Modified Baby Album

We cut my daughter's hair for the first time since she was born 5 years ago and I remembered it's something to write in her Baby Book.  Once I opened that book and started reading and seeing a few items missing I spent several days making sure I got back up to speed on all of her memories. There is still plenty for me to finish.

I also decided to add a few extra pictures and the easiest way without covering up too much of the book was to add some Flip Flaps!  Here is some of the extra photos I added to her book:

 Above is a post card to all my Real Estate Customers announcing her.

 Here is the other side of the post card (above)

 My sister did a photo shoot with her all dressed up one day

 First trip to the dentist - she got scared

 Ended up needing to sit on my lap

 Potty training - love the hair - she'll hate this one when she's 16!

 1st Cup (the back side of the potty photo - it flips down on this page)

 The hair - a small sample of the hair!

 1st Trip - The Dells

 1st Train Ride

 1st Birthday and Invite that is attached with Velcro so you can take it out

tickles with Daddy

Thanks for looking!

Mother's Day Card

 Made this card for both my Mother and Mother-in-Law.  The lower flower is actually layered with a flower that is raised with foam squares.  I used Cotton Candy ink and then rocked the edges in Tulip ink.  Maybe click on the picture to make it bigger to see it.

Here's the inside.  And below is the breakfast in bed that my baby girl assisted Daddy making!  I got exactly what I wanted! (Down to the Chamilia birth stone charm for my braclet too!)

This was followed up with wish number 3 - a trip to the zoo for the afternoon!

On the Train 

By the fish

Thanks for reading and hope your day was great!



If you remember these . . . Cassette Card

 I free handed these cards in Make The Cut and cut them on my Cricut.  I did two cards, one for an 80's Birthday Party for a co-worker and one for my sister who's turning 50!  Above is the front of the card. You can see I used a piece of plastic for the window (acetate clear, thin plastic).

 Here is the inside of the card.  Since there is layers inside and out, the plastic for the window was sandwiched between the layers and hidden really well.

 Both cards above.  better view of the window below and the back of the cassette.

 The writing was also done with gel pens on my Cricut too. I bought these and never used them until today! Decided to test them out and they worked great. The tool is pictured below.

The pens have a metal ball in the top and stay in via a magnet inside the metal holder.

Thanks for looking! These were not cheap and one of the pens lasted only a few words. Teaches you a lesson, use your toys right away in case they don't work.  Thanks for looking and leave a message.

Guess the finshed project:

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How many guessed the Eiffel Tower??!

To hide the Liquid Glass that might be on the edges, I took my Spray Pen, added 2 drops of Crate - A - Shade and filled half the pen with Rubbing Alcohol!  Shake well and mist all over (outside is best or in a shoe box because the spray carries. I used Liquid Glass to glue all the pieces together.

Another great angle. A friend at work loves the Eiffel Tower so she's getting this one!

This was another super purchase from www.SVGCuts.com!

Thanks for looking.

St. Patrick's Day - Flash Back

Not really a flash back, but a forgotten post!

Here are some mugs I glass etched for a friend of mine that throws a great St. Patrick's Day Party at her house.  Her hubby makes this to die for Irish dinner for us and the house has people coming and going all night long, eating, drinking and good times!  Last year she had me do a Guiness Sign for her on a mirror with gold vinyl.

The picture above is what the back (on the left) will look like.

The back right is what the front will look like.  

This is the vinyl that will keep the glass etching chemical in place.

I cut the vinyl on my cricut. They loved them.  I got the mugs at the dollar store.

My friend's last name is Becker.

There is a full 4 leaf clover on the front,

the back vinyl is showing thru the front one.

Felt Like Playing

Created this card and just remembered I forgot to post it!

I used our felt Tulips for depth and stamped the stems and leaves.

Layered the paper for a frame.

Thanks for looking!

Playing Catch Up - Easter Table

Welcome to Easter at our home! 

I haven't unpacked fancy glasses after our move (2 years ago!!!)

Since I was going to have some very colorful extras I decided to use my colorful Tupperware cups! 

Here's one of the guest of honor! 

I created these cute littles houses from http://www.svgcuts.com/!

I cut them on my cricut using Make The Cut software!

The houses come as a basket with a handle - I just left them off.

I purchased these from SVG Cuts and bought peeps and stuck them inside for each guest!

Here is what the neighborhood looks like. Thanks for looking!

Hope your Easter was great!

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May Stamp of the Month - Chairs to You

We are hopping again!

You should be coming from Tamytha's Blog, if not, keep hopping and you'll make a complete circle.

This month the stamp set is a fun furniture set called Chairs to You - D1456 - you can get it free on my web page with a qualifying order or you can purchase it.

I love these types of stamps!  You can stamp onto different pattern papers to make the patterns part of the furniture or you can do like I did and use our great markers and color them in!

So, I did a little play on words with the "One of a kind firend"

Using plain chairs and one fancy chair.

I colored in all the chairs and then layered a second layer of the petal pieces so that they stand out.

Here is the inside. 

I added the flower above the "!" and colored the chair with a water brush.

I cut it out and added it to the card for a pop of color.

Close up of the flower chair.

Here's all the markers I used.

I also used Lovely Lace C1297 for the corner lace on the front of the card.

If you click on the photos they should get bigger.

Now hop over to Georgia's Blog for some more great ideas for these stamps!

Balloon Fun

 Jeanie remembered a babysitter who helped her make a paper mache' balloon and asked us if we would do it with her.  We took flour and water and created a paste and here we are making it.

The start of a paper mache' ball! Jeanie has a tattoo on her arm (it comes off) and of course her hands are totally full of the paste. 

 She loves to get her hands dirty, and her clothes too!

 The paste was a little lumpy. I had to help smooth it all out and get dirty too!

Good thing this washes off easily. 

The funny thing about the balloon project was when we were done, we let it dry sitting on a cup.  The next day I noticed the part inside the cup didn't dry so I turned it over.  The next night we heard noises from the kitchen while Gary and I were watching a movie.  We couldn't find out what was the noise at first.  It made 3 load cracking noises before we found out what was making the noise. Then I noticed the balloon was blowing up inside the paper and cracking the paper mache' off the balloon!! Gary took it outside and popped it!  We were laughing really hard. 

I've never seem paper mache' go bad - must be the flour in it.

Celebrate Easter

 Here is a banner I did for church a few weeks ago.  I've been busy but I've remembered to take pictures.  Just haven't had time to post! The hubby is hiding behind the banner - we haven't done our hair, just finished the banner.

 Here is the before picture - clean yellow banner I warned church it was gonna be neon!

 Here is what the Easter Lilies look like cut out of paper.  I like to do a test run on things I haven't tried before.  I layered the flowers in white onto the green. I was scared the white wouldn't cover or I wouldn't be able to line up the leaves but it worked out pretty good.

 Here is the base for the flowers all done in green. 

The flowers will have an outline of green around them.

A close up of the flowers!  I think they turned out really good! 

Let me know what you think.