Finally...

I have had a WONDERFUL day so far!! I am tackling projects that I have had on my mind for FOREVER!! YEAH. I hope Tom keeps the boys gone for just a few more hours:) I gotta get this out of my system. I love the picture boards that I made with the help of my Dad and his router:) Years and years ago, when there was actually a store called Provo Craft, I bought a bag full of these knobs, just to hold onto for the perfect project. I painted them and cut out some vinyl with my cricut to go on top. LOVE IT! Then, I just bought some cheapo pine frames at Joanns and painted\distressed them. Ribbon was also dirt cheap at COD Wholesale.com. It was 50 yards for $5!!!

This is the view from my bed, so I can see my buddies every night:) I have another board on the other side of the window to balance it out. Just need to get my lil' plugs into the screw holes and it is FINISHED!

Just somethin' I saw in church once

I saw a lady at church with one of these stickin' out of her scriptures...so pretty!! So, Kim said, "Karen, make those for us." Well, that was a year ago. I am so happy I finally got around to making these. They are so easy and pretty when they are done. Kids could do this for a cheap and easy project, too....achievement day girls:) I made 7 of these from one little strand of beads I bought at Joanns for $3. Not bad!

What a great day!

Oh, I was so excited when the day came that my sweetie told me she was graduating from high school! Against all odds:) These pages made me smile! She loves green, so I pieced a bunch together. She is only about 5 ft tall...if even that:) she dreams of owning a BIG green truck. See the lil' rosette?? It is easy peasy with my new die from My Favorite Things. FUN. Yes, I used the cuttlebug...not my wizard. I think the wizard needs a new home. It's time. I'm going to play with the felt some more. I have a project in mind for my bedroom and a big letter B.:)

All Star Layout - no more baseball...PLEASE

I am getting a tad bit burned out on doing baseball pages. I do them every year...one for each boy in my book and one for each boy in his book. Now you know why I jump at the chance to scrap my neices' pictures:) I really liked this layout, though. It was an easy one that just fell together. That was nice for a change. I was laughing at these pictures because I think this is the first time I had my new camera. I couldn't get that thing to focus on what I wanted to save my life:) So, I just took a hundred pictures and grabbed the best ones (not many:)) A fence in front of the camera really threw it off. These pictures were the only surbibers:) ( Katie, I can't say that word normal anymore)

I counted 7 different stamp sets that I used on this layout! Whew! That HAS to be a record. Just think...this is only 2009...I have 2 more years of baseball to get caught up on:) One bite at a time.

Finally finished these

We got together last Friday to make some pages and have an exchange. LOVED the exchange. The gals did such a great job. I love that I can work with such talented people that push me. I had such a struggle finishing these pages. I couldn't get things to balance out. The idea behind these pages is to make them interactive. You can lift flaps, pull tabs, and open "books." The trick is to make slices in the covers that I slide them into in order to make interactive parts accessible. CTMH's newest book, "Magic" shows all the instructions for this. I love that it allows me to add more pictures\journaling than the basic page would. This will come in handy at Christmas time, so I don't have to make so many pages. There are two flaps to open and one tab to pull out that has all my journaling.

pssst....Heidi

I have really acquired a love for purple....not as drastic as my first love, red, but lovely anyway. In fact, I just painted a wall in MY bathroom a lavender. LOVE IT. I had NO girly pictures to use with this layout from 2009, so I got to skip ahead to 2010:) We learned this technique at girls' weekend called bandana technique. The purple background paper on the left is what I made. The rest was easy. Girly pages always are. sparkles, butterfies, flowers, buttons, ribbon,....and it was all CTMH!! Love the new alphabet, too:)

Sa-weet

These were for all the kids on Easter. I had some batter left from the cake below, so I whipped these up.

I finally found a use for these flowers that I made a few months ago:) Scott liked the jelly beans better, though:)

I finally got back into makin' cakes. I have been without a house, kitchen, time, etc for the last 2 years. Whew. It felt great to get back into it. I am especially lovin' my tip that lets me add filling to my cupcakes. I tried some new flavors, learned some new secrets:), and met the worst cupcake pan ever invented!!! These were for a gal at work. They were orange flavored with marmalade in the middle. scrum scrum