Lunch Bag Dino

 

My son had a rendezvous this week and he has been so excited.  One of the requirements is to take a cold lunch in a 100% throw awayable container.  So ... I pulled out the old brown bags and thought I'd add a little something to the front so that he would know which one was his quickly.  So here is his lunch bag for the day.  :-)

Hayride Layout

 

 

This was such a fun weekend.  We did nothing but play with the kids.  We took them to Winter Fest and enjoyed snowmobile races and stunts, vintage snowmobile races....many didn't finish....LOL..back then they weren't made to go that fast around and around.  Ha ha.  They had snow carvings and decorated snowmobiles...my favorite is this decorated snowmobile tow truck.  How cute is that.  We bought fun snowmobile masks for everyone but the best part of the whole weekend was the horse sleigh ride.  It was such a fun evening for a hayride.   My whole famlies favorite for the whole weekend was this ride....it was early evening....just starting to get dark and we rode for almost an hour for free as part of their weekend festivities.  It was wonderful.  The only down side was that behind the sleigh, was a little pony.  He had been trotting along behind that sleigh for so long that towards the end of the ride, he kept slipping and falling because he was so tired and to make matters worse, the rope had gotten pulled over his little eye and I'm sure that didn't feel great.  So as much fun as we had on the ride, we were glad when it was over so they could unhook the little guy and give him a rest.  You know...he had to take 2 to 3 steps for every step those big pulling horses took.  Bet he was glad when our ride was over too! 

http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com/2012/05/moncay-challenge-55-down-on-farm.html Farm
http://www.moxiefabworld.com/2012/05/card-creations-week-gingham-challenge.htmlGingham
http://stencilwords.com/blog/2012/05/10/may-color-challenge/ EAD Color challenge brown red & blue

Birthday Mouse Layout

 

 

 

 

 

Here's the mouse set I was telling you about the other day.  I created this set from miscellaneous free files that people had shared.  I think it turned out really cute.  It is actually 3 seperate pages to hold all 19 of my daughter's birthday pictures on.  I still have her last birthday to scrapbook.  I couldn't bring myself for a long time to scrapbook these pictures because my Dad is in them.  We lost him just shortly after these pictures were taken and so I haven't been able to bring myself to scrapbook them.  As it is, I haven't really "looked" at the pictures much....just turned them upside down and used them for size so that I didn't have to look at them for long.  I hope someday, I'll be able to look at them in fondness instead of sadness.....

Anyway....I love this paper stack.  It's called Party Time by Christy Lyle 2009 and is part of the My Minds Eye selection.  It is such a fun birthday stack.  Every page is full of glitter and glitz.  I absolutely love the sparkle on it.  It makes for very festive pretty pages.  I wish you could see in the pictures how much sparkle is on this paper.  Sometimes the paper makes all the difference in the world....know what I mean.....

http://amandascraftsandmore.blogspot.com/2012/05/getting-scrappy-challenge.html Celebrate
http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com/2012/05/inspire-me-fridays-57-anything-goes.html Anything goes
http://childsplaychallenges.blogspot.com/2012/05/classic-toy-challenge-mr-potato-head.html Color challenge red, green, blue, orange
http://www.creativetimeforme.com/2012/05/throwback-thursday-early-stamp-release.html Birthday
http://4craftychicks.blogspot.com/2012/05/4ccc-89-sentiment-only.html stamping - only use a sentiment... to: from:
http://doyoustackup.blogspot.com/2012/05/dysu-71-use-flower.html use a flower
http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2012/05/shopping-our-stash-challenge-51-use-3.html 3 pattern papers
http://sarahhurleychallenges.blogspot.com/2012/05/challenge-66-sponsored-by-sarah-hurley.html tags and tickets

Gift Bag Cupcake Cards

My friend and I made a bunch of these cupcake cards.  They are the perfect size to attach to a gift or a gift bag.  We just used 3 sheets of paper and cut the same amount of each shape.  Then we just mixed and matched as we put them together and made a whole bunch of these.   Super cute and easy.  Love that.  I like having a few cards/tags that I can grab at a moment's notice.  These are cute enough for kids or adults alike.  :-)

http://pumpkinspiceblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/welcome-to-pumpkinspices-annual-nds.html blue, round, 3 different pattern papers
http://frosteddesigns.blogspot.com/2012/05/debbies-pattern-paper-challenge.html 3 patterned papers
http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/2012/05/nsd-4-kids-craft.html Kids craft
http://scrappyfrogschallenge.blogspot.com/2012/04/shape-it-up-challenge.html Shape Card

Easter Tweets Layout

 

 

Here is an Easter Tweets layout that I did on NSD using a little freebie blue bird file from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs.  I don't have many of her files, but thought these cute little birds would look cute on an Easter page. 

