Thank Heaven for Little Girls

I am in love with these itty bitty stamps from the Papertrey Ink Hanging Out line. I paper pieced the little clothes once again, woohoo! I also included the bingo card from Jenni Bowlin and a Tim Holtz keyhole. This card is not a typical card that I make; however, I was so happy with the way it turned out that I hope to stretch and bend my comfort zone more often. Oh, and, this card was made for my little niece who is due to come soon. I can't wait to meet her!

Puzzles

One of our favorite activities we have been doing this summer is working on puzzles. Paige and I can sit there for hours together. We get so excited everytime we find a tough piece. I love these 500 piece puzzles by the artist, Jane Wooster Scott. They are so full of color and interest that it makes for a great intro puzzle for Paige. I have always loved doing puzzles since I can remember, so it has been a lot of fun passing that down to her. Nick likes it too, but his interest never lasts more than five minutes. Typical three year old boy.



Thank You Melody!

My best friend's mom and dear friend, Melody, was so generous and kind to give me a huge stash of her stuff. I felt like a kid in a candy store sifting through all the paper pads. She also gave me a few Pure Innocence stamps which are simply the sweetest. I inked one up right away and even paper pieced it. I never seem to paper piece because it always adds to the amount of time to make the card, but I love how it turned out, which means I might just become a paper piecing machine now. Paige asked to see the card when I finished and she said, "Mom, you make the prettiest cards." And instead of saying, "You should see Melody's", I said, "Thank you".

Summer Camp

Paige and Nick thoroughly enjoyed their gymnastics camp this summer. They ended the week-long camp by doing a performance. Nick performed to a Beach Boys song, hence the sunglasses. Paige loved twirling a long ribbon in her show. Both performances involved somersaults, cartwheels, and some moves on the trampoline. They both had so much fun, which made me smile from ear to ear just watching them.



Beach Day

After my last scrapbook club meeting, I went straight to work using pieces of the kit. It was really the background paper that inspired me. I knew it would be perfect paper as a backdrop to these pictures of Nick, the first time he went to the beach. Other parts of the kit include the bottlecap, that I used to display the month, the corrugated paper, and the Luminarte radiant rain I used on the blue cardstock. I created the coral paper using a stencil and glimmer mists.



More Monkey Business

It brings me great satisfaction when I use ALL the paper I recently bought. Considering that I still have paper from 1997 when I first started this hobby, that is saying something. I can't believe I have paper that old, but it's hard to let go sometimes. I always think, "well you never know, might come in handy." Most likely, I'll pass it on to the kids to let them play around. So, using the same paper from yesterday's scrapbook layout, I made a card for a birthday party we are attending this weekend. This is also the first square card I have made, so that added a little extra challenge for me.

Monkey Faces

I'm finally on a scrapbook roll again. My goal is to finish the year 2008 by the end of summer and I'm almost to Easter. I'm getting there, slowly, but surely. It's hard not to have fun scrapping when you get to see these cute pictures again. I titled it "Monkey Faces" because Nick is known around our family for constantly making silly, goofy, serious, and mad faces. I bought this Recollections paper a while back and it fit the theme perfectly. Now, if I could get him to stop making mad faces at me, I will have really accomplished something.

20 Year Reunion

This weekend was my twenty year high school reunion. I was surprised by the mixed feelings I had before the party. I was anxious, nervous, excited, and giddy about seeing all my old classmates. Here I am with two of my best friends before the party. We had to have some champagne to toast our twenty-four years of friendship. When we first arrived at the party, we half-jokingly thought we should turn around and go straight home, but we carried on, and ended up having a fabulous time! Amazing to see all of us twenty years later.