Bon Voyage

2010-03-05T04:48:00.000-08:00

Just Buggin' posted a challenge #27 to use a card feature on any cartridge. My parents are getting ready to go on a cruise and my mom is a little nervous given that their port of departure is Santiago, Chile. So, I thought this card was just perfect. I used the Life's a Beach cartridge and made the card at 5" and played around with the cruise ship cut(including layers) until it fit over the card feature. The title was cut at the 41/2" Fit to Page and then cut apart. I offset layered the white and blue for the title and the waves. I also added some Patina stickles in the windows. A little personal sentiment inside along with a prayer and off they go to South America. Bon Voyage!

Blog Candy from Jennifer

2010-03-03T06:03:00.000-08:00

Jennifer has been chosen to become a design team member at Above Rubies. Congrats. She is so excited that she is giving away some awesome blog candy. Follow her here for rules and a chance to win. Good luck.

SEI giveway at Obsessed

2010-03-02T03:18:00.000-08:00

Joy is giving away a beautiful paper pack by SEI called Claire. You can go to Obsessed with Scrapbooking to get chances to win this paper. You have until March 7th. Joy has beautiful layouts and cards at her site too so look around. Just follow all the guidelines and good luck.

Love the Target Dollar Spot

2010-02-28T13:39:00.000-08:00

A few months back I was at Target and found these cute Hello Kitty playing cards and ribbon. Wasn't sure what I was going to do with them (my daughter is past that age) but they were too cute to pass up for a buck. Shortly thereafter, my daughter came home with a cat. "But Mom, somebody just dumped these kittens. And they can't find a home for this one." That's what happens when your daughter's friend works for a vet. Anyway, all dressed up for the dance she wanted to take a picture with her kitty. Here it is with the cards, Hello Kitty Greetings cuts and some ribbon. Aahhh.

BBTB2 and the cutting Cafe

2010-02-28T11:21:00.000-08:00

Bitten by the Bug 2 and The Cutting Cafe have set up a spring challenge that must have orange in it. So I found this excellent paper pack at Joann's by DCWV called Flower Shower Spring Stack. Then Monique at Monkey Doodle Cricut said we could scraplift from her flower power layout so I tried my hand. Cuts are from Paisley, Walk in My Garden, Home Decor(swirl), and Hello Kitty Greetings. I love all the spring colors. Solid cardstock is from my stash. All the above mentioned blogs are amazing. Check them out.

BBTB2 Elephant

2010-02-28T11:13:00.000-08:00

I love finding new images on carts and this one is really cute. It was mentioned on the Bitten by the Bug 2 challenge. The elephant is from Everyday Paper Dolls along with the umbrella and rain boots. The sun and clouds are from Hello Kitty Greetings but I needed them for a happy elephant.

SPCC #36

2010-02-28T11:02:00.000-08:00

The scouts are the only thing I can think of with banana, moss and caramel.. Sounds like a bad camping meal. Anyway, I used my son's crossover to highlight the cool paper I found at the LSS. With the colors suggested, it turned out pretty cool. The red and blue really pops out of the pictures. The fleur d' leis from Home Decor, fire from Camp Out, and unpainted chipboard letters matched perfectly.

SPCC #36 and Just Buggin'

2010-02-28T10:54:00.000-08:00

Samantha put out another tough challenge for me at SPCC. Colors I don't usually think of when doing a layout (except scouts) or a card. They were creamy caramel, barely banana, and mellow moss. I had made this bee from Walk in My Garden before so that is where I started. I used the moss color as a background and cuttlebugged it with the a leaf pattern(don't have the name) for the Just Buggin' Challenge. The card paper is barely banana. Three dots of gun metal stickle and it's done.

Christmas Cookies

2010-02-11T18:23:00.000-08:00

I made these cute little boxes for my daughter to give to her friends filled with cookies. They turned out so cute. Cuts from the From My Kitchen, Christmas Noel?and Winter Woodland carts. I used the boxes from the corsages that the girl's got for the homecoming dance.

