Monday means Whimsy

Happy Monday everyone!!! This is going to be a quick post as I have a busy day ahead of me. First an appointment in a few minutes and then dentist appointments for my boys and then maybe a bit to relax. Tomorrow I have another OB appointment. This is the BIG ultrasound appointment so if you are lucky enough to know my husband you could possibly convince (apparently I spelled this wrong but even the spellcheck doesn't have the correct spelling) him to tell you what the gender of our baby is. I am secretly hoping that the baby is shy and won't even let him know. Hehehe, I am terrible, I know.

Well, today is Monday and we all know what that means, right? It is another Whimsy blog challenge. This week we are asking you to use your favorite fall colors. I know my card is not quite what most people think about when they think of fall colors but I tried to go with my gut on this one. When I think of fall I think of the colors changing first. The beautiful greens turning to yellow and orange first. I just love it.
The border punch as made using one of my mom's punches that she bought while visiting last weekend. She was testing it and it was just sitting on my desk when I sat down to make this card and had to use it.

We also have some big news over at the Whimsy blog challenge. There have been a few changes so we have two openings on our design team. If you are interested we will be looking at those who enter the next 2 weeks challenges. All you have to do is enter and then type "DT" next to your name when you enter on the blog. Good luck to all. There really is a great bunch of ladies.

Remember those, this design team is for the challenges not for the stamps. You will be responsible for participating in the weekly challenges and using Whimsy stamps. Don't worry if you don't have any stamps now Denise makes it very easy to add them to your collection.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Lest we never forget

Good Friday everyone!!!

I had planned on showing you a project that I made with my mom this past weekend. But then I realized that there is more about today than a project I made. I love the project and can't wait to show you but there is something bigger than it and me to talk about today.

In case you haven't noticed the date...today is September 11th. Today marks the 8th anniversary of the shake in our faith of safety. This country experienced something most of us thought we would never see. Our beloved country was attacked on our soil.

What those people didn't expect is that this country grew stronger and closer together because of what they did to try and separate us. I pray that we can get back to that faith and closeness in each other again soon.

Thank you to all the fire fighters, policemen, servicemen, and all those that helped in bringing the people to justice and those in danger to safety. May the lives of those lost that day never be forgotten.

God Bless the United States of America!!!

Birthday

Happy Thursday all!!! I am so glad that the week is coming to a close. It has been a hectic short week but seems to be flying by as well. I can't believe tomorrow is Friday already. I do have to say that I am so grateful that my husband has a very kind and thoughtful co-worker. Thanks to her offering a ride to my husband today and last night I was able to get dinner going so we didn't have too late of a dinner and I was able to get a little extra sleep this morning and so did, well, one of our boys. The other seems to think it is fun to wake up early in the morning.

This card is already quite late and I still need to make another for my step-niece that had a birthday on the same day. I made this card for my younger sister. As we got older her and I have grown really close and very good friends. I go to her for some things that I may have questions about. It might have something to do with surviving a horrible car accident together but I think that only solidified our friendship. We were becoming good friends before that.

Since she works and doesn't have time to read my blog I am going to share with you her age. Which is kinda bad for me because she is my younger sister but I am pretty sure I have shared my age with you all anyway. Besides, age is just a number, right? My wonderful, hard working sister is a mother of 3 precious children, one of which I still need to meet and will be turning one when I have my newest baby, and a wife to a good man. She turned 29 on the 6th of this month and I just can't believe how the time has gone.

The tree stamp I used I just had to get when I saw it at Michael's during my shopping trip with my mom. I have seen several images like this and just love them. Since it was only 1.49 I just couldn't pass it up. It was my mom's idea to add the rhinestones where the flowers are and I just love how it looks. The circle is a coaster that I used my nestabilities to cut out the center to make a type of border for the tree image.

