Mini Album : Welcome Blake

I completed this mini album for a dear friend Tiffany who is expecting her second sweet little baby boy. Blake should be here in August and his album is waiting :)

I used the Safari Boy line from Best Creations to embellish the Kaisercraft album. I dyed all the colored ribbon myself using Tattered Angels Glimmermists.

The album is approximately 9.5"x4" not including the tabs.

I can't wait to see her face when I meet up with her this week to give her the album.

Baby you can drive my car...

I love love love these pictures of Madi. She dug her car out of the laundry room and drove it ALL over the basement. The pics of her adding her toys to the passenger seat are missing on this layout because I still have more to do.

After I took the photo of the layout and was editing the size Madi came and climbed into my lap. She kept pointing at the picture and saying "Happy mommy, Madi happy". She is a mess and keeps my days from ever being boring!

PMS Challenge!

With the July new release came a couple of challenges. The first being a "nautical" challenge that I JUST FINISHED ;) I am headed now to party with the PMS Makeup Artists!

Imaginisce Summertime Challenge

The challenge for June on the Imaginisce blog is to use this picture for inspiration:

Along with these lyrics:

Summer Holiday
We're all going on a summer holiday
no more working for a week or two.
Fun and laughter on our summer holiday,
no more worries for me or you,
for a week or two.

We're going where the sun shines brightly
we're going where the sea is blue.
we've all seen it on the movies,
now let's see if it's true.

Everybody has a summer holiday
doin' things they always wanted to
So we're going on a summer holiday,
to make our dreams come true
for me and you.
for me and you.

And this is my take on it using Imaginisce Animal Crackers paper and embellishments. Alphas are from American Crafts, Bella Blvd, and Sassafrass.

Happy Hour

Last night there was a happy hour sketch over at Memorable Seasons. It began at 9pm and you had 1.5 hours to get your lo done, photographed and uploaded. I was able to finish just under the wire! I really enjoyed the process though and am completely satisfied with the layout that I was able to complete.

A picture of Madi was my inspiration and "you are" came into my head. I turned that into the complete titling of "just the way you are" and my journaling on the lo describes how I never imagined that I would be parenting one of *those* children. You know the ones who are loud and wide open and no matter what you really think the parents aren't doing anything to control it. YEP, I have one. After watching her grow (in size and personality) I realize that I don't WANT her to be quiet and reserved, she just WOULDN'T be me Madi if she was. I love her outgoing personality, the way she adapts to change, the hugs/kisses and love she has. She goes with the flow and goes at it full force. I can't wait to see where she leads me!

Remember when....

When I saw the challenge at Scrapfit to scrap a picture from your childhood I remembered this picture I came across when I was cleaning the laundry room earlier this month and knew I had to scrap it. This picture was taken at Sears (which is where my mom always had our pictures taken) I was 3 here and when I see it I think of my girls (who both showed a STRONG resemblence to me at this age) and it makes me smile. and remember when... live was simple and there were no worries.

Lucky me!

So today was extremely trying. The whole day, just trying in general. I had to run out and do a bit of shopping and took 3 of the kids with me. I went to WalMart which invloved a checkout time of more than 20 minutes. Yep more than 20 minutes with a 2 year old (I'm sure you can only imagine)... I was just frustrated by the end of the day and sat down to edit some photos to unwind a bit. Then I see this photo and realize how silly all those frustrations were. Really? My sweet son is winking at me. How lucky I am to be their mom.

The Gift for Noel Mignon challenge

When I saw THIS challenge on the Noel Mignon blog I knew I wanted to complete it. I started thinking about the best gift I have ever received. I couldn't believe how many things came to mind almost immediately. You think that if it is "THE BEST" you would be able to select it quickly right? WRONG! HA, my first thought was my husband and children. I am blessed to have a man who loves me and be a mother of 4. My next thought was Cadbury Easter eggs for Valentine's Day. A tradition my DH started the first year we were married. After thinking and thinking I realized the best gift I have EVER received is a white box. A WHITE BOX?? (I'm not crazy I assure you). It was the lesson learned with that box that is the greatest gift. The lesson not to "judge a book by it's cover" and "things aren't always what they seem". I received a white box for Christmas as a young child. Not a barbie box, not playdoh, nothing on the outside of the box that I recognized and I was HEARTBROKEN (not because I was an ungrateful child or spoiled, I just didn't "get it" yet). After some heavy convincing from my parents I finally opened that plain white box and found a teddy bear that became one of my most beloved toys. I had that bear up through high school until it got destroyed in a move. I learned that the things you think aren't worth anything are the most valuable treasures you will ever find.

Placecards and a WINNER :)

I decided to go ahead and make some placecards for the American Crafts blog challenge this week. I really love the blue and brown combo.



All patterned paper, buttons, and Thickers are from American Crafts.


Also I have a winner for the card kit from Paper Makeup. In true RANDOM fashion...



