Family Time

Good morning to you! I wanted to share a LO of my family apple picking a few weeks ago. It is one of those traditions that I so enjoy. I will be so sad when they tell me they no longer want to go! I used Noel Mignon's Mill Street kit. (sold out!) I love the bits of blue mixed with the traditional fall colors. It really makes the other colors pop! I created my own embellishments with my circle and scallop punches.
For the title I wanted to layer the letters, so I added pop dots underneath every other letter. I love the dimension it gives!

And on a more serious note......a letter came home from Cort's school informing us that another student has died. (H1N1). How awful for this family.....I can't even imagine the pain of losing a child. I am nervous about my girl getting this......and trying to locate a vaccine has not been an easy task. They are offered in the city.....I live in the suburbs. So I will be making more phone calls today....hoping somewhere...someone...is offering the vaccines!

Warm Winter Wishes

Good morning to you! Hope you all had a great Halloween weekend! Now that we are in the month of November.....my thoughts are turning to Christmas. I just can't help myself......I love all the excitement and preparation for the holiday. So I decided to play a bit with the Crafty Secret's Snow Bunnies' set. I stamped their itty bitty clothes on the DP and cut them out. The rest of them were colored in with Copics. The circle/pinking shear circle were cut using my Spellbinders. I distressed the edges and layered all of it on a paper doily. I added some mica flakes for snow. The paper is by Basic Grey, and as a final touch, I tied a ribbon.

Just a quick post.....need to go and get ready for work! Have a great day!

A Vintage Snowflake Tutorial and a few pics!

I've had quite a few people ask how I make these "vintage" inspired snowflakes.....if you are interested in learning to make these.....go HERE! : )

Happy belated Halloween to you! I thought I'd share a few pics from our day. Here is Kyle in all of his sassy 7th grade glory.......yep....no more cutsie costumes for this cool dude!

Cort had an opinion this year on what she wanted to be.........Hannah Montana. So I happily obliged! (Love that she has such a strong opinion.....I've waited 14 years for this! : ) She wore her rockstar wig, gloves, and sparkly shoes!

Just thought I'd throw this in......it's one of the teachers I work with! Isn't she a hoot??? Best costume in the whole school!

And here's me.....with my two other 5th grade teachers. We BAD! oh yea.

Have a HAPPY SUNDAY!!!!

Crafty Secret's Design Team Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Crafty Secret's BLOG HOP!!!
Vicki Chrisman (our team leader) issued a challenge this week to use a bird image. It could be a stamp or an image from the Creative Scraps or Journaling Booklets. I decided to go with the lil' bird from the Christmas Joy set. I colored the bird with my Prismas and Copics, and then cut him out. The ornament was stamped on vellum with StazOn. The background was created with my Spellbinders brass template and Copic airbrush system. This glittery snowflake was made using my new Sizzix die and chunky glitter. I then misted it with rose Glimmer Mist. I added a bit of hardware around my sentiment.


I just loooooove glitter! : )

You HAVE to check out what the other gals came up with........fabulous stuff!

Head on over to Marisa's blog for a chance at some fantastic blog candy! AND the Crafty Secret's blog too!

Vicki Chrisman
Pam Hooten
Heidi Blankenship
Marisa Grosson (Blog candy here!!!)
Michele Kovack
Linda Duke
Michelle Van Etten
Florence Teixeira (Our newest DT member! YAY!!! So glad to have ya!)
Guest Designer Melisa Waldorf (Our fabulous guest this month!!!! : )

Heartwarming Vintage Blog (Blog candy here too!)
Crafty Secrets

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I am heading to work in my costume........the three 5th grade teachers, including me, are dressing up in 80's fashion! Can you say neon and crimped hair? Pictures to follow soon!!!

Have a great Friday!

Hello Pumpkin....

Good morning and happy Thursday to you! I wanted to share a quickie card I created using Noel Mignon's, 31st kit. (Sold out!) I created the pumpkin with my oval Spellbinders, did a bit of inking, distressing, and sewing for each oval. I stamped a sentiment by Amuse and used my SU! oval punch to cut it out. For a bit of fun, I added the green glittery swirls from my Thickers pack, a button tied with floss, and a couple of punched leaves. So now it looks like a great ole' pumpking stitting in the patch, just waitin' to be picked! : ) (All pumpkins have glittery green vines.....don't they?)

I am so glad yesterday has come and gone. I was in such a foul mood, that I didn't even want to be around myself! It was just one of those aggravating days.......where if it's gonna go wrong.....it did! But today is a new day and one step closer to the weekend! Spanish class tonight.......so busy, busy!

Have a FABULOUS Thursday!!!!

Blog Candy Winner!

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Here are your random numbers:43
Timestamp: 2009-10-29 11:02:24 UTC


So the Winner is.......... Maria Matter!!! Woohooo!!!

She said:
Wowza, what a fabulous Halloween creation...love the black sparkle!take care! Blessings, Maria: Something funny huh?There were two muffins in the oven...one said, "boy, it's hot in here." The other said, "wow, a talking muffin!"

I soooooooo appreciate all of your kind comments, funny jokes, and silly stories! They certainly brought a smile to my face and brightened my day! THANK YOU EVERYONE for playing along!

A Birthday and Blog Candy...

Today is my dear MIL's birthday........(Happy Birthday!) So I created a card for her using SU! From the Garden, set. I stamped it in two colors and used clear embossing powder to "set" it. I decided to make the image more visually interesting by cutting the image into panels, setting them apart a bit, and mounting them on black paper. It really makes the image pop! The image was mounted on Basic Grey and SU! papers. The sentiment is by Papertrey Ink. I used my Spellbinders to cut it out. To dress it up a bit, I threaded a pretty organdy ribbon through my sentiment and tied a bow. I added a PT Ink button tied with twine. As a final touch I added a Maya Road stick pin.

............. a little close up....... : )

I survived our outdoor field trip yesterday! We didn't lose any kids.......so that's always a good thing! LOL! I had to go to the dentist yesterday since my tooth had been hurting for the past 2 weeks. The pain was actually radiating down into my jaw and neck. X-rays were taken.....and everything looked fine. The dentist thinks the pain is due to the fact that my gums are receding (from too many years of rough brushing) and my dentin is showing. So she "painted" some flouride varnish right at the gum line. (Which made me jump out of my skin.....talk about sensitivity!!!OUCH!) This stuff hardens and lasts from 6 mos- to 1 year. This morning it does feel A LOT better! So hopefully, that's all it was.

Don't forget tonight is the night for my blog candy drawing! If you haven't put your name in yet.....go HERE for your chance to win!