Christmas Teacher Gifts

2010-02-11T09:44:00.001-08:00

I made the teacher's gifts this year a hot chocolate feast. The brown bag wrapped gift has A Child's Year cut on it. This is the box of Swiss Miss packets. The bottles have chocolate "chips" and marshmallows(steam cut From My Kitchen). The peppermint sticks were wrapped with ribbon and the "stir" cut is From My Kitchen. The inexpensive bag was blinged with a cut from one of the Christmas carts(I've forgotten). They were quite a hit.

Blue and Gold

2010-02-11T09:40:00.000-08:00

My son had his Cub Scout Blue and Gold banquet last night and he needed to make a place mat. Boy Scouts is celebrating 100 years this year. We used cuts form Wild Card, Home Decor and Plantin Schoolbook. I think he did a pretty good job. And, of course, I'm going to use it in his scrapbook.

Geography Bee

2010-02-11T09:18:00.000-08:00

I did this for a my LSS. My son was in the school Geography Bee so I wanted to scrap about it. Inside the Passport I wrote all the answers to his questions he had to answer along with some travel stamps. (Wish I had pics.) And I put his picture in from the bee. The outside is decorated with cricut cuts. I used my I-top for the little, blue bird brad. Man I love that thing. I stamped the black, luggage tag with gold and added the coin for bling.

Valentine's already?

2010-02-11T09:07:00.000-08:00

I haven't taken or had the time to post in almost two months. Where does time go? Part is I started a part time job and that has thrown me for a little bit of a loop. I've been over volunteering for years but most stuff could be done from home when I could squeeze it in. Now I have to go to a place of business and be dressed and showered!! Anyhow., I haven't stopped crafting just blogging about it. So for Valentine's day I had to decorate thos cute little Target mailboxes and make a jar of kisses for display. And a cute Valentine card. Don't you love that frog?

SPCC Challenge

2009-12-07T19:28:00.000-08:00

SPCC #27 has a fantastic challenge this week that fir right into what I needed to do for the new year. I etched a picture frame with 2010 (bottom right hand corner) from the Graphically Speaking Cartridge. The clock face and hands are from Wild Card. Cardstock stickers are from Scrappin' Sports and More and the fibers are from EK Success called Tonal Adornments. I used three of the seven fibers in the pack. I attached one on the outside of the frame because a corner of the glass broke and I wanted to hide the crack. It ended up looking like New Years Eve fireworks! There is room for journaling your resolutions or you could put a small before pic there of the ever popular lose weight resolution. I also added some silver star brads to coordinate with the embellishments from Me & My Big Ideas New Years soft spoken pack.

SPCC Challenge

2009-12-07T16:46:00.000-08:00

The challenge this week was to use violet, red and white. I used this cute snowman off the Hello Kitty Greetings as my inspiration. He is cut at 4" with all the layers. The script words are from Winter Woodland. Snowy cut at 1 1/2" and greetings cut at 1". Oh I need to dust. ;^}

Blinged Picture Frame

2009-11-30T11:28:00.000-08:00

I needed a Christmas gift and a picture frame is always nice. So I personalized slightly, "Family", and added some bling with vinyl, gemstones, ribbon, and glitter swirls from making memories. The vinyl, gemstones and swirls are on the outside of the frame. I used paper from Me and My Big Ideas and followed the color scheme at SPCC. They always have great challenges. I love the way it turned out. I think I'll have to make another.

Win a Gypsy

2009-11-25T15:06:00.000-08:00

Can you imagine? How cool would that be? I would love to have a Gypsy but it is not quite in the budget. To win would be awesome. Try your luck here.

Samantha's Blog Candy

2009-11-25T04:26:00.000-08:00

Woo hoo. Samantha has put together some awesome blog candy in celebrating 90K hits. That's amazing. Congrats Samantha. Not only that but her blog is amazing. Check out the candy here and stay a while and check out all the talent there too.

