I have spring cleaning fever! I finally freed the kitchen blinds from their dusty dirty grimy greasy home and gave them a thorough cleaning! That means that ALL of the blinds in my house are currently CLEAN! Woohoo! I spent a couple of hours scrubbing my kitchen today. Now that the grease and dirt are off the walls and cupboards, it looks worse! lol! You can see that the walls desperately need to be painted. Let's just say that if we were going to be here longer than another year, we would be PAINTING this place. Maybe we should anyway. Whaddya think, Tommy? Up for a little painting? Just the kitchen, bathroom, living room & our bedroom. I would even do it exactly the same colors. There is so much wood trim in this house, it would be a NIGHTMARE to paint it! I scrubbed the bathroom down, too. I really need to mop the walls. They look awful, but I am afraid I'll mop the paint right off!
Tomorrow is errands and laundry! We have to run to Costco & to pay bills. Not my favorite errands, but totally necessary. I have about five loads of laundry to fold & put away, plus about four more loads to wash! I have been so swamped with my album creation the last week that I haven't had a chance to do anything around the house. I have about a million projects that I want to do, but haven't had time. Wanna hear my list? Well, it's my blog, so I am going to tell you anyway!
INSIDE:
*Empty the hutch of my books, sort my craft supplies & put the supplies in pretty containers to put in the hutch. I am determined to use my paper & craft supplies!
*Use my craft supplies! lol! I have a very cool new sewing machine and I intend to put it to good use! I really want to learn to quilt. I may have to have my aunt give me lessons.
*Make wall hangings for my kitchen. I have some really cute ideas for these, but I don't want to share until I get them done and can post photos.
*Print my scrapbook pages. And trim them and put them in albums. Subnote - BUY albums and protectors!
*Stay current on my scrapbooks, both scrapping & printing.
*Pack up all the winter clothes, and unpack the summer ones. We are in transition right now. One day it's summer and the next it is snowing!!! CRAZY weather!
*Clean out the basement. It is a huge disaster right now. I really need to go through bins and boxes and see what we can get rid of. Most of it is baby clothes. And while we are not planning to add any more kids to our little family, we aren't ready to get rid of them just yet.
*Do more crafts with Hannah. She has recently found a passion for "kids' scissors". She loves to cut anything and everything! Including Ruthie's, her baby doll, hair. Or even better, HER HAIR! I was cleaning the kitchen today, and I moved a set of plastic drawers and found a long thick lock of curly hair! I asked Hannah where it came from and she said, "Oh. Right back here with these other curls. I just cut it off the other day when I was creating my crafts. More will grow in, Mom. It's okay. Are you mad at me, Mom?" I couldn't help it, I started LAUGHING! Why, oh why, does she make me laugh when she does something she shouldn't??? Side story - we were in the car the other day and she said, "Oh, dangit! (but she said the "other" word) It's 6:30 and I had to be home at 10:30" I about lost it! First, she has no concept of time. It was about 2:00. Second, where did she hear that??? I do NOT say that. She is just too smart. She hears a word or a phrase and she knows when/where/how to say it. I just about died laughing! Thomas had to explain to her that we don't say that phrase and it makes Heavenly Father sad when we say things like that. Tonight, we were reading a book that my mom used to read to her last summer. We have read it maybe once or twice since then. She could recite the first half of the book! I wish I had a memory like that. Okay, back to my list...
OUTSIDE:
*Plant the rest of my garden. My sugar snap peas just broke through the ground! They're so cute! They got snowed on today though! :) Hannah LOVES gardening with me. She goes outside with me every evening to check on the plants and water them. She loves to hold the water hose and shake it up and down to make it "rain" on the plants. She likes to dig in the dirt with her little trowel and rake. So cute!!! The other day, we went out and spent about an hour in the garden digging and planting and watering. When we were done Hannah said, "It sure was nice of Daddy to give us some girl time alone!" What a crazy kid! Me thinks Daddy just didn't want to get dirty! She says this every single time we go out to garden! She is VERY excited to plant our green beans, zucchini, tomatoes, watermelons & pumpkins. She wants to get some sunflower seeds as well. They would look really cute by our back fence, so we probably will. It will cover up the ugly fence that backs up to an engine repair shop. :)
*Get a grill & patio furniture. Nothing expensive. It is so blasted hot in the house already. I can't even imagine how hot it is going to be this summer. There is no way that we are going to be able to cook in the house. And hopefully we can find some cheap patio furniture on KSL or Craigslist. Anyone have any that they want to get rid of???
