Birthday Card for 3 Year Old

Here's a card I put together today. I've had the Stretch Your Imagination cartridge for a while now and haven't really used it. So, I decided to try out the card feature and card frames. This is what I came up with. The jumbled three is from my new Graphically Speaking cartridge. I found an envelope that fit on Walk in My Garden. The card and the envelope were cut at 4 inches.

Binder for our family Schedules, Calenders, and School Stuff- made with Design Studio

I made this binder so that I could have all of the handouts, schedules, afterschool activities, bills, takeout menus, and frequently used phone numbers all in one place. The plain white cover was bothering me so I decided to make this cover. I made the house with the George cartridge and Design Studio. I love these papers- it's a MME stack that I bought at Hobby Lobby when we went to Myrtle Beach this summer. There's not one sheet in that stack that I would not use. LOVE THEM ALL!!!

Here's the .cutfile for the house...
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=bd3d9fc7893c9c0ed2db6fb9a8902bda

New design I made with Design Studio- Skull & Crossbones with Hairbow

**Altered version**

I designed this skull for Kaileigh's bedroom door. I still think that it needs a little something. Maybe some black stitching. I'm not sure yet. I will post the altered project when I finish it.

I used George, and Plantin Schoolbook, and the bow is from Paper Pups.

Here is the .cut file for you...
http://www.mediafire.com/?9x2v5likjxm

Boy Bib Overall Album

Here's a mini album that I made with my Design Studio, Bind-it-all, and Expression.

• The little dog on the pocket is my daughter's Cuttlekids die.
• In order to make the t-shirt, I used the onesie on the new arrival cartridge and welded a square from george to it- moving the onesie down on the screen so that the bottom part does not cut.
• The inside album is made of 6x6 sheets of chipboard.
• I then used the red tacky tape to glue the book to the front and back covers.
• The white spaces on the pages are 4x6 so that a photo can be adhered over that spot.
• I have pop dotted all of the embellishments so that the picture can slide right under.

I hope this makes sense to you.

There are more pages but I didn't want to bore you with all of them.

Baby Girl Dress Shaped Album made with Design Studio

This album is approximately 10 1/2 inches tall. The papers are from My Mind's Eye. Embellishments are assorted... primas, chipboard embellishments from the Dollar Tree, EK Success photo corner punch, and a Martha Stewart Border punch.

I really enjoyed making this one.

I know it's been awhile. Here are some new things I have been working on.

Here are a few cards and a wordbook I designed with Design Studio.

Sorry it's been so long. We got back from Myrtle Beach a couple of weeks ago and then everybody in my house has taken a turn getting sick since we've been home. It's my turn now. It usually works that way. I'm well while everyone else is sick so I can take care of them and then it's my turn and I am still expected to do it all. I haven't much of a voice left- my own mother didn't even know she was talking to me on the phone this morning. It's got to be bad.

Live well...Laugh often...Love much... -MINI ALBUM-

Here's the mini album that I have been working on all week. I decided to include all of my favorite quotes. The album shape was made with the Cricut and I used my bind-it-all. I used several cartridges to make it... Accent Essentials, Plantin Schoolbook, Happily Ever After, George, Opposites Attract, and Design Studio. I challenged myself and tried to use some of the embellishments I have had in my stash for awhile.

Altered address books from the Dollar Tree and a card

Here is an altered address book that I made from a Dollar Tree find. The sock monkey paper is Bambino from Daisy D's. I got a great deal on it at CKC in Buffalo last month. I LOVE sock monkeys, so I made this one for myself. I love the way it turned out. It's so darn cute!

I had another address book to alter and this is what I came up with. The paper is from K&Co. Love the green and teal colors together. I may make a matching altered notebook to go with this one.

Here's a card and envelope that I made with my Cricut. The lettering is from Plantin Schoolbook. The corderoy brads are Bazzill and the paper is DCWV. The stamp is a Studio G wooden stamp from Michael's.

Well, we survived our Girl Scout camping trip...

The solar ovens that we made from Family Fun magazine.

The screened in cabin that we slept in.

The campfire that I helped make.
Leah roasting her coconut toasted marshmallow.
Leah in our cabin. Isn't she just the cutest?

Leah and I went Girl Scout camping this weekend with her Brownie troop. This was Leah's first ever camping trip and she was a trooper. There were many activities planned and the girls weren't bored at all. The first night we made hot dogs and smores on the campfire- I remembered how to get a fire going and was quite proud of my accomplishment. (I'll post a picture of my beautiful fire.) The meadow was full of fire flies. The girls loved them and wanted to catch them. After midnite there were thunder and lightening storms that went thru all night long. I had Leah climbing the ladder to my top bunk every half hour with her little face in mine telling me that she couldn't sleep. I explained to her that she wouldn't be able to sleep if she was standing up and to go lay back down. That really didn't work and I had to wedge myself into her little bed with her until she finally fell asleep at about 3 am.

The next day turned out to be just fine (except the monster migraine that I had). We hiked and also tried out our solar ovens that we made (found the directions in Family Fun magazine)- the chocolate melted just fine but the marshmallows did not. It was a fun experiment to try though.

We ended up leaving early. My friend's oldest daughter got sick on the first night so she took her home. She came back to stay with her youngest but her daughter really wanted her mom so we decided to go home after dinner. It didn't help that I had a migraine and didn't bring my medicine and we were expecting thunderstorms again last night too. Leah did end up having a great time and wants to do it again.

Photo frame of my girls for Father's Day

I decided that I wanted to use some of the things that I have hoarded. This is what I came up with...

I used:

Autumn Leaves- Foofala paper

Black and White Primas

letter brads- spell out d-a-d

Studio G rubber stamp

Bazzill cordoroy brad

Dollar store frame