Time keeps on slippin, slippin, slippin...

Anyone have that song stuck in their head now? LOL! Sorry. I really, really want to update this blog more often but it just seems that time slips away.

So, First I want to say THANK YOU to Jen! She sent me this wonderful card and birdie stamp last week to let me know she was thinking of me during my surgery and recovery. THANKS JEN!!! And, since I love this stamp and have been eyeing it for a while now, I got it inky and made this:

I won't bore you with all the card details, but if you're interested they will be listed with the card in my SCS gallery. The link's on the side panel. On Saturday Andrew had his first baseball game of the season. Here he is on first getting ready to run! That was a fun day. On Sunday we got to our Portrait sitting. We got a lot of cute pics taken that day. Here's one that we didn't order: It's me and my kiddos, looking all goofy, but we needed to have 12 shots taken and since we already got our "money shot" we just let her snap this one of us in our regular clothes. I guess our personalities show through better this way! LOL! Angel Baby's headband is strategically placed over a mosquito bite (luckily she doesn't look this goofy in all the pics). And finally, I got my Hip Hop Accessories stamp set inky and made a card for Andrew from his baby sister, just because: I think he'll like it; he likes getting cards. Happy Hump Day Everyone, and thanks for stopping in to check out my blog!

Ah, the great feeling of pain...

KIDDING! Seriously though, I'm just a little sore and achy from surgery today, but not really in pain. I'm trusting all the nurses and doctors when they say I will be fully functional tomorrow... We'll see.

In other news: All my kids are well! WooHoo! No more coughing like old smokers and gagging on phlem. My middle child, Ashton, tends to have a very touchy gag reflex. When he coughs too hard (or when phlem comes up) he gags and wants to throw up. NOT fun at all. Luckily, we are now all done with that.

I haven't been able to get crafty the last 2 days, but here are a couple cards I made for the Gina K. Designs release party on Splitcoaststampers on Monday (made them on Monday, party was on Sunday):

I'm not too crazy about the color combo on the first one. I pulled colors out of the Basic Grey Designer Paper but I chose the springy colors instead of the bolder colors. I should have gone the other way with it because it looks too "easter-ish" with the bunny. First thing my Mom said when she saw it was "But Easter's over." Oh well! I really wanted to combine the scripture with the bunny holding a candle, so this is what came about. I've had the idea since before I had the stamps. I like the idea, but next time I'll change up the colors...

This next one is one of my favorite color combos. I love browns and blues and this came together pretty easily since I had this great Designer Paper from My Mind's Eye. Although next time I'm going to try to cut off the back part of the button since it sticks too far out from the card.

Also, I've decided that I'm not going to go through the whole listing of materials and stuff on my blog for the cards. I want to get all my cards in my SCS gallery as well, so I'll list all the details in my gallery. I figure the majority of my readers prefer reading about my thoughts and life, not how I put a card together. And, those who do want to know how I put a card together, you must like papercrafting so sending you to see the details on my SCS gallery just gives you an excuse to check out an AMAZING website all about papercrafting! So, win-win situation for all!

Alrighty then, now I need to make sure I link up my SCS gallery on my sidebar.

Tomorrow's Friday! WooHoo! Happy Aloha Friday to you all!

It's been too long...

...Since I last posted! Sorry about that. Where does the time go? I attended a release party yesterday at SCS. It was for Gina K. Designs and it was a ton of fun!

This week is going to be a busy one for me. Today I'm going to try to get some stamping time in, then go grocery shopping. Tomorrow I've got an appointment with anesthesia and the boys have dentist appointments, then there's baseball practice for Andrew. Wednesday is Sign Dance Practice at church and I also have to watch what I eat and fast from midnight on because... Thursday I'm getting my tubes tied! Kinda nervous about that, but it's gotta be done. Anyone done this and have any advice/tips? Just don't give me too many horror stories. Ignorance is bliss sometimes, ya know? Andrew's also got baseball practice Thursday night (last one before his first game) but I think I'll have to miss that one. Maybe Mom will take him for me. Friday is recovery day for me, but also eye appointments for me and the boys. And then the weekend will finally be here! Hooray! Saturday is Andrew's first baseball game and I'm going to try to schedule picture taking for the weekend as well. Phew! I'm exhausted just thinking about this week, and it's barely started! Here are a couple cards I made last week using the scriptures from the Light of the World stamp set again.

