The last of the thank you's

Good morning to you!!  We had a wonderful time at Grandma's and Grandpa's this week but I was glad to get back to my own bed last night.  We have a couple more days to live up spring break and then it will be back to the grindstone...lol. The weather is so pretty but have a chane of rain today.  I was going to take the girls to the zoo but it might have to wait until the next long weekend.  I'd hate to be at the zoo when it started raining and thundering.  So we are going to hang out with Rach and her kiddos (I might just snuggle into her wonderful couch and not move!)

I have the last two card that I made for my friend.  I think I'll be using a number of my scraps to make thank you cards with this layout.  Its super simple and looks great.  I may have to invest in some fancy buttons, I used the only one I had on the bottom card and I think it looks great.

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have a fabulous day!!
Melissa

Don't you just love Mondays!!

Good morning to you from Spring Break Monday and Grandma's house!  We've already enjoyed pizza and Grandma's cupcakes last night.  I hope no one will judge me for having one of  Grammie's fabulous cupcakes for breakfast.  While my morning started off waaaaayyyy earlier than I wanted or expected it is a glorious warm morning.  I'm so ready for constant warm weather.

Well on to my cards  this morning.  This is another set that I made for my friend. 

I love the paper on the top one and I can't even remember where it came from.  Its double sided so I'm guessing it came from a K & Company stack.  I believe the sentiment came from PTI's Scattered Showers set.  Its a simple layout but I love it.

I hope that everyone has a fantastic day and a fabulous week!!

Melissa

Tangled and Spidy Banner

This post is picute heavy!!

So as I mention in my previous posts how I adore the twins that live next door to me so I had to offer my services when their Mom, Shana, made a comment on a banner for a previous party.  I wanted to share a photo of Sarah and Savannah on their birthday.  Aren't they just too cute?  BTW if you think that the bows and skirts the girls are wearing are cute you can check out more of Shana's creations on her facebook page Bows and More By Shana

I thought I would have trouble blending the Tangled and Spiderman colors to make a banner but I think it turned out wonderful.  These are not great picutures since I had to wait until Shana put them up to take them.  I didn't have anyone to help put them up here for picture taking. 

I used the same colors that I did on their cards since they matched each theme so well.  Most of the cardstock was from The Paper Studio and DCWV.  The letters were cut from DCWV silver glitter paper (love it!).

I used my Cricut to cut everything for the banner.  The triangles are from the Mother's Day 2010 cart, I hide the wholes and used my Crop-a-dile to make smaller ones because I wanted to attached the triangles together with brads.

The scalloped circle is actually a flower from the Paisley cart and the circles were cut from Plantin SchoolBook.  The letters were cut from A Child's Year.  I did lay it out in the Cricut Design Studio (previous to getting my Gypsy) but if you like mesurements I'd be happy to pass them along.  If you would like to help me figure out how to send a CDS file I'd be happy to do that as well.

I did have a brainstorm after cutting all the pices.  I put together the two triangles and then used my cuttlebug and embossed them.  I used a spiderweb fiskers plate on Savannah's part of the banner.  You can see a hint of it in this really bad picture.

I used cuttlebug Bloom Dots folder for Sarah's.  You can see the embossing better in this one.

I hope that everyone has a fabulous Friday and a wonderful weekend!!

Melissa

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My last card for the day! 

Challenges:

Delightful Sketches - Summertime colors

Easy Craft Projects #16 - Summer (nothing says summer like a road trip)

Creative Inspirations - On The Move

Cute Card Thursday - Summer

Doodle Palace - Roxx T. Sketch

Ingredients:

Paper - DCWV Citrus Stack

Stamp - Inkadinkado, Road Trip

Nestabilities - Label Four

Ribbon - Target $ Spot

Thanks for stopping by today!

Melissa

Happy 10th Anniversary Anthony!!

Ten year ago in the June sunlight, under a beautifully blue Texas sky Anthony and I said "I do".  When I met him only seven months before I knew he was the one, my only.  A month later he proposed and the only thing that stopped up for eloping was the wrath of my Grandmother.  So we waited 6 months and got married in my Grandparents backyard.

So 10 year, 7 houses, 3 PCS's, and 2 kids later we still hold hands, we still kiss in the kitchen and he still makes my heart flutter when he smiles at me.

I used an image from The Greeting Farms My Guy Ian set, some core'dinations CS, a few scraps of Stampin Up CS and a DCWV PP and a Heidi Grace quote stamp.  I didn't make anything extravagant because that's just not my guy.  He's laid back and simple, so that's how I wanted the card to look.

I hope that everyone has a beautiful day!

Melissa

Happy Hump Day!

We've been super busy since my last post, last Tuesday.  Last Wednesday was Rhalynn's kindergarten graduation.  I have to tell you I was teary eyes almost the whole time. 

I can't believe how much Rhalynn has grown since the begining of the school year.  The last day of school was Thursday so Clara, Rhalynn and I went for ice cream and just had a girly afternoon.

