WHERE does the time go???

The weeks seem to be just FLYING by, and I can't keep up - ha ha ha.

Just thought I'd pop in quick and share a little digi scrapbook layout I made with a new kit from Misty Cato.  It's called "You Can Be My Cowgirl" and it's SO great.  It will be perfect to (eventually) scrapbook all of the pics from vacation.

I did put together this page - with one of my favorite photos of my girls that I took on vacation.

The 'RHR' on the heart is for the place we stayed, it's called Rocking Horse Ranch, and they have the letters like that on the sign in their lobby, I thought it would be fun to add that in like that.

I need to get off to bed, I've been staying up too late - and will (hopefully) have a busy, productive day tomorrow!

Thanks for stopping by -- hope it's a great one!

You & Me...

Valentine's Day is coming to a close, but figured I would share a little project I made for my hubby. :)

I'm quite the lucky girl - as he is a GREAT husband and father - I often get to sleep in on the weekends after I stay up late working on projects, he fold laundry, and does dishes too...I really do have it made, I must say.  We had a Christening to go to today, so he made a nice dinner for us last night, this terrific grilled seafood dish, and some pasta...it was EXCELLENT!

Here's a pic of me and the hubster at a wedding last year:

He always works hard, and doesn't splurge on much of anything - but one thing we both LOVE is coffee.  He got me hooked many years ago, and that's just our thing.  Every night, we get the girls to bed, and we have a cup of coffee together.

We don't usually go crazy with gifts for Valentine's day - just a little something to say I love you.  His gift to me was the meal he cooked, some of the ingredients were a bit spendy -- and that's a-ok by me, as I loved it - and didn't have to cook it!  I got him a gift card to Starbucks, and the girls and I made some molded candy hearts earlier in the week, so I decided to package them up together.

First - the card.  This is a hybrid project, as I used elements from a couple of digital scrapbooking kits for the card and the template.  I thought the cups together was a cute idea.  My photo was a little dark, so when I adjusted the brightness and contrast, it's making the base layer look black, but it's a rich dark chocolate brown, called Ganache, from Couture Cardstock. The coffee cups and sentiment are from the 'Java Jive' kit by Fee Jardine and Shawna Clingerman. 

Up next is my 'You've Got Mail' Template, from My Time Made Easy, by Lauren Meader.  I'm stuck on using this template -- I love it.  It looks so elaborate, but it's really easy to put together - and just so darn fun!! :)  The patterned paper on this are from the kit, 'My Everything' by Kristin Cronin-Barrow, and the elements are the same ones from the Java Jive kit that I used on the card.  I put some of the little chocolates, and his gift card inside, and up on the front of the mailbox, in that little tag, I stamped "You've got mail" from the Youv'e Got Mail stamp set from My Time Made Easy.

This was a perfect gift for him...he was even fairly impressed with the mailbox, I know this, because I caught him checking it out a little while later after he initially looked at it and opened it ;).

I hope you all spent the day with someone you love, whether it be a spouse, significant other, a good friend, a fur friend -- you get the idea ;).

Lots of {{HUGS}} all around -- thanks for stopping by!!
 
Supplies:
Stamps: You've Got Mail (My Time Made Easy)
Ink: Brilliance Chocolate
Paper: Ganache, Candied Apple (both Couture Cardstock), Spring Rain, Select White (PTI), digital papers from Sweet Shoppe Designs
Accessories: dimensionals, You've Got Mail Template (My Time Made Easy)

Just Us Girls Challenge #19 - Sketch

Hello to you!!

I have TWO posts today - so please please read both :).  I'm the hostess this week, over at Just Us Girls.  This week is a sketch challenge - and here's what I came up with:

I love circles -- hope you do too, and will come and play along.

Instead of doing a card this week, I decided to dust off my digiscrapping skills, and make a page of my girls.

This layout uses a kit by Eva Kipler and Studio Flergs called Party Central.  It's available at Sweet Shoppe Designs.

