Let it Snow - The Rubber Cafe

I am on The Rubber Cafe blog today with a triple embossed card!  

This stamp set Christmas is Coming and several others are 50%!  

Go HERE to see all the sets on sale!

Go HERE to check out my blog post!

TWD - Fancy Pants

  Fall has to be my favorite time of year!  The cool crisp breeze, remarkable foliage and candy!  lol.  Just kidding but not really!  I was excited to see that this week, over on the Fancy Pants blog, the Design team is focusing on Halloween.  

This year, costume choosing has become a battle. I want cute, like Buzz Lightyear, a cow or a minion.  My 10 year old wants to be a ninja, the Grim Reaper or Freddie Crueger.  We just can not compromise.  We, meaning my son and husband, have settled with a scary clown costume.  I will have to say, it is pretty scary.  The little kids are not going to like him. 

I am afraid that last year was the last time I had full influence on what he became for one night.  Zombie was the worst thing I would let him become.  Fake scars and all, you could still tell that it was him beneath a touch of make-up.

You can see more of my layout and the creepy zombie from last year over on the Fancy Pants blog.  

Let's Be Nuts Together - Fancy Pants

Good morning!

You must go to the Fancy Pants blog today to see this one of a kind, truly childish act by my son and his grandfather.  We were at the Lego store in downtown Disney if that gives you any indication of what may have gone down.   

Here is a peek!

Smitten - Paper Camellia

If you remember my comments on my last layout for Paper Camellia, I mentioned that I am surrounded by boy stuff.  So, I took this opportunity to create a layout of my pup, Flo and to use up some of the amazing pink and gold included in this months Main Scrapbooking Kit and Add-on.  

Stop over to Paper Camellia to see the details of the kit and close ups of my layout.  

SHOOT - Paper Camellia

Good morning!

We have survived our Disney trip and I am back at creating again. 

 Hope you like my next project.

It shows you what happens around my house on a continuous basis.  I feel I am surrounded by boys and boy stuff.  Thank goodness I have a pretty girl pup!  I sometimes feel out numbered!  I am not a fan of the  target on my door but after a couple years of it being there, I don't see it anymore! For my layout, I knew I wanted a large title.  So, I started with that.  Decided next on the woodgrain background because there were so many complimentary colors in my photo.  Again, I changed the color of the gold Thickers with some black spray paint.  Tone on tone journaling helps keep the focus on the photo and title.  

Closeups of my layout can be found over at Paper Camellia.

Oh yeah, there is an awesome sketch over on the blog too.  I stayed pretty close to the original here.  Usually I like to change it up, but not this time.  

I'll be sharing Disney photos soon.  Check back.

Hello Cutie - Paper Camellia

It is reveal day over at Paper Camellia.

  It is the best time of month if you are a member (or a designer!)  It is always fun to see the unique way the papers and products from various manufacturers, are brought together to create a kit that is versatile and beautiful.  

Last summer, Roman's Grampy and Nana came all the way from Florida to spend time in the New England sun.  It was much chillier for then than what they are used to.  Here is one of the cute pics I caught of my boy and his grandparents.

The beautiful blue polka dot paper is actually silver dots.  It is stunning and is from Rise & Shine from Amy Tangerine.  As stunning as it is, the sticker words that  came with the kit were gold.  Well, the only solution I had for this layout was to dig out some of my silver spray paint to fix this problem!

This is what they looked like before I got ahold of them!

Add a little paint and voila!  

I love these labels from Fancy Pants Office Suite Collection.  Clumping them together may just be my favorite thing!

The "hello" and "cutie" are raw wood veneer pieces from Elle's Studio Cienna collection.  A little paint on them also helped bring the entire project together.  

Well, that and drips of the silver paint!

I hope that you like my project.  If you love what you see for kit embellishments, head on over to Paper Camellia to sign up and we can do this together!

FREEDOM - Fancy Pants

Time is going by so quickly and I am not ready.  This is a photo of my boy, demanding independence.  He wanted to peruse the magazine and baseball card section at Target, alone.  Without me.  Let me remind you that this section is near the entrance and exit of the building.  So, behind the girl clothes I go, pretending to leave but watch from a distance.  I  am not ready for this. 

Today, the entire layout is being featured over on the Fancy Pants blog.  Head over and see how grown my baby boy is.  I hate it.

Always Remember - Fancy Pants

Good morning!  I hope that you are living everyday to its fullest.  Sometimes in our home, days are busy and others low key.  Which is probably the way it is for most of you reading this post.  When I was asked to create something about "living the everyday" for Fancy Pants Designs, I figured that it wasn't going to be hard, right?  Everything we do is everyday.  But, the more I thought about it, the harder it became!  I think they are trying to make us think a little deeper.   Think beyond the birthday parties, baseball games and planned activities.  Think about the ordinary moments that we often miss as an opportunity to document.   You can see from my journaling (in a close up photo below) that I captured a time that is important in our home, yet unplanned.  

I would love for you to stop by the Fancy Pants blog and see the layout in its entirety, just go HERE.

USA Cornflake - Fancy Pants

Cornflake collection is a big thing at our house.  You have to head to Fancy Pants blog to see this layout in its entirety.  I tell you the Cornflake story!  Also, you can see my super cool layout.  This is only my second design for Fancy Pants, so head over, tell them you love me but don't tell them your my family:o)