Wednesday, April 30, 2008
LIFE IS GRAND!!!!
Thursday, April 24, 2008
April Papertrey Ink Blog Hop
"Happy Father's Day" Card Recipe:
Stamps: Pond Life (PTI)
Paper: Summer Sunrise (PTI)
Patterned Paper: Father Knows Best (PTI)
Ribbon: Summer Sunrise Grossgrain (PTI)
For this card I used a 1 1/4" circle punch and punched circles along the edge of the summer sunrise card. I then cut out the sample squares and glued them behind the holes. I used the punched circles to add a layering effect on top. The top patterned paper was just a strip of the sample squares and I left it as is. I think it tied the card together nicely. I used the oval punch from SU to punch the ends of the "Happy Father's Day" sentiment and brads from SU as well.
"DAD" Card Recipe:
Stamps: B&C Monogram Edition (PTI), Trajan Monogram (PTI)
Paper: Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip (SU)
Patterned Paper: Father Knows Best (PTI)
Ribbon: Chocolate Chip Grossgrain (SU)
Accessories: Cuttlebug, 1 1/2" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch
This card was pretty simple. I used first cut the bottom portion of the card with a wave pattern. I used the scrap to cut the embossed paper to match. I stamped the letters and circles onto the patterned paper and then punched out and adhered to chocolate chip circles. I pieced together pieces of the patterned paper to tie the card together at the bottom of the card. I really like the layering effect of the close to cocoa paper.
Hope you enjoy! I had fun playing and look forward to next month's challenge!
Good Morning Ava!!!
Monday, April 21, 2008
Cycling Through Life......One Day at a Time!
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Yummo Cookies!
Here's a new card that I made inspired by my daughter's sweatshirt....I'm always using her clothing for ideas! I love the idea of blue and red strawberries. I also have been working on my card for Papertrey Ink's April Blog Hop. I think it turned out nice. I'll post it on the 25th.
Hope everyone is having a great weekend. Our kids are napping as we went to town to run errands and they went down late......looks like it will be a late night for us!!! Good thing is that I gave Ethan his last dose of his antibiotic so this will be the first night in a week that we haven't gotten up in the middle of the night to give him meds! I can't wait to SLEEP!!!
Friday, April 18, 2008
"HERD" It's Your Birthday!
The kids are both doing good. We're actually getting to go out tonight without them! It should be fun. Then tomorrow we're going for a bike ride with some friends coming to town from Wisconsin. They have an extra Burley trailer so we're going to put Ethan and Ava in the trailers and take off for a short ride and then a picnic lunch. I can't wait. The kids will be super excited. Ava got a helmet for her birthday and Ethan has had one for quite some time so we should be set. Hopefully I'll get some good pictures. Here's my latest take on Ava's 2 year B-day photos. I've decided that I can take the kids pictures....especially since I have a nice camera. I'd going to try to head to a friend's house this weekend and have Ava sit around her Daffodils. Enough babbling.....I need to get back to cleaning house and getting some kids down for a nap. Have a great weekend!
Sunday, April 13, 2008
We're BERRY Glad to be HOME!
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Back in the Hospital....BLUES!
Monday, April 7, 2008
Happy 2nd Birthday Ava!
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Thank you "BERRY MUCH"
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Boots.....May the Simple Joys of Life be Yours!
So we are back from day 2 of Ethan's radiation! We got to leave an hour later today....5:00 am! That extra hour of sleep was wonderful :-) We got home today around 1:30 pm. I was blog hopping after the kids "finally" fell asleep and thought I would try a challenge to use one of my "new", but old to Papertrey Ink, Green Thumb stamp set. Check out one of my favorite blogs: Thinking Inking http://debbiedesigns.typepad.com/muse_and_amuse/ This is what I submitted using my Green Thumb stamp set.
The message says it all. Our 3 1/2 year old son, Ethan is in remission from his cancer that was found last July. Ethan is still receiving treatments, but how wonderful it is to enjoy each day for what it is. I used some pictures of Ethan playing outside with his boots. He loves wearing boots and collecting "walking" sticks! Isn't he just adorable!!!
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