Mmmm, the donut whole...a little donut store in the middle of downtown Wichita. Free advertising: They have donuts of ALL flavors...and I really mean ALL! If you can think it, they make it. From donuts with cereal on them to donuts with bacon in them! So many to look at and many I wouldn't be brave enough to try! :) If ever you find yourself in Wichita, Kansas - look it up. It is worth the adventure!
This layout was a lot of fun for me! I used lots and lots of Creative Memories goodies...actually ALL of it is Creative Memories! And check out those donuts...if only I would have remembered to write down what we got!
Supplies:
Cardstock: Clay (Creative Memories)
Pattern Paper: Rugged Tone-on-Tone Paper (Creative Memories)
Ribbon: Rugged Paper Ribbon (Creative Memories)
Stickers: Rugged Decorative ABC Stickers (Creative Memories)
Punches: Scallop Circle Maker, Loveable Mini Pocket Punches, and Square Maker (Creative Memories)
Stencil: Doodling Templates Flowers and Swirls(Creative Memories)
Die Cut: CCS Jumbo Wavy Square Pattern (Creative Memories)
Pen: Brown Dual-Tip Pen (Creative Memories)
Adhesive: Hummingbird Tape Runner and Foam Squares (Creative Memories)
Do you remember some time back my announcement about that design team Suzy West put together for a new company? Well, I can finally tell you the company name...WOW Embossing Powder! We have already received embossing powders and stamps and I am beyond thrilled at the quality and colors! You are going to love these!
WOW will be debuting at the Winter CHA show...for any of those lucky ones attending, be sure to hunt down their booth for a look!
I am also super excited to share with you one of the projects I have been working on for WOW...their blog! I really enjoy blog decorating! I would love for you to stop by to check it out and while you are there, be sure to check in and leave a comment, I have heard there are contests and/or prizes coming soon! :)
I love this photo of Hannah. It is one I captured back when we were back in Kansas for a visit. She was sitting on the porch, just taking in all the action around her. She loves being in Kansas...and I love that! It is home for me and she shares that in her heart too!
Do you see this flower? I received a couple of the EK Success Dimensional Flower Punches for Christmas and I really enjoy them! They are so easy to use and you can change the look of the flowers by how tight you roll them and layer them with different papers! How did I ever live without them!? And those shiny stickers are from Momenta! Those come in ALL different colors and sizes in the Bubble and Bling sets - one of my must haves!
All the paper and those gorgeous dragonflies are Kanban Crafts. They have so much detail on the dragonflies...the gold through the middle shines and the wings have sparkle I couldn't capture! Their papers works wonderfully with the EK Success Punches, as if they were meant for each other! :)
I hope you all had a wonderful Holiday and got loads of scrappy goodness! :)
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This was one of the projects I did for the Spellbinder's Design Team Call. We were only allowed to submit one entry, so I thought I would share with you the one that I didn't send in! Though I love my little tree, I didn't think it was unique enough to make the cut, so I decided just to add it in with my home decor for the Holidays! As you can see, I used the Creative Memories Holidazzle Paper Collection so that it would match my wreath and layout, which are also out on display!
I love the fullness that the Spellbinder's die cut give to the tree, a little different look than the rolled paper or the flat circles I have created for trees in the past! With the Spellbinder's die cuts, I am able to cut several sheets of paper at the same time which really speeds the process up since I used well over 100 scallop circles!
Merry Christmas!
Each year we start our holiday season off by shopping for ornaments for the kids! It is always so much fun to see which ornaments they will choose and I think it is even more fun pulling out all the old ornaments from the past years and placing them on the tree with them! We have a mini album that we update each year with a photo of the ornament and the reason or story behind it, but having all the past ones on a layout is really special to me and we have it displayed in our living room with the holiday decor!
Supplies:
I am back today with more Kanban goodness!
This is Kanban's PCT2043 pack, another one of my favorites :)
I will admit Holiday breaks, especially those that are two weeks long, tend to frighten me! It's not that I don't like spending time with the kids, because I love it (mostly :) )...it is the "Mom, I'm bored..." I just can't take. For instance, yesterday morning Gannon had a friend over for the night and when the friends Dad came to pick him up in the morning, before the door shut Gannon was in my art room saying "Ugh, I'm bored...what can I do?"...seriously, the door wasn't even closed!
I am constantly hunting for cheap activities and ones that will take some time up! I find Redbox to be a blessing as the kids love picking out their own movie and at $1, I can afford a couple each week they are off :) ! We play video and board games, try to find cheap outside the house activities such as swimming at the local high school, roller skating on the cheap days, matinee movies at the theater, and may even attempt a drive to the ice rink, and I always stock up on dollar store goodies for crafting!
