Blog Birthiversary Info

To My Fabulous Followers,

Today I am sharing some great news with you.  On September 1st I will be hosting my first Blog Hop for my first Blog Birthiversary.  The ANYTHING GOES blog hop.  I love all things crafty and have recently tried my hand on some new to me things and want to share them with you.  The hop will kick off a weeks worth of giveaways.  The rules are simple.  Be a follower and post a comment each day.  For an extra daily entry post my giveaway for the day to your blog with a link back to the giveaway and then leave a second comment.  I have lots of stuff to give away.  I have filled 5 flatrate envelopes that are ready to mail with all kinds of different goodies and I am also giving away 2 cartridges.  Check back each day beginning September 1st and enter to win!

ANYTHING GOES Blog Hop

Thank you for the last year!

I have had so much fun sharing the things I have created and reading all your comments.

To many more,

Stephanie

Something's Missing

Dylan lost his first tooth...finally.  Most of the kids started losing their teeth in Kindergarten.  He lost his first on Jan 21, 2011 about half way through first grade.  He was so excited but nervous at the same time.  I had to convince him that I was not going to pull on the twine, just tie it around the tooth, hanging by nothing.

I used SU paper.  The colors are perfect for boy pages,  marina mist, soft suede, not quite navy and crumb cake.  I used the tooth fairy from A Child's Year.

I let Dylan pick the twine color and thought it would be cute to use the same color and tie it around the tooth.

The "somethings" letters are from Birthday Bash and the shadow was welded with the Gypsy.  The "missing" are from Wild Card.  I dotted all the i's with gem brads then added some ribbon in the back ground.

I really like pages that have a lot going on but I have come to realize that I will never get caught up if I do every page like that.  I decided to do some simple layouts along the way so that I will still have those special memories in the books but also have time to make more.

Here's to keepin' is simple and makin' more memories.

Stephanie

P.S. don't forget that my one year Blog Birthiversary is coming soon and there will be lots going on....all week!

So Sweet

In October of last year we went to the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta.  A great friend of our was able to get us all access passes for the entire weekend.  (you know who you are THANKS!!).  With the passes we were able to get VIP parking each day along with breakfast, lunch and snacks.  The kids loved that they could have ice cream...EVERYDAY!

I got this paper from a crop and loved the colors.  It totally reminds me of ice cream treats.  Don't you think?  I found 2 different "so sweet" phrases on my G and then added the triple scoop from Sweet Treats.

I used my clear star pen to doodle around the edges and added some bling to each phrase.

I used my dots embossing folder on a few of the scoops and viola.  All done.

Short, SWEET, and to the point.

P.S.  You may not know this but my ONE YEAR BLOG BIRTHIVERSARY is coming soon.

Stay tuned for a week long celebration to begin on September 1st.

My Craft Spot Stamp Release Party

Check out the new stamp release for My craft Spot...Coming Soon!



My First Pasta

I LOVE THIS PAGE!  My son always has and still loved his pasta.  He is a little less messy now that he is 7 years old.  (yes, I'm behind). 

I used From my Kitchen and a couple of other cartridges for this LO.

The paper was perfect.  It is kind of a muted orange just like the sauce that was all over the place.

I used the backside of the paper to make a frame and pulled the other colors in the LO from the little stars.  I didn't want everything to be orange.  The sign was cut in Baja Breeze and Red Rose.

The pasta bowl was cut from Blue Bayou.  I knew that I wanted to have something that looked like pasta in the bowl and hanging from the fork.  Some people suggested string but it was not quite thick enough.  I tried to use some cream colored hot glue but it melted too much and instead of being stringy it just all melted together.  My friend Irene had this yarn that was a little thinner that regular yarn and a little different texture.  I like the way this looked much better than compared to the other options I tried.  I really like how the fork looks...almost makes me hungry!

I cut these tabs to spell messy and attached them to one of the photos.

Here is a little better view. 

Now for something else....My one year Blog Birthiversary is fast approaching September 1st.

Stay tuned for some fun!!!!

Pony Rides

During the summer someone has to watch after the little people.  I found a great place that is right around the corner from the office.  Each day during the summer the school has some kind of activity planned for the kids.  They have water days, cooking, crafts and other fun things.  A few years ago they brought in Pony Rides. 

Syd was about 20 months old in these pictures.  She squealed with delight when the attendant put her on the Pony.  It was hilarious!

For this LO I used Paper dolls and Old West.

