Little brown bag.

Helllllllo Friday!  I'm so happy Friday is finally here.  The week after a holiday week is always a difficult one, isn't it? 

So the other day I was crafting away and I came across these little paper bags I bought at Michaels.  I just love them and think they're adorable, but never seem to use them.  I pulled one out and started messing around with it.  I sprayed it and started layering and this is what I ended up with:

I'm not sure what I'll use this for.  Maybe a gift tag, maybe a card?  Whatever purpose it ends up serving, I hope the recipient enjoys it as much as I do! Ha!

What are your plans this weekend?  I have some crafty stuff I need to work on for a friend and Mike and I are hoping to go for a ride on Sunday, weather pending.  Next week is kind of crazy for me at work so I'm hoping to be very productive around here.

Thanks for coming by today.  I really appreciate all your comments and the time you take to read my little blog!

Not quite what I imagined...

Do you ever picture a layout, card, project etc. in your head and think it's a FANTASTIC idea and then once it's executed it's just sort of... blah?  Well that's kind of what happened with this card.  The idea came to me last weekend when I was drifting off to sleep.  I thought it would be SO CUTE!  I think it turned out SO... OKAY :)

I'm not thrilled with my kite.  It's wonky.  Probably because I free handed it.  I'm horrible at stuff like that.  In my "vision"  I pictured the kite on a white background, but I feel like I've been doing tons of white cards lately.  I do like the blue.  I also like how the tail of the kite is flying off the card :)  I'm wondering if I should have put the kite in the other corner though.

Good news here, Abie got her splint off yesterday!!!  The doctor said she should have full range of motion within two weeks and he wants to see her back in a month for another x-ray.  Poor girl, she was excited but her ear was killing her.  Turns out she has an ear infection and is now on antibiotics for 10 days.  Better to be on antibiotics WITHOUT a splint though, right?  :)  I'll remind her of this just as soon as her ear stops hurting.

I'm super excited about my little project for tomorrow.  It's quite the opposite of today's.  I didn't have it planned.  I just went all willie nillie and it turned out perfect!  Until then my dears, have a fantabular Thursday and thanks so, so much for coming to see me today :)

Patriotic Banner Card

Well, today just might be the day.  The day Abie gets her splint off that is.  Her appointment is at 9:00, so wish us luck!  :)  She's been so GREAT about wearing the splint, never complaining and going about her business as if her arm wasn't broken at all.

I have a simple little card to share with you today.  I stamped my Hero Arts banner on the back side of two different polka dot papers and trimmed the pieces out then adhered them to some twine.  I stamped my sentiment at the bottom and was done!

Pretty simple today, seems to be my theme this week huh?  I hope you have a wonderful Wednesday and I'll see you again tomorrow!  Thanks so much for stopping by today!

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Happy Tuesday everyone!  I'm playing along with CAS-ual Fridays Challenge this week and it's a fun one, a sketch!

I decided to make a set of 3x3 cards and turn the sketch on its side four times.

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink Tag Its #4
Ink:  CTMH White Daisy
Paper:  Papertrey Ink Hawaiian Shores, Hibiscus Burst, Plum Pudding
Other:  Papertrey Ink Doily Details Dies and Double Ended Banner Dies

Well, that's about it for me today.  I hope you have a fantastic Tuesday!  We've been having a bit of hot, hot weather here.  We spent about an hour at the pool last night before dinner.  Looks like we might be headed that way again today :)  Is it pool weather where you are yet?  Thanks for stopping by today! 

Quickie Tag

Morning everyone!  I wanted to share with you a quick tag I made for my grandma's gift that I posted Friday. 

I love Papertrey Inks Doily Detail Dies for quick little tags like this.  I already had the Blueberry Sky doily cut out from a previously failed project :)  So I punched out an Enchanted Evening 1 3/4" circle and stamped one of the images from Round and Round in CTMH White Daisy ink on it.  Then I added a little banner with my sentiment and a button and some twine!  This really took minutes since I already had the doily from before.  I love to save pieces like that because I know I'll use them eventually :)  Do you have a place on your desk for bits and pieces or do you throw everything away?

How was your weekend?  We went down to the lake to see Grandma and Grandad on Friday and had a great visit with them!  Grandma loved her card set :)  On Saturday we got up and headed on down to Springfield, MO and saw our friends and their new, now seven month old, baby and spent the afternoon with them.  We drove back home Saturday night and had all day Sunday at home.  We got up to the pool first thing Sunday, while Mike mowed, and took Abie's splint off so she could get in without anyone bumping in to her. We spent about an hour at the pool before it started to get very busy.  All in all it was a great weekend and I'm looking forward to a great week! 

Thanks for stopping by today and I'll see you tomorrow!

Tuesday Trigger: Classically Modern

Happy Friday my friends!  I'm so excited about today's post and how it turned out.  When Cath posted this weeks Tuesday Trigger photo, I knew exactly what I was going to make!  I love when that happens :)  HERE IS THE LINK to the original post and photo.  There's still time to get in on the fun!

