Fun Crafting Time...

I got super excited when I came across this idea  from lovelydesign.  I decided to pull out all my craft stuff and let Ethan have a little fun painting.

This is a picture of some of the leaves he painted all by himself.  He is the perfect age for starting a craft time! He also loves it so much. After we got all cleaned up he said "I love to paint mom" warmed my little heart.

Here is the finished project, not bad for a 2 year old (with a little help from mom)

Lately I haven't had a whole lot of time to make cards, because I have been frantic to organize! It must be nesting because I am never motivated to organize closets, but man the last two weeks has been crazy!  Anyway I wanted a scrapbook page to hang in the boys room and also wanted to hang up the sonogram pictures so decided to do a scrapbook page.

 I don't really get to excited to do scrapbook pages, not sure why, but I actually like how this turned out.

 One of my favorite verses from the bible!

Ethan also made this cute little catepillar from a potato half.  Got the idea from lovelydesign also!

Thanks for stopping by,

Hollie

Welcome Home....

Well HELLO and thanks for stopping by!  Today I have a simple card I made for a good friend from high school that just got married.  I was thinking back to three years ago when I got married and how exciting it was to get mail with my new name on it! I decided that since Anna loves to get mail, I would just send her a simple little card. 
I love the new Wreath for all Seasons set from Papertrey Ink! I originally bought it to use for Christmas cards, but soon realized that it can be used for a ton more than that.

I also must share a super easy potato soup recipe that I tried out today for lunch! This was so simple and yummy! I just added a little scoop of sour cream to my bowl and it was to die for! 
I am nearing the end of my pregnancy and man oh man am I hungry all the time. The bad thing is that when I crave something, I just go whip it up and if I don't have the ingredients I run out and get them.  Last week it was chocolate pudding pie (had to home make the crust but it was way worth it).  Although I keep telling myself I need to slow down, but that doesn't seem to work. :)  My husband has already requested Pumpkin Pie, which I have no problem with!

Thanks for stopping by,
Hollie

September 2010 Papertrey Ink Blog Hop!

Well, I am super excited to have finally remembered the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop on the right day!  This time it is an all day thing, which really works much better for me!!!

For today's blog hop Nichole asked everyone to create a project using one of your favorite learned skills that you have learned from a fellow blogger or friend.  For the past year or so I have been really in to blog hopping, and usually visit certain blogs once a week to make sure I haven't missed anything.  One blog I always go to first is Dawn McVey's Blog.  She always has something very inspirational on there, whether it is color combos or techniques.  The one I use the most is her poofy vintage print flower, I am always going back and reviewing her video.

Here is my take on the poofy flower.

 Instead of the scalloped circle punch I did use the PTI Beautiful Blooms 2 #2 die and I still think it works.

Thanks so much for stopping by,
Hollie

Card party cards

Here is a little gift card holder I made for a fall birthday.





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A boy birthday card using PTI's Everyday button bits stamp set. I used some Basic Grey Buttons for the balloons

I love the colors of this card. So vintage and perfect for a boy baby shower card.
This card uses a lot of Papertrey Ink supplies, except for the ribbon and ek success punch



I love how simple this card is!



This card is a play off of this card my Maile Belles.  Instead of wrapping the string around I decided
to just have a bow.  This card is Pure Poppy by PTI I just couldn't get the color right.

I am very much looking forward to the Card Party on Saturday.  A friend of mine thought it sounded like a good idea, and I think it sounds like fun.  Time to see some friends and display a lot of cards!

Thanks for stopping by,

Hollie

Bridal Shower card and some books....

Well, I can't believe it has been almost a month, but I have good reason for being missing in action. I have been reading a lot of really good books and making a ton of cards for an upcoming card party.

Miss Match is a really cute book, that I would never have guessed was a first for Erynn. It was really cute, but I must warn it is written for a younger crowd. Some parts of it seemed a little immature, but I was in the mood for a light hearted book so it didn't bother me.

I just finished "Love Starts with Elle" and boy did I love this novel. It was kind of one of those books that had the message I really needed to hear so it made it that much better to read. I actually couldn't put it down. Great author, can't wait to read another one of her books!

Dawn McVey had recommended "Dawn's Prelude" a while ago and I finally got around to starting it. So far so good!

Finally, I will leave you of one of the over fifty cards I have made in the last month! I made this card for my friend's Bridal Shower. She loves orange so I gave it a try for her card.

Supplies:

All Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted:

Paper: Orange Zest, White, Chartreuse, Plum Pudding bitty dots

Stamps: Polka Dot Background 2, Text Style 2, sentiment from Scattered Showers

Delightful Dahlia

EK Success punch

Teacher Thank You

Hello there,

I was very excited to get some new supplies from PTI that I have been waiting to get for a long time, including tea dye duo, and button twine!! I love them both and can easily find a reason to use them on almost every card!.
I took the "It's Official' stamp set and did a little stamping with the ticket stamp, bingo card, notebook lines and ruler. Put it all together and came up with a card perfect for a teacher to give another teacher, a teacher to a student, or parent to teacher. I was a teacher a couple of years ago and wish I would have been stamping back then, it would have been fun to hand these cards out.
Thanks for stopping by,
Hollie



{All supplies are PTI unless otherwise noted}
Stamp: It's Official
Paper: Pure Poppy, white, Kraft
Button: Cream from Michaels
Ink: Stazon Black, PTI Terracotta tile, Hawaiian Shores
Ribbon: Cream Wrinkle ribbon (seam binding from hobby lobby)
Other: apple, paint, brown bag, tickets from craft scraps

Discontinued my paper cutter...

I was very sad to learn that they discontinued my Fiskars paper cutter! I actually went in to buy a new blade and noticed, not only do they not have a blade to replace my old one they no longer carry anything. I am left with either buying a new cutter, or finding replacement blades online for as long as I can. I found this new card making fiskars cutter online and at Michaels today and was thinking about getting it. The price is kind of right at $ 15.00, considering with tax and shipping online would be pretty expensive to buy for my current cutter.

Anyway this is very frustrating, because I have some orders for cards that I need to work on asap!

Hope your day is great!

Hollie