LOVE ME SOME HUGS!

 A fun layout I liked these pics of me and my daughter hugging it out :)  I added a cute little owl cut from a Creative Memories cartridge.  My daughter is going through an "owl" phase, so I thought it was fitting to add one. I went very plain with embellies on this and used a CM ideas book for the page map.  No, I do not sell CM, lol.  I just really like their products and the crop I was at had a huge table of CM products for our use!  So, I tried lots of stuff!

NATURE IS WHERE IT"S AT!

 The smell of toasty warm fires, friends, family, laughs, yummy food and teamwork!  I LOVE camping! 

 I also LOVE LOVE using my Creative Memories Page Planner.  I highly suggest this set and the Nancy O'dell Creative Memories set  for all those loose pics that you want to get in a book.   The templates are easy peasy to use!  and the booklets that come with the sets pretty much do all the work for you as far as how and where to put embellies if you need to add. 

Again, I need to journal, LOL. Someday!

PICNIC TABLE PRANKSTERS!

 And another campin' out layout.  I loved the fun pics on this page and it brought back some silly memories of that trip.  The reason it says "pranks" is that all my fellow campers waited till I went to the bathroom to pull a trick on me.   I came back to a campsite in which everybody was in their tents, strange?  hmmm. We were just playing card and singing round' the fire.  I look down and in front of me there was a snake at the bottom of the picnic table. I scream (repeatedly!) and try my hardest to jump up ONTO the table (in no way shape or form did I do it either. lol) in a complete panic.  I hear lots of laughter at that point and then take a closer look at the PLASTIC snake!  LOL.  It took me a few minutes to recoop from that.. LOL .  We had lots of fun goofing around the fire and playing rummy and making YUMMMO treats too!

HAPPY CAMPERS

 Here is a layout that I did at a recent crop.  These are fun pics of family and friends that went camping back in 2011.  We had LOTS of laughs. 

 

I used a really fun Creative Memories border to do the trees and I did the cuts from CAMP OUT cricut cartridge.

I haven't done any of my journaling yet.   

BOSTON STRONG

 Here is a picture of our beautiful city of Boston.  It has been a terrifying week here in Boston and in the Nation.  We are all so happy  that the 2nd suspect in the marathon bombings has been captured.  We pray for those families who lost lives and  for those who were injured at the hands of terrorists.  We pray we will get answers and justice. 

And, on a lighter note,  when people have to miss Celtics, Red Sox and Bruins games around here, SHIT  GETS REAL!  LOL.   God bless the USA and the human race!

Happy Anniversary

Here is an anniversary card I whipped up.  It really is super busy, almost too busy for me.   But Kel said she loved it, so I am going with it. I figured, I would step out of my comfort zone and just go with it!!

Everything I used was from my stash.  I have had this paper for ever!! I cut out some of the flowers and adhere them with pop dots, give it the 3D feel.  Around the page punch by Martha Stewart it the little window where the flower is peeking through.

Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by!!

Laurie

Thank Ewe card

Good morning!  I have been trying to get some crafting in. I am busy working on my sons' and nieces' graduation invites.  I will have to show you a pic of my desk of all the different parts and pieces.

Here is a cute little thank you card I did. I love this little lady!!

The lamb is cute from Create a Critter 2, I am not sure of the page, as I downloading the cartridge to my Cricut Craft room.  Have you done this yet? Oh my you get the cartridge right away, no running to the store, spectacular!!

The word Thank Ewe is cute from Just Because Cards at 2.50"

Fiskar's punch for the punch under the picture.

Martha Steward Bling

Divine Swirls Cuttlebug Folder

StampinUP Ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by! We really have missed everyone!!

Laurie

Happy Birthday

Good morning! Sorry we have not been around lately.  Life has just been soooo busy for all of us! We try to get some crafting in, but it hasn't happened much!  I don't see it slow down much for me or the other ladies, but we will try out best to post.

I made this card for my Nephew who is turning 9 (so crazy he was just born) and he loves monsters. I thought the Mini-Monster Cart would be perfect for him!


My recipe:

Mini Monster Cart - pg 35 cut at 3.5"
DCWV - the cute monster paper - Doodling Around Stack
Wedding Cart - The cutge little banner cut at 2.5"
Nestabilities - Labels
The rest of the paper is from my stash (I love the different color google eyes, Kel's idea)


I will enter this card in this fun challenge, Kids Birthday Card Challenge!

http://comeandgetitchallenges.blogspot.com/

Sorry we have been MIA........

Happy Sunday everyone!! So sorry we haven't been around!!  Life has been so crazy for all three of us the past few weeks!! College stuff, school stuff, funerals, and life in general!  We promise we will be posting really soon!!!

We hope everyone is doing well and will try to stop by and visit everyone!!  Have a great Sunday!

Kel, Laurie & Dawn

More Birthday Fun

I made this birthday card and altered Altoid tin gift card holder for Laurie's little guy who turned 13 last week. They grow up too fast!

Card: So cute and so easy to make!

Hippo and balloons: Silhouette cut files (the balloons are pop-dotted)
Cuttlebug folders: Spots n Dots and Divine Swirls
13 letter stickers: stash
"Hippo Birthday" stamp: My Pink Stamper

Tin: Also so easy and the perfect size to hold a gift card! I covered the inside cover and bottom with paper, too. The paper and chipboard stickers were in my stash. (The stickers maybe MAMBI?)

Hope everyone is having a good week!

IT'S TIME TO ENJOY THE GREAT OUTDOORS!

