sunday scrapbook - 4

Well, I'm on my 4th scrapbook page in 6 weeks - that is STELLAR pace, ha! Okay, it is much better than the 'collecting dust' pace I was on before, so maybe I should be more kind to myself. This week's page comes from photos I took of Andrew at our 4th of July picnic in 2007. Look at those little pudgy hands! I can't believe how little he looks, but he was just about 17 months old and I was big and pregnant with Katie crazy with worry over how close in age these two monkeys were going to be. Talk about worry over nothing! They already have a blast together and she can't even talk yet. {maybe that's why???} So are you wondering if you need to adjust the color on your monitor to make the watermelons red? Yes, you're looking at yellow watermelons. Is that the strangest thing you've ever seen? {hopefully not} I don't know if that is normal or these were just albino or something, but everyone seemed to love them, especially the kids. I, myself am not a melon fan, so I really passed up this opportunity, lol! Anyway... I used American Crafts Thickers (cream soda) for the watermelon and barely got that sucker on the page! Hey, and look! More In Colors from 2008 - gotta use up my stash. I'm sad the journaling gets a bit lost in the patterned paper, but I can't really fix it now. ugh. Should have used vellum... Need to get me a better journaling pen. I hear American Crafts has a great one, anyone have favorites? Ok, that's it for now -

*edited - So guess what today is? Can you even imagine?! Yes, it's the Rocky Mountain Showdown, the great rivalry college football game between the Colorado State Rams and the Colorado Buffs (I hope Michael doesn't see that I just wrote the word Buffs on this page - he might kick me out, lol!) This is a MAJOR event in the Giron home and we are very serious about our dear Rams. So we are just about to head on over to Gramma's house (a former Buffalo, *gasp*!) and watch the game. Michael is already downstairs teaching Andrew to say 'Boooo Buffs!' when he sees the mascot - it's going to be a fun day...

See you back next Sunday with a new page - have a great day!
Karen

recipe -

paper: purely pomegranate textured cardstock, jersey shore dsp, east coast prep dsp {got a jersey theme goin' on here}

accessories: american crafts cream soda thickers, star brads, zig millennium journaling pen - black (05)

let the cute begin

You know, I don't think I've even inked up this stamp yet - such a shame! I love the little onesie as the 't' and the paper piecing works so well with it. Might have to make me a bunch of baby cards here! I stamped the image in basic brown and then colored the letters in with a blender pen and bashful blue ink - the onesie is stamped on some of that scrumptious Banbury paper, cut out and adhered over the original image. The little heart is colored in using a white gel pen. I love how the little plaid onesie came out - so cute! I made a girl version of this card too and you can see it in my Etsy store shortly. {it's there now}

The card comes from Beate's weekend sketch challenge this week - isn't it fun?! I love how this sketch made for a quick, fun card. Since my main image is really the sentiment, I chose to add buttons instead of the suggested sentiment. If you haven't tried out her challenges, please hop on over to her blog and check them out - that are so much fun and you can make them as layered up as you'd like, or you can keep them simple. I think that's why I like them so much. So glad she's back!

OH! BTW, Hobby Lobby is having a 50% off sale right now on the majority of their scrapbooking/paper crafting supplies, so run on over and get some deals!

Thanks so much for stopping by - have a wonderful Saturday.

Karen

recipe -

stamps: big on spring

ink: basic brown, bashful blue

paper: close to cocoa, bashful blue, whisper white cardstock, banbury dsp

accessories: white gel pen, neutrals buttons, blender pen, bashful blue stitched ribbon, rectangle hand punch, stampin dimensionals

*thank you*

Sweet, sweet Friday is here! Avery finished her first week of kindergarten and is sad she can't go to school tomorrow (I need to video that and show it to her in high school, hee!), Andrew and Katie are napping and I actually finished stamping something and the sun is still shining! I don't know what to do with myself...

Today's card is inspired by Taylor's cupcake challenge {no cupcake necessary} and I broke into a new packet of paper - Maine Blueberry - isn't is fun? Stampin' Up! has various packets of paper in this catalog with the same print but different colors. I chose this one so I can use it for boys or girls, isn't that so nice?

Have a great weekend (a long one in the US) and I'll see you back soon.

Karen

Recipe -

stamps: eastern blooms, all holidays

ink: bashful blue, night of navy, old olive, versamark

paper: bashful blue, night of navy, old olive, whisper white cardstock, maine blueberry dsp

accessories: pewter hodgepodge, vintage brads, rectangle/rectange scallop nestibilities die, white grosgrain ribbon, old olive stitched grosgrain ribbon, old olive wide grosgrain ribbon, stampin dimensionals, mini glue dots

more yummy paper

I am really loving this new Banbury paper! Don't you just love the softness of these colors together? Yummy paper makes it easy to make a great card because it does all the work for me. I've used more new items from the new catalog - Filigree brads, 1" stitched grosgrain ribbon, and a hostess set, Best Yet.

That's it for today folks, I've got to get to bed! Thanks for swinging by -

Karen

recipe -

stamps: best yet

ink: bashful blue, close to cocoa

paper: certainly celery, close to cocoa, stampers select white cardstock, banbury dsp

accessories: filigree brads, soft subtle brads, celery stitched grosgrain ribbon, 1" bashful blue stitched grosgrain ribbon, rectangle/rectangle scallop nestibilities

new paper - old supplies

Hello! I'm really trying to get back into the swing of things, but it's been a crazy couple days. My oldest, Avery, started kindergarten this morning and it was crazy getting everyone out the door to walk to school. I was so excited for her - she loves school, so she was asking to go about an hour early this morning. I love her enthusiasm!

Beate is starting up her weekend sketch challenges again and I'm doing this one a bit late since I was out of town, but it was such a good one I had to do it! Also, Kristina Werner has a new color challenge up, so I jumped in and combined the challenges. Love that! This week's colors are chocolate chip, regal rose, pink pirouette, certainly celery, and very vanilla. I don't have the new In Colors yet, so I traded out pink pirouette for pretty in pink. I broke into my new Banbury designer series paper and used this cute sheet of pink plaid - love it! Plus I had to go to my old standby, prints paper - ha!

Thanks so much for stopping by - I'll see you back soon!
Karen

recipe -
stamps: happy everything
ink: chocolate chip
paper: banbury dsp, certainly celery prints dsp, chocolate chip, very vanilla, regal rose cardstock
accessories: pretty in pink buttons, pretty in pink grosgrain ribbon, chocolate chip grosgrain ribbon, large scallop & circle nestibilities, mini glue dots