Halloween night!

Well, I'm heading to bed in a minute but had to stop and post some pics of the kids tonight! Alexander had a big fun day at school with a friendly costume parade, special lunch and class party. Audrey got to go to the grand opening of a new toy store down the street! Then, tonight, it was off to a local church's fall festival! SOOOOO much fun! Hot dogs, popcorn, cotton candy, games, more candy, blow up slides and jumpy things for the kids, live music! fun! So, here are the cousins and my kids in their costumes! Hope you're having a fun and safe weekend! My little Audrey's 2nd birthday is tomorrow! So, I'll be celebrating that with the family!
and, if you're searching for cards or projects from me... stay tuned... I'm still finding time to make stuff! I'll share in a few days!, Charity

good news, bad news

well, first, yes... I am still scrapping but I have been working on something that I cannot share yet... and I have lovely family in town that I'm spending precious time with! love it!


So, we celebrated little Luke Bowman's birthday last night~ He dove into the cake and this picture was before it got realllly messy~! He's a sweet, adorable little man who is now ONE!!!

The sad news... the dog my parent's got when I was I think a senior in high-school or maybe even before that went to doggie heaven tonight. She was really sweet and we will miss little Dixie girl.

Shake your Tailfeathers, Chick! *cps88

this week our sponsor is unity stamps! go check out the sketch, other inspiration at the cps blog!


stamps: Unity Stamp Company hey chick patterned paper: Basic Grey chipboard: Prima, Basic Grey Gems,ink: K&Co.

getting to know you!

Yep, the cousins are getting to know each other today! and they're also getting to like their aunts and uncles!

They're here!

First, a pretty typical day here at the Hassel home... little guy played for hours this morning with his Legos! We skipped church so we could go to the airport to see.....




Yep, the long awaited visit from my brother, Josh and his family! yay! (to learn more about him you can read their blog here. So, I was able to snap a few shots of all of us at the airport. They're pretty wiped out after flying over 30 hours with four children 7 and under!!!! The men were leaving from the airport to go to the jags game tonight and hope they had fun. So, you'll be seeing more of them on my blog for the next few weeks as I find the time. Got to see Luke, my new nephew, soon to turn one this week, for the first time! Cannot wait to hang out with them once they've rested! thanks for reading!~

creations to share with you!

Been doing some design team work for Just Let Me Scrapbook!

Laugh. using rusty pickle's candy land papers and rubons. used the rubon onto brads, buttons. my ds and dd thought it was fun to wear pull-ups on their head one day! hee! tfl.

Laugh smile play card. using rusty pickle candy land pp, rubons.



Sparkle Girl. using prima's down home homemade soup kit, MM papers and lots of paint. I really tore this cardboard apart, handcut the leaves, distressed them a lot!

two little goodies

just two things I made the other night to share... I have one layout I made last night that I adore, but cannot share yet! I have submitted it to one particular magazine that has yet to throw me a bone... wish me luck! hee! So, here are a few things that'll hopefully make you smile...



Happy Birthday giftcard holder.
made this using basic greys urban prarie. scenic route rubon.! tfl!
Heartshaped altered box.
Box from wal-mart, Chatterbox Ecelectique kohl pp, Scenic Route pp, Doodlebug frills, unknown ribbon.

cps card using label tulip goodies!

So, I combined two of my favorite things this past week... the Label Tulip kit and the cps sketch! voila! Here's my card! tfl!

Thinking of You card.
cardstock- Bazzill
patterned paper-Crate, Hambly, October Afternoon, Collage Press, Making Memories
rubon-Basic Grey
(this is all from label tulips kit)

2008 mini album *October Label Tulip and some tunes

I made this album to remember what the every day looked like in our home during 2008. I used the scrumptious Label Tulip main kit from october (which is sold out by the way) and also the yummy add-on kit#1 called "trendsetter". Here is my mini album... I distressed this quite a bit, used some twine and acrylic paint I had at home. Other than that, it's all from the kit!


and a song that i luv! here

pink visor

just a little something I whipped up last night while watching the debate... Got this visor from the Target dollar section a while back. The gingham covered brads in the center of the flowers are also from the Target dollar section. Flowers are Deja Views fabric flowers that are sewn into the visor. The large ribbon is from Michaels. tfl!

Label Tulip reveal is up!

yay! so much fun to see the October Label Tulip Kit up! it's a real beauty! Also, it's truly worth the time to go drool over the design team gallery! so much yumminess! So, today I think I'll share my layouts using the October main kit "gossip". Tomorrow I'll come back and share my mini album using the add-on "trendsetter". tfl!

butterfly shadow box

Just a little somethin' to share with you tonight!


shadow box from craft store. Basic Grey Urban Prarie papers and chipboard! yummy stuff! tfl!

cps 86 coming your way!

cps 86 is up and we're sponsored once again by Kandicorp, this time using some of their metal embellishments! Here's my card for the week! tfl!

Happy Birthday Card.
Hot Fix embellishment- brass it up. http://www.kandicorp.com/brassitup.htm
patterned paper: Scribble Scrabble
diecut: Cricut walk in my garden, Scribble Scrabble
felt: craft store
ribbon: SEI
rubon: American Crafts