Blog Hopping Time!

Hello everyone!  Welcome to the March edition of the

 Really Reasonable Ribbon DT Blog Hop

If you made it to my blog through Heidi's Beautiful Blog then 

you are on the RIGHT TRACK!!! If not...you might 

consider starting at the beginning at the

  Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog and making your way through.

This month, we are showcasing this MAGNIFICENT

 assortment of aquas and corals. 

OMGoodness at the gorgeousness!  

Of course, I used these beautiful ribbons to create

 another hair pretty for my daughters.

This time, For my "Bow of the Month",

 I decided on something a little bit different.

Skye is really getting into pulling her hair into a "side ponytail"

 and doesn't always want to wear a bow.

SO...I decided to beautify her ponytail itself!

I used the Pony-O Rings from the RRR 

store and some ribbon from this month's assortment and made

 a few ponytail bands with ribbon.

Here is one of them: 

Skye loved the ponytail and LOVED the fact that she didn't have to wear a bow

 in order to get the pretty ribbons in her hair!

Here is a close up of how it looked in her hair...

Of course, after modeling her new ponytail holder, she insisted on wearing it the rest of the day!

THAT alone tells me that she loved it.

Super simple...super cute...and SUPER easy!

Check out the Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog for my tutorial tomorrow!

Your next stop on this hop is at Dawn's Delightful Blog.

Thanks for stopping and and have a WONDERFUL Day!

Hold Fast to your Memories

Hello Everyone!  Misty Here with my very first posting as a Quick Quotes DT member!  Today, I am hoping to inspire you with another Tin Type  creation.  I LOVE LOVE LOVE this line!  The colors are Fantabulous and the quotes are perfect!  Here is my layout:

I have had these photos of my son and I for quite a while.  I knew that I wanted to scrap this memory, but I was unsure of what to do until I saw the Tin Type collection.  It was GORGEOUS and just perfect! My son was 14 years old and had picked some flowers for me at the park.  Not only was it sweet that the flowers were from my SON...but my FOURTEEN YEAR OLD son was doing this!  This is something that I want to remember forever...a memory that I want to "Hold Fast" and never let go!

I started with Tin Type 200 as my base and stamped in some white flourishes and dabbled in a little bit of white mist.  The package backing from the Gears Vellum silhouette served as my center sheet.  It is already lined with the white edge and has a beautiful glossy look...so I couldn't just toss it! If my layout was going to be green in color, it may as well be ALL green, right!!?? I put it to good use in my layout!

 I used the quote strip from the Tin Type 500 cut outs sheet as my title to accent my photos.  I hand made my banner and my flower, and fussy cut the swirl from Tin Type 400

My favorite part of this layout is the laser cut butterflies that are situated right in between the photos of my son and myself.  They are from the Butterflies Bag O Chips and WOW are they gorgeous!  I inked them with 4 different Powder Puff chalks and even covered the wings with stickles. They completed my "dreamy" layout perfectly! 

Thank you for Stopping by and visiting me today.  Have a WONDERFUL weekend!

Supplies Used:

Tin Type papers from Quick Quotes

Laser cut butterflies from Quick Quotes

Powder Puff Chalk Inks from Quick Quotes:

---Lemonade

---Baja Blue

---Limeade

---Midnight Confessions

Other supplies:

Lace from Really Reasonable Ribbon

Brads from My Minds Eye

Stickles from Ranger

Happy Friday!!!

It's a great day for a sketch Challenge!

Over on the Quick Quotes blog, the monthly challenge has been posted, and it is this BEAUTIFUL sketch by Karan Gerber!

Karan designed this beautiful sketch for our inspiration this month and 

here is what I designed based on the sketch:

Materials Used:

Copper Kettle papers by Quick Quotes

Frames Bag O Chips by Quick Quotes

Butterflies Bag O Chips by Quick Quotes

Friends full page Vellum by Quick Quotes

Powder Puff Inks by Quick Quotes

amaretto, biscotti, midnight confessions

Lace from Really Reasonable Ribbon

Flowers from Prima

brads from Glitz

Head on over to the Quick Quotes blog to see more inspiration from the 

talented Design Team and get the scoop on how YOU can play along with us!!!  

PRIZES are involved!!!!

Thanks for visiting me and Have a Happy Scrappy Fantabulous Weekend!!!!

March is the month of GREEN!

