Wooden Frame- Monkey Style

My friend Nicole had this awesome altered wooden frame that our friend Lisa made for her. It was so cute I wanted to try and make one as a gift. Mine is not nearly as cute as the one Lisa made. In fact....Danny described it as "not my best work". LOL. HOWEVER, I do think its cute and I think the recipient will love it. The baby nursery is going to be monkey themed so I added a little 3-d sticker on it. I bought one of those $2.00 wooden frames at Hobby Lobby and I painted it brown. Then I used scrap paper and modge podge to glue it on randomly. Added the flower and the sticker and thats it. It was very fast and easy.

MMM- Things accomplished

We had a great time at the quarterly MMM crop on Saturday. I think we managed to scrap for about 10 hours! Of course....there was alot of talking and eating inbetween!

I worked on cards for the LMNOP card swap. I made 11 cards total. One design based on a sketch that was provided and another design just meant to be for general all purpose card giving.

I also worked on some baby shower gifts.

Colorado Trip....

We went to Colorado right after Christmas. We had a great time but it was so crazy cold there! Bouncer loved his first snow experience! Danny took some great shots and I still have probably 100 more to scrap! LOL!

See how the frame around our picture says Colorado? Thank you to my new Destinations Cricut Cart- Very cool!

The puppies....

Danny took these pics playing outside with his new camera. The dogs are such great models!

Big Bend Trip

We took a Big Bend trip in October. I am WAY behind on my scrapin! I drove in the car but Danny and his SOT brothers rode their bikes. We had a great time. The weather was perfect. I rode on the bike thru the Big Bend Park- it was so beautiful! When I bought this laser cut I wasn't sure what I would use it for but I think its perfect for our trip with the SOT boys.

The finished product....

And the salt cards are done! This was originally a make 6 get one of your own swap. At the end of sign-ups it became a make 4 get one of your own. The cards are glossy so I needed to use staz-on for the ink. By the time I was done I had messed up 2 of them so I have 3 complete for the other players and none for me. LOL. Oh well....I can make more whenever I need them.

Playing with Salt

Many many months ago I read about a salt technique in a magazine. I cut out the article and it has been in my "idea book" ever since. I tried it out last night. You use ink to color in cardstock. I just randomly applied the distressed ink to a card. Then spritz with water and drizzle with table salt. You let it sit for a few hours and the salt absorbs the color giving it a unique look. These will be my female birthday cards....but I am still deciding what to add to them.