Peaceful Saturday afternoon

Peaceful and relaxing Saturday with absolutely no plans at all.  I know I need to clean the upstairs bathrooms, and I know I have a few loads of laundry up there waiting as well, but for right now...I am sitting here totally peaceful. This is my view from where I am online shopping in the dining room.  I'm looking into sitting room by the front door, I can see the girl scouts outside (I just bought my husband his favorite peanut butter patties) and the neighbor kids on the sidewalk riding back and forth on their scooters. I can hear my husband in the family room watching a movie and today just feels like bliss.  It's overcast outside, the downstairs is all clean and vacuumed, and my Scentsy is burning a fabulous scent in the family room that is covering all the rooms.  I think I will enjoy this rare quiet time for a few more minutes and then take my happy self to the Redbox to get a movie for later.
Until next time my friends-

My funny Valentine

 

Hello Friends-

So everyone who knows me, knows that my two favorite holiday's are Halloween and 4th of July, but this year...I have the Valentine's Day spirit.  Recently I picked up the Fourteen collection by Crate Paper and the True Love collection by Basic Grey.  Combine these paper goodies with some $1 spot doilies from Target and some ribbon from my stash, and voila!  I have Valentine's Day cards for this year.  I am really enjoying all the Valentine's Day collections that have come out this year, and on Sunday I picked up Bella Blvd "Kiss Me", and Bo Bunny's "Love Letters".  I am excited to get started and see what else my brain can come up with, but first I have to finish my school work.  So overall, I think that I don't need anymore Valentine collections, but I just can't help myself.  Too bad I have a full time job, or else I swear I would go get a big gulp of Diet Coke head into my craft room and stay there all day.  The dishes can wait. 

Until next time my friends, have a great week

-Michelle_

MISSING MY CRAFT ROOM..

 

I have been out of the loop lately, and boy do I miss my crafty life and online social circle.  I have decided to go back to school, and currently am finishing up my first class.  I can safely say that it is kicking my butt, but I am so happy.  I am reaching for the stars, and one day I will be able to call myself a College Graduate.  So I guess for now, I will scrap when I can. 

-Shell Bell-

Mother's Day project featuring Down the Boardwalk by We R Memory Keepers

I was lucky enough to get my hands on some goodies from the "Down the Boardwalk" collection by We R Memory Keepers, and immediately I got to work.  I decided that instead of using my cinch to make a mini album, I thought that it might be nice to make my mom a sign for Mother's Day featuring both this gorgeous beach themed paper combined with pictures of our camping trip to Newport Beach.   First step was to find some chipboard (aka Twinkies boxes) for the structure of  my sign.  Next I dug out all the goodies I was going to use.

• Down the Boardwalk papers
• Catch a Wave Frame
• Beach Day embossed tag
• Beach fun clear stamps
• Bottle caps from the collection

I also used other We R Memory Keepers products

• Basic brads glitter- Aqua
• Sweetheart inkers in Aqua and Brown
• Sew Easy Bakers Twine in Lollipop
• Sweetheart Distresser tool
•  Cinch Binding Machine

With all this good stuff, here is what I came up with

 All the flowers were made with paper from the collection and dimensional stickers and tied together with one of those beautiful aqua glitter brads.  So I hope you like my project, and more importantly, I know my mom will love this since it is her and her grand kids. 

This is where it all started, then the chaos!  I love documenting pictures of my work in progress.  All of this while getting my niece ready for her prom.  I am superwoman sometimes.  =)

Prima Crop

On Friday I was lucky enough to be invited to crop at the Prima Warehouse in Chino, CA.  Where do I begin?  It was a beautiful crop room with lovely people, but the best part was...you got to use their stuff!!!  I was introduced to such beautiful embellishments, bling, ribbon, paper, and of course FLOWERS!  I am totally in love with the Sun Kissed collection, and cannot wait to order everything I can get my hands on.  Here are some of the projects I made on Friday night:

I still have a little bit of journaling to add to the two bottom layouts, but overall, they are so pretty I already love them.  Normally I don't use stuff like this, but I feel like I really stretched myself creatively and I am excited for that.  Here is a pic of my crop partner Leticia, and if you notice behind her is all the goodies that we were able to use.  Missing out of the picture was another 2 shelves full of more stuff, including paper.  Until next time Prima- Thank you for inviting me to such a wonderful Crop.

Pregnancy Journal!

After I made my first mini album, I felt unstoppable.  I went on to make this pregnancy journal using papers from We R Memory Keepers “Grandma’s Kitchen”, stickers from Creative Imaginations “Keepin it Real” sticker sheet, and my Cinch.   I picked up both the paper stack and the stickers at the Scrapbook Expo in Ontario, CA last year, so it was nice to be able to use some of my stash.  Having suffered from several miscarriages, it was a little tough making this, but sometimes you find yourself gaining strength from facing your troubles head on.  Also, I made this for a coworker’s daughter who is expecting her first baby, and that is really exciting.  I can’t be bitter because of my own misfortune, that’s no way to live.  So, I got down to business and I finally finished...and I absolutely love how it came out.  Every month of the journal has a pull out tag where she can put a picture and write notes about her journey.  She loved the journal and cried when she got it.  I am glad she liked it, and I hope you do too.

Friends Furever Mini Album

This is the first mini album I have ever made!  I used We R Memory Keepers Friends Furever Line, Bella Blvd Tail Waggers and Cat Naps chipboard embellishments and my Cinch.  The book measures 6x6 and has several embossed stickers, twine, and of course recycled materials including Twinkies boxes and Lean Cuisine boxes.  Of course I eat them together, but hey I am trying.  I hope you like it.