Everyone is going GREEN this month, and so am I!  

Over at Really Reasonable Ribbon, Bonnie has posted the first challenge for the month and guess what it is.....

YEP!  GO GREEN!

Here is my Green project...

It is a "Lucky Me" door hanging to greet all of my visitors this month.

I do feel very blessed and LUCKY to have friends and family that visit. :)

Not only is this green in color, but it is an old plaque that Joe found stuffed in the back of my pantry and tossed in the garbage can.  

I fished it out and put it to good use!

Head on over to the RRR Blog to check out the criteria and play along! 

As always, there ARE prizes involved!!!!

I do have more GREEN projects to share with you all throughout this month, so stay tuned! 

Here are a couple that I have shared recently...

Thank you for visiting me!!!!

Have a FANTABULOUS day!

Simple Book Mark....

Sometimes, we do need to sit back and just SIMPLIFY.My kids do that a lot. They indulge themselves in books for HOURS on end.With 5 kids reading constantly, there comes a need for bookmarks.LOTS & LOTS of bookmarks!When Aubrie came home from school today and says,"Mom, I need a book mark"...she knew that I was going to tell her to pick her paper and ribbon and I will make one.Aubrie chose her Momenta papers and Really Reasonable Ribbons...
She told me, NO flowers and NO Bling!LOL...she is NOT a girly girl like her Mama! So...given the materials and the "Guidelines"I decided on a super simple design for her bookmark.Here is what I put together for her:

This is the Front side and the photo below is the back side.

For this super simple book mark, You will use 2 sheets of heavy cardstock 

cut 6x2.

You will then cut your ribbons to your desired length and you will 

hot glue them in BETWEEN the 2 sheets of cardstock. 

Be careful not to layer too much, because it does increase the thickness of the book mark.

You will then hotglue the 2 sheets together and viola! Super Simple Bookmark!

All you have to do is embellish it!

Aubrie loved this book mark, and made a few more for her friends by herself.

This is a super easy craft project to make with kids...especially since spring break is coming soon and they will be home and BORED!

Oh...and don't foret about the long summer ahead!

Believe me when I say that my kids will be making MANY book marks this summer.

We may even donate some to our library

for the youth Summer Reading Program. :)

Thank you for visiting today!

I hope you all get a chance to make some of these bookmarks with your little ones!

Ribbon Challenge Time!

Yep, it is that time again!  

Bonnie posted a new challenge over on the Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog...

so head on over there and find out all the details!

This one is PINK & BROWN!

Here is my card for this challenge:

I love how the korker ribbon makes the "icing" on the cupcake!

Thanks for stopping by...

have a fantabulous day!

Tug on my heart strings....

***Scroll down to next post for RRR Blog Hop***

There is probably one thing that I tend to enjoy

almost as much as spending time with my kids...

and that is scrapping those moments that we spend together.

When I scrapbook, I know that I am creating a layout that showcases a particular event or moment in time that will live in my family's hearts forever. 

It is very important to me that I capture the special moments to document,

and equally important to me that they be showcased using the right products.

When I saw this sketch by Melinda Spinks over on the My Little Shoebox blog,

I just HAD to create a layout for it!

It is gorgeous and will showcase a "sweetheart" photo fantastically!!!

AND...Since

My friend Kris Berc sent me a little surprise package 

that had lots of MLS goodies on the inside,

I was ready to start creating with it!

THANK YOU KRIS!!!!!

Here is Melinda's sketch...

Isn't it amazing!!!!

Here is the layout that I created using some of my goodies from Kris...

Oh....and the little yellow flowers are from my friend Michelle Unruh!

I LOVE having scrappy friends! 

Y'all are the best!!!

Now...I have noticed myself using a lot of pastel-y kind of colors lately.

Crazy, I know...because I usually don't...but I am finding that I really like them!

The coral and the pale yellow paired with the powder blue really makes my heart sing a happy song!

And this photo make my heart dance!

I love what I captured on film in this shot.

Joe truly adores his little girl every bit as much as she adores her Daddy.

It is evident in this one moment in time that was captured forever...

AND I am thrilled to have had the opportunity to use this sketch paired with these MLS products,

topped off with the RRR Ribbon.

These are what is making this photo shine. 

THANK you Melinda, for the inspiration...

Thank you Kris for the goodies,

Thank you Michelle for the perfect little yellow flowers.

