Trick Or Treat!

After joining the obsession that is Pinterest, I saw the following blog post for halloween peep favors. I wanted to make something similar for Nathan's class, and here is what I came up with...

For the topper/tag:

- solid card stock in green and orange, 4"x4" folded in half
- patterned paper 1.5"x3.5"
- spider cut from Doodlecharms cricut cartridge
- "spooky s'mores" printed from Word in "Chiller" font
- green colored staples
- cellophane treat bags

In each bag:
- 1 graham cracker, broken in 2 halves
- 1 fun size Hershey bar
- 1 ghost marshmallow peep

Menu Planning Board

So it has been a while since posting last, but life has been crazy here, to say the least. I have worked on a few little cards and such (need to post pictures of the card sets I made for my Grandma), and i have been working here and there on Kim's wedding scrapbook...but nothing finished yet. You will all (as if I have blog followers, ha!) have to wait for the finished product to see the whole thing.

Anyway, onto today's project... The menu planning board. To make this I used a magnetic 5x7 acrylic frame. I had one left over from when I made a bunch of post it note holders as Christmas presents a few years ago. The patterned paper is from a DCWV stack - and it does make the background a little busy, but I didn't want it to be too boring. The font is Jasmine, and the green shape was made using my new Martha Stewart punch around the page punch set that I treated myself to with some birthday money. I glued the green shape with the title and the flower to the top of the outside of the frame...the patterned paper with the numbers is inside the frame

With an overhead projector marker, I can fill in the meals for the week. I cannot commit to putting specific meals on specific days, since I work 3 days a week and things come up that make us change our minds. So rather than a MTWTFSS format, I used numbers. Then the night before, I can decide which meal to use for the next day. Hopefully this cutesy planning board will keep us on track with menu planning and more importantly - sticking to it!

Thanks to my mom, the teacher, for sending me the overhead markers, which are pretty much obsolete in this day and age.

Glitter strikes again!

I had this layout in mind while working on My Pink Stamper's national scrapbook day challenges, but I did not have time to work on it over the weekend. Today while the littlest man was napping, little man played with stickers and crayons while I scrapped.

This is a picture of me on the carousel at the boardwalk while on vacation last summer. We had coupons for one free ride, but Nathan didn't want to go. So, my mom and I went on the carousel, haha.

I love when I get the chance to make girly layouts with girly colors, since most of my scrapbooking revolves around little boys!

Challenge #5 - any 3D object

For this NSD challenge at My Pink Stamper, I chose to alter a wooden plaque. A couple months ago, I made an altered canvas similar to this for a friend who is getting married. I wanted to make this type of project for other family and friends. This will be the second part of my mother in law's mother's day present. I painted the wood...a couple coats and let it sit and dry while I worked on other things yesterday. I cut the name and "est. 1989" using Alphalicious, and for "Family" I used opposites attract. I used Mod Podge matte to adhere and seal this project. It was done late last night, but it was still drying. This is a quick and easy project that certainly doesn't look it!

Challenge #8 - Summer Themed Project

My Pink Stamper's National Scrapbook Day Challenge #8 is create a summer themed project. It just so happens that I am so behind on my scrapping that I am working on stuff from last summer. I chose this picture of my son and my sister at the beach when we were on vacation last summer. The font and the other shapes (starfish, waves, flip flops) are all from Life is a Beach cartridge. The background paper was part of a paper pack I found in Target's dollar section! This layout is fairly simple, but since I worked on several things today, I felt that I needed to keep it simple. You can't really tell in the picture, but the flip flops and the picture on the peach mat are popped up with foam dots. Unfortunately, the colors of the flip flops didn't show up great in the picture, but it is late. So this picture will have to do ;-)

Challenge #1 - cupcakes!

So, yes, I went out of order with the challenges, but in any case, challenge #1 at My Pink Stamper was to do anything with cupcakes. I chose to make a card for a friend who LOVES cupcakes. I had seen others make ovens that opened using the oven from the From My Kitchen Cricut cartridge, and I always wanted to try a card like this. Many people use this to do a "bun in the oven" card for an expecting mom. Since my friend who is expecting loves cupcakes, I made the oven open up with a cupcake inside. Both the oven and the cupcake are from the From My Kitchen cartridge. I cut off the cherry that is typically on top of the cupcake. "Congrats" is from Gypsy Wanderings. I used an exacto knife to cut the oven door open...it didn't turn out as clean cut and pretty as I had hoped, but for a first attempt at an oven card, it was okay. Next time, perhaps, I will weld something together on my Gypsy to make an oven card.

