tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9583219169702793172024-03-14T06:20:49.544-05:00Pigs and Paper- A Midwestern StoryKaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094209621109565882noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958321916970279317.post-58063697367020886372010-01-13T10:26:00.000-06:002010-01-13T10:27:29.062-06:00Christmas Blizzard- Blizzard #2<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">Here are some pictures of the Christmas Blizzard, our second major snowstorm of the season. We had 21 inches of snow, and high winds, resulting in some huge drifts. We weathered the storm at my in-laws house, and we were stuck from Thursday morning to Saturday morning. The roads were impassible--even coming home was a little hairy on the highway. We got to the gravel road north of our house at about 1:00 Saturday afternoon only to find that it hadn't been plowed. We did go around (howie, our neighbor, had scooped a path from the other mile to our driveways), but we almost got stuck. We parked the van in front of the driveway and Myron walked up the driveway, scooped the drift with his hands in front of the shop doors to get the tractor out, and began scooping.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-oCmuzJ8xqFtwMjt-Vw_oNuZRQONhqlNTwTamYZ_EsaPBmF94zy20nKkrs7KwkmVwlMkS_fMl64sg9n6kO7aciR9F_iVhd8OVtT4EKYhckuyFu_ll1_o6wmpOWTTM6_ouoaB0Pj-bMXU/s1600-h/HPIM4397.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-oCmuzJ8xqFtwMjt-Vw_oNuZRQONhqlNTwTamYZ_EsaPBmF94zy20nKkrs7KwkmVwlMkS_fMl64sg9n6kO7aciR9F_iVhd8OVtT4EKYhckuyFu_ll1_o6wmpOWTTM6_ouoaB0Pj-bMXU/s400/HPIM4397.JPG" /></a><br />Here are his footprints--the first sign of life in our driveway! That's a lot of snow!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8RzOlU0WJq2pQ8JKS0Pg-sa4K6tSdtE_3BP-A5of1QGq60JZcqTLPH3PHNx2SXtJvM2XXT4hp4gX_lG4TvA2HRsAit94xA0ekAZCYSy7kHQ3NaWYdU5n5l5NSY09ty1m0tmoyrf8nJt8/s1600-h/HPIM4395.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8RzOlU0WJq2pQ8JKS0Pg-sa4K6tSdtE_3BP-A5of1QGq60JZcqTLPH3PHNx2SXtJvM2XXT4hp4gX_lG4TvA2HRsAit94xA0ekAZCYSy7kHQ3NaWYdU5n5l5NSY09ty1m0tmoyrf8nJt8/s400/HPIM4395.JPG" /></a><br />Here comes the tractor---he's pushing quite a pile!<br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbcvsCrmGLbpQrQErjW_88N_EoCnezxaxZ0nLQm3XVcNi1dqs2Fh92BZGR0KflNPzv5noiu0xEigESwPkTgwca-z37oeO4OnlfNc9FgjfTF6TjnbRztQ8hODtl7TlfrlyTjNECXWE0mA/s1600-h/HPIM4396.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbcvsCrmGLbpQrQErjW_88N_EoCnezxaxZ0nLQm3XVcNi1dqs2Fh92BZGR0KflNPzv5noiu0xEigESwPkTgwca-z37oeO4OnlfNc9FgjfTF6TjnbRztQ8hODtl7TlfrlyTjNECXWE0mA/s400/HPIM4396.JPG" /></a> </div>Scooped! The banks got higher and higher every pass he made.<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbE7F76LWpzoO7pFTlKbchM02DVgYWYftNHmuo26DW2GCAyW4IpRlG8nUkMvceiT8F41qecRPNMMz8VK2tuB09Z3pFqbEI6U1SPP-RrpV7e7t7sd1XtEzNdEn56y_xqWy41JAs3TBq2YQ/s1600-h/HPIM4400.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbE7F76LWpzoO7pFTlKbchM02DVgYWYftNHmuo26DW2GCAyW4IpRlG8nUkMvceiT8F41qecRPNMMz8VK2tuB09Z3pFqbEI6U1SPP-RrpV7e7t7sd1XtEzNdEn56y_xqWy41JAs3TBq2YQ/s400/HPIM4400.JPG" /></a> </div>Here's a shot up by the house. Once I could get in the driveway, I promptly got stuck, so Myron had to push me out with the tractor. I got up to the yard, and then had to wait so he could clear the drifts and snow in front of the house.<br /><br />We had another blizzard last week, which accumulated in about 8 inches of snow and pretty high winds the next day. I was stuck for 2 days then as well. Howie scooped me out a couple times, but with the snow and wind and temps (w/o the wind) of -20, it was pretty debilitating for our area. No pictures though---we're expecting another storm next week though, which is supposed to dump another 20 inches on us, so be prepared!!<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094209621109565882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958321916970279317.post-40778167124397739082010-01-13T10:18:00.000-06:002010-01-13T10:19:24.913-06:00Blizzard #1<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">Finally, here are some pictures of the blizzard at the beginning of December (our first major snow storm). My husband was gone trucking, and I was stuck in the house for 2 days.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO8sKEpJUDgBWUDlcGJIlCVc9DIyRWRawr1MVxyGKwXESRtJeOYoCGSnOaIfNf1uRgqEw7pKwlYLrURzqvE6a8fnBiXkPpspB_YKGV6AbL9MTNOAEeesmEj53-bb2gJSE-RaEcDUztv-4/s1600-h/HPIM4318.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO8sKEpJUDgBWUDlcGJIlCVc9DIyRWRawr1MVxyGKwXESRtJeOYoCGSnOaIfNf1uRgqEw7pKwlYLrURzqvE6a8fnBiXkPpspB_YKGV6AbL9MTNOAEeesmEj53-bb2gJSE-RaEcDUztv-4/s400/HPIM4318.JPG" /></a><br />This is out our front door (facing south) the night it started snowing. It had been snowing all day, and then the wind picked up. It literally HOWLED through the house. We didn't have plastic on yet. Yeah, oops.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO1JXNeX2cm9i_MWc6veC9B-tUw1Z0Vs6KOY70luKQex0sfxoJoD5NLhyvFW1LopKjFmthcIJAela2i1qDcPfBqvVO8I8YkyWeJ2bBK44kOaE7l1vIZlhzdBVkCN-2N_HJ2ec91ryYo8U/s1600-h/HPIM4320.JPG"><br /><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO1JXNeX2cm9i_MWc6veC9B-tUw1Z0Vs6KOY70luKQex0sfxoJoD5NLhyvFW1LopKjFmthcIJAela2i1qDcPfBqvVO8I8YkyWeJ2bBK44kOaE7l1vIZlhzdBVkCN-2N_HJ2ec91ryYo8U/s400/HPIM4320.JPG" /></a><br /><br />This is out our front door the next morning. The drift was literally 4 feet high, right in front of our door.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvi67Wh0zKeP4GTY-VmQwOjY_JO2cANFrzdfCZ4jCH3oBW1JHfC5RMd2ZbQLuPfZg3UIOOI-ICOIH-Ukmuawe-fX9ZSlqekBmWDNFoTcuS1_8XgCBSW5y_nwf7CO2O0bhGqwpl_GqCQ4/s1600-h/HPIM4325.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvi67Wh0zKeP4GTY-VmQwOjY_JO2cANFrzdfCZ4jCH3oBW1JHfC5RMd2ZbQLuPfZg3UIOOI-ICOIH-Ukmuawe-fX9ZSlqekBmWDNFoTcuS1_8XgCBSW5y_nwf7CO2O0bhGqwpl_GqCQ4/s400/HPIM4325.JPG" /></a> </div>This is in my bedroom (on the north west side of the house). Obviously, there is a little gap somewhere, because the snow is piled between the glass and the BLIND. Inside the house. It was 52 degrees in our bedroom that morning.<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYe6dwmOGYZP-HiyeN4WA25i0k8P4Xm2qxGveC725b0WiwatWu1PYd-Nq2Mtwp4AY8y5TxRd7qwZBzexbrIrQJlkvMEZf0_Y1o5pz9_MTewPzWEcgBD-ujzGeEBEQvj2PVBjj_H96RkCc/s1600-h/HPIM4322.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYe6dwmOGYZP-HiyeN4WA25i0k8P4Xm2qxGveC725b0WiwatWu1PYd-Nq2Mtwp4AY8y5TxRd7qwZBzexbrIrQJlkvMEZf0_Y1o5pz9_MTewPzWEcgBD-ujzGeEBEQvj2PVBjj_H96RkCc/s400/HPIM4322.JPG" /></a> </div>This is right outside our front door. The shovel was set against the swing, and you can see how big the drift is. I literally had to DIG the shovel out to try to scoop the walk (I didn't suceed with the walk).<br /><br />Soon to come--Blizzard #2.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094209621109565882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958321916970279317.post-42663646707056870172010-01-13T09:55:00.003-06:002010-01-13T10:11:10.371-06:00Christmas Signs<div><br /><br /><div>Good morning. I have a couple blog posts of different stuff today (hopefully, if my kids can play nice for more than 2 seconds at a time!). First off, here's some cool stuff I made for Christmas gifts. </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 285px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426256907485117682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE0A7yzDY5CvlVB1my0b3kgXQUAluPDJJvhge45Kt224shJn9J0Q-2gAex7xBrS2y5vGRxnN3vt1yfX9LlYQZyP9C-VqdUdf0OpzSXRhvhm5bEiNtHrwsjqCCTKOnzHrZJhexKUNSnQMA/s400/HPIM4391.JPG" />This is for my brother and his wife. I thought it turned out really cool- I cut the barbed wire with my cricut. I also found the font online (I think dafont.com)<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426256183808293650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVscTgzR4pVXCBNkRqgNBlC4TKvTV9G4Vo1-0ZpzACQ88gKV8Y8kyTXkv6K9QI_mnsy9tLMxV7cxa_E0gsRXkY4eAIP6UUBYmtwcb8cGDDECcSRW7FHgkMS1UI88pXWxiBGh4AvLxUU-0/s400/HPIM4383.JPG" /> This was for my niece Hannah...it's super super sparkly! After some experimenting, I used a two way glue pen to put glue on the butterflies (cut on my cricut), and then sprinkled loose glitter on. It's awesome---so girly!<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426256173691924626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpPmdVbXTyIBYxrlGUTw1dnHRIbZC844HAxgnEdAoAhRm_f_qLu8G1bPG31N-qU8vSXW2WCCEl4t0iBbE31MVmO9leEPye65RJRueuue9MTgmZBSIvmJ_tkQhmwcfSxBOzm20N7tB8xak/s400/HPIM4386.JPG" /> This was for my nephew--again, the font was online, the barbed wire was cut with the cricut, and I finally used this denim paper. It's a hard paper to use--it doesn't just go with anything! I like how this turned out, as well.<br /><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0HvkMq6WNJdDwMRPsR7FqJrC7I897V0wYuPTaDM-VbJ32-mJJWCMBSrikuTJAfQQIjf_rWDFjP6rVrLuiNSqmCtALRxeNfcTmJmjjuyy9WZHF4kVA-bCu_lPouvHMd0McuQHa7jUSkBE/s1600-h/HPIM4429.