Thank you all for stopping by to visit me today!!!!

Have a Magnificent week!

Blog Hopping Time!!!

Well , Hi there everyone!  

And Happy MONDAY to you all!

I hope this monday is better than my Mondays have been going so far this year! 

Well...it is already starting out better,

with this FANTABULOUS blog hop!

If you have come to my bloggity blog from Heidi's Beautiful Blog then you are on the RIGHT TRACK!!!  If not...you might consider starting at the beginning at

the Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog and making your way through.

This month we are showcasing this amazing assortment of greens!

Isn't it gorgeous!!!?? I love it!

I, of course, did my "Bow of the Month" with this fantastic assortment !  

It is PERFECT for St. Patty's Day!!!

I tossed in a bit of Zebra print grosgrain for extra fun!

Aubrie LOVED this bow and actually WANTED to wear it!
I think the colors topped off with the peace sign grabbed her attention!

And this super cute little shamrock clippie...

complete with a Lucky Ladybug...

My girls adored these hair pretties...even in GREEN!!!!

Thank you for visiting me today. 

Your next stop on the hop is over at Dawn's Delightful Blog!

Have a Magnificent Week!

**GIVEAWAY!!!**

Over on the QUICK QUOTES BLOG!

Go over and "meet" me as I am introduced to the 

Amazing Design Team...

and leave a comment for a chance to win

THIS gorgeous collection!!!

I just LOVE LOVE LOVE those colors!!!

And don't forget about the sketch challenge!

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****ALSO****

If you Pop on over to 

Really Reasonable Ribbon, 

you will find that Bonnie has posted a SALE!!!

Use the link to get the sale code...

and go shop in the most AMAZING ribbon selection EVAH!

*And don't forget about the ribbon challenge!!!*

Have a magnificent Day!

I am on my way to a field trip with my 7th grader...we are taking a TWO HOUR bus ride to this place...it better be worth it!!!!  LOL...Wish me luck! :)

Are you looking for a good challenge this month?

Head on over to the Quick Quotes Blog and check out this month's

sketch challenge by Liz Qualman!!!!

Here is the super cool sketch from Liz:

Just go over to the blog and check out the rules and details!

Have fun and GOOD LUCK!!!!!

OMGoodness!

I TOTALLY did not expect to see what I saw when I went over to take a look at

 this week's new sketch and palette at The Color Room!

My layout is featured!!!

In the "oh so eloquent" words of my nine year old...

Holy Macaroni Batman!!!!

I have a smile that will not go away!

Have you SEEN the talent in that place???

It is phenomenal!  

I feel very honored to be featured!

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Last Friday, the Assistant Principal of my little ones' school called and told me that Skye's name was drawn for Perfect Attendance and she won a new BIKE!!!!

I knew all weekend long and it was killing me!  

She didn't get the wonderful news until MONDAY!!!

AND...it has rained every day since she brought it home!LOL

Not today though!!!

Here are the first pics of Skye on her new bike!

That is Chance helping her...he is such a good big brother!

And here is Chance walking her bike back into the yard.

Joe drove up and Skye jumped off the bike and RAN to her Daddy!

...leaving Chance holding the girlie bike! LOL

I think I need to have my camera cleaned or something, 

because I can NOT get a good

 picture on it lately!  It is driving me Batty!

OH!!!

And before I go, I want to say THANK YOU to DANA for entertaining Skye's classmate's Flat Stanley! He did not have a friend in another state to visit, so I told Skye's teacher that I DO!!!

I have a few of you that will be getting Stanley 

after he comes back home, too! 

THANK YOU ALL!!!!  For so generously offering your home

 and family to help out a Stanley in need!!! (LOL)

Check out this link if you want to see what Skye's Stanley

 has been up to since he arrived in Wisconsin with Michelle!

Thank you for visiting me today and

Have a FANTABULOUS Weekend!

Ribbon Challenge!

Today is the day that Bonnie issues a new ribbon challenge over at 

Really Reasonable Ribbon!

This month's theme is Red and Pink!!!

Here is my creation for this challenge:

No...I am not much of a card maker, but I had a reason to make one...

so I figured "What the Heck".

You can check out the Details of the challenge over at 

Really Reasonable Ribbon!

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Edit to add....My reason for making this card was to send to my 

VERY SWEET FRIEND MICHELLE

who is currently "entertaining" Skye's Stanley

and showing him all around her town.

