Teacher Birthday Gift!

I made Brendan's teacher a gift (ahead of time) since we have a baby coming!  It is a party in a box, complete with cake mix, candles, frosting and variety of sprinkles.  I have to give credit to my Close To My Heart Upline Kim McCall.  She got the directions from a friend.  I am not posting the directions, but will post the pictures of the finished product :)    I think it is a fun idea!!

It really is a cute idea!!

Addison's room Part 2

I got a little more crafty!!!  Scary thought I know!  I bought some plain wooden plaques for $1 and painted them in the colors of Addison's bedding, pink, green, purple and brown.  

I used the smaller decals, and wasn't sure if they would stick, sure enough, they did start to peel off....

I used my tombow adhesive and applied it to the back of the decals, it did show through a little, but you'd have to be pretty close up to see that....

I used some matching ribbon for each one and hung them up, although I think I might move them because I do have a neat banner that my sister-in-law made for Addison from our baby shower.   But you get the general idea of how they look together!

Baby Addison's Room!!!

I had purchased letters for both our 5 year old son Brendan and our soon to come daughter Addison.  These were painted with acrylic paint purchased from Craft Warehouse.  Brendan chose Boise State University colors, blue and orange!!

His grandpa helped him get them up on the wall. 

Addison's letters went with our theme of brown and pink.

The backs of the letters had holes to hang them by screws or nails, but we found that they weren't all the same distance from the top edge of the letters. Rather than spending a long time figuring out where to put nails, we used Command Strips by 3M.  We used the ones for picture frames, cut them in half to get more bang for your buck and lo and behold, they are still hanging on the wall!! I love these things!!!

I had purchased some wall decals for Addison's room, thinking they would be perfect rather than painting her entire room.  Unfortunately, they do not stick! No fault of the company, but we followed the directions to the letter, and within 10 minutes they were peeling off. They were on sale, so I wasn't out a ton of money, and thought about taking them back, when my crafty side kicked in. I purchased some picture frames for the larger stickers, and framed some of them!!  

I thought this was an easy solution to decals that won't stick!! Plus the frames were on sale for $2.49 at Craft Warehouse!!!

A quick update!!!

So I missed National Scrapbook Day, but I do have a good reason...we moved!!  We managed to get into our house surprisingly sooner than expected. We were soooo not ready to move that fast, but we are getting settled....I will be having a blog candy giveaway in the next couple of weeks in honor of National Scrapbook Month!  I will also be updating you all on the latest promotions from Close To My Heart!  

Have a wonderful day and please spread the word about my blog...I'd like to get some more followers!

Exciting Up Coming Events!!!

Did you know that National Scrapbook Day is just around the corner?  This special day celebrates the preserving of memories!  Stay tuned for some great deals from Close To My Heart and some Blog Candy!!

Wall Hanging for Crop Chocolate Design Team

For our March challenge, we needed to make something spring-y, I chose this paper from BoBunny and altered a wall hanging picture frame.  I painted the whole thing white, then used modge podge to adhere paper. I cut out the butterflies and used the centers that I cut out to make some of the inserts.  I thought it turned out pretty cute! 

I made this card using a paper piecing and the Spring line from Echo Park.  There are stickles in the middle.  I am intrigued by paper piecing. To be honest, I'm still learning how to do it.  With this one, Each piece is backed on black paper, trimmed around so there is black showing around each piece.

I did have a problem though, consider it a blonde moment...I wanted the back of the paper not the side I traced on, so my flower had to be put together backward...if that makes any sense!!

I did learn something though...I need to scrap more and pay attention!!

Well, I've done it!!!

I officially signed up to be a Close To My Heart consultant!  I'm excited for this new venture!!  I have been interested in this company for a while.   I have an online store, and will be hosting some events soon.  Take a moment to look around my site and see the great products that are available!! 

Crafters Digital Art Center's 5000 Member Celebration!

Crafters Digital Art Center is having a HUGE give away to celebrate their 5000 members!  This site is filled with so much talent.  I have learned so many new techniques and have been exposed to digital stamping....how cool is that!!  Just print and there you go!  Anyway, some of the prizes you can win are here:

This site is full of talent and such wonderful crafters, it is really worth your time to check it out!!!   Crafters Digital Art Center

Teacher Valentine Gift ~2011~

My son is in preschool and absolutely loves it!  He has 2 teachers this year, and 19 kids in his class.  Let me tell you his teachers are amazing!!! So when I was looking for an idea for Valentine's Day for his teachers, I came across this project Sock It To Me .   Mine didn't turn out as nicely as the example, but the glass was larger than the example, I had to use 2 socks to fill the glass.  I am going to be adding a gift card to a local coffee shop as well.  I thought it was a fun project!! Be sure to check out the Crafters Digital Art Center and check out the vast array of digital stamps and projects! These ladies are truly talented!!

Here is my attempt

Here is a close up of the stamp I used

I think his teachers will like this!!

Well here it is...2011, I originally started this blog a couple of years ago, but it never got off the ground.  I have decided that this is going to be the place where I share some of my favorite scrapbooking designs, layouts, cards and altered items.  I am excited to keep an ongoing record of what I am working on and hope it might inspire someone else!