Convention Layout

Finally, I have the time to post what I had ready to post yesterday. I remember when I worked outside the home, and went on vacation it was a bear before (getting ready) and when I got back (catching up). Being a SOHM (stay at home mom)...It Is The Same! I made sure everything was ready for my hubby before I left. When I came home, it looked like a tornado hit the inside of our house. LOL! So I spent the first whole day cleaning, doing laundry, etc. Now, the second day was spent getting ready for club meeting tonight and PTA "stuff". Did I tell you I volunteered to be our PTA President this year.? What was I thinking!

My friends know I hate being really busy. Well, I guess I have to either accept that I am going to be and change my attitude. Just one day at school this morning talking with the principal and I wanted to crawl in a corner and hide.

Sorry this is in a different font. I saved it from yesterday's post.

I didn't know where to begin with all the new things from convention. My roomies and I swapped a two-page layout, we made two projects during our make-n-take time and new stamp sets that I got just for being there.

I decided to show you a two-page layout, we made in our make-n-take session. The paper is from our new idea book. It is called Perfect Day. We used the My Stickease to match and our new rub-ons. Yes, rub-ons. They are really pretty. I changed my title to MY BOYS. They had MY CITY and I don't have pictures for that. We distressed the pages with the black distressing tool CTMH sells. I haven't used it much. I like it! We also used the new stamp set Life's Creation. I just love these colors. The best thing about our new pattern paper is it is double sided. Every piece has a pattern on both sides. This is what I have been wanting, so I am very pleased with the new paper packets. YAY!

I have been asked to give you a sneak peak of the new catty. I will, but not until after Tuesday night. My club members are coming over Tuesday night for our meeting and I don't want to spoil it for them. They get the new catty after they place their August order.





Happy Stamping!

FAMILY - TOGETHER

I am trying to get my sister to come over and see me...SOOOO I made her a two page layout to entice her to my house. She has to come visit me to get it. Do you think it will work?

I used the new Sasparilla Level 2 paper pack with coordinating cardstock...twilight, barn red, desert sand and black. The title is done with the "E" sized Rustic Alphabet. I stamped them and then cut them out. I distressed the cardstock with black chalk ink and added black accessories. I finally used the clear buttons I have and I really like them. I punched a 3/4 inch circle and ran those through my Xyron and then attached them to the buttons. Of course, I used the wonderful waxy flax. I would never thread buttons without that wonderful product.

I stamped on the twill with black ink. I used the solo alphabets and choose words that fit the theme. I used solo c, solo l and solo m. These stamp sets are great for adding a variety of stamped images or words to your layouts and cards.





Connie....when are you coming? LOL!

Jeanne, since you asked I took a picture of the deck we just finished. Now, we are tearing up the deck right outside our back door. I hope this one is done by the 4th of July. We'll see!

I took this picture from the deep end of the pool. We just placed our chairs and tables on this side, so we could get everything off the old deck to tear it up, so it isn't the nicest set-up right now. I spend most of my time in the white lounge chairs. LOL!



Happy Stamping!

4th of July

It is so cold here that I decided to scrap some pictures with a warm feel to them. I chose our 4th of July pictures from 2006. Again, some of the products are retired. When I stamp for myself, I use everything I have. There are some stamp sets I just can't part with even though they are retired.

Recipe

Paper: Independence Level 1 (retired), cranberry cardstock, outdoor denim cardstock, colonial white cardstock

Stamp sets: Snap, Crackle Pop (retired); Rustic Alphabet, Celebrate America (retired)

Ink: cranberry, outdoor denim

Embellishments: outdoor denim spirals, My Stickease Level 1, pop dots, outdoor denim bigger brads



Have a great weekend!

FINALLY

I have been scrapbooking this week just for me! Yes, I have actually been getting some pages done for my boys' scrapbooks. I think I am going to spend the rest of the week scrappin' too! I am having so much fun!

This layout is for my son, Tate. He has been waiting to lose a tooth for over a year now. All his friends and cousins have lost teeth and FINALLY he lost his first one at the end of December 2007. I purchased this stamp set, Fairy Wishes, which is now retired just for this occasion. He wasn't thrilled about all the pictures I was taking, but this was such a milestone in his life. Now, he is getting his grown up teeth. As you can see, he was happy the next morning when he got cash for his tooth. He can't wait for the next one and more cash!

The paper I used is retired too! When I started this layout last year, it wasn't retired yet. Sorry, the only current products are the accessories and cardstock.





Happy Stamping!

SMILE with pics

Hello! I decided to show you the SMILE layout with pictures. I think layouts always look better with personality. Besides the pictures, I added ribbon to the second page photo hanger.

Little Boy Theme Party

Here is one of the new projects I am starting next year...themed parties. This is one of the suggestions I took home from convention. I am going to offer hostesses a choice of a themed party. They will pick a theme and then choose what they want their guests to make from one of the following:

• A 12 x 12 layout or
  
• A card and gift tag or
  
• A gift bag and gift tag

This is the first one I made. I got this design from Tiffany Cheney, a very talented Independent CTMH consultant. She had this layout, gift bag and card listed on our consultant bulletin board. I just added the gift tag to match the collection. I printed her pictures and made a set for examples to show my hostesses. I hope they like them. The layout features chalk popping. The main stamp set featured is Little Boys.



