Good bye to Kindergarten

I can't believe that my little Karl has finished his first year of school! Gosh, I can't believe how fast that year flew by! Today was his "continuation" ceremony. From the picture, he needs to learn not to pull his pants up so high! He kept on yanking past his belly! It was so cute. This card is one of several that I made for his teachers. I was trying to go with some of the "apple" theme! I just love the Tart and Tangy set. It makes me want to go out and celebrate summer. I just love the yummy dsp paper, washington apple. Too bad it is retired.
I used some crystal effects to give the apple some "pop". I also added this embellishment to the gift bag and card that I used. I love simple cards. Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy.

It's been too long!

You know you've been away too long when you can't remember your password! Gosh, isn't that sad. Hopefully, I will get better about posting. I know I say that all the time. I wish that I had more time in the day or maybe less time at work! HA HA! At night, I'm so pooped that I'm usually heading off to bed at the same time as my kids. Isn't that depressing? I wish I had the energy to stay up late and get time to scrap or stamp or something. I held a scrapbook camp last weekend and we made 4 2- 12x12 page layouts. If I get some pictures on those pages, I'll post them! Hopefully this weekend I can sneak a few minutes. I have a 4-day weekend!! YEAH! and no baseball! I do need to go and give my backyard some more love. I did get a garden planted last weekend. Hopefully, I'll have some yummy veggies this summer, unless my 2 yo digs them up! I already caught him digging. Here is my card that I made for a birthday party that my daughter went to on Saturday. I love my Big Shot and what a better way to use Hello Kitty! This is such a fun die! My little Logan thinks that Hello Kitty is her toy!!! Not so much.

I need a beer!

Well at least for a card! I sure could use a cold one now but it's too late for me to start drinking. I would rather go to sleep tonight. My kids were super crabby tonight b/c they were up late last night and were up early today! I wanted to make a card tonight to post. So I headed over to Splitcoaststampers to check out the latest challenge. Here is my version for this challenge. I love just the "Sarah" paper from SU. Too bad it is retired. I think it is so sweet. I can't believe that this was the end of my stash too. What a bummer. Oh well, it's not like I don't have a ton of other paper to choose from for another project. Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy.

Sunday Challenge

I finally have started to get back in the swing of things again. I'm so excited that I can do a challenge card this week. I gotta make this post quick b/c I'm sneaking in a few spare moments before the troops come rumbling inside and need a bath! I'm already hearing a basketball bouncing inside my house! I found some scraps of the Wild Wasabi paper and went from there. I was dying to try my new texture plate. I don't know if you can see it. I love those texturized plates.I apologize for not listing everything but it was all scraps I found in more drawer! As I was posting I realized that I have no saying on my card. Well, I'll have to figure out what kind of greeting it needs! Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy. It's off to bath time!

I'm finished!

Well almost. I have 1 more day at my rotation on Monday. I am in the process of finishing up my doctor of pharmacy degree (PharmD). I never would have thought that when I started in 2001 that it would have taken another 8 years to complete!! Of course I didn't know that I was going to have 3 children either! I should be graduating in May. I started my last rotation in March, that is why I have been absent. It is just to hard to do that and work a full-time job and have 3 kids. Hopefully I will get back to regular posts.
Today I took some time to enjoy our last (hopefully, keep your fingers crossed) day of winter! We made a snowman and the kids made snow angels. Then I got to sneak off to my stamp room and make a card for my mom's birthday on Friday. I'm sure that she won't be so amused by it but I love this new set.
It is "Golden Oldies" from the SU new mini catalog. I used some extra scraps laying around the long strip. I got the sketch from Clean and Simple. Check out that blog. It is so cool. The designs are so easy. I used Kiwi Kiss, Pretty In Pink, Regal Rose and Rose Red. I hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by!

Bleach it!

I was playing around today with the bleaching technique. I need to practice because I'm teaching a technique class in March and that is one technique that I'm going to be demonstrating. I love how my samples turned out. I will give you a bit of advice, use darker paper. I tried with Summer Sun and the results aren't the best! Also, do this in a well ventilated area. I was in my stamp room and I can tell! The fumes were getting potent! I used the Fifth Avenue Florals set, which I have been dying to test out! I used the Urban Garden DSP, Basic Gray, Not Quite Navy paper. I think I'm addicted to the Fifth Ave floral set! I love it. Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy.

sweet sunday challenge #3

Once again, Karen has a wonderful sketch. Where do they come up with the ideas? At least, I get to reap the rewards of someone else's creativity! I was trying to kill 2 birds with one stone for this challenge. I needed to come up with some SAB samples so I used my new set, Yummy and the wonderful SAB DSP. Of course, I had to play with some of my new toys from the catty. Today, I was trying out my new embosslet, flower burst. I think I'm addicted. It is sooooo cool! I added a little DD glitter to the flower but I'm not sure if I like it. Maybe it will have to grow on me!
I hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by!