My sisters favorite color is green so I knew I had to add that color in the card and since tree bark is brown I wanted to use that as an accent color. But I wanted to try one more color and decided on...shoot, I am not sure if it is Hibiscus burst or melon berry. I think melon berry but not sure. I didn't like the color combo after putting it all together but now it is growing on me and I hope she likes it.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

First of all, is anyone else having issues with blogger or is it just me? It seems that I have to upload the pictures before I type any of the message. I don't know how many times I have typed a post before I figure things out.

It is still crazy around here. I thought I was going to have to walk my son to school today. Hubby got an early call into work today. I have been up since about a quarter to 5 this morning (minus a short nap). Since we only have one vehicle I was going to have to walk my oldest son to school and that is about an hour round trip in 90+ degree weather. I was so not looking forward to it. Thank heavens my husband is able to get away from work long enough to take our son to school.

Today I am going to show you a lovely necklace I made with my mom. Can you believe it? This is a projec that Michael's was doing for Mother's Day. It was a little more intricate than I thought it was going to be. Definitely too intricate for my two boys to do. I was able to get the supplies from the store and planned to help them make them at home. That never happened.

Since my mom was in town this weekend I figured we could make them the way we wanted to. This way we would have Mother/Daughter matching necklaces. It was really fun and I think they turned out awesome. We even have a few beads left over to make a matching bracelet with. The only thing we have to do is get some string.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Scrapbooking

Hello everyon!!! I have written this post 3 times now and it seems my computer doesn't like it. I am going to keep this short for you. That way you don't have as much to read as well.

This is the first scrapbook page I have done in a long time. I am still not happy with how I do scrapbook pages but I keep doing it so that my boys will always have something to remind them of when they were young. Something they can show their kids and grandkids about their lives. I hope that like their books as much I have had making them.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

The Explanation

Okay I am finally back but I don't know for how long so I hope I can get this post written quickly. I am not going to go into detail about all the personal stuff that has been going on in my life. I am sure it will bore you more than my lack of posting has. Just know that things are okay but not great. I guess that is how life is though. We have the good and bad and right now I am experiencing both all at the same time.

About the card I posted yesterday. It was for another wonderful Whimsy Stamp Challenge. I am so excited to be a part of this wonderful group of ladies and to be connected with such a great stamp company. I have said it before and I will say it again. Denise (the owner) and customer service is impeccable. I just can't believe how quickly you receive your orders and how nice Denise is.

So, the challenge over at Whimsy Stamp Challenge Blog this week is to create something that has texture. You can use embossing, felt, flock, etc. I had fun with this one. My little guy, the seal, was already colored and I couldn't help but use this cutie. I colored him in with copic markers and used my PTI spring rain to rub around the edges to give him the "in water" look.

The cardstock was either scrap or PTI cardstock. I used my cuttlebug to do some embossing on the blue cardstock and the spring rain to make the paper look wet. On the cardbase I used PTI's polka dot basics and used metallic embossing powder. The intent was to make it look like bubbles on the paper (remember we are in the water). I was hoping to use some kaleidoscope embossing powder but I either misplaced it or am out so I will have to get some more of that for sure.

I found my rope and thought that fit perfectly for the theme of this card. I actually bought it at our local BX (base exchange) in the tool section. I did tie a piece of ribbon around it to girly it up a little and the blue button just matched perfectly so I gave it some extra texture and a nice look to the card. I love how this card turned out and can you believe I used my own layout. I was actually planning this in my head while I was asleep one night. It wasn't exactly how I planned because I accidentally cut the paper the wrong size but I love how it works.

I actually got my son's first day of kindergarten scrapbook page done. I am so not very good at scrapbooking but I continue to do it because I want my boys to have a book of memories to share with their families some day. I look forward to making a new book for my little one coming next year.

The next two weeks might be even more sporadic for me as my husband has a busy schedule and then is taking a few days off of work to get some much needed things done around the house. I will try to get some things scheduled so it isn't as bad as it could be.

On another note, I do plan on putting all the Design team members for the challenges on my side bar. Please check back later today (hopefully) with a list and link to all the great ladies who participate in the fun challenges every week.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

So behind

Just a picture for now. I will be back later with more of an explanation.