BFF Card.

My BFF lives in Southern California (which is were I grew up) and she and I like to send each other cards and letters just to always stay in touch. :) I am so tired tonight so I will post directions for it tomorrow! Hope you like it! =)

My Creative Time Challenge :)

This is the first challenge I have ever "entered" and I must say, I had fun doing it! =) I designed a baby tag for my sister in law's baby shower gift. Lately, I have really enjoyed playing with my gypsy and learning all about it's creative features. :)

Simple learning layout.

My two oldest sons, who are 4 and 5, have autism. It is something that I don't think any parent is ever prepared to go through or envisions their child having but God has BLESSED me with two of the most amazing little boys on the face of the Earth. (I'm a little biased cause I'm their mom! hehe ;) They have both been attending all day classes at our local elementary school and have come so far in a little less than a year. My oldest son Jake didn't know how to form sentences this time last summer but now you can't get him to be quiet! lol. And i'm fine with that because I never thought I would hear him talk! =) My youngest son Brad (who I will feature in a layout sometime this week) still doesn't talk, but his eye contact is improving and he said his little sister's name a few days ago! Believe me, it's the little things that count! =)

Anyways, I have been working with my oldest son on writing his alphabet and making sure he doesn't forget what he's learned and I took pics of him learning how to write 'A' and trying to color in the lines. We still have a way to go but he did it!

For this simple layout I used the "All about Boys" paper stack for the patterned paper and ripped yellow and red cardstock for "semi" borders. I then inked the edges and used Plantin School book for the title. (Oh and the little notebook page is from Locker Talk cut at 3") Not complicated but I think it gets the job done. :)

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Hope you enjoy =)

What a day. =)

First off, SUPER excited that Germany won today! We live and breathe soccer when the World Cup comes around every 4 years so this is fun for us! :)

Today we went to my SIL's house to celebrate her mom's 50th birthday. My sister in law just recently got an Expressions machine and we got to show her SIL (lol) what it was and how it cuts. She also has quite a nice cart collection for only having had the machine for about a month! lol. I showed her a few tips she could use and hopefully she found them helpful, which got me thinking that maybe i'll start a Cricut for newbies tab and give some advice :) I'm by no means an "expert" and I know that there are a thousand blogs who do this but maybe i'll add my two cents in. Atleast, to help my sister in law out. :) She is so excited about it and I love that I now have someone I can share this excitement with who is family! My husband was so cute too, looking through her carts and getting all into it. haha. :) I sometimes think he is kinda proud of my hobby. Awww...i'm now bragging. ;)

I hope everyone has a great night and wonderful and safe 4th of July! =)

Quick Birthday Card.

My sister in law invited us to a small dinner she is throwing for her mother's 50th birthday tomorrow night so I didn't have too much time to throw something together...especially since hubby and I might be going out to dinner later. :) Anyways, I "sorta" scraplifted the sketch of the card layout but everything is my own. I'm still VERY new to card making but so far they have been a hit and even though this is simple, I love this card! It's so girly and cute. :)
To make:
Patterned paper adhered to a blank card
Cut out the Bday Cupcake from Once Upon a Princess Cartridge
Layed it out on my mat (I used my gypsy so I could just lay out the colors at once)
and cut!
I used Stickles for the dots on the cupcake and chalked the edges with pink.
The stamp is the Happy Birthday stamp from Stampin Bella. =)
Hope you like it!

Little Mermaid Layout/ Blog giveaway ;)

I have a slight obsession with Disney. Really who doesn't? So when I went to Joanne's earlier this week they had all their paper on sale for 40% off and I could not resist all the awesome Disney paper I didn't have. Needless to say, when I was paying and realized I forgot a designer paper pack and decided to go back to get it, the cashier was surprised I didn't get more Disney stuff. LOL. I had a few pics from when we first tried out our above ground pool so decided just to throw a simple layout together. Obviously, we are not really under the sea, but I truly miss being back home in Southern California and for now, this is the sea we have! =)

Oh and I did make the bubble border for the pics. This is the first time I have actually designed anything on the Gypsy (usually I just use it to make my cutting easier) so I hope I didn't do too bad! =)

P.S. I have decided to have a giveaway once my blog reaches 100 followers. I haven't decided just what yet, but if your anything like me, you'll like it! Promise! =)