I am Thankful

2009-11-13T09:20:00.000-08:00

Regina at Bitten by the Bug has a great challenge to create something for the almost forgotten holiday of Thanksgiving. I made Thanksgiving place cards. Each has a different Thanksgiving quote inside and a napkin ring holder. We don't do names for each spot but each person this year will have to read their quote. The pattern paper is from Basic Grey Indian Summer. The leaf cuts are from A Child's Year p.37. The pilgrim hat, feathers and Indian headdress are from Paper Doll Dress Up (Headwear) all cut at real dial size. Ribbons from my stash.

True's Blog Candy

2009-11-12T19:13:00.000-08:00

See the yummy blog candy? Run over to True's Gifts from the Heart and follow the guidelines for a chance to win. Thanks Trudy

Enjoy the Journey

2009-11-12T17:39:00.000-08:00

I made this card following two challenges this week. The first is SPCC #23. The color combination was Melon Mambo, Basic Black, Yoyo Yellow and Not Quite Navy. The second is BITTEN by the Bug where the challenge was to use the bird from Storybook and think spring. My bird is early spring with snow still on the Winter Woodland branch. Paper by Scribble Scrabble "Rockin' Robin" and DCWV. The flowers are from Making Memories 5th ave Elizabeth collection.

Snowmen Fall from Card

2009-11-11T16:21:00.000-08:00

Laura at Doodle Palace wanted us to make something red and white. Following with that theme and realizing I have no only red and white paper I chose a stripe from Me and My Big Ideas paper pack. Forgive me. I tried my hand at Flower Soft in polar white for a snow drift and used stickles in Diamond and Xmas Red.

Challenges-Penguin Bling

2009-11-08T12:22:00.001-08:00

This weekend I tried to involve 4 challenges into one card. Bitten by the Bug wanted you to use the penguin from Joys of the Season. Just Buggin' Challenge 10 was to bling up a die cut so I glittered the penguins"jacket", nose, feet and gave him a fancy scarf(he stole it from the bear on the same key in Joys of the Season). Scrapsketch Card Sketch #8 was the layout inspiration. And Doodle Palace wanted a card for a young boy. What boy doesn't like penguins. I'll save it for my 4 year old who unfortunately has a holiday birthday. Snowflakes on corners cut from glitter paper with Winter Woodland Layers p. 68. Sorry black card laying on black desk. ooops

Butterfly Kisses SPCC#22

2009-11-07T07:31:00.000-08:00

I have such fun playing along at SPCC. This weeks color combo was chocolate chip, sage shadow, creamy caramel and dusty durango. I used pattern paper from Bo Bunny's Flutter Butter line, which reminded me of the song about Butterfly kisses. "KISSES" was cut ftom WinterWoddland cart and the "butterfly" word was cut from Jasmine. The butterfly iteself was cut from Storybook and blinged with white Signo pen and pearls ( eye and body) from e. Sorry it's crooked.

Blog Candy

2009-11-02T05:15:00.000-08:00

I love all candy but especially blog candy. Check out this link to win a minimum of $100 in crafting goodies. http://www.craftychatter.com/2009/10/surprise-blog-candy-giveaway.html

Little Turkey Head

2009-11-01T18:48:00.000-08:00

Linda at lindaalbrecht typepad had this cute idea for a little pumpkin head for halloween and using the oh so fun Mod Podge. I altered mine to be more for Thanksgiving because Halloween was almost over. Paper is by Basic Grey indian summer. The cuts for the leaves were from A Child's Year, the turkey head was from Animal Kingdom and the head dress was from Paper Doll Dress Up. Wing feathers cut from cardstock. He's going to look cute on my wall.

Winter Layout

2009-11-01T18:29:00.000-08:00

SPColorCombos blog had a challenge (Color Combo #21) using burgundy, Ruby red and caramel. I had to wrap my mind around two reds being dominant in a layout but I finally got it. I think they turned out cute. I made a two page layout but either could stand alone. The cuts were from the Winter Woodland cartridge. The mittens were pop-dotted on page 1 and the snowflakes on page 2. The BRRR sentiment could easily be turned into another photo mat. I love that snowman. He and the snowflakes were cut from glitter paper.