 

 Isn't that a great picture?  I was drawn to the blue and white and I love the flowers too!  I thought I would make a quick and easy set of note cards for my grandma, whom we happen to be visiting this weekend as well!  Win win, right?  

I haven't quite mastered the card group photo shot yet, so this was the best I could get.  I made eight cards in all, four blue, four white.

I kept the inks the same, Momento blue on the white cardstock and CTMH White Daisy on the blue cardstock.

I varied the sentiments to give grandma several to choose from.

And positioned my Hero Arts flower off center :)  This is similar to a card I made for my bloggy friend Mary Pat, HERE, but for this set it's all stamping.  I literally made all eight cards in about 30 minutes while my sweet, wonderful husband was fixing dinner!  (I really hope he's reading this) :)

I'm loving how these turned out and am loving Cath for the inspiration!  Grandma will be thrilled, I'm sure!

I packaged all eight cards and their envelopes up in one of Papertrey Inks clear card boxes, LOVE these!

Stamps:  Hero Arts Stencil Flower, PTI Think Big Sentiments
Ink:  CTMH White Daisy and Momento
Paper:  PTI Stampers Select White and Enchanted Evening 

That's it for me today!  We're visiting Grandma and Grandad tonight and then off to visit our friends and their new baby tomorrow.  Lots of visiting this weekend :)  What do you have going on this weekend?  Thanks for popping in today and I'll chat with you later :)

Notepads

Good morning!  So happy it's already Thursday!  This week has flown by, I'm sure it was the Monday holiday.

Tuesday night I came home and had several things running through my head that I needed to pick up at the store.  Now if I have my phone handy, I'll just start a list on my post it note app, but honestly, sometimes it's just easier to grab an old fashioned notepad and pen!  :)  I grabbed a pen and looked and looked for a notepad and couldn't find one.  (well, I finally found one, in the back of the drawer)  I figured it was about time to make a fun, summer notepad to hang out by the phone!

I just had this notepad in my stash and I measured the front, trimmed my paper to fit and adhered it to the back.  In hindsight, I should have taken a pic...  I layered on a few goodies, but not too many as I didn't want it to be too lumpy when I was writing out my lists.

Stamps:  PTI Est. 1776 and It's Official
Ink:  PTI Pure Poppy, Momento (brown)
Paper:  Pink Paislee Hometown Summer, Hobby Lobby Kraft
Other:  Fiskars scallop border punch, PTI double ended banner die and spiral notebook die

Well, that's it for me today.  I'll be back tomorrow!  Thanks for stopping by :)

Sugar and Spice

I'm happy to say, I got my crafty streak back last night!  It's funny, but I think being at work makes me want to be crafty.  While I'm working, I sit around and think about crafting ALL DAY LONG!  (shh, don't tell my boss!)

I got home from work last night and immediately got to work on a tag I needed for a baby gift.  Some friends of ours had a baby last November, I made THIS card for her baby shower.  They live out of town and we're going to visit them this weekend!  Here's the tag for this sweet baby girl!

I used lots of Crate Paper goodies on this, a big flower and button, a bit of twine and some fun graph paper!  Luuuuuuving how this turned out!  :)

Hope you have a great Wednesday my friends!  Thanks so much for stopping by today!  :)

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Good Tuesday morning friends!  I want to share with you my card for the Play Date Cafe challenge this week.  It's a color splash challenge and it's a fun one!  Black and white with lime green!  You can read the details at the link posted above, and this weeks challenge is a special one ;)

I used Papertrey's Green Thumb set for this card.  I just love the flower images in that one.  They are so fun and funky, really different from most of the stuff I have.  I stamped four of the larger flowers in green and then filled in with the smaller black ones.  I finished it off with my sentiment from the same set.

I had several projects I wanted to work on yesterday and the creativity just wasn't there.  Does that ever happen to you?  I was in the mood to create, had the time to create, was alone and yet the creativity was NOT flowing.  Such a bummer.  Maybe tonight :)

I hope you have a great Tuesday!  Thanks for stopping by today!

To Journal or not to Journal

Good morning all!  I don't want to say "happy" Memorial Day because when you really think about the true meaning of the day, it's not exactly happy on all levels.  I want to express gratitude to those who have given their lives, during their service, for us, here in the US.  This is a day to remember them and all that they gave so we could go on living.  Thank you.

I wanted to share a little journal today that I made for my parents.  They are quite the travelers and they always journal while on their trips.  This was just made out of a composition notebook and I used Mod Podge to adhere the paper and also to seal the paper.  Since they'll be packing it around in the Harley, it has no embellishments :)

I used some Harley paper from EK Success that I picked up several years ago.  Using every bit of it too!  Then I just cut some letters out with my Cricut and Base Camp cartridge.  Ta da!