Saturday was Rhalynn's 6th birthday.  Since its a really bad weekend for a birthday party we decided to see a movie.  R got to invite her favorite friend Brooklyn.  Rhalynn, Brooklyn and Clara all got dressed up in tiaras, boas, and tons of jewelry and we went to see Shrek.  After the movie we had cake and open presents.  As you can see Clara has already ditched her dress up stuff.  Don't they just look too cute in their matching outfits.  My girls would wear theirs everyday if I let them, I'm pretty sure B would too.

On Sunday we spent the beautiful afternoon at a wonderful park in Beavercreek Ohio.  They have a wonderful playground that both of the girls love.

Clara is very found of the turtles.

Rhalynn loves this seat that uses your body weight to spin you.  Of course she doesn't weigh enough to make it go very well so she wants you to spin her.

I almost forgot about the crafty portion of the post!

This notepad and thank you card went with the altered letter "H" that Rhalynn gave to her kindergarten teacher.  We will miss Mrs. Hawkins!

Melissa 

A tongue twister and a couple of challenges!

Good Monday morning to you! I hope that you had a wonderful weekend. 

This morning while the girls were eating breakfast I was skimming my blog list and found out that I'd won a surprise digi from The Greeting Farm for my tongue twister.  My winning tongue twister:   Friendly farmers frantically forge for frequent farm fresh finds!  How cool is that!

Last month I purchased Travel Anya from The Greeting Farms farmers market. (This Thursday the 22nd is the next farmers market)  She is one of my favorites and I had to have her.  However it took me some time to actually ink her up.  I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do with her.  It wasn't until I was shopping this weekend for a graduation gift for my cousin that I got my idea.  I always give graduates "Oh The Place You'll Go" by Dr. Suess, its something that my Grandmother gave me when I graduated high school.  So this is what I ended up with!

Of course I used Travel Anya from The Greeting Farm.  I stamped her in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto PTI white cardstock and colored her up with my Triart markers.  Yellow paper is Core'dinations Tulip, congratulation PP is DCWV, and the pink paper is a radom sheet that I found in my stash.  The sentiment is handwritten becasue I was to lazy to print it out.  I also made the pearl swirl with Queen & Co snowflake pearls, its not quite right but I think I'll eventually get it.

Challenges entered:

Papertake Weekly - Cutie Pie

Stamp Something - Layer Something

Inspirational Card Sketches - Sketch #62

Have a wonderful Monday!!

Melissa

Glee tonight and a birthday card!!!

I'm so excited that Glee returns tonight!  I've already informed my Hubby that I claim the TV at 9:28pm.  My Hubby makes fun of me for liking Glee so much.  He doesn't understand what draws me to a show about high schoolers.  I have a hard time explaining it to him.  You either get it or you don't.  If you watch Glee leave me a comment and let me know what draws you to it.  I'd love to hear from other Gleeks!!

So unless I get some crafty things done this afternoon or tomorrow morning I won't have anything to post tomorrow.  I still have to fold and put away all the laundry that I did yesterday.  I think it breeds in the dirty laundry basket.

On to the card.  I made this card for one of Rhaynn's friends who's party is this weekend.  Of course the party is on the same day as our soccer game so we aren't sure if she'll make it.  The image is a digi from Sassy Cheryl's that I got from their PCP page.  The sentiment is from a K&Co set that I got ages ago at M's on clearence and it is stamped in Memento Summer Sky.  I cute the image and the sentiment out with my Nestabilities Label 4.  I so love this one, okay I love them all.!  All the paper is from the DCWV Blossoms and Butterflies stack.  I used the Papertake Weekly sketch from last week.

I hope that everyone has a fab Tuesday.  And Happy Glee watching Gleeks!!

Melissa

Its Monday again.

This is a long post!!  If you are just here for the crafty portion you can scroll down to the bottom to see my card with the ICSketch.

Springbreak was wonderful.  Both to long and to short.  Rhalynn was so excited to go back to school this morning.  Clara and I on the other hand were not ready for the alarm clock. 

This is my girl doing their Easter egg hunt at Grandma's and Grandpa's near Athens Ohio.  It was so windy that every time they went to pick up an egg they were nearly blown over.

We pretty much ran the girls ragged all week.  Easter Sunday we took the girls to see "How to train your Dragon" and they loved it.  Clara asks about three times a day to see it again.  Monday we cleaned the house and had soccer practice.  Tuesday we spent the day looking for outdoor furniture.  Of course Anthony and I can never agree on anything so we still don't have any.  Wednesday we spent the morning with our good friends then the girls napped the afternoon away.  Thurdsay we went to the Boonshoft Museum here in Dayton.  We had a wonderful time and plan on going back many time this summer!   

Heres the girls and their Daddy posing for crazy Mom!

Friday we went to Athen Ohio to see The World Famous Lipizzaner Stallions.  While they were beautiful and did some amazing tricks I can't help but think we weren't given the full show.  Maybe due to the size of the venue.

On Saturday we added a member to our family!  This is Joey Sparkles!  The girls are in love and I think Anthony is too.  He is a very good dog.  Not a lot of barking and loves to be adored.

