Happy 17th Birthday Isaiah!

This is my nephew, Isaiah. I can't believe that he is going to be 17 on July 25th! It seems like just yesterday he was this cute little baby of 11 months when I first met him (he was exactly 7 months old when his uncle and I got married) and actually, it was the first time I had met any of my in-laws. I won't be able to see him on his birthday, again, since we live in VA and they live in CA. But I made this beautiful birthday card for him and I'm sure he knows how much I love and miss him!

I hope you enjoy the easel card and I've listed the products used below.

CS: Bazzill and DCWV

PP: MME and DCWV

Stamps & Ink: CTMH

Punch: EK Success

Alpha: QK Sophie

Adhesive: Adtech & PopDots

Been too long (Pic Happy Post)

I cannot believe how long it's been since I last posted. I guess it is because I have been super busy so far this summer, between working and "vacationing" (aka camping), I haven't really had much time. This week after our trip to Lake Gaston, I did have a few more days off and decided to get some scrappiness going on! I hope you like what you see!!


Here is a page of my youngest daughter and her baby cousin Grace at Coronado Beach, CA last July. That was the first time they had met, but you would never have guessed it! Gracie loved her cousin immediately!

This is a page from our night out to see "Legally Blonde: The Musical" on New Years Day this year. You couldn't bring cameras in, but thankfully I have one on my Iphone!

This is a page of my husband's first surgery ever! He had to have knee surgery to clean up a medial meniscus tear in his right knee.

I used a LO sketch done by a woman named Susan for Scrapbook Chicks "Finished in 15" class through Ustream. She is fabulous and funny!

And these Layouts below were Page Kits I purchased from Out on a Limb Scrapbooking. If you haven't heard of them, you most definitely should check them out! Super Cute stuff!!

My girls playing Guitar Hero at Sea World San Diego, July 2009.

My daughter Sarina and her cousing Christian riding the rides at San Diego County Fair, 2009.

And these are my oldest daughter, Breanna, getting buried in the sand by her sister and 3 cousins, Isaiah, Josef and Noah at Coronado Beach, CA.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you all enjoyed your Independence Day! Hopefully I will be able to get back on here soon with some more scrappy goodness!

Til next time!

xoxo,

Karen

FF #36

Where has the time gone?? I haven't blogged in awhile, since I've been crazy busy! We bought a travel trailer and my parents bought an RV, so we've been camping a lot here lately. I just love going out and seeing new places.....and the kids seem to enjoy it too (except when they want to hang out with their friends....LOL!!!)

Here is a page I did for The Shoe blog. It was a photo inspiration of this photo:

I decided to use the "princess" part of it and used pics of my daughters and our friends kids from our WDW trip (April 2007). We had breakfast with the Princesses at Epcot and it was so cool and we had a blast. Below I've listed the items used for this project.

Products:

CS & PP - CTMH (Key to My Heart); Flowers - CTMH White Daisy blooms (painted); Punch - Martha Stewart Doily Lace Trim; Paint - Craft Smart (from Michaels) in Ivory & Aqua; Shimmer - Shimmerz Paints in Babys Breath; Eyelets - Unknown; Bling - Kaiser Craft Pearls in Champagne & Teal; Grunge Paper - Tim Holtz; Alphas - AC Thickers Glass Slipper & Marcella by K; Pen - Gelwriter; Tools: Crimper - Unknown; Sizzix Big Shot, Tim Holtz Alterations Die "Ornamental", Cropadile; Adhesives - Zots, Glossy Accents, Adtech Dot Runner, EK Success 3-D Dots.

Hope you enjoy! Thanks for stopping by!

xoxo- Karen

Fashionista Friday - Mother's Day Theme

This week over at The Shoe our theme is Mother's Day....of course! It is coming up this Sunday, May 9th and what a great way to celebrate by creating a lovely LO or card for your Mom!

This LO I made is of my mom and I in 1974 and just her in 2004 (I've blacked out her face per her request.) This picture of the LO does not do it justice, it is really quite pretty in person. I am a lot like my mom: we look alike, we got gray hair early, we laugh alike, we have the same sense of humor, we married men who are just alike, we don't like our pictures taken, we both had 2 girls, etc....I could go on and on!

It took me awhile to go through all the albums of pics she had at her house to find the perfect ones, and let me tell you, there are not alot of pics of my mom or of her and I together (hence the baby pic of me!) She is my world, and I don't know what I would do without her!

I've titled this LO "You are so beautiful to me" and unfortunately I've lost my list of supplies that I used for it.

Thanks for stopping by and checking it out! I hope you all have a terrific Mother's Day!

FF #32 - Chocolate & Teal

FF - Chocolate & Teal
Originally uploaded by dixylady12

Today I am sharing with you my "Wizard of Oz" play page that I made for The Shoe blog for their color challenge. Turns out that the teal color was just perfect for this!! I just love the Chocolate and Teal together!

The stamped image I used says "No one gets in to see the Wizard, Not Noone, Not NoHow"!! I bought that at a stamp convention last October and was waiting for this play so I could use it.

Products used:
CS - Coordinations paper in Teal & Chocolate; PP - from StoryTellers Kit club; Ink - CTMH; adhesives - Pop Dots, Scotch & Herma.

Update, Layouts & Cards (lots!!)

First off, I would like to apologize to my readers (all 7 of you....LOL!!!) I haven't updated my blog in FOREVER!! I've been kind of busy with work, family & life in general and just couldn't find the time to post!

