5 years

Hello everyone!!! Happy Wednesday!!! I almost typed Tuesday. This weeks is going to go so fast. So much to do and not much time to do it.

Today I am sharing a project with you that I made for my niece. Time has gotten away from me again. I knew I had time to make a card but then I realized that I have no idea what to get her for her birthday. I was talking to my sister and she told that she sent our niece a gift card last time because she likes to shop. What girl doesn't, right?

Me being the kind of person I am I couldn't just throw the gift card in the birthday card so I went to work trying to decide how I was going to package it. That is when I remembered the latest Lauren's My Timeless Template; ready, set, wrap. What a great way to package a gift card for a girl who is turning 5. Plus, to me it looks like a little purse and what girl doesn't like purses?

I used Aqua Mist because my niece's favorite color is blue. I love the colors and how it turned out. Can you believe that all the cardstock is scraps? I finally went through my scrap box and get rid of a lot of pieces I would NEVER be able to use. It is so much nicer now and maybe I will use more of it now that I know it is in there :)

I got to snap a picture of the inside with the cork bottom but my camera batteries died right afterwards. Looks like I will be charging more batteries today.

Deets:
stamps: PTI floral frenzy, polka dot basics
ink: Versamark and Archival Brilliance Moonlight White
paper: PTI jet black, aqua mist and I used cork for the bottom of the box
ribbon: Michael's twill white
buttons: grab back from Wal-Mart
linen thread from SU!, the flower I got from Michael's, The letter is actually chipboard I got a long time ago and it was inked with aqua mist ink and then covered with crystal stickles.

That is about it. I hope you enjoyed it.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Lauren's template

Well good morning everyone!!! It's Friday, it's Friday, it's Friday!!! Too funny, I used to hear that on the radio every morning when I was delivering the paper. I loved it.

Today I am sharing another one of Lauren's templates that I haven't used before. It is rounded wrap-up. The plan was to use it for either a gift for my son for finishing T-ball (his last game is next Friday already) or for the coaches. But after I got it printed and saw how small it was it wasn't going to work with my Baseball Connor from Whimsy stamps.

My niece is in a play at her school and we are planning on going to watch it tomorrow night. What does this have to do with the project you might ask? Well, I thought it would be cute to make a holder to put in the box and put some lip gloss in there for her as a gift. So, I got to work and this is what I came up with. I love it and hope she does too. I am sure my sister might want to still it though since it is pink hehehe.

I just realized something that is kinda upsetting to me. I have no idea what my nieces favorite color is. I need to find that out tomorrow when I see her.

Here are the deets:

stamps: Autumn Leaves (pretty poppies), PTI Ambassador Monogram Edition
ink: versamark, palette black
paper: PTI kraft, sweet blush, DCWV Nana's Nursery
prima flowers, Michael's ribbon, self-adhesive pearls, Martha Stewart butterfly punch.

That is about it. Have a wonderful weekend!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Papertrey Ink First Blog Hop entry

Happy Weekend!!! Wooohooo!!! I am a little out of sorts today. My brain is having a hard time grasping the fact that I am blogging and it is Saturday. I am excited though. I love blogging and I love the things you learn and find out in the blogging world. I am so happy to be a part of it.

Anyway, I don't blog on the weekends because that is my family time but this time I am making an exception. Today is the 25th of the month which means that it is time for Papertrey Inks monthly blog hop. Every month Papertrey issues a challenge for anyone with a blog who wants to participate. You add your name to the list and post your challenge on your board. Every month this is tons of fun and prizes to be had.
The challenge for this month is to make ANYTHING with any of Lauren's templates. They do have two you can buy for free so there really is no excuses.

















So when I heard what the challenge is I had to figure out what I was going to do. I have EVERY one of Lauren's templates and have used almost every single one of them as well.
I figured since I heard about this challenge after this month's PTI stamp release I would use one of the new templates they just released as well.

I used "From the Desk of" to hold my list of families birthday's. I think it works great for that. In the front is the 12 months with a space to write everyone's birthday on and in the back is a few cards and envelopes that I can just grab, write a short note on and then get them out in the mail quickly.
I am so pleased with what I did. I wanted something that worked for me but a little different too. I am trying to go outside of my comfort zone with colors and patterns. I am glad I did. I think it turned out beautifully.

