jiggly jiggly

Scott's little 7-year-old buddy found out that he had a brain tumor last week. They were able to successfully remove it, but he's home for a while to recover. We get to take them dessert today. I have been dying to get baking in my new kitchen. It was the perfect excuse to use my new tip...

I have always stayed away from cupcakes because they have no filling. This lil doodad lets me sneak in some lemon filling, mousse, custard, anything!!! Nummy-ola!

The jello jigglers were a last minute idea:) It has been FOREVER since I made them. I used my mini cookie cutters from Pampered Chef. Fun fun. Tom and his logger buddy were my taste testers. We passed:)

Michael's card...and COPICS

So, I have begun my journey into the Copic world. I was not gunna do it! I was NOT even going to venture into that place, but...my CTMH marker had a crack and dried out. PLUS, when I color with reg markers, I can always see the brush strokes. SO, I stayed away from any stamp that had to be colored in. NOPE. Not gunna do it. THEN, Miss Katie Lou let me peek into Copic land. Ummmm...they're really nice...really really nice. They are alcohol ink and blend PERFECTLY. Oooh, and you can refill them and replace the lil' nibs without buying new markers...and you can even AIRBRUSH with them. Okay, so...here I am now. Budgeting to buy 6 a month.:) What's next? (By the way, I don't want an answer to that question! My craft room is gettin' kinda full)

Sharon's Celebration

My sweet mother-in-law turned 70 last month!! What a blessing she is in my life! She has a lil' weakness for chocolate, so I made this card set with a lil' to keep her stock up:) I loved this template. It is, of course, a Papertrey inc template. The stamps and paper are also Papertrey.

I'm back at it!

One of my first projects was to get my scrap room functional. It still isn't finished, but tables are up and all my "supplies" are out:) Yeah!! I am so happy. It is nice to get back to making pages for our books and cards for fam.\friends.



This was a fun card...one of the first ones in the new room. Oh, it was nice to have all my tools at my finger tips.






Oh, it is so fun to have ribbon and accents and stamps and...aaahh. What therapy!

Tape and glitter technique

I have been wanting to play with this technique for a while (since seeing it on Teresa Black's blog) I did two pages with this technique. I have decided, though, that it would look better on a smaller basis. When I cut out the big butterfly or the moon, the tape behind was all warped. If I had done smaller cut-outs, then it probably would have looked better. This first page was done with one of my favorite sets from CTMH. It was called Lazy Days of Summer. I love the cool greens and blues for my boys. I felt bad putting Dallin and glitter on the same page, but it goes in my book, not his...that's okay, right?? I needed a girl in this life, dadgumit! Anywho, the next page was inspired by a Technique Tuesdays catalog that I picked up at the scrap convention last fall. I cut the scrolly thingys out with my cricut cartridge Storybook. I like how the lil stars turned out. I just embossed them with clear embossing powder and then daubed ink over them with a sponge. Pretty fun. Now I have to go make my exchanges...with my updated info on the technique.

Wendy, this one's for you

This pages cracks me up. One morning, Tom came home and told us that there was something in the front yard. So, we went out to see...A TURTLE. Uh, okay. Not something that you would expect in our area. It was pretty large and had a very sharp "beak." Our dog, Sam, got a little too close and that thing hooked his nose in a split second. Poor Sam. He was beside himself. So, we put on some welding gloves because the thing had CLAWS like an aligator...and a long tail??!! Anyway, the turtle made its way around the neighborhood for the next few weeks. When I saw these pictures, I pulled out my CTMH "Lazy Days of Summer" paper because I knew it came with turtle stickers. I even got to use some Thickers...don't you just love saying that word:) HEE HEE.

I fell in love

I sure did! I went to the local scrap store (normally I can avoid it for months at a time). I was only picking up some puffy squares and I stumbled on this BEEEEAutiful paper. I LOVE this paper. Did I mention that I kinda like this paper. I was so excited to use it. But when? I have all boys. Then, it happened! I was flipping through my pile of pictures that needed scrappin' and I saw my birthday pictures from last year that Dallin took. We were having dinner in our red dining room...PERFECT!! Aaaah. I feel much better now:) Ooh, and I even sprayed the red flowers with some of my Tattered Angels glimmer mist. LOVE IT! Now I can continue on with my usual masculine pages.