A couple of Pink Paislee Projects

It's no secret that I really love Pink Paislee. But I have totally been talking myself out of applying for their design team, knowing that there is very little chance that I will make it. But, last night, I reminded that myself that by not trying, I have NO chance, and if I try, I at least have some chance. So, I busied myself today making a couple of mini books. They actually came together really quickly - have I mentioned lately how much I love making minis? The first book is made using thier Soiree collection.

It's a book with lots of photos from my youngest daughter's birthday party this year. We made the invitations with Soiree, and decorations, so I thought it quite appropriate commemorate it with Soiree as well!



The second book I made was with the Hometown Summer collection. I used a book cover that I cut from an old book I got at a library sale. Oh, how I love my Big Bite Cropodile!



These are photos of our summer vacation at home this year. I love the colors in this line! And the paper I used on the inside covers is my favorite - I love those houses!

Have a great weekend, my friends!

I'm back...

I know, I know... long time, no see. What have I been up to? Well, it's been a bit crazy around here. A baby shower to plan, that finally took place last weekend (and sadly my camera decided to take a poo and not work after I got one cruddy photo of the food before the shower...) But, here are the invitations I made a huge number of.

Oh, you may be wondering who is having a baby. Well, our oldest son's girlfriend is expecting our first grandchild soon. The little guy has some problems, and will be rushed into surgery when he is born, but we have faith that everything is going to work out okay!

Anyway, between making all these invitations and the shower actually happening, we had 3 birthdays in the family. Yes, 3 of our children have their birthdays within the first week of September. Crazy, right? So, we had party after party, between family parties, and parties with friends. Lily's friends party was the one I worked on the most - here are the invitations I made for them - I was trying to keep it simple, so I printed out some Soiree cards I got from House of 3 before they closed. Of course, I wanted to glam them up a little bit... Then I didn't have any A2 envelopes, so I had to make some. That wasn't quite as simple... but they came together pretty quickly.

And with all those birthdays I had to make a new birthday banner, because the old purchased one I had just wasn't cutting it anymore in my humble opinion. So, one morning I made this with some fun older papers from My Mind's Eye. If I remember correctly, the alpha stickers are Sassafrass.

Other than all those parties, I've also been taking lots of classes! Let's see... right now I'm in Katrina Kennedy's Your Life Through the Lens at Get It Scrapped, Shimelle's Learn Something New Every Day (which I have fallen terribly behind on...), Jennifer McGuire's Inspiration Showcase (which I learned an INCREDIBLE amount from - I highly recommend it!). And today, Double Take with May Flaum and Nic Howard started! I've been really looking forward to this class - May is a teacher I really relate to, and I have pretty much decided that any class she teaches, I will take. This class is going to be a LOT of fun!! If you want to join me, you can still get into this class! Check it out here.

I hope to be back soon to show you more goodies - I've made a little tutorial for you, but just haven't had the energy to get that all put together and posted, but hopefully I'll get that up soon. Take care, everyone!

So Excited!!

I am so excited, I just had to share with you, my darling blog readers! I showed you a few days ago some hybrid cards I made with some things from House of 3 and Pink Paislee. Well... I didn't win any of the exciting prizes that House of 3 was giving away for their birthday, but I sure felt like a winner anyway!! Because Heidi and Rhonna SHOWED my cards on the live web show!! I just about fell over when my kiddos yelled - "They're showing your cards mom!!" Now, I didn't get to see it live, because my hubby had just gotten home from pushing snow for about 2 days before that, and I was trying to be a good wife and not sit in front of the computer while he was home. But, I sure did watch the next day!!! Anyway, that was my little moment in the sun this week! And I just wanted to share it! :)

Hybrid Cards

Okay, so I'm not very good at hybrid yet. Honestly, the feeling of trying to get things lined up right and using glue and all that stuff is still very awkward for me - I'm so used to digi. But I have wanted to so long to actually hold the goodies in my hand - to have actual cards to give away, rather than something I just printed off, to have pretties hanging up on my walls... So, I've really been giving it a go. And one of my favorite companies (and there are many) is House of 3. They are celebrating their 2 year birthday!! Anyway, I also love Pink Paislee, so the Parisian Anthology (along with the new Soiree collection) are definitely among my favorites!! So... today I made this little set of cards. Yay! They are FAR from perfect, but I feel good about them! Because I made them. :)



I used a brush set from the Parisian Anthology line, as is the beautiful ribbon. The jewels are from Jolee, and I used Tombow Mono Permanent Adhesive (I LOVE this stuff!).