I'ts a Good Day

When I'm on call for 8 hours & don't get called in! Eric cooked his own Father's Day dinner, apparently he likes his cooking better than mine, now that he's a house husband :) Ribs, baked beans, pasta salad and fruit salad (I made at his request), YUM!

Had a few hours to scrap and completed this layout. There is a little glare on the transparencies in the photograph.

 Here is the sketch:

 

My take on the Becky Fleck Pagemap.

A Red Headed Woodpecker, Cardinal and a squirrel were just a few of the feeder visitors that day.

I punched and layered the transparency over the circles & used it on top of the picture matting. I love how it brings out the branches in the photos.

Supply List: Cardstock: Bazzill; patterned paper: Basic Grey, K&Co.;Transparency: Making Memories; flowers & border stickers: K&Co.; letter stickers & ribbon: American Crafts; punch: EK Success; circle cutter: Coluzzel, Provo Craft; diecut: Cricut, Provo Craft; pens: Marvy Le Plume II, Sakura; adhesive: 3L, Tombow; misc: floss.

Now I'm off to do some much needed mowing! Thanks for visiting my blog :)

Snips & Snails

and Puppy Dog Tails. Love the phrases on the "Boys Will Be Boys" Cricut cartridge! I was in love with this sweet boy from the minute I held him but these pics really made my heart melt :) He looks so GQ, posing in my magazine basket. It's hard to believe he is almost 15 years old.

I instantly thought of these stickers and the adorable puppy dog. I'm so happy Echo Park came out with this line, it's so hard to find primary colored papers! I trimmed the photos down to minimize the clutter in the background and used the embellies to hide our dog's blurry head in the foreground.

The vellum helped tone down the bright colors so your eye is drawn to the photos.

Title is popped and yellow accents are DCWV glitter paper. Of course no layout of mine feels complete without some stitching.

Snips & Snails Supply List:
Cardstock: Bazzill, Die Cuts With a View; diecut border: Bazzill; patterned paper: Echo Park; letter stickers: Making Memories; stickers: Sticko, EK Success (dog,plane), Martha Stewart (tag); flower: Recollections; punch: EK Success; circle cutter: Coluzzle, Provo Craft; pen: Marvy Le Plume II; adhesive: Paper Studio, Tombow; misc: floss, vellum.

Off to the Farmers Market to try & sell more plants tomorrow. Wish me luck! Thanks for stopping :)

Finally...

A new post! Sorry to those who've been checking for new & exciting things to appear :)

I finally have a new layout to share. Everytime I see these photos, I smile.  Matthew wouldn't climb into Santa's lap until he had that little pack of cookies in his hands...never mind that they were being handed out at the end of the line. He wasn't going anywhere until he had his cookies :}} Isn't it funny how some personality traits follow us to adulthood ,teenagehood in his case.

The background is misted over a mask I pieced from a lace diecut by Anna Griffin. I love how it created a spot for the title. The sparkly steam was created by cutting vellum on the cricut and then (without removing the diecut from the cutting mat) covering with dry adhesive and glitter. Carefully peel and voila! If you use liquid adhesive on vellum it will curl up pronto and is nearly impossible to uncurl! (life/vellum lesson #1)

Sorry for the teaser...had to remove :)

The cup came from the "Joys of the Season" cartridge and is popped with foam dots. The chocolate chip cookies and gingerbread boy are created with the "From My Kitchen" cartridge. I couldn't find a plate by itself so I used the slice of cake icon and cut the cake off the plate!

Supply List for Cookies for Matthew:

Cardstock: Die Cuts With A View; diecut patterned paper: Jenny Bowlin Studio, Anna griffin; patterned paper: K&Co.; letter stickers: American Crafts, Artic Frog, October Afternoon; chipboard stickers: Basic Grey; gems, glitter dots & pearls: Recollections; spray ink: Smooch, Clearsnap; marker: Marvy Le Plume II, Sakura, Sharpie; diecuts: Cricut, Provo Craft (Joys of the Season, From My Kitchen, Storybook, Straight from the Nest cartridges); glitter: Jo Ann Crafts; misc: floss, vellum.

I'm also thrilled to say that The Big Book of Scrapbook Ideas is out in the stores and I'm a contributing artist *insert happy dance*. Look for 4 layouts from little ole me! There is so much talent and inspiration in this book, you will be amazed!

Highlights of Last Week

Tuesday I received a *star* day. This is a day off without pay when the census is low. The downside is that I still have to be "on call", ready to come in if they need me. This means no gardening or heavy housework as I'm known to get very dirty doing these activities ;) So I wandered around the gardens taking pics. Here are a couple...

               Chartreuse Spiderwort        

My Matthew Kitty & Jinx

 Wednesday, busy at work! Off early Wednesday to dash home for
Mariel's band concert...

Then a mad dash to the soccer field for the end of her last game. Next to Pizza Hut for the end of the year party. Holy moly...who knew 10 preteen girls could be so loud! Don't you love the expression (not!) She hates having her picture taken right now. She'll soon figure out I'm not going away :)

Yum!

Baseball game Friday night...

In the dugout. Matthew is the one with the cheesy grin, who knows what they were talking about :)

Through the chain link. Finally figured out to put the camera setting on landscape to get it to focus through instead of on the link!

Saturday was  dance recital dress rehearsal and pictures...

I did her hair and the curl fell out within an hour, grrrr!

Grandma Carole did it on recital day. Thank You Grandma!

Sunday was recital followed by my best friend Lerita's parents 50th wedding anniversary! No pictures from their celebration, I was too pooped to putt by then!

So hard to take good photos onstage, these didn't turn out too bad...

She was so beautiful,  I cried.

Thanks for sharing my busy week! Hope to get back to scrapping by the middle of June :)



"Happy Dance"

Received one of those "jump up & down" emails yesterday :}} Watch for me in November Cricut Magazine!

Busy weekend...2 baseball games, dance dress rehersal and recital. Hope to have time to post photos tonight or next week. Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend too!