July 4 - Kabobs!

Today I am sharing my August 1st challenge page at Kitchen Keepsake. And the RAK winner! Woohoo!!

So my challenge for August is to use a date or time as your title!
It was perfect for this page of the kids eating their red, white & blue kabobs on July 4th. We were waiting for the parade and fireworks.

There are so many ways you can do this challenge. I'd love to see how you do it! Come on over to the forum and join us.

And now on to the winner of my RAK. Thanks for everybody who commented and followed.

Random.org picked #9 for me...

so congrats Jackie Plank. 

If you will pm me through the forum and I'll get it out to you!

Braelyn in the Snow

Hot weather and cold pictures! I decided to scrap a picture of B playing in some of the snow on the deck last winter. She knew she couldn't go out there without shoes and a jacket, so she did it all herself. You might notice that she has two different shoes on and they are on the wrong feet. I will definitely miss the 'cuteness' of a fun toddler, but not the attitude. :)

This page was done for the July sketch challenge over at Kitchen Keepsake. If you are looking for inspiration, come check it out!

I used the Ms. Giggle Box kit from Sweet Digi Scraps. I love that kit, but I believe it has been retired.

And don't forget... you still have time to enter the RAK drawing on my Kitchen Keepsake Blog Hop post! And lots of the other participants blogs as well!

Kitchen Keepsake Blog Hop

Welcome to the first Kitchen Keepsake Blog Hop!

We are super excited to share some wonderful inspiration with you. Be sure to grab your favorite drink and enjoy the hop.

Here is the order of the hop.

Suzanne
Carmen
Janet
Kelly <--- You are here! 
Shelly
Phillis
Colleen
Kitchen Keepsake Forum - Register & post for lots of fun!

If you are following the order, you should have arrived here from Janet's blog. If not, be sure to head back over there and all the ones before so you have a chance to win all of the prizes.

I am lucky to be a member of the design team at Kitchen Keepsake. And what a fun forum to be part of! There are challenges posted on the 1st and 15th of each month. Some are recipe related and some not, but you don't have to scrap recipes to join in the fun. Any paper crafters are welcome and I know you will find something to inspire you. 

I am challenging you to use a rainbow on your page. It doesn't have to be a traditional arc rainbow, use ROY G BIV or anything. Just use a rainbow however it inspires you! Maybe a rainbow embellie, or a picture of a rainbow or someone wearing a rainbow shirt. 

As for me, I drew my circles then painted them in with good ol' Crayola watercolors (shhhh... don't tell the kids I borrowed their stuff). I added in some Rusty Pickle rubons, prima flowers from my stash, paint & marker splotches, doodles, stickers and bling. 

Thanks for stopping by my blog! I hope my challenge and page can inspire you somehow. :) And, since you are here I have a freebie for you! Here are two 4x6 printable recipe cards. Click on the picture below to download them. 

Now, just a few more things before you wander off (hopefully I haven't lost you already). I've got a RAK up for grabs to a lucky winner as well! Here is a sneaky peek. It is cooking/summer related, I think its perfect for this giveaway. 

Rules (gotta have 'em) ----> You have until July 31, 2014 at 12:00 midnight Eastern time to comment for a chance to win! You need to follow my blog for a chance to win my RAK. Winners will be posted on August 1st on the blogs, so make sure you follow them to get the updates!

Thank you for getting through this lengthy post! Your next stop on the hop is Shelly. She is super talented, so be sure to browse around her blog for a bit. 

List Something!

Lists are so much fun to use. My challenge at Kitchen Keepsake for the 1st of July is to use a list on your page. So here I am to share my page with you. Its a digital page and uses a variety of designers and elements.

And, in case you haven't heard, on July 15th Kitchen Keepsake will be having a blog hop with the challenges posted that day. It should be lots of fun, with lots of prizes! I might even have a digital freebie for you to grab during the hop. So stay tuned. :)

This page is a timeline of our family and how it has grown throughout the past 10 years. :) I like how it turned out.

Silly Siblings

My kids love to sing. I'm sure they are no different than any other kids, but honestly they will belt out into song for anything. On this particular day we were all in the kitchen talking and all of a sudden they bust out into song. I wish I could remember what they were singing, but no such luck.