!!!!!!!!!!!THANK YOU MICHELLE!!!!!!!!!

The King of my {heart}

Yes...I scrapped a layout of my Hubby!!!

I was so inspired by the sketch and color palette from The Color Room that I could not wait to scrap this photo of Joe!  It is over 6 years old...

so I think it was about time! LOL

He was Best Man in his friend's wedding, and I thought he looked 

SO Handsome!

Only problem, there was some OTHER chick by his side! 

AGH!!! I never scrapped it because of that.

This sketch, though...was PERFECT!

And the palette was equally perfect!!!

I cropped that photo and chopped that chick right on out!  

(I didn't even know her name...so I don't feel bad about it at all!)  

Here is the sketch/palette from TCR:

and here is what I conjured up:

And a couple of close ups of the details:

There is a lot of fussy cutting and piecing together in this.

Oh...and the little red heart bead was just perfect to add! 

I finished it last night and all the kids loved it.  

They couldn't believe their Dad was ever this good looking!

LOL!  Brats!!!!  

I showed it to Joe and he just smiled.  

That's all.  Just a smile.

But I think it was a smile of approval. :)

Thanks for stopping by and visiting me today!

Have a FANTABULOUS Week!!!!

supplies used:

papers: My Minds Eye and Websters Pages 

ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon

flowers: Prima & Petaloo

embellies: MME and Prima

mists: Tattered Angels

alphas: Bella Blvd & Pink Paislee

Exciting News! and a Flat Stanley Project...

I was invited to join the 2012 Quick Quotes Design Team!

AND

The Momenta D-Lite Team!

Holy moly!  

Both announcements were made today...

Today was a MAJOR Day for me! ...and I am JUST NOW able to

 sit down at my computer and blog about it! LOL

Please head on over to both blogs and 

join me in welcoming the rest of my new team mates! 

There are some majorly talented ladies up in there!  

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Now for Stanley...
I'm sure everyone has heard of the Flat Stanley guy...right?

Well, Skye brought one home the other day and we are supposed to send it to another state.  

Problem is, I have exactly TWO relatives that live out of state, and neither are very trust-worthy to return it in a timely manner so that it can be included in the district's Gifted & Talented Showcase.
I talked to Skye and all she kept saying is that she wanted to send her Stanley to where there is snow.

As fate would have it, I have made some pretty good friends
through scrap sites, design teams and Facebook.
One of those friends happens to live where it snows
AND I feel pretty confident that she would return Stanley to us.

So, I called her up and asked her if she would be up to
showing Stanley around WIsconsin, and she graciously accepted!
THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH, Michelle!!!
You are awesome and you made a little 6 year old very happy!

We will be sending him out today...I wanted to get a photo of Skye telling
him good bye before I ship him off to ya. :)

Thank you all for visiting me today, and I hope you have a FANTASTIC WEEK!

Li'l Dreamer...

You have probably all figured out by now that I am not much of a card maker. 

I make them...just  not often.

It is just not one of my favorite things to do.

I do, however, LOVE to make hair accessories, altered items and most especially...scrapbook layouts. 

For this layout, I used a sketch from My Creative Sketches.

Here is the sketch that I used:

Now...I LOVE to scrap with circles, but I was a little bit wary of the large strip behind the circle that is on a slant.  I was clueless as to what to do! 

UNTIL....

I saw my beautiful moss green leaf vine ribbon

 from Really Reasonable Ribbon!

I immediately thought of a rose trellis, and then I was scrappin'!

I created the trellis with my cricut and wove the vine through it.

I used the Estelle White crochet lace to run around the edge of the circle.

I wanted to create a light "airy" feel to this layout, so I kept with muted colors and only a few splashes of color.

Here is a close up of both trims that I used on this layout:

Next time you are stuck on a layout, take a peek into your ribbon stash!

It just might help your imagination wander!  

Ribbon is a PERFECT final touch to ANY project!

Thank you for visiting today!  

Have a Fantastic Week!!!

supplies used:

Websters Pages "Let's Celebrate" collection

cricut cartridge "Paper Lace"

Tattered Angels mists

Prima florals

stickles

 all ribbons from Really Reasonable Ribbon

I'm a Cycling Team Member!!!!

I'm so EXCITED!!!!

I was invited to "take a ride" with Little Yellow Bicycle!!

