Officially my best MIA excuse...

Yes, this is probably the best excuse I've posted yet....

Yes we are expecting our first baby on December 13th! These were done at around 11.5 weeks... so our little baby is already quite a bit larger, as I'll be 15 weeks tomorrow.

Between the nausea and tiredness... my craft desk (unfortunately) has been the VERY last place I've been in the last two and half months. I still have a ton of pics to post of work I did months ago... including all the projects I did for my sisters baby shower in March. Hopefully I'll get around to posting those some time soon. I hope all of you are doing great... I really miss chatting w/ you!

Take care-

Update...

Well since I haven't been all that productive lately I decided to let Eddy our new dog spend some time at my craft desk ;) LOL

Looking out the window for inspiration...
Ha ha... I couldn't resist.. he looks so serious in these pictures.


On a more serious note, here is what I have been up to lately...

Easter treats for my co-workers, I wish I could take credit for this adorable idea, but I can't, I saw this adorable bunny on Carrie's blog, a while back, and wanted to use this idea for Easter.

And this is a card my mom requested for my Uncles upcoming birthday... I really love how it turned out too..

A New Addition to our Family...

Today we brought home "Eddy" he is our new baby we adopted yesterday at the shelter. Eddy is 1 year old. We had to wait until he was neutered before we could bring him home. So as I type this, he is laying next to me recovering. We don't think the cat has realized he has invaded her space quite yet, but we feel it will happen soon enough. Eddy has the sweetest temperament, he seems like a really great dog already... we shall see :)

Blog Candy Winner...

Congratulations to Jeanna Bohanon! Jeanna you are the winner of my very first Blog Candy-- Yippy!

Thank you to everyone who played along. I really enjoy getting to know all of my "blog buddies" and I love to share my work. So thank you for inspiring me to keep my blog going.

Jeanna please email me with your address so I can get those goodies out to you right away!

Have a great evening!

My Blog's 1st Anniversary & some fun Blog Candy!!!

Well I can't even believe it has nearly been a year since I discovered the incredible world of "blogging." March 9th will be my one year anniversary of my blog and I have met so many wonderful papercrafters/friends in that time. All the super nice comments.. who doesn't love those? :) I know I haven't been posting nearly like I used to lately.. I really do miss staying up to date with everyone.. and playing along w/ Kristina Werners Color Challenges.. afterall that is where I have met my very best blog buddies ;) Hopefully this next year I will be able to find more time to post my creations... but in the mean time, I felt that it was only appropriate to celebrate this anniversary with my very first Blog Candy!

*****Blog Candy*****
For those of you who know me, I shop a little too much for my favorite paper crafting items... and therefore I have an overabundace of supplies! I went through and pulled some of my favorite items I use, some duplicates I have acquired in my time... and then I purchased a few fun items... all items in the pictures will be included except for my cutting mat... it is in the picture.. but nearly covered anyway.

Leave me a comment on this post & let me know what your favorite post and/or project of mine has been in this last year. Leave the comment by Wednesday, March 11th at 6:00 pm pacific standard time. I will randomly draw one name after 6:00 pm. Spread the word, as this is some really fun Blog Candy!

Really quickly before I show you the goodies.... I wanted to show you some cute wrapping paper I created this evening for one of the game "prizes" for my sister Michelle's baby shower that we are throwing this coming weekend... I was really happy with how it turned out, and it was pretty simple:
Ok, now onto the fun stuff....The first two pictures show everything, and then the pictures below are a little bigger view. Note: the "making memories" clear box, I just filled it with misc. goodies :)

Here's a closer look :) sorry for the bad photo quality... it was late.Thank you to all my "blog followers" for making this last year such a great one.. I have learned so much from all of you!

A little more love...

Just wanted to post my final valentines day card that I made for my Godmother & Aunt, Mitsi. Hi Mitsi!
I used a new border punch I got at Michaels that is made by Martha Stewart, isn't it adorable... those little hearts it punches out are teeny tiny!I've been busy making baby shower invitations & party favors for a shower my sister & I are throwing for our other sister in March, I'll be sure to post pics of that stuff once I am done.

Hope everyone is doing well.... :)

Love is in the air...

Here are a few Valentines Day cards I've been making lately... I just love Valentines Day!!

Merry Christmas~

I've been a little busy lately, so I have completely neglected my blog... so sorry :(

Here it is Christmas Eve, all the snow has melted here in Las Vegas... as crazy as that sounds we did get quite a measurable amount of snow on the ground last week. Too bad it isn't still here...

I hope everyone has a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Here are the last of my Christmas projects I've done this year, sad to see the Christmas stuff go... but excited for Valentines day :)
These were for Cindy, I was her "secret santa" at work (Same with the gift card above, except I didn't give her my Visa, instead, she got a Starbucks GC.
I made these for my co-workers....A few more cards...