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0HvkMq6WNJdDwMRPsR7FqJrC7I897V0wYuPTaDM-VbJ32-mJJWCMBSrikuTJAfQQIjf_rWDFjP6rVrLuiNSqmCtALRxeNfcTmJmjjuyy9WZHF4kVA-bCu_lPouvHMd0McuQHa7jUSkBE/s400/HPIM4429.JPG" /></a> </div><div>This was for my youngest sister's boyfriend. He's really into hunting, and he got the pheasant for me so I could have some feathers. I love how this turned out, and so does he. Crystal said he hung it up right away!<br /></div><div>Look for some more stuff after a bit!<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFO9UZwD9iLlCEaS2OOAC6pDgfLWBF6mDvB_-NHSElsmn-dKS8HspDUcgR-XyArN8NolRZ9PqAXe0hE8zhmavMgStvcCYqBkXKHQLg4YP_B9hZwR0hosFBorU0EiqX1sRqTY1Ew8Ms1BQ/s1600-h/HPIM4382.JPG"></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"> </div></div>Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094209621109565882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958321916970279317.post-80551342093800132292009-12-09T23:07:00.000-06:002009-12-09T23:07:50.109-06:00Mojo116- Welcome, Baby<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">Good evening from snowy Iowa! We are just coming out of one heck of a blizzard. We were pretty much snowed in for two days, so I have gotten ALOT done! I finished an order of 15 cards (started on Monday) because we couldn't go anywhere! This is one of the last ones, and it also follows the sketch for this week's Mojo Monday (#116). </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-gsR0sonKiYcY6-Pg_Fh5PvLGFTY8Y8xMt8KUdy-hG_NATH9Uffm051IiYzYYQalZkHZN2bcu-7ECgLDV5ZL68eyHytLvVY8xqjODIZZgDs7GXGHvELAiCTcPWokQJyd-kuyZqhLbrUE/s1600-h/HPIM4335.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 368px; HEIGHT: 475px" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-gsR0sonKiYcY6-Pg_Fh5PvLGFTY8Y8xMt8KUdy-hG_NATH9Uffm051IiYzYYQalZkHZN2bcu-7ECgLDV5ZL68eyHytLvVY8xqjODIZZgDs7GXGHvELAiCTcPWokQJyd-kuyZqhLbrUE/s400/HPIM4335.JPG" width="312" height="431" /></a><br /><br />There is absolutely no stamping on this card, it's all paper from the same stack. It's called Nana's Nursery Baby Boy Matstack. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it. It's glittery, it can be boy or girl, it's darling!<br />I drew some faux stitching around each of the circles for interest, and then cut the giraffe out by hand and popped him up on dimensionals. The "welcome, baby" is my own handwriting. Thanks for stopping! We actually get to leave the house tomorrow, so things will start picking up again!<br /><br />**supplies**<br />Paper: Nana's Nursery Baby Boy matstack (from Hobby Lobby), unknown dark blue<br />Other: ribbon, blue pen, dimensionals<br />***********<br /><br />Kayla<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094209621109565882noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958321916970279317.post-83710532372607442262009-12-04T07:53:00.000-06:002009-12-04T07:53:47.447-06:00My first crocheted blanket!<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">Hey, everyone! Just popping in quick this morning to show you the blanket that I finally got done! My friend Becky asked me to crochet around some fabric for her daughter's (1) "comforter" for her crib bed. I chose to use some dark brown thread. I kind of made up the pattern because I didn't know what I was doing, and close up, it looks a lot more like scallops than in this picture, but you get the idea!<br />Pattern:<br />Rnd 1: Foundation stitch<br />Rnd 2: Dc in every sc<br />Rnd 3 (scallop): (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in first sp, sk 4 dc, * (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in next sp, sk 4 dc*, repeat from * around.<br />**in corners: ch 1, 4-5 dc, ch 3, 4-5 dc, sk 4 dc, resume Rnd 3<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTPsz5Q9SRy8V7_pJ51osAeZlrUhJQIPOu1B9o5AnzQKRakzJCvB19qN9lgbnUpOwOKyt57AEu-wzmO-EJVTJYuMZpHe1Qs8spdsIlhsWC5DQA6sSlP15rxSBXYNSXvk0HuCTGRWrhJnM/s1600-h/HPIM4272.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTPsz5Q9SRy8V7_pJ51osAeZlrUhJQIPOu1B9o5AnzQKRakzJCvB19qN9lgbnUpOwOKyt57AEu-wzmO-EJVTJYuMZpHe1Qs8spdsIlhsWC5DQA6sSlP15rxSBXYNSXvk0HuCTGRWrhJnM/s400/HPIM4272.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQmLqCYErDIvi4oZERqPf7GYiWyHsYJXOxx_yW5H63-4ZgtQQwV4Ftre5usEhSSXbacT9ojWZCr9cv9WNUCnQ5VTLU8GfOsSdlEKMZH-MnOoQJZ3Y8nP74pQnFTgOGdJZf9zOty0sxkIc/s1600-h/HPIM4274.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQmLqCYErDIvi4oZERqPf7GYiWyHsYJXOxx_yW5H63-4ZgtQQwV4Ftre5usEhSSXbacT9ojWZCr9cv9WNUCnQ5VTLU8GfOsSdlEKMZH-MnOoQJZ3Y8nP74pQnFTgOGdJZf9zOty0sxkIc/s400/HPIM4274.JPG" /></a> </div>Happy Friday!<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094209621109565882noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958321916970279317.post-87131315221631040592009-11-30T08:59:00.000-06:002009-11-30T08:59:24.682-06:00Verve Release Party Challenge<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaZ7JcSGKdr2CVi5HOQQXVOElEm94qrv7QR2T55Kr3l86U9u8rLfpHffKZBu0MIwRGQeO5hLpd-8xeo7t103bsSjGE1IfY7W5BhXWQVlNmh-l25dH8qE96Nzvn-COPe1ABSsMHG-bqEEk/s1600/HPIM4268.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaZ7JcSGKdr2CVi5HOQQXVOElEm94qrv7QR2T55Kr3l86U9u8rLfpHffKZBu0MIwRGQeO5hLpd-8xeo7t103bsSjGE1IfY7W5BhXWQVlNmh-l25dH8qE96Nzvn-COPe1ABSsMHG-bqEEk/s400/HPIM4268.JPG" /></a> </div><br />Happy Monday! Here's a card I made yesterday for Verve's November release party challenge. The challenge was to use their sketch, and make it a thankful card. I embossed the snowflakes on the background with sparkly ep, and added stickles everywhere (kind of hard to see--hopefully getting a new camera for Christmas, right mom?! :) ) I cut out the snowflake and popped it out on dimensionals (the big snowflake is on dimensionals, too). Thanks for looking!<br /><br />Kayla<br /><br />**supplies**<br />Paper: dark blue, SU! bashful blue, SU! Lavender Lace<br />Ink: versamark<br />Stamps: Serene Snowflakes<br />Other: sparkly ep, stickles, dark blue cm pen, pastels<br />***********<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094209621109565882noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958321916970279317.post-74095996714536135072009-11-18T21:59:00.000-06:002009-11-18T22:00:39.577-06:00Cards and Kids<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Good evening, everyone! I've come with some cards that I made today, and also a few pictures...<br />First, the cards. These are going to my mom--the first one is for my grandma's birthday.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWCCYfQHJPbQmIUoo8ehyphenhyphenNgvLjujF-vheSIVa7Pb7THytIm16neJAXesUlZVev7TuOdaTtCQstZYY2fFaQOKMu2p2y_zfD1bMgllVi5nhRGMPS019MUVAJtK8LhVWQOIunKzuNjOkkJlo/s1600/HPIM4230.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWCCYfQHJPbQmIUoo8ehyphenhyphenNgvLjujF-vheSIVa7Pb7THytIm16neJAXesUlZVev7TuOdaTtCQstZYY2fFaQOKMu2p2y_zfD1bMgllVi5nhRGMPS019MUVAJtK8LhVWQOIunKzuNjOkkJlo/s400/HPIM4230.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>I love how this turned out. It's for Viva La Verve, November Week 1. The twist was to use a 1,2, 3 challenge (1 embellishment, 2 colors, 3 stamps). I think I hit the mark. I embossed the flowers and the flower spray...it's really pretty IRL (as always! :) )<br />**Supplies**<br />Paper: Unknown dark pink, light pink, red<br />Stamps: Verve Because of You<br />Ink: positively pink, versamark<br />Other: pearls, clear ep, scallop circles from cricut, sponges<br />*****<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYHfuTm3RB-Cv79bCtrjnA3xw7QIz1UkZCBjXTg23N_yFxJaqi9v8O-VG2cOJCxxWHAh1TWmYyw_oqj1fkcdEYUq932wou3Rb3SDYMSdVGpD11fH6LK2Op5OrPqFferOrgr3eHmX_k_wo/s1600/HPIM4233.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYHfuTm3RB-Cv79bCtrjnA3xw7QIz1UkZCBjXTg23N_yFxJaqi9v8O-VG2cOJCxxWHAh1TWmYyw_oqj1fkcdEYUq932wou3Rb3SDYMSdVGpD11fH6LK2Op5OrPqFferOrgr3eHmX_k_wo/s400/HPIM4233.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>This one is for an anniversary that's coming up (I won't say who in case they read it!). Its also for Viva La Verve, November Week 2. The twist this week was to use the cracked glass technique (really fun, you can find it on SCS). The flowers are done with this technique...it takes time, but it turns out really neat. I just hope they don't think I wish them a broken marriage! :) LOL I forgot I had this paper; it was hidden on a bottom rack on my paper holder. It's SU!...I don't even remember the name. Parisian Breeze? ha<br />**Supplies**<br />Paper: Parisian Breeze<br />Stamps: Happy Harmony<br />Ink: Positively Pink<br />Other: pearls, clear ep for cracked glass<br /><br />And now for some fun family pictures...<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-3ZNiuFCe6n00Mb5OTls-Kfo8t-nm7OsIW8s-CxJliTwp7pJzuLvuWfyw1DRztvHaBvXr3p22_m3JlYGk8anHOl8fIUFojmfSzm09mHkxqPWhTD7rTHJOLZal9llHfw4wwQlxgEeiEgo/s1600/HPIM4191.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-3ZNiuFCe6n00Mb5OTls-Kfo8t-nm7OsIW8s-CxJliTwp7pJzuLvuWfyw1DRztvHaBvXr3p22_m3JlYGk8anHOl8fIUFojmfSzm09mHkxqPWhTD7rTHJOLZal9llHfw4wwQlxgEeiEgo/s400/HPIM4191.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>Here's Micah! He's walking EVERYWHERE now---all over the house practically!