I've gotten bitten by the bug to get some more of these pages done, I do enjoy playing with my digiscrappin' stuff (plus it's a LOT warmer on the computer upstairs than it is in the basement where my stamps are-lol) so you may see some more digital projects in the near future.

I hope you get to come play along this week -- can't wait to see YOUR take on the sketch.

Oh - and thanks for the feedback on you favorite Valentine's treats, I now have to stay away from all of the candy displays in the stores, as I'm craving a big fat marshmallow heart :). mmmmmmmmm.

Stop by the rest of the team's blogs to see what they have done with my sketch -- they all TOTALLY ROCKED IT.

Have a great weekend!







Supplies:
Part Central Digital kit - Eva Kipler and Studio Flergs (Sweet Shoppe Deesigns)

A CUTE Cutesy Cover...

Hope the rest of the weekend treated you well.  I had planned to post this yesterday, but life happened.  Never got a chance to find the camera, and get the photos off of it - lol.

Anyway -- I made this Cutesy Cover © for my niece's birthday gift.  She's 13, and I tried to come up with something that would appeal to her.

I can't WAIT to be able to show you more of what Lauren has in store, some of the new papers coming out are DELISH -- but for now, I'm sharing with you some of what I already have on hand.

The polka dotted paper is from the digi kit that my blog design was inspired by -- "Peace, Love and Happiness, by Libby Weifenbach.  You'll see I made it into double sided paper, using another pattern from that same kit.  I LOVE that kit -- lol.

To print your OWN double sided paper, just print, reload, and print the other design on the opposite side - easy peasy!  I just recently started using matte finish double sided brochure paper.  It has AMAZING results.  The colors are so vibrant, and I just LOVE the look!  I got mine at Staples, but I don't see it listed on their site...which makes me nervous -- maybe I should go stock up! ;)

This was cut the original size with my Cricut, and the little jewelry box fit inside perfectly!

I used a big Martha Stewart border punch for the Raspberry layer, and tied it up with a little avocado ribbon.

It closes with a basic grey magnetic snap, so she can use it to re-gift, or find something else to keep in it.

So, have you used the Cutesy Cover © template yet??  or any of Lauren's new templates?  I'd love to see what you've done with them.

Thanks for stopping by!!

♪♪Gettin' Digi With It...♪♪

Now I've got Will Smith stuck in my head, LOL.

Hello friends -- thanks for the sweet comments on my new layout.  It will take some getting used to, but I really love it!  I told you I'd be back with some Dustin Pike -- and here I am :).

It's Thursday, another Dustin Pike Release!  Did you know that Dustin gives away freebies every Wednesday?  Yep, he does, and this week's was super cute - a great little scarecrow.

Now -- some other BIG news from Dustin - he's running a HUGE retirement sale.  HUGE.  He's in contract with someone to turn some of his digi's into rubber, and he's making way for new stuff, so he's having a GREAT retirement sale...pages 1 through 5 on his site all for ONLY $25.  Seriously, how can you NOT take him up on the offer...LOTS of great stuff in there!!

Ok - ok, now for TODAY'S release...'Buddies'.  I've been experimenting with going hybrid on some of my projects.  I plan to start using more layers and such -- but I just had fun creating this one.  This uses a kit from Sweet Shoppe Designs by Eva Kipler called Feelin' Frosty.  I used a few of the papers, and some of the elements, and then plopped my 'Buddies' on top.  I printed it out, and colored in the bear and penguin with my Copic markers. 

Just a different fun way to make a card.

Hope you enjoyed your visit today -- thanks for stopping by!!!

Supplies:
Stamps: none - digital image (Dustin Pike)
Ink: none - printer ink only
Paper: Dark Chocolate (Papertrey Ink), Whisper White (SU!)
Accessories: ice blue jewels, ticket corner punch, Feelin' Frosty Digital Scrapbooking kit by Eva Kipler