Congrats Michelle! Please email me your info @ ascrappersdelight@verizon.net so I can get your card kit mailed out to you!

School Tray + a GIVEAWAY!

So I finally finished up this tray last night and LOVE IT! I am so happy with the way it turned out (and I remembered how much I LOVE Crate paper, the texture makes my happy). I created this as a GDT member for Life Preservers using their School special edition kit and project kit addition.



And I have a card kit to giveaway from

PAPER MAKEUP as well and decided tonight was a great day to do it since it is the night of their release party!



I will announce the winner on 11/14. Just leave a comment for your chance to win!

My first COMPLETED PMS card

I love my PMS stamps and stamp with them all the time. Getting to a complete project? Now that's a whole different story LOL. This is the FIRST card that has been completed but I am super pleased with the way it turned out. Uses the Celestial Possibilities fairy stamp and she is a beauty!

September Layouts for Scraptastic Club

For September I got to design with the MME Alphabet Soup kit available at Scraptastic Club. It is packed with so much MME goodness! I have already completed 3 layouts and 1 card and still have plenty to work with!

Paper Makeup Stamps September release

Card is by Christi Snow a PMS artist
Ok so I don't think I have shared it here yet (well actually I am sure I haven't HA) but PaperMakeupStamps are my ABSOLUTE favorite stamps. I have always collected fairies and when I found these I was in love. Instantly. So not only do the have amazing new fairies every month, but this month Katie is releasing a duck. A DUCK. In my house ducks are awesome, Madi loves them and Duck was one of the first words she said clearly. She also hollers DUCK DUCK anytime she sees one. It is the cutest.thing.ever. So this new release Bubbles the Duck will surely be making its way to me next week as soon as I can buy it on the site. Be sure to check out PMS and I'm sure you'll be hooked too! (they also have the most awesome sentiments/quotes/wordart for those who aren't into fairies)

The Scrapbox is at it again!

"The Original Scrapbox" is having another amazing giveaway! They are giving away a "Limited Edition Workbox" to celebrate the 4 new limited edition releases. What a fantastic way to store all your scrappy supplies!! You can find out how to enter HERE. Make sure you check it out!

Giveaway at The Hovey Hut

Anita has gotten over 20,000 hits on her blog and is giving this away!
Also in celebration of making the design team at papermakeup.com which has the most fabulous fairy stamps ever!

3 Days of Basic Grey!!

Over at Blue Moon Scrapbooking they are having 3 days of Basic Grey! Head over to their blog to join in all the fun. Also visit the design team blogs to see their creations!

Challenge of the Week at Life Preserver's

The challenge issued by Andrea this week was to make a layout using this photo



as your inspiration.

This is my layout featuring My Little Shoebox papers and a handmade paper rose.

Juice

Not the kind you drink. Actually, its not really juice at all. His name is Mike and he is the husband of my great friend Tiffany. My sweet little son decided when he was 2 that he was going to call Mike "JUICE" nothing else would do. I was so stoked when I found this picture of the 2 of them so I could capture the memory. Braylon was so excited to hear the guitar through the headphones!

Scrapping Fun

I have really enjoyed having my room clean so I could sit at my table and just create! I got three more layouts completed this weekend. This one holds a special place in my heart because this is when my Grandfather got to meet my youngest daughter. This is such a wonderful thing because my dear dear Grandfather has Dementia and has the beginnings of Alzheimers. Somedays he doesn't even know who I am and living 12 hours away doesn't help things at all. (he believes regularly that my oldest DD is me because she looks so much like I did at her age) These pics are from Easter 2009.

Something Old into Something New

Gabby (my oldest DD shown in yesterdays post ;) brought me a clipboard from her room and said "Mom can you *fix* this for me into something pretty?" I was touched that she enjoys my work so much that she wanted me to *fix* it for her. I started looking for the perfect items to use on it and make it personal for her. I wanted to paint the background because it had been drawn on, had REALLY old scotch tape, etc. I looked through my scrap arsenal and was discouraged because I didn't think I had any green paint, when a lightbulb when off and I realized (TOTAL DUH MOMENT) that I had acrylic paint daubers from Ranger and that Lettuce would be the perfect color.

I tried to "dab" it on and that was a no-go so I poured some onto my non stick craft mat and started to paint (I really enjoy the Claudine Hellmuth paintbrushes), then had another "AHA" moment and remembered to take a before picture. There is a bit of paint on it but thats ok. You can still see the drawings though LOL.

After covering with paint I cover with some paper from My Little Shoebox. I punched around the edges with my Martha Stewart punches as well. The letter stickers are from My Little Shoebox as well.

At the top of the clipboard I attached a rose made out of grungepaper then covered in Bubblegum Glimmermist. It is so shimmery! Tie a black bow on and it is ready to go!

Gabby was extremely happy with the results!