I'm entering it into these NSD challenges:
http://pumpkinspiceblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/welcome-to-pumpkinspices-annual-nds_578.html
green, at least 1 diecut, and a square (my pictures are 4x4's that go on these pages but I didn't want to post pictures of my kids so....)
http://frosteddesigns.blogspot.com/2012/05/scrapbook-bingo-diana.html Bingo challenge- flowers, 2 or 3 pictures, 3 pattern papers and chipboard
http://paperlovingals.blogspot.com/2012/05/plg-30-mashup-for-mom.html  the flowers on this pattern paper reflect their photo
http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/2012/05/nsd-3-holiday-catch-up.html  Holiday catch up - Easter

Tea Party Mouse Layout

 

 

 

 

My mom, Grandma, aunt and I went to a "Tea Party" last year.  It was one of those only happens once affairs and I've been trying to decide what to do with the pictures.  I finally decided to use mice since I've used bears on a lot of layouts lately and wanted to do something different.  I had created an entire birthday set using mice but haven't cut it yet.  I wanted to use it for my daughter's birthday pictures but she wants monkeys.....we'll see.  Since it's a whole set already done....I'm trying to get ambitious enough to create another whole set.  Hence the mice on this layout.  I had these mice already designed for them coming out of presents so I just transferred them into the teapot set.  I love these little teapots.  They were a freebie somewhere and I just added the flower to the front of them.

http://pumpkinspiceblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/welcome-to-pumpkinspices-annual-nds_05.html
wavy, yellow, layout, and title
http://doubleclickconnections.blogspot.com/2012/05/design-time-thursday-challenge-mothers.html Mother's Day - this is a layout with me and my Mom at a Tea Party
http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com/2012/05/inspire-me-fridays-57-anything-goes.html Anything Goes
http://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.ca/2012/04/lmcb-86-time-for-treasure-hunt.html What you treasure....my family....this layout is for pictures of my Mom, Grandma, Aunt and I
http://paperplaytime.blogspot.com/2012/04/ch-73-anything-goes-blog-hop.html Anything goes
http://frosteddesigns.blogspot.com/2012/05/recipe-challenge-with-ashley.html Recipe - stripes, twine, yellow, handmade embelishment and punch
http://justkeeponcreating.blogspot.com/2012/05/challenge-2-at-just-keep-on-creating.html Anything goes
http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.ca/2012/05/shopping-our-stash-challenge-50-mothers.html I've had this paper for over a year but the rubons for the dates for probably 3 or 4 years....
http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/2012/05/nsd-challenge-5-im-thankful.html Thankful for...
http://scrappyfrogschallenge.blogspot.com/2012/05/tag-it.html - add a tag

Mother's Day Easel Card

 

This is my first ever easel card.  I thought they looked fun but had never gotten around to it.  Today I was making cards and thought I'd better make some Mother's Day cards as it is creaping up on me really quick.  I found a couple of tutorials on how to make these.  This one was done using a 4 1/4 by 8 1/2 inch piece of paper and then adding a second 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 square to it.  I found the tutorial at Splitcoaststampers and thought it was really easy. These are so easy that you don't need any cricut cuts at all.  Just a trimmer.  How fun is that!  Then you just decorate as you please.  My Mom's favorite color is blue hence the blue card.  I'm off to try a few more of these  my Mother-in Law and my Grandmas.  (Some how I'm a little out of order..... this was my first ever easel card but the others got posted before it..... oops...)

http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.com/2012/05/tuesday-throwdown-96.html in the garden
http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2012/05/shopping-our-stash-challenge-50-mothers.html Mother's Day
http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.com/2012/05/challenge-66-things-with-wings.html things with wings - dragon fly brad used to hold up the easel card....look close, it's on the bottom.
http://thecuttlebugspot.blogspot.com/2012/05/flowers-for-mom.html Flowers for Mom
http://morethanfavors.blogspot.com/2012/05/wacky-wednesday-70-mothers-day.html Mother's Day