Alexander started Kindergarten today!

It has been so quiet around here today... I am going to have to get used to my little man being gone for such a large part of the day. I miss him already! Alexander started Kindergarten today! I am about to pick him up soon and hope he had a wonderful day!

cps130 sponsored by jillibean soup!

We have a great sketch and super sponsor this week at cps! Here is the sketch and my card using the yummy Jillibean soup kraft cards and envelopes, stamps, patterned papers and string! I'm pretty sure Jillibean soup will be giving away a prize this week to one lucky participant. Just make a card using whatever products you wish and this weeks sketch, link it on the cps blog and you're entered! tfl!



Discover you are here
designer- Charity Hassel
supplies:
stamps, patterned paper, kraft cards and envelopes, custom twill- Jillibean Soup
ink-Stazon

How bout some Piggy Tales?

These were all made using the Yankee Doodle Dandy and Row Row Row you boat collections form Piggy Tales! Be sure to check out the three new lines (back to school, halloween and 5 little ducks lines) here!

Also, Trina has a contest going on at her blog to win some Piggy Tales!

Dream Street guest designer

I had the chance to work with all of the new releases from Dream Street! Talk about fun stuff! Check out the Dream Street blog for more ideas and inspiration!

First, how about some superstition:



Nature's poetry:


Sam:


Urban Ink:


Merry and Bright:

cps129 and the Label Tulip August KIT!

I'll start with cps sketch 129- this week is sponsor free so I decided to use the Yankee Doodle Dandy line from Piggy Tales!






This month's Label Tulip kit up up and away is just absolutely gooooorgeous! Be sure to check out the Label Tulip gallery for plenty of inspiration!

Here's some of the creations I made with the kit:

Birthday Party today!

It was a birthday party today for Alexander's 5th birthday - all our playgroup friends came! Even AnnaMaria who recently moved 5 hours away was able to be there.
Monkey Jungle play place was so fun for a party! Here are some pics of us having a fantastic time today!
Happy Birthday to my sweet little fella!

love and marriage card *new scribble scrabble*

new lullaby of birdland line from scribble scrabble. tfl!
We're having a Birthday Party today for Alexander at Jungle Monkey funtime pizza~ yay! they have miniature bowling for kids, a play area, etc! We've never been there and I hope Alexander and his playgroup friends have a great time! I'll have the camera with me so hopefully I'll get some fun pictures to share!~ Have a great weekend!

Happy Birthday Alexander- 5 years old!

Alexander turned FIVE on August 11th! We were out of town in Orlando celebrating! He's going to have a little party on Saturday, but we had some FUN family time together over a few days!
On his birthday we started the morning having breakfast with Goofy and Minnie Mouse...
Then, it was over to the M&M world to get some m&ms in whatever colors the kids wanted.
Next, toysRus...
Back to the hotel for some relaxing fun in the pool.
After a little cleaning up it was off to downtown Disney...
Alexander really wanted to go to lego land for his birthday. He and daddy shopped and played there for a long time... even Audrey played with the legos for a bit.
Dinner at TREX! this place is so fun for kids! So many dinosoars coming to life... fire, meteor showers. We were seated in the ice ace period room... hard to do it justice with photos here but the ice changes colors and there's a big wooly mammoth and a baby wooly mammoth there in that area! The workers sang happy Birthday and Alexander got to blow out a candle...
We shopped in all the Disney stores down there, rode the train and even rode the carousel after dark! It was a fun day!
We love you Alexander! Happy Birthday!!!!

cps128

We had so much fun being sponsored by Susan Tomaino, Independent Consultant for Close to my Heart!
You will not believe the giveaway she will be sponsoring this week so be sure to check out the cps blog for info. on what the prize is for this sketch-- and no, you do not have to use close to my heart product on your sketch to be eligible for the prize- simply use the sketch and add a link to your card on the cps blog!
OK. here's the sketch and here's my take on it using the close to my heart stuff!

A little cha cha cha

Ok, had to steal the images from my friend Angie's blog but I wanted to show you a couple projects I made for the October Afternoon booth at CHA. The new lines are soooo darling and it was really fun to work with them....

First up is a page using Farm Fresh..


Then Report Card...

friendship is in bloom.

click on the photo for a closer look!




Here's the page I just finished with the brand new Lullaby of Birdland line from Scribble Scrabble... there are birds in this line I just haven't used them yet.
Anyways! hope you enjoy and have a great weekend!

oh me oh my!

I do believe I have a new favorite line from Scribble Scrabble... Lullaby of Birdland! I have really been diving into it ...here are two cards I've made thus far. There's a layout in progress..sitting on my desk as well!




... and here's my page from the August summer saga kit at create my keepsake. pretty clean and simple. tfl!

Some Nikki Sivils stuff!

I have been catching up on almost everything since I got home from CHA... the family, laundry, cleaning, scrapping... much of the scrapping I can't share quite yet but it'll be here soon!
It's a busy time of year... Alexander's birthday is next week and school is close behind.

AND...

to celebrate back to school thought I'd share a little project I made with Henry's Brilliance line from Nikki Sivils. Everything from this project is part of Nikki Sivils products. tfl!




one last Nikki Sivils card.. using the my sweet cherry pie line mixed with some doodlebug designs and k&co rubons. tfl!