Yesterday I was finally able to get in my craft room and create a little.  I had this Anya colored since last weekend but haven't had the time or the mojo to use her.  I used the Inspirational Card Sketch #61 for this one.  The animal paper is from DCWV Nana's Kids stack.  The buttons are from a Making Memories pack that I got at Micheals yesterday for $0.99.  I added the star and some glitter to the largest button using my Glossy accents.

Have a wonderful Monday!  I'll be back tomorrow hopfully with a LO for Clara's scrapbook.  For some reason I have a hard time with her pictures.

Melissa

Easter Elf

Well happy Thursday everyone!  Its almost the weekend! YAY!  Weekends usually aren't any different than any other day of the week for me since I'm a SAHM (well I guess I get to see Anthony a little more).  But this Saturday I'll be attending the Memories Scrapbooking Expo in Columbus Ohio.  So if anyone else is attending and would like to meet up you can email me at scrapathomemom@live.com.

Today's card is yet another Easter card made with Sweet November Stamps Spring Elves.  All the paper is from the DCWV Blossoms and Butterflies stack.  Its a pretty busy card but I like the way it turned out. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Melissa

Happy Monday!

I had a wonderful weekend.  Saturday my LSS had a "Garage sale".  While I was not prepared at all for the amount of people or that some women are rather mean when it comes to snagging a bargin, I did get some things that I couldn't pass up.  I got all of this for $10!  Sorry for the bad photos its been dreary here all day.  Next time I'll be prepared and go early so I can get in the front of the line.

I've been busy making easter cards so that I can get them mailed to my nephew and neices in Texas. 

The image is a free digi from Sliekje digi Stamps.  He's so cute I couldn't resist him.  She has tons of free digis on her site.  I printed him on PTI cardstock and colored him with my Triart markers. I cut him out with Label One Nestie.   All the paper is from the DCWV Blossoms and Butterflies Stack. I added some pearls and called it finished.  I did follow a sketch I think it was last weeks Mojo Monday sketch.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great night!

Melissa

Wow its late!!

Wow this is a really late post for me.  I really have to learn not to get distracted when I sit down at my computer.  I had a wonderful Mom's night out with my friend Rachel.  We had dinner and then saw Avatar.  We talk so much we rarly finish our conversations.  They tend to just continue the next time we are hangingout.  Love ya Rach!

Okay so on to my card.  All the PP is from the DCWV Nana's Kids stack (one of my favs).  The sentiment is Hampton Arts.  The main image is a free digi from Pollycraft.  I printed it on PTI cardstock and colored the cutie with my triart markers.  Added a some stickles to the cupcake and viola a cute birthday card.

I'm entering this card into these challenges:

Pollycraft Monday Challenge - #36 Sparkly things
Crafty Creations Challenge- #59 Spots and dots
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Birthday
Delightful Sketches -

Its good to be back

I'm starting to feel like myself again.  I can't sit for to long at my desk or I start getting achy.  I got some coloring done last night.  I really have to catch up on my easter cards so I can mail them out.  I have one to show you that I made before my unfortunate ER visit.

The image is a digi from Elizabeth O. Dulemba from her freebie page.  I printed it on PTI cardstock and colored it with my handy dandy Triart markers then I added some stickles and glossy accents.  The sentiment is from the Sweet November Stamps Spring Elves.  All of the paper is from DCWV Blossoms and Butterflies stack.  I'm trying to use paper from the stacks that I already own before I get more.  I find it easier to use multiple PP if I use it from the same stack.

Have a wonderful evening and I hope to be posting regularly next week.

Melissa

Gettin Sketchy with Get Sketchy!

Happy Thursday blogland friends!  One more day till the weekend!

So I've made this card hoping that my Mojo would come home (I think it went some where warmer).  The Get Sketchy sketch was simple and clean so I figured that would be the best to start with.  The image is a digi from Pollycraft which I printed out on PTI white cardstock and colored with my new Triart markers!!  I'm still learning but I think that it turned out fairly well.  The PP is from a DCWV stack I'm just not sure which one because I got it from Rachel.  The CS is the Paper Company Bright Purple.

Challenges entered:

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Spring Time

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Keep it simple

Stamp Something - Something Cute

Get Sketchy - sketch #25



Thanks everyone for stopping by!!

Explosion Box and card

I made this explosion box and card for a good friend of my sister's who got married in August. Rileigh is a sweet girl who chose a hard life as her husband Trent is in the Army. Trent is already preparing to be sent overseas yet again. I wanted to do something special that she add her own pictures.



The dominating color of their wedding was yellow so I used that when I created the explosion box. The heart is cut from Indie Art, flowers are prima that I got on sale at Michaels and the inside middle of the box I embossed the yellow with my Cuttlebug using my D'vine swirl folder. The stamp is one of my favorites "The secret to a rich life is to have more beginnings than ending."

The card is from the Sweetheart cart. I absolutly love how it turned out. The yellow was cut out of DCWV glittler paper.

Have a wonderful Tuesday!!

Melissa