<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdz5EkI2EowuAEsVNkI3s0_M4eaYORhvagV1njfKWTFLXboF5Ih3JE5PjgvXlOxP2RRN6lF6QgAlsHWHYPtYs1vyxQy3hhs_XLGC_m-VzjOhrGPfW5ZOJhUwbnbRtQdQLG2b45gIq258s/s1600/HPIM4230.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdz5EkI2EowuAEsVNkI3s0_M4eaYORhvagV1njfKWTFLXboF5Ih3JE5PjgvXlOxP2RRN6lF6QgAlsHWHYPtYs1vyxQy3hhs_XLGC_m-VzjOhrGPfW5ZOJhUwbnbRtQdQLG2b45gIq258s/s400/HPIM4230.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>Michelle got these fun glasses from a friend of mine because she went potty at Becky's house. This was taken right after she took a bath...I thought it turned out darling.<br /><br />Have a nice night!<br /><br />Kayla<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094209621109565882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958321916970279317.post-11852375569209912342009-11-17T13:04:00.003-06:002009-11-17T13:25:22.048-06:00Potty TrainingThis is going to be a mostly family post, no cards today. Although, I have about five million cards to show you...but, as I am taking care of five children today AND I am preparing for a stamp a stack party at my house tonight, I don't have any time.<br /><br />Michelle is doing so well learning to go potty! We started last Thursday (I just set my mind to it because I believed she was ready, just lazy). She went in her panties about 7 times, each time more agitating than the last. She did pee in the potty a few times that day. On Friday, she went in her panties only twice, and on Saturday, Sunday, and yesterday, she didn't pee in her panties at all; she only pooped (we're still working on that...where to start?!). Now, today, she has gone potty immediately after I put her on (we've had to read books and "relax" so she could go...we could easily sit there for five minutes before she did anything)...big improvement! She's been wearing a panty all day, and hasn't wet through! Plus, she is willingly going when I ask. Now, to get her to tell me! I'm sure that will come, though.<br /><br />I was just so excited that she is actually being potty trained that I had to post! I've waited and waited for this...plus she is getting harder to change (saying she doesn't like to be wiped because it hurts), so I knew it was time.<br /><br />Keep up the good work, Michelle!Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094209621109565882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958321916970279317.post-40968783558027467352009-11-04T09:44:00.001-06:002009-11-04T09:50:25.800-06:00Welcome Back!<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">Hey, everyone. Sorry it's been so long...I had a long, long, messy October! But, I'm busy getting ready for the Alcester craft fair on Saturday...here's some stuff I've done...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrwLn5X5sptwdGn5IhKE9Ru5Eimz86by5J9nhgPeQa9hpQ6t7cBmhFgrkWwpNXwLpFRk8NUc0Vgc4twW4JJ4c9x2s4jByecmkt8j-jbihd1xEvjYQ19aWSd9AKVF4lO26RAIbUXUSO_G0/s1600-h/HPIM4149.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrwLn5X5sptwdGn5IhKE9Ru5Eimz86by5J9nhgPeQa9hpQ6t7cBmhFgrkWwpNXwLpFRk8NUc0Vgc4twW4JJ4c9x2s4jByecmkt8j-jbihd1xEvjYQ19aWSd9AKVF4lO26RAIbUXUSO_G0/s400/HPIM4149.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>Love, love, love this quote and how this sign turned out! Very basic--black paint, red flourish, white letters. Simple, yet powerful.<br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIFi1tovN1zTU76LA6iisKYoVmpeF_9qfBxMK2GsFPO6jEuS1VfX8Iv640QQg-KE-5enJ_-dAcIRbw1NsLx4M2IpN9LF7v7LnZBfcjaArmBOwVkU2v6xP_OXMXskUinWHUtyTgH3XlK6k/s1600-h/HPIM4151.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIFi1tovN1zTU76LA6iisKYoVmpeF_9qfBxMK2GsFPO6jEuS1VfX8Iv640QQg-KE-5enJ_-dAcIRbw1NsLx4M2IpN9LF7v7LnZBfcjaArmBOwVkU2v6xP_OXMXskUinWHUtyTgH3XlK6k/s400/HPIM4151.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>Love this, too. Perfect for a child's room. Again, yellow paint (over underlaiment), with white and black letters and stars.<br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYlU_rvp8PQxSF4qCZC_WCMiFS4_dY-DaH9rS7u1qQm7UpqV_zq4QfQp0Pj4s4ZUAZCoGGztuom_a4f-4jBV2YOIdvjfXze9vzyfNtoG8_yYyOmIvqyI_mkGzH5fde6mstGfKs53JOo8/s1600-h/HPIM4153.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYlU_rvp8PQxSF4qCZC_WCMiFS4_dY-DaH9rS7u1qQm7UpqV_zq4QfQp0Pj4s4ZUAZCoGGztuom_a4f-4jBV2YOIdvjfXze9vzyfNtoG8_yYyOmIvqyI_mkGzH5fde6mstGfKs53JOo8/s400/HPIM4153.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>A little more complicated--this one took awhile!<br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaxZPH0SLyQOh7xjPTs615ynPCLOzsncs29XRcihbbhdMV3SWlsBPjEcn5wqdxarkXdX7cX9KwL7x6q3G9PU6haeOZa2Ym-Ji_nQVqO1N7vkTyoAp0yNzQANtrTF6QN3C9JIIf-nM5sbw/s1600-h/HPIM4154.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaxZPH0SLyQOh7xjPTs615ynPCLOzsncs29XRcihbbhdMV3SWlsBPjEcn5wqdxarkXdX7cX9KwL7x6q3G9PU6haeOZa2Ym-Ji_nQVqO1N7vkTyoAp0yNzQANtrTF6QN3C9JIIf-nM5sbw/s400/HPIM4154.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>It's hard to tell in this picture, but the outer blue layer and the outer matting of each snowflake is cut with a glittery blue paper. It's gorgeous in real life! Gotta go--kids are crying!<br /><br />Kayla<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094209621109565882noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958321916970279317.post-57651238222983762012009-09-30T21:41:00.006-05:002009-09-30T21:52:37.045-05:00Long Time No SeeHey. Sorry it's been forever. We've had a busy few weeks!<br /><div></div><br /><div>The craft fair was a few weeks ago, but I didn't do so well. Sold a few things, but nothing really awesome. Somewhat depressing, but trying to keep my chin up. Going to try again at the Alcester fair in November and the Beresford fair in December. No sense dwelling, though...</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The week of the craft fair Micah was very, very sick. I took him to the dr. after he ran a 102/103 fever for a couple days, and he was diagnosed (but not tested for) with strep. He continued to run a high fever, hitting 105 several times during the next three days. When I left him on Saturday morning for the craft fair, his temp was 104.6 and climbing. I felt so guilty. It was so scary to watch his temp just keep climbing while he was always dosed with Tylenol and Motrin continuously. I called the ER once in the middle of the night when it was 105 and once in the evening when it was 104.6. They said there was nothing much they could do for him, just give him a cool bath and make sure he drinks. He never got dehydrated, which was a blessing. My husband was gone that entire week, and I was so scared by myself. On the night I called the ER, I told myself if his temp gets to 106, I was just going in, whether they said to or not. And on Saturday, I told my sister-in-law to call me by noon if his temp was still above 103, and I would come back and go to the ER. At that point (Sat. morning), he had been on medicine for 2 1/2 days. He didn't sleep during the day, he certainly didn't sleep at night---the only person not exhausted was Michelle. Thankfully, his fever broke about 10 am on Saturday, and he slept for about 4 hours. My sister-in-law (a practicing nurse) spoke with a dr. at her hospital, and they both agreed that he probably had the H1N1 flu....we stayed home from church with him the next day. Thankfully, no one else in the family got it. That was so scary.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Here's a card for you...I'm slowly getting some inspiration and motivation back. My sister-in-law (on my side) ordered some cards, and this is the first one. It's a wedding card.</div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387458026243064642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1U9o1rIbY-QHFhHXTp3U8XiZ2Dlz5M9cT1JgGBequ2pArQe4fVn7Flsz2Spi31v3j2K4Ahfh0smbj757i1urFM-3ga1SJQ2ELj_vzTJpRhpv1FJ6MyO2LxlqeA5vKI0If5TDKqmMnDzI/s400/HPIM4108.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><p> </p><p>I love how this turned out. It's even better in real life. I used the sketch from Viva la Verve September Week 5. The twist this week was to use specialty paper. I found this loves me/loves me not vellum in my stash, and ran with it. I love how it looks silvery gray in front of the purple. Alot of stamping and cutting involved here, but it was kind of fun and very enjoyable!</p><p>Alright, I have to go get started on a blanket I'm crocheting an edge for. Bye!</p><p>***Ingredients***</p><p>Stamps: SU! Wild Rose, Verve Beautiful You</p><p>Paper: PTI Plum Pudding, SU! Certainly Celery, metallic silver, loves me by over the moon press</p><p>Ink: Lovely Lilac and Certainly Celery (SU!)</p><p>Other: rhinestone brads, sponges</p>Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094209621109565882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958321916970279317.post-76964952074845609742009-09-14T09:07:00.002-05:002009-09-14T09:38:51.600-05:00Bookmarks and Card Sets<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Well, surprise. Five minutes later I have another post! Here are a few things I made last week that I'm super excited about!