~Baseball Weekend & More Easter Card Fun!~

Happy Saturday my crafty friends!!!!!!

Yesterday we had our first baseball tournament and we won our first game!

I am so proud, I just had to share. This year we have an amazing coach that

genuinely cares about the kids learning to play the game and being a good

sport on top of it all. We have a few children with disabilities on our team.

This is going to be an amazing experience for the boys, I am so proud!

I made this card using the Cosmo Cricket Togetherness line, my Cricut

Imagine (printing and cutting the eggs) and my Core'dinations cardstock!

I have to make a birthday card this weekend too because my MIL

birthday is in a couple days. I need to be a better daughter LOL

I am so far behind with these boys baseball games, but how can I

resist? It's a great experience and we are so blessed!

Ok I am off to game #2!! Wish the boys luck! GO CRUSHERS!! :)

Love ya♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

~HAPPY Friday!!!!! Another Imagine Card & Giveaway!~

YEAAAAAAAAAAAA It is FRIDAY!!!!

And we had sunshine yesterday!!!! Can you tell I am happy???

Good morning my crafty friends! I love spring!!

I am ready for Easter, for Spring, for SUN, for new chickens...

BRING IT ON!!!!!

I have this fun Imagine card I made last week for Easter

I know it's not your conventional card but I love it!

I used my Kate's Kitchen Imagine Cartridge to make it, and I

printed the regular chicken eggs up, then added stickles so they looked

like colored Easter eggs, then I added the resin on top. SO FUN! :)

OK now listen up blog friends....Clear Scraps....one of my favorite companies

they have GIVEAWAYS every single Friday and hardly ANY COMMENTS!

Why?? It's FREE stuff! Plus a chance to play with acrylic!

Please go blog about it, Facebook about it and Twitter! Go tell everyone!

I love Clear Scraps and the girl work their tails off to give new ideas!

GO FOLLOW and enter!!! :) You might win?!!

http://clearscraps.typepad.com/

Ok I have an insane weekend ahead full of baseball tournaments and

sitting in the SUN! Oh and Nachos! WOOT WOOT!

You know you wanna be me this weekend LOL

It's all about the nachos!!!!! :)

Happy Friday! I LOVE YA! Thanks for stopping by!

~Hand Made Gifts *Dry Erase Board VIDEO tutorial!* & WINNER!~

Happy St. Patrick's Day my friends!

I have fun project today that would make amazing hand made gifts.

First of all I want to let you know this was not my original idea, I helped

people make them it at CKC Louisville in the Clear Scraps Booth.

But I put my own twist on it :) And I told Susan (the owner) I was

going to make a video tutorial with the idea and she loved it!

This would make a lovely Teacher's Gift or even a gift for a child's room!

Here is the how to video!!

I love it! This is why working in the booths is so inspiring and fun!

I did not add the dry erase marker yet, but I am going to tie it on a pearl strand.

Happy St. Patty's Day everyone! I am off to a Dr. App and baseball tonight,

BUSY times ahead! :) It is officially baseball season!

OHHH and real quick, the winner of the St Patty's Day outfit!

jennmom2000 said...

I WANT I WANT I WANT! I have a 10 year old girl and she would LOVE this set! Seriously, so cute!

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Please email me your address! :)

~More Fun From KY & Chicks~

Good morning!

As you can see once again chicks have taken over my life LOL

Hubby went and got 8 chicks while I was gone but bless his lovely heart,

2 of them have to be isolated, they were very neglected and have

bumblefoot. Andrew has such a beautiful heart, he just wanted them to

have a good home and now they do.♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

Here you can see my pretty little Rhode Island Reds,

and the little Bufffs we got. I just love them all!

Here is my little baby. ♡♡

They are going to be a pretty little flock, we just need to find

a couple more blue and green layers and we will be ready to

breed our own! :)

Ok should I talk about scrapbooking now?? LOL

I thought I would share the make and take I did all weekend in the

Nicole Peterson booth, and can I just say we stayed BUSY!

This tag/album cover is her design but of course Mindy and I sort of

changed them up just a little bit and had fun with the Shimmerz paints and mists.

Here is the tag as a whole, with the new Jenni Bowlin stamp, I was

going to advertise the new JB stamp on Tally but it sold out in minutes! LOL

Now this is what I bought lastnight....because I just have to share with you

all how to make the Dry Erase Board that was the Make & Take

at the Clear Scraps booth! So stay tuned for that video tomorrow!

I know this ink is going to rock because it was 15.99! LOL

I think it better serve me breakfast in bed tomorrow for that price!!!

Ok I am off to create and get caught up this week.

