Happy Birthday to my Peanut!!!!

It's a HAPPY day around my house today, well kinda, my DD, Whitney, turns 10 today!!! Happy for her, tough for me. I just can't believe double digits came soo quickly for her!! The official time being 2:46 P.M. We had to celebrate yesterday since DH has to work late tonight out of town. Thank goodness the hospital released me for this!! We had her brand new bike and card all set up for her arrival home yesterday after school!

Here are some pictures of her finding her surprise:



A look of shocked surprise.... she truly had no idea this was coming, especially with me being sick.



Her, "Aaaawww, you guys!!!" look.




Great big hugs for Daddy!!!! He did good! :0)



Reading her birthday card I quickly put together in 20 minutes before she got home!!! Yikes, that was pushin' it!!! Thank goodness for fab sketches and the fact I was thinking about the card I wanted to make the entire time I was getting my last IV!!! LOL!



The soon to be birthday girl with her new bike!!!

She absolutely loves it and took it out for a spin before we went to Culver's for dinner.

Here's a picture of the card I made for DD. I created it using 365 Cards Day 351 - Super Sketchy Sunday! the sketch is yummy and if you like sketches you should head on over there this week. All teh designers are posting sketches for the challenges!! There is also a DT call going on there too!



My DD LOVES dimensional flowers and was soo excited to see this one on her card!! She said, "Gasp.... Mama, you made me a rose! I've been wanting one of those!" Well, I guess you could call this a type of rose like flower!!! LOL! I'm just super happy she loved her card.... this is one of her favorite lines since she loves animals!

I also let another Happy card pass since I was out of commission completely yesterday. Let's Scrap has a new card sketch up for your inspiration!! Kimmy does such a great job creating unique and fun sketches!! This one is no exception. Here's the happy February card I created.... see I told you it was a happy day!!

Happy




I used October Afternoon papers and bellies, along with Foof-a-La and Jenni Bowlin buttons, and AdornIt letters.

Different Angle:



Hope you head on over to Let's Scrap!! There is a fantastic sponsor with an even yummier prize pack awaiting you there!

365 Cards - Day 333

Day 333 - The 3Gs - Green, Glitter, and Grosgrain
Ok, so I will admit I had to look up Grosgrain because I had no good clue what it was. You learn something new everyday. For those of you out there like me who may not know what Grosgrain is.... go look it up!...... Just Kidding!!! LOL! It is a type of ribbed ribbon. It tends to be stiffer and the ribs are very apparent to see.

Here's my card:



Sorry for such a dark photo, but until I can get a fantabulous light for space this as good as it gets at night! I am pretty sure the ribbon I used would qualify as a grosgrain since you can see the ribs on it and was stiffer. The green paper is glittered and made by DCWV, so is the blue and the yellow quote. The house is from Fancy Pants and the ribbon was in my stash.

365 Cards - Day 321

Day 321 - In stitches

You had to stitch around an image for this challenge.

U Make My Heart Flutter:



A bit closer:



Thanks for this challenge.... I really avoid stitching at all costs.... in fact DH won't even let me near the sewing machine!! He handles all those needs around here!! LOL!

Sandi's Challenge

Sandi's challenge at MSW was to use a photo of an empty stocking and use non-traditional Christmas colors for the LO. Well, she actually stated it this way.... you can use red, but then there could be no green.

Feed Me



I just love my DHs stocking!! This was a fun LO to create! I used papers from Graphic45, Jenni Bowlin, Basic Grey, and Cosmo Cricket.

Here are a couple close ups:



The stockings and arrow sticker are from CC, I made the circles by punching them out from the BG paper. The letters are AdornIt and the buttons are from Foof-a-Laa, BG, and my stash!



I used a pattern I made for the journaling spot and cut it out from some Jenni Bowlin' mini papers, then I added some Walnut ink to age it bit and give it a fun feel.

Holiday Rewind Crop LOs

The Holiday Rewind Crop at My Sketch World is in full effect!! I think there are 19 or 20 challenegs total and they are all ROCKIN'. I have yet to get the blinkie here, but hopefully it will come soon..... most of you out there know I struggle with those types of things and it takes me a bit to get it to actually work!! LOL!

Kim's challenge was to use an aftermath photo and to use some non-scrappy paper.



This is my LO I created for the challenge. My non-scrappy paper is some wrapping paper snibbles I glued onto the photo! Since I am waiting for DH to build me a shelf to hold my 12x12 albums in, I have been playing with 8.5x11s.... I am liking them and will add them to what I do, but I still love loading up a 12x12!!!

Here a few close ups:



I used a variety of papers for this project from MM, American Crafts, Imaginesce, and the scalloped paper is unknown. the quote is from Cosmo Cricket.



The pom pom ribbon I used is from recollections and my letter stickers are from Bella Blvd., Jenni Bowlin, and AdornIt - Carolee's Creations.

My 1st Completed Challenge!!

Lots of things seem to be interrupting scrapping these days, but I pray the good Lord will bring relief soon and things can get back to normal... or at least our family's version of it!! LOL!!

So I was happy when I was finally able to sneak some scrappy time in and complete one of the MSW Holiday Rewind Crop Challenges. I was able to get to Wendi's Let It Snow LO. Her recipe called for using a picture of snow.... I have oodles of these from our numerous snowy days here!.....to use blue on your page, ink other than black and brown (oooooo, tough one!), use a snowflake, use something sparkly, and use a quote.

Here is what I came up with:



I used oodles of blue on this LO, my inks were white and blue, I used snowflake brads, the letters, snowflakes, and journaling spot are sparkly, and I used a quote from Cosmo Cricket.

My patterned papers are from My Mind's Eye, Cosmo Cricket, and Imaginesce. te letters are Thickers and AdornIt, and the ribbon and brads are from MM.

Crazy Love

I just LOVE how bright and cheery this LO turned out!!! I used Prima papers and some Sass, along with some AdornIt bellies (flowers and transparency words), and the buttons are from foof-a-la. This is for the cut from patterned paper challenge at Dixie Pieces.