This year I found a bag of multi-sized foam balls at our Dollar Tree so last night we pulled out some toothpicks, the foam balls, some scrap ribbon, old brads, and a little bit of wire and glue and off they went, creating snow buddies!
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| Ashley attaching bells! |
This is Gannon's Snow Buddy:
Hannah's:
Rickey's (Hannah's boyfriend)
And Ashley's finished snowman:
I thought they turned out really cute and the kids had fun making them! And it took up a good 30 minutes :)
And here you can see Eton in action on his wobbler base!
If your monkey's are anything like mine, you know how impossible "thank you's" can be when it comes time to write them out! It seems the older they get, the more difficult the task becomes!
This year, I planned ahead! I knew I wanted to get a group photo of the gang so that I could include it on the Thank You note. It takes up space so Hannah doesn't have to write a long paragraph and what kid wouldn't want a photo of themselves and their friends!? :)
I created our Thank You notes digitally using Creative Memories Storybook Creator 4 and the Creative Memories Cheerful Birthday Digital Additions! I made the Thank You notes a little smaller than a 4" x 6" so that they would fit into smaller envelopes that I already had on hand :) and left space for the wallet size photo that I printed at home! I had Hannah come up with a couple short sentences and I changed up the font so that it would be closer to her handwriting and then we printed them all out (getting two to a page) on white cardstock. We had the Thank You notes and photos printed within 10 minutes and assembled and ready to go out is less than that! Easy, cute, and no fighting what-so-ever!
I love digital for these uses especially!
Hi guys! Today I am going to share with you a quick altered bag! These are perfect for unexpected gifts or for those times when you just do not have time to create an entire bag! I started with a brown paper lunch bag and punched the top edges with a border punch. I cut a slice down along each punched edge then folded them over and adhered the punched border to the bag.
I used Kanban Crafts PCT9881 and PCT1885 to create the front and matching label for the bag, using foam squares to make the rose and sentiment stand out! I then attached the tag with some baker's twine and filled the bag with our birthday gift!
Welcome to the Samantha Walker Holiday Blog Hop! This month, we have been busy creating Holiday Gifts to share with you! If this is your first stop, you will want to click HERE to be taken to Samantha's blog where the hop begins! Trust me on this one...there are so many wonderful projects, you will want to make sure you see them all! And...Samantha is offering some of her digital artwork as a prize, we all know how much I love all of her digital lines!
Now, we all have those individuals on our list that are just impossible to buy for! Today, I am going to share with you my solution for those family members! My son and I worked together for this project. I asked Gannon to find a coloring picture online for his Great-Grandma and to color it up for me...she loves airplanes, so this one was such a great pick!
While he was busy coloring, I found a frame and began cutting 1-1/2" strips of Samantha's Decadence Fabric she designed for Riley Blake with my pinking shears (make sure you cut a starter strip so both long ends have the pinking shear cut). Once I had several strips cut, I removed the backing and glass from the frame then placed adhesive on the back of the fabric strips and started wrapping the frame. Just keep adding in strips as you go, making sure to cover the frame entirely! To finish, I used a smaller strip to tie a knot along the left side of the frame and found a small yellow jewel to add to the center of the knot!
I added the glass back to the frame and then put in Gannon's picture (didn't he do amazing!?) and secured the back of the frame in place! I used a cardstock sticker label from Samantha's Creative Imagination Orchard Harvest Line to add to the back of the frame and had Gannon write a note to Great-Grandma!
I love gifts that we can build together and I am certain Great-Grandma is going to love it too!
My second project is a cut file that Samantha designed for Silhouette! The file is "Present Card" and has so many possibilities! The little package comes apart to reveal the card inside!
I hope you enjoyed my projects and that you and your family have a wonderful holiday!
Your next stop on the Holiday Blog Hop is the amazing and talented Pinky!
Happy Hopping!
I love creating Christmas tags and with Kanban Crafts, they are just so quick and fun! I punched out two White Shimmer tags using my Creative Memories Tag Maker and then added in two embossed images from Kanban Crafts using foam adhesive! Add in a little ribbon and fiber and you are all set!
Kanban Supplies:
A4PRL240SW
PCT2043
As the kids become older it seems that more and more gift cards are requested so more and more holders are needed! This is the easiest gift card holder I have made yet!