We have recently purchased a camping membership, a travel trailer and my husband had knee surgery (just this week) and I have been taking care of him....although he is finally up and around, thank goodness!!

Here are some things I've done in the past month, some just for myself and others for The Shoe blog, which I have neglected to post on there, but I did do them!!

This page was done for the March 19th challenge at The Shoe. Our mission: Trees!! We must use trees somehow in our project. My pic has trees and I also stamped some trees at the bottom.

The products I used were:
CS -Bazzill; PP - MME (Laundry Line Coastal & Flirty); Paint - Adirondack in Pink Sherbert; Ink - CTMH in Blush; Stamp - CTMH "Aspiration"; Pen - AC Slick Writer in Brown; Tag - Joanns; Adhesives - Zots, Scotch, Herma; Sketch - Page Maps August 2007; Unknowns - Buttons & Flowers

Next, I did this page for the March 26th challenge at The Shoe. Mission: Recycle!! I used the corrugated inside of a USPS box and sprayed shimmer stuff on it! This is my daughter, Sarina, acting silly in San Diego!

Products used:
CS - DCWV; Corrugated board - USPS; Paint - Tattered Angels in Lemon Meringue & Fruit Punch; Alphas - AC Thickers Daiquiri; Bling - Best Occasions; Flower - Prima; Pen - Sakura Black Glaze; Adhesives - Zots & Scotch.

This card was for the April 2nd challenge (Use Eggs). It didn't come out the way I had hoped, but it's still cute!Products used:
CS & PP - DCWV; Stamps - CTMH "Easter Eggs"; Ribbon - Offray; Ink - CTMH Citrus Leaf, Blush, Crystal Blue & Orange; Gems - Darice; Adhesives - Scotch; Pen - Sakura White; Sketch - CTMH Originals.

And last but not least for The Shoe challenges is for April 9th's Color Challenge (Kraft, Pastel Blue & Pastel Yellow). This is my oldest daughter and her cousin riding a ride at the San Diego Fair last July. Too Cute!

Products used:
CS - Bazzill, DCWV; PP - Unknown; Shimmer Ink - Shimmerz Vibez Sunset Strip & Jeni B Bleu; Flowers - Unknown (white & sprayed); Adhesives - Scotch, Herma, Zots; Ink - CTMH Heavenly Blue; Font - Americana BT; Brad - Unknown; Sketch - Page Maps August 2007.

Now onto some stuff I did just for me...LOL!! These are from the San Diego Fair on July 3, 2009. We flew from Virginia to California that day and went straight to the fair from the airport (because Joan Jett was playing that night at the fair!!) We had so much fun, but were exhausted the next day!

This pic is my youngest, Sarina, eating a Gigantic Turkey Leg at the fair. Eyes bigger than her stomach!

Products used:

(Most things are from the Little Red Scrapbook March Kit) CS - Bazzill; PP - Sassafras; Tag - Unknown; Adhesive - Herma, Scotch; Bling - Recollections; Alpha - AC Daiquiri (in white & painted); Paint - Adirondack in Pool; Pen - Gel Writer.

And lastly.....Another one from the fair. This is my oldest daughter with her youngest cousin. They have never met (she was born WAY after we moved from San Diego), but you wouldn't have known that it was their first meeting! Gracie just loved her "new" cousins like crazy!

Products used:

Again, most from the Little Red Scrapbook March Kit! CS - Bazzill; PP - Sassafras; Tag - GCD Designs; Sketch - Page Maps June 2007; Sizzix Big Shot; Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder; EK Success corner rounder; Shimmerz Vibez in Sunset Strip; Pen - Gel Writer; Alpha - AC Thickers Gift Box; Paint - Adirondack in Pool; Adhesives - Scotch, Herma, Zots & Pop Dots.

Well, that's it for now!! I have one more project I need to get done for The Shoe Fashionista Friday Challenge coming up this week. I'm hoping I can get it done tonight after dinner, but won't post until Friday!! I also missed this past Friday's challenge, which was an inspiration challenge, because my mother brought over the wrong albums!! I'm thinking I might have to go to her house and get the pics I need so I can get that one done this week too!

Thanks for stopping by and reading!! I will try and update again this week!!

Til next time,

Karen

Easter/Spring Card Challenges - FOR YOU

I didn't go to work today (technically it is my day off, but I go in sometimes to do some catching up). I wasn't in the mood to do anything, but then I ran across a few challenges that came up on my "follow" list that I just had to do (in between going grocery shopping and making food for our office party tomorrow...LOL).

Anywho, here is the card I made that I'm going to title "For You" and I am going to give it to my Momma for Easter. I just love those cute little critters....not sure if they are hedgehogs or porqupines, but they are absolutely beautiful!

I'm entering this into several challenges that I've listed below the card.
Challenges:
Karen's Doodles - Easter/Spring using one of her images
The Pink Elephant - Anthing spring
Secret Crafter - Anything goes
Mojo Monday - Sketch challenge
Pile it On - Pastel colors

Products used:
CS - Bazzill, DCWV & CTMH
PP - DCWV
Ribbon - American Crafts
Punch - Fiskars Apron Lace
Image - Karen's Doodles Click HERE to purchase images
Color - Derwert Water Color Pencils
Blending Pen - CTMH
Sketch - Mojo Monday #130
Ink - CTMH in petal
Bling - Darice gems
Adhesive - Scotch, Xyron & Zots

Thanks for checking it out! Til next time!

xoxo,
Karen