I used Basic Grey's two scoops heart flourish stamps for the background behind the scriptures and on some of the cardstock. I used SU! whisper white and river rock cardstock, Playshop Paper brown card stock, kraft and beige cardstock from paperbilities, and the dp is from My Mind's Eye. There is also some Making memories brads on one and american craft ribbon on another.

I really wanted the scriptures to be the center of attention on these cards, that's why I used subtle colors and didn't use a focal image.

Well, that's all for today. I hope to post more often, but we'll have to see how that goes. I'll leave you with a picture of Angel Baby (who's feeling almost 100percent better btw!) and her beautiful baby blues. See Julie, Blue Eyes!

Have a Marvelous Monday Everyone, and thanks for checking in with me today!

I think AngelBaby's got an ear infection

Poor AngelBaby is not feeling tip-top. She keeps grabbing her left ear, and she gets low fevers. Ugh, back to the doc tomorrow. In other news...I finally put this colored lighthouse on a card. It took a lot of trials, but here is the final card. The designer paper is from My Mind's Eye, and the dark brown is Playshop Paper.

These next two cards came about from a sketch challenge on SCS. SCS170 asked us to use an oval that is tilted. So I did that with the first card, and then I liked the way the oval framed the sentiment so I did another card with the oval in a more traditional way.

I used a brown and white color scheme for the first card and black and white for the second one. My mom said the second one looked a little sad, like a sympathy card, but then she sorta changed her mind and sent it to my uncle! LOL. This last card I did for a challenge to make our own designer paper, instead of using a store bought piece. I used Old Olive ink to stamp all over some kraft colored paper with Basic Gray's Two Scoops Heart Swirls stamp. It came out ok, again the same general color scheme as the previous two.I really love this stamp set (it's probably obvious) and I plan on using it a lot more. I also love some new sets I got in the mail yesterday and can't wait to get some time to ink them up! Thanks for stopping by and reading my blabber today!

I have a silly 4 year old.

My 4 year old, Ashton, is a silly boy. Last night he decided that he needed a shave. He proceeded get a disposable razor out of the trash, and shave his upper lip. Yes, he is a hairy little man (the hairiest of all my kids) but not nearly hairy enough to need a shave! LOL! Here is a picture of him demonstrating his shaving technique. Unfortunately his technique resulted in knicking his lip! See the little drop of blood? He was ok, just a little scared.

I recently got a wonderful new stamp set from Our Daily Bread Designs. I'll add a link to their store on my side panel. I have been anxious to make something with the set and here it is. I used the MOJO Monday sketch for the layout. I wanted to keep the colors neutral so the verse would stand out. I also have been itching to color the lighthouse, and here is my attempt. Here is an upclose of the colored lighthouse. I love the detail in this stamp, and it was so easy to stamp too! I have a long way to go before my coloring is great, but I think it's ok.

It's another gray day outside, with on and off rain and cool winds. I hope the VOG (volcanic fog) from the big island gets blown away. They went up from a code purple to a code yellow yesterday, which is good, but it's still not great.

I hope everyone has a great weekend! I don't know if I'll have a chance to check in; it's going to be a busy one for us.

Here's the project...

Instead of editing the last post, I just decided to do a whole new one!
Angel Baby has officially caught her first cold. I took her to the doctor yesterday and there isn't much we can do for her. I needed to play it safe and get her checked because of her prematurity, and I'm glad I did. Usually doctors tend to make me feel like a worry-wart Mom, overprotective and annoying. But this time they didn't! They acknowledged the fact that I was playing it safe, and they reassured me that they thought I did the right thing! Her temperature was getting a little high (and for preemies, 99 or 100 can be a full blown fever just like 103 is for full term infants), but Tylenol helped that, so I'm just keeping an extra close eye on her today.