I went to a crop over the weekend and one of the projects I worked on was a book for my son.  He enjoys outdoor activities such as camping and hiking.  Here are a few pages.  I wanted to make a book that wasn't "cutsie"  LOL.  An 8x8 album is always a challenge for me.  I want it to look  full but not too full of embellies so I went to the Camp Out cartridge and just cut  a pile of  images and then as I laid out my pages I just added them in.

 On the one above I just doodles around the pictures with a CM doodle template.  LOVE IT!  Here are some of the images from other pages too. 

Happy Easter!! Too cute!

Happy Friday everyone and Happy Easter. I can't believe Easter is this Sunday! So crazy how fast this year is going.

How cute are these little bags Kelly made as place cards for Easter Sunday dinner. I just love them.  

Kell said, "These are two of a set of 8 treat bags I am doing for my Easter dinner table. I cut the little bag from Tags, Bags, and Boxes cartridge at 7" and the critters from Create a Critter  at 3".  They work up super fast and will be adorable around the table. "

We hope you all have a wonderful Easter.

Happy Easter - from your friends at SS, Kel, Laurie and Dawn


 

Happy Birthday!!!

Good morning!  Today my youngest turns 13!  Makes me so sad, I swear he was just 2!  I found this awesome paper stack at Michael's with a a coupon it was $11!!

Every single paper on this card came from this stack, the words, the numbers, everything!!  The controller is cut from The Father's Day cart at 3.5" and layered.

I am sure he will love this card!

Thanks for stopping by!

Laurie

Finished product

Good morning!  If you stopped by yesterday you would have see the fun mail I got from StampinUP!  Super fun kit!

I wanted to share how easy these cards went together. I timed myself and it took me, I am NOT kidding. One minute and thirty seconds to make a card!  I love the outcome and I did each one different to give a new feel.  These are great to have in your stash!!

Have a great day! Thanks, as always, for stopping by!!

Laurie

Fun Mail......

Woohoo!  I got some fun mail!!  Well I joined a super fun club through our friend Norma over at
http://pinkblingcrafter.blogspot.com/   StampinUP! has a monthly club called Paper Pumpkin, its $20.00 per month (you can cancel at any time) and you get a package in the mail with a fun project!  This month was this awesome card and it comes with enough goodies to make 4 cards, including the envelopes and then you still have the clear block, the ink pad and the stamps to use whenever you like.  I am so happy I joined, so far so good!!

I will show you the finished project and how fast it came together tomorrow! 

Have a great day everyone!!

Laurie

Easter Week Day 5

Good Friday morning!! Thanks so much for sticking with us all week.  We hope you enjoyed seeing the cards as much as enjoyed showing them!!

Here is an adorable card that Kel did.  She just whipped this one right up!!  I am loving the bunny with the little cottontail, so clever!!

Kel's recipe:

All papers from her stash. I LOVE the green patterned paper, so perfect for card.
Bunny was cut at 3.5" and layered.  She is cut from Just Because Cards Cartridge
Divine Swirls Cuttlebug Folder for the bunny.
Stamp is Inkadoo
Bling and ribbon from her stash.

I really love the colors and feel of this card!! Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great weekend!!

Laurie

Easter Week

Good morning. Welcome to day four. I hope you have been enjoying the week.    Here is a card I made I wanted a more elegant feel.

My recipe:

All papers are from StampingUP! Sunshine Garden Kit

Doodlecharms from the eggs cut at 4.5" and shadowed  I think took out my Inkadoo stamps that have flourishes on them and stamped each egg with a different color and different flourish.  The of course pop dotted them as well.

Inkadoo for the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Laurie

Easter week

Hello everyone!  Kel really wanted to give his card a different feel and use non traditional Easter Colors, I think she accomplished that job every well.  I love the rustic feel.

Kel's recipe:

All papers were from her stash - with the exception of the bunny head, that was Recollections and sand papered


Eggs and Bunny are from Doodle Charms, pg 89 for eggs and pg 88 for the bunny head.

Corner rounder for the papers and the sentiment.

Another Darice folder to give the egg some dimension.  These folders are awesome, $1.88!!

The sentiment is again, Inkadoo.

Don't you just love the rustic feel?  Thanks for stopping by!!

Easter Week.......

Hello everyone. Welcome to day two of Easter Week. Kel and I really tried to make each card different.  It was not easy, but I think we accomplished it.  Stay tuned all week and let us know what you think.

The recipe of our card was:

The little girl is from A Child's Year, page 33. we flipped her to face to the right, and cut her at 3.25"  

The eggs, and butterflies are from Doodle Charms, pg 89

The punch is from Fiskars and the papers are from our stashed and of course inked up (we have an inking problem, lol).

The sentiment is from Inkadoo.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Easter card week........

Good morning!  I hope you had a great weekend. Kel and I were busy in the cave getting our Easter Cards done and thought we would show them off this week.  Hopefully you will find some inspiration.

My recipe:

All papers are K&Company from  my stash and they all matched so well I had to use them.

Bunny is from Stretch your Imagination, pg 67 cut @3.25 and layered. I couldn't even stand this little lady  standing on the egg, so cute!!!

Basket and Eggs are from Doodlecharms page 89, basket is cut at 3.50" and the eggs 2.25.

I cuttlebugged the basket with a new folder from Darice. Have you see these in AC Moore, each folder is ONLY $1.88!!  So crazy, I bought about 5.  They aren't very fancy with their names, some don't even have names.

Grass is from the string like ribbon I had laying around, it made such fun grass.

The white paper is of course Swiss dots!!