Super Giant overdue post....

First off, before the season is over... a few xmas cards:
These are a few Anniversary cards I made for a few family members-
I just had to give these guys Googlie Eyes :)
We had a great time in AZ for Thanksgiving... so I thought a "Thank you" was in order...
A few Cards I made for my Amazing Grandma...
And last but not least... a card I made for my VERY Pregnant Sister... she is due VERY soon... and I am sure she can't wait!! Hope she likes it!

(sorry about the shadow)

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you all have a very Happy Thanksgiving! Have fun with Family and/or Friends and create great memories that you'll look back on & cherish Forever!

My New BFF!

Let me introduce you to my new BFF! I love this MONSTER! I quickly got over it's Ginormous size, and I can't believe I went so long without it. Thanks to Kerry for all the great info she gave me about why she loved hers, and then she was kind enough to post it on her blog for everyone else too... check it out if you're contemplating buying this beauty. I just had to put my little glue next to it so you could really get a feel for it's Ginormousness... I know that is a real word by the way, but I'm just not sure I spelled it right, oh well.



So GREAT NEWS... as an early xmas present, my SUPER Awesome Husband is buying me a new crafting desk... I AM SO EXCITED! I have been searching, and searching, and googling for what seems like FOREVER for the perfect desk, and I have finally found it! Thanks to IKEA.. I'll post more later about it, and I'll be sure to do some before & after pics too! Woooo Hoooo I am soooo excited! I can't wait. I'll be picking it up in AZ when I go there for Thanksgiving, because the drawback of ordering a heavy piece of furniture is the fact that the shipping was going to be over $200 bucks!! aka Highway Robbery! so my Wonderful Mom is going to commute down to Tempe to pick it up for me... and I'll pick it up from her when I am down there this week! Yippy! (Can you tell I'm excited)
Alright, better get to sleep... have a great week everyone!

Almost MIA for an entire month... :(

Wow, the last 29 days have really flown by ;) I can't believe I've gone that long w/out posting, at least something... well I've been a little pre-occupied w/ a few family matters, as well as being re-connected with one of my best friends all the way back from elementary school. Wow what a blast that has been taking a trip down memory lane. Hi Beth!

Anyhow just thought I'd share a few cards... I have actually been busy making cards... and I even purchased an ATG gun, and I love it. I definitely recommend getting one.

So this is a Birthday card I made for a long time friend, it was her birthday last month.. I hope she liked it as much as I loved the way it turned out. I just love that stamp set.


And I've been really hooked on the Hero Arts blog lately, especially Jennifer McGuire . Her work is really amazing, and she does really great videos. Anyhow, they use a lot of these rhinestones over on both blogs... so I was inspired to add a little sparkle to these cupcakes, I think these made perfect cherries :)



Last month we went to our good friends Tom & Holly's annual Halloween party, which was a blast. Jason & I were party poopers and didn't dress up, but we still had a blast. I made this card for their little girl Morgan. She is just the sweetest, most polite little girl you'll ever meet. She was so cute when I gave it to her, she was very thankful and genuine.... it's times like those that I look forward to having a little girl of my own one day ;)



Ok, I will be sure to post my other cards I've made, I just have to get them off my camera still... who knows how long that may take LOL.

Sadie Stamps ~

Not too long ago I was the lucky winner of some GREAT blog candy over at Jen's blog.
These adorable little girls were created BY JEN (which is really awesome, Congrats JEN!) and she was so generous to send me the following stamps which can be purchased here


So here is what I did with them so far:

I just had to make one of them a red head... I couldn't help it :)I haven't had a chance to do anything with the birthday Sadie yet... but when I do I will be sure to show you.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEETHEART!

Today is my Best Friend's birthday,
my Husband Jason~
I am so very Proud to call you my Husband, you make me the happiest I've ever been! Thank you for simply being YOU!
I love you!
Happy Birthday Sweetheart!

Super long post....

So a few weeks back when I went to the Rubber Stamp & Scrapbook Expo (which was very disappointing by the way) I came across this Adorable monkey stamp and just fell in love with it... I laugh every time I look at it... so here are a few cards I made with it a few weeks ago:
My Mom's birthday was Sunday so I made her this card...
There is a blog I have been ADDICTED to ever since I first heard about it back in April or May of this year, You'll have to check it out to understand this card... but I'm telling you, once you do- you too will be addicted to Matt's Blog, he is an absolutely AMAZING Father to his adorable baby girl Madeline, I look forward to getting future parenting advise from this great guy... He is also an amazing writer & photographer too... you should check it out.