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpDCJq2HeYQoA8lmEvKfTWiabN0DYQKT9IB7-1tGohSGrndfFbAosEnRki8P9E6ZKqi_Ljz5tq2zq16nxgTBoA1I-SF2trYLCs01NnoqzxXdnEj8qrwmETVVRJPLK_nwyLQZ5ixKmw9yA/s1600-h/HPIM4025-1.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpDCJq2HeYQoA8lmEvKfTWiabN0DYQKT9IB7-1tGohSGrndfFbAosEnRki8P9E6ZKqi_Ljz5tq2zq16nxgTBoA1I-SF2trYLCs01NnoqzxXdnEj8qrwmETVVRJPLK_nwyLQZ5ixKmw9yA/s400/HPIM4025-1.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>I remembered that I had a whole package of these jumbo bookmarks. I decorated them (they are the same on both sides), and adhered them to the clip with hot glue. They aren't ever going anywhere!<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqNYzppU70n2aozV6-WXeXDsgh5XWz7tCzvxkvQn10gsoqY2aLIz3mz5IFiLLpWWDq8rlHMnKGj28KXnIftHlxNMBZ16bRD5pvCCdILFFH50-8dLxWFh-917e2FqVMGZACpcun1kUGhi8/s1600-h/HPIM4026-1.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqNYzppU70n2aozV6-WXeXDsgh5XWz7tCzvxkvQn10gsoqY2aLIz3mz5IFiLLpWWDq8rlHMnKGj28KXnIftHlxNMBZ16bRD5pvCCdILFFH50-8dLxWFh-917e2FqVMGZACpcun1kUGhi8/s400/HPIM4026-1.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>I found the animal set (SU! Zoofari) off a rummage in Hull for $4.00. What a steal! I thought they turned out so cute! The other animal didn't really fit in the circle, so I just used some patterened paper. I'm going to sell these for $.50 each.<br />***ingredients***<br />Paper: BG Lollipop Shoppe<br />Stamps: Zoofari<br />Ink: varied, all SU!<br />Other: jumbo clips, scallop circle punch, circle punch, colored pencils, hot glue<br />****************<br /><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzhu26S3m8P9XxFhOpYByZ-ALgNtQw-dgWS-oPQ4rDno6GdIMTE-mUE1pzjawfzi18w-SM-z60EuEpg16YPJcBLFR6wkPDL08KcLG-xdfeDOl3p0rs6WGhwLa7OZ_lpMCAxWaLbAp5Njo/s1600-h/HPIM4031.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzhu26S3m8P9XxFhOpYByZ-ALgNtQw-dgWS-oPQ4rDno6GdIMTE-mUE1pzjawfzi18w-SM-z60EuEpg16YPJcBLFR6wkPDL08KcLG-xdfeDOl3p0rs6WGhwLa7OZ_lpMCAxWaLbAp5Njo/s400/HPIM4031.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>Here's another little card set I created. These are thank yous for teachers to give out. They are 3x3 cards, and I made six identical ones. The apple pattern does vary, though.<br />I found the card box in the Resources section of SCS- super simple to make! I used my last sheet :( of PTI Pure Poppy and decorated it almost the same as the cards. I think it is just darling! It's hard to tell, but I made the handle a little more decorative by using my CM wavy trimmer and attached it with brads on each side. I also cut a notch in the top of the bo with my circle punch to allow the cards to peek through. I cut the envelopes by hand; I found that template on SCS as well a long time ago.<br />This is also my entry for last week's Viva La Verve. The twist was to go tiny!<br />***ingredients***<br />Paper: PTI Pure Poppy, white, unknown green, wal-mart dsp<br />Stamps: PTI Teacher's Apple, unknown "thank you"<br />Ink: real red, certainly celery<br />Other: top note die shape from cricut, scallop from corner rounder, 3x3 card box from SCS, 3x3 envelope from SCS<br />**************** <div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Thanks for stopping (again!). Have a great Monday!</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/152/C3E147D5C0B10D6030B405B7D51DB120.png" /></a><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"></a></div>Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094209621109565882noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958321916970279317.post-18067387208291248102009-09-14T08:42:00.002-05:002009-09-14T09:40:30.149-05:00Some gifts...<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Good morning! I made a few things over the weekend to share with you. The first are some blocks for my niece and nephew's birthday. They turned 5 (boy), and 3 (girl). Happy birthday, kids!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC82bkKvP-MsB4ti-5g9Ula1qSqgNFccJkYzEO_RdfTndfntzR7MNWDsnjCJy5Uy7pnK3BnFbJs5rtGkFmlnSPhDf6eGUY2qMT-SqksBwlYbLHCBqz88CuAKr-o3SaX-9trJk1_rG05Dc/s1600-h/HPIM4034.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC82bkKvP-MsB4ti-5g9Ula1qSqgNFccJkYzEO_RdfTndfntzR7MNWDsnjCJy5Uy7pnK3BnFbJs5rtGkFmlnSPhDf6eGUY2qMT-SqksBwlYbLHCBqz88CuAKr-o3SaX-9trJk1_rG05Dc/s400/HPIM4034.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><p>I used a girly, butterfly theme for Hannah's. She loves butterflies, and I thought "Sweet Dreams" was appropriate! </p><p align="right">***ingredients***<br />Paper:SEI Chocolat<br />Stamps: n/a<br />Ink:n/a<br />Other:cricut; free font (pavane), </p><p align="right">mod podge, wood blocks </p><p align="right">****************<br /><br /></p><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbxJn2_dXq0K1vQBNsuT96vQT3HbZT-lH4fNIh0coqX0CbBDPR6-1xwamxwrcAp6EV9G58dXkk7uUg_wGHBttpfu1GPHb6O_fjT4F3BJCe2u47W_NEDupb1dhXLD1c-7cgY2EtzkxWMdw/s1600-h/HPIM4035.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbxJn2_dXq0K1vQBNsuT96vQT3HbZT-lH4fNIh0coqX0CbBDPR6-1xwamxwrcAp6EV9G58dXkk7uUg_wGHBttpfu1GPHb6O_fjT4F3BJCe2u47W_NEDupb1dhXLD1c-7cgY2EtzkxWMdw/s400/HPIM4035.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><p>I used some western paper and embellishments for Cole's. He's a true cowboy (in the making!). I got these blocks from my husband after they finished building something; he sawed them down for me and I sanded them. Cheap! </p><p align="right">***ingredients***<br />Paper:Carolee Adornit!<br />Stamps:n/a<br />Ink:n/a<br />Other:cricut, free font (Boyzrgross),</p><p align="right">start sticker embellishments, mod podge</p><p align="right">****************<br /></p><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjNySJxPUiBtO0M3hKhNs_rqQ61sea0pTy2ZfnGW9DgBtAWsKcNQ-gbMCj91JXYcApqPKXKu-nP1Am_tYUbJC4rLFy2UKxShWPs0qlCoDF8it7SXDVm4bXHGw_JLvYuSrUmDbMlUOyJs/s1600-h/HPIM4041.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjNySJxPUiBtO0M3hKhNs_rqQ61sea0pTy2ZfnGW9DgBtAWsKcNQ-gbMCj91JXYcApqPKXKu-nP1Am_tYUbJC4rLFy2UKxShWPs0qlCoDF8it7SXDVm4bXHGw_JLvYuSrUmDbMlUOyJs/s400/HPIM4041.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Can you guess who this is for? I thought it would be cute to have a mailman appreciation gift for the upcoming holiday season. My dad is a letter carrier, and his job is HARD! During the hot summer months and the freezing cold winter months, and the rainy spring months, I'm not sure I would look forward to being outside in the elements all day long! He works hard to get mail to all the postal patrons, and I know I appreciate his job. Where else can you mail a letter to anywhere in the world and have it arrive safe and sound in (most of the time) under a week? They deserve more credit than we give them.</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center">So, in light of that, I created this gift. It would be perfect to put in the mailbox during Christmastime to say "thanks" to your mail carrier.</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center">My mom bought these stamps off a rummage for me in Sioux Falls (it's a set of three; the other stamp is a post office). I cut the top notes from my cricut, and colored the pictures with colored pencils. I used a total of 8 dimensionals to adhere the top note to the blue paper.</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="right">***ingredients***<br />Paper: Cloud 9 Designs; Pure Poppy (PTI), white<br />Stamps: Simply Stamped mail set, PTI Teacher's Apple (sentiment)<br />Ink: Basic Black<br />Other: cricut, free top note die shape from internet, </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="right">1 1/4" and 1 1/2" circle punches, dimensionals, red marker, colored pencils</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="right">****************</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="right"></div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="right">Well, thanks for stopping! I do really have lots to post, but the craft fair in Akron is on Saturday, and I'm not sure I'm going to have any free time this week to blog. I'll try to chip away at it, though. I have some cute stuff to share!</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="right"></div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="right"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/152/C3E147D5C0B10D6030B405B7D51DB120.png" /></a></div>Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094209621109565882noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958321916970279317.post-27816214798495184022009-09-12T23:47:00.002-05:002009-09-14T09:41:00.843-05:00Our Little Family<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_09fuhrFUP7xaWk4uh4ddb-2k7RntwtD6ZWJy4fneU4eVahGYKh_24apqxPBzIRpja707X20nlvLhj60Q6ZimxJQVmF43la2aG8Pl8eyUjMNDlBNrigWQISZT7F3jY-eDppk5NBPKEzk/s1600-h/scan0001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380809392848607762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 322px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_09fuhrFUP7xaWk4uh4ddb-2k7RntwtD6ZWJy4fneU4eVahGYKh_24apqxPBzIRpja707X20nlvLhj60Q6ZimxJQVmF43la2aG8Pl8eyUjMNDlBNrigWQISZT7F3jY-eDppk5NBPKEzk/s400/scan0001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Just wanted to share our family picture that we just had taken for our church directory. It turned out really well, and it gives you a chance to see the people I talk about all the time. Have a great night!