Halloween Layout,

2009-11-01T18:21:00.000-08:00

The design team at Just Buggin' blog had challenge #9 for a Halloween or Spooky themed project using a Cricut die cut. I love those little paper dolls in costume so I knew what I would do. And the paper was an easy choice with googly-eyed looking trees (I wish I had written down who's paper is was). Hello Kitty Greetings has the cutest Happy Halloween to finish the page.

Scrapsketch Challenge #7

2009-11-01T18:12:00.000-08:00

Stephanie at Scrapsketch.com had a really cute card sketch this week so I thought I would give it a try. The paper is Scribble,Scrabble "Lullaby of Birdland" - Rockin Robin. The bird was cut using Winter Woodland and the ovals from Plantin SchoolBook.

Fall Card

2009-11-01T18:01:00.000-08:00

Okay, Doodle Palace blog had a challenge this week for a fall card using brown, green and orange, 2 sheets of patterned paper, 1 ribbon, 2 flowers and 1 tag. I think I accomplished this even though it was a hard one for me. I guess I had scrapper's block.

Blog Candy

2009-10-31T06:43:00.001-07:00

Monique at Monkey Doodle Cricut is giving away one of her fantastic layouts. That girl is talented. Check it out here http://monkeydoodlecricut.blogspot.com/

My Little Farmer

2009-10-29T12:04:00.000-07:00

We went to a local pumpkin farm last week and Timmy couldn't stop watching the combine across the street. I found this cute DCWV paper at my local scrapbook store and knew it would be perfect. Cricut cuts from Graphically Speaking and Simply Sweet.

Homecoming 2009

2009-10-25T11:12:00.000-07:00

Here are my oldest two ready for Homecoming. They don't clean up too bad as my mom would say.

Fantastic blog candy

2009-10-25T11:06:00.000-07:00

Chris is celebrating her birthday with great blog candy. Thank you, Chris
http://twinklesglow-glowbug.blogspot.com/2009/09/birthday-blog-candy.html

Happy Birthday

2009-10-23T12:17:00.000-07:00

My husband is a huge Bengal fan. And today is his birthday so I made up this card from Sports Mania and Lyrical Letters. LL has "Happy B-day" so I inserted the "engal" for his fave team. Sports Mania had the cool helmet frame which I added stripes and the "day".

50th Anniversary Card

2009-10-15T16:11:00.000-07:00

It's my parents' 50th Anniversary this year so what better than to use some sparkle on it. Glitter ribbon, shiny gold card stock and cuts from the Sweetheart cartridge. I used the same paper as I used to make their invitations(posting those later).

Halloween Party

2009-10-09T19:11:00.000-07:00

I got to make the invite for my son's preschool Halloween party. I love Paper Doll Dress Up.

Baby Buggy Cards

2009-10-09T08:26:00.000-07:00

My neighbor is a grandma for the first time and my cousin just had her first baby. Perfect for the "B" challenge at Just Buggin' Challenges blogspot. Here are my Baby Buggies using Graphically Speaking and Stickles.

Craft time(SPCC #18)

2009-10-08T20:02:00.000-07:00

With no soccer games or practices tonight because of the beautiful rainy weather, I decided to finish my fall bird house. Didn't turn out too bad and was really fun. All items from Michael's crafts wooden birdhouse, nutmeg paint and Recollections Autumn paper and accessories.

Yumm

2009-10-08T19:53:00.000-07:00

I know to some of you that have remodeled a kitchen, going without one of your appliances probably wasn't such a big deal. Kudos to you. But to me, being without my cooktop for almost 9 weeks was to much. I craved good old spaghetti. And the kids wanted cheesy ramen. We didn't even remodel our kitchen. We had a short in the cooktop that kept blowing the main breaker so we had it disconnected until we could get it fixed or replaced. After 4 weeks of looking for a replacement, we figured a replacement for it was over $1,000. Not in the budget this year. So while it was not working we thought let's just fix that crack in the island countertop also. That part only took two weeks. Three from the first to call to the install. Then a week plus to get the cooktop back in and working. Lots of missed spaghetti. This was Tuesday. Yumm.

