Gone til the 2nd

Hi Everyone,

Just have one more project to share until the New Year! Will leaves today. I am going to drop him off at the base airport and then I'll be driving down to my parent's house in Indiana for a few days. I'll be driving home on the first, so I probably won't post again til after the 2nd. I hope you all have a wonderful start to your New Year!

I made this card (and envelope) for Will to read on the plane...and I of course was crying like a baby the whole time I was making it and writing in it. I'm just like that. A big time cry-er. Lucky him, right?! :-) No stamping on this one. I used my computer and then hand cut the hearts and traced around them with my white marker. The stickers are Doodlebug designs. I hand cut the circles as well. I have a circle system I could have used, but I didn't want to drag everything out last night. I just wanted to have something to do to busy myself while Will was making all of his "good-bye calls" to his family. I like how it turned out. I found the quote in a magazine. It says "In the arithmetic of love, one plus one is everything, and two minus one is nothing". I thought it was pretty fitting for his leaving.

I'll be back next year!

Assignment # 2--take two

I created another page using those same assignment supplies. All of the patterned papers and stickers are from Cloud 9 designs. I couldn't resist the urge to do something else with these papers. I just LOVE them! :-) I die cut the title using my sizzix machine and the Round-About alpha. The hearts are a mixture of hand cut and chipboard Making Memories. I did the journaling on the computer in Word. The photo is 4x6.

So I just thought I'd share my second creation with you before I take both layouts to the Pink House to turn in! Hopefully the after-Christmas traffic won't be too terrible! And I should have more to share later!

So I found some time...

Will is making our Christmas dinner, so I found a little time to get this done and take a few pictures to post it up! This is the layout for my second assignment from the Pink House. Using papers and embellishments from Cloud 9 Designs Be Loved line. I will probably take it up there tomorrow and get my next assignment. I am really enjoying the assignments so far.

I may make a card or something else to go along with this...hopefully I'll have some more time to play after the kiddos go to bed! :-)

I apologize for the bad photography...my camera has been acting a little wacko this week. I think I need to take it apart and clean it really well. But anyway, you get the idea and if you want to see it up close and personal, go to the Pink House and check it out!! :-) All of the paper and everything I used except for the journaling that I did on the computer, can be found there. Oh, and I hand cut the larger hearts myself, but there are other stickers and such from this line that could be used instead.

Merry Christmas from my family to yours!

Merry Christmas everyone! We've been busy around here taking pictures, baking cookies for Santa, and snuggling in for a viewing of the Grinch. I promise to post some new projects on Wednesday! Hope you and yours have a safe and happy holiday!

More Card Fun

I made this card last night too. I LOVE the way this turned out...I think it looks even better in person than in the picture. I'm going to try it in different colors too to see what I can come up with. I used Stampin Up's Priceless set and the sentiment is Technique Tuesday. Brads are from Making Memories and the Ribbon is Offray. I used my Creative Memories Square punches to do all of the squares. All of the inks used were by Ink It Up.

We had this super-yummy dinner tonight. If you like comfort food, you just have to try it. It's pretty basic, but SOOO good. Boil some chicken on the stove with water and 4 chicken boullion cubes. Then once the chicken is falling apart, pull out the chicken and put it on a plate. Add egg noodles to the boullion and start tearing up the chicken. When the noodles soften, add the chicken and stir. Salt and pepper to taste. Then we served ours over mashed potatoes. Comfort food just wouldn't be comfort food without the mashed potatoes! :-) SO so easy and so so good. If you try it let me know how you like it! :-) Happy Friday!!!

SC155

A quick card to share tonight. This was my take on the SCS sketch 155. I used papers by Doodlebug Designs. I bought these a couple years ago and was saving them for a Valentine's day layout, but keep forgetting to use it. SO I pulled it out today to get me in that Valentine's creating mood for my assignment for the Pink House. I also used some of the Sugar Coating glitter. I just LOVE this stuff. It's so fun to use!

I am still in a very creative mood but have to put off doing my "homework" until I take some new photos of me and Will. I need some anyway and this gives me a good excuse! Gotta love that! So not sure what else I'll work on tonight, but I'm sure I'll find something!

Assignment # 1 Finished!!

I went to the Pink House today and delivered my first assignment. So exciting. I got to hang it up and I took some pictures (of course). :-) I also got my second assignment--using the Valentine's day papers, stickers, fabric tape, and rub-ons by Cloud 9 Design. So, I'll probably be up til 1 am again tonight! haha...

This is the Pink House from the outside. My car is completely in the way, but whatever, you get the idea. And then the other picture is my layout hanging on the wall inside! YAY!! :-)

By the way, I am completely aware how big of a dork I am to have taken a picture of it hanging in the store. BUT this was a huge goal of mine that I just had to document and I am so excited! So I'm a completely happy dork :-)! Have a great rest of your week everybody!!!