Challenge #4

The fourth challenge at My Pink Stamper was to make something with a mother's day theme. I needed to make cards for all the moms in our life, so this was the perfect opportunity. The outside says "unique" and the inside says "Happy Mother's Day to a one-of-a-kind woman"

I used a Cuttlebug paisley embossing folder and Kraft Edgers scissors on the teal cardstock. The flowers are from the Walk In My Garden Cricut cartridge.

Challenge #2

My Pink Stamper's challenge #2 was to use Kraft Cardstock in a layout or project. Here is an altered frame that I made for my mother in law for mothers day. It was an unfinished wooden frame from Michael's that I painted green, used Kraft cardstock to cut out the quote on the cricut using various fonts (opposites attract, don juan, jasmine, teardrop and opposites attract's other font), and used some flowers and buttons to dress it up. I coated it in Mod Podge matte decoupage protective coating before adding the flowers and buttons. Thanks for looking!

National Scrapbook Day

Today I will be scrapping/crafting as much as a mommy of 2 young rambunctious boys can. I am following along with My Pink Stamper and completing some of her challenges. Stay posted for some projects from these challenges and check out her blog or facebook page to join in the fun! Happy National Scrapbook Day!

Cricut Expression2 Giveaway!!!

ProvoCraft has donated a new Cricut Expression 2 for Robyn at My Pink Stamper to give away. Go here for the details.

Glitter!

Hi, my name is Lauren, I am a grown up (technically speaking) and I like glitter. Is there a problem???

Who doesn't love some glitter and bling on their layouts?!?!


For this layout I used glitter glue (generic version of Stickles), a rhinestone, and glitter paper to add some pizazz. The patterned paper and the blue glitter paper are both from packs I got in Target's $1 section...score! The cranberry colored paper is Bazzil. I used my new Creative Memories circle cutting set to cut the glitter paper into a circle.

Cricut cartridges used (in order) were Gypsy (I think for the summer cut...not sure), opposites attract (for "time and the"), alphalicious (for "living is), and don juan (for "easy"). The flip flops were cut from the Life Is A Beach cartridge.

These were pictures of my son, my dog and I playing in the backyard from June 18, 2010. We had fun in the sandbox, playing soccer, and running through the sprinkler. Thanks for looking :-)

Catching up...

So it is has been a LONG time since I posted on here. A lot has happened since my last post. We added another sweet little boy to our family. Aaron William was born January 31, 2011. I did several projects while pregnant and since his arrival, but I never remembered to post the good stuff on here. So, here I am to catch up. I will keep it quick and include some good stuff that I did since last posting on here...

Freezer paper t-shirts that I made for the boys...Aaron already outgrew his ;-) For these, I used Life Is A Beach for the font, and Paper Doll Dress Up for the dinosaurs.


I did this layout about finding out I was pregnant the night I went into labor, which I think is kind of funny. I finished this just before dinner time, and I woke up in labor at 3am (so technically early the next morning...but it was the middle of the night). Maybe little boy was just waiting until I scrapped about this before making his arrival! (Opposites Attract is the font I used on this)

These are the thank you cards that I made for anyone who sent a gift, brought a meal, etc. when Aaron first arrived. I used the New Arrival cartridge for the hanger and onesie, put foam dots under the onesie to pop it off the card.

This was a step by step layout that someone posted on a scrapbooking message board where I post. I chose these two silly pictures of Nathan from our vacation from last summer. Don Juan used for font.



I might have done this one when I was still pregnant (before the first layout I posted), but I didn't upload it to my computer until much later. This is my grandma and Nathan at a local duck pond last spring (yes i am a tad behind on my scrapbooking!)


Other than trying to catch up on layouts, I have been crafting for showers lately. First, my mother in law threw a baby shower for my sister in law, and I helped make an "It's a girl" banner (Tear Drop font) as well as picks with cricut cuts from New Arrival to go in potted plants that were given as favors and door prizes:
(I made the pink banner. The green one came with the tableware)

(One of the door prizes)


A week later, I traveled to Virginia (yes with both boys in tow) to throw a bridal shower for my best friend. Below are the decorations for her shower...

Centerpieces...theme was "a perfect pair" so the centerpieces included pairs. made mostly with Wedding cartridge, though the shoes are from Gypsy Wanderings.


"best wishes" banner made with Gypsy font. Sorry it is difficult to see with the lighting.

...and last, but certainly not least, is the family name canvas that I made for her and her fiance. It turned out looking really good even though it was not too difficult or time consuming. Aren't those type of projects the best?!?! I need to make one of these (and some other canvases) for my own house and for gifts for people now that I know what I am doing. Thanks Kimberly and Timothy for being my "guinea pigs" for this project!