*Clean off my front porch and get some curb appeal. Our little house is soooo cute. But we have no sunlight on the front of our house at all. That means no flowers. I got some wildflower seeds and flower boxes to hang over the side of the porch. I got home and tried to hang the flower boxes and the porch rail is too thick, so the boxes won't hang. So, I get to return those.
OTHER:
*Measure Hannah's bedroom and take a trip to IKEA. We are thinking about getting her a loft bunkbed system so that we can put Ainsley's port-a-crib in their room. BUT there is a very good chance that Hannah's room isn't quite big enough! We can't turn the bed against the long wall because the windows in Hannah's room open in and the bunkbed would block it. And since we don't have air conditioning, we have to keep that window accessible. Maybe we'll make Grandma go with us next week. I hate braving IKEA alone.
*Make a chore chart organizing all of the household duties and how often they need to be done and by whom. Hannah loves lists and she gets excited about doing chores. And when she can check them off her list, she is even happier! Might as well go with it and get her to do even more!
DESIGN STUFF:
*Organize my supplies. The program I currently use lost about half of my design tags. Imagine a three year old getting loose in a craft room FILLED with scrapbook & craft supplies. That's about what it feels like right now!
*Create blogs for Angie & Chrissy. I haven't forgotten you guys!
*Market myself. I need to register a domain name and get some traffic generated.
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I am sure that there is more that I need to do, but that's all I can think of off the top of my head! I'm sure Thomas could add another 10+ items to my list! So, I need to get off my behind and go to sleep so that I can get started bright and early tomorrow! I'll post pictures of my projects as I finish them! :)
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
busy busy busy
new layout to share
This is a layout of Ainsley from Easter. I love this sweet little picture.
supply list:
jill dzines whisper soft
a from betsy tuma's flower frenzy, recolored
font: ck ali's writing
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
And we have a winner!!!!
So, I know that it has taken me an entire week longer than I planned to get this to you guys, but thanks to Randomizer.org, we have a winner of a FREE element pack by SaraAmarie....
And the winner is..........................................
RACH!
Email me with your email address and I'll get the Feel the Shimmer Paper Pack to you!
mcardall AT gmail DOT com
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Do you love SaraAmarie???
I create a lot of layouts with products by my friend, Sara. She is a designer at SweetShoppeDesigns. Well, Sara has been designing for THREE years and I think I have been creating for her for almost that long! To celebrate her designing anniversary, Sara has give me permission to give away one of her element packs! So, I thought it would be fun to give away an element pack to one of my faithful blog readers!
Check out SaraAmarie's store at SSD, pick out a favorite element pack or alpha or a paper pack, and come back here and post a comment here and let me know what your favorite is. On Thursday night, I will draw a random number and whoever's post corresponds with the number will win the element, alpha or paper pack of their choice for Sara's store! If there are a LOT of responses, I may even give out two prizes!
If you want to increase your chances of winning, there are a couple other contests at DST this week to win some of Sara's products.
These are a few of my favorite elements packs!
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
new layout with Natalie Bird's Designs
these are pictures from a couple of weeks ago
supply list:
Natalie Bird
Cluster Boxes
Crunch Papers
My Blue Jeans Alpha
Ashton
at NatalieBirdDesigns, PickleberryPop, ColorLineDesign
grass from Jen U's Down to Earth
Layout with Krystal Hartley's designs
this is a picture of a few of the kids from my grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary celebration last summer. anyone know who ALL of these kids are? lol! Some of them are my cousins and some of them are my cousins' children. I want to be able to put names in my scrapbook, though! lol! Mary & Kristi, help me out here! Ainsley is the baby in the carseat. I think the one in the swing is Lyndsey's... maybe?
supply list:
beads (recolored), paper: inspired by {rachel} exclusively at the PDP Potato Bar
doodled flower: inspired by {ashli} exclusively at the PolkaDotPotato Potato Bar
sculpted glass: nature at PolkaDotPotato, FaithSisters and purplepaperflowers
alpha: Lilac Twilight from the April collab at purplepaperflowers
little black alpha, recolored at PolkaDotPotato, FaithSisters, & purplepaperflowers
Build Your Own Dragonfly at purplepaperflowers
cardboard frame: saraamarie at sweetshoppedesigns
Monday, April 21, 2008
Layout with SaraAmarie's products
these are pictures from chicago last summer. hannah is doing the cha-cha slide with shelby! shelbs is such a good sport!saraamarie's
buggy extra goodies
buggy cute: dragonfly
dotty sticker alpha
at sweetshoppedesigns
New Layout with Krystal Hartley's Designs
Here is another one for me tonight!
