New Baby Gifts

I have a friend pregnant with her first baby. I wanted to make a little something for the nursery that was unique. So I put a few things together today and had so much fun doing the girly theme. The babies name will be Allison Rose which I think is ADORABLE so I wanted to be sure and incorporate it into the gifts. I have the name on the layout as well is in the butterfly album.

My Design Team Attempt

I made 2 layouts in an attempt to be chosen for the Coredinations design team. Everyone knows I love that paper....especially the black magic. And I desperately wanted to design for them! Sadly, I didn't make it....but I have what I believe to be two really great layouts!

In the spirit of Red, White, and Blue

Tonight I finished my red, white, and blue tags for our swap. I also finished up my military cards. I have encouraged the wonderful ladies in my group to create some thank you cards for our hard working soldiers. I will be sending them out in June and hope that they make it around the 4th of July. Right now I have 21 cards spoken for....hopefully we get even more signed up!

My BIG Create

This idea came to life in another class I took. It was a fun class and I really love the color combinations. Again, I came up with my own idea for this project since we were supposed to make an album. So I covered the 6x6 chipboard squares in class. Came home and painted the chipboard with my paint dabbers, added the rub-ons that I found in my stash, and added the Prima flowers that I bought today. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this! I already have a create sign in here....but ya know what? I think there is room for two because this one is rockin and will definetly inspire some creativity.

Display as you wish

Today was the CK convention downtown. I had a blast! Bought tons of goodies and drooled over tons more! LOL! I took 3 classes today. 2 of them were awesome. The first class I took was titled display as you wish. We were given paper and chipboard and we were supposed to make an album that either sat on your desk or hung on the wall. Well, I covered the chipboard during class, inked it, and added the binder rings. When I got home I added more chipboard spelling out my name and a few embellishments. I love the colors and the paper is awesome. I was super excited because some of the paper we used in this class was by coredinations (see the red torn paper??). It was fun and this piece of art will be on my wall somewhere in the creativity room. I asked Danny if he wanted me to make him one but for some reason he said no. LOL!

2 Spring layouts

I finally got around to scrappin the bluebonnet pictures that the very talented Julie took of us! I LOVE these pictures. I went a little overboard ordering the pictures tho....I think I ordered 5 copies of each picture. HAHA!
Here are two layouts that I did. The red one is made of all scraps (except the 12x12 backing). That was a challenge that I issued in my group and I wanted to try it for myself! The purple layout is for the Homepage Contest- Spring themed.

Wedding and Thank You Card

This wedding card took me ALL day. LOL! Well....maybe not all day, but it took me a long time. I made 8 of these. I only need 4 for a swap, but I thought they turned out really pretty. I cut 3 different sized squares, rounded the top corners, and embossed them with swiss dots. Then I used a sponge to "color" them with a light pink. I used my border punch to make the "lace". It was tedious....but I really like the way they turned out. I stamped a simple "congratulations" on the inside of the card in the same pale pink color.


The thank you card is for my friend Nicole who gave me my birthday present today! A hobby lobby gift card. And ya know what I'm gonna get? That giant paper storage thing I had my eye on the other day. Yes...I know....I already have one....but its overflowing and I need another one!!! I used the chocolate box paper and my handy cuttlebug to emboss it. It's very simple, but I love it. I used distressed ink around the edges. Nicole will be impressed. LOL.


I finished a few other layouts today and the photo cubes- I will try and post those pics later. My creativity room is a disaster so I need to call it a night and start cleaning up.