Happy Valentine's Day!

It's Friday, it's Valentine's Day, and it's a half day institute at school.  I am a happy camper. :)

My longest week in history has finally come to an end!

I have a Valentine's Day banner to share with you that was published in last year's February issue of Cricut Magazine.  The pennants were cut using the Pretty Pennants cartridge.  I went with a traditional color scheme of pink and red....with a few touches of book paper, cream, and blue. 

I added clear dangling gems at the bottom to dress it up a bit and give it some movement. 

In between each pennant I a tied black tulle, blue string, and pearls.  The ends were finished with a dimensional flower.  

The flower was cut using the Flower Shoppe cartridge and adding a store bought flower to the center. 

Here is my girl all decked out for Valentine's Day.  She was so excited yesterday to pass out her treats to the students.  And was even more excited to eat the treats she received! ;)

Have a wonderful weekend with your sweeties! 

Check back later this weekend when I will be offering a pretty great stash of stuff to one lucky person! 

My How She Has Grown!

Good morning! Happy New Year's Eve to you! I have had a lovely weekend away with my little family. It was an unexpected Christmas gift from my in-laws.  We stayed at a hotel in downtown Chicago, shopped, ate like kings, saw a Christmas musical, ate some more, and swam! With the kids getting older, it seems we fly in 800 different directions....so it was nice to reconnect once more. I took a few pics of our day together....

I have a love for photography and I am striving to get better at it.  I have been taking the camera off of auto and trying my hand at the manual settings. It has been a learning curve for sure, and sometimes frustrating.  But once in awhile the stars align and you get a shot like this one.  And especially when it is a shot of Cortney......

I am sure you didn't come here to see pics of my kids, so I will get on to business......scrapbooking! 

I created this layout over a year ago for the Cricut Circle of my little gal, Myla.  She was rescued from a mill and was 3 pounds of mischievous love! I used my Cricut, Kate's ABC's, Pretty Pennants, and the Cricut Font and Basic Shapes cartridges. 

I used a few stickers (SRM), some rub-ons, burlap, and rhinestones....

I love the Pretty Pennants Cartridge....such fun cuts!

Here's the little gal all grown up and a whopping 23 pounds! She has been a wonderful addition to our family, and I am so glad we were able to rescue her. 

I have one last thing to share with you!  I received an e-mail yesterday telling me that my card, Elegant Tiled Greeting Card, that was featured on All Free Papercrafts, was voted one of the most popular papercrafts in 2013. 

I was pretty excited! :)

May you and your family have a happy, healthy, blessed New Year!!

Pure Beauty

Good morning and happy Monday to you! It has been a busy weekend filled with training puppies, swimming with the kiddos, and BBQ's! I forgot how much work a new puppy can be!

 I have a LO to share with you from Cortney's prom. I hope you aren't tired of seeing photos from her dance yet! ; )I used my Cricut and the Pretty Pennants cartridge to cut lots and lots of pennants. I covered some of the pennants with Washi tape because I happened to own some in the hot pink, black, and turquoise color scheme, and wanted to incorporate it into the LO.  I used a Hambly dress form sticker, some letter beads, and kraft circles sewn together.....but can't remember off hand who those are by!

Some of my LO's make it on Cortney's bedroom wall.  She is a bit of a narcissist and loves looking at herself! ; )  So I bought several 12 x 12 scrapbook frames and hung them above her shelves. I don't use the glass because my LO's are too lumpy! ; )

Here it is framed against her blue wall. 

Here are the other two LO's......the one in the middle is a really old LO....it will be swapped out at some point. The one on the left you saw awhile ago......

Cortney has a very busy, girly, girl bedroom.....and I thought I'd give you a little tour. Since Cortney still has "tummy" time I have lots of baskets filled with her toys and books.  She crawls to them, pulls the basket out, and takes out whatever toy/book she wants to play with. She has many, many videos......too many. She has a little hand-painted doll bed and armoire for her dolly, Gloria.

She has a huge bulletin board from Pottery Barn filled with her awards, pictures, and this banner I made for her awhile back. I spelled her name a bit differently when she was born, so it isn't easy to find personalized stuff for her.  Which leaves that task to me! ; )

I also made this frame for her with all her cheer leading gal pals using my Cricut. I even made real pom poms for my tiny cheerleader in the corner!

And last but not least.......Myla has decided she likes Cortney's bedroom.  Cortney has a door that leads to our deck, that leads to our pool.  And because the door is open much of the time, a lot of sun comes through.....perfect for sunbathing. ; )

Whew! Are you still with me?  I was a bit long winded today I guess! 

Cortney is back in summer school today, and I've never seen a kid who is soooooo excited to go back! 

Have a fabulous day!

:)