I made this card after watching Donna's Awesome video Tutorial on her Blog a few weeks back as well... Thanks Donna for the great tips :)
I had bought this stamp at my local Big Lots for $2.00 a while back, because I thought it was cute... but wasn't ever really sure when I'd use it... so I tried it out.
These two cards were made for a friend and she asked for one to be purple, and one was going to be for a nurse... so I did my best what do you think?
And lastly, this is just a card I made just because... I really loved these papers the picture doesn't show their true colors... they really look nice together.
Ok, I hope everyone's week is off to a better start than mine, I tell you- being out sick for one day can really screw up your whole week! :( Sometimes I think it would be better to just go in feeling miserable instead of having to play catch up when you return! Hopefully Friday will get here soon!!!

Christmas Card Weekend!

I ordered a few new Hero Arts Stamps so that is what I did all weekend :)

Hope everyone has a great week !

FREE American Crafts Products! Woo Hoo!!!

So I signed up for the "scrapbook rewards visa" a while ago and I probably used it WAYYYY more than I should have... but hey look at my awesome rewards I was finally able to cash in! I won't mention how much I had to use my visa in order to get enough points to pick these items.. ;) I'll just show you my goodies that were waiting for me on my doorstep when I got home tonight :)
I've made a few cards over the last couple of weeks... I just need to get them off my camera...then I'll post them.
Don't forget to check out the latest masterpiece from PaperCrafts, CARD CREATIONS vol. 6, it is supposed to be out today... I have a card published in there... I haven't seen it yet... but of course I am dying to see it! :)

Halloween!!

Ever since I saw the "BOO" letters Kerry had altered over at her blog, I have been thinking about doing a set of my own... So over the weekend I picked up these letters at JoAnns, and I just finished them so I figured I would post them before I headed off to bed.
I made my caramel all shiny.. but it looks better in person...The lighting is terrible... I need to take another picture of them in the daylight.

Another project I just finished I saw over at another blog I follow, Chic n'Scratch, Angie made these a few days/weeks ago she has a great tutorial on her blog w/ all the measurements as well..

Super Cute... it holds a mini Kit Kat or a mini Hersheys bar.Thanks for the inspiration Ladies :)

Two days in a row.... :)

I can't believe I am actually getting time to post two days in a row. :) As I mentioned I have been busy... so I figured I'd post a few of the cards I made when Jenny & I got together a few weeks ago... trying to get a jump start on xmas!
On this one I used the shrinky dink stuff again, man I love that stuff it is like a flash back to my childhood except now I don't have to wait for the oven ;)

12 days later I am back...

Wow, seems like I just posted my last post, but pathetically it has been 12 days ago :( what a bad blogger I have been... and I have even been pretty productive.. so it isn't a matter of nothing to post... oh well.

Here is a card I made for a friend, she needed a wedding card, and I reverted back to my trusty American Crafts "wedding-ish" paper. If you've been following my blog for a while, you may recognize this paper as it is the same paper I used for the wedding card I made that is being published in the next Paper Crafts "Card Creations Volume 6" which comes out in early October. I can't wait to see it. Anyhow, I really loved how this card turned out, the picture in my opinion doesn't do it justice, the ribbon was black velvet, and the embossing turned out so nice, and the card was actually quite layered... I tried to get a decent picture of it before I gave it to her. Also, I lined my first envelope, it was pretty easy getting it the right shape, but getting it adhered in there was a little difficult, I'll have to practice a little before I try that again :)

A few words...

I know it's a little late but it's my thought that counts...

A day like today is one filled with emotions, just hearing this song brings tears to my eyes... I remember being 6 or 7 years old learning it in music class in the 1st grade... and all my life I have know this song, and after Sept. 11, 2001, this song now brings back an entirely different set of memories.
I wanted to take the chance to say Thank you to all those who serve our country in one way or another. And thank you to the families who support those who serve. I wish I could personally thank each and every Soldier, every Police Officer and every Fireman... but even to say thank you would never be enough.

My thoughts are with the families of all of those who lost their lives 7 years ago.

~God Bless America~

Been busy this weekend :)

Well I didn't really do much this weekend... and I needed that! I did have time to make a few things though, here they are..

I just loved this little guy when I saw him at Michaels, and he was only .99 cents... so even better!
As you can see in the second photo, the candies were stamped onto the shrinky dink stuff, then I colored them, cut them out.. and then shrunk them :) I later found out I colored my candy corns wrong... I can never remember whether or not the bottom is orange or yellow ! DANG it! oh well


These little cats are Rub-ons from K&Co., I loved how they turned out.. even though they are supposed to be scary black halloween cats, I made them in love .. LOL
I am always checking out Angies blog Chic 'n' Scratch and I finally tried to do one of her super cute clipboards, I ordered these rectangular coasters from her... and then I also decided to make the matching "picture" holder thingy.. I have been hoarding this paper, and not wanting to use if forever, but I finally decided that it would make a nice color combo for a clipboard.