</div><div> </div><div>Kayla</div>Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094209621109565882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958321916970279317.post-50637687171056516112009-09-07T17:35:00.002-05:002009-09-14T09:40:54.557-05:00A Sad SundayThe kids are keeping busy, so I wanted to use a few minutes to share some sad news.<br />Yesterday, our (almost) brand new puppy, Tajar, got hit. He was chasing the van, and we hit him in our own driveway. He died shortly after that.<br /><br />I was pretty sad yesterday...the first dog we had that I really, really loved and he's dead after only a month. I'm beginning to wonder if we are supposed to actually have a dog. This was our third- the first two ran away. Tajar was just such a good dog; he had so much potential. I really thought he was going to be the dog that stayed with us....well, forever. Hopefully, this means something is going to happen soon that will make us unable to have a dog. <br /><br />Michelle is struggling to understand what "death" means. She's not really sad, but she is a little confused as to where Tajar is. She watched us bury him this morning (I told Myron I didn't think I could handle it if he fed him to the sheep :) ), and now tells people (when they ask about Taj) that "Tajar's dead," "sleeping very tight," or "Daddy covered him up." See what I mean about a little confused. When we were going home, she said, "Tajar's going to chase," and she just wanted to go outside and play with him a little while. Bums me out.<br /><br />Just a dark spot in our week, I guess. It's lonely around here now without him.<br /><br />KaylaKaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094209621109565882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958321916970279317.post-10205895698940213642009-09-07T16:03:00.002-05:002009-09-14T09:41:38.376-05:00MOJO Monday 103<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"></div><p>Happy Monday, and Happy Labor Day (for those of you lucky enough to get the day off!). My husband is gone golfing, and I am home waiting for the kids to wake up (okay, I'm cherishing every second they are asleep!).</p><p>My task for today was complete this week's Mojo Monday challenge because it's a contest week! They choose 7 winners, and those winners get to choose a Verve set of their choice! </p><p>Hard sketch this week: go to <a href="http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/">http://mojomonday.blogspot.com</a> to see the sketch. I wanted to make a few accordian books for the craft fair, so I wanted to incorporate that into my sketch. This is what I came up with:<br /></p><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinpZp5nzrU9oPbMUxvhSrPENLcKZLeCuhM8MihcG8zz3aZErOh_hplXrEC6soFO5wJJfLQzG_juSRuGIvPHrQJv0YUwZs8D8MXOTJ8i1-8k2JMKOhx-wE69MT0sZtCr3monhq2RnXfJ6g/s1600-h/HPIM4029.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinpZp5nzrU9oPbMUxvhSrPENLcKZLeCuhM8MihcG8zz3aZErOh_hplXrEC6soFO5wJJfLQzG_juSRuGIvPHrQJv0YUwZs8D8MXOTJ8i1-8k2JMKOhx-wE69MT0sZtCr3monhq2RnXfJ6g/s400/HPIM4029.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Beautiful, no? I LOVE LOVE LOVE this SEI paper. So gorgeous. This panel is 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 (the book base is 6 1/2 square). I like how this turned out. I was going to make a baby girl book (hence, the pink), but I just left it up to the buyer's imagination!</div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center">The butterfly is stamped first onto the white c/s in pixie pink, and then also stamped onto some patterened paper from the collection and cut out. I added a few tiny, tiny pearls to the antenae.</div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRghv8i32xbCsSLIt4V0rL4s8xtu3XFKfoTDThuaR16NYNla9Va-wohPLpVXMaNXMXWa9LRNhyDbwtNOf9ChDHEZ3XAQzJQBFGthmCRBxxrKrxSkfZPJ_lXyPDQsY7TTVqBtS5Z7otNVs/s1600-h/HPIM4028.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRghv8i32xbCsSLIt4V0rL4s8xtu3XFKfoTDThuaR16NYNla9Va-wohPLpVXMaNXMXWa9LRNhyDbwtNOf9ChDHEZ3XAQzJQBFGthmCRBxxrKrxSkfZPJ_lXyPDQsY7TTVqBtS5Z7otNVs/s400/HPIM4028.JPG" border="0" /></a></p>Here's a view of the inside-front. I used lots of different paper from the SEI Chocolat collection and just varied where I put them. I was going to cover every single square, but then I decided that was overkill.<br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX51KrZReo2BNG3SSNYXvoKbmE51qoC85BJ79z3WyXGoE5BG13h5cJqgbhtptLkIUec5UViLr-U1KB5uDPFG5SLO24b2dk3tdFJQsBzF-hhNwSzZmStwUcSxwYzfvTqa0cnTMfCWql6tA/s1600-h/HPIM4027.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX51KrZReo2BNG3SSNYXvoKbmE51qoC85BJ79z3WyXGoE5BG13h5cJqgbhtptLkIUec5UViLr-U1KB5uDPFG5SLO24b2dk3tdFJQsBzF-hhNwSzZmStwUcSxwYzfvTqa0cnTMfCWql6tA/s400/HPIM4027.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Here's the inside- back. Again, different paper. The two papers on the full squares are my favorite papers from this collection- glittery pinks and browns...yum!</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Thanks for stopping. I hopefully will be able to post what I've been up to in the next few days!</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/152/C3E147D5C0B10D6030B405B7D51DB120.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;" /></a></div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center">***ingredients***<br />Paper: SEI Chocolat, white c/s<br />Stamps: Verve- Fluttering by, Beautiful You<br />Ink: Ranger Distress Walnut Stain, Pixie Pink<br />Other: pearls, heavy heavy cardboard from who knows where, mod podge</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center">****************</div>Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094209621109565882noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958321916970279317.post-78813751833180658212009-09-01T08:22:00.002-05:002009-09-01T08:32:54.533-05:00Teacher Candy Jar<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Happy Tuesday! The kids are still sleeping, and I've got my flu-sick husband off for the day. He woke up puking, but his parents are gone on vacation, so he must go help do chores with his brother. Plus, he has to go pick up 16 new calves this morning--he'll be busy. Poor guy. I told him to rest, rest, rest today! I also sent him off with a mug full of warm coke (it helps!) and $4 for a bottle of Pepto. Hopefully he'll survive. </div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center">I finished a project I've been wanting to do for awhile. I went rummaging a few weekends ago in a town close to where we live. I found four clean, empty Yankee Candle jars in a Free box at the last rummage I stopped it. What a treasure! I thought, "Surely I can make these into something!" </div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center">I created a Teacher Candy Jar with the first one (and probably the other two big ones).</div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivE2GT18k70m_WviJEUNZE5GZn-RYH0YrqZU7mp_HKhI3qXooFMuq_9Y9id6KQedBrByWIQzLdLYXJubGCavfSHuGNtvhmoANXM0Scb3MFil2IbYFV77S7JJ45vPbe0rzpINyww2jjzvs/s1600-h/HPIM3993.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivE2GT18k70m_WviJEUNZE5GZn-RYH0YrqZU7mp_HKhI3qXooFMuq_9Y9id6KQedBrByWIQzLdLYXJubGCavfSHuGNtvhmoANXM0Scb3MFil2IbYFV77S7JJ45vPbe0rzpINyww2jjzvs/s400/HPIM3993.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>Here it is from the front. I made an apple svg file in Inkscape for my cricut, and then used the Blackout feature to get rid of the lines before cutting it in red. To cut the mat, I just used the Shadow Blackout feature and cut it in green. I "stitched" around both layers with a white gel pen. I added a button with some ribbon (a last minute adjustment), and stamped the sentiment from PTI's Teacher's Apple. I embossed the TEACHERS in black ep. I used pop dots to adhere it to the jar.<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2W11zTy1x9mQ1Y6Xkd03mRAvn9xZFXOy5-cHApP48JxQj5-LgyToypJFvcXXekT467dzoCYbDXra8FPU9xd2tyPqX19WDhhKVAyPabOxWWxnmYkKAL54C_nQ5P7QCSVPTj9sOU4ksFa8/s1600-h/HPIM3994.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2W11zTy1x9mQ1Y6Xkd03mRAvn9xZFXOy5-cHApP48JxQj5-LgyToypJFvcXXekT467dzoCYbDXra8FPU9xd2tyPqX19WDhhKVAyPabOxWWxnmYkKAL54C_nQ5P7QCSVPTj9sOU4ksFa8/s400/HPIM3994.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>Too close! Oh well, you get the idea. This was mainly to cover up the ugly sticker on the bottom...just some stamping and sponging. The circle was cut with the George cartridge (it's 2 1/2").<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQreZ9-pG8sYYGYcBzUL8CyZvMscjf2kYsaoazN7u3P3M7qnS7v_tlmx6tHWaefNPo-V8d4kIZ-g4joMUn8oAu346neVpHD-q0DClbbr9EtVnH_YlBkEIH6MANvedMk6QHFmP-3OX300/s1600-h/HPIM3995.