This is my first June Challenge at Kitchen Keepsake - Tic Tac Toe!

Here is the tic tac toe board I created, of which I used the top row for my layout.

Come by and check the challenge out on the forum. And the fabulous pages the other members have done!

Turning 3 (Kitchen Keepsake Challenge)

So my 2nd June challenge over at Kitchen Keepsake is to use a big number or letter on your page! This just made sense to me. And I used Sweet Digi Scraps Choose Happiness kit which is available at The Digi Chick. 

Its also a perfect time to come check out the new Kitchen Keepsake forum! Have you seen it? Huh? Huh?
Everything is all shiny and new! Stop on by, we would love to see you there.

Obviously these pics are from Braelyn turning 3. She is too funny, y'all see her face in the bottom picture? Hilarious!

Love Card

The card challenge at Kitchen Keepsake this month is to use chalk. I didn't realize I still had my chalks, but I did manage to find them. I used it to color the negative chipboard heart for this card. 

Added a few embellishments and there you go. I love doing cards, they are much quicker than layouts. :)

Stop on by Kitchen Keepsake and check out the challenges this month. A new round was just posted on the 15th and there is tons of inspiration!

Princess

Happy Thursday people! I haven't been  blogging this week because I started remodeling my bathroom over the weekend. Everything was a lovely shade of avocado. Honestly y'all. Everything. Sigh.

But, today I'm here and it's the 15th! That means new challenge day at Kitchen Keepsake. :) So today my challenge is to attach a specialty paper using paint! And here is my example to hopefully inspire you.

And on a side note, can she be any cuter. Of course, she is quiet when she sleeps. :) No tears, no three-year-old attitude. She crawled in the bed with me on Mother's Day morning and this is what I woke up to.

Happy National Scrapbook Day & A ScrapBuster Sketch

Happy National Scrapbook Day to all my scrappy friends. Hope you are getting the chance to get your craft on! I'm working on Teacher Appreciation gifts for the upcoming week. I'll be sharing them here this week too. 

I figured I would share with you my current challenge at Kitchen Keepsake. I am challenging you to make a page using a color scheme! Here is the one I chose. 

I have no idea why, but I just love the picture. The colors make me happy! And you know what, they matched perfectly with Grayson's spring pictures from school. So here is the layout I created with those colors. 

And here is a close up of my little embellishment cluster.

And of course, here is a sketch for you to work with. I'd love to see what you create if you work with it! 

Come join us over at the kitchen! The forum is great and the challenges are truly inspiring. :)

Kindergarten Picture

Hello!
I love this layout of the little man. Its his fall kindergarten picture. I did this page for a challenge over at Kitchen Keepsake. The challenge was to paint/color hot glue dots. I used embossing powder on mine. It was so easy!

All I did was drop down a hot glue dot and toss some embossing powder down on top of it. For these I used a metallic one. Bronze I believe. 

You should try it out, it was easy and lots of fun!

Fun Stuff Y'all!

I'm sharing a layout of my dear baby girl today. She is a handful. I have no idea how I'm going to cope with life in 10 years. Any suggestions on getting through the teen years with a drama filled child? She is definitely the opposite of her brother. He is so easy going. She has mood swings and cries at the drop of a hat. She also has the most spectacular hand gestures.


I created this page to use up some scraps. I love being able to use scraps on a page, instead of cutting up a full 12" piece of paper for a 1" strip. Especially when I can mix it with a bunch of older embellishments. I'm all about using up my supplies!

And because I love using my scraps so much, I'm starting a ScrapBuster Sketches area of my blog. Check it out up there at the top. Here is the sketch for this layout. I'm sure you will see more in the future!

Guess what?! I have some fun news! I was asked to be part of the design team over at Kitchen Keepsake. It's a forum with challenges each month and you should come by. Its a great group of scrappers, both digital and paper. Fun times!

And then... Happy St. Patrick's Day! This is an old Rusty Pickle project, but serves the purpose of the day! Hope everyone has a wonderful day. Don't forget your green and maybe you can find your pot of gold at the end of a rainbow!