I used liquid applique to make my little sheep fluffy :) he looks so soft!Here I used that clear liquid Diamond Glaze for the fish bowl, you can't really see it all that great in the photo... it looks really neat IRL.

Ok... I saved this for last because this caused me LOTS of grief! I bought this cute little kit at Big Lots, and who can beat $2.50 right? so I start out and decide to use my super hoarded DS paper from SU. Well after a few HOURS of heartache, I had to throw away the main body that this kit came with, see the problem I had was that the SU DS paper was too thick, so it wasn't bending right at the joints, even after I tried to score all the joints, it was basically supposed to be the same as what my piece turned out to be, minus the ribbon and hinges(eyelets) on the back, it was all one piece of scored chipboard... and I obviously DO NOT have the experience nor talent to cover something in that manner :) So anyhow, this project which felt like it took 18 hours to complete, finally came together and I decided to make it for my dear friend Robin. The name plate on the front is actually the "well worn alphabet" set from SU, and I just did it on the shrinky dink stuff again, that stuff is so much fun... but the larger the piece you are trying to shrink, the more difficult it is to keep it from sticking to itself, since it tends to roll as you heat it up. Maybe I am doing something wrong... so if you know the secret to it not rolling up and sticking to itself, please let me know.

Hope you all have a great week!

Happy Birthday Diana!!!

One of my best friends Diana is about to turn 24 so I made her this card... Diana is one of my "all nighter" scrappin buddies I've talked about in past posts :) We'll miss you on the 12th Diana :(

So Happy Birthday Diana!!

We LOVE to hit up Big Lots! for all their great scrappin supplies... so I thought I'd get her a GC to Big Lots!. I saw the gift card holder on Kerin's blog a while back... and I discovered her through another blog buddie of mine, Donna... you should check out her blog... she is just the sweetest blog buddie ever!
So anyhow, I ended up making the card a little larger so that the cute little owl could fit on the front.

And just because she is so Darn Adorable... here is another picture of "kitty"~

WOO HOO CARDS is here :)

So once I realized that the September CARDS issue was out... I was upset because I still haven't gotten my copy since I'm being published in it this month... so I went all the way across town to the only scrapbook store that had them out already... and I am super excited!! My card is on page 146/147 of the September issue.

ingredients of Xmas Cards

Sorry... for those of you who are interested... here are the details regarding the xmas cards below:

Reindeer Stamp: Stampendous- "little rudolph"
Printed paper: Doodlebug (both cards)
Scallop punch & circle punch: Stampin'UP!
and the words are rub-ons from "Pebbles Inc."

Thanks :)

Just for fun...

Make video montages at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Sorry I haven't posted in a while...

I haven't been super productive lately... so not a whole lot to post... but I was able to get a few cards done this weekend... sorry for being a total slacker :(

Two posts in one weekend... wow! :)

Just a few more cards I made this afternoon... hope everyone had a great weekend!

Cards cards cards...

This was my first "altered" notebook I've tried... I really like how it turned out... It's for my Mom's husband Barry... the only real Cowboy I've ever met. Unfortunately they will probably see it here first... I am so bad about getting to the post office :( Sorry guys!


I made this card with all the new "IN COLORS" and I really like how it turned out...when I first started w/ Stampin' Up, I'll admit, I have way too much paper already & I told myself I wasn't going to buy the cardstock just because it coordinated... well let me tell you how AWESOME it was to have the EXACT match on the paper.. really makes it TONS easier... so SU just found itself another paper customer :) Don't knock it til you try it I guess? Oh well...
A few more xmas cards... I have been playing w/ my cuttlebug.. since I just "had to have it" once my MIL Effie showed me it's awesomeness a while back...

This one is using my favorite thing in the world... "thickers"... don't really like how it turned out though-

Can't wait til Friday... & it's only Tuesday!

This week seems to be lasting forever.. and it's only Tuesday... I seem to be only living for the weekends lately.. I guess we are all entitled to feel like that every once in a while huh? oh well I am sure the weekend will be here soon LOL... then I can make more cards :)

Here are a few I made this past week...
Trying to get some ideas for xmas cards... but nothing great has come about yet...I'll just have to keep trying.

Kristina Werner's Color Challenge #16

I was actually able to create something for Kristina Werner's Color Inspiration Challenge this week... here are the colors we were supposed to use as "inspiration"...
And here is my take on it :
Hope you all have a great weekend!!!