supply list:
krystal hartley's
inspired by {rachel}
ONLY at the PDP Potato Bar
frame: cupcake kit, free at faithsisters
little black alpha at polkadotpotato, faithsisters, purplepaperflowers
}: rough & red alpha at faithsisters, purplepaperflowers, polkadotpotato
boy: true to yourself kit
snowflake doodles by melissa bennett
New Layout with Krystal Hartley's Designs
supply list:
Krystal Hartley's
Inspired by {Hannah} limited edition kit at polkadotpotato bar
Lilac Twilight from the PurplePaperFlowers Collab kit
flower stamp from cupcake freebie at faithsisters
beaded flowers by lili at scrapartist
five more sets of blinds clean!
only four more to go tomorrow!
I got up this morning, scrubbed the kitchen and bathroom, cleaned the blinds, dusted woodwork and windowsills, cleaned windows, made lunch, picked up the car at the dealership, stopped and got a Coke, came home, hung the blinds, scrubbed the bathtub (again!) and now I am done for the day! Well, as soon as dinner is cooked and cleaned up.
So, this is going to be a good week for tv! CSI Miami on Tuesday, LOST! & Grey's Anatomy on Thursday. I should get some good scrapping done!
Ainsley's fever is down, but her nose is running like a faucet. And she is one cranky little chica! I can't believe that my baby is going to be ONE YEAR OLD this week! I'm so sad!
my week in review
It seems like we have been going non-stop all week, but I really don't have too much to show for it. Monday, Hannah & I planted a couple of rows of sugar snap peas in our garden. I also planted a couple of cheap rose bushes I got on clearance. I am such a sucker for rescuing things, even plants! It was 82 degrees and beautiful! Hannah drank an entire Slurpee and half my Coke. Poor girl was sooo hot. Then we cooled off by washing our car in the frigid mountain water that comes out of our water hose. On our way in the house (covered in mud, by the way) Hannah said, "It was so nice of Daddy to leave us alone and let us have some good girl time today." Hmmmm, more like Daddy doesn't like to garden! But I'll let Hannah think otherwise! And I finally filed our Utah taxes.
Tuesday, it snowed. Not kidding.
I don't even remember Wednesday, except that we had more snow.
Or Thursday. Oh wait! Thursday was Leslie's baby shower. I went down to Cori's house for it. That's right! Thursday I ran to Costco and got a HUGE bag of spinach and a HUGE bag of Romaine hearts for less than a small bag of salad mix at Smith's. And I ran into the dollar store and got some diaper sacks for poopy diapers. My life is so much fun. You know you want to be me! :) But it was really nice to talk to family and spend time getting to know cousins a bit better.
Friday afternoon Thomas had a job interview. It went REALLY well and he is very excited. We really hope he gets this job. It's a great opportunity for him and he would be GREAT at it! I scrubbed my bathroom and kitchen. By bedtime it was trashed again. It was such nice weather on Friday, too. We rented a couple of RedBox movies thanks to their free rental codes. Hannah enjoyed Barbie Mariposa. I watched Breach (eh, it was okay) and August Rush. Holy cow!!!!!! Every parent in the entire world should see that movie. I balled and I don't typically do that. While I was watching my movies, I resized scrapbook pages. I figured out that is 2/3 of the price to print 8x10 pages instead of 8.5x11. AND it is half the cost to print 8x8 instead of 12x12. AND some of my 2 page 8.5x11 layouts can actually be shrunk down to about an 8x12 and printed for half the price. I am still going to use a 12x12 book because some of my favorite pages will be printed at 12x12, a LOT of them will be 8x12 and some will be 8x10 and some will stay 8.5x11 and some even 11x8.5. With a 12x12 album I can do pretty much any size and it will fit on the page. Now I need to actually print some pages. Can you tell what I really really really want to do with my tax rebate? I wish we were getting that sooner! There is a huge sale on 8x10 prints right now and I have about 500 pages to print. Don't worry anyone, I am not planning to print that many pages at once. But it would be nice to print some and get twice as many pages for my $$.