I cut a White Shimmer cardstock to 8-1/2" x 2-1/2", then scored along the long side at
3-/2" and again at 7". I folded the small flap up and punched the upper corners with a 1/4" corner rounder then stapled along each side to form a pocket for the gift card. I folder the large flap down and used the 1/4" corner rounder on the bottom two corners. I added matching trees from Kanban Crafts to the front and the back of the gift card holder using foam squares, then punched a hole for the ribbon loop in the left corner! Simple and easy! If you were giving it as a gift rather than hiding it on the tree, you could use a small Velcro circle set to keep it closed :)
Kanban Supplies:
A4PRL240SW
PCT2057
I know, I have been a bad blogger but I am working on all sorts of projects, the only problem is I can't share them just yet! I have been working with some new Momenta products for the CHA Winter show and looking through LOTS and LOTS of Design Team Applications!
I have also been busy creating projects for the 2nd round try-out with Creative Memories! If you follow my Facebook feed, you know I completed my projects over the weekend and that I am really happy with the end results of all three projects! I have everything turned in, so now I just sit and cross my fingers and wait. Have I ever mentioned how awful I am at waiting? :)
And, of course, I can not forget to mention all the birthday fun we have been having celebrating Hannah's 12th! She had an entire group over this past weekend to hang out, celebrate, eat, and play games!
We found some wonderful "teenage" games online like Skittle Mouth and Truth and Dare Balloons! The games were a big hit and I have a blast watching and taking photos! :) It was a loud night, but lots of fun to be had!
Then there is Zippy.
Zippy is a new addition to our home! Gannon found him at Hallmark last night while we were picking out the kids' 2011 ornaments for our tree! He couldn't stop talking about him and how his friend down the street has one. It melted my heart and so Zippy is now ours forever...well, if he comes back anyways! We registered him last night and read the Elf of the Shelf book then woke this morning to find him wrapped up on Gannon's chair at the table! He was sitting up - but when the girls walked by, he flipped upside down - causing the whole house to fill with screams (Yes, Hannah is scared of Zippy...I believe the exact quote was "He is CREEPY"). So naturally, when Zippy flipped both she and her friend Ashley filled with squeals and ran! I do see her point...the little guy has been staring at me through this entire blog post...time to turn the chair around!
I hope you will forgive my bare blog for another week or two. I will post the projects that I can and will stop in with an update here and there!
This week has been full of wonderful surprises for me!
I am very grateful and honored to be among the very talented ladies that have been selected to move on to Round 2 in the Creative Memories Design Team Search! You can see the full list here! Next, Creative Memories sends each of us product to design with and the final team will be announced in later December! Keep your fingers crossed for me!
My second share is still somewhat secret! Suzy West is the Marketing Coordinator for a company which will be new to the U.S.! They have amazing products and I know that you are going to just adore them as I do! While they have not released the name of the Company just yet, I can share with you the design team! This is a team that consists of designers all over the world and I’m thrilled to be among them!
Design members and leads:
*LEADS:
*Tricia Wilson--lead (My Team!)
*Gina Lideros--lead
*Jen Deal--lead
*Angel Bartonico--lead
*Erin Payne--lead
DESIGN MEMBERS:
1. Sesil Cratin, Utah
2. Ilene Tell, Delaware
3. Lara Scott, Utah
4. Amy Sotolongo, California
5. Diana McGraw, California
6. Jeannie DeGruccio, California
7. Jennifer Matott, New York
8. Anne Brown, Texas
9. Sherrie Shuttles, Ohio
10. Linda Abadie, Virginia
11. Jamie Cripps, Michigan (ME!)
12. Jenifer Cowles, idaho
13. Tanisha Long, New Jersey
14. Jan Hennings, Iowa
15. Patti Hamil, Georgia
16. Gini Williams, North Carolina
17. Tina McDonald, Canada
18. Donna O'Leary, New Zealand
19. Benedicte Raphalen, France
20. Amy Prior, Australia
21. Irit Shalom, Israel
22. Jennifer Roach, Canada
23. Erika Taylor, Canada
24. Iris Uy, Philippines
25. Katarina Damm-Blomberg, Finland
26. Birgit Koopsen, Netherlands
Once we get the okay to share more, I will! :)
Thanks for letting me shout it all out!
I have decided to offer another printable! There are two printable files below, one for this green bow:
Front view -
Back view -
And one for this red bow (must print both of the following sheets):
Front view -
These are super easy to make and they go quickly once you have done a couple! You can build them out of your current stash of scrapbook paper as well and play with the sizes to create all sizes of bows!
I created this bow using Creative Memories Holidazzle Paper and Red Cardstock! I trimmed the red cardstock so it was a 1/4" larger than my pattern paper strips then adhered my pattern paper to the center of each cardstock strip before building it!
Enjoy!