I admit I did a Happy Dance when I got the email in my "IN" box!!!

Head on over to the LYB blog and check out the other SUPER TALENTED ladies that will be joining me as we feature the GORGEOUS new "Saturdays" collection!

DENIM and LACE

Need I say more????

I hope you all have a FANTABULOUS DAY!!!

Oh...and don't forget about the Blogoversary giveaway over at
  Really Reasonable Ribbon!

My Creative Sketches:

So, Over at My Creative Sketches, 

they hosted a 3 month long sketch contest in which they supplied a sketch and 

everyone was to create a layout based on that sketch.

The contest was October through December...and the prizes were FANTASTIC!!!

I came in at the very end of the contest, and was able to submit and play along with the December Sketch, which I WON!!!  

Thank you Pam!!!  For the AMAZING prize pack!!!

Below is the Sketch #3 that I used and my layout that I did:

Sketch #3:

My layout based on that sketch:

NOW....

The final phase of the contest was announced and I got SUPER EXCITED!

I didn't get to play along with the first 2 sketches because I only found it in December...

but the final phase gave me the opportunity to play "Catch Up" !!

Here is Sketch #2:

And this is the layout that I did based on that sketch:

And Sketch #1:

And my layout based on that sketch:

**I didn't realize that the layout was crooked in my photo until I uploaded it, and by then, it was raining and I could not reshoot! LOL.  Oh Well. :)

SO I had a LOT of fun doing these layouts and using the sketches.  

I had lost my mojo for a while, but the ladies over at My Creative Scrapbook have helped me to find it again!  THANK YOU LADIES!!!

Oh...By the way...The prize for this final phase of the contest is FANTABULOUS!!!

It is a 3 month subscription the the GORGEOUS Limited Edition Kit over at My Creative Scrapbook!!!

Here is a peek at the January Kit:

Isn't it AMAZING!

Obviously, I am a sucker for the pretty stuff! LOL.

I would be in "Hog Heaven" if I won!!

Please wish me luck! LOL

Thanks for stopping by! Have a Magnificent Day!

Feather Fad?

Go over to Really Reasonable Ribbon and 

check out my tutorial on how to make some 

gorgeous feather clippies!

Take a sneak peak...

They are so easy to make and soooo POPULAR!!!!!

Also...HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY 

to my 15 year old today!

I love you Tamon!!!!

(but I don't like you so much when you pin me down and 

shoot me with your Nerf gun!!!)

Blog Hoppin' Time!

Hi there everyone!  And

HAPPY FRIDAY THE 13TH!!!!!!

My kids are all kinds of excited about that date! They want to come home from school today and watch scary movies all night long! Me...I just want to snuggle up in my bed and sleep! 
(I think that is a sign of old age...isn't it??)

Anyhoo.....YOU are some lucky little duckies to be hopping along with us today on our
FIRST Blog Hop Of 2012!

Oh YEAH!!!!!

If you have come to my bloggity blog from Heidi's Beautiful Blog then you are on the RIGHT TRACK!!!  If not...you might consider starting at the beginning at

the Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog and making your way through.

I am quite sure you have encountered some FANTABULOUS projects along the way today. 

Don't we have just the most amazing team EVAH!!?? 

Trust me....there is much more to come before you are finished hopping!

 The is some talent up in here!!!!  LOL 

This month, we are showcasing this BEAUTIFUL assortment of ribbons that is absolutely PERFECT for Valentine's Projects!

I LOVE the colors!!!!

When trying to decide what to do for my "Bow of the Month", I first had to decide if I wanted elegant, fun, frilly...what?

Skye and I decided that we wanted a FUN bow for V-Day,

so I made her favorite...a Korker

A.K.A "The Curly Q"!

Now...I can't just stop there...OH NO.

I have to make something for Aubrie...right?

Well, Miss "I AM TOO OLD FOR BOWS" loves

the feather fad.  SO...I made her some feather clippies!

Aren't they just ADORABLE!!!

Well, I hope you liked my creations.

Make sure to tune back in tomorrow to the RRR blog for a quick and easy tutorial on how I did these hair pretties!

Thank you all so much for stopping by here today!

Your next stop on this hop is at Dawn's Delightful Blog.

***DON'T FORGET about the BLOGOVERSARY GIVEAWAY***
Click >>>HERE<<< to enter!!!!
Have a FANTABULOUS Weekend!!