kid stuff!

I haven't been able to be very crafty lately as we are preparing to move back to the east coast on saturday so I've been busy cleaning, organizing and purging the excess (that includes my scrap stash!) I have to say I am a bit nervous about letting the movers pack and take all my precious supplies, 2 Cricuts and numerous tools and bags! I will be doing a lot of deep breathing until that truck shows up at the new house! However I do have something sweet and crafty to share. My youngest daughter was very bored the other day as her sister was sick and, in her words, "It's boring when someone is sick" so to help her I suggested doing a little craft project. She had purchased some American Girl doll stickers at Michaels a while back and wanted to use them so I got her all set up and let her craft away. This is what she came up with! She's 5!

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If at first you don't succeed...

So I entered a design team call, haven't done that in a while! It's for Sketch Support which boasts some amazingly talented current design team members, not to mention Allison Davis of Scrapbook Generation Sketch Book fame! =) They had some really awesome LO's to work from for the contest and I chose to do three projects based on them. This will be a short post as the team will be revealed tomorrow!! So here are my 3 projects!

Here are a few cards I did just because!

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In a challenge kind of mood...

This month, even though we are moving back home to New Hampshire very soon (YAY!!!) and I am super busy, I wanted to participate in a couple challenges out in blog land! My husband took this great picture of my daughters a couple weekends ago and when I saw the challenge on Nikki Sivils blog I knew what I wanted to do with it. I changed the photo color to black and white for this challenge. But even though I had the photo and I knew what papers I wanted to use I had no idea where to start with it; which brings me to the second challenge I am entering! Sketchy Thursdays, whom I haven't played with in a while, had a sketch up for their December Guest Design Team challenge. It was a great sketch so I merged the two together and I really like the result! I used Nikkis' lines of 'My Friend Birdie" and 'Tree Love'. Here it is:

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It's DONE!!!

I finished my Halloween project! It was SO much fun to make! My daughters helped with the painting and I did the rest in an afternoon while they were at school! I used less paper on the house than I thought I would, but I like the result. The Cricut cartridge I used, Happy Hauntings, got a good workout as well! The 3D tree was fun and my daughter noticed the silver glimmer mist I sprayed on it to make it seem like the moon was shining on it (I don't think the picture shows it very well). I hope you like it!

First we painted the pieces. The girls really enjoyed this part…as evidenced by all the paint on the paper as well as the pieces!

This is one of the finished blocks. I used this great ribbon with fuzzy fringe to go around the tops and sides. I found the wooden word at Hobby Lobby as well as the foam spider and broom. The broom was in the dollhouse accessory section and I just used black stickles to cover the broom handle. The cat was cut with my Cricut and stuck into the styrofoam with pins through the feet. I put some stickles on the body of the spider. The Witch's hat is from my Cricut as well.

This is the other block. The ghost was cut from my Cricut and again I used a pin to stick it into the block. The Skeleton was a sweet find at Hobby Lobby. I know he's missing an arm but he was the only one and I really wanted him, they gave him to me for 1/2 off!! So now I say he did from massive bleeding when his arm was torn off! =) His back was nice and flat so I just glued him to the block!

 Here is the house! I used packing tape to make the windows and I will put a little battery operated tea light in it for a little spook effect! There is a ghost inside as well as coming out of the chimney (again used a pin). I attached the first two pieces of fence to the house with glue, the other pieces on the right are all attached with wire ( a brilliant idea from my friend Alicia). Plus I distressed them with some Distressing ink and then took a hammer to each piece! The little pumpkins are from the dollhouse accessories section and the tree is a 3D tree from the Happy Hauntings cartridge. I added stickles to the spiders too!

 A shot of the whole scene.

A close up of the house

 Close up of the fence and tree

I hope you've enjoyed seeing this project. It was so much fun to imagine and put together!

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A few more pages done and a sneak peek!!

I was lucky enough to be able to have my friend over again for a day of scrapping at my house. Our children go to the same school and they had a few days off so she and her daughter came over here for the day so the girls could play and we could scrap!! I got 5 more layouts made, even though I was exhausted for some unknown reason! I also have a little sneak peek at some cool things I bought for a fun Halloween project that will be posted later (once it's finished!) I had such a nice time leisurely walking through Hobby Lobby and gleaning inspiration everywhere! Here are the LO's and the sneak peek items!

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It's Fall!!

I love this time of year! Of course I love the season but I also love it because it means my birthday (as well as my oldest daughter's) is near! Regardless of the fact that I hate the aging process (are your toes supposed to hurt when you walk?) I wholeheartedly love birthdays. I think it is so important to celebrate the life of the ones you love as well as your own life! For the last 6 years I have been able to not only celebrate my life but also that of my daughter's as she and I share a birthday! It is very special indeed and I look forward to the days when we can do wonderful mother/daughter birthday activities together…I really hope she grows up to enjoy a weekend at a resort spa…it's my dream birthday wish!! =)

I was finally granted enough time by my busy schedule to make a new banner for my mantel! Both my daughter's helped me with the construction. I really used my Cricut to its' utmost on this one and I love how it turned out! The pumpkins and apples were done using that fun technique I learned from Allison Davis at Scrap-a-palooza. The girls weren't really sure about it at first but once I showed them how it worked they thought it was the coolest thing EVER!! So, here is our new fall banner! Happy Fall everyone!

A close up of the squirrel

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bitten by the bug...

So after Scrap-a-palooza I had the bug to craft again!! Luckily I had the chance two weeks later at my local library. I have a room reserved there once a month to scrap the day away. A friend joined me for a few hours as well!! These are the LO's I got done! This is going to be a short post, I need more time to keep crafting! =)

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