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQreZ9-pG8sYYGYcBzUL8CyZvMscjf2kYsaoazN7u3P3M7qnS7v_tlmx6tHWaefNPo-V8d4kIZ-g4joMUn8oAu346neVpHD-q0DClbbr9EtVnH_YlBkEIH6MANvedMk6QHFmP-3OX300/s400/HPIM3995.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center">And some yummy treats to go inside! If you know who my daughter is, it won't surprise you to know that we have a whole 5 lb. bag of peppermints in our house, so the candy didn't cost me a dime!</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center">I'll post the rest of the jars once I get them made. Thanks for stopping!</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"></div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/152/C3E147D5C0B10D6030B405B7D51DB120.png" /></a><br /><br />***ingredients***<br />Paper: red, Old Olive<br />Stamps: PTI Teacher's Apple<br />Ink: versamark, basic black, real red<br />Other: black ep, heating gun, cricut, inkscape, George cart, free apple clipart, white gel pen, button from stash, ribbon, pop dots, sponges, empty Yankee Candle jar</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center">****************</div>Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094209621109565882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958321916970279317.post-35821583222474465532009-08-31T08:18:00.003-05:002009-08-31T08:35:51.842-05:00Choo Choo!<div>Good morning! I stole a few minutes this morning to finish a card I started on Saturday morning. I spent the day yesterday sick with the flu (Michelle was sick the night before), so I didn't even feel like making cards! But, everyone is feeling much better today (in fact, the kids have now been sleeping for 12 hours), and I'm on the papercrafting scene once again!</div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376117311825094226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7kJZn2YugmnSWWK-D-9KHptclA4LBkkr7d7dGdFx_NqfERUgZo0gUeLAA1oHrmppL8Q7tfTwUdFI9S16w8zeUAPv9qSPVWJT9fiR6-XvpvQGdf7lPc6DWskS62EjsmU6n-2Jz5_57K0U/s400/HPIM3989.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div></div><div>One of my friends from high school that I have reconnected with through Facebook is having her fourth baby this week via cesarean. I wanted to make her a gift (more coming later once I know the baby's name), and knowing that she's having a boy made it easy to make a card!</div><div>I used the recent sketch from the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge (it's #16), which you can find <a href="http://priscillastyles.blogspot.com/2009/08/midnight-madness-week-16-mmsc16.html">here on Priscilla's blog</a>. I saw someone's entry on SCS, and loved the sketch.</div><div>I turned it on its side to better fit my card theme. I struggled with the flourishes in the corners, so instead, I omitted them and stuck a few trains at the bottom.</div><div>It's really hard to tell (I don't know if my Versamark is drying up or what), but I used the print pattern background stamp on the blue layer, and used crosshatch on the yellow and red layers. All very hard to tell. Thanks for stopping, and Happy Monday!</div><div> </div><div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/152/C3E147D5C0B10D6030B405B7D51DB120.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;" /></a><br /><br />***ingredients***<br />Paper: CM paper stack-blue, yellow, red, generic white, generic black<br />Stamps: Gina K-Wee Tees, SU! Crosshatch, SU! Print pattern<br />Ink: real red, only orange, brilliant blue, versamark<br />Other: ribbon (offray), sponges, colored pencils</div><div>****************</div>Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094209621109565882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958321916970279317.post-4294275834810299332009-08-29T08:29:00.002-05:002009-08-31T08:35:56.551-05:00Card for Grama AnnGood evening! Just a quick card I made last night.<br /><br />My great-grandma ("Grama") was in the hospital recently and we weren't sure how things were going to turn out. She's doing better now, but I am unable to go see her (she's in TN). So, I thought I would send her some paper flowers instead!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuXcRTSRVmX7-OshoAvSLJI1UJkhlDXqUGzEIuZVKCESnyYsLdud6sIPrXxtEekM1YhZGLMivj838iqGZpOQmUfRZarfyXI_NRulTKar5v6VFodG70su_XWk8LAANraScGWTNhUarEIAU/s1600-h/HPIM3985.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375377753646467858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 290px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuXcRTSRVmX7-OshoAvSLJI1UJkhlDXqUGzEIuZVKCESnyYsLdud6sIPrXxtEekM1YhZGLMivj838iqGZpOQmUfRZarfyXI_NRulTKar5v6VFodG70su_XWk8LAANraScGWTNhUarEIAU/s400/HPIM3985.JPG" border="0" /></a> This sketch is for Viva La Verve September Week One. The twist was little round things. I used three pearls in the top left hand corner. I love my patterned paper and the waves---it was done with my long forgotten creative memories wavy trimmer. I embossed the sentiment with white ep. I never really was a fan of this set (Floral Whimsy), but it's really growing on my after this card! Thanks for stopping!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/152/C3E147D5C0B10D6030B405B7D51DB120.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;" /></a><br /><br />***ingredients***<br />Paper: SU! Bella Rose, PTI Dark Chocolate<br />Stamps: Verve- Floral Whimsy<br />Ink: versamark, certainly celery, real red<br />Other: white ep, sponges, cm wavy trimmer, ribbon (offray)<br />****************Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094209621109565882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958321916970279317.post-40407179270367159552009-08-28T17:48:00.002-05:002009-08-28T20:44:11.573-05:00Husband Emergency Card StashHello! I finished my project!! Check it out:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQBUqwXDb1SgEA5brwxD54K8UOz7HlFlXrcSyEbrmow-ADpb9Hc6amaDuQB1Mx5nkhGSxMPPFSGr0JB4bdgVgpl0EING7IG1cuX-oUOOBw-6DcSMdY0Rpg8PokWMDWeU7Yc0pSNgBZaP4/s1600-h/HPIM3961.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQBUqwXDb1SgEA5brwxD54K8UOz7HlFlXrcSyEbrmow-ADpb9Hc6amaDuQB1Mx5nkhGSxMPPFSGr0JB4bdgVgpl0EING7IG1cuX-oUOOBw-6DcSMdY0Rpg8PokWMDWeU7Yc0pSNgBZaP4/s400/HPIM3961.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is the box that will hold the emergency card stash (obviously). I used the tutorial for an A2 Card Box from Splitcoaststampers (under "Resources"). I first used a pizza box tutorial that I found online, but once I got it all made and decorated, it didn't hold all the cards! Doh! So, I cut the decorated top off, whipped up an A2 card box, and stuck the top along with some scallops onto the top of the new card box. Clear as mud, huh?<br />Here is the list of what will be in the card stash. You can find most of them on my blog in the past few days.<br />1. One birthday card- for wife<br />2. One Valentine's Day card- for wife<br />3. One Anniversary card- for wife<br />4 and 5. TWO Just Because card- for wife<br />6. One "It's okay"/Sympathy/Empathy card- for wife<br />7 and 8. TWO Mother's Day cards- for wife and mother/mother-in-law<br /><br />There is a total of eight cards in the box. The challenge with the box (other than the dimensions) was to make it masculine. I love how the words turned out (they are from SCAL and my cricut), and the background pattern from Technique Tuesday is one of my favorite stamp sets! Thanks for looking- hope to post something more tonight!<br /><br />Kayla<br /><br />***Ingredients***<br />Paper: SU! Bashful Blue, basic black, white<br />Stamps: Technique Tuesday "Irony"<br />Ink: versamark<br />Other: ribbon (offray), cricut, scal, free font: cooper black and comic sans, corner rounder for scallops<br />*****************Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094209621109565882noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958321916970279317.post-34847366513068588732009-08-27T15:09:00.002-05:002009-08-31T08:36:04.264-05:00Husband Emergency CardsHello! I've finished all the cards for my husband emergency card stash...I'll get the packaging made soon and put it all on here.<br />But, in the mean time, here's the last two with details:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUAU8rI-_peV2Z_gDXpFvxy_2yi4NHcTn9mzQZRhSwrEE1OB_RvOicgDG63sCC_Nvm-s4mEmAi6HoNhTVoOmztoz290NvvFcI1EL0EIXM3cxOjUhhfBdHA-wuV66ZVLnAlaBd1UJkarXE/s1600-h/HPIM3951.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374738489188061378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 302px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUAU8rI-_peV2Z_gDXpFvxy_2yi4NHcTn9mzQZRhSwrEE1OB_RvOicgDG63sCC_Nvm-s4mEmAi6HoNhTVoOmztoz290NvvFcI1EL0EIXM3cxOjUhhfBdHA-wuV66ZVLnAlaBd1UJkarXE/s400/HPIM3951.JPG" border="0" /></a> This card is the Valentine's Day card. I used the sketch from SCS's sketch challenge 243. It was a little intimidating at first, but once I chose the bella rose paper, it was easy!