THANK YOU or stopping by and have a wonderful day!

~♡♥Back From KY & New TUTORIAL...Chicks 2!!♥♡~

Good morning!!!! Did ya miss me???

I "thought" I would have full internet access and my laptop to

work with while I was gone, so I planned to blog from Kentucky, but as

we all know life is not very planned, so I ended up being MIA. LOL

I had a great and BUSY time! Thanks Mindy for letting me stay with ya.

I met some amazing people this weekend and while scrapping in Mindy's

basement I went ahead and made this and took pictures for a tutorial!

Mindy let me use her goodies, and she handed me a blank frame.

This is what I came up with and she was gracious enough to give it to me!

I wanted to share how I made the aging on this vintage frame.

Aged Vintage Frame Tutorial:

I wanted a crackled age look and we did not have

any crackle paint, after the frame was painted and dried overnight I took

Mod Podge and coated a small section at a time, then I used the PLAID paint

and coated over the wet Mod Podge. You can see it is fairly thick.

I worked with 2-3" sections and before working on the next section

I took out my heat gun and thoroughly DRIED each section, watching it

crack a little making a faux wood grain texture.

After I finished the entire frame making sure it was really dry, I

took this Tattered Rose (You could use any color) Distress Ink and I rubbed

it all over the frame making the aging and distressing pop out.

Now I felt it looked great that way but I wanted it slightly more subtle,

so after I dried it again with the heat gun I added a very THIN coat of

the Plaid Paint over the top and I used my Imaginisce D-stress tool to go

over the edges and top, then I added my paper and embellishments.

I also used my Glue Arts FABRIC glue for the ribbon, and 3D UCUT to

pop up the metal LIVE. I am really pleased with the final project! :)

Oh and look at what I came home to!!

8 brand new baby chicks! We had planned on getting 5 more in April

but hubby fell in love and got 8 instead.

He even got me 3 new baby Rhode Island Reds.

I am so happy. It was a sweet day, I will post more pictures this week

I have a few stories too. For now I am off to pack orders for Tally and rest.

Have a wonderful Monday!

~St. Patricks Day GIVEAWaY and Gift Set~

Good morning my crafty friends all over the world!

I have a fun St. Patty's Day post today....

A month ago I made this custom made T-shirt & Sock gift set.

It is a size 10/12 in girls? I think. Anyways I got the shirt at WalMart for 1.00!

Thanks to my Imaginisce i-rock, and my YuDu I was able to make

the entire outfit for less than 5.00!

I even took some ribbon and made a gift bag! See I was YuDu-ing

like the new Card Shop before it was out!

(wish it had been out it would have been easier LOL)

Anyways it was a fun project, I just used my Imagine and cut out the hearts

on vinyl, then adhered it to the screen and did my YuDu thing!

Then because it was plain I took my handy dandy Imaginisce i-rock and I

BLINGED IT UP all the way! I used the silver studs.

Fun and easy...and tell me what girl wouldn't want to wear this to school!

Now I have NO GIRLS in my house and I know no one this size,

so if you want a handmade gift set from me, please include the

"I WANT" in your comment. I won't enter everyone who comments,

just the ones who ask to be entered. :)

I hope you don't find a hand made giveaway offensive, I give away

so many new items too. Just thought it would be a fun one!

Now I am HOPING to post pictures tomorrow from Kentucky!

Hubby was so kind to take time off for me to go plus I have

wonderful friends who are so cool about helping me with the kids.

I am so blessed -just sayin'.

Happy Thursday! I love ya!!!

I am off...stop by and see me of you are in Louisville CKC!!!!

I would love to get a picture of us!

~Samantha Walker Blog Hop W/ Scrapbook Paper GIVEAWAY!~

Good morning all you crafty peeps!

OK my friends I have a fun blog hop today. If you recall every second

Wednesday of the month we have a Samantha Walker Blog Hop!

The last couple hops she gave away fabric, but today she is giving away

SCRAPBOOK PAPER!

On this card I used the Samantha Walker Cowboy line, I just love

the cowhide paper with the raised "fur" on it.

Makes a great boy or manly card!

I also used a snip of her Wanna Be A Cowboy fabric for the ruffle. It's so fun and

totally versatile. You know how I love bringing fabric into my scrapbooking!

Now hop along cowgirl! LOL Head on over to my sweet friend KAREN'S blog!

Just click the link below or the picture. I will see you tomorrow!

http://www.reallifeinpictures.blogspot.com/

~New Cricut Cartridge Layout~

Good morning my crafty friends and a special shout out to my Cricut chicks!