I'm a Lucky Mom

I know my kids are just like everybody else's, but I do feel like the luckiest mom in the world (most days, LOL). Of course there are some days when my kids are overbearing and aggravate me. I'm sure yours do too. Yes, I have to watch the same movie 6 bagillion times in a row. Yes, I have to do all the gross jobs. Yes, I found mold in my car where somebody had spilled milk and not told me (I was pretty angry about that one). But all of them are worth it. Yes, ALL of them!

There are so many awesome things about being a mom though, things I never would have imagined. My kids can make me laugh at the same time they make me cry. They know exactly when to walk up and give me a hug. They say "I love you" at the perfect moment (of course, there is never a bad moment to hear that).

I created this page with the Fun Zone kit from Sweet Digi Scraps. I was looking for something bright and colorful and this kit totally fit the bill! Be sure to check her kits out. She is an awesome designer and there is a cute freebie up on her facebook page right now.

I also did this with a challenge at Kitchen Keepsake in mind. The challenge is to use the word 'lucky' in your title. Head on over to the forum, new challenges will be posted in just a few days!

My Silly Boy

Every time I pull out my camera the boy is seriously into making funny faces. He thinks he is hilarious, and I have to admit he's right. :)

This page was done for a challenge at Kitchen Keepsake too. It was to use four of things. So I used four different stitches, four purple eyelets, four blue eyelets, four different styles of rubons, four patterned papers and four paints.

I forgot how much I enjoy working with the paints and sprays for fun backgrounds and stuff, but unfortunately my spray bottles are all clogged. Does anybody know a good way to unclog them?!

Yum!

Hello! 

I just thought I would share a layout that I did with some one heart one mind papers I had. The kids love their felt food which my dear friend sent to them (thanks girl, you are the best). Yes, this is an old picture... it's from 2012. I was hoping to use up some of the pictures I have here on my table. 

Just to note, I ran a couple stitches on the letters, I created an M since there wasn't one left in the pack and I doodled on the paisley as well as around the pictures. 

I did this for a doodling challenge over at Kitchen Keepsake. Come on over and join us, the forum is a blast. By the way, they are currently having a design team call. :)

My 2nd Birthday

Two is such a fun age. I promise, that isn't said with any sarcasm... since we just made it through that age with our youngest. I would gladly go back to two right now. At least I don't *look* like a terror in my birthday pictures (those are the ones that came later that day, LOL). So here ya go, my second birthday.
This page was inspired by a challenge over at Kitchen Keepsakes (scrap a baby picture of yourself).

The kit I used for this page is Owl Be Home by Simple Girl Scraps. Cute, right?!

Disney Autograph Books

I decided to make the kids autograph books for our Disney trip. There are millions of examples out there for inspiration, but I decided to keep them kinda simple (don't want them to get torn up and the kids are still young). They each picked their character, I assembled and now they are ready for our trip (woohoo)! I did put a light coat of mod podge on the outside just for some added durability.

Grayson went with Cars. And I just happened to have some cars ribbon sitting around to make a lanyard. Perfect!

Braelyn picked Tinkerbell. Cause she is a die hard Fairies fan. Unfortunately I didn't have any Tink ribbon, but I don't think it will matter. ;) I even added a little pixie dust to the cover.

And while I was making the lanyard, I added a little spot in there to hold their pens. Just so little hands don't continually drop them. :)

There is a stripes challenge over at Kitchen Keepsakes, you should check it out. Grayson's autograph book worked great! 

RC Truck

I'm certain I have shared a layout with this picture, or one very similar, before. But right at the moment I am scrapping pics I have printed and on hand. And guess what cutie was in the pile?!

So here you go. I did this for a challenge at Kitchen Keepsake last month.

 

Handmade Sweater

My grandmother made this sweater for the boy. It's the cutest thing with little primary color car shaped buttons. And of course I love it a little extra cause it was handmade by her. :)

The page is an adaptation of the September sketch from Kitchen Keepsake. The papers are mostly Momenta, the letter stickers are old K&Co and the rest is just what nots from my stash. 

Nothing super spectacular for my first day back in months, but tomorrow is a fun Halloween altered inspired by Pinterest. :)