<br /><div align="right"><span style="font-size:78%;">***ingredients***<br />Paper: Bella Rose DSP, PTI Dark Chocolate<br />Stamps: Wild Rose DD<br />Ink: positively pink, green galore, ranger distress walnut stain<br />Other: sponges, corner rounder for scallops</span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-size:78%;">****************</span><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA2w_ce_RlSR0lVMoswyQ_lqyqF4JsuXskNKo45BSPlVl_rJlxQQLnMY5OvpGirHCrge2siwIKTonNhfZL5NEDeuEtJLzaOTLszNTlA0j0Hp1znm-5T1AO-lHemqKeUwopkW2HOZ9NTXo/s1600-h/HPIM3956.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374738478874342274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA2w_ce_RlSR0lVMoswyQ_lqyqF4JsuXskNKo45BSPlVl_rJlxQQLnMY5OvpGirHCrge2siwIKTonNhfZL5NEDeuEtJLzaOTLszNTlA0j0Hp1znm-5T1AO-lHemqKeUwopkW2HOZ9NTXo/s400/HPIM3956.JPG" border="0" /></a> This is the last of them; it's another Just Because card. I used a sketch from Markie's Mom's blog (<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKH6WZ75AG4vhezVHvtqYQ4WptDk-XhuGpUOvxjf_2hwKR8dBRHy-0VTb5eSwEQqvWOWf8F00rp8cdHoTC0Cn6PfYJzIbskWaCT8_a4wn8YeEXExvt5BB6JTStZjuZv0SrNXLwadh4Fvjs/s1600-h/WT233+014+copy.jpg">see card here</a>)--I saw it this morning and love it!! I also used the color combo challenge from Dawn McVey's Raspberry Suite blog. I've never played this challenge before, but it was fun! You can see the colors here: <a href="http://dawnmcvey.typepad.com/these_are_a_few_of_my_fav/2009/08/raspberry-suite-color-challenge-15.html">Color Challenge</a><br />I used Spring Moss and Razzberry Fizz (instead of Hibiscus burst) from PTI, SU!'s Flowers for You DSP instead of Melon Berry, and a generic cream. I love these colors together!!<br />With the sketch and the colors, it was relatively easy to put together! Thanks for stopping!<br /><div align="right"><span style="font-size:78%;">***ingredients***<br />Paper: PTI Spring Moss, Razzberry Fizz; SU! Flowers for You, unknown cream<br />Stamps: Happy Harmony, Verve- Flutterby<br />Ink: positively pink<br />Other: pastels, ribbon, fiskars heart punch, dimensionals</span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-size:78%;">****************</span></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/152/C3E147D5C0B10D6030B405B7D51DB120.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;" /></a>Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094209621109565882noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958321916970279317.post-17381784786867327112009-08-25T20:56:00.001-05:002009-08-31T08:36:14.914-05:00Viva La Cards!!!<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Made quite a few cards this weekend. I decided to make a Husband Emergency Card Stash card set for the craft fair. Basically, it has all kinds of cards for the man of the house to give to his wife and mother and mother in law for various occasions. I'm not going to post them all here, but when it's complete, I'll give you the full list. I'm about 3/4 of the way done, so expect it soon!</div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9mTrMByYishmd1dAoKRLbxMYk1E2pdZ2Butfw3mpve-Etkozu6qHptXxGg6RT9UPzDAui3USRp_JSYMglKNWtcJKbJFKmWjIImXVBWuasnQYVXzvAbQ7Wc5I8JKg0o_0Xl_nn6BBPzQ/s1600-h/HPIM3937.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9mTrMByYishmd1dAoKRLbxMYk1E2pdZ2Butfw3mpve-Etkozu6qHptXxGg6RT9UPzDAui3USRp_JSYMglKNWtcJKbJFKmWjIImXVBWuasnQYVXzvAbQ7Wc5I8JKg0o_0Xl_nn6BBPzQ/s400/HPIM3937.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><p align="center">Mojo Monday sketch. This is an anniversary card. The quote says, "If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus one day so I NEVER have to live without you. -Winnie the Pooh". So cute!</p><p align="right"><span style="font-size:78%;">***ingredients***<br />Paper: SEI Chocolat<br />Stamps: Verve- Beautiful You<br />Ink: positively pink<br />Other: ribbon, dimensionals</span></p><p align="right"><span style="font-size:78%;">****************</span><br /></p><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWyVFFU3KiGrpQcJ4v1q8b2qT5MG3LEjsRlr7e3R9xzif2HIxtN-U229PEXD3pBKztkTbLH5iViw0GJ1v3yW2YB1vTkYECGqQAJJbRuDqyipaaWSCQOlckNqWW8TQDP3opwfEeVLDCZiQ/s1600-h/HPIM3944.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWyVFFU3KiGrpQcJ4v1q8b2qT5MG3LEjsRlr7e3R9xzif2HIxtN-U229PEXD3pBKztkTbLH5iViw0GJ1v3yW2YB1vTkYECGqQAJJbRuDqyipaaWSCQOlckNqWW8TQDP3opwfEeVLDCZiQ/s400/HPIM3944.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><p align="center">Another husband card. This is for his mother or mother in law for mother's day. Got the top note die from a site online (can't remember, though--I'll hunt).</p><p align="right"><span style="font-size:78%;">***ingredients***<br />Paper: unknown brown, taken with teal, PTI Razzberry Fizz, Lemon Tart<br />Stamps: Verve Because of You<br />Ink:versamark, tempting turquoise<br />Other: white gel pen, top note die from internet, corner rounder for scallops, gold ep</span></p><p align="right"><span style="font-size:78%;">****************</span><br /></p><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhmI6RBebnWlkzz6V6LXCuPFZ8JwP_hSNadkhgf975gcvm0L39zjebrKC_oPo4py9YqZe62wwfvtQu6XlQZLWSrCPMN77pkIwtbmh9tuU3sY5lSnIeZMSDKnCkB-g_T8clLCEciD6Al4/s1600-h/HPIM3945.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhmI6RBebnWlkzz6V6LXCuPFZ8JwP_hSNadkhgf975gcvm0L39zjebrKC_oPo4py9YqZe62wwfvtQu6XlQZLWSrCPMN77pkIwtbmh9tuU3sY5lSnIeZMSDKnCkB-g_T8clLCEciD6Al4/s400/HPIM3945.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><p align="center">The other mother's day card for husband stash. Love this top note die shape!! I used the negative image from the previous card and just matted some PTI Razzberry Fizz Remix paper inside.</p><p align="right"><span style="font-size:78%;">***ingredients***<br />Paper: unknown brown, taken with teal, PTI Razzberry </span></p><p align="right"><span style="font-size:78%;">fizz remix, lemon tart<br />Stamps: verve- because of you<br />Ink: versamark<br />Other: pastels, top note die, ribbon</span></p><p align="right"><span style="font-size:78%;">****************</span><br /></p><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI0C09wY3VGaqj8mSKMd6iWmdMSDhzKZ_oOgO_FU2y1IwDW34OwZPRVvaGxRLIsF9UAM2sI3JahjfU6sGqaTxVUePwS9w14ccg1B7CuxImIeV9TduBQtnBa_2qbAXX7-CmvxN7-QYmjKE/s1600-h/HPIM3946.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI0C09wY3VGaqj8mSKMd6iWmdMSDhzKZ_oOgO_FU2y1IwDW34OwZPRVvaGxRLIsF9UAM2sI3JahjfU6sGqaTxVUePwS9w14ccg1B7CuxImIeV9TduBQtnBa_2qbAXX7-CmvxN7-QYmjKE/s400/HPIM3946.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center">Viva La Verve August Week 4: twist was to use favorite color combo. I love black and pink and teal. They look so bold!! It's hard to tell in the picture, but I stamped the dots from Delight in Life and emobssed them with clear ep. </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center">***ingredients***<br />Paper: Basic Black, taken with teal, razzberry fizz remix<br />Stamps: delight in life, both ways blossoms<br />Ink: versamark<br />Other: clear ep, ribbon, pastels, dimensionals</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center">****************</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center">Thanks for stopping! Good night!</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"> </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/152/C3E147D5C0B10D6030B405B7D51DB120.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;" /></a></div>Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094209621109565882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958321916970279317.post-79914992193670640132009-08-25T20:52:00.001-05:002009-08-25T21:16:49.464-05:00Welcome Signs #3 and #4<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Good evening. Two posts today--I've been crafting, but too busy to blog. My sister in law and I just put up another 94 quarts of sweet corn today (we did 74 last week), so I have hardly been home!</div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center">I finished my signs for the craft fair. I LOVE how they turned out. I can't wait to get more.</div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheYibeOdrQLr81SKkUeSsbGu0V1Ih3tyRRp8Pt-zzIYMCTS7oi_YYjlTJJwM-BX2EhvTyx_EIFqaa6I8KyBaiBDZarE5X-6SDtoB76vYHz8L9bEgObFmDl8Xk-eJGEtJRnmMyoGUfdN3s/s1600-h/HPIM3938.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheYibeOdrQLr81SKkUeSsbGu0V1Ih3tyRRp8Pt-zzIYMCTS7oi_YYjlTJJwM-BX2EhvTyx_EIFqaa6I8KyBaiBDZarE5X-6SDtoB76vYHz8L9bEgObFmDl8Xk-eJGEtJRnmMyoGUfdN3s/s400/HPIM3938.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><p>Another welcome sign. The "welcome" was a bear to cut on my cricut. I think my mat is old, my blade is shot, and I'm a dummy. LOL I had some trouble! Again, got the flourish free from a My Cricut Scrapbooking online. I think this turned out very tastefully!<br /></p><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZKYdp5K7e-6f3dxPCEnsnVeRJPOY5d4KnYUG6G-uLhbTt4iuA9R3DMqq2wnkhTF4qXuBmWsyyk1j92oxNwMbI5kBddaQ5Qs4ilqovLqH0FQ16IJKCGBLyqBByTnvHhb50O_1O0GGy55Y/s1600-h/HPIM3941.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZKYdp5K7e-6f3dxPCEnsnVeRJPOY5d4KnYUG6G-uLhbTt4iuA9R3DMqq2wnkhTF4qXuBmWsyyk1j92oxNwMbI5kBddaQ5Qs4ilqovLqH0FQ16IJKCGBLyqBByTnvHhb50O_1O0GGy55Y/s400/HPIM3941.