Saturday, it was supposed to snow, but NO! It was 70 degrees, but VERY windy! Hannah wanted to wash the car again (because it got FILTHY in the snow on Tuesday), but it was way too windy. And the air was horrendous! Seriously. Hannah and I ran out to do a couple of errands and the air was so brown you couldn't even see the mountains, and we were up really close to them. Hannah was soooo excited because we got a craft kit for her. Michael's had a bunch of kids' crafts on clearance for $1. We got her one that she could make sparkly flowers. She was so excited because I let her use glue. Yes, I am a mean no-messy crafts kind of Mom. But I let her. And I am still scrubbing glue off everything. And she glued a spangle to her shirt.
We woke up this morning to Ainsley with a fever and Hannah with a runny nose. Ainsley coughed all Saturday night. She barely slept. It was awful. Needless to say, we didn't make it to church today. Ainsley smells like she may have a sinus infection. That is NOT what I need right now. She had a fever on and off all day today. And she has been so cranky. She has been super picky about food the last few days, too. I am wondering if her teeth hurt. She recently discovered Hannah's push-popper. And she has been pushing that darn thing all over the house, back and forth, back and forth. Now I know why my dad took the clackers out of ours when I was little. I always wondered why none of my toys made noise... NOW I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND! I took down four of the twelve sets of mini-blinds in my house today. All of the ones from my family room & Hannah's room, and I soaked them in the bathtub with dish soap and then took them out and wiped them down. I don't think they have been cleaned in YEARS. They were filthy! But they even smell good now! I couldn't get the ones in my kitchen down, so I don't know how I am going to clean those. I have tried wiping them down and spraying them with degreaser, but they need much more attention than that. But I am going to do my bedroom blinds tomorrow. My goal is to do it every other month. I can handle that. I don't have that many sets and once they are initially cleaned, it should go pretty quickly.
And that's it. my plans for this week... teach Hannah a new Primary song (new to her) "I'm Trying to be Like Jesus" because she and her cousins are singing it in sacrament meeting next Sunday at Grandpa Cardall's ward. I need to do some organizing in the basement and pull out the summer clothes and pack up the winter clothes. I also have to get the window AC unit out and ready to install. I need to change lightbulbs in the family room, bedroom and kitchen. AND I have a million layouts I need to do. And I need to scrub my house before my mom comes in TWO WEEKS! I clean my house every day, but it always looks like I haven't touched it. And it isn't Ruthie clean. I need to de-clutter my kitchen table and hutch. :::sigh::: Thomas should hear something about this job hopefully tomorrow. We'll be anxiously sitting by the phone all day. We'll let everyone know as soon as we hear something. Well, I am tired now and am going to go get some sleep. Yes, it's 2:15 am. If I want any peace & quiet, I have to stay up this late. Ainsley usually wakes up around now for a feeding, so i am sure that as soon as I fall asleep, she'll wake up.
'Nite all!
a couple of *new* things by me!
The above layout features mostly Krystal Hartley products. This a sneak peek into some of her Potato Bar products at PolkaDotPotato this week! :) This is one of the things that I offer in my business. I can create an image like this with your kids' photo(s). And they don't have to be nakey! :) This one is a 12x12, but I can create pretty much any size. Each piece of art is unique. This particular page is for my personal scrapbook, so there are some non-commercial use products in there. But not many. :)
The above layout is all Natalie Bird products. Aren't they cute? I love those pictures of Ainsley. Don't mess with that girl's licorice!
This is actually a 16x16 print that I made today to hang above my kitchen table. I still have to have it printed. I didn't keep a credits list for this one, but a good bit of the products are Krystal Hartley... some SaraAmarie... some Amy Sumrall... the flowers, trees & house are templates by Aja Abney... some Dani Mogstad... some Natalie Bird... some Michelle Coleman... some Molly DeCrow... stitches by Melissa Bennett... and even some Christine Smith. I think that's everything. If you see someone I missed, let me know. And pretty much everything is scrap-for-hire friendly. So, if you want me to create something like this for you, I can!
Layout with Tracey Monette's products
these are pictures from last summer
credits:
tracey monette's
Tracey's Beachcomber Page Kit
Tracey’s Marine Animals! The doodles
Tracey's Jail House Rock ALPHA
Tracey's Jewels Element Kit
Tracey's Sewn Tag Alpha
Tracey's POPart Paper Pack
Tracey's Wild Rose Element Kit
Tracey's Fall Wash Page Kit
Layout with Tracey Monette's products
this is a picture from last sunday...credits:
tracey monette's
multifarious elements & paper pack
spring robin
at scrapbook-elements
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Free QuickPage for yOU!