I picked up the papers at a crop for .10 each, what a steal!  I loved that they were the same design but definitely boy and girl.  The colors in the paper matched perfectly with Stampin Up Sage Shadow, Melon Mambo and Soft Suede.

I added some bling to the girly side and popped up the horseshoe on both.

I tied some twine around the wooden barrel and popped it up too.

I colored the mane and tail of each horse using water color crayons and a blender pen.  I love the wiggly eyes but you already knew that.  I added a matching pink bow on the girly pony.

I was going to leave the wheelbarrow empty but a friend had these cute flowers that were perfect.  I added both colors in light and dark to tie everything together.  Then added a few to the opposite page too and blinged the middles.

I think they turned out pretty cute and the kids loved them! 

Hope you enjoyed!

The End

Happy Birthday Gamer

As many of you know I was in a blog hop a few weeks ago called It's A Wrap.  I had already made my door hanger when I thought of this...  I wanted to wrap up something special for my nephew.  He loves Ninjago and said that he wanted the game for his DS player.  

I wrapped the game in really bright paper that said "Happy Birthday" all over it.

I thought it would be cute to make the gift a TV and the card attached the game controller.

For the TV I used the Slumber Party.  I added pumpkin pie corduroy brads for the dials.  The cord is a satin ribbon that is round instead of flat. 

The Happy Birthday is from Once Upon a Paper.  I popped up the Happy Birthday since 3D TV is all the rage right now.  LOL!

I doodled around the shadow of the TV and on the antennas.

The game control is from Father's Day...I think.  I used my Gypsy to copy, flip and weld the shadow for the controller to make the card.  I popped up the buttons so it looks like the real deal then added the arrows and letters.

I love that I was able to take something so normal and make it stand out on the gift table.  For your next gift wrap up something up in a special and people will remember for a long time.  

Christmas Cards

I thought since everyone is sharing Christmas in July projects I would show you this one.  I got the idea from my friend and fellow scrapper Kristi from Craftin' on My Door.  I used to keep all the cards I received from everyone during Christmas in boxes but the cards took over and there was no storage left for actual decorations.  This is the perfect solution!  (my apologies in advance for the not so great pictures.  Ugh,  shadows!)

I punched a square from each card (two from some) and then put each across the top.  Some are pictures of family and friends and others are just a cute piece of the card our family received. 

I used black letter to make the title with the shadow and the rod iron is a felt sticker I picked up from somewhere that has been in my stash for a while.

I decided to make my Christmas Card page the last one in the scrapbook for that year.  What a great way to celebrate the past year and embrace the new one.

If you have other creative ways to keep Christmas or Birthday cards I would love for you to share them.  I'm kind of sentimental but only when it doesn't take over the house.  I don't much like clutter, it makes me a little crazy.  Until next time.

Stephanie  

And the winner is.....

Congratulations Cindy who said...
Love this idea....sooo cute!

Cindy send me an e-mail with your address so I can get your goodies in the mail.

Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4GLTE smartphone

Mad Hatter Money

So as promised here is another door hanging box.  We have been to Disneyland a few times in the last year and the kids always want to buy something.  So I came up with Disney Dollars.  It was an easy way for them to earn some spending money and a little lesson in management and keeping track of it.  When they are do something worth rewarding then I give them a Disney Dollar. 

One box holds the Disney Dollars I have to give and the other hangs on the door.

I forgot to weld the door hanger and the sweetheart box.  Ugh!

Here is what it looks like before it's put together.

And now put together.

These are the Disney Dollars.  I used clip art to get the Mad Hatter and the font is from a free fonts website and is called Alice in Wonderland.  I made them in $1, $5, and $10 increments.  They are the size of a standard business card so it was easy to print several sheets of each.  I also made one with a Buzz Lightyear theme and Star Wars theme.  (those are the kids choices Mad Hatter is my favorite so I chose to make one with him)

Then I took some padding bond that I got from Chica & Jo to make then into notepads.  This makes it much easier to keep then in one place and it's kind of fun to tear them off.

On the hanging box I cut a slit in the top that will allow me to just drop in the Disney Dollars when they are earned.

I used Elegant Edges to create my background and Disney Classics for the Mad Hatter.  This cartridge is a must have if you love Disney!

The "mad" is cut from Happy Hauntings and the $ is from Birthday Cakes.  The card stock and ribbon are from Stampin' Up: Kiwi Kiss, Taken with Teal and the new Pool Party.  The twine is from The Twinery.

I hope you have enjoyed another idea for my door hanger boxes. 

Stephanie

The End.