So, do you journal?  I mean other than on your scrapbook layouts.  Do you keep a journal and if so how often do you write in it?  I use to journal EVERY day.  Over the years, I've gotten out of the daily habit, but I still write in it and it is so much fun to look back and see where I've been and where I thought I was headed ;)  Is your scrapbook your journal or do you have a separate book, like the one I created for my parents?  What are your thoughts?

I hope you have a great Monday and thanks for popping in today.  I'll see you tomorrow!

Oy, blogger!

Good grief, I'm having the blogger blues!  I haven't been able to sign into to my beloved blog for 24 hours and have only been able to leave comments from my phone.  Boo, boo, boo!  I finally messed around on the Internet enough this afternoon and found that it might by a FireFox issue, and tried deleted my cookies and clearing out my cache.  It worked!  I can't believe that after such a short period of time this blog has become such a huge part of my life.  I get support and so look forward to hearing from you all each and every day :) 

I just wanted to share a couple of quick layouts that I made awhile back with some scraps.  These both came together rather quickly, as do most of my layouts :)

Do you have big plans for your weekend?  It's a three day-er for us.  Yippee!  Abie's last day of school was today.  She came home with a reading award and a Principal's Honor Roll certificate.  So unbelievably proud of that girl.  I took her and Landry out for a special dessert treat after school today to celebrate.  We're having some friends over tomorrow and that's the extent of our plans.  We'll see where the rest of our weekend takes us! 

Thank you so, so much for stopping by and I'll see you all soon!  :)

Tuesday Trigger

I know, it's Thursday.  I haven't lost it...yet :)  I've been watching the Tuesday Trigger pictures over on the MOXIE FAB blog lately and I finally had one that struck my fancy!

Check out that Pyrex!  Pretty cool right, totally makes you want to get crafty huh?

Here's my card:

I went a little crazy with the warm colors on this one.  Thoughts of summer are creeping in on me I guess.  I have a friend who just ran her first 5K on Sunday and I made this card for her :)

In other news, we had a bit of crazy weather here AGAIN, in Missouri.  Mike came to meet me for lunch and as we're sitting at the restaurant, the tornado sirens go off!  We had just finished eating and knew there was no shelter there so we decided to make our way back through downtown and to my office, where we knew there was a safe place to go.  We made it back to the office and waited out the storm there, with my co-workers, until 12:45 PM.  Later we found out the storm produced four tornadoes in our area and some significant damage in Sedalia, MO, a town about an hour and a half east of us.  Abie and Landry both took shelter at their schools and it was definitely the talk at the dinner table!  I'm hoping for some calm weather now.  Let's hope this is it.

Also, we took Abie to the doctor yesterday and while her arm is healing well, she still needs to wear her splint for at least two more weeks.  I think she was pretty disappointed, but she kept her chin up.  We're hopeful that she'll get to take it off at the next appointment!

Thanks for sticking with me today!  I hope you're having calm, beautiful weather where you are.  Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you tomorrow!

Papertrey May Blog Hop Challenge

Morning all! Today I'm participating in the May Papertrey Blog Hop.  Another first for me this week!  The May challenge was to create a card using flowers.  Now that doesn't sound too difficult does it?  Wrong :)  Haha.  It was almost too simple of a task.  Does that make sense?

Here's my flower card:

Paper:  Kraft, Aqua Mist and Hibiscus Burst cardstock
Ink:  Aqua Mist and Hibiscus Burst
Stamps:  Tag Its #1, Life
Other: Papertrey Ink Spiral Notebook Page Die, EK Success Embossed Curve Punch, vintage trim from LSS, brown paper sack from Michaels and mini clothes pin from Joann's

I had so much fun making this card!  It really came together the way I pictured.  I just always forget how BRIGHT that Hibiscus Burst is!  :)

I don't know if you've heard about the tornado that hit Joplin, MO on Sunday.  Joplin is about 150 south of where we live in Missouri.  I'm keeping everyone in my thoughts right now and am grateful for everyone from Kansas City who has gone down there to help.  It always amazes me when something like this happens, how a community can pull together to help. 

I hope you have a fabulous Wednesday!  Thank you so much for stopping by and I'll see you tomorrow!

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Good Tuesday morning to you all!  I have a new card for you today that I made for an awesome challenge!  You can find the details HERE! 

So here's my attempt at a clean and simple card with a little bling!

This card was super simple to make.  I trimmed my cardstock to size, stamped my Unity Stamp Co. sentiment in Momento ink and then situated my rhinestones!  Love, love, love the way this turned out!  :)

I hope you have a fantastic Tuesday my friends!  Thanks so much for stopping by and I'll chit chat with you later!

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Good morning!  Did you have a good weekend?  It was pretty humid here, lots of wind and some thunderstorms overnight.  I sure wish this weather would make up its mind :) 

I'm playing along today at THE PLAY DATE CAFE.  Their color challenge is so pretty this week!

Here's my card...

I had fun with this one and just love the colors, even though I  couldn't come up with exactly the right brown.  Hope it's okay :)

Thanks for coming by today and I'll see you guys tomorrow!