I created this bold & unique QuickPage using Misty Cato's Clash Kit. Go check out Misty's blog to get the page for FrEE!
Here is my page, that inspired the QuickPage! I also used Misty's Style File: I Can See Clearly.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
a pretty picture
well, this picture has quite obviously been "fixed" a bit. but i think it's pretty!
Soooooo busy!
my little girl doing her new favorite thing... drinking a bottle! who woulda thought? Seriously, I have been power-packing Ainsley's baby food and her formula. She is drinking at least one, usually two, bottles a day. She is still waking up every three hours to eat. And she is STARVING when she wakes up. I tried to add cereal to her bottle today hoping she would nap longer, but it didn't help. In fact, she only napped for 30 minutes. And that, my friends, is not long enough for that cranky kid!
ainsley eating cheerios. she looks so much like her dad in this picture!
I was trying to take a picture of my cute girls together, but Ainsley would NOT cooperate! She is way too wiggly & Hannah hates to look at the camera.
Hannah was supposed to give a talk in Primary last Sunday. We went down to the Primary room a little early to practice. Let's just say that I gave a GREAT one minute talk on prophets.
We went to the park on Sunday after church to take pictures of the girls in their matching dresses. Can't tell the dresses match. And neither of them would cooperate. We lost Ainsley's bow somewhere in the car ride over.
And that's it for today...
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Photoshop Elements 5 on SALE
Where did Thomas & I meet?
We were in college. We met on the front porch of his house. My roommate had a crush on him and took me home with her one weekend and she wanted me to meet this amazing, really hot guy! Oops!
Take a stab at my middle name?
Porter
Take a stab at my middle name BEFORE I got married?
Raye
Do I smoke?
Ew. No.
Color of my eyes?
Brown
Do I have any siblings?
FOUR of them!
Name two siblings!
Jacob, Angie, Ashley & Shelby
What's one of my favorite things to do?
digiscrap, take pictures, read, crochet, knit
What's my favorite type of music?
90s alternative rock... but I do like everything from RATM to country to classic rock
In person, am I shy or outgoing?
Shy at first, but then you can't shut me up once you get to know me! :)
Am I a rebel or do I follow the rules?
I follow the rules, except for dumb rules!
Any special talents?
scrapbooking
How many children do I have?
TWO, Hannah & Ainsley
If you and I were stranded on a deserted island, what is one thing that I would bring?
It would be a toss-up between my bikini & my laptop...
What size shoes do I wear?
Eight
What are my favorite kind of shoes?
flip-flops (I do love spiky heels!)
What is my favorite color?
RED!
Scores:
Aleisha 14
Alishia 11
Amber 15
Amy 10
Angie 16
ASHLEY 17!!!
Mary 14
Mish 9
Rach 9
And the winner is ASHLEY!!! She's my sister, she better know this stuff! :) Ash, let me know if you want a blog header or a scrapbook page! Love ya!
This was really fun! I enjoyed reading what you guys thought were my favorites! I must say I was pretty impressed by your guesses! Some of you guys only know me through my blog! :)
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Saturday, April 12, 2008
What kind of thinker are you?
I love quizzes! and this one is right on!
Your Thinking is Concrete and Sequential |
 You are precise, orderly, and realistic. You tend to get to the point and get things done. Difficult, detailed work is easy for you. You take things step by step. Time limits aren't a problem for you either. You work well with deadlines. What does drive you crazy is any sort of task that isn't precisely laid out. You don't like anything to be ambiguous. You prefer to deal with the facts at hand. |
Layout with SaraAmarie's GirlieGirl Kit
This is the new scroll-shaped album that I made for SaraAmarie at SweetShoppeDesigns using her GirlieGirl kit, which is new in the shop today! Get the album & kit for 20% off on Saturday only.
and this is the layout I made using Girlie Girl! What a fun kit!
supply list:
SaraAmarie's GirlieGirl kit at Sweet Shoppe Designs
bracket & bird templates by susan bartolini at ssd
chipboard action by atomic cupcake
Layouts with Natalie Bird's products
supply list:natalie bird's
downtown kit
hearts: open arms
baby word tags
button box
heart: ultimate element collection
at nataliebirddesigns, pickleberrypop, colorlinedesign
supply list:
Natalie Bird's
Ryley Kit
U: my blue jeans alpha from alpha grab bag
Brackets 2
at nataliebirddesigns, pickleberrypop & colorlinedesign
supply list:
natalie bird's
julie kit
black chalk alpha from alpha grab bag
at nataliebirddesigns, pickleberrypop, colorlinedesign
photo action by holly mccaig
Thursday, April 10, 2008
How well do YOU know ME?