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center">I chose to make the last one a thanksgiving/fall sign. I love the font that Thanks is written in (Liorah BT), and it cuts beautifully! I stamped the pumpkins on Only Orange, stamped the leaves on Green Galore, and then cut them all out. I used a gel pen to create the white "stitching". I also "stitched" around almost all the other pieces--I think it gives it such a homespun feel.</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Thanks for stopping!! Have a great night!</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/152/C3E147D5C0B10D6030B405B7D51DB120.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;" /></a></div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Welcome sign</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center">***ingredients***<br />Paper: SU! flowers for you, unknown cream, unknown brown, </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center">unknown green, PTI Spring Moss, SEI Chocolat<br />Stamps: n/a<br />Ink: n/a<br />Other: cricut, scal, free font: Liorah BT, arial; flourish free from </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center">My Cricut Scrapbooking, sign from dollar store</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center">****************</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Give Thanks sign</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center">***ingredients***<br />Paper: PTI Summer Sunrise, SU! real red, dsp from flowers for you, </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center">unknown brown, only orange, green galore<br />Stamps: Autumn Harvest<br />Ink: Only orange, green galore<br />Other: cricut, scal, free font: liorah bt, arial, white gel pen, s</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center">ign from dollar store</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center">****************</div>Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094209621109565882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958321916970279317.post-25955279126272744432009-08-20T22:24:00.001-05:002009-08-20T22:30:56.382-05:00Viva la Fairies!!<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Hello and good evening! Another quick post for today...<br />I finally got up to making this week's Viva La Verve sketch with a twist (check out the new badge on my sidebar!!). This week's twist was to use a tag. I'll admit, I was very, very intimidated! That's why it's Thursday and I just now am getting it done!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKVD4119ONuVYMzXKt23Qaa66J_OzIkxsqCOFPQIUH6k0ih-1eDJJG68wgTvNj3ZW0HbTW65kgxAlxsLrB2S3TijdCUQSnkqNx-0e2esUiowDED0Lzm9UIe0mhKnoaYAT4u081mksofI/s1600-h/HPIM3930.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKVD4119ONuVYMzXKt23Qaa66J_OzIkxsqCOFPQIUH6k0ih-1eDJJG68wgTvNj3ZW0HbTW65kgxAlxsLrB2S3TijdCUQSnkqNx-0e2esUiowDED0Lzm9UIe0mhKnoaYAT4u081mksofI/s400/HPIM3930.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><p>I wanted to use Dreams and Dragons again, and I love this luscious paper by SEI (Chocolat). It's delish. A few notes:</p><p>1. It's hard to tell, but the brad is covered in glitter (I used a glue dot and stuck it in loose pink glitter--very fun). </p><p>2. The background strip is a shimmer sticker from the SEI pack, as is the tag (not a sticker, though). </p><p>3. The clouds are embossed in Seafoam White ep and covered in stickles. </p><p>Thanks for stopping!! </p><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/152/C3E147D5C0B10D6030B405B7D51DB120.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;" /></a></div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center">***ingredients***<br />Paper: SEI Chocolat<br />Stamps: Dreams and Dragons<br />Ink: Positively Pink, Gable Green, Ranger Distress Walnut Stain<br />Other: stickles, brad, loose glitter, glue dots, white ep</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center">****************<a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"></a></div>Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094209621109565882noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958321916970279317.post-70350372512871289092009-08-20T15:12:00.002-05:002009-08-20T15:22:55.931-05:00God Bless This Home-Sign #2<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Good afternoon! Here's another project I completed this afternoon (and the kids are still snoozing!!). It's another home decor sign. The more I do these, the more I wish I would have bought every one Loopy's had. But, I'm confident they will go on sale again after the fall season. Who knows- maybe they will be 90% off instead of 75% (hey, a girl can dream!!)!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirGVDqk7Bl33VPsWc3_wds1MpPFQ-owl6O90_UFPf1zSO0-3KMm2NkdafzIX5-ql87m3ik28fWqZ0yBWOEscv34lCIawO4IvwUQsnjNLM1LzyRVx1ItvmEN4H5Iyw5eIFR93AebbE6NTQ/s1600-h/HPIM3927.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirGVDqk7Bl33VPsWc3_wds1MpPFQ-owl6O90_UFPf1zSO0-3KMm2NkdafzIX5-ql87m3ik28fWqZ0yBWOEscv34lCIawO4IvwUQsnjNLM1LzyRVx1ItvmEN4H5Iyw5eIFR93AebbE6NTQ/s400/HPIM3927.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I really, really like how this turned out, but it was a pain in the tush to get it right. Here's the story:<br />After I cut the paper, I had second thoughts about the color scheme. I consulted my mom, who assured me that it would be fine. Let's hope so.<br />Then, I couldn't get the words to cut right. I was using a different font, and I tried to cut it like 6 times. I adjusted everything I could think of, and it still didn't work. I put it away and came back to it later. I was going to just make the "bless" in this font and then have the other words in a normal serif font, but then I realized how beautiful this font was--it was exactly what I was looking for!!<br />The trouble didn't stop there. Once I finally got the words cut, I didn't think they were going to fit on the sign. But, I rearranged and rearranged some more, and I think it worked out nice. I actually like the G dipping into the rose.<br />So, what should have taken me about 1/2 an hour took me 1/2 a day!! But, it's done, and I love it!<br />Thanks for stopping!!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/152/C3E147D5C0B10D6030B405B7D51DB120.png" /></a></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center">***ingredients***<br />Paper: PTI Razzberry Fizz Remix and Lemon Tart, SU! Pretty in Pink<br />Stamps: Wild Rose<br />Ink: Positively Pink, Real Red, Gable Green, Glorious Green<br />Other: clear ep, versamark pen, scor-tape, sign from Loopy's Dollar, cricut, font: Liorah BT</div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center">****************</div>Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094209621109565882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958321916970279317.post-3148147368825881872009-08-19T23:11:00.001-05:002009-08-19T23:15:27.888-05:00Welcome Sign #1<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">Another quick entry (trying to keep up as I make things). I whipped this up this afternoon. I'm involved in a ladies church group, and we have a Harvest Sale every October to raise money for our school. I made this as a contribution for the Harvest Sale. I'm planning on making some more to sell. I love how this turned out!<br />I got the actual signs at Loopy's Dollar in my hometown. They were having crazy days, and it was 75% off...so it was 75 cents!! What a steal. It originally came with a metal piece attached that said "welcome" or "welcome friends" or something like that. I bought four of them, and ripped the metal piece off.<br />I was left with a blank slate! I mod podged some paper on, cut letters and the flourish with my cricut and scal, slapped them on, and I was done! Super easy, but looks really cool. I'm in the process of another one. Would have got it done this afternoon but the baby woke up. Tomorrow, maybe!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLlstnJJC4h3jHldwgElk9src4a0Bq-nBB6jZ1KkrNLSx5jIFaOwDUfwD1lsziupv45m6jg38hztLzQsLUpaQPZYYqjMWfA7xae8nj52_R9Itgm2-4NStKnXEOzmiPrPIqvEEZba0W6bQ/s1600-h/HPIM3924.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLlstnJJC4h3jHldwgElk9src4a0Bq-nBB6jZ1KkrNLSx5jIFaOwDUfwD1lsziupv45m6jg38hztLzQsLUpaQPZYYqjMWfA7xae8nj52_R9Itgm2-4NStKnXEOzmiPrPIqvEEZba0W6bQ/s400/HPIM3924.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>Thanks for stopping! Have a great night!<br /><br />Kayla<br /><br />***ingredients***<br />Paper: SU! Flowers for You (I think?), unknown green, unknown brown, unknown cream, PTI Spring Moss (letters), SEI Chocolat Noisse (flourish)<br />Stamps: n/a<br />Ink: n/a<br />Other: sign from Loopy's, mod podge, cricut, free font: pavane, flourish from <a href="http://mycricutscrapbooking.com/category/sure-cuts-a-lot/svg-sure-cuts-a-lot/flourishes/">My Cricut Scrapbooking</a><br />****************<br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094209621109565882noreply@blogger.com0