Etching

2009-09-25T11:33:00.001-07:00

I went to a cricut class last night on etching. What an easy and fun craft. I completed a vase/candle holder for my parents' 50th anniversary. Hope you can see it. Now on to some wine glasses for the celebration.

Woohoo

2009-09-25T11:30:00.000-07:00

May not look like much but my island is back. That means I am two steps closer to having my cooktop reinstalled. And I'm closer to spaghetti and meatballs.

Lily-Boo Too Challenge

2009-09-22T12:16:00.000-07:00

Well, I'm trying to get myself to scrap more so I guess I need a challenge to start me off. I've done one or two before but haven't posted them. this one is from Lily-Boo Too. A beautiful image download is provided with a recipe - 2 ribbons, 3 flowers and 4 brads. The designers there are way talented. Here's mine:

Crazy Weekend

2009-09-15T11:19:00.001-07:00

First, my four year old and I had to go see Thomas the Tank Enigine. We spent over 3 hours there! He was just having such a great time he didn't want to leave. Then it was the local Popcorn Festival where a felllow Silpada Rep and I showed off the best .925 sterling silver jewelry. We met so many nice people and just generally had a great time. I missed 2 soccer games and a baseball game (we went 2 and 1 ) but sometimes you just have to even though it makes me sad when I do. We did fairly well at the 2 day event and hopefully, we will be meeting more great people in the near future. Then sunday night, my DH had to get his Italian Festival fix so off we went for the last hour of their fest. Slim pickings on food but he was happy with his Italian sausage sandwich and the singi. I had a beer.

Beach book for Mom

2009-09-09T19:12:00.000-07:00

I completed the BEACH book for mom and it turned out great. I will definitely do one again.

Spider Man

2009-09-04T11:49:00.000-07:00

Okay my 4 year old made a funny today that he definitely could not have understood. He has been actively rhyming words these last few weeks and we all think it's hysterical. Anyway, he needed a new toothbrush so off to Kmart we go. He picked the Spider Man Spinbrush (you have to match brothers you know). As we are leaving the parking lot and the Spinbrush is opened and in hand he says "Spider Tarder Man to the rescue." (spelled incorrectly for emphasis)

A Fun Project

2009-08-30T13:54:00.000-07:00

I love paper crafting and Timmy loves the movie Cars so, when I saw this on the ohmycrafts bogspot I knew I had to do it. Hope you enjoy. (Sorry about the pic quality)

School has Begun

2009-08-22T07:18:00.000-07:00

It has been awhile since posting. Where does time go? Myrtle Beach, pool, school shopping, sports practices, open houses, scrapbooking, looking for basement furniture and making sparks on the cooktop(parts now need replacing due to a short). We've been enjoying these last weeks of minimal schedules and have become very relaxed. Hope it lasts.

Great 2 Days

2009-07-18T19:34:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I spent the day with friends at one of their farms by my home town. It was great to watch the kids play, hear the birds sing and enjoy good food and friends. Today I did a 12 hour swarm. I'm trying to catch up on my kids' scrap books and I can't believe how long it is taking me. Maybe I'm too picky. It was a great time and all the women there are so helpful.

Better late than Never

2009-07-14T19:52:00.000-07:00

Finishing, who am I kidding, starting to scrapbook random memory pics and this was a great time in Disney 2005. We loved all the cool sayings on the buildings.

2009-07-13T05:22:00.000-07:00

What a fantastic Sunday, summer day. Went to a local lake and did a little fishing with grandma and grandpa. If I said we caught some big ones, it would be a fish story. But the weather was great and the picninc lunch was yummy.

2009-07-09T14:53:00.001-07:00

Well, I've entered a new area - the world of blogging. I love to follow other's blogs so who's to say I might not have something to say that someone else finds intriguing. This will be a challenge but I am ready. Always keep learning and pushing yourself towards something new.