Okay, this one is different - this is funny. YOU fill in the blanks about ME. Copy & paste the blank information into the comments. If you don't know, take a guess! I'll post the answers on Monday to give you guys some time to guess! Whoever wins will either get a FREE custom blog header OR a FREE scrapbook page with up to five pictures! (But you have to print it!) If there is a tie, Hannah will get to draw a name out of a hat!
Where did Thomas & I meet?
Take a stab at my middle name?
Take a stab at my middle name BEFORE I got married?
Do I smoke?
Color of my eyes?
Do I have any siblings?
Name two siblings!
What's one of my favorite things to do?
What's my favorite type of music?
In person, am I shy or outgoing?
Am I a rebel or do I follow the rules?
Any special talents?
How many children do I have?
If you and I were stranded on a deserted island, what is one thing that I would bring?
What size shoes do I wear?
What are my favorite kind of shoes?
What is my favorite color?
Have fun! Good luck!
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
ScrapKitchen Designs coupon
Susan Bartolini, also known as the Chef of ScrapKitchen Designs is featured on the SweetShoppe Blog today for Work It Wednesday. She has a coupon at the bottom of her post... If you've had your eye on any of her stuff, now is a good time to get it! :) She has some adorable new kits and albums.
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Layout with Natalie Bird's products
these pictures are from june of 2007 @ the brookfield zoo
credits:
natalie bird
open arms paper pack
brackets 1
fancy flourish
sparkle
ultimate element collection
It's Love
butterfly: spring is in bloom
mint tea alpha
at NatalieBirdDesigns, PickleberryPop & ColorlineDesign
Layout with products from Tangie Baxter
Tangie Baxter Designs is the sponsor for RAKScraps for the month of April. This is one of my layouts using their products!
credits:
tangie baxter's her royal court
button & stitch from bungalow blossoms by decrow designs at tangiebaxter
sunburst paper: retroburst by decrow designs at tangiebaxter
Layout with Krystal Hartley's designs
credits:
krystal hartley's
sculpted glass: nature at Faithsisters, polkadotpotato
paper: freshalicious at FaithSisters & PolkaDotPotato, at PurplePaperFlowers on Sunday
border: Spring Fever Doodles
yellow flowers: soleil
owl: Frosted Cinnamon Alpha at Faithsisters, PurplePaperFlowers & PolkaDotPotato
bee: sweet floral freebie at FaithSisters
Monday, April 07, 2008
Digi Sale
Amy Sumrall at GottaPixel has a 50% off coupon on her blog... Jump on over there and take a look at her adorable kits! It's good through April 11th.
Layout with Misty Cato's products
this is thomas and his brother when they were little
credits:
Misty Cato's Rowdy Boy kit COMING SOON to Scrapbook Elements
credits:
misty cato's
vivacious kit
funky black & white alpha
circle stitch: tangy treat
x stitch strip: you and me
at scrapbook-elements
credits:
Misty Cato's Sweet Summer Song
funky black & white alphas
style file: knock on wood
woodstained frames
all at scrapbook-elements
Invitation using Misty Cato, Melissa Bennett & SaraAmarie
These are some invitations that I made for a friend of mine for her office's staff appreciation luncheon. She always likes to have unique invitations to her staff parties. These are little gift boxes that she is going to fill with seashell shaped chocolates! I offer designs like these as part of my business. I hope she likes them. I think they turned out pretty well!credits:
Misty Cato's
Summer's End
Ocean View
all at Scrapbook-Elements
stitch & glitter by SaraAmarie at SweetShoppeDesigns
Glitter tag w/ ribbon: Melissa Bennett at mbd
Layout with Misty Cato's products
credits:
scraplifted from a layout by Kristy Banks from Scrapbooking with Lisa Bearnson Book 2, pg 34
Misty Cato's
The Promise of Mya
distressed white alpha