I just got the Cricut Everyday Cartridge, it has all the special Cricut cuts

for the Cricut, YuDu, Cricut Cake and all that.

In all honesty I never thought I would just LOVE my Crict because

it is not my style...but now 4 months later I really find it VERY useful.

I just make it work for MY STYLE!!

I grabbed my Smooch Spritz, Glue Arts 3D Combo Pac, Core'dinations Gemstones

paper, Clear Scraps acrylic sheet, and glitter glue....then I went crazy! LOL

I made a mask using the cut from the cartridge and sprayed away!

I wish I could get a better picture...the light was not loving me today.

Can you even see the acrylic base page on it? I doubt it.

Anyways...as usual I never tell you I love a product unless I do and

everything today was a fun combo of all my faves!

Hope you have a beautiful Tuesday~

~Monday with a Smile!!~

It's Monday my crafty friends!

Are we ready for this busy week? I am not sure I am. haha!

I am super excited about going to CKC Convention on Friday

but getting it all ready for me to leave the house might be another story.

I made a fun mini this weekend, OHHH how I love minis

and these Clear Scraps MINI- minis are extra fun!

Did you see they are giving this one and more away on the Clear Scraps Blog?

I used the awesome new Berrylicious line from Imaginisce, and my

favorite Glue Arts Glue of course...and last but not least the Mini Tab Album

from the ever amazing Clear Scraps!

Now I only posted the front and the back because I want you to go

to the Clear Scraps blog to see the rest ok?? Plus I added many TIPS

on using acrylic and how I create with it!! This mini does have several

pages and they are so cute! This would be a great "instead of card" Card! LOL

You know...for that EXTRA embellishment worthy friend.

So go check the Clear Scraps Blog out!

Go to Friday and enter to win one of these bad boys too!

http://clearscraps.typepad.com/

I am off to work work work! I need to get ready to leave on Thursday!

~Scrapping It Real & Happy Saturday GIVEAWAY WINNERS~

Good morning my scrappy friends all over the place!

Yesterday baseball began in the Hobbs home...and what a night it was!

Fun for the whole family and it is so interesting and exciting to watch

these boys grow into young men who make me so proud.

Today I have a personal layout to share with you,

as always my life is pretty much no holds barred because I genuinely believe

if I share my story and life with others, then maybe it will help someone

who has been abused or maybe just give courage to one person to speak out.

This is that kind of layout for me. It is about 8 years ago, I was pregnant

with my first son and I knew my life must change, I was a wreck.

Insomnia, anxiety, hated myself, and in pain daily.

I needed to change in order to be a good mother.

I knew why I was a mess, I just did not know how to fix it, so this is what I did.

I started writing, and I wrote..and I wrote...and I cried...and I cried

some more...and I wrote and wrote and wrote. I forced myself to sit down

and write it all out. Everything from the abuse, to how it made me feel

...I even wrote how I wanted to die as a child because

of the unbearable pain of the abuse.

I took it all and I put it in the form of a small biography and my husband helped

me to make 100 copies and I gave it to every person I knew.

I decided that I was done with being ashamed, done with hiding abuse,

done with feeling like a victim. I was DONE with the lies.

Yes it was extreme but it FREED me. Not a little bit, no it FREED ME!

It freed me from the hold that the abusers had over me and the shame I felt.

It was the scariest thing I have ever done in my life, I lost some friends

but I gained respect, respect from my friends and respect for myself.

Here I sit almost 9 years later and not one regret.

I have had maybe 150 to 200 woman in these 8 years come

to me and tell me that they appreciated me being so open an it

does help them to feel like they are not alone anymore.

That is why I am to this day so impassioned about being open

about real life and abuse because it is real. It's horrible and it's hard to

talk about and hear about but it happens every day.

This is why I scrap everything, even the hard stuff. Because it is me

I am not perfect, I am a survivor and I am proud to be alive today. :)

Ok on to fun stuff right?? hehe

Winner of the SPRING FLOWERS!!!

susies1955 said...

Cool giveaway and glad your boys are doing better. :)
Susie
susies@twcny.rr.com

And drum roll....

Winner of the NEW D-Stress TOOL!!!!

Valerie Bishop said...

I just love your style and your journaling is always so real!! I LOVE that!! I just became a follower of your blog and I'm so excited to see what new things you have up your sleeves to show us!!

Friday, February 25, 2011

Ladies please email me your address so I can mail these out.

I love my friends from all over the world and

I thank YOU all for stopping by.

You all make my life a better place. I sit down at night

and I read all the amazing comments and I laugh, giggle and

even cry it is amazing and I have you to thank for it!

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