I would love to hear from you about any ideas you have for themed parties. Please leave your suggestions in the comments. Here are others I am working on:

• Vintage Christmas
• Outdoors/Camping
• Easter
• Birthday
• Girls Night Out
• 4th of July
• School Days

Thanks for stopping by!

At The ZOO

First, don't forget to leave a comment about your favorite paper crafting tool to earn blog candy in the post below.

This layout is another one from Cherish I completed at my sister's in August. It is the Visual Texture layout on pages 34-35 of Cherish. When I saw it, I knew I had to reproduce it, because I had zoo pictures in sitting on my computer hard drive from May. Tanner and I went to the Omaha Doorly Zoo with Grandma Burmeister, my friend Christi, her daughter Alyssa, her son Joel (baby) and her mom Sandy. Alyssa is the cute little blonde in the pictures with Tanner.

I used the new Expedition paper pack from the CTMH summer idea book. I didn't like this paper pack at first, but it is going on me. Other supplies used are:

Paper - autumn terracotta, olive, sunflower and bamboo cardstock

Stamp sets - In The Wild, Beauty Seen, Small Sans Caps and Distressed Numbers

Ink - autumn terracotta, olive, sunflower

Accessories - designer ribbon rounds, autumn terracotta photo clips, white hemp,eyelet and tab punch.

Don't worry the alligator in the picture with Tanner is fake. My son, Tate, wondered how Tanner could get so close to an alligator. LOL! I am not a big fan of going to the zoo, but we had fun this day. I think I don't like it, because of all the people. It is hard to get around with a stroller. I think I might like it better, when the boys are older. Let's hope! Some of my friends really like going to the zoo and always tease me, because I usually never like to go. It helped that Christi suggested we take the grandmas with us. That way I could take pictures and Grandma B could be with Tanner.

Happy Labor Day!

BOYS RULE

I had fun creating this page and searching for pictures to add to the layout. I wanted to get action shots of my boys, especially Tate since it goes in his scrapbook. This first page has him playing with a car track with his idol, Jacob. Jacob is my sister's 16 year old son. At the time the picture was taken Jacob was 14 and Tate was four. Jacob can't live a minute without my boys hanging on him and saying his name. He is a wonderful big cousin to look up to. He plays so nicely with my boys and they love him!

Tate is jumping on a trampoline with another cousin, Ben. He is my oldest brother's son. Tate and Ben are six months apart in age, so they love playing with each other.

I used Lazy Days of Summer paper pack and My Stickease on this two-page layout. I wanted to accent the layout with red to give it a little *POW*. I like how it turned out.

Tate is acting like Spiderman jumping off a chair in the family room wearing his Spiderman boxers. On the top little picture, Tate is relaxing in the baby pool we used to have with Tanner. You can see the layout better when you click on the images.

I used Rustic Alphabet for the title. I think that one is my favorite "E" sized alphabet that CTMH carries. In the little jar I used the stamp set BUGS to stamp the little lighting bugs and colored them in with markers. For the tabs, I used my tab punch I bought at Hobby Lobby.

I forgot to give you Jeanne's blog site Creative Bliss, when I wrote about her making my blog banner. She is so awesome! Check out her site! I have tagged her before, but you still need to visit to see what she has been up to lately. Jeanne is getting into digital scrapbooking and is very good at it.

Friday morning I am off to meet my sister for lunch (Happy Joe's) and scrapbook shopping in Des Moines, Iowa! Happy Joe's is a pizza and ice cream parlor that makes the best taco pizza. Well, I think so, because I grew up eating this wonderful pizza pie. After shopping, we are going to a weekend crop. Yippee! How can it get any better than that?

Have a great weekend!

Bright & Cheery

Boy, is this card ever different from the last ones I posted? I got this idea from a consultant, name unknown, on the CTMH Bulletin Board. She used autumn colors and leaf pattern paper. I decided to use bright & cheery colors. Wow! This card sure is bright. I matted the letters in black, so they would stand out a little and I put a pop dot behind the "U", so it would jump off the card. Here is the recipe:

Paper: White daisy cardstock, Black cardstock Flower Power pattern paper (retired)

Stamp set: Rustic Alphabet

Ink: Hydrangea, Sunflower, Kiwi, Dutch Blue, Bubblegum

Accessories: Black brads

I am still answering questions from blog candy post. Here is another one!

Wendy asked, "What is your favorite thing about CTMH products?"

I have three favorite things about CTMH products. The first one is the clear acrylic stamp sets. I can see where I am stamping and the images are crisp. It makes it easy to stamp, especially when I am two step stamping (When one image is placed right over the other image.).

The second thing I like is the organizational systems they offer. Since the stamps are acrylic they come in nice little envelopes all the same size and I can store (over 200...yes, 200) in such a small space. I love the fact there are only a few blocks I have to buy and carry around. In addition, I love the My Accents organizer. I can take a lot of embellishments with me in just one case.

The third (but not final) thing I like about CTMH products is everything color coordinates. I don't have to run all over town anymore looking for the perfect color paper to make a piece of pattern paper or ribbon. All my paper, ribbon and embellishments match and if you know me that is VERY important.

Happy Stamping!