Calling all Digi Scrappers

Just letting you know that my friend Meredith is having a Creative Team call. Read above. I've joined to make some of my fun hybrid projects and ad to her blog. If you are interested in joining a team just email her and let her know. You can click on the photo to enlarge it.

Card Tutorial

Hey I made some cute cards with Meredith Cardall's kit Pea in a Pod. I'm now on her Creative Team. If you would like to know how to make them the tutorial is on her blog at Meredith Cardall Designs- click on the link here and when you get to her site click on Monday @ Mere's and you will see my tutorial with pictures too.  

Birthday Surprises and New Scrapbook Adventures

Well it's my Hubbys birthday today so last night l filled his car with balloons and candy so when he went to take some of the kids to school he got a big surprise. Then yesterday I decided to make a fun banner for him also. I wanted to use some new designs from one of my favorite designers "Meredith Cardall" and got a fun surprise as she asked me to come back on her Creative Team and start making some of my hybrid stuff. I do have a lot going with substitute teaching, property managing our townhouse in Midway and just running a household with 3 kids. But I miss creating so much so I'm going to jump on the train and see if I can keep up. So I looked at a few of her kits and used Love Is In the Air at Sunshine Studio Scraps for the paper and elements and Patchwork Of My Life for the alpha. Meredith's designs are all on sale for 30% off until Friday the 18th at Sunshine Studio Scraps so go check it out.I printed out the little cards and cut out the white space on the paper to reveal the candy names of HUGS and KISSES. I used eyelets on the corners to secure them, added a paper flower and a blue jewel. Then pulled some ribbon through to tie it up.

Totally Teeanager!

This is the original and I turned it into this- below.



Well my daughter turned 13 last week. I now have a teenager in the house. Oh My!!! Because she said she didn't want a party (I think she thought she was too grown up for that) I decided to plan a SUPRISE party for her anyway. Her birthday was Wednesday and we went to dinner and had presents and all that normal stuff. I also used a freebie quick page (I think it's from Ellie Lash-not sure) to make a scrapbook page she could put on her wall. So when Friday rolled around I don't think she had any clue. Matt took her to the video store to pick a video and snacks for the night and when she came back. SURPRISE! They had fun with the surprise and Sydney was a little embarassed but liked it too. Then we went bowling and ate pizza. Then we came home and they ate more snacks and did a little karoke and some Just Dance on the Wii. Then up to her room for private girl stuff (that means talking, lots of talking) So heres's some pics. Hopefully she had a memorable 13th birthday.

The loot

family pie and ice cream

Goodie boxes for all the guests

Skittles make great props. They match the colors too.

The Gangs all here.

Gotcha!

Bowling

Laughing

Singing

Dancing

Who could ask for more than that.

Back from Mexico



Well a friend of mine asked me to post my pictures here and not just on Facebook since she's not on that huge time waster(but kinda fun) site. So here goes- We visited Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan and Cabo San Lucas while cruising on the cruise line Holland America. This was our kids Christmas present. A gift for us all actually. The food was fabulous (a little too fabulous if you ask my pants) and the workers were great. the whole cruising thing was pretty great except for one night of intense winds and a lot of rocking. But no one got sick so all was good. The first stop was PV and we took a smaller boat to a secluded area. My husband and Nick did a little snorkeling. Then we went to a beach area that we had to get on a much smaller boat and wade into the beach(no dock here) Unfortunately getting back on the little boat became a little hazardous to my bag and camera as a big wave came and knocked me and Nick over. I thought my camera might be ruined but after a few days of drying time it seems to be back from the dead. YEA! On the way to the cove we saw a bunch of humpback whales and they came CLOSE to our boat. A little too close for my husband. What an awesome experience. I got some good pics of that. On the way back we saw a bunch of dolphins but with no camera I had to rely on my 10 year old son and his camera abilities to get some pics. He got one good one. After the camera incident I had to grab his camera at various places and snap some more pics. We took a tour of Mazatlan and then went to the beach to relax but the vendors would not let us be so we had to leave. Then at Cabo we went and swam with the dolphins (this was Nicks special request) It was great and we got some great pictures too. The kids said it was the greatest vacations because it was like 4 trips in one (the cruise, PV, Maz, and Cabo) Now my husband wants to go on a Caribbean cruise.

Josh got a spit in the face with his kiss

the whales

The dolphins followed our boat

playing on the beach

Our cabin stewards made new towel animals for us daily

Yum!