Today for Tot School we used a glue stick for the very first time. I also wanted to get her into tearing the construction paper but that was a no go! She sure does have HER way of doing things and on HER time. That is alright though, this is supposed to be FUN and learning along the way. I finally got everything organized out in the laundry room so we are good to go with doing different things. Some days we do not do it, but I always make sure we do SOMETHING educational even if it is only naming colors or doing counting. She is getting better and better with one to one counting by the way. Anyways here is Caitlyns masterpiece. I need more paper bags now! The tile is her Mawmaws Mothers Day gift, work of love that will be treasured I am sure.
A good friend posted this sketch on Face book with a challenge so I thought I would try it. I rotated the sketch to the right in order to make my pictures work with it. Not strictly the sketch but it was the basis. I used Create a Critter for the Duck at the top, then various stamps and punches for the rest. LOTS of ink! Hope you like it!
I have been slacking with Tot School only because we were so busy last week. We were gone daily from about 8 to right before nap time, then outside to play and dinner and bath. However this week is calling for rain (will believe it when I see it!) so we have some fun "learning' things planned. I reused the Egg dying containers (ran through dishwasher first of course) and then cut up some scraps of card stock to coordinate with the color of the cup. The first time I tried this she wanted nothing to do with it. Then Daddy found her playing by herself so he sat down and showed her and she loved it. She got them all right too! Guess I will have to challenge her more. He would hand her a piece of card stock, ask the color, make her say it, and then tell her to put it in the cup of the same color. She did great!
Good afternoon. Hope you all are enjoying your weekend. We are slated for LOTS of rain but so far hardly anything :(. I know I am strange, but I LOVE the rain, especially right now since it washes away the pollen! LOL! Anyways this morning while making Mothers day cards I sorted and organized all my unmounted rubber and small inkadinkado and Studio G stamps into my binder. I found this awesome tree one and the journal tag that says 2009 on it. I love them! I also broke out my old school decorative scissors again! Glad I kept those! The pictures are from October 2009, Harvest Fest (a few more layouts of this day!). This was the start of Caitlyns love affair with Tootsie Roll Pops, any size, any color. She was so happy to "win" three lollipops and took quite a long time picking them out LOL! For the lollipop embellishment in the top right I unwrapped a NEW mini Tootsie Roll pop, glued the wrapper onto some heavy card stock and punched a 3/4 inch circle out of it, attached the unused lollipop stick and there you go! I inked it a little too (it is dual purpose, serves as a handmade embellishment and covers up the strangers in the picture LOL). Well that is about it. Hope you had a great weekend!
How about BOTH of your favorite colors?!?! :-) I've made this same card a couple times in the past, but needed another baby boy card for a friend that's expecting and this is my go to card! Thanks for the chance Crystal!
Hope this works....don't think I've ever tried this before.
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WOW! This is my third or fourth post for today. Please make sure you scroll down for the rest of what I got done today! Anyways, I have a wonderful friend that I met on the Rak board of Cricut.com. Nancy is so sweet, generous to a fault, creative and talented not to mention she keeps me laughing with all her antics! I wanted to make something just for her since she does so much for others. I hope she likes this. I tried to not make it too girly (the sheer ribbon on the side is removable!). I used Storybook for the marquee and the monogram (made to be like chipboard). There are two "pockets" in the inside front and back to store whatever she feels like. What do you think?
So a follower of mine started and led me to this blog. It is a pretty neat concept. Check it out HERE. This weeks song was one by Elton John, now I am not particularly a fan but I choose to use the line "Yours are the sweetest eyes I have ever seen". I used it in my journaling and spun my title off of it. I used Storybook for the font but no other cricut. Everything is from my stash and scraps. I am also entering this in CA spring challenge!
First please ignore the green polka dotted paper on the left side, it went with the card below this post LOL! I did not catch it before I took pictures! These pictures are from our day at the Harvest Festival this past fall (our favorite season). I am scrapping a bunch from there so I hope you do not get bored! These are of Caitlyn playing tic tac toe at one of the booths. She was so determined and methodical about her placement of the balls. The kids running the booths did wonderful with her and she was super excited to win a prize! I am not sure what font that is, but it is Cricut. Hope you like it!
The challenge at CA this week is to make a spring themed project. I guess mine is more summer but it started out spring. I used gorgeous paper that someone sent me (I love polka dots!) and my Preserves cricut cart for the pears at 1.5 inches. Some ribbon, stamping, and doodling and there you go.
Introducing Caitlyn as Mrs. Square. I need bigger heavier craft sticks, she tore this one up!
This week at Practical Scrappers are all about the bling! In this fashion I used glitter thickers for my title and a jewel brad in the middle of the wonderful crocheted flower that my mother in law made! I stamped on gross grain ribbon with some KI memories stamps that I found for fifty cents at Joann's. I also did some doodling with a glitter pen below the word "Love".
I have to say I love how this one turned out. I usually do not scrap me or the hubby but I am making an effort this year! These are from October, we are ALWAYS so busy during that month as fall is our favorite season. Hubby and I debated on a title, what do you think? If so what and where?
I took my inspiration for this page from Caitlyns pajamas. She has a giraffe on her shirt and the saying is "I love LONG hugs" so I played on that. This is VERY bright in person and not my usual colors but I think it works. I designed/stretched the cute giraffe in Design Studio using Create A Critter so he would fit in the space. The giraffe paper is from Colorbok Wild about you set. The title is puffy thickers that I drew random "spots" on. I used office labels to make journal spots, then drew giraffe spots and filled with orange glitter pen. What do you think?
