Simple Christmas Card

Time has become something of a rarity since I started school two weeks ago. I can't believe how demanding thing are now that I am trying to balance everything out. So, needless to say, the crafting has come to an abrupt halt. I am relishing the free time I have now that we are snowed in. I cleaned house like a mad woman and now...now I can create. This is a card that I made for some of my mailings this year. Yes, it is VERY simple, but I really liked the tad bit of sparkle:)

Ahhh, and here is a page that I made for Michael's scrapbook. It was so great to play with stamps and ink and my cricut and punches and daubing and...yeah. It was so nice to play for a few minutes. I used Paper Trey Inc. cardstock for this and CTMH stamps ("C" solo, express postage, Frame of Mind, and Star Struck.) Now, I am good for another week...maybe:)

Baby Box

Oh, I love any excuse to make these boxes. This one is for a gal at church that is due in 9 days...I knit some booties and a lil' hat for the new guy. So, this will go perfectly. These are CTMH boxes, Aspen paper pack, CTMH chipboard letters, and Heritage alphabet stamp. The colors are Twilight, Outdoor Denim, and Desert Sand. OH! So cute!

Gift Certificate Holder

This is a card I came up with for an open house gathering I have next weekend. I needed to present the gift certificates available in a really pretty way. So, I used CTMH's Creative Basics Evensong Paper, Colonial White cardstock, a little glitter, and some brads. I love how fast they were to make!! I just have to make 10 more now. Whew!

Bonfire

We had an impromptu bonfire one night while Tom was burning some brush. It was so fun and the boys were in heaven. They found a frog, had some toasted marshmallows, and got REALLY dirty:) These memories are priceless...the unplanned ones. I love where we live. I love that we can do this whenever we want.

Scooter

Scott is such a daddy's boy. He loves learning how to work things. From a very young age he would watch Tom or his Papa work with wood or tractors, etc. This was him learning to ride a bike. Now, with Dallin we just had to work on getting him to go FORWARD on his trike. He could do backwards really well. Then came Michael. We had to tie his feet to the pedals:) Scott, well, he just hopped on, stuck his tongue out, and took off.

Sketch challenge...two versions

I have never participated in a sketch challenge before...so here goes. This is from one of my favorite blogs, inkastamp. I had to do two cards today, so I used this sketch to do both. They both use Papertrey Inc and CTMH stamps and cardstock. The patterned paper is just stuff I have had in my stash forever. This one was for my brother, Ben. He is all the way in Texas, so it is a sad reminder of how far away they are whenever I have to send a card. My boys liked this one...much better than the next one. This one was for a gal that I visit teach each month. She is such a girly girl, so it was nice to get to play with girly purple and pink for once. I have to say that the twill ribbon used here, by Papertrey, is the most luxurious stuff!! It is almost glossy...pretty cool for twill.

Game Boys

This weekend, I got to have a scrap retreat with some of my partners in crime. I stayed only Friday and part of Saturday, but I got some fun pages done. This one is one of my favorites because it shows our everyday life, not some big event. The boys were playing dominoes one day. They were getting along so well. I used CTMH's Seredipity Paper pack for this, along with Little Boys stamp set, Childhood Boy stamp set, Outdoor Denim striped ribbon, pewter accents, and little brads for the domino dots:) I think those are so fun!!