So here is the project I was going to upload yesterday...

One of my Bestest Friends Forever isn't a scrappy/card making person, but still knows the impact a handwritten note can make. She sent me a little card with her name printed on the front, and inside commented that she doesn't do the whole card making thing, so this was as good as she had. Well, her birthday and Easter were right around the corner so I made her a set of cards! I was inspired by the Monogrammed notecard set that Melanie Welch did on her blog, http://stampadoodledoo.blogspot.com/. It's just a coincidence that both their names are Melanie! I thought of her (my Melanie-lol) the whole way through it (she was my inspiration!) and knocked this little set out in no time (compared to the time it Usually takes me). Here are some up close shots of the various cards and box to hold them in:I used Very Vanilla Cardstock, Ballet Blue cardstock and ink, glorious green ink, Basic Grey alpha stickers, and DP from Magnolia (I think). The stamps used were SU! both way blossoms, happy harmony, and best friends alphabet.All of the cards coordinate, but I changed them up a little (obviously). The box was made with a template from Splitcoaststampers. Melanie got this set and loved it. I just hope whoever she sends the cards out to is blessed with them.So, happy Wednesday to you all! I completely forgot what day it was, I even forgot to take the BigBoy to baseball practice last night! It compeletely flew out of my brain! LOL!

Tagged & A Project

Kelly tagged me to share 7 random facts. Here are the rules:
1. Link to the person that tagged you and leave a comment on their Blog.
2. Post the rules on your Blog.
3. Share 7 random facts about yourself on your Blog
4. Tag 7 random people, linking to their Blog.
I'm not too great with the linking thing, so I'll list them here but you have to check out their links over on my side panel.
Kelly from Kelly's Art Journaling tagged me and I tag
1-Julie-Thoughts for The Day (cuz she needs to blog more)
2-Vivian-Gamboaventures (cuz she too needs to blog more)
3-Nicole-but she doesn't have a blog so she should put it on her MySpace
4-Kristel-but she doesn't have a blog or a MySpace, so just email me!
5-Deb-Check out her blog Turtle Chronicles, it's on my side panel
6-Linsey-Check out her blog Outside the Lines, wait, I think she was already tagged
7-Everyone else already got tagged!!! So, if you feel like sharing 7 random things about yourself, please do! And let me know, I always like to get to know my blogging buddies a little more personally.
Here are my 7 random facts: (I hope they aren't too boring-if they are, just skip down to the project;-p)
1. When I got married my initials didn't change. They used to be AML (pronounced "animal" with a slur) and they are still AML! So I'm still "animal" with a slur.
2. When I was in highschool I tried being a vegetarian. It didn't work out. I watched a video in my History class about how cows are killed for their meat (I won't go into details!) and it traumatized me. I could not eat meat for a long time after that. But, living in a house full of meat eaters, it didn't work out. Besides, I married into a very carniferous family, and being a vegetarian now would be close to impossible! My SIL Kristel knows what I'm talking about, right Kristel? LOL!
3. I have a bad habit of checking my email before I log off my computer. It's really bad. I just can't "x" out of my internet without clicking onto my gmail (and sometimes my yahoo too) first! Yeah, I run late for things...
4. Speaking of running late for things, I run late for things! LOL! It drives my husband INSANE! He's in the Air Force, so if he isn't 20 minutes early for his appointments, he's late! If I'm not at least 5 minutes late, well, I always am...
5. I'm getting my tubes tied soon. That's random, right?
6. I'm runningout of random stuff... My favorite color is blue. I love having blue toe and finger nails.
7. All three of my children have had to go to the NICU directly after birth, hence I will be getting my tubes tied! I don't do the whole pregnancy thing well.
That's it! I did it, 7 random things. Maybe this would have been easier if I'd had 7 questions to answer. Oh well. Ok, I was going to add in my project but Angel Baby is sick and needs me right now, so I'll be back to edit later...