I wanted to point out too, after I finished putting it all together I though of something. If I were to do this again I would do it before it is all together so it looks neater. I cut another small piece of ribbon and glued it into the front part of the file. This now holds my pen in place so I always have one close.
Here are the deets:
paper: PTI kraft, spring moss, lavender moon, DCWV brown, PP from Me & my big ideas
ink:PTI ocean tides, spring moss, palette brown, Tim Holtz tea dye
stamps: PTI polka dot basics, floral frenzy
Lavender moon ribbon
making memories button
SU! linen thread

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Whimsy challenge

Happy Monday everyone!!! We had a great weekend. A really HOT weekend but it was fun. Just had to run into town for a few things and then back home to relax and enjoy the weekend.

Saturday night we took the boys to the soccer field (where they play T-ball) and let my oldest play some T-ball, get him used to hitting off a "T" and then throwing the ball. It was a really fun family activity and I am so glad that we took the time to do it.

Today, and the rest of the week, I have a challenge to share with you. This one, today, is for the Whimsy stamps challenge blog. This is a new blog they started and the first challenge they are doing. It is called Occasion Celebration. You are to make a card or other project for a special occasion or a celebration.

I decided to use the newest of Lauren's My Timeless Templates box template to make a goody bag to give out at a birthday party (or other party).

I love how it turned out and because of it I had an excuse to buy something I have been putting off, Staz-on ink. I know, I can be so behind of things but I had no reason to buy it so I didn't. This time I wanted to do something special (and I had a coupon) so I went ahead with my idea to make a window and use vellum to stamp my froggie on.

Here are the deets and be sure to check out the challenge. Like I said, I have many more challenges to do this week and might have a day or so with 2 posts so keep checking in :)

paper: PTI kraft, Marcella K, PTI vellum

ink: staz-on jet black

stamps: Whimsy frog, PTI polka dot basics

ribbon is from Michaels, buttons are from making memories (chloe's closet), the frog is colored using kho-i-noor (another new buy thanks to a coupon), the flower is making memories, and the thread is from Michael's used for jewelry, I also used my crop-a-dile and eyelets to make a whole for the ribbon which holds the top down.

Just wanted to leave you with another picture of the adorable frog from Whimsy. Isn't he cute??? All of their precious animals are adorable and I am loving Connor and Emma.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Simple Easter Baskets

Happy Tuesday everyone!!! Sorry I wasn't here yesterday to show off the Easter baskets I made for my boys. They really are nothing special. I know my boys and how they treat things so I went very simple. Just the base template from Lauren's My Timeless Templates with some sponging and a couple of screw brads to fasten on the handle. The boys loved them though and were so excited that the Easter bunny visited them.

There were a lot more jelly beans in there but the boys got a hold of them right away and had them basically eaten right away. Also, the "grass" is edible. I found it at Joann's but also saw it at Michael's.

I am leaving you with a picture of my boys on Easter "Saturday" hehehe, since that is when we celebrated Easter.

I have pictures of the card I made my grandmother for her 91st birthday to show you yesterday so please come back for that.

I am not going to give the deets since there really isn't anything to tell, very simple I tell ya.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

The project I intended for yesterday

Happy Tuesday all!!! What a day it was yesterday. My boys were in full force yesterday. They drove me crazy. I don't know what it was yesterday, Monday? I don't know. My hubby also had a bad day at work yesterday too. Good thing it is over.

Of course we did end it on a good note. We are having some comfortable weather here so we barbequed and since my oldest is getting ready for T-ball he wanted to practice, especially since we got him some balls and a new mitt to play with. While my hubby was grilling I was helping my oldest to bat off a "T". My hubby usually just tosses him the ball and he hits it so this is new to him. Now we just have to work on the throwing. He always want to "pitch" the ball not just toss it to someone so this is going to be fun.

I was going to show you something else yesterday but stupid me forgot to take a picture of it. It was something I made for my sister so it was at her house. I had to ask her to take a picture of it for me and then email them to me. I figured I already had the pictures of the other project so I posted that first.

This is another Lauren's My Timeless Template. I love the little filed with flair goodies. My sister and I decided to play around with them this passed weekend. It was fun.

My sister is in love with pink so that is what I used as the base of the file holder. Here are the pics and then the deets follow. Enjoy!!!

Deets:

paper:PTI sweet blush, vintage cream, chocolate remix

ink: palette brown, SU! creamy caramel, versamark, PTI sweet blush, and berry sorbet

stamps: PTI life, borders & corners monogram edition

extras: PTI berry sorbet stitched ribbon, prima flowers, joann's flower brad, kaleidoscope embossing powder, treading water fiskers border punch, clear glitter pen

I also made a few mistakes on my last post. For the letters of my son's name we used a alphabet stamp set from SU! and the ink for the Connor baseball player wasn't palette black it was momento tuxedo black.

Well, that is about it for today. I hope you have a good day.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Filed with Flair

Happy Wednesday everyone!!! I hope you are having a good week so far. It has been crazy in my house. But today is my lazy laid back day. That is until tonight. My husband is a webelo leader for the cub scouts. Other than that we have nothing to do with cub scouts. My boys are still too young for cub scouts but my oldest is counting down until he is. We don't start cub scouts until 8 years old and my son is only 5. I hope he is pretty patient. Tonight we are going to cub scouts as a family because tonight is the Pinewood Derby. We went last year and it was so much fun. This year we made a family car. We obviously can't race it with the cub scouts but after all the official races we can see how well it does. It will be fun I am sure.

On to my project for today. I always say this and I will continue to say this. I LOVE the templates that Lauren has been coming out with through Papertrey Ink. They are awesome and so easy to use.

This time I used the "filed with flair" template. The designers did an awesome job showcasing this template and I just love it. Right now I am using mine to hold some of the cards I have made for the blog. Of course I would have to make a lot more to fit ALL the cards I have made and not used yet. Oh darn, right? I do plan on making more though. Just gotta.

Here are the deets:

paper: PTI dark chocolate, lavender moon, chocolate remix

ribbon: PTI lavender moon

flowers: prima

brads: joann's

buttons: wal-mart stash

thread: michael's jewelry section

I also used pop-dots to pop up the extra layers.

Well, I think that is about it. I just love it and I hope you do. I also hope you have a great Wednesday.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Captured Card Case

Wooohooo!!! It is hump day.
I need to apologize for my absence yesterday. I woke up with a migraine. I am prone to migraines so not really a big deal but it was a BAD one. I haven't had a bad one in a long time so I guess I was due. But this knocked me off my feet basically all day. I was able to get my husband to work, my son to speech, and then go pick my husband up for lunch but that is about all I did yesterday. I have to brag on my husband again. He truly is special. I am very lucky that he found me. He was upset, about the boys. I really had no strength or desire to do anything but lay around. The boys, 5 and 3, pretty much had the run of the house. My poor husband came home to a messy house twice yesterday. Once when I got him for lunch and then when he came home at the end of the day. He cleaned up the house, took them outside to play so I can soak in the tub, and then made them dinner and put them to bed. He also took care of me. Anything I wanted he did. Really, do I have a good husband or what?
I started feeling a little normal around 9ish, just in time to watch "Dancing with the Stars" hehehe. I woke up this morning feeling almost myself. I still have some lingering pain in my head but nothing I can't muscle through.
Monday night I started working on my captured card case by Lauren Meader. It is one of the templates she released through Papertrey Ink on the 15th of this month. I loved what she did with it. I actually made my note cards to put in this box specifically.
I did do a little extra on the case. I wanted to flair it up just a little and make it more my own. So, it took a little while longer to put together. The box is easy peasy and you can do so much with it. I can't wait to play around some more. I got some things running through my head. I am supposed to think of some ideas for Teacher Appreciation for our Primary teachers at church. I am either thinking the box or the basket. We are going to hand them out around Easter so maybe the basket to keep the Easter feel, right?
Okay, I guess I should stop talking and let you see how my Captured Card Case turned out. I LOVE Lauren's templates. Seriously, if you haven't tried them yet, run, don't walk to Papertrey Ink and get at least the free one for now. Just save it to your computer and you can print them out as many times and in as many colors as you want.

Deets:

paper: SU! Kraft, PTI lavender moon, PTI chocolate remix

ink: SU! creamy caramel, palette brown, PTI lavender moon

ribbon: PTI lavender moon

stamps: PTI guide lines, PTI floral frenzy, Abassador Monogram Edition, Verve stamps fluttering by, Psalm 37:4